Level 42 - Micro Kid (Live @ Rockpalast 1983)

[Ronsanality]

All the guys sound Amazing,Phil is making the drums funky as always!

[UpperPaleolithicMan]

Oh dear God! Mike's vocoder solo is absolutely mental! So damn funky. I fucking LOVE this fusion band so much! lol

[NEELAELISABET]

I like :)

[miro108]

28 year old song and it still sounds so modern

[markusmala]

The vocoder part is awesome, even better than on the studio album were it was very good, stunning doing this live...I wonder how he could connect his vocoder to the prophet, good knowing from his old gear

[balletcomposer]

Nothing like those old analog synths!! A Prophet 5 and a Minimoog is all I would need!!

[boomfield]

the original lineup will stay untouchable, i seen em.

Bochum Zeche, i payed 16 deutschmarks, k sit. Ty.

Boon Gould kicks major ass, yeah

[boomfield]

gould brothers :-)

[blauwolfenduro]

thnx from hamburg!

[krma1970]

Greaaaaaaatttttt !! Thanks for upload Bro' ! Mark rules.

[lsarpong]

phils high hat usage is way advanced b4 its time, truly great playing, mark bass is always amazing considering he's singing as well , boon and mike are just awesome

[boomfield]

omg he had had some empty drinks thrown to his head. I stood near him, call me a liar, good diam old times, i feekin loved his les paul! Great recording!

[Lukeens94]

i lof it

[jdubhman]

great stuff!

[mrbenn71]

Wally Badarou on percussion, almost the fifth member back then. Standing in the light, first album i ever bought, produced by EWF's Verdine White and Larry Dunn, great stuff

[eglf24]

That's Leroy Williams on percussion - not Wally Badarou. Wally is a keyboard player rather than a perscussionist and never (unfortunately) played live with Level 42.

[mrbenn71]

I stand corrected! I knew Badarou was a keyboardist but thought he did perc aswell. Was Leroy Williams a regular with them back then?

[eglf24]

He played with them a fair bit in the early eighties and also played on their debut album. No idea what he's up to now though.

[QQOQQ]

JEEEWIZ..THIS IS SOOO GOOD!

[Perigaeum]

If there were an Oscar for 'physical onstage vitality' Level 42 would be the all time winner. All they did in studios, is lousy crap. They always needed the stage, to explode. And they did!

[douglebfr]

awesome, i absolutely love level 42, my dad made me watch them live im plymouth wen i was 12 and i have loved them eva since!!!!

[beng1lh00ly]

Just realised how great Phil's drumming is on this track - check out his use of the hi-hat :0.

[lukehoward225]

bad ass tune i luv level 42 aHHHHHHHH YEHHH

[ChewbacaChunx]

is that a voocoder mike uses?

[JKRetro]

it sure is.

[blauwolfenduro]

@JKRetro someone told me its a roland vp330

[blauwolfenduro]

@blauwolfenduro no it was vp70

[VoiceEncoder]

@blauwolfenduro VP-70 DIDN'T exist in 1983!!!

[VoiceEncoder]

@blauwolfenduro This is a Roland SVC-350 Vocoder NOT a Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus (neither Mk1 NOR Mk2)!!!

[wtfyourdumb]

This is back when they were bad mother fuckers.

[kax61]

Mark King's bass sounded so flat...although he could play. Should have sounded much richer like Louis Johnson's. Mike Lindup is cool. The rest of the band is rubbish.

[beng1lh00ly]

philestine

[attheconcert]

not so corigraves, WBLS NYC used to play starchild back in 1980 on the Frankie Crocker show. I was 9 years old and asked to have the 45 puchased for me. Been a fan a long time. a little miffed that they don't do more u.s. dates.

[mmsr2]

is that Alan?

[jackjay1]

definately not in 1983. boon

[manitoba1001]

Jai are u still out there ? I remember that wicked flat u had in shephards bush. xxx

[kronic9]

mean mark mean.

[beng1lh00ly]

Am I right in thinking Mike used a Roland SVK-350 rackmount for the vocoder sound? If so what part did the Prophet play - I don't believe it had a MIDI input?

[jackjay1]

possibly been converted. my mate converted his jupiter 8 to midi

[bassthumper]

classic live level 42~

bassthumper~

[Sunnyskies1972]

Looked like a great gig... wish I could have been there!

[retroglide2000]

same here - wasn't even born when this was filmed!!

[corigraves]

i was 15 when this was done .. but thousands of miles accross the ocean .. most North Americans hadn't had the pleasure of this sound yet!! But it would come !!!!

[ManielDemFef]

There are few bands who can compete with level 42 concering the GROOVE. even today. Thanks for posting. I have to get me a vocoder....

[wdwron08]

Mike Lindup on the Vocoder is an awesome reason why I love this song. I am a Huge Level 42 Fan since 1986. Great Video

[AnalogVocoder1]

That would be the Roland SVC-350 Vocoder!!!

[ram848]

Mr Tibbs...Microcat

[DaveSquarey08]

Awesome funk...original band lineup..all players,brilliant performance...great posting thank you.

[yakitoriJH]

YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!! Couldnt agree more!

[AnalogVocoder1]

Roland SVC-350 Vocoder

ht tp://ww w.crazyanalog. com/menu/svc350.htm

[russelljupp]

Stunning!!! Great solo from Boon. Thanks for posting, I love all this old stuff...by far the best!

[ttpoling2]

I like Mike Lindup's Voice Senthisiser that's so Cool!

Go Mike Lindup!

[AnalogVocoder1]

Vocoder

[AnalogVocoder1]

Synthesizer, not senthisiser, but synthesizer.

[Paardekut]

Synthesizer: American spelling

Synthesiser: Britisch spelling

[PLT694]

great video JKRetro  do you have out of sight out of mind

[JKRetro]

i'll see if i can get that one

[PLT694]

Thanks i can't wait see it

[thejam1977]

class musicians

[smartus]

Great musicianship. Great music.

Thanks for posting.

[graceinpanic]

This my favorite song, because I like Mike´s Roboter and the the normal singing. I like Boon´s Guitar Solo.