Robert Fripp guitar on Peter Gabriel Car

I got into Peter Gabriel's first 3 albums through the Fripp connection and while his playing is identifiable on the Scratch and Melt albums I have never really been able to identify his signature playing on the first album Car. I only really think that the clean toned jazz solo on Excuse Me is Fripp. Unlike the 2nd and 3rd albums which have individual track credits Car only lists Fripp as playing electric guitar, classical guitar, banjo but no track credit. As there is banjo on Excuse Me I suspect he either only plays on that track or was mixed off other tunes he played on.

Here Comes the Flood would be the most obvious I guess

M27Barney wrote: I have the first four Gabriel releases. To be fair I haven't listened to them for at least 10 years. The only prog track on those cds is White Shadow...The rest is commercial IMO. I can't recall any notable guitar playing tho...

OP: With Bob Ezrin (KISS) in command in the production booth, maybe he toned down Sir Robert's playing--either by will ("requesting" it of Bob) or force (playing with dials on the engineering deck). 

^ I believe so. That's definitely Fripp with the power chords at the end of "Solsbury Hill." Any time there's heavy sounding guitar it's probably Fripp. Next to Tony Iommi he was probably the heaviest guitarist in that time period.

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - November 23 2019 at 09:26

Car is my fav PG album--along with So----I don't really hear Fripp on Car--agree with Manuel if he's on it its not noticeable. For me Car would have been a lot better if Hackett played lead or someone less typical on the lead parts.

Dean wrote: PinkertonIII wrote: Dean wrote: Here Comes the Flood would be the most obvious I guess I don't think Fripp plays on the PG version. You are maybe thinking of the version on Fripp's album Exposure? The solo on Car version sounds like Dick Wagner. You are correct, it was Dick Wagner and yes, I was thinking of the Exposure version. So.... if Wagner was on Flood and Hunter was, according to the wiki (yeah, I know) acoustic guitar on "Solsbury Hill"; lead guitar on "Slowburn" and "Waiting for the Big One"; electric guitar, rhythm guitar; pedal steel then Fripp probably/possibly played guitar on the rest.

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Gabriel much like Gentle Giant invented a new form of prog imo.