Sledgehammer Promo

Now this is a terrific forum.

Does anyone know if it is still to possible to track down the promo edit of Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel. It removes the "Gabrielese" from between the opening horn section and the first verse (great for hitting posts on the air), and there is an edit in the second verse, and at the end.

Is this record still in existence. Or are there CD reissues of it? And hopefully, ones that aren't sibilant.

I recall that being on a TM Century disc that also included that hard to find "at that time" live version of "Mony Mony" from Billy Idol.
We used it at a station I worked for in those days.
Jody you're correct about the edits.
If only Gabriel's original 45 version of "In Your Eyes" could be located!

Jody, welcome to the forum. In regards to a custom edit, it cannot be done because of the unique intro, which is not actually a crossfade. The producer of that version had to go back to the multi-tracks to overlap the first verse vocals with the music of the intro. I have a seamless version that borrows a short section from a mint copy of the promo 45.

By the way, the version on TM Century's library is not correct. They tried to re-create it using a crossfade, which does not work.

In regards to "In Your Eyes," the best sounding copy I have is from the 12" single. If you can find one in nice shape, the sound quality is superb (played on a nice turntable/stylus). The 12" plays at 45 RPM, which is about the best we'll get until they issue it on CD from the master tape.

"In Your Eyes" was released on promo 45 in a shorter, remixed version than what was on the stock 45. The radio promo is under 5:00, while the stock 45 version is over 6:00.

Oh no, never worry - I understand! And, hey - nothing wrong with good debate. That's one way we all learn.