Level 42 Digest for Friday, July 07, 2006

>First of all I'm very very very disappointed although I'm a big fan of the guys!!! Level 42 played the old same song list >as all the years before! Not even one single track from the forthcoming CD "Retroglide"

I can only assume that Mark is waiting for the autumn tour before performing the new material live. This could be for any number of reasons - an attempt to prevent piracy/bootlegs appearing online before the release of the album for starters. Or perhaps - inconceivably - the tracks aren't ready to be aired live. Or perhaps Retroglide isn't up to scratch, and if we heard it now we wouldn't buy the album in September. Excuse my cynicism.

That said, i can understand your frustration Rainer - and those who attended the recent festival gigs - at this point surely one new song wouldn't have been asking too much?

>They worked like a machine - no special things happened - no extraordinary bass solo - nothing at all! It seems the magic times of Level 42 are over! Sorry to say, but the performance leads to this conclusion...

Welcome to the club Rainer - many have felt this way for a number of years. For me, this was exactly how i felt after seeing them at The Astoria. Watching Mark going through the motions saddened me. I left the gig wondering if i was the only one who felt duped by seeing the same performance as 12 months previously.

>Better had listened to Lyndon's interview at www.level42info.com before asking, and you'd know the answer.

Did someone say shameless plug? Not everyone has time to sit through Lyndon's 3 hour interview though...

steve

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From:	Stephen Whyte <stephen.whyte @ ascentmedia.co.uk>
Date:	Thu, 6 Jul 2006 12:25:31 +0100	[top]
>First of all I'm very very very disappointed although I'm a big fan of the guys!!! Level 42 played the old same song list >as all the years before! Not even one single track from the forthcoming CD "Retroglide" I can only assume that Mark is waiting for the autumn tour before performing the new material live. This could be for any number of reasons - an attempt to prevent piracy/bootlegs appearing online before the release of the album for starters. Or perhaps - inconceivably - the tracks aren't ready to be aired live. Or perhaps Retroglide isn't up to scratch, and if we heard it now we wouldn't buy the album in September. Excuse my cynicism. That said, i can understand your frustration Rainer - and those who attended the recent festival gigs - at this point surely one new song wouldn't have been asking too much? >They worked like a machine - no special things happened - no extraordinary bass solo - nothing at all! It seems the magic times of Level 42 are over! Sorry to say, but the performance leads to this conclusion... Welcome to the club Rainer - many have felt this way for a number of years. For me, this was exactly how i felt after seeing them at The Astoria. Watching Mark going through the motions saddened me. I left the gig wondering if i was the only one who felt duped by seeing the same performance as 12 months previously. >Better had listened to Lyndon's interview at www.level42info.com before asking, and you'd know the answer. Did someone say shameless plug? Not everyone has time to sit through Lyndon's 3 hour interview though... steve Ascent Media Group Ltd, 1 Stephen Street, London W1T 1AL web: http://www.ascentmedia.co.uk The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, copy, distribute or disclose the e-mail or any part of its contents or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please e-mail the sender by replying to this message. All reasonable precautions have been taken to ensure no viruses are present in this e-mail. Ascent Media Group Ltd cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage arising from the use of this e-mail or attachments and recommend that you subject these to your virus checking procedures prior to use.

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