Ah, this is one rarity from an outstanding, legendary British artist: Peter Gabriel. There was an actual 12″ record of In Your Eyes which featured the Special Mix. But what made this particular record more special was that the track In Your Eyes (Special Mix) was also featured on the B-side of a Peter Gabriel/Kate Bush 12″ single Don’t Give Up.
I have never opened nor played this record before. Thus, after nearly 25 years, I’ve unsealed it and recorded the track on the B-side to digital. Therefore, a triple special indeed!
Peter Gabriel – “In Your Eyes” (Special Mix)…
Artist: Peter Gabriel
Title: In Your Eyes (Special Mix)
Year: 1986
Label: Virgin Records
Media Source: Recorded straight from 12-inch record to enhanced digital.
Peter Gabriel – “In Your Eyes” (Special Mix) (mp3)
While the norm for most tracks go anywhere between 3:30 to 6:00 minutes in length, I prefer 15:00 minutes or longer, like the four seasons. Give me 4 long tracks to fill the hour, and I’ll be one very happy Iraqi. I love tracks that take me on long journeys through various movements. One of my all-time favorite synth-pop groups is PROPAGANDA from germany … who sound like twisted ABBA + Industrial + TechnoPop + Darkness. My favorite Proganda track is P:Machinery. I’ve taken two 12-inch vinyl versions of that track and conjoined them together as one … the way I want to listen to P:Machinery by:
Propaganda
Although he produced only a handful of tracks of renown and disappeared into obscurity almost as quickly as he had emerged from it, Manny ( Man ) Parrish is nonetheless one of the most important and influential figures in American electronic dance music. Helping to lay the foundation of electro, hip-hop, freestyle, and techno, as well as the dozens of subgenres to splinter off from those, Parrish introduced the aesthetic of European electronic pop to the American club scene by combining the plugged-in disco-funk of Giorgio Moroder and the man-machine music of Kraftwerk with the beefed-up rhythms and cut’n'mix approach of nascent hip-hop. As a result, tracks like “Hip-Hop Be Bop (Don’t Stop)” and “Boogie Down Bronx” were period-defining works that provided the basic genetic material for everyone from Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys to Autechre and Andrea Parker — and they remain undisputed classics of early hip-hop and electro to this day.
Man Parrish
What made Trevor Horn’s productions stand out was his unique and genius production techniques and the heavy use of state-of-the-art pro-audio gear, which made him become the torch-bearer for the kind of technology-led pop music which was hip and incredibly disciplined. Trevor Horn’s 12-inch remixes were uniquely long (anywhere from 8 to 13 minutes in duration) and told stories which took the listeners through long instrumental journeys at the begenning of tracks until the climax is reached (around the 5/6 or 7 minute mark). After the climax, the original or alternate full vocal version of the track takes over from that point on to the end, lasting additional 3.5 to 5 minutes in length.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Trevor Horn is the guy who produced and performed “
The Buggles
You are a god! I have been looking for this track in digital format for decades, and I’m not kidding. I love you!
I have a version of this that’s 8:10, but this one sounds much better than the one I have.
Actually, it’s 8:19. But the version on here sounds better; I’ll stand by that.
i am interested to know of the differences between your version and mine, since yours is longer.
What AZ said – I’ve been searching for this a long time. A thousand thanks, Hash!
OMG! What a great mix! I love this version!!!
I’m sure that you’re long stopped watching this thread closely, but as an afficionado of Peter Gabriel music, I must inform you that this MP3 of “In Your Eyes” is very rare and valuable. In my opinion, it is everything that makes Peter Gabriel great, and at the same time you have the only “online” version of it. Thank you for sharing.
WOWSERS! The search finally ends….thank you! Peace, Love & Beats
At last!! Yay!!!! Why is this not sold anywhere, literally one of the best songs ever written and produced? I would’ve happily bought it on Amazn. Why can you get the Instrumental version there, but not the Special Mix?! Why do they not want to make money off this?? And yes, the sound of yours is much better than the 128kbps AAC (audio portion) version on uTube (apparently also on vinyl, but not as obviously, despite being lower quality) (UMPlayer to DL). I’ll have to look on your site for some specs on your vinyl setup… I’m sure you have it somewhere. I even get the ‘thump’ of the beginning of the record :p , lol, and the static/clicks which remind me of listening to it as a teenager on vinyl. (Reminds me why I don’t miss vinyl, even with this good recording.)
My dad bought the 7-inch single when it came out, which has Special Mix on the B-side, and that’s the only side I really listened to. Some guy dropped and broke it at a dance I was DJ’ing! Arghh! Why couldn’t he have broken my dad’s Heart single? For nerds, a heads-up: this MP3 has no ID3v1 tags, and only limited ID3v2 tags [add with 1by1 player [windows/freeware] or any host of players/taggers, and is is encoded at 320kbps.
Steam “Quiet Steam” (B-side of Digging In The Dirt) is also a difficult one to get your hands on (also not sold digitally on amazun, only used, but at least that’s available on CD). I DID go as far as purchase the 7-inch vinyl version off Ebay years ago just for the B-side! (I wish he’d make a much less loud but not so polar oppositely “quiet” version of Steam; clearly, “Quiet Steam” was some kind of thought process validating the thought, “hm, that studio version of Steam is too loud”.)
Thanks for keeping these old, neglected, and nearly forgotten tracks alive and from being lost to time altogether. In the case of these really rare tracks the rec. co’s just give you the middle finger about, it really is strongly arguably the right thing to do. I have a lot of browsing to do! Recommend local save vs stream, for posterity. RP’ing, esp w/proper tags, wouldn’t be a bad idea too.
Thank you so much for posting this. Your site is great and this isn’t the only gem either. There are so many semi-obscure 7″ and 12″ mixes out there and its great that folks like you are helping us enjoy them. If I have any that I don’t come across on the site I’ll see if you need them, although my rips may not be quite as nice. I just haven’t been able to swing an audio interface and its my only weak link.