Level 42 - Heathrow (live) - 1982 - The Old Grey Whistle Test

[davymgaunt]

Watching Level 42 on OGWT turned me from a Punk into a Jazz Funker. Bit of a hard transition. But I got there in the end!

[1248fixx]

Saw them live at the Fairfield Hall in Croydon, October '82 - pheno

menal!!

[davebeeboss]

Amazing, I remember actually seeing this in 1982. It changed my life.

[mick818522]

Gem of a track on a gem of an album

[ekg2006]

ditto!!

[Beatles4President]

one of my favorites!! they were so young!

[shredidiah]

This is Level 42, Period for me, forget all the commercial stuff, this album was in my eyes what inspired me to play slap bass........AWESOME !!!!

[UniJolyon]

Fabulous! Thanks for posting... takes me back to when I saw them live in Guildford, Surrey. Oh to be a spotty student again!

Mark King played a bright red bass... determined way he switched it on... red LED lit up... Mark checked the tape on his thumb. Rock on!

[AudleyB]

This bring back memories. They were young, raw and only two and a bit years as a group.

[Glasshouse27]

Clarinet? Looks like a sax to me?

[harryshand]

Muso in-joke!

[nintendo64isking]

i just got back from their concert in Leicester the bass line was incrdeible in this song!!! Mark king is the god of bass.

[sastal]

Are you for real? They played this, one of my top-ever Level songs? You can't be serious! It's been 25 years!!!!!!

[nintendo64isking]

yep they played it alright :)!

[witterth]

you aint just whistlin' dixie!

[camelspottergr]

reminds me much of casiopea like music...is this only me???

[ivandruping]

yes... but level is before casiopea...

[camelspottergr]

casiopea date back to 79'

i should listen to Level! great music!!!

[bean9seventy]

i understand brian foxes comments ,,,,

zip ,,, when your from the states it hard to translate to europeans ,

the states dont realy rated this band ,,and u have to be an american to understand why ......

to them it like watching a band from norway trying to play dub ,, and all the norwegians saying they have balls ,,,

as u can see B,FOX has no problems getting a bootom bass sound with one pick ,, up ,, ,, lol ,,, BEEF OX

get a grip ,, ego munching ,,, kirk out ,,,,,

[sandprof]

I suppose King is a great bass player - but he comes across as such a wakner - and the music is horrid - sort of jazzy and funky - like in a hotel lobby

[sightonsound]

what is a wakner?give the guys a break this was in 1982.give a group of talented musicians a synthesizer back in the early 80s and they will make cheesy crap.

[sandprof]

fair comments those - same as an fcuker or a cnut :-)

[hodsgod]

Great music, talented guys with there own style. We can't all like the same thing, you stick to wombeling merry xmas!

[emt4242]

A wanker? Ummmm...he is not...if u ever have met him, you would know he isnt..quite the opposite...he is very friendly, funny, witty and gorgeous..if thats a wanker, then i guess he is

[peedub]

Did Mark call Gary's Sax a clarinet? hahaha...

[sandprof]

did you call my foot-stool a poof? :-)

[peedub]

Ummm...no. What is a foot stool anyway?

[sastal]

You can't go wrong with the OGWT performance!

[Sillysausage61]

They're great here but they just got better- and still are untouchable!

[michaelofpetaluma]

Mark's JayDee is so killer !! At the beginning of this there is a close up shot of the knobs and switches. WOW !!!! awesome !

[corigraves]

Wow what a classic ! great version thanks for posting this :)

[thepanamahat]

thanks morgan, still on the Digest ?

[ekiebeek]

Hi Morgan,

Are´nt you proud to own this perticular bass on this video the jaydee Starchild?

[katanamanatee]

Classic, shame King is out of tune.

[rdbilly]

You noticed that too!Only a fraction though.

[iunowhu]

Love that Prophet-5 sound.

[JostiTosti98]

Heathrow is also one of my favourites. But the music/sound quality of the movie 'Alabammahalle in Munich 1982'. Btw who's the guy on the saxophone?

[morganroussel]

>Btw who's the guy on the saxophone?

Gary Barnacle.

[davemock]

Ah yes, one of L42's longtime official unofficial officials...and half of the Henpecked Horns. Top session dude

[joshConnolly]

and he's now old grey and fat! lol my band is being produced by him,he is a class guy still.

[darren123m]

heathrow one of my favorites wow mark looks so young there lol love the website morgan