From: Level42-request @ worldmachine.com (Level42 Digest) Subject: Level42 Digest V99 #176 _ ____ _ ____ _ _ ___ // //__ // / //__ // /__// __// //__ //__ \\_/ //__ //__ // /__ D I G E S T Level42 Digest Volume 99 : Issue 176 1104 subscribers Today's topics: Re: Level42 Digest V99 #174 MRakes1375 Dolby stereophonics EMIKATIE 'My Father's Shoes' promo steve whyte T. Dolby alex.friesen SITL, Incognito, BNH Lolita Jackson Two Different Routes Stewart Edgell Re: Level42 Digest V99 #175 Violatiana Duh Brian Flint Music of the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's JohnRGab Dolby...er, not "Thomas" DonZipf The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up) 1998 Remix Ben Wilson MK in the rain in Nibe Troels Dahl Mr. King's solo work Bill Montgomery Name that tune gregory.jamate Sharing/Danmark BHConrad Bad, bad public... Daniel James ------------------------------ Subject: Re: Level42 Digest V99 #174 From: MRakes1375 @ aol.com Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 06:05:40 EDT In a message dated 6/24/99 1:19:36 AM, Level42-request @ worldmachine.com writes: <> Yes, I recommend Tribes, Vibes & Scribes and Positivity by Incognito, with vocals by Maysa Leak. I'm not to high on 100 & Rising, but I do own it. As a Brand new Heavies fan, I say picked up all three albums. Shelter is the album with Siedah Garrett on vocals. It wasn't very successful but IMO is was very solid. ------------------------------ Subject: Dolby stereophonics From: EMIKATIE @ aol.com Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 07:54:17 EDT Just an update on the Dolby thing: > From: "Hayes, Ken [qual] IE" Actually Ken, there are at least 6 albums out by Thomas plus his CD rom thing. The machine stops, John ------------------------------ Subject: 'My Father's Shoes' promo From: steve whyte Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 05:22:38 PDT Hi folks, This is just a quick message to say that I have just obtained a spare copy of the one track promo CD for 'My Father's Shoes.' If anyone is interested in this item, (lovely purple custom logo sleeve BTW), then please mail me. I have other vinyl items available too. I am interested in swapping items, esp. promo material, and I am also seeking the original 12" of 'Take Care of Yourself' - NOT the remix 12"! Thanks, Steve. Oh yeah, one more thing. I am hoping to travel to Mark's gigs in November, but none of my mates want to go with me, (I do have friends, honest!) Perhaps we could compile a list of who is going to which date? Just a suggestion... ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Subject: T. Dolby From: alex.friesen @ sickkids.on.ca Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 08:39:23 -0400 >From: Steve Robson > >Apparently, Level 42 have split up. > Holy shit! When did this happen? >From: "Hayes, Ken [qual] IE" >Subject: Thomas Dolby > >'hyperactive' which has a stunning slap bass line. > I haven't heard it in a while, but I'm pretty sure that's sequenced bass. >has produced Prefab Sprout > Best lyrics of any band any time. Check them out. The man's a poet. >[Dolby] has had 4 albums > The Golden Age of Wireless The Flat Earth Aliens Ate My Buick Gate to the Mind's Eye Astronauts and Heretics That's five. Did I miss any? >but the 1st was definitely the best. > I vote for Astronauts and Heretics as his best, with Aliens Ate My Buick a close second. Level 42 link: Bootsy Collins plays on Aliens Ate My Buick, and Mark King's a fan of his. (Or did I just make that up?) Other Level 42 link: Drummer for Prefab Sprout (who's name escapes me) played for Level 42 between Phil and Gary. ...Alex... (I'm having a strange feeling of deja vu. Didn't we cover all this about four years ago?) ------------------------------ Subject: SITL, Incognito, BNH From: Lolita Jackson Organization: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 08:44:52 -0400 > In passing, does anybody have any strong recommendations for Incognito (I > have: 100 & Rising; Tribes, Vibes & Scribes; Positivity) Go get Inside Life or Jazzfunk. Inside Life is great because it has some really good horn parts and Jocelyn Brown is singing Always There. Jazzfunk is reminiscent of old Level 42 somewhat, particularly The Early Tapes era. I'm a completist when it comes to these groups so I would say get both, but if you only get one I would get Inside Life first. You can skip Beneath the Surface; its okay but it is not a must have unless you are a completist. Innershade, which is an Incognito project under a different band name, is pretty good as well and the CD is titled Four Corners. BTW, any of you that have this CD, one of my bands is doing the song Four Corners at our next gig, and my percussionist is smokin'. Maybe I'll get Winman to tape it at the show and put up an audio file or something. > or Brand New > Heavies (Brother Sister; Shelter; Remix Album)? Buy the first one!! There are some funky songs on it - BNH remains my favorite song by them. Ride in the Sky and Stay This Way count as two of N'Dea's best vocal efforts [although the song Brother Sister is my favorite vocal of theirs - I perform this with my band and it always seems to be a crowd pleaser]. > Thank god for groups like Bela Fleck's and Medeski, Martin & Wood. If you are into Medeski, Martin & Wood, you might want to pick up a John Scofield CD named A Go Go. The CD is the four of them playing some pretty funky stuff, and its a good CD. It came out in '98. Level 42 content: Standing in the Light has always been one of my favorite CDs. The only song that I could do without is Dance on Heavy Weather. I even like A Pharoah's Dream [sorry Pat Flanagan - although I still hate The Chinese Way so that should redeem me in your eyes!]. I was in college when I first aquired SITL, and my poor roommates had to suffer through Out of Sight, Out of Mind, People and The Machine Stops endlessly. If it wasn't so tinny I would say that it is my favorite CD by them. I am curious to see how any re-releases sound. As far as True Colors, that is also a very good CD. True Believers is a song that would have gotten major play on black radio stations in the U.S. had it been pushed that way; it is one of their funkiest vocals alongside Kansas City Milkman. My Hero has one of my favorite Mark King basslines - I can't help but bop my head to the beat every time it comes on. Lolita ------------------------------ Subject: Two Different Routes From: "Stewart Edgell" Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 15:02:04 +0100 This is my firts contribution to the Level42 Digest but never mind, judging by the other contributions, I am not concerned that my literary prowess will be of much interest to other writers. Mark King was brought up on the Isle of Wight and so was I. We attended Cowes High School together although he was in the year above me. We both played guitar in Island bands and played in the school orchestra. We both left the Island to follow careers - he to become famous me to become a frusrated guitarist and musician who pretended to be a building society manager and now I am a teacher. He moved back to the Island and got divorced. I stayed away and got divorced. I have not forgotten what it was like to be in awe of him 25 years ago and when I listen to Influences I am still envious -but heh, I somehow think that Stewart Edgell is not the name for a world class musician! Keep listening and as Carlos Santana once said ' One note from the heart is worth a thousand from the head'. ------------------------------ Subject: Re: Level42 Digest V99 #175 From: Violatiana @ aol.com Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 10:24:29 EDT Dear Fiona Sorry but AOL had already erased the digest before I could go back and get your address. I have a still wrapped Darth Moll? Cup Cover from Taco Hell I mean Bell. I got it when I got a suppersized cup, this things huge. I have the straw and even the cup it came with. I'm not a Star Wars collector just a semi beanie collector who really wants Millenium at COST!!! ie no more than $8.00 bucks! Well that's it. As for that audition Love it! I laughed so hard tears were running down my face. What about Gary, and that other guy, hmmm names slips my mind lots of consonants though, slavic, hmmmm can't remember, sound like the nickname the press has for Michael Jackson............................................ Wacko - Jacko, That's it Jacko. Knew it'd come to me........ name association 8-) Ha ha (joke peeps) Hey Suz got a Yankee pkg coming your way sooooonnnnn. (HEHEHEHEHE). Oh Win, I'm so impressed, they actually have you speaking like there are some brain cells up there. Ciao Tianna That's it. No more long ones. In and out in a flash, that's the all new me. Said the Nightfly to his wife. ------------------------------ Subject: Duh From: Brian Flint Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 08:29:56 PDT Okay, Spaldo.....Really? INTO IT? Are you sure it's not INUIT? I mean I sat there for 8 straight hours the other day rewinding over that part, I even got all my dead beat fans who have no jobs involved. It turned it to quite a fiesta actually. We had most of the neighborhood there, 5 BBQ's going, 2 kegs of beer. Somebody had made signs saying "TUrn Here for the "What the Hell Does John Cleese say in the Parrot Sketch" Party". By the end of the evening we had 2 live bands. The Police had closed or street to commuter traffic. It was great. But, alas, to no avail. We couldn't figure it out. And then you come along Spaldo. You are truly a Godsend. It's very important work you do, and don't lose sight of that. Christine....that was a beautiful poem, did you write that yourself? I'm sorry Christine, don't be offended, I just couldn't resist. _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Subject: Music of the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's From: JohnRGab @ aol.com Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 12:39:05 EDT A lot has been said lately about quality of music from different eras. Since I am old enough to remember the 70's and my city had some good retro stations when I was growing up I have heard a lot of 60's stuff too. The differences really aren't so great over the years. At least once you get an open frame of mind. I am willing to bet there aren't a lot of Neil Diamond fans on the digest, but after listening to one of his compilations from his early days, I have to say its great music. When I was growing up I couldn't stand the BeeGees ( I was off listening to Gordon Lightfoot, another musician whose talent goes off the scale), but recently PBS played a live reunion concert and I was floored at how good they were even as old men. Unfortunantly they got swept up in the disco culture (made a lot of money) and sort of sold out to popular sound. Try John Denver. Any digesters fans of his? Really talented man. Once again go for the early stuff before the "5 records in 3 years" contracts cost him creativity. The 80's had a great new sound. Toto, Duran Duran, OMD, Simple Minds etc plus their share of flash in the pan bands like WAX and Frozen Ghost. Who out there really fell for Mike And The Mechanics anyway? The 90's is basically over and 5 to 10 years from now we are going to look back and say nothing compared to Alanis Morsette (sp?). Stunning vocals and lyrics. For me, the 90's was a return to a more acoustic sound, having more in common with earlier folk music than the highly synthesized 80's sound. I always have love the sound of a 12-steel-string acoustic guitar in the hands of a master, say Dan Fogelberg. So, anyway, talent is where you find it. Everywhere in all generations. I think we sort of had this arguement already when comparing the Beatles to Level 42. John ------------------------------ Subject: Dolby...er, not "Thomas" From: DonZipf @ aol.com Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 13:16:09 EDT >> While I love listening to my Laser Disc and DVD movies in >> Dolby Digital or Dolby Pro-Logic surrounf sound, > >So, do those formats actually have five (or whatever) audio tracks, > or is it still some (boyhood) extrapolation from stereo? Dolby Digital has 6 discrete audio channels (Left, center, Right, Left surround, Right surround, & Low Frequency Effects [subwoofer]). Dolby ProLogic is derived from a sum & difference matrix of the two stereo channels. Peace - Z. ------------------------------ Subject: The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up) 1998 Remix From: Ben Wilson Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:02:04 PDT Hi there I've finally got my copy of 'The Very Best Of Level 42'. My local Our Price didn't have it so I ended up having to borrow a copy out of the library and put it on to tape. Having listened to it I think the 1998 remix of 'Living It Up' is damn good. They've done an excellent mix of it and I think that it's just as good as the original. BTW does anybody have any further news about an L42 reunion? OK that's all for now and I'll speak to you all soon I hope. The Sun Goes Down Ben ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Subject: MK in the rain in Nibe From: "Troels Dahl" Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 22:56:25 +0200 Hi! Got back from Nibe Festivalen two hours ago. I don't think it has ever rained that much in Denmark? We were just sooo soaking wet and sooo cold!! Mark did a good job (as usual!), even though most people were busy seeking shelter from the rain. Just a few hardcore fans in front of the stage! I had kind of hoped for a little "preview" of some of the new material, but he played exactly the same set as he did on the tour earlier this year. Don't get me wrong, I mean you can't hear that set too many times can you? Just too bad about the weather! It really took a lot of the fun out of the afternoon. See you on Danmarks Smukkeste in August! Troels. P.S. How many of you were there? It's funny thinking about that you might have shared an umbrella with a fellow digester? ------------------------------ Subject: Mr. King's solo work From: Bill Montgomery Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 22:00:34 -0500 Being a relative newcomer to the digest, I only recently became aware of Mark King's solo releases. There seems to be a uniquely American lack of availibility of this music. I have tried at two seperate stores, and they they are not lised in any of their catalogs. In point of fact, the catalogs only list six available Level 42 cd's, of which I already own: a SAD comentary about the state of the American record companies, at even a minimal level. I would appreciate any information that you, my fellow digesters could provide in regard to obtaining MK's solo work in the central U.S. Regards, Bill M. ------------------------------ Subject: Name that tune From: gregory.jamate @ bellatlantic.COM Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 18:06:01 -0400 Hi folks, for those interested in bass, it made my week recently to have learned this piece of a Level tune on bass. I propose it to musicians as a riddle; Name that tune: A_G E D D D E * * A_B B B D B B A G E E Hints; The progression starts at the third octave, fret 14 on the G string, and stays at this position on the neck. The first A is popped and pulled off to sound the G. The first B is hammered-on, using the slap from the preceding A. All other notes are thumb slapped. The asterisks represent muted thumb slaps. The last two E's are played at fret 12 on the E string. Play 4 times. The first to guess gets a free quote in one of Bob C's next newspaper articles. Greg J ------------------------------ Subject: Sharing/Danmark From: BHConrad @ aol.com Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 20:39:50 EDT just thought I'd share a 'Level 42' moment with you... tonight I went to a free concert in Boston by guitarist Larry Carlton. Just as I get there a guy spots my International Levelfest T-shirt (that I'm wearing) and says 'hey, did you see them on that tour?'. I had to explain of course, that it wasn't a tour, etc; but I did get to see my close personal friend Mark King... This guy has 'Influences' and I told him about the digest. He says the bass player for Yanni is really good - Ric V-something or other. Larry Carlton was great of course. Played 'Josie' by the Dan as the last song... Great Danes: I am planning to attend the Smukkeste festival in Skanderborg, but I haven't bought any concert/airline tickets yet. Would hope to meet some of you there. If any of you know of any B+B's or private rooms available, please let me know. I'll be staying in Copenhagen a few days as well. Tak. 4t2, Bruce ------------------------------ Subject: Bad, bad public... From: Daniel James Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 18:51:34 -0700 (PDT) Okay, this is the sad state of the record-buying public. CD Now is having a sale on all imports (30% off), and they've listed the top selling imports by name. So I clicked on the G's to M's section to see if just by some weird chance, Mr. King was in there. He wasn't, but Milli Vanilli was. All musicians with any talent might as well just go and kill themselves right now. Or at least submit applications to work at Taco Bell... Oh well, 30% off, plus a $5 bonus as a long-time customer. I just picked up the new Incognito for $20...