{"product_id":"gabriel-peter-sledgehammer-12-inch-single-rsd-2026","title":"Gabriel,Peter - Sledgehammer - 12-Inch Single - RSD 2026","description":"\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA top five single in the UK and a Hot 100 #1 single in the USA, Sledgehammer - with it's multi-award winning video, directed by Stephen R Johnson - heralded Gabriel's shift into the mainstream consciousness and provided a first indication of the album 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\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExclusive for Record Store Day 2026, Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer single is being re-issue to celebrate it's 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\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis title is part of our Record Store Day 2026 collection at Rock and Soul, one of NYC’s most trusted independent record stores for official RSD releases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSign up for stock alerts to be notified as soon as this Record Store Day 2026 release becomes available.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rock and Soul DJ Equipment and Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42280894726226,"sku":"Vin-RSD-2026-113","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0002\/7053\/2620\/files\/1642200.jpg?v=1772540631","url":"https:\/\/rockandsoul.com\/products\/gabriel-peter-sledgehammer-12-inch-single-rsd-2026","provider":"Rock and Soul DJ Equipment and Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}