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Welcome back. In this episode Rob talks about one of his main early guitar inspirations, the late great Alan Murphy, legendary UK session guitarist for artists including Kate Bush , Go West , Level 42 and many more. Such an influential player whos style can still be heard in players today.   
Alan Murphy  1953 - 1989

John’s guest is drummer/multi-instrumentalist, pianist, keyboard player, composer and producer, Gary Husband. John and Gary go back to Gary’s early years studying classical piano and his transition to drums. Becoming a professional musician at age 13, which led to an incredible career, recording and performing with Allan Holdsworth, Jack Bruce, Jeff Beck, Billy Cobham, Level 42 to name a few. Gary reflected on his long history with legendary guitarist Allan Holdsworth and how that led to his current project, “The Trackers." Gary and John recalled Zildjian’s Tribute to Ginger Baker in 2008 where played keyboards in the house band, along with Simon Phillips, Tony Levin and Keith Carlock. Stories about Elvin Jones, Tony Williams and much more. They also played two tracks from "The Trackers: Vaudeville 8:45.” 

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Mike Lindup is best known as the keyboardist and co-vocalist for Brit-Funk legends, Level 42. Mike has blended traditional keyboard instruments, such as the piano and Fender Rhodes, with a myriad pieces of cutting edge music tech over the years. We caught up with him ahead of his new solo release, Changes 2.

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:52 - What were your influences?
04:21 - Stevie Wonder
06:14 - The move from classical to pop
08:32 - Robin Scott’s influence
11:51 - The transition to music tech and operating it live
16:35 - When things go wrong!
18:20 - The current rig
20:24 - The home studio
22:35 - Wally Badarou and sampling
26:22 - Changes 2
29:27 - Reissuing Changes and a solo tour
35:26 - Level 42 into 23
40:45 - Quick fire questions inc. favourite synth, live track, what’s on your iPod?

Mike Lindup Biog
Mike Lindup began a successful professional career as founder and keyboard player in Level 42, which continues to this day. He also has a successful solo career, and enjoys supporting a variety of super-talented artists including Dominic Miller, Phil Gould, and Zeep (Da Lata). 

He released his first solo album, ‘Changes’, in 1990, a song album featuring his great friend Dominic Miller on guitar, Pino Palladino on bass and Manu Katche on drums.

In 1994 Level 42 took a break and Mike used the opportunity to diversify musically exploring different styles of music echoing his breadth of tastes and influences. He wrote music for an Audi Sport video ‘Return of the Four Rings’, performed with Latin Jazz band Negrocan, and played regularly with UK/Brazilian band Da Lata, whilst continuing to work on his own solo material.

Mike’s forthcoming album, ‘Changes 2’, will be released early in 2023.

Links And Credits
Music clips taken from Mike’s forthcoming album, ‘Changes 2’
03:47 - Space Groove
11:18 -  Atlantia
22:03 - Late Night Wonder
33:37 - Time To Let Go

Mike Lindup Website - https://mikelindup.com
Mike Lindup on YouTube - www.youtube.com/@MikeLindup42
Level 42 Website - https://www.level42.com 

Rob Puricelli Biog
Rob Puricelli is a Music Technologist and Instructional Designer who has a healthy obsession with classic synthesizers and their history. In conjunction with former Fairlight Studio Manager, Peter Wielk, he fixes and restores Fairlight CMI’s so that they can enjoy prolonged and productive lives with new owners. He also writes reviews and articles for Sound On Sound, his website Failed Muso, and other music-related publications, as well as hosting a weekly livestream on YouTube for the Pro Synth Network and guesting on numerous music technology podcasts and shows. He also works alongside a number of manufacturers, demonstrating their products and lecturing at various educational and vocational establishments about music technology.

www.failedmuso.com
Twitter: @failedmuso
Instagram: @failedmuso
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/failedmuso/ 

The second part of the interview with the very talented, very successful and very Australian producer/engineer Julian Mendelsohn.

Nik, Kate, Macca, The Pets, Liza and Dusty - they are all here...

1985 (1:46)
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Nik Kershaw - The Riddle
Level 42 - World Machine
Endgames - Natural

1986 (20:41)
Paul McCartney - It's Not True (12")/Tough on a Tightrope (12")
Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia (7"/12")

1987 (36:24)
Pet Shop Boys - Actually
Pet Shop Boys  Always on my Mind
INXS - Need You Tonight (12")
Level 42 - Running in the Family

1988  (52:29)
Level 42 - Staring at the Sun

1989  (54:46)
A Certain Ratio - Good Together
Liza Minnelli - Results
Dusty Springfield - Reputation

POST-80s (65:56)
Paul McCartney - Off The Ground

MY 80SOGRAPHY QUICKFIRE ROUND (73:36)


Julian Mendelsohn email: www.morenoiz.com

email: 80sography@gmail.com
 twitter/instagram: @80sography

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                                                     A dam burst of dreams flows thru' me

What's up everyone!

Welcome to the Thank You For Gaming Podcast  Level 42!


Gaming News

- Game Boy is reportedly coming to Switch Online ‘really soon’
- Sony announces surprise U-turn on Horizon Forbidden West PS4 upgrades
- Ubisoft reconfirms that Far Cry 6 will have a free next-gen upgrade
- 505 Games accepts it didn’t handle Control’s next-gen upgrade ‘in the best way’
- Bugsnax Developer is Embracing the Four Day Work Week
- Metroid Prime's Crunch Was So Bad That It Nearly Broke Retro Studios
- Bungie Is Hiring to Turn Destiny Into TV Shows, Movies, and More
- Force unleashed Reboot might be in the save universe as Fallen Order
- New test suggests the revised PS5 model actually runs cooler
- PlayStation has acquired ex-WipEout devs Firesprite



Main Topic

Our thoughts on the Playstation Showcase 2021!



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Intro-THE THE : « Infected »

Thin Lizzy: “Rebel without a Cause”

Tedd Rudgent: “Planet Queen”

Tom Jones: “Slow Down”

PJ Harvey: “Big Exit”

The Style Council: “mick’s up”

Mudando de assunto: “Clima sem sentido”

Vênonica Ferriani & Chico Saraiva: “Cabotino coco”

Neneh Cherry: “Buffalo Stance”

Paulo Flores: “Poema do samba”

Van Halen : « Unchained »

ZZ Top: “La Grange”

Stevie Wonder: “He’s Mistra Know it all”

The Kinks: “Sunny Afternoon”

Norah Jones: “Don’t know Why”

Blind Boys from Alabama & Jools Holland: “Rock me”

Gabrielle= “Rise”

PJ Harvey: “This is Love”

Paul Weller: “From the Floorboads up

Hall & Oates: “Sarah Smile”

Mayra Andrade: “Tchapeu na Bandeira”

Powerstation : « Get it on »

The Style Council : « Our Favorite shop”

Vêronique Sanson: “Mariavah”

Electric Light Orchestra: “Showdown”

Level 42: “Kansas City Milkman”

Meta Meta: “Trovoa”

Sister Rosetta Tharpe: “That’s All”

Marcus Miller: “Sun don’t Lie »

Billy Joel : « Get it right the first time”

Dr Feelgood: “She does it right”

U2: “Gloria”

Squeeze: Another nail in my heart”

Eddie: “Me diga o que nao foi. Legal »

AC/ DC : « Highway to hell”

Pedro. Abrunhosa: “O Rei do Bairro Alto”

Especially for You is the debut full-length album from “The Smithereens.” This platinum-selling album was almost a "greatest hits" because the New Jersey band had been playing for 5 years before releasing this album. The Smithereens filled a void in the mid-80's pop scene that would become categorized as Alternative Rock or College Rock, and there are a number of hits from the group that hold up well today. In retrospect, the album is just solid, straightforward rock-and-roll.

Friend of the show Doug Aiken joins us for this, Episode 57 of our What the Riff podcast as we musically travel back to the mid-80's.

Mr. Eliminator
This instrumental song wasn't on the album, but was a bonus track on the CD and was on the B-side to "Blood and Roses." It was completed in one take.

Groovy Tuesday
This co-written song was inspired by "The Who Sell Out." The initial title of the album was going to be "Groovy Tuesday."

Behind a Wall of Sleep
This track is a "crush song," about a girl in another band in the area.

Blood & Roses
This is one of the big hits from the album. The bass line was inspired from a riff heard while passing by the club. The lyrics are a poetic tribute to a woman who committed suicide.

ENTERTAINMENT TRACK:

“Oh Yeah!” by Yellow
Bueller? Bueller? This became a classic after appearing on the film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”

STAFF PICKS:

“Hyperactive” by Robert Palmer
This was the follow-up to "Addicted to Love" and remained in the charts for about 12 weeks. Rob shares that shortly after this album Palmer formed The Power Station with members of Duran Duran.

“Suzanne” by Journey
Brian brings one of the hits off "Raised on Radio." It was one of three to hit the top 40 from the album. The follow-up to "Frontiers" would be the last Journey album with Steve Perry. Randy Jackson played bass on the tour.

“Something About You” by Level 42
Bruce's staff pick is the only top 10 hit by the group in the US. There are surprisingly complex lyrics for a pop song "drawn into the stream of undefined illusion, those diamond dreams, they can't disguise the truth that there was something about you."

“Locked In” by Judas Priest
Doug Aiken's pick takes the intensity up a notch...or three. The album "Turbo" from which the track comes was promoted using spoofs of commercials from the day.

“Home” Public Image Limited
Wayne's pick keeps the intensity up, but from a more punk genre than heavy metal. Johnny Rotten from the Sex Pistols is the lead singer of this group, Ginger Baker from Cream is the drummer, and Steve Vai is on guitar.

INSTRUMENTAL TRACK:

“Chase the Ace” by AC/DC
We exit the podcast with this instrumental from the heavy metal stars from down under.

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