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product_id: 3565507
title: "Live in Athens"
brand: "peter gabriel"
price: "R3720"
currency: ZAR
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 9
url: https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/3565507-live-in-athens
store_origin: ZA
region: South Africa
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# Live in Athens

**Brand:** peter gabriel
**Price:** R3720
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Live in Athens by peter gabriel
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## Description

Blu-ray pressing. In October 1987 after many months on the road, it was in the elevated surroundings of the hillside open-air theatre at Lycabettus overlooking Athens, that the So tour came to a climactic close. The three nights were filmed in what was the first-ever Peter Gabriel concert to be committed to film. As a concert film, it was brilliantly shot and has now been equally brilliantly remastered, a crystal-clear record of Gabriel and band in their mid-80s pomp. The viewer is placed right in the heart of the action all the way, from the band's synchronized choreography on opening number 'This Is the Picture', right through to the skin-pricking closer 'Biko'. in between, we're lost in music, spellbound by the spectacle, totally absorbed by the imperfection-free tightness of a band that's been on the road for so long.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Peter Gabriel Live in Athens Blu-ray SIMPLY MAGNIFICENT! (+2nd DVD with Greatest Hits Videos)
  

*by S***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 2, 2015*

Peter Gabriel Live in Athens is a magnificent concert. I also own Secret World, Growing Up and Back to Front concerts on Blu ray but this one is my favorite. First of all, this is a very vibrant, lively concert with a lot of energy; Peter is at his youngest and that plays a huge factor in the concert being very energetic. His other shows are also very good but they are more mature in atmosphere. I also like to point out that this product comes with a supplementary DVD with all of Peter Gabriel's video hits, including a HD version of Sledgehammer!Some reviewers seem to complain about the gap between the audio and the video (lip-sync/overdub problem). Quite frankly, I have not experienced any of those problems mentioned. Maybe those reviews are meant for DVD edition? Maybe some people's sound setup is different. My audio setup is a bit conventional. I don't pass video HD through my receiver. I have an HD video out from my blu-ray player directly to my TV HD in and an audio HD out from my blu-ray player directly to my receiver.I think the concert was just awesome. Pre-show begins with some musicians from Africa and I really liked their act. They play about 40 minutes and then Peter Gabriel's show begins. I liked the selection of the songs and I loved his performance. I loved the ambiance too. It appeared like a small stage but for such a small stage there was so much energy from the musicians and also from the audience. At one point, Peter Gabriel turns his back on the audience and drops backward onto the audience who does a pretty good job of handling him (that's the picture you see on the cover). They carry him over their heads, I thought that was quite a fascinating act, a little risky for the performer but pays off immensely as an act. Audience did a great job except for the part they tore his jacket apart ha ha.I absolutely loved the musicians, they were all terrific. Peter Gabriel is another class altogether. His musicianship is just beyond this world. It's too bad there are no artists like Peter Gabriel anymore. The concert ends with a terrific rendering of Biko, brought tears to my eyes. The African musicians from the pre-show joins Peter Gabriel on Biko. Blu-ray video and audio quality is terrific. It is better than some other Blu-ray films, concerts I have from that era. They did an awesome job with this product.There is a nice booklet inside the Blu-ray case with photos from the concerts and information on the crew. The concert itself is a real treat but there is also another DVD with all of Peter's greatest hits videos.Overall this is a terrific concert and product to purchase. If you like Peter Gabriel, you should order this now! I have already seen it 3 times and I want to see it again, and again and again....

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Lay Your Hands On me, I am willing
  

*by G***D on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 30, 2022*

Excellent Birds

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Just glad the concert and performance was preserved.
  

*by J***. on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 5, 2013*

It's hard not to love Peter Gabriel's live performances but this camera crew does their best to make you try. I'm just glad the tour was caught on film at all, even if done rather poorly and without vision as this video displays.  I am a huge Peter Gabriel fan and own all of his other concert DVD's but this one is probably a one-time view.Gabriel is a genius at telling and acting out the stories of his songs.  Sadly, the ad-hoc camera crew seemed unable to consider that Gabriel designed the stage show to be seen from a distance and they kept him close in frame most of the time, negating the effect he was going for in the first place.The other thing which is troublesome is a SPOILER ALERT so scroll down a bit if you're interested, otherwise buy the video and be happy.........................So, it's like this...  I have a pretty good eye for certain details of live performance which is a blessing and a curse.  Several songs into the show I realized that with VERY little exception, the vocals (and perhaps much more) were overdubbed later. It was done very well with Peter clearly watching his own mouth to match the cadence but between microphone positioning and the obvious problem of dancing and moving around so much, all except maybe one or two songs are overdubbed in a studio later.  This is, in my opinion an unpardonable sin.  Big stage shows often do it from Michael Jackson to Madonna, what you see on video is not what happened live and MJ even lip-synced much of his show due to the complexity and energy required for his dance numbers. And, so it is possible the same has happened here.

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