PETER GABRIEL Peter Gabriel III (Half-Speed Master Edition 2026 UK/EU 10-track LP, the first vinyl reissue since 2002. Originally released in 1980 and known as Melt for its Hipgnosis cover art, Peter Gabriel's third solo album iswhere one of the most influential drum sounds in modern music was accidentally invented. Gabriel banned cymbals entirely and had Phil Collins play stripped-back, toms-only beats. During one session, engineer Hugh Padgham's talkback mic got left open by mistake, catching Collins's drums through the studio's compressors and gates, and the room exploded with a huge, cannon-blast snare sound nobody had heard before: gated reverb, the effect that would go on to define '80s pop and rock production, from Prince to Bruce Springsteen. That sound opens the album on "Intruder" and runs straight through it. The record also delivered Gabriel's first UK Top 5 hit in "Games Without Frontiers," featuring Kate Bush singing "Jeux sans frontières", and closes on "Biko," his first outright political song and still one of the most powerful protest songs ever recorded. This edition marks the album's first vinyl reissue since 2002, half-speed remastered, and includes a download code. Hype sticker & factory sealed).