{"product_id":"sledgehammer","title":"Sledgehammer (Zoetrope Picture Disc)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #df7e5e;\"\u003e**This title is limited to \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e1 per customer.\u003c\/span\u003e Any order placed for more than 1 will be cancelled.**\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\u003cspan\u003eLimited to 2000 Copies\/ RSD Exclusive Release\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUPC: 884108018453\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Gabriel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280455643387,"sku":null,"price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0431\/2606\/3262\/files\/zoesledgersd.jpg?v=1774120660","url":"https:\/\/rustandwax.com\/products\/sledgehammer","provider":"Rust \u0026 Wax Record Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}