Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats (Columbia House club edition)

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1Solsbury Hill
additional recording engineer:
Jim Frank, Keith Grant (classical recording engineer), Dave Harris (Recording engineer at Morgan Studios, London), Rod O’Brien, Robert Hrycyna and Robert Stasiak
recording engineer:
Brian Christian
programming:
Larry Fast (American synthesizer player and composer)
producer:
Bob Ezrin
acoustic guitar and pedal steel guitar:
Steve Hunter (rock guitarist)
banjo and classical guitar:
Robert Fripp
bass and tuba:
Tony Levin (US rock bassist/Chapman Stick)
bones and percussion:
Jimmy Maelen (percussion)
drums (drum set):
Allan Schwartzberg
electric guitar and guitar:
Robert Fripp and Steve Hunter (rock guitarist)
flute and recorder:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
keyboard:
Jozef Chirowski and Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
synthesizer:
Larry Fast (American synthesizer player and composer)
vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Charisma Records (in 1977) and Peter Gabriel Ltd. (UK record and music publishing company associated with Peter Gabriel) (in 1977)
additionally recorded at:
Morgan Studios (Morgan Sound Studios) in Willesden and Olympic Studios (1966–2009) in Barnes
recorded at and mixed at:
Sound Stage (Nimbus 9 Studios) in Toronto
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 472)
recording of:
Solsbury Hill
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
Ear Pieces, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI Virgin Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd, Hit & Run Music, Intersong Music, Pentagon Lipservices Real World and Real World Music, Ltd.
Peter Gabriel4.54:21
2I Don’t Remember
producer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and Peter Walsh (UK producer)
Chapman stick:
Tony Levin (US rock bassist/Chapman Stick)
drums (drum set):
Jerry Marotta (drummer and composer)
guitar:
Robert Fripp and David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
piano and synthesizer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
edit of:
I Don’t Remember by Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
recording of:
I Don’t Remember
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
Peter Gabriel3.53:48
3Sledgehammer
producer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
bass:
Tony Levin (US rock bassist/Chapman Stick)
drums (drum set):
Manu Katché
guitar:
David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
piano and synthesizer [Fairlight] and synthesizer [Prophet]:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
saxophone:
Mark Rivera
trombone:
Don Mikkelsen (a trombonist player)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
background vocals:
P.P. Arnold, Coral Gordon and Dee Lewis
vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
earliest release:
Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 305)
recording of:
Sledgehammer
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
Cliofine Limited, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Real World Music, Ltd., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Peter Gabriel3.84:56
4Family Snapshot
engineer:
Hugh Padgham
producer:
Steve Lillywhite
bass:
John Giblin
drums (drum set):
Jerry Marotta (drummer and composer)
guitar:
Dave Gregory (XTC) and David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
piano and background vocals and lead vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
saxophone:
Dick Morrissey
snare drum:
Phil Collins (of Genesis)
synthesizer:
Larry Fast (American synthesizer player and composer)
vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Charisma Records (in 1980)
recording of:
Family Snapshot
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Real World Music, Ltd.
Peter Gabriel4.354:26
5Mercy Street
producer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
bass:
Larry Klein
congas, surdo and triangle:
Djalma Corrêa
piano:
Richard Tee
piano and synthesizer [Fairlight], synthesizer [CS80] and synthesizer [Prophet]:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
saxophone [processed sax]:
Mark Rivera
vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
edit of:
Mercy Street by Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
recording of:
Mercy Street
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Real World Music, Ltd.
Peter Gabriel44:43
6Shaking the Tree
synthesizer [Fairlight] programming:
Roger Bolton
producer:
George Acogny, David Bottrill (producer / mixer) and Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
bass and guitar:
Habib Faye (singer, musician, songwriter, producer)
drums (drum set):
Manu Katché
keyboard bass, organ, piano and synthesizer:
Simon Clark (UK keyboard and synthesizer player)
piano and synthesizer [Prophet] and synthesizer [D50]:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
saxophone:
Phil Todd (UK flautist/saxophonist)
synthesizer [Farlight percussion]:
George Acogny
trumpet [first trumpet]:
John Barclay (trumpeter) and Guy Barker
trumpet [third trumpet]:
Pete Beachill
background vocals:
George Acogny and Simon Clark (UK keyboard and synthesizer player)
background vocals and lead vocals and lead vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and Youssou N’Dour
recording of:
Shaking the Tree
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and Youssou N’Dour
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (France) (not for release label use! file releases under its imprint BMG (2008–present)), EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!), EMI Virgin Music Publishing France, EMI Virgin Songs, Inc. and Real World Music, Ltd.
version of:
Shakin' the Tree
Peter Gabriel feat. Youssou N’Dour3.56:24
7Don’t Give Up
producer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
bass:
Tony Levin (US rock bassist/Chapman Stick)
drums (drum set):
Manu Katché
guitar family:
David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
piano:
Richard Tee
piano and synthesizer [Fairlight], synthesizer [Linn] and synthesizer [Prophet]:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
synthesizer [CS80]:
Simon Clark (UK keyboard and synthesizer player)
guest vocals:
Kate Bush
vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
performer:
Kate Bush
recording of:
Don’t Give Up
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
Cliofine Limited, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Real World Music, Ltd.
Peter Gabriel feat. Kate Bush3.85:56
8San Jacinto
synthesizer [Linn] programming:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
producer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and David Lord (British composer, engineer and producer)
additional membranophone and synthesizer [Fairlight]:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
Chapman stick:
Tony Levin (US rock bassist/Chapman Stick)
drums (drum set):
Jerry Marotta (drummer and composer)
guitar:
John Ellis (British guitarist, founding member of punk band The Vibrators) and David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
Moog [Moog brass]:
Larry Fast (American synthesizer player and composer)
background vocals:
Jill Gabriel
vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
earliest release:
San Jacinto by Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
recording of:
San Jacinto
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Peter Gabriel Ltd. (UK record and music publishing company associated with Peter Gabriel) and Real World Music, Ltd.
Peter Gabriel36:41
9Here Comes the Flood
producer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
piano and lead vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) (in 1990)
recording of:
Here Comes the Flood (in 1990)
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
Ear Pieces, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Hit & Run Music, Intersong Music and Real World Music, Ltd.
Peter Gabriel44:31
10Red Rain
recording engineer:
David Bascombe
drum machine programming:
Chris Hughes (producer, aka “Merrick”)
engineer:
Kevin Killen and Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
producer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
drums (drum set):
Jerry Marotta (drummer and composer)
electric bass guitar:
Tony Levin (US rock bassist/Chapman Stick)
guitar:
Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter) and David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
hi-hat:
Stewart Copeland
piano, sampler [CMI], synthesizer [Prophet] and lead vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
background vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Charisma Records Ltd. (in 1986), The David Geffen Company (legal rights relating to Geffen Records) (in 1986) and Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1986)
recorded at:
Real World Studios in Box and Ashcombe House in Bath (from 1985-02 until 1985-12)
mixed at:
Real World Studios in Box
recording of:
Red Rain (in 1985)
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
Cliofine Limited, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Hidden Pun Music, Inc. and Real World Music, Ltd.
Peter Gabriel4.355:36
11Games Without Frontiers
engineer:
Hugh Padgham
producer:
Steve Lillywhite
bass synthesizer and synthesizer:
Larry Fast (American synthesizer player and composer)
bass synthesizer, synthesizer and whistle and lead vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Jerry Marotta (drummer and composer)
guitar:
David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
whistle:
Steve Lillywhite and Hugh Padgham
background vocals:
Kate Bush
vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Charisma Records (in 1980)
recording of:
Games Without Frontiers
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Real World Music, Ltd.
Peter Gabriel4.43:57
12Shock the Monkey
synthesizer [Linn] programming:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
producer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and David Lord (British composer, engineer and producer)
Chapman stick:
Tony Levin (US rock bassist/Chapman Stick)
drums (drum set):
Jerry Marotta (drummer and composer)
guitar family:
David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
sampler [CMI] and synthesizer [Fairlight]:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
synthesizer [Prophet]:
Larry Fast (American synthesizer player and composer) and Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
background vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis), Peter Hammill (English singer‐songwriter) and David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
edit of:
Shock the Monkey by Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
recording of:
Shock the Monkey
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
Cliofine Ltd., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Real World Music, Ltd.
Peter Gabriel3.653:57
13I Have the Touch
synthesizer [Linn] programming:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
producer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and David Lord (British composer, engineer and producer)
Chapman stick:
Tony Levin (US rock bassist/Chapman Stick)
drums (drum set):
Simon Philips
guitar:
David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
Moog and synthesizer [Prophet]:
Larry Fast (American synthesizer player and composer)
sampler [CMI], sampler [Prophet] and synthesizer [Fairlight]:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
background vocals:
John Ellis (British guitarist, founding member of punk band The Vibrators), Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
recording of:
I Have the Touch
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
Cliofine Ltd. and Real World Music, Ltd.
Peter Gabriel3.53:45
14Big Time
recording engineer:
David Bascombe
programming:
Andy Clark (UK keyboard and synthesizer player)
engineer:
Kevin Killen and Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
producer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Mark Rivera
bass [drumstick bass]:
Tony Levin (US rock bassist/Chapman Stick) and Jerry Marotta (drummer and composer)
cornet and trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
drum machine [Linn 9000], sampler, synthesizer, synthesizer [Prophet] and lead vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
drum machine [Linn Kick]:
Jimmy Bralower
drums (drum set):
Stewart Copeland
guitar:
David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
guitar [surf guitar]:
Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
Hammond organ and bass synthesizer [Fairlight bass]:
Simon Clark (UK keyboard and synthesizer player)
sampler [CMI]:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis) and Simon Clark (UK keyboard and synthesizer player)
trombone:
Don Mikkelsen (a trombonist player)
background vocals:
P.P. Arnold, Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis), Coral Gordon and Dee Lewis
background vocals [voices]:
P.P. Arnold, Coral Gordon and Dee Lewis
vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Charisma Records Ltd. (in 1986)
recorded at:
Real World Studios in Box and Ashcombe House in Bath (from 1985-02 until 1985-12)
mixed at:
Real World Studios in Box
recording of:
Big Time (in 1985)
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Real World Music, Ltd.
Peter Gabriel4.754:25
15Zaar
producer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
additional percussion, sampler [Akai S900] and sampler [Audioframe] and surdo:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
bass:
Nathan East
daf [duf], finger cymbals, tabla, tambourine and triangle:
Hossam Ramzy
guitar:
David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
kemenche:
Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zadeh
violin:
Shankar (L. Shankar)
vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
recording of:
Zaar
composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
Peter Gabriel3.52:59
16Biko
producer:
Steve Lillywhite
bagpipe and synthesizer:
Larry Fast (American synthesizer player and composer)
drum machine [drum patterns] and piano:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
drums (drum set):
Jerry Marotta (drummer and composer)
guitar:
David Rhodes (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
surdo:
Phil Collins (of Genesis)
vocals:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
recording of:
Biko
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Peter Gabriel Ltd. (UK record and music publishing company associated with Peter Gabriel) and Real World Music, Ltd.
Peter Gabriel4.56:54

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