The Chameleons Original Vinyl 'John Peel Sessions' LP- U2 Manchester
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Dec 4, 2012
Sold Date
Nov 27, 2012
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Description
Very rare chance to own an original UK copy of a compilation of the classic John Peel Sessions from one the greatest bands of the 1980's, released on the Strange Fruit label that the BBC used to release sessions for a while in the 1990's. Catalogue no. SFRLP114.
This was released on Strange Fruit records in 1990 and collected all the Peel Sessions the Chameleons had done. The record is in virtually mint condition. The sleeve is in good condition for its age, small worn hole in the spine where the vinyl has pushed through, apart from that some small wear around parts of the edges but not much. Vinyl sounds amazing, turn it up.[Wikipedia]
The Chameleons
Genres Post-punk, New Wave, alternative rock, dream pop
Years active 1981-1987, 2000-2003
Associated acts: Magazine
Past members:
Mark Burgess Reg Smithies Dave Fielding John Lever Brian Schofield Martin Jackson Alistair Lewthwaite Andy Clegg Kwasi Asante
The Chameleons (called The Chameleons UK on some American releases) were an English post-punk band that formed in Middleton, Greater Manchester, England in 1981. They consisted of singer and bassist Mark Burgess, guitarist Reg Smithies, guitarist Dave Fielding, and drummer John Lever (replacing original drummer Brian Schofield). The core quartet were sometimes augmented live by keyboardists Alistair Lewthwaite and Andy Clegg in the 1980s, and percussionist/vocalist Kwasi Asante during their reunion period (ex-Magazine drummer Martin Jackson also briefly replaced Lever during 1982-83 while the latter was on sabbatical).
History
The band initially released three studio albums in the 1980s, following 1982 debut single "In Shreds" (the fruit of a brief signing to Epic, latterly reissued on the Statik label), and several radio sessions for the BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel. The Chameleons released their first album, Script of the Bridge, on the Statik label in 1983. After their third release, 1986's Strange Times and the 1987 sudden death of band manager Tony Fletcher, they disbanded. Burgess then fronted The Sun and the Moon (with Lever), who issued one eponymous album on Geffen in 1988, followed by an array of solo projects. Guitarists Fielding and Smithies formed The Reegs, who released two albums: Return of the Sea Monkeys (1991) and Rock the Magic Rock (1993). John Lever later joined Bushart, who released the album Yesterday is History (2008). The Chameleons had been broken up for well over a decade, before playing a small series of live dates in 2000, and the release of the album Strip (which reworked older material in an acoustic format). After a final studio album, 2001's Why Call It Anything?, another unplugged album (This Never Ending Now), and a reunion tour which took them across Europe and the United States, the band dissolved once again in early 2003. In 2009, Mark Burgess and John Lever reformed to play Chameleons back catalogue material, under the name Chameleons Vox.
Release Date: March 1986 Label: Hybrid Country: United Kingdom
Tracks:
Side One:
- 1 The Fan And The Bellows
- 2 Here Today
- 3 Looking Inwardly
- 4 Things I Wish I'd Said
- 5 Don't Fall
- 6 Nostalgia
- Side Two:
- 1 Second Skin
- 2 Perfumed Garden
- 3 Dust To Dust / Return Of The Roughnecks
- 4 One Flesh
- 5 Intrigue In Tangiers
- 6 P.S. Goodbye
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