The Complete Polydor Years: 1980–1984

Compilation by Level 42

Released 26 March 2021

jazz jazz-funk pop

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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 [8.4, 1.1-4, 1.7], recording [8.4, 1.2-4, 1.7, 3.3-4]
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 [8.4, 1.2-4, 1.7], congas [8.4, 1.2-4, 1.7], 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 [1.2-4, 1.7, 8.4], vocal [8.4, 1.2-4, 1.7]
Mike Lindup
Minimoog [8.4, 1.2-4, 1.7], electric piano [1.2-4, 1.7, 8.4], percussion [8.4, 1.2-4, 1.7], piano [1.2-4, 1.7, 8.4], 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 [8.4, 1.2-4, 1.7], percussion [1.2-4, 1.7, 8.4], timbales [8.4, 1.2-4, 1.7]
Verdine White
producer [1-2, 4-6, 8-9]
Wally Badarou
Minimoog [8.4, 1.2-4, 1.7], producer [3], synthesizer [8.4, 1.2, 1.2-3, 1.3-4, 1.4, 1.7]

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The Complete Polydor Years: 1980–1984
10x CD
26 March 2021