Hi Dave,

 

Thanks a lot for that link. Great to hear that the man is alive and well. Would you mind scanning the article anyway? I'd like to include it on www.level42dk.dk if you don't mind. Preferably 300 dpi.

 

Thanks in advance,

Lars

Well done Dave Webster for putting us onto that IOW article. I think one could say it ranks among the best, let alone being about L42

 

Steve Randall

I'm Steve Randall, I'm 55, civil engineer. Bass player, keyboards and singer and am writing operas which may get staged someday - who knows. Had lots of formal stuff played in the last ten years but have been gigging since before 1961 though its been five years since I've been in a regular band. TV in 1965 (we were 15) . Today, a band like us would have been picked up by the record companies, but in those days they were clueless. I'm lucky enough to have seen The Move, Small Faces, Who, Hendrix, Tyrannosaurus Rex, PP Arnold and The Nice, Chicken Shack, Rolling Stones in Hyde Park, Ten Years After, Zeppelin at the Marquee, and the original cast of Rocky Horror Show! Sid Barrett was out of the Floyd before I got to see them, in fact there were two "no shows", probably because of this. I saw Cream, Arthur Brown and the Bonzos on one bill at The Saville for Ten Bob I think - (50 pence for our American friends). Never seen any of the Beatles in the flesh! Sorry, I know that was just a list, but it shows the influences I've had and the way music changed after the 50's crooners. (Any Who fans who would like to see my 1965 ticket with all 4 names on the back drop me a line. My mate had two of Moonie's sticks which he liberated at the same gig, but he threw them in with a drummer friend's coffin when we buried him! Wonderful graveside singing as you can imagine!)

 

I first heard L42 when driving along the site of the first M1 widening in 1981 (Jct 5 to 8). My companion had his ghetto blaster on and I was driving. I stopped and said  "That was a bass playing that melody!" - it was Dune Tune from L42. He played the rest and I said I've gotta see this band. Next week he, his sister and I saw them at Hitchin Regal Cinema. I've been all over to see them since. The Regal is now Regal Court, offices and houses! Shame, as it was a good venue, like a smaller Shepherds Bush Empire.

 

Steve Randall

Hi, I'm Julie, a married with 1 daughter, 35 year old female from North West England.  I first discovered L42 in 85/86, memorable video somewhere still of them touring America in 86 from the Whistle Test on BBC2.  Wish I could get Fait Accompli on DVD, I have worn the video out over the years.

 

Never saw the original line up live, but first L42 concert was Manchester G-Mex in 1989 with Alan Murphy and Gary Husband and then seen the following line ups a few times over the years, most recently a couple of years back in Liverpool.  Also went to the Prince's Trust 1989 concert at Birmingham NEC with L42 as the "house" band.  Superb.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My name is Jennifer and I'm 37. I live in the NYC area and I first heard Level 42 on a DC radio station in 1981. The song was Starchild but the DJ never announced who sang the song, so for 5 years I had to carry the song in my head until I could find it.   Then in 1986 the radio stations started playing Something About You and I was hooked.  When I started college later that year someone told me that "if you like 'Something About You' then you'll love Starchild."  When I got to the record store they played Starchild for me and the bridge was gapped!  I went on to collect everything Level 42 that I could.  I even joined the fan club and I still have my membership card!

 

I've travelled to Glasgow once and to London three times to see Level 42 live--and once to see Mike Lindup's 4Tet at Pizza on the Park--and I saw the original lineup open for Madonna in 1987, having paid a scalper $100 for a front row seat.  I've also seen DaLata twice here in NYC at Joe's Pub.

 

Winston and Lolita are now friends of mine and they have been key in helping me grow as a Level 42 fan!

Did anyone hear the New Years Eve Jammin' on Radio 2? Is there a copy on line anywhere I can listen to?
Also, is the Starwars remix available online to download anywhere?

Kind regards, Ian Lovell