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BIG BLUE BALL is an ongoing collaboration shepherded by Peter Gabriel, World Party leader Karl Wallinger, and producer Stephen Hague. The basic tracks for these 11 songs were recorded at Gabriel's Real World studios between 1991 and 1995, during week-long sessions with special guests, including Sinead O'Connor, Tim Finn, Marta Sebestyen, Papa Wemba, Jah Wobble, gospel group the Holmes Brothers, members of Living Colour, Afro Celt Sound System, and dozens of other American, European, Asian, and African musicians. Pieced together and remixed in the 13 years following the last of these sessions, BIG BLUE BALL still sounds primarily like a Gabriel and Wallinger collaboration, with those singer-songwriters' eclectic sensibilities prevailing, although the guest singers and musicians are fully represented as well. BIG BLUE BALL is available as a digital download, a standard CD, a deluxe CD with enhanced packaging, and a vinyl LP.
Liner Note Author: Peter Gabriel.
Recording information: Real World Studios, Box, Wiltshire, England (1991-2007).
Authors: Karl Wallinger; Peter Gabriel; Richard Chappell.
Photographers: York Tillyer; Andrew Catlin; Pete Williams.
Unknown Contributor Role: Peter Gabriel.
Personnel: Karl Wallinger (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Joseph Arthur (vocals, guitar); Márta Sebestyén (vocals, flute); Peter Gabriel (vocals, piano, organ, keyboards); Hukwe Zawose, Natacha Atlas, Papa Wemba, Sinéad O'Connor (vocals); James McNally (whistling); Richard Evans (guitar, mandolin, recorder); Vernon Reid (guitar, guitar synthesizer); Justin Adams (guitar, background vocals); David Rhodes, Paul Allen (guitar); Timothy Whelan (saz); Wael Abu Bakr, Momtaz Talaat, Hossam Ramzy & His Egyptian Ensemble, Adel Eskander (strings); Francis Bebey, Guo Yue (flute); Ronan Browne (Uilleann pipe); Stephen Hague (accordion, keyboards, programming); Eric Mouquet, Michel Sanchez (piano, keyboards); Angie Pollock (piano); Tchad Blake (harmonium, organ, keyboards, guitar synthesizer, drums, frame drum, hi-hat, shaker, tambourine, tom tom, bells); Rupert Hine (keyboards); Joji Hirota, Hossam Ramzy, Neil Sparkes (drums, percussion); Manu Katche, Billy Cobham, Ged Lynch (drums); Papa Wemba Band (congas, percussion); Laurent Coatalen (bongos); Arona N'diaye (djembe, sabar, percussion); Chuck Norman (programming); Andy Lee White, Popsy Dixon, Reddy Amisi, Jules Shear, Sevara Nazarkhan, Sherman Holmes, Tim Finn, Wendell Holmes (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Richard Chappell; Stephen Hague; Tchad Blake.
Global Rhythm (Publication) (p.44) - "BBB's voices and instruments float in and out of the 11 songs like fragments of conversations pieced together to create poems." Big Blue Ball Music | List Price | $17.98 (You save $3.09) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, International CDs, Pop, Electronica, World | | Label | Real World | | Orig Year | 2008 | | All Time Sales Rank |  52933  | | CD Universe Part number | 7680323 | | Catalog number | 150 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 24, 2008 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Karl Wallinger; Peter Gabriel; Stephen Hague | | Engineer | Marco Migliari; David Bottrill; Paul Grady; Richard Chappell; Ben Findlay; Richard Evans; Alex Swift | | Personnel | Peter Gabriel - vocals, piano, organ, keyboards
Billy Cobham
Manu Katche
Vernon Reid - guitar, guitar synthesizer
David Rhodes
Rupert Hine - keyboards
Hossam Ramzy
Richard Evans - guitar, mandolin, recorder
Tim Finn
Ged Lynch - drums
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