Chameleons Elevated Living CD

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'

1. 1 Paper Tigers 2. NathanÆs Phase 3. DonÆt 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 IÆd Said 12. View From A Hill 13. Paper Tigers 14. Pleasure ; Pain 15. Men Of Steel 16. Years Ago 17. In Shreds 18. DonÆt Fall 19. Second Skin 20. DonÆt Fall 21. Intrigue In Tangiers 22. Monkeyland 23. 4Second Skin 24. Singing Rule Britannia (While The Walls Close In) 25. Pleasure ; Pain 26. Return Of The Roughnecks 27. A Person IsnÆt Safe Anywhere These Days 28. In Shreds 29. Splitting In Two 30. Here Today 31. ThursdayÆs Child 32. Paper Tigers 33. Here Today 34. Return Of The Roughnecks 35. Less Than Human 36. Splitting In Two 37. DonÆt Fall 38. Singing Rule Britannia (While The Walls Close In) 39. Here Today 40. Return Of The Roughnecks 41. Monkeyland 42. Less Than Human 43. Pleasure ; Pain 44. Second Skin 45. Home Is Where The Heart Is 46. In Shreds 47. Splitting In Two