{"product_id":"peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-rsd-2026-zoetrope-vinyl-12-single","title":"Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer - RSD 2026 Zoetrope Vinyl 12\" Single","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSledgehammer was the first single to be taken from Peter Gabriel’s fifth solo studio album So, and was originally released on 21 April,1986.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA top five single in the UK and a Hot 100 #1 single in the USA, Sledgehammer – with its multi-award winning video, directed by Stephen R Johnson – heralded Gabriel’s shift into the mainstream consciousness and provided a first indication of So’s irresistible marriage of the artistic and the commercial. “I’d been revisiting my childhood obsession with 1960s soul music and was even considering doing a full album of covers, but instead I wrote Sledgehammer as more of a tribute to singers like Otis Redding. This was the end of the idea of me being a sort of cult artist at the fringes of the mainstream. There wasn’t an option to go and hide in the shadows anymore.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExclusive for Record Store Day 2026, Peter Gabriel’s Sledgehammer single is being re-issued to celebrate its 40th anniversary. The music replicates the original Sledgehammer 12” release but comes as a zoetrope picture disc, using images taken from the ground-breaking video.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack list:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1 Sledgehammer (extended mix)\u003cbr\u003eB1 Don't Break This Rhythm\u003cbr\u003eB2 I Have the Touch (85 remix)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fb-like fb_iframe_widget\" data-href=\"https:\/\/recordstoreday.com\/SpecialRelease\/19789\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-action=\"like\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-share=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Real World","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53895775715612,"sku":"PEGASLRS10029","price":44.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/6066\/8345\/files\/peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-rsd-2026-zoetrope-vinyl-12-single-1004674.webp?v=1770793087","url":"https:\/\/bondirecords.com\/products\/peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-rsd-2026-zoetrope-vinyl-12-single","provider":"Bondi Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}