Wobble & Levene - Metal Box in Dub - Hebden Bridge Trades Club, West Yorkshire, 23rd March 2012

 

a blast from the past, an absolutely lovely recording from 2012. MP3 only I'm sorry to say. But this is definitely worth grabbing & having a listen to.

setlist

Graveyard

Theme

Annalisa

Careering

Poptones

Memories

No Birds

Death Disco

The Public Image

Low Life

Understand

Albatross

Graveyard (vocals John Robb)

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R.I.P. Keith Levene

 It is with much sadness that I say this, Keith Levene has passed away.

Absolute guitar legend and original founding member of Public Image Limited past away on Friday 11th November 2022

He was a fan and supporter of this blog and even advertised it on his original site back in 2014.

A wonderful musician. Thank you Keith for so much wonderful music and for giving me many happy memories. You will be missed.

My condolences go out to his friends and family and all that knew him.

May you rest in peace

Yin & Yang my review

here's my quick review of the new Wobble & Levene album, as submitted to Amazon....

for a long time fans have wondered what would PIL have sounded like if the original line up had continued working together- Yin & Yang is your answer
A mixed bag of tracks that are exciting & challenging- FORGET X Factor - this is what real musicians sound like when they are working well together
Yin & Yang is the opening track, hardcore lyrics, great melody & wonderful guitar work
Strut is a great instrumental track to jam along to
Jags & Staffs is the Geezer's track- 9 minutes of musical ecstasy, everytime I listen to these tracks I think of Public Image Ltd at their best but the album is so much more than a PIL album (if not in name, definitely in its feel)
Mississipi is a track to play whilst driving in ya car in the sun, a happy, easy listening tune
Within You Without You is a very floaty (dare I say it, hippy, drug chilled tune)
Back on the Block is an instrumental that could have come from the Metal Box era- one of the greatet albums ever made in my opinion
Fluid is an example of what Wobble has been doing over the last decade- Dub, with a decent bit of brass to add a different level to his work
Vampires is an interesting sound, IT's NOT a reworking of the bootleg track that has done the rounds down the years- it changes the mood of the album, just when you think you know how the rest will sound, this one sits you back up paying attention, not letting you fall into a Dub stupor
Understand could be the single release of the album, a reggae feel with a great vocal performance by Nathan Maverick
then the album finishes off with Understand Dub- says it all really!
Overall this is an interesting album, very well worked & put together- not predictable & certainly different to what other artists are putting out- grab a copy, it's worth every single penny. Wobble & Levene are legends- this proves it