https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:08:36 +0000 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:10:53 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 30 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1501 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=68059&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#68059 Author: aaronk
Subject: 1501
Posted: 18 April 2026 at 11:10am

At some point, the original mix of "Sledgehammer" was swapped out for the video remix on digital versions of So and a couple of his hits compilations. I was surprised to hear this when streaming the song on Spotify. The most notable difference is the added synthesizer that appears from 3:17 to 3:37. Unlike the video, though, this has the full LP performance and fade out at the end, rather than the percussion from the Extended Dance Remix.

Although it's very subtle, this remix is different from start to finish. There are slightly different reverb/echo effects on one of the synths throughout, so it's not just a case of overdubs at the 3:17 mark.

On Spotify, the album is labeled as 2012 Remaster, but this is not true. I have a rip of the CD 2012 remaster, and it's not the video remix on the CD version.

Anyhow, it's pretty cool to have this remix in perfect sound quality after all these years.]]> Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:10:53 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=68059&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#68059 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=53323&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#53323 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 1501
Posted: 16 January 2020 at 4:52am

aaronk wrote: The intro is crossfaded between the instrumental opening and the first verse.

Thanks! I'll have to listen more closely next time it
comes on the radio.]]> Thu, 16 Jan 2020 04:52:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=53323&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#53323 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=53317&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#53317 Author: aaronk
Subject: 1501
Posted: 15 January 2020 at 5:34pm

The intro is crossfaded between the instrumental opening and the first
verse. ]]> Wed, 15 Jan 2020 17:34:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=53317&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#53317 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=53313&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#53313 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 1501
Posted: 15 January 2020 at 11:05am

aaronk wrote: I'd be surprised if you were hearing the actual promo edit. The stations here play the botched TM Century edit.

What does the botched edit sound like???]]> Wed, 15 Jan 2020 11:05:30 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=53313&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#53313 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=53312&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#53312 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 1501
Posted: 15 January 2020 at 10:21am

In my DJ library, it's the actual edit. But, I
agree, probably the botched edit on the radio. ]]> Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:21:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=53312&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#53312 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=53311&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#53311 Author: aaronk
Subject: 1501
Posted: 15 January 2020 at 8:43am

I'd be surprised if you were hearing the actual promo edit. The stations here play the botched TM Century edit.]]> Wed, 15 Jan 2020 08:43:11 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=53311&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#53311 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=53307&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#53307 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 1501
Posted: 15 January 2020 at 6:00am

eriejwg wrote: I've always preferred the promo single version that runs 4:02. It's the go-to version in my library.

Same here. Also, it's the only one I hear on the radio
these days.]]> Wed, 15 Jan 2020 06:00:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=53307&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#53307 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=53300&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#53300 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 1501
Posted: 14 January 2020 at 11:06am

I've always preferred the promo single version that runs
4:02. It's the go-to version in my library.]]> Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:06:19 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=53300&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#53300 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=53297&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#53297 Author: peterpyser
Subject: 1501
Posted: 14 January 2020 at 6:21am

The 7'' version of Sledgehammer can be found on this cd
single:
https://www.discogs.com/Peter-Gabriel-Blood-Of-
Eden/release/1870212

The actual timing is 5:01 even if it's listed as 4:53 on the back cover.

Edited by peterpyser]]> Tue, 14 Jan 2020 06:21:34 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=53297&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#53297 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=31365&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#31365 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 1501
Posted: 26 August 2011 at 5:49pm

Just compared my commercial 45 (printed 4:58, actual 5:00) with the version on So.

As noted a few times above, the 45 (no designation on the record label) is an early fade of the album.

To recreate the 45 early fade, put a 24-beat fade from 4:47 to 5:02, starting at the downbeat at the end of the big drum fill.

Comparing the 45 and LP fades, they start in the same place and have pretty much the same shape, but the LP version has a gigantic tail and continues quite a while at a very low volume.

FYI, both the 45 and the album version on So run at 96.4 BPM throughout.

Edited by crapfromthepast]]> Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:49:12 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1501&PID=31365&title=peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-issue#31365