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'
Released Early October 2021 by Cherry Red.
Track Listing:
Disc 1:
01. Paper Tigers
02. Nathan's Phase
03. Don't Fall
04. Pleasure & Pain
05. Here Today
06. In Shreds
07. Up the Down Escalator
08. Second Skin
09. 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
Disc 2:
01. Second Skin
02. Don't Fall
03. Intrigue in Tangiers
04. Monkeyland
05. 4Second Skin
06. Singing Rule Britannia (While the Walls Close in)
07. Pleasure & Pain
08. Return of the Roughnecks
09. A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days
10. In Shreds
11. Splitting in Two
12. Here Today
13. Thursday's Child
14. Paper Tigers
15. Here Today
16. Return of the Roughnecks
17. Less Than Human
18. Splitting in Two
Disc 3:
01. Don't Fall
02. Singing Rule Britannia (While the Walls Close in)
03. Here Today
04. Return of the Roughnecks
05. Monkeyland
06. Less Than Human
07. Pleasure & Pain
08. Second Skin
09. Home Is Where the Heart Is
10. In Shreds
11. Splitting in Two
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