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Level 42 - The Early Tapes

Rating:8.7, with 3 votes.
Catalog Number:POCP-2146
Label:Polydor
Year released:1982
Playing time:42:00
Style:Funk
Language:English
Country:England
Submitted By:shuf@darkwing.uoregon.edu

Tracks:

01.Sandstorm
02.Love Meeting Love
03.Theme To Margaret
04.Autumn (Paradise Is Free)
05.Wings Of Love
06.Woman
07.Mr Pink
08.88
09.The official title of this is "The Early Tapes July/August
10.1980." This is back at the point when Level 42 were first
11.getting together and were without a recording contract.
12.They cut a few singles for Andy Sojka and Elite Records
13.(Sandstorm, Love Meeting Love, Wings Of Love), and then were
14.signed by Polydor. Sojka was left with a bunch of unfinished
15.tracks, which he mixed as best he could and turned them
16.into an album, entitled Strategy. He wanted to release it
17.right after the Level 42 eponymous official "first album",
18.which concerned Polydor (as they were ready to release the
19.second album). Polydor bought the album, released it as
20.The Early Tapes. Though unpolished in many places, this
21.album has five instrumentals that could usually only be
22.heard in their live performances 12-15 years ago. If you
23.ever wondered why Mark King was considered a demon of funk
24.bass, here is ample proof.

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