Elevated Living: Live in Manchester, London & Spain
The Chameleons
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Release Date: 24/09/2021
EDITORIAL REVIEWS
Three disc (two CDs + NTSC/Region 0 DVD) set. Live extravaganza from post-punk band The Chameleons featuring live sets recorded in the '80s. Formed in Greater Manchester in 1981, The Chameleons pioneered post punk, combining Reg Smithies' and Dave Fielding's layered, shimmering guitars, drummer John Lever's tribal rhythms and Mark Burgess' driving bass and impassioned vocals with lyrics often reflecting the anxiety and alienation of the Thatcher era. Elevated Living includes their two celebrated hometown Manchester shows, Live At The Gallery Club (1982) and Live At The Hacienda (1983) and their superb show filmed for the ITV, Live At The Camden Palace (1984) on both CD and DVD. The latter two shows are presented on CD for the first time. The DVD also includes an episode of Catalan TV program Arsenal devoted entirely to the band. Broadcast in January 1986, it mixes four tracks taken from a live show at the Discoteca 666 in Barcelona from 1985 (also on CD) plus studio performances and interviews with singer/bassist Mark Burgess and drummer John Lever. The Gallery show includes rarities 'Nathan's Phase' and 'Things I Wished I'd Said', while The Hacienda includes early versions of 'A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days' under the working title of 'Men Of Steel' and 'Thursday's Child' as 'Years Ago'
Disc 1
1: Paper Tigers
2: Nathan's Phase
3: Don't Fall
4: Pleasure & Pain
5: Here Today
6: In Shreds
7: Up the Down Escalator
8: Second Skin
9: Monkeyland
10: As High As You Can Go
11: Things I Wish I'd Said
12: View from a Hill
13: Paper Tigers
14: Pleasure & Pain
15: Men of Steel
16: Years Ago
17: In Shreds
18: Don't Fall
19: Second Skin
Disc 2
1: Don't Fall
2: Intrigue in Tangiers
3: Monkeyland
4: Second Skin
5: Singing Rule Britannia (While the Walls Close In)
6: Pleasure & Pain
7: Return of the Roughnecks
8: A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days
9: In Shreds
10: Splitting in Two
11: Here Today
12: Thursday's Child
13: Paper Tigers
14: Here Today
15: Return of the Roughnecks
16: Less Than Human
17: Splitting in Two
Disc 3
1: Paper Tigers
2: Nathan's Phase
3: Don't Fall
4: Pleasure & Pain
5: Here Today
6: In Shreds
7: Up the Down Escalator
8: Second Skin
9: Monkeyland
10: As High As You Can Go
11: Things I Wish I'd Said
12: View from a Hill
13: Paper Tigers
14: Pleasure & Pain
15: Men of Steel
16: Years Ago
17: In Shreds
18: Don't Fall
19: Second Skin
20: Don't Fall
21: Intrigue in Tangiers
22: Monkeyland
23: Second Skin
24: Singing Rule Britannia (While the Walls Close In)
25: Pleasure & Pain
26: Return of the Roughnecks
27: A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days
28: In Shreds
29: Splitting in Two
30: Here Today
31: Thursday's Child
32: Paper Tigers
33: Don't Fall
34: Singing Rule Britannia (While the Walls Close In)
35: Here Today
36: Return of the Roughnecks
37: Monkeyland
38: Less Than Human
39: Pleasure & Pain
40: Second Skin
41: Home Is Where the Heart Is
42: In Shreds
43: Splitting in Two