Peter Gabriel - Ovo: the lost solo version
QuoteChappell is also preparing material for producer Stephen Hague, who is working on a revamped version of Ovo, with Gabriel singing all the songs, which is to be released later this year in the US as a genuine Gabriel solo record. A remix album, which will see people like Tricky and Trent Reznor having a go at various tracks from Up, is also expected in the shops towards the end of the year.
Published May 2003
https://www.soundonsound.com/p…l-recording-peter-gabriel
QuoteDisplay MoreI was rootling around the interwebs looking for information about Peter Gabriel's recording sessions and I found this article featuring an interview with engineer Richard Chappell in Sound On Sound: http://www.soundonsound.com/so…icles/gabrielchappell.asp
There's chat about tech which, to be honest, didn't interest me much but right at the bottom of the article (dated May 2003) there's this little tidbit, which surprised me:
"Chappell is also preparing material for producer Stephen Hague, who is working on a revamped version of Ovo, with Gabriel singing all the songs, which is to be released later this year in the US as a genuine Gabriel solo record."
(There was further talk of "a remix album, which will see people like Tricky and Trent Reznor having a go at various tracks from Up, is also expected in the shops towards the end of the year. On top of all this, after the European and second American legs of the Growing Up tour in the spring and summer, Chappell and Gabriel intend to complete the follow-up to Up, tentatively titled I/O and based on material from the same sessions as Up. It is scheduled to be out some time in 2004". Oh the things we've missed out on...)
Anyways, I know Ovo was greeted with mixed reactions when it came out and I, for one, was disappointed at the lack of vocal action from our hero. I wonder whether anybody would now, so many years later, be interested in a Gabriel-only version of Ovo. I know I would.
https://forums.stevehoffman.tv…lost-solo-version.415544/
Is this one of those Gabriel things that is never likely to happen?