It was not at all surprising that Peter Gabriel keeps researching new ways to make his albums sound even better. Back in 2002 a digital version of a surround mix of The Barry Williams Show was floating around on the net. 2003 saw the release of UP on Super Audio CD with 51. surround sound. We checked it out for you.
First Peter Gabriel released all his solo albums (including the soundtracks) as remasters. In 2003 he surpassed that: All albums came out as hybrid SACDs with a CD stereo (remaster) and an SACD stereo layer. There is, however, no surround sound. Find out here whether SACDs still make a difference.
On May 23, 2003, Paul Carrack came to the Colos-Saal Aschaffenburg to play one of his increasingly rare shows in Germany. Helmut Janisch was in the audience.
Steve Hackett continues his later career with the release of another rock album To Watch The Storms in 2003.
In 2003 Paul Carrack released another solo album – It Ain't Over – on his own label Carrack-UK.
Ray Wilson's first solo album Change was released in 2003 by InsideOut Records. We checked it out for you.
In the cold spring of 2003 the record label InsideOut invited the media for the press presentation of the first Ray Wilson album Change.
Peter Gabriel brought his ambitious Growing Up tour to North America first. Volker Warncke and Christian Gerhardts attended a couple of shows.
Around the time Testify was released in 2002 the BBC produced a documentary about Phil Collins that was watched by several million viewers when it was broadcast. The interesting and frequently quite personal insights into Phil's life have now been released on DVD.
Six years had passed since Dance Into The Light before Phil Collins released a new studio album called Testify in 2002. Bernd Vormwald has listened to it.