The Complete Polydor Years: 1980–1984

Tracklist

• CD 1: Level 42
• 1
  Turn It On
  4:43
• 2
  “43”
  7:03
• 3
  Why Are You Leaving?
  4:34
• 4
  Almost There
  5:42
• 5
  Heathrow
  4:43
• 6
  Love Games
  5:15
• 7
  Dune Tune
  4:50
• 8
  Starchild
  6:00
• CD 2: The Early Tapes: July/Aug 1980
• 1
  Sandstorm
  4:43
• 2
  Love Meeting Love
  6:24
• 3
  Theme to Margaret
  4:01
• 4
  Autumn (Paradise Is Free)
  4:45
• 5
  Wings of Love
  6:56
• 6
  Woman
  4:38
• 7
  Mr. Pink
  5:07
• 8
  88
  5:11
• CD 3: The Pursuit of Accidents
• 1
  Weave Your Spell
  5:30
• 2
  The Pursuit of Accidents
  7:45
• 3
  Last Chance
  4:32
• 4
  Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?
  4:58
• 5
  You Can’t Blame Louis
  5:07
• 6
  Eyes Waterfalling (The Prodigy)
  6:00
• 7
  Shapeshifter
  5:10
• 8
  The Chinese Way
  5:54
• CD 4: Standing in the Light
• 1
  Micro Kid
  4:45
• 2
  The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)
  4:15
• 3
  Out of Sight Out of Mind
  5:12
• 4
  Dance on Heavy Weather
  4:27
• 5
  A Pharaoh’s Dream (of Endless Time)
  4:22
• 6
  Standing in the Light
  3:42
• 7
  I Want Eyes
  5:00
• 8
  People
  4:56
• 9
  The Machine Stops
  4:17
• CD 5: True Colours
• 1
  The Chant Has Begun
  5:19
• 2
  Kansas City Milkman
  5:34
• 3
  Seven Days
  4:27
• 4
  Hot Water
  5:36
• 5
  A Floating Life
  5:05
• 6
  True Believers
  5:03
• 7
  My Hero
  4:17
• 8
  Kouyaté
  4:49
• 9
  Hours by the Window
  5:06
• CD 6: 7″ Singles
• 1
  Love Meeting Love
  4:02
• 2
  (Flying On the) Wings of Love (U.S. mix-7″ edit)
  3:49
• 3
  Love Games
  4:05
• 4
  Turn It On
  3:42
• 5
  Starchild (7″ remix)
  3:53
• 6
  Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?
  3:37
• 7
  Weave Your Spell (7″ remix)
  3:56
• 8
  The Chinese Way
  3:56
• 9
  Out of Sight Out of Mind
  4:26
• 10
  The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)
  3:47
• 11
  Microkid
  3:50
  1.0 ★
• 12
  Hot Water
  3:40
• 13
  The Chant Has Begun (edited version)
  4:20
• CD 7: B Sides
• 1
  Instrumental Love
  8:11
• 2
  Forty Two
  6:39
• 3
  Beezer One
  7:10
• 4
  Foundation & Empire (Parts 1 & 2)
  8:31
• 5
  The Return of the Handsome Rugged Man
  5:58
• 6
  Dune Tune (live)
  5:02
• 7
  Love Games (live)
  6:17
• 8
  88 (live)
  5:19
• 9
  You Can’t Blame Louis (7″ remix)
  4:01
• 10
  Can’t Walk You Home (7″ version)
  4:17
• 11
  Can’t Walk You Home
  6:57
• 12
  Turn It On (live)
  5:29
• 13
  Almost There (edited version)
  4:42
• CD 8: 12″ Singles & Remixes
• 1
  (Flying On the) Wings of Love (U.S. mix - full length version)
  6:25
• 2
  (Flying On the) Wings of Love (remix ’81)
  8:05
• 3
  Love Games (full length version)
  7:28
• 4
  Turn It On (full length version)
  5:36
• 5
  Starchild (remix - long version)
  6:51
• 6
  Are You Hearing (What I Hear)? (extended version)
  6:21
• 7
  Weave Your Spell (extended version)
  6:05
• 8
  The Chinese Way (extended version)
  7:03
• 9
  Out of Sight Out of Mind (extended version)
  8:48
• 10
  You Can’t Blame Louis (extended remix)
  6:15
• 11
  The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up) (extended version)
  6:11
• CD 9: 12″ Singles & Remixes
• 1
  Microkid (extended version)
  8:13
• 2
  Microkid (I-Level remix)
  7:13
• 3
  The Chinese Way (New York remix)
  7:24
• 4
  The Chinese Way (dub)
  10:41
• 5
  Hot Water (mastermix)
  10:24
• 6
  Standing in the Light (extended version)
  7:24
• 7
  Microkid (specially remixed version)
  7:31
• 8
  Microkid (dub version)
  7:29
• 9
  The Chant Has Begun (powermix)
  8:02
• 10
  The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up) (upfront mix)
  4:15
• CD 10: Bonus Tracks
• 1
  Love Games (U.S. remix)
  6:34
• 2
  Sandstorm (live May 1982)
  6:00
• 3
  Mr. Pink (live May 1982)
  5:21
• 4
  It’s a Happening
  4:55
• 5
  The Chinese Way (dub - edit)
  6:38
• 6
  Last Chance (extended version)
  7:11
• 7
  Heathrow (live at Regal Theatre, Hitchin)
  4:23
• 8
  Turn It On (live at Regal Theatre, Hitchin)
  5:19
• 9
  Eyes Waterfalling (The Prodigy) (live at Regal Theatre, Hitchin)
  4:49
• 10
  The Pursuit of Accidents (live at Regal Theatre, Hitchin)
  7:00
• 11
  Are You Hearing (What I Hear)? (live at Regal Theatre, Hitchin)
  7:54
• 12
  Standing in the Light (7″ version)
  3:56
• 13
  Goodbye Ray Schmidt-Volk
  2:07

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Release credits

• Andy Sojka
  producer [8.1, 2.1-3, 2.5-8]
• Boon Gould
  guitar [1.2-4, 1.7, 8.4]
• Dave Chambers
  guest [3], solo [3], tenor saxophone [3]
• David Bascombe
  additional [1-8]
• Dick Plant
  engineer [1.1-4, 1.7, 8.4], recording [1.2-4, 1.7, 3.3-4, 8.4]
• Gallen Sewojies
  mix [1]
• Gordon Milne
  additional [1-8]
• Graham Carmichael
  engineer [1-3, 5-8]
• Jerry Boys
  engineer [1-8], mix [1-8]
• Jerry Pike
  producer [2.1-3, 2.5-8, 8.1]
• John Luongo
  mix [1-8], remixer [4]
• Ken Scott
  producer [1-9]
• Larry Dunn
  producer [1-2, 4-6, 8-9]
• Leroy Williams
  bongos [1.2-4, 1.7, 8.4], congas [1.2-4, 1.7, 8.4], guest [1.2, 1.2-3, 1.3, 1.3-4, 1.4, 1.7, 8.4], percussion [1.2-4, 1.7, 8.4]
• Level 42
  arranger [1-6, 8]
• Mark King
  arranger [7], bass guitar [8.4, 1.2-4, 1.7], percussion [8.4, 1.2-4, 1.7], vocal [8.4, 1.2-4, 1.7]
• Mike Lindup
  Minimoog [8.4, 1.2-4, 1.7], electric piano [8.4, 1.2-4, 1.7], percussion [1.2-4, 1.7, 8.4], piano [8.4, 1.2-4, 1.7], vocal [1.2-4, 1.7, 8.4]
• Mike Vernon
  producer [1.1-4, 1.7, 3.1-8, 8.4]
• Nick Launay
  recording [2]
• Pete Jacobson
  synthesizer [3]
• Pete Wingfield
  clavinet [4], guest [4]
• Phil Gould
  arranger [7], background vocals [1.2-4, 1.7, 8.4], drums (drum set) [8.4, 1.2-4, 1.7], glockenspiel [1.2-4, 1.7, 8.4], percussion [8.4, 1.2-4, 1.7], timbales [1.2-4, 1.7, 8.4]
• Verdine White
  producer [1-2, 4-6, 8-9]
• Wally Badarou
  Minimoog [1.2-4, 1.7, 8.4], producer [3], synthesizer [1.2, 1.2-3, 1.3-4, 1.4, 1.7, 8.4]
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Issues

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  The Complete Polydor Years: 1980–1984

  10x CD
  26 March 2021