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The first part of Peter’s song-swap project. Originally conceived as a reciprocal arrangement that would be released as one album it was Peter’s half that arrived first, in 2010, featuring his orchestral interpretations of some of his favourite songs. It was titled Scratch My Back. The second part, featuring artists covering Peter’s songs was aptly named And I’ll Scratch Yours and followed in 2013. This special edition release features 4 bonus tracks of remixes and alternate versions. “Songwriting is what drew me into music. The craft and the process of putting together a good song seemed both exciting and magical. I have also wanted to record some of my favourite songs for a long time. Rather than make a traditional covers record, I thought it would be much more fun to create a new type of project in which artists communicated with each other and swapped a song for a song. The list was pruned several times and nearly all of the writers I ended up choosing for this first ‘Scratch’ wanted to get involved. Sometimes we’d have an exchange about which song to choose and how to do it. Sometimes it would be hands-off. The intention was that we would each do the songs in our own idiosyncratic ways.” - Peter Gabriel