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Absolutely amazing.

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Hi Robbie.

If There is one thing we have in common
it's our admiration of level 42.
Yes, amazing. Which reminds me i must put those cd's on my iPod.

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That was enjoyable, indeed.

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Speaking as somebody who's only ever really seen one drum solo he's enjoyed (Jon Hiseman of Coliseum years ago), that was marvellous. But three drummers? That's just being greedy!

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Except for the guitarist, they were all drummers originally.

Mark King, the bass player, had to sell his kit in his early days to get home even. So when they got together again (they played together before Mark left to seek his fortune), Phil Gould had a drum kit, but Mark King had not... so he picked up the bass.

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....... i'm sure a few of us have had to pick up the bass. My self included. No regrets there. Guitar is my thing but I joined a band once and they said no, not guitar, bring your bass. So I learned 40 classic rock tunes note for note to try and understand a bass players approach and theory. It worked well enough I can jam on bass to anything (almost lol). It certainly was a good choice for Mark King.
Enjoyed that video. I liked Level 42 back in the day because of the fantastic groove they had.

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It's nearly always been the case that my own favourite bass players are also guitarists. Do you suppose it's a tendency to make the bass a more melodic and 'lead' instrument? The two examples that spring immediately to mind are Mike Rutherford and of course, Mr McCartney. (Roger Hodgson of Supertramp started out as bass player as well.)

That said, there are also bass players like Mick Karn and Jaco Pastorius who - to my knowledge, weren't guitarists - who I really admire. Although I'm not familiar with Level 42's music, it seems that Mark King maybe falls somewhere between those two categories. I sometimes get the impression that unfortunately some people think that bass is not quite a 'proper' instrument in that it's usually so much a part of the background. To me though, the bass can shift the whole of a song up another notch if it's done well.

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If you're interested, I could send you some of the older stuff of Level 42. I think you'll like it.

Personally I think that bass and drum carry the song. Take the studio version of Love Games and you'll discover that the first verse is drum, bass and vocal only... and it still sounds "complete".

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Robbie,

Thanks for the offer of sending me the Level 42 stuff but it will be just as easy for me to track it down here in the UK. Which are the best albums to listen to, do you think?

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Their first three albums, "Level 42", "Early Tapes" and "Persuit of Accidents". Their fourth and fifth album is also good, but they change style a little: "Standing in the Light" and "True Colors". After that, it's still very good music but it's not the old original Level 42 style anymore.

"Early Tapes" is special. After the success of their first album they wanted to release another one shortly after that, so they decided to put older tracks on an album. These are recordings of when they just started to play together. Mark King being 21 and Mike Lindup 20. And listening to tracks like "Woman", it's hard to imagine that it is music made by people so young.

Let me see what I can find in my archives.

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