LEVEL 42

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Level 42

08/81

2

The Early Tapes July/August 1980

03/82

3

The Pursuit Of Accidents

09/82

4

Standing In The Light

08/83

5

True Colours

09/84

6

A Physical Presence [live]

06/85

7

World Machine

10/85

8

Running In The Family

06/87

9

Staring At The Sun

09/88

10

Guaranteed

09/91

11

The Remixes

07/92

12a

Forever Now

03/94

12b

Forever Now

12/95

13

Live At Wembley

06/96

14

The River Sessions

10/05

15

Retroglide

09/06


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1) LEVEL 42

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Turn It On
"43"
Why Are You Leaving?
Almost There

Heathrow
Love Games
Dune Tune
Starchild


Wally Badarou
Gary Barnacle
Dave Chambers
Boon Gould
Philip Gould

Mark King
Mike Lindup

Leroy Williams

Producer:

Synthesiser
Saxophone (Track 5)
Tenor Saxophone (Track 3)
Guitar
Drums, Percussion, Glockenspiel,
Timbales, Backing Vocals
Bass, Vocals, Percussion
Synthesiser, Piano, Electric Piano,
Percussion, Vocals
Congas, Bongos, Percussion

Mike Vernon

2) THE EARLY TAPES JULY/AUGUST 1980

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Sandstorm
Love Meeting Love
Theme To Margaret
Autumn (Paradise Is Free)

Wings Of Love
Woman
Mr Pink
88


Wally Badarou
Dave Chambers
Boon Gould
Philip Gould
Mark King
Mike Lindup
Leroy Williams

Producer:

Synthesiser
Soprano & Tenor Saxophone
Guitar, Alto Saxophone
Drums, Percussion
Bass, Vocals, Percussion
Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion
Percussion

Jerry Pike, Andy Sojka

3) THE PURSUIT OF ACCIDENTS

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Weave Your Spell
The Pursuit Of Accidents
Last Chance
Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?

You Can't Blame Louis
Eyes Waterfalling (The Prodigy)
Shapeshifter
The Chinese Way


Wally Badarou
Boon Gould
Philip Gould

Pete Jacobson
Mark King

Mike Lindup

Pete Wingfield

Producer:

Synthesiser
Guitar
Drums, Percussion,
Electronic Drums, Backing Vocals
Synthesiser (Track 3)
Bass, Vocals, Keyboards,
Percussion
Vocals, Synthesiser, Piano,
Electric Piano, Percussion
Clavinet (Track 4)

Mike Vernon

4) STANDING IN THE LIGHT

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Micro-Kid
The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)
Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind
Dance On Heavy Weather

A Pharaoh's Dream (Of Endless Time)
Standing In The Light
I Want Eyes
People
The Machine Stops


Wally Badarou
Paulinho Da Costa
Boon Gould
Philip Gould

Mark King
Mike Lindup
Andrew Woolfolk

Producer:

Synthesiser
Percussion
Guitar
Drums, Marimba, Milk-bottles,
Backing Vocals
Bass, Vocals, Drums
Vocals, Synthesiser, Piano,
Electric Piano, Vocoder
Soprano Saxophone (Track 5)

Wally Badarou(Track 3),
Larry Dunn(Tracks 1,2,4-9),
Verdine White(Tracks 1,2,4-9)

5) TRUE COLOURS

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The Chant Has Begun
Kansas City Milkman
Seven Days
Hot Water

A Floating Life
True Believers
My Hero
Kouyaté
Hours By The Window


Wally Badarou
Gary Barnacle
Boon Gould
Philip Gould
Mark King
Mike Lindup

Producer:

Keyboards
Alto & Tenor Saxophone
Guitar
Drums, Percussion
Bass, Vocals, Percussion
Keyboards, Vocals

Ken Scott

6) A PHYSICAL PRESENCE

 
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LP One
Almost There
Turn It On
Mr Pink
Eyes Waterfalling

Kansas City Milkman
Follow Me
Foundation And Empire

LP Two
The Chant Has Begun
The Chinese Way
The Sun Goes Down (Livin' It Up)
Hot Water

Love Games
88


Boon Gould
Philip Gould
Mark King
Mike Lindup
Krys Mach

Producer:

Guitar
Drums, Backing Vocals
Bass, Vocals
Keyboards, Vocals
Saxophone

Greg Jackman, Level 42

 

Recorded live during March 1985 at:
The Coronet, Woolwich, London, England
The Hexagon, Reading, Berkshire, England
Goldiggers, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England

7) WORLD MACHINE

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World Machine
Physical Presence
Something About You
Leaving Me Now

I Sleep On My Heart
It's Not The Same For Us
Dream Crazy [CD only]
Good Man In A Storm
Coup D'Etat
Lying Still

Original LP


CD Issue

Wally Badarou
Gary Barnacle
Boon Gould
Philip Gould
Mark King
Mike Lindup

Producer:

Synthesiser, Vocals
Saxophone
Guitar
Drums
Bass, Vocals
Keyboards, Vocals

Wally Badarou, Level 42

8) RUNNING IN THE FAMILY

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Lessons In Love
Children Say
Running In The Family
It's Over

To Be With You Again
Two Solitudes
Fashion Fever
The Sleepwalkers
Freedom Someday [CD only]

LP Issue


CD Issue

Wally Badarou
Gary Barnacle
Dick Cuthel
Boon Gould
Philip Gould
Mark King
Mike Lindup
Krys Mach

Producer:

Keyboards, Vocals
Saxophone (Track 1)
Trumpet (Track 9)
Guitar
Drums
Bass, Vocals
Keyboards, Vocals
Saxophone (Track 3)

Wally Badarou, Level 42,
Julian Mendelsohn

9) STARING AT THE SUN

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Heaven In My Hands
I Don't Know Why
Take A Look
Over There
Silence

Tracie
Staring At The Sun
Two Hearts Collide
Man
Gresham Blues [CD only]


Wally Badarou
Gary Husband
Mark King
Mike Lindup
Krys Mach
Dominic Miller
Alan Murphy
Steve Sidwell

Producer:

Keyboards
Drums
Bass, Vocals
Keyboards, Vocals
Saxophone
Guitar
Guitar
Trumpet

Wally Badarou, Julian Mendelsohn

10) GUARANTEED

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Guaranteed
Overtime
Her Big Day
Seven Years
Set Me Up

The Ape
My Father's Shoes
A Kinder Eye
She Can't Help Herself
If You Were Mine
Lasso The Moon [CD only]
With A Little Love [CD only]


Wally Badarou
Gary Barnacle
Allan Holdsworth
Gary Husband
Mark King
Mike Lindup
Annie McCaig
Dominic Miller
John Thirkell

Producer:

Keyboards, Vocals
Saxophone
Guitar
Drums, Vocals, Keyboards
Bass, Vocals
Keyboards, Vocals
Vocals
Guitar
Trumpet

Wally Badarou, Level 42

11) THE REMIXES

 
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LP One
The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)
Something About You [Shep Pettibone remix]
Children Say

Hot Water
Running In The Family [Dave 'O' remix]
Love Games


 
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LP Two
The Chinese Way
(Flying On The) Wings Of Love

Two Hearts Collide
Lessons In Love [Shep Pettibone remix]
The Hit Combination

12a) FOREVER NOW

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Forever Now
Model Friend
Tired Of Waiting
All Over You
Love In A Peaceful World
Romance
Billy's Gone
One In A Million
The Sunbed Song
Talking In Your Sleep
Don't Bother Me


Wally Badarou

Gary Barnacle
Miles Bould
Danny Bloom
Stuart Brooks
Richard Edwards
Philip Gould

Mark King

Mike Lindup

John Thirkell
Derek Watkins

Producer:

Keyboards, Synthesiser, Guitar,
Vocals
Saxophone
Percussion
Guitar
Trumpet
Trombone
Drums, Drum Loops, Piano, Organ,
Vocals
Vocals, Bass, Loops, Organ, Synthesiser, Harp
Synthesiser, Electric Piano,
Grand Piano, Organ, Vocals
Trumpet
Trumpet

Steve Anderson (Tracks 1-5),
Wally Badarou(Tracks 5-11),
Level 42 (Tracks 1-5)

12b) FOREVER NOW

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Billy's Gone
The Bends
Play Me
The Sunbed Song
Past Lives
Don't Bother Me
Heart On The Line (Skeletal)
Romance
Time Will Heal
Learn To Say No
Forever Now
Model Friend
Love In A Peaceful World
One In A Million
Talking In Your Sleep


Wally Badarou

Gary Barnacle
Miles Bould
Danny Bloom
Stuart Brooks
Richard Edwards
Philip Gould

Mark King

Mike Lindup

John Thirkell
Derek Watkins

Producer:

Keyboards, Synthesiser, Guitar,
Vocals
Saxophone
Percussion
Guitar
Trumpet
Trombone
Drums, Drum Loops, Piano, Organ,
Vocals
Vocals, Bass, Loops, Organ, Synthesiser, Harp
Synthesiser, Electric Piano,
Grand Piano, Organ, Vocals
Trumpet
Trumpet

Wally Badarou(Tracks 1-10,14,15), Steve Anderson (Tracks 11-13)

 

Re-release on Resurgence label

13) LIVE AT WEMBLEY

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Heaven In My Hands
To Be With You Again
Children Say
Silence
It's Over
Over There
Man
Love Games
Take A Look
Something About You
Running In The Family
Lessons In Love
The Chinese Way


Gary Husband
Mark King
Mike Lindup
Krys Mach
Annie McCaig
Alan Murphy

Producer:

Drums
Bass, Vocals
Keyboards, Vocals
Saxophone
Backing Vocals
Guitar

Pete Ritzema

 

Recorded live by The BBC at Wembley Arena, London, England on 12 January 1989 and broadcast on 8 or 10 February 1989

14) THE RIVER SESSIONS

 
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CD One
Heathrow
Dance On Heavy Weather
Turn It On
Love Games
I Want Eyes
Sandstorm
Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind
Micro Kid
43
Eyes Waterfalling
Starchild

CD Two
The Sun Goes Down
The Chinese Way
88
Are You Hearing



Boon Gould
Gary Husband
Mark King

Nathan King
Mike Lindup

Producer:

Guitar
Drums
Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards,
Vocals
Guitar, Vocals
Vocals

 

Recorded live by Radio Clyde at The Locarno, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland on 18 September 1983

15) RETROGLIDE

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Dive Into The Sun
Rooted
The Way Back Home
Just For You
Sleep Talking
Retroglide
All Around
Clouds
Hell Town Story
Ship
All I Need [bonus track]


Lyndon Connah
Sean Freeman
Gary Husband
Mark King
Nathan King
Mike Lindup

Producer:

Keyboards
Saxophone
Drums
Bass, Percussion, Vocals
Guitar, Vocals
Vocals, Synthesiser