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. | |