Boxset / Compilation · 2021
Tracklist
DISC ONE:
LEVEL 42
1. TURN IT ON
2. “43”
3. WHY ARE YOU LEAVING?
4. ALMOST THERE
5. HEATHROW
6. LOVE GAMES
7. DUNE TUNE
8. STARCHILD
DISC TWO:
THE EARLY TAPES
1. SANDSTORM
2. LOVE MEETING LOVE
3. THEME TO MARGARET
4. AUTUMN (PARADISE IS FREE)
5. WINGS OF LOVE
6. WOMAN
7. MR. PINK
8. 88
DISC THREE:
THE PURSUIT OF ACCIDENTS
1. WEAVE YOUR SPELL
2. THE PURSUIT OF ACCIDENTS
3. LAST CHANCE
4. ARE YOU HEARING (WHAT I HEAR)?
5. YOU CAN’T BLAME LOUIS
6. EYES WATERFALLING (THE PRODIGY)
7. SHAPESHIFTER
8. THE CHINESE WAY
DISC FOUR:
STANDING IN THE LIGHT
1. MICRO KID
2. THE SUN GOES DOWN (LIVING IT UP)
3. OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND
4. DANCE ON HEAVY WEATHER
5. A PHARAOH’S DREAM (OF ENDLESS TIME)
6. STANDING IN THE LIGHT
7. I WANT EYES
8. PEOPLE
9. THE MACHINE STOPS
DISC FIVE:
TRUE COLOURS
1. THE CHANT HAS BEGUN
2. KANSAS CITY MILKMAN
3. SEVEN DAYS
4. HOT WATER
5. A FLOATING LIFE
6. TRUE BELIEVERS
7. MY HERO
8. KOUYATE
9. HOURS BY THE WINDOW
DISC SIX:
7” SINGLES
1. LOVE MEETING LOVE –
(7″ VERSION) (FIRST TIME ON CD)
2. (FLYING ON THE) WINGS OF LOVE (U.S. MIX – 7″ EDIT)
3. LOVE GAMES (7″ VERSION)
4. TURN IT ON (7″ VERSION)
5. STARCHILD (7″ REMIX)
6. ARE YOU HEARING
(WHAT I HEAR)? (7″ VERSION)
7. WEAVE YOUR SPELL (7″ REMIX)
8. THE CHINESE WAY (7″ VERSION)
9. OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND
(7″ VERSION)
10. THE SUN GOES DOWN (LIVING IT UP) (7″ VERSION)
11. MICRO KID (7″ VERSION)
12. HOT WATER (7″ VERSION)
13. THE CHANT HAS BEGUN
(7″ EDIT)
DISC SEVEN:
B SIDES
1. INSTRUMENTAL LOVE
2. FORTY-TWO
3. BEEZER ONE
4. FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE
(PARTS 1 & 2)
5. THE RETURN OF THE HANDSOME RUGGED MAN
6. DUNE TUNE (LIVE)
7. LOVE GAMES (LIVE)
8. 88 (LIVE)
9. YOU CAN’T BLAME LOUIS (REMIX – 7″ VERSION) (FIRST TIME ON CD)
10. CAN’T WALK YOU HOME
(7″ VERSION)
11. CAN’T WALK YOU HOME
12. TURN IT ON (LIVE)
13. ALMOST THERE (EDITED VERSION)
DISC EIGHT:
12” SINGLES & RARITIES
1. (FLYING ON THE) WINGS OF LOVE (U.S. MIX)
2. (FLYING ON THE) WINGS OF LOVE (REMIX ’81)
3. LOVE GAMES
(FULL LENGTH VERSION)
4. TURN IT ON (FULL LENGTH VERSION)
5. STARCHILD (REMIX – LONG VERSION)
6. ARE YOU HEARING (WHAT I HEAR)? – (EXTENDED VERSION)
7. WEAVE YOUR SPELL
(EXTENDED VERSION)
8. THE CHINESE WAY
(EXTENDED VERSION)
9. OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND – (EXTENDED VERSION)
10. YOU CAN’T BLAME LOUIS
(EXTENDED REMIX)
11. THE SUN GOES DOWN (LIVING IT UP) (EXTENDED VERSION)
DISC NINE:
12” SINGLES
1. MICRO KID (EXTENDED VERSION) (FIRST TIME ON CD)
2. MICRO KID (I-LEVEL REMIX)
3. THE CHINESE WAY
(NEW YORK REMIX)
4. THE CHINESE WAY (DUB)
5. HOT WATER (MASTERMIX)
6. STANDING IN THE LIGHT
(EXTENDED VERSION)
7. MICRO KID
(SPECIALLY REMIXED VERSION)
8. MICRO KID (DUB VERSION)
9. THE CHANT HAS BEGUN
(POWER MIX)
10. THE SUN GOES DOWN
(LIVING IT UP) (UPFRONT MIX)
DISC TEN:
BONUS TRACKS
1. LOVE GAMES (U.S. REMIX)
2. SANDSTORM (LIVE MAY 1982)
3. MR. PINK (LIVE MAY 1982)
4. IT’S A HAPPENING
5. THE CHINESE WAY (DUB – EDIT)
(FIRST TIME ON CD)
6. LAST CHANCE (EXTENDED VERSION)
7. HEATHROW
(LIVE AT REGAL THEATRE, HITCHIN)
8. TURN IT ON
(LIVE AT REGAL THEATRE, HITCHIN)
9. EYES WATERFALLING (THE PRODIGY) (LIVE AT REGAL THEATRE, HITCHIN)
10. THE PURSUIT OF ACCIDENTS
(LIVE AT REGAL THEATRE, HITCHIN)
11. ARE YOU HEARING (WHAT I HEAR)? (LIVE AT REGAL THEATRE, HITCHIN)
12. STANDING IN THE LIGHT
(7″ VERSION)
13. GOODBYE RAY SCHMIDT-VOLK
Line-up/Musicians
About this release
Cherry Red Records ROBINBOX45
Volume One contains all the Level 42 albums from 1981 – 1984 in their original glory. Discs 6 -10 contain all the B-Sides, 7” Mixes, remixes and rare versions from those eras.
Disc 6, Track 1 and Disc 7, Track 1 from “Love Meeting Love” – Polydor U.K. single POSP 170, 1980
Disc 6, Track 2 from “(Flying on the) Wings of Love” – Polydor U.K. single POSP 200, 1980
Disc 6, Track 3 and Disc 7, Track 2 from “Love Games” – Polydor U.K. single POSP 234, 1981
Disc 6, Track 4 and Disc 7, Track 3 from “Turn It On” – Polydor U.K. single POSP 286, 1981
Disc 6, Track 5 from “Starchild” – Polydor U.K. single POSP 343, 1981
Disc 6, Track 6 and Disc 7, Track 5 from “Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?” – Polydor U.K. single POSP 386, 1982
Disc 6, Track 7 from “Weave Your Spell” – Polydor U.K. single POSP 500, 1982
Disc 6, Track 8 and Disc 7, Track 8 from “The Chinese Way” – Polydor U.K. single POSP 538, 1982
Disc 6, Track 9 and Disc 7, Track 9 from “Out of Sight Out of Mind” – Polydor U.K. single POSP 570, 1983
Disc 6, Track 10 and Disc 7, Track 10 from “The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)” – Polydor U.K. single POSP 622, 1983
Disc 6, Track 11 and Disc 7, Track 12 from “Micro Kid” – Polydor U.K. single POSP 643, 1983
Disc 6, Track 12 and Disc 10, Track 12 from “Hot Water” – Polydor U.K. single POSP 697, 1984
Disc 6, Track 13 and Disc 7, Track 13 from “The Chant Has Begun” – Polydor U.K. single POSP 710, 1984
Disc 7, Track 4 and Disc 8, Track 5 from “Starchild” 12″ – Polydor U.K. POSPX 343, 1981
Disc 7, Tracks 6-7 and Disc 8, Track 7 from “Weave Your Spell” 12″ – Polydor U.K. POSPX 500, 1982
Disc 7, Track 11 and Disc 8, Track 11 from Polydor U.K. 12″ POSPX 622, 1983
Disc 8, Track 1 from “(Flying on the) Wings of Love” 12″ – Polydor U.K. POSPX 200, 1980
Disc 8, Track 2 from 1981 repress of above
Disc 8, Track 3 from “Love Games” 12″ – Polydor U.K. POSPX 234, 1981
Disc 8, Track 4 from “Turn It On” 12″ – Polydor U.K. POSPX 286, 1981
Disc 8, Track 6 from “Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?” 12″ – Polydor U.K. POSPX 386, 1982
Disc 8, Track 8 from “The Chinese Way” 12″ – Polydor U.K. POSPX 538, 1982
Disc 8, Tracks 9-10 from “Out of Sight Out of Mind” 12″ – Polydor U.K. POSPX 570, 1983
Disc 9, Tracks 1 and 3-4 from “Microkid” 12″ – Polydor U.K. POSPX 643, 1983
Disc 9, Track 2 from “Microkid” 12″ promo – Polydor U.K. POSPX 643, 1983
Disc 9, Track 5 from “Hot Water” European 12″ – Polydor 881 262-1, 1984
Disc 9, Track 6 from “Hot Water” 12″ – Polydor U.K. POSPX 697, 1984
Disc 9, Tracks 7-8 from “Microkid” U.S. 12″ – A&M SP-12091, 1984
Disc 9, Tracks 9-10 from “The Chant Has Begun” 12″ – Polydor U.K. POSPX 710, 1984
Disc 10, Track 1 from “The Chant Has Begun” limited 12″ – Polydor U.K. POSPA 710, 1984
Disc 10, Tracks 2-3 and 13 from Level 42/The Early Tapes remaster – Polydor 543 879-2, 2000
Disc 10, Track 4 and 6 from The Pursuit of Accidents/Standing in the Light remaster – Polydor U.K. 543 883-2, 2000
Disc 10, Track 5 from “The Chinese Way” U.S. 12″ – Polydor 811 537-1, 1983
Disc 10, Tracks 7-8 from Level 42 remaster – Polydor 9843571, 2007
Disc 10, Tracks 9-11 from The Pursuit of Accidents remaster – Polydor 9843573, 2007
Thanks to snobb for the addition