An Outstanding Bass Player
He has been credited with popularizing the musical instrument known as the Chapman Stick, which is basically a fretboard with 8, 10 or 12 strings which is played using a free hand tapping method with fingers from both hands tapping the frets rather than one hand fretting while the other plucks as done with typical guitar playing.
Levin began using the Chapman Stick while with Peter Gabriel in the late 1970's, then went from just using the instrument for the bass parts to playing both bass and melody with King Crimson in the early '80s.
I first noticed Levin in Peter Gabriel's concert film, Secret World Live (the double CD remains one of my prized possessions, and stays in constant rotation on my MP3 player), but it wasn't until I started to learn more about King Crimson (thanks to Cirkus: The Young Person's Guide to King Crimson - Live, another prized CD which isn't as old, but is also in constant rotation on my MP3 player) that I began to appreciate Tony Levin's talent, and his incredible contributions to the world of music.
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Tony Levin's Early Career
Originally from Massachusetts, Tony Levin started his music career with the upright bass when he was ten, and played tuba with his high school band as a teen. He performed for John and Jackie Kennedy at the White House as part of the Greater Boston Symphony Youth Orchestra in 1962.He attended Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY and played in the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, before moving to New York City in 1970 where he became a popular session musician playing bass on albums by some of the biggest names in music. Including Burt Bacharach, Judy Collins, Art Garfunkel, Chuck Mangione, Don McLean, Peter, Paul & Mary, Buddy Rich, Ringo Starr, and Carly Simon.
In the '80s he appeared on albums by artists such as Laurie Anderson, Joan Armatrading, Karen Carpenter, Cher, Marshall Crenshaw, Dire Straits, Brian Ferry, Peter Frampton, John Lennon/Ono Yoko, Stevie Nicks, Pink Floyd, Paul Simon, Rick Springfield, James Taylor, and Warren Zevon.
See Tony Levin's Discography for the complete list.
Peter Gabriel (1st Solo Album)
Tony met Peter Gabriel, the former lead singer of Genesis, guitarist/King Crimson founder, Robert Fripp, and electronic music pioneer Larry Fast of Synergy on the same day, and has continued to work with all of them ever since.
Fripp had broken up Crimson and took a short break from the music business. Working on Gabriel's first solo album was Fripp's return to the music business, but he stayed in the background being credited as "Dusty Rhodes."
Peter Gabriel
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1. Moribund The Burgermeister
2. Solsbury Hill
3. Modern Love
4. Excuse Me
5. Humdrum
6. Slowburn
7. Waiting For The Big One
8. Down The Dolce Vita
9. Here Comes The Flood
- Peter Gabriel - vocals, keyboards, flute, recorder
- Robert Fripp - electric & classical guitars, banjo
- Steve Hunter - electric, acoustic & rhythm guitar, pedal steel
- Dick Wagner - backing vocals and solo guitar on "Here Comes the Flood" & "Slowburn"
- Tony Levin - bass, tuba, leader of the Barbershop Quartet
- Larry Fast - synthesizer, programming
- Jozef Chirowski - keyboards
- Allan Schwartzberg - drums
- Jimmy Maelen - percussion, synthibam, bones
- London Symphony Orchestra on "Down the Dolce Vita"
- Michael Gibbs - arrangement of orchestra
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Sacred Songs
Darryl Hall
Fripp and Hall were not happy with the record company's decision to shelve Sacred Songs and fueled popular demand for its release by handing out tapes of the album to music journalists and disc jockeys. A letter campaign by fans along with interest from within the music profession finally persuaded RCA to release it in 1980.
Sacred Songs
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1. Sacred Songs
2. Something in 4-4 Time
3. Babs and Babs
4. Urban Landscape
5. NYCNY
6. Farther Away I Am
7. Why Was It So Easy
8. Don't Leave Me Alone With Her
9. Survive
10. Without Tears
11. You Burn Me up I'm a Cigarette *
12. North Star *
*Bonus tracks - The only two tracks from Robert Fripp's Exposure to still have Hall's vocals when it was released in 1979.
- Daryl Hall - vocals, keyboards, synthesizer
- Robert Fripp - guitar, electronics
- Brian Eno - synthesizer
- Caleb Quaye - guitar
- Tony Levin - bass
- Phil Collins - drums
- Roger Pope - drums
- Charles DeChant - saxophone
- Charlie Drachen - saxophone, backing vocals
- David Kent - vocals
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Peter Gabriel (2nd Solo Album)
aka "Scatches"
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1. On the Air
2. D.I.Y.
3. Mother of Violence
4. Wonderful Day in a One-Way World
5. White Shadow
6. Indigo
7. Animal Magic
8. Exposure
9. Flotsam and Jetsam
10. Perspective
11. Home Sweet Home
- Peter Gabriel - vocals, piano, synthesizer
- Tony Levin - bass
- Larry Fast - synthesizer and treatments
- Robert Fripp - guitars
- Sid McGinnis - guitars
- Jerry Marotta - drums
- Bayete - keyboards
- Roy Bittan - keyboards
- Tim Capello - saxophone
- George Marge - recorders on "Indigo" "Exposure" & "Flotsam and Jetsam"
- John Tims - insects on "Mother of Violence"
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Exposure
Robert Fripp
Pressure from RCA and Hall's management forced Fripp to replace most of Hall's vocals on the Exposure album, and plans that Fripp and Hall had for forming a band with Levin and Peter Gabriel's drummer, Jerry Marotta, who was also the drummer for Hall & Oats from 1979 - 81.
Exposure
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Disc: 1
1. Preface
2. You Burn Me Up I'm a Cigarette
3. Breathless
4. Disengage
5. North Star
6. Chicago
7. NY3
8. Mary
9. Exposure
10. Hååden Two
11. Urban Landscape
12. I May Not Have Had Enough of Me But I've Had Enough of You
13. First Inaugural Address to the I.A.C.E. Sherborne House
14. Water Music I
15. Here Comes the Flood
16. Water Music II
1"Preface"7. Postscript
Disc: 2
Songs marked as "Third Edition" are the songs as there were originally recorded with Daryl Hall's vocals intact.
1. Preface [Third Edition]
2. You Burn Me Up I'm a Cigarette [Third Edition]
3. Breathless [Third Edition]
4. Disengage II [Third Edition]
5. North Star [Third Edition]
6. Chicago [Third Edition]
7. New York, New York, New York [Third Edition]
8. Mary [Third Edition]
9. Esposure [Third Edition]
10. Hååden Two [Third Edition]
11. Urban Landscape [Third Edition]
12. I May Not Have Enough of Me But I've Had Enough of You [Third Edition]
13. First Inaugural Address to the I.A.C.E. Sherborne House [Third Edition]
14. Water Music I [Third Edition]
15. Here Comes the Flood [Third Edition]
16. Water Music II [Third Edition]
17. Postscript [Third Edition]
18. Exposure [Hall vocal; previously unreleased alternate take]
19. Mary [(Hall vocal; previously unreleased alternate take]
20. Disengage [Peter Hammill vocal; same version as used in 1985 Release]
21. Chicago [Peter Hammill & Terre Roche vocals; same version as used in 1985 Release]
22. NY3 [Barry Andrews on organ; same version as used in 1985 Release]
- Robert Fripp - guitar on "You Burn Me Up I'm a Cigarette" "Breathless" "Disengage II" "North Star" "Chicago" "New York, New York, New York" "Mary" "Exposure" "Hååden Two" "I May Not Have Had Enough of Me But I've Had Enough of You", Frippertronics on "You Burn Me Up I'm a Cigarette" "Breathless" "Disengage II" "Chicago" "New York, New York, New York" "Mary" "Exposure" "Hååden Two" "Urban Landscape" "Water Music I" "Here Comes the Flood" "Water Music II", voice on "Exposure"
- Daryl Hall - vocals on "Preface" "You Burn Me Up I'm a Cigarette" "Disengage II" (1985 version), "North Star" "Chicago" (1985 version), piano on "You Burn Me Up I'm a Cigarette" "Chicago"
- Terre Roche - vocals on "Mary" "Exposure" "I May Not Have Had Enough of Me But I've Had Enough of You"
- Peter Hammill - vocals on "Disengage II" (1979 version), "Chicago" (1979 version), "Preface""You Burn Me Up I'm a Cigarette"
- Peter Gabriel - voice on "Preface", vocals on "Here Comes the Flood", piano on "Here Comes the Flood"
- Tony Levin - bass on "You Burn Me Up I'm a Cigarette" "Breathless" "Disengage II" "North Star" "Chicago" "New York, New York, New York" "Exposure" "Hååden Two" "I May Not Have Had Enough of Me But I've Had Enough of You"
- Jerry Marotta - drums on "You Burn Me Up I'm a Cigarette" "Chicago" "Exposure" "Hååden Two"
- Narada Michael Walden - drums on "Breathless" "New York, New York, New York" "I May Not Have Had Enough of Me But I've Had Enough of You"
- Phil Collins - drums on "Disengage II" "North Star"
- Brian Eno - synthesizer on "North Star" "Here Comes the Flood", voice on "Preface" "Exposure" "Postscript"
- Barry Andrews - organ on "Disengage II" "New York, New York, New York" "I May Not Have Had Enough of Me But I've Had Enough of You"
- Sid McGinnis - rhythm guitar on "Exposure", pedal steel guitar on "North Star"
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Peter Gabriel (3rd Solo Album)
aka "Melt"
The album was released on Mercury Records in the US and reached number 22 on the US album charts, and the single, "Games Without Frontiers" reached number 48 on Billboard's pop singles chart. In the UK, the album went to number 1, and was certified Gold.
John Kalodner, the executive who had decided the album won't be commercial enough for Atlantic Records, realized his mistake after it was released, and signed Gabriel on as one of the first artists at the new company he was working for, Geffen Records.
Rolling Stone magazine included it on their list of the top 100 albums of the 1980's as number 45, and Q magazine listed it as number 53 of the Greatest British albums ever.
2. No Self Control
3. Start
4. I Don't Remember
5. Family Snapshot
6. And Through The Wire
7. Games Without Frontiers
8. Not One Of Us
9. Lead A Normal Life
10. Biko
- Peter Gabriel - vocals, piano, synthesizer, bass synthesizer, percussion
- Larry Fast - synthesizer, bass synthesizer
- Jerry Marotta - drums, percussion
- John Giblin - bass
- Dave Gregory - guitar
- Robert Fripp - guitar on "I Don't Remember" & "Not One of Us"
- Tony Levin - Chapman stick on "I Don't Remember"
- Phil Collins - drums on "Intruder" & "No Self Control"; snare drum on "Family Snapshot"; surdo on "Biko"
- Kate Bush - backing vocals on "No Self Control" & "Games Without Frontiers", uncredited on "I Don't Remember"
- Dick Morrissey - saxophone
- Morris Pert - percussion
- David Rhodes - guitar, backing vocals
- Paul Weller - guitar on "And Through the Wire"
- Dave Ferguson - screeches on "Biko"
Double Fantasy
John Lennon, Yoko Ono
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2. Kiss Kiss Kiss (Yoko)
3. Cleanup Time (John)
4. Give Me Something (Yoko)
5. I'm Losing You (John)
6. I'm Moving On (Yoko)
7. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) (John)
8. Watching The Wheels (John)
9. Yes, I'm Your Angel (Yoko)
10. Woman (John)
11. Beautiful Boys (Yoko)
12. Dear Yoko (John)
13. Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him (Yoko)
14. Hard Times Are Over (Yoko)
15. Help Me To Help Myself (John)
16. Walking On Thin Ice (Yoko)
17. Central Park Stroll (John & Yoko)
- John Lennon - lead, harmony and background vocals; rhythm and acoustic guitars; piano and keyboards; arranger and producer
- Yoko Ono - lead and background vocals; arranger and producer
- Jack Douglas - arranger and producer
- Earl Slick - lead guitar
- Hugh McCracken - lead guitar
- Tony Levin - bass
- George Small - keyboards
- Andy Newmark - drums
- Arthur Jenkins - percussion
- Ed Walsh - oberheim, synthesizer
- Robert Greenidge - steel drum on "Beautiful Boy"
- Matthew Cunningham - hammer dulcimer on "Watching the Wheels"
- Randy Stein - English Concertina
- Howard Johnson - horns
- Grant Hungerford - horns
- John Parran - horns
- Seldon Powell - horns
- George "Young" Opalisky - horns
- Roger Rosenberg - horns
- David Tofani - horns
- Ronald Tooley - horns
- Tony Davillo - horn arrangements and musical associate
- Michelle Simpson, Cassandra Wooten, Cheryl Mason Jacks, Eric Troyer, Benny Cummings Singers, The Kings Temple Choir - background vocals
Discipline
Bruford and Crimson's bassist/lead singer from that period, John Wetton, had tried to get Fripp to reform the group in 1977. When that failed, Bruford and Wetton formed the band U.K. instead.
Fripp added guitarist Adrian Belew, who also became the lead singer and lyricist for the new band. Levin wasn't the first choice for bassist, but he would have been, if Fripp had known he was available from the start.
The new band did perform as Discipline for a few months, but by October of 1981 they renamed themselves King Crimson, keeping the name Discipline for the title of their first album.
The Celtic knot used for the album's cover art is the perfect symbol of the intricate weaving of the group's new musical style.
Discipline
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1. Elephant Talk
2. Frame by Frame
3. Matte Kudasai
4. Indiscipline
5. Thela Hun Ginjeet
6. Sheltering Sky
7. Discipline
8. Matte Kudasai [Alternative Version][Alternate Take]
- Adrian Belew - guitar, lead vocals
- Bill Bruford - drums
- Robert Fripp - guitar and devices (Frippertronics)
- Tony Levin - Stick, bass guitar, support vocals
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Peter Gabriel (4th Solo Album)
aka "Security"
The single "Shock the Monkey" went to number 1 on the Bilboard Mainstream Rock chart. Other noted songs include "Kiss of Life," "I Have the Touch," and "Lay Your Hands on Me."
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1. Rhythm of the Heat
2. San Jacinto
3. I Have the Touch
4. Family and the Fishing Net
5. Shock the Monkey
6. Lay Your Hands on Me
7. Wallflower
8. Kiss of Life
- Peter Gabriel - vocals, keyboards
- Larry Fast - synthesizers
- Jerry Marotta - drums, percussion
- David Rhodes - Guitar on Track "The Rhythm of the Heat" "I Have the Touch" "The Family and the Fishing Net" "The Family and the Fishing Net" "Wallflower"
- Tony Levin - Bass in track "The Rhythm of the Heat" "San Jacinto" "I Have the Touch" "Lay Your Hands on Me" "The Family and the Fishing Net" "Wallflower" Chapman Stick on Track "The Family and the Fishing Net"
- John Ellis - bass vocals on tracks "The Rhythm of the Heat" "I Have the Touch" "Kiss of Life", guitar on tracks "San Jacinto", "The Family and the Fishing Net"
- Roberto Laneri - treated saxophone on track "The Family and the Fishing Net"
- Morris Pert - timbales on track "Lay Your Hands on Me" percussion on track "Kiss of Life"
- Stephen Paine - Fairlight CMI on track "The Family and the Fishing Net"
- David Lord - synthesizers on tracks "Lay Your Hands on Me" "Wallflower" piano on tracks "Wallflower" "Kiss of Life"
- Peter Hammill - backing vocals on tracks "The Family and the Fishing Net" "The Family and the Fishing Net" "Lay Your Hands on Me"
- Jill Gabriel - vocals on track "San Jacinto"
- Manu Katche - Drums on Track "The Rhythm of the Heat" "San Jacinto" "The Family and the Fishing Net" "Lay Your Hands on Me" "Kiss of Life" "Wallflower"
- Ekome Dance Company - Ghanaian drums on track "The Rhythm of the Heat"
- Simon Phillips - Drums on track "I Have the Touch"
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King Crimson
References to Kerouac include the song "Neal and Jack and Me" which refers to Jack Kerouac and his friend, Neal Cassady. "Neurotica" was named for the title of the Beat-era magazine, Neurotica.
Beat
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1. Neal and Jack and Me
2. Heartbeat
3. Sartori in Tangier
4. Waiting Man
5. Neurotica
6. Two Hands
7. Howler
8. Requiem
- Adrian Belew - guitar, vocals
- Bill Bruford - drums
- Robert Fripp - guitar, organ, Frippertronics
- Tony Levin - bass guitar, Chapman stick, vocals
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The Collectable King Crimson, Vol. 2
Live in Bath 1981
The Collectable King Crimson, Vol. 2 Live in Bath 1981
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Disc: 1
1. Discipline [Live]
2. Thela Hun Ginjeet [Live]
3. Red [Live]
4. Elephant Talk [Live]
5. Matte Kudasai [Live]
6. Sheltering Sky [Live]
7. Indiscipline [Live]
8. Frame by Frame [Live]
9. Larks' Tongues in Aspic: Pt. 2 [Live]
Disc: 2
1. Thela Hun Ginjeet [Live]
2. Red [Live]
3. Howler [Live]
4. Frame by Frame [Live]
5. Matte Kudasai [Live]
6. Sheltering Sky [Live]
7. Discipline [Live]
8. Elephant Talk [Live]
9. Indiscipline [Live]
10. Neurotica [Live]
11. Heartbeat [Live]
12. Sartori in Tangier [Live]
13. Larks' Tongues in Aspic: Pt. 2 [Live]
- Adrian Belew - guitar, vocals
- Bill Bruford - drums
- Robert Fripp - guitar, organ, Frippertronics
- Tony Levin - bass guitar, Chapman stick, vocals
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Plays Live
Peter Gabriel
The Album reached number 44 in the US and 8 in the UK. The song, "I Go Swimming," reached number 38 in the US. It hadn't been on any previous albums, but was performed by Gabriel during his 1980 tour.
1. The Rhythm Of The Heat
2. I Have The Touch
3. Not One Of Us
4. Family Snapshot
5. D.I.Y.
6. The Family And The Fishing Net
7. Intruder
8. I Go Swimming
Disc 2:
1. San Jacinto
2. Solsbury Hill
3. No Self-Control
4. I Don't Remember
5. Shock The Monkey
6. Humdrum
7. On The Air
8. Biko
- Peter Gabriel - synthesizer, piano, vocals
- Larry Fast - synthesizer, piano
- Tony Levin - bass, stick & backing vocals
- Jerry Marotta - drums, percussion & backing vocals
- David Rhodes - guitar & backing vocals
Three of a Perfect Pair
King Crimson
When the remastered CD was released in 2001, it included the bonus tracks listed as "The Other Side."
Three of a Perfect Pair: 30th Anniversary
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(The Left Side)
1. Three of a Perfect Pair
2. Modelk Man
3. Sleepless
4. Man with an Open Heart
5. Nuyages (That Which Passes, Passes Like Clouds)
(The Right Side)
6. Industry
7. Dig Me
8. No Warning
9. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 3
(The Other Side)
10. King Crimson Barber Shop *
11. Industrial Zone a *
12. Industrial Zone B *
13. Sleepless [Tony Levin Mix]*
14. Sleepless [Bob Clearmountain Mix]*
15. Sleepless [Dance Mix-F. Kevorkian]*
*Bonus Tracks
(The three Sleepless mixes were previously available in separate vinyl releases of the single)
- Adrian Belew - voice, fretted guitar, fretless guitar
- Bill Bruford - acoustic and electric drumming
- Robert Fripp - guitar
- Tony Levin - bass, stick, synth, voice
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Neal and Jack and Me (Live 1982-84)
King Crimson
King Crimson - Neal and Jack and Me (Live 1982-84)
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Three Of A Perfect Pair - Live in Japan 1984
1. Three Of A Perfect Pair
2. No Warning
3. Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part III
4. Thela Hun Ginjeet
5. Frame By Frame
6. Matte Kudasai
7. Industry
8. Dig Me
9. Indiscipline
10. Satori In Tangier
11. Man With An Open Heart
12. Waiting Man
13. Sleepless
14. Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part II
15. Elephant Talk
16. Heartbeat
The Noise - Live in Frejus 1982
1. Waiting Man
2. Matte Kudasai
3. The Sheltering Sky
4. Neal And Jack And Me
5. Indiscipline
6. Heartbeat
7. Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part II
- Adrian Belew - Guitar and Vocal
- Bill Bruford - Drums
- Robert Fripp - Guitar
- Tony Levin - Stick, Bass guitar
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Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal 1984
King Crimson
Up to this point, no other Crimson lineup had lasted for this many albums, or performances. The band was in top form, and some have wondered what could have happened if they hadn't gone on hiatus.
Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal 1984
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Disc: 1
1. Entry of the Crims
2. Lark's Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 3
3. Thela Hun Ginjeet
4. Red
5. Matte Kudasai
6. Industry
7. Dig Me
8. Three of a Perfect Pair
9. Indiscipline
Disc: 2
1. Sartori in Tangier
2. Frame by Frame
3. Man with an Open Heart
4. Waiting Man
5. Sleepless
6. Lark's Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2
7. Discipline
8. Heartbeat
9. Elephant Talk
10. [CD-Rom Track]
- Adrian Belew - guitar, drums, vocals
- Bill Bruford - drums, percussion
- Robert Fripp - guitar
- Tony Levin - bass guitar, Chapman stick, synthesizer, vocals
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Road Photos
By Tony Levin
Tony has a new photo book out called "CRIMSON Chronicles vol. 1 the 1980's" which includes some of the pictures in the original, plus a lot more. The best place to find it is at Papa Bear.
So
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel's 1986 album, So, is perhaps his most successful. It went to number 1 in the UK where it was certified 3x Platinum, and number 2 in the US where it received a 5x Platinum certification.It was the first of Gabriel's albums to be intended to have a title other than "Peter Gabriel," but according to Gabriel, the title has no real meaning, he just liked the form of the word with two letters.
While working on the song "Big Time," Jerry Marotta drummed on the bass strings while Tony fingered the frets. Tony attempted to recreate the sound for the live performances using one drum stick.
Gabriel suggested that he attach the sticks to his fingers, and Tony's guitar tech at the time, Andy Moore, actually designed the first set of what would become Funk Fingers.
At first they were called Freddie Fingers (think "Freddie Krueger") or Fu Fingers because they reminded people of Fu Manchu's long fingernails.
They didn't work perfectly from the start. At first they were too heavy, and could break the strings. Sometimes they were attached so tightly, his fingers would turn purple, other times they were so loose, they would fly off into the audience.
The songs, "Big Time," "In Your Eyes," "Red Rain," "Sledgehammer," and "Don't Give Up" all charted on the UK and US charts, "That Voice Again" charted in the US.
The video for "Sledgehammer" won nine MTV Video Music Awards in 1987, a record which still stands as of 2008. It ranked at number four on MTV's 100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made (1999). It is the most played music video in the history of MTV. It is also MTV's number one animated video of all time.
So
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1. Red Rain
2. Sledgehammer
3. Don't Give Up
4. That Voice Again
5. Mercy Street
6. Big Time
7. We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)
8. This Is The Picture (Excellent Birds)
9. In Your Eyes
- Peter Gabriel - vocals, synthesizers, piano, percussion, Linn & Synclavier
- Tony Levin - bass on tracks
- David Rhodes - guitar & backing vocals
- Jerry Marotta - drums, & drumstic bass
- Manu Katché - drums, percussion, & talking drum
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Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats
1. Solsbury Hill
2. I Don't Remember
3. Sledgehammer
4. Family Snapshot
5. Mercy Street
6. Shaking The Tree
7. Don't Give Up
8. San Jacinto
9. Here Comes The Flood
10. Red Rain
11. Games Without Frontiers
12. Shock The Monkey
13. I Have The Touch
14. Big Time
15. Zaar
16. Biko
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Us
Peter Gabriel
Noted songs from the album include "Come Talk to Me," "Blood of Eden," "Steam," "Digging in the Dirt," "Kiss That Frog," and "Secret World."
Us
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1. Come Talk To Me
2. Love To Be Loved
3. Blood Of Eden
4. Steam
5. Only Us
6. Washing Of The Water
7. Digging In The Dirt
8. Fourteen Black Paintings
9. Kiss That Frog
10. Secret World
- Peter Gabriel - vocals, keyboards
- Tony Levin - bass
- David Rhodes - guitar
- Manu Katché - drums
- Doudou N'Diaye Rose - drum loop
- David Bottrill - programming
- The Babacar Faye Drummers - sabar drums
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Secret World Live
Peter Gabriel
The CD reached number 23 on the Billboard top 200, and was certified Gold in the US. The DVD was certified Platinum in the US and received a Grammy nomination for Best Record Sleeve Packaging Design.
Secret World Live
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Disc 1:
1. Come Talk To Me
2. Steam
3. Across The River
4. Slow Marimbas
5. Shaking The Tree
6. Red Rain
7. Blood Of Eden
8. Kiss That Frog
9. Washing Of The Water
10. Solsbury Hill
Disc 2:
1. Digging In The Dirt
2. Sledgehammer
3. Secret World
4. Don't Give Up
5. In Your Eyes
- Peter Gabriel - vocals, harmonica, keyboards, rainstick
- Tony Levin - bass, vocals
- Manu Katch - drums
- David Rhodes - guitar, vocals
- Leo Nocentelli - guitar, vocals
- Daniel Lanois - dobro, telecaster
- Babacar Faye - djembe
- Assane Thiam - talking drum, tama
- Hossam Ramzy - surdo
- Tim Green - tenor saxophone
- Reggie Houston - baritone saxophone
- Renard Poche - trombone
- Wayne Jackson - trumpet, cornet
- Jean-Claude Naimro - keyboards, vocals
- Levon Minassian - doudouk
- Shankar - violins, vocals
- Paula Cole - vocals
- Ayub Ogada - vocals
- Papa Wemba - vocals
- Reddy Amissi - vocals
- Stino Mubi - vocals
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King Crimson
VROOOM
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1. VROOOM
2. Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream
3. Cage
4. Thrak
5. When I Say Stop, Continue
6. One Time
- Adrian Belew - guitar, vocals
- Bill Bruford - drums, percussion
- Robert Fripp - guitar
- Trey Gunn - Warr guitar
- Tony Levin - bass guitar, Chapman stick
- Pat Mastelotto - drums, percussion
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B'Boom: Official Bootleg - Live In Argentina 1994
King Crimson
B'Boom: Official Bootleg - Live In Argentina 1994
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Disc: 1
1. VROOOM
2. Frame By Frame
3. Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream
4. Red
5. One Time
6. One Time
7. B'Boom
8. THRAK
9. Improv-Two Sticks
10. Elephant Talk
11. Indiscipline
Disc: 2
1. VROOOM VROOOM
2. Matte Kudasai
3. The Talking Drum
4. Larks' Tounges In Aspic Part 2
5. Heartbeat
6. Sleepless
7. People
8. B'Boom Reprise
9. THRAK
10. Vrooom Vrooom
11. Matte Kudasai
12. Talking Drum
13. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. II
14. Heartbeat
15. Sleepless
16. People
17. B'boom (Reprise)
18. Thrak
- Adrian Belew - guitar, vocals
- Bill Bruford - drums, percussion
- Robert Fripp - guitar, mellotron
- Trey Gunn - Chapman stick, vocals
- Tony Levin - bass guitar, Ned Steinberger upright bass, vocals
- Pat Mastelotto - drums, percussion
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THRAK
King Crimson
THRAK
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1. Vrooom
2. Coda: Marine 475
3. Dinosaur
4. Walking on Air
5. B'boom
6. Thrak
7. Inner Garden, Pt. 1
8. People
9. Radio, Pt. 1
10. One Time
11. Radio, Pt. 2
12. Inner Garden, Pt. 2
13. Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream
14. Vrooom Vrooom
15. Vrooom Vrooom: Coda
- Adrian Belew - guitar, vocals
- Bill Bruford - drums, percussion
- Robert Fripp - guitar, mellotron
- Trey Gunn - Stick, vocals
- Tony Levin - bass guitar, Stick, electric upright bass, vocals
- Pat Mastelotto - drums, percussion
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THRaKaTTaK
King Crimson
Thrakattak
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1. Thrak
2. Fearless and Highly Thrakked
3. Mother Hold the Candle Steady While I Shave the Chicken's Lip
4. Thrakattak, Pt. 1
5. Slaughter of the Innocents
6. This Night Wounds Time
7. Thrakattak, Pt. 2
8. Thrak (Reprise)
- Adrian Belew - guitar
- Bill Bruford - drums, percussion
- Robert Fripp - guitar, mellotron
- Trey Gunn - Warr guitars
- Tony Levin - bass guitar, chapman stick, Ned Steinberger upright bass
- Pat Mastelotto - drums, percussion
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Deja Vrooom
King Crimson
King Crimson: Deja Vroom
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Set 1
1. Circular Improv
2. Vrooom Vrooom
3. Frame by Frame
4. Dinosaur
5. One Time
6. Red
7. B'Boom
8. Thrak
9. Matte Kudasai
10. Three of a Perfect Pair
Set 2
1. Vrooom
2. Coda: Marine 475
3. Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream
4. Elephant Talk
5. Indiscipline
6. Talking Drum
7. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II)
8. People
9. Walking on Air
- Adrian Belew - guitar, vocals
- Bill Bruford - drums, percussion
- Robert Fripp - guitar, mellotron
- Trey Gunn - Warr guitar, Chapman Stick, vocals
- Tony Levin - bass guitar, Ned Steinberger upright bass, vocals
- Pat Mastelotto - drums, percussion
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Vrooom Vrooom
King Crimson
Vrooom Vrooom
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Disc: 1
Tracks 1-10 and 12 recorded at the Metropolitan Theater, Mexico City, Mexico, 2-4 August 1996
Track 11 recorded at the Longacre Theater, New York, USA, November 1995
1. Vrooom Vrooom
2. Coda: Marine 475
3. Dinosaur
4. B'boom
5. Thrak
6. Talking Drum
7. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. II
8. Neurotica
9. Prism
10. Red
11. Improv: Biker Babes of the Rio Grande
12. 21st Century Schizoid Man
Disc: 2
Tracks 1-13 recorded at the Longacre Theater, New York, USA, 20-22/24-25 November 1995
Track 14 recorded at the Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, USA, 30 June 1995
1. Conundrum
2. Thela Hun Ginjeet
3. Frame by Frame
4. People
5. One Time
6. Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream
7. Indiscipline
8. Two Sticks
9. Elephant Talk
10. Three of a Perfect Pair
11. B'boom
12. Thrak
13. Free as a Bird
14. Walking on Air
- Robert Fripp - guitar
- Adrian Belew - guitar, vocals
- Tony Levin - bass guitar, electric double bass, Chapman stick
- Trey Gunn - Warr guitar
- Bill Bruford - drums, percussion
- Pat Mastelotto - drums, percussion
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World Diary
Tony Levin
When it was first released in 1995, it was only available by mail order from Papa Bear Records, the company Levin started specifically to distribute the album.
World Diary
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1. Chasms
2. The Train
3. We Stand In Sapphire Silence
4. Smoke
5. Etude In The Key Of Guildford
6. Espresso & The Bed Of Nails
7. Mingled Roots
8. Nyatiti
9. Jewels
10. La Trisesse Amoureuse De La Nuit
11. Heat
12. I Cry To The Dolphined Sea
13. The Sound Of Goodbye
- Shankar - violin & vocal
- Ayub Ogada - nyatiti & vocal
- Bendik - sax
- Nexus - percussion
- Brian Yamakoshi - koto
- Levon Minassian - doudouk
- Manu Katche - drums
- Jerry Marotta - drums
- Bill Bruford - electronic percussion
- Tony Levin - Stick, bass, NS Electric Upright
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Black Light Syndrome
Bozzio Levin Stevens
Terry Bozzio has been well known on the progressive rock scene since his days as Frank Zappa's drummer. Guitarist Steve Stevens isn't quite as well know, but has worked with some very famous artists including Billy Idol, Michael Jackson, and Vince Neil. Levin was the first choice for a bass player, but no one actually thought he would be able to fit it into his busy schedule.
None of them had ever worked together prior to the first day in the studio, but managed to make a very well received improvisational progressive rock album in only four days in 1997.
Black Light Syndrome
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2. Dark Corners
3. Duende
4. Black Light Syndrome
5. Falling in Circles
6. Book of Hours
7. Chaos / Control
- Terry Bozzio - drums
- Tony Levin - bass and Chapman stick
- Steve Stevens - guitar
From the Caves of the Iron Mountain
Gorn Levin Marotta
The result is the CD From the Caves of the Iron Mountain and corresponding video, Tales from Widow Jane Mine, recorded in 1997 at the Widow Jane Mine, an abandoned limestone mine that has become a performance and function space for area residents in Rosendale, NY.
From the Caves of the Iron Mountain
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1. Approaching the Cavern
2. Man Walking from a to B
3. In the Caves of the Iron Mountain
4. Drumming on Water
5. Devil's Kitchen
6. Shakers in Five
7. Glass Beads
8. Joyous Lake
9. Catskill Gallery: The Abandoned IBM Plant/Woodstock, the Indian Burial
10. Catskill Gallery: Woodstock, The Indian Burial Ground
11. Catskill Gallery: Swimming the Shokan Rooftops
12. Catskill Gallery: Overlook Mountain
13. Shepherd's Song
14. Catacombs
15. Magic Meadow
16. Widow Jane Mine
17. Squeeze Box
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Tales from Widow Jane Mine
Gorn Levin Marotta
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Tales from Widow Jane Mine [VHS]
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Video Cassette (1997)
Liquid Tension Experiment
Liquid Tension Experiment (LTE)
The song "Three Minute Warning" came about during the recording sessions when Levin wanted to improvise as opposed to Petrucci and Portnoy who wanted to carefully write songs. Levin eventually told the others that if they didn't start to jam in three minutes, he'd just go home. The song "Three Minute Warning" is the recording of what followed.
On the CD's back cover it says: "CAUTION: "Three Minute Warning" is not for the musically faint-hearted, impatient, or critics of extreme self-indulgence. If you fall into any of the above categories, please hit the stop button on your CD player after track # 8."
Liquid Tension Experiment
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2. Osmosis
3. Kindred Spirits
4. The Stretch
5. Freedom Of Speech
6. Chris And Kevin's Excellent Adventure
7. State Of Grace
8. Universal Mind
9. Three Minute Warning (Album Only)
- Mike Portnoy - drums
- Tony Levin - bass, Chapman stick
- Jordan Rudess - keyboard
- John Petrucci - guitars
"Paradigm Shift"
Bruford Levin Upper Extremities
Levin brought them all back to his home in Woodstock, NY to record at a local recording studio there. The resulting album led to a supporting tour.
Bruford Levin Upper Extremities
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1. Cerulean Sea
2. Interlude
3. Original Sin
4. Etude Revisited
5. Palace of Pearls (On a Blade of Grass)
6. Interlude
7. Fin de Siecle
8. Drumbass
9. Cracking the Midnight Glass
10. Torn Drumbass
11. Thick With Thin Air
12. Cobalt Canyons
13. Interlude
14. Deeper Blue
15. Presidents Day
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BLUE Nights
Bruford Levin Upper Extremities
BLUE Nights
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1. Piercing Glances
2. Etude Revisited
3. Palace of Pearls (On a Blade of Grass)
4. Original Sin
5. Dentures of the Gods
6. Deeper Blue
7. Cobalt Canyons
8. Fin de Siecle
9. Picnic on Vesuvius
10. Cerulean Sea
11. Bent Taqasim/Torn Drumbass
12. Cracking the Midnight Glass
13. Presidents Day
14. 3 Minutes of Pure Entertainment
15. Outer Blue
- Tony Levin - bass guitars, Stick
- Bill Bruford - drums
- David Torn - guitars, loops, Oud
- Chris Botti - trumpet
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Deception of the Thrush: A Beginners Guide to ProjeKcts
Deception of the Thrush: A Beginners Guide to ProjeKcts is a sampler of material from ProjeKct One, ProjeKct Two, ProjeKct Three, and ProjeKct Four.
Deception of the Thrush: A Beginners Guide to ProjeKcts
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1. Masque [Projekct Three]
2. Masque [Continued]
3. Masque [Continued]
4. Masque [Continued]
5. Masque [Continued]
6. Masque [Continued]
7. Masque [Continued]
8. 4 ii 1 [Projekct One]
9. 2 ii 3 [Projekct One]
10. 4 ii 4 [Projekct One]
11. Sus-tayn-Z [Projekct Two]
12. Deception of the Thrush [Projekct Three/Four]
13. Ghost, Pt. 1 [Projekct Four]
14. Ghost, Pt. 1 [Continued]
15. Ghost, Pt. 1 [Continued]
16. Ghost, Pt. 2 [Projekct Four]
17. Ghost, Pt. 2 [Continued]
- Adrian Belew (V drums) - P2
- Bill Bruford (drums and percussion) - P1
- Robert Fripp (guitar) - P1, P2, P3, P4
- Trey Gunn (touch guitar, talker) - P1, P2, P3, P4
- Tony Levin (basses, Stick, Synth) - P1, P4
- Pat Mastelotto (electronic traps and buttons) - P3, P4
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Cirkus: The Young Person's Guide to King Crimson
King Crimson
This album is a great introduction for anyone who isn't familiar with each version of the band, and for many long time fans it's great to compare the best of almost 30 years of the band's lineups.
Cirkus: The Young Person's Guide to King Crimson - Live
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Disc: 1 - Neon Heat Disease 1984-1998
1. Dinosaur
2. Thela Hun Ginjeet
3. Red
4. B'boom
5. Thrak
6. 1 ii 2
7. Neurotica
8. Indiscipline
9. Vrooom Vrooom
10. Coda: Marine
11. Deception of the Thrush
12. Heavy Construkction
13. Three of a Perfect Pair
14. Sleepless
15. Elephant Talk
Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 & 10 recorded at the Metropolitan Theatre, Mexico City, 2-4 August 1996
Tracks 2, 13 & 14 recorded at the Spectrum, Montreal 11 July, 1984
Tracks 8 & 15 recorded at Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo, 5-6 October 1995
Track 6 recorded at the Jazz Cafe, London, 1 December 1997
Tracks 11 & 12 recorded at Pearl Street, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1 July 1998
Musicians (disc 1):
- Robert Fripp - Guitar
- Adrian Belew - Guitar & Voice (except 6), V-drums (11 & 12)
- Trey Gunn - Touch Guitar (except 2, 13 & 15)
- Tony Levin - Basses & Stick (except 11 & 12)
- Bill Bruford - Drums (except 11 & 12)
- Pat Mastelotto - Drums (except 2, 6, 11, 12, 13 & 15)
Disc: 2 - Fractured 1969-1996
1. 21st Century Schizoid Man
2. Ladies of the Road
3. A Man a City
4. In the Court of the Crimson King
5. Fracture
6. Easy Money
7. Improv: Besancon
8. The Talking Drum
9. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2
10. Starless
Track 1 recorded at the Baseball Park, Jacksonville, FL, 26 February 1972
Track 2 recorded at Kemp Coliseum, Orlando, FL, 27 February 1972
Tracks 3 & 4 recorded at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, 15 December 1969
Tracks 6 & 8 recorded at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 23 November 1973
Track 7 recorded at Palais Des Sports, Besançon, 25 March 1974
Track 5 recorded at Massey Hall, Toronto, 24 June 1974
Track 10 recorded at Stanley Warner Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, 29 April 1974
Track 9 recorded at the Metropolitan Theatre, Mexico City, 2-4 August 1996
Musicians (disc 2):
- Robert Fripp - Guitar, Mellotron
- Mel Collins - Saxes and Flute (1 & 2)
- Boz Burrell - Bass Guitar, Lead Vocal (1 & 2)
- Ian Wallace - Drums (1 & 2)
- Ian McDonald - Sax, Flute, Mellotron, Vocal (3 & 4)
- Greg Lake - Bass Guitar, Lead Vocal (3 & 4)
- Michael Giles - Drums, Percussion, Vocal (3 & 4)
- Peter Sinfield - Words & Illumination (3 & 4)
- David Cross - Violin, Mellotron (5-8, 10)
- John Wetton - Bass Guitar, Vocal (5-8, 10)
- Bill Bruford - Drums, Percussion (5-10)
- Adrian Belew - Guitar & Voice (9)
- Trey Gunn - Touch Guitar (9)
- Tony Levin - Basses & Stick (9)
- Pat Mastelotto - Drums, Percussion (9)
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Liquid Tension Experiment 2
LTE
Liquid Tension Experiment 2
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2. Biaxident
3. 914
4. Another Dimension
5. When the Water Breaks
6. Chewbacca
7. Liquid Dreams
8. Hourglass
- Mike Portnoy - drums and percussion
- John Petrucci - guitars
- Tony Levin - bass, Chapman stick
- Jordan Rudess - keyboards
Spontaneous Combustion
Liquid Trio Experiment
A compilation of jams from those sessions became the album, Spontaneous Combustion.
Spontaneous Combustion
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2. Hot Rod
3. RPP
4. Hawiian Funk
5. Cappuccino
6. Jazz Odyssey
7. Fire Dance
8. The Rubberband Man
9. Holes
10. Tony's Nightmare
11. Boom Boom
12. Return of the Rubberband Man
13. Disneyland Symphony
- Mike Portnoy - drums, percussion
- Tony Levin - bass
- Jordan Rudess - keyboards
OVO: Millennium Show
Peter Gabriel
OVO: Millennium Show
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1. The Story Of OVO
2. Low Light
3. The Time Of The Turning
4. The Man Who Loved The Earth/The Hand That Sold Shadows
5. The Time Of The Turning (Reprise)/The Weaver's Reel
6. Father, Son
7. The Tower That Ate People
8. Revenge
9. White Ashes
10. Downside-Up
11. The Nest That Sailed The Sky
12. Make Tomorrow
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Waters of Eden
Tony Levin
Tony's brother, keyboardist and synthesizer specialist Pete Levin is also on the album.
2. Waters Of Eden
3. Icarus
4. Gecko Walk
5. Belle
6. Pillar Of Fire
7. Boulevard Of Dreams
8. Opal Road
9. Utopia
- Jerry Marotta - Percussion, Drums, Engineer, Taos Drum
- Larry Fast - Synthesizer, Engineer
- Tony Levin - Bass (Electric), Cello, Producer, Engineer, Fretless Bass, Bass (Upright), Electric Cello
- Warren Bernhardt - Piano, Engineer
- California Guitar Trio - Guitar (Acoustic)
- Steve Gorn - Flute, Engineer
- Pete Levin - Synthesizer
- Jeff Pevar - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Engineer
- David Sancious - Synthesizer, Piano, Soprano
- David Torn - Guitar, Oud, Loops, Drum Programming, Processing
Situation Dangerous
Bozzio Levin Stevens
Situation Dangerous
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2. Endless
3. Crash
4. Spiral
5. Melt
6. Tragic
7. Tziganne
8. Lost
- Terry Bozzio - Drums
- Tony Levin - basses and Chapman stick
- Steve Stevens - Guitars
- Marcus Nand - additional Flamenco guitar on "Tziganne"
Rocks the West
California Guitar Trio
After formally becoming CGT, they opened for the double trio version of King Crimson, and The Trey Gunn Band. They contributed to Levin's Waters of Eden album.
Their live album, Rocks the West, was recorded while Tony Levin was touring with them as a guest musician in 2000.
Rocks the West
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1. Scramble
2. Symphony No. 9
3. Bohemian Rhapsody
4. Caravan
5. Punta Patri
6. Waters of Eden
7. Blue-Eyed Monkey
8. Pathways
9. Pictures at an Exhibition
10. Happy Time in Fun Town
11. Misirlou
12. Rokidan
13. Blockhead
- Paul Richards
- Bert Lams
- Hideyo Moriya
- Tony Levin
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Pieces of the Sun
Tony Levin
Besides percussion, Marotta plays acoustic guitar, Omnichord and saxophone on the record.
The California Guitar Trio plays on the opening track, "Apollo."
2. Geronimo
3. Aquafin
4. Dog One
5. Tequila
6. Pieces Of The Sun
7. Phobos
8. Ooze
9. Blue Nude Reclining
10. The Fifth Man
11. Ever The Sun Will Rise
12. Silhouette
- Tony Levin - bass guitars, electric upright bass, stick, cello
- Larry Fast - synthesizer
- Jerry Marotta - drums, percussion, acoustic guitar, saxophone, Omnichord
- Jesse Gress - guitars
- Bert Lams - acoustic guitar
- Hideyo Moriya - acoustic guitar
- Paul Richards - acoustic guitar
- Randy James - Steel Guitar
Double Espresso
Tony Levin Band
1. Pieces Of The Sun (Live)
2. Geronimo (Live)
3. Silhouette (Live)
4. Dog One (Live)
5. Tequila (Live)
6. Black Dog (Live)
7. Ooze (Live)
8. Apollo (Live)
9. L'Abito Della Sposa (Live)
10. Sleepless (Live)
Disc 2:
1. Pillar Of Fire (Live)
2. Ever The Sun Will Rise (Live)
3. Phobos (Live)
4. The Fifth Man (Live)
5. Back In N.Y.C. (Live)
6. Utopia (Live)
7. Elephant Talk (Live)
8. Peter Gunn (Live)
9. Belle (Live)
- Tony Levin - Basses, Stick, vocals
- Jerry Marotta - Drums, vocals, guitars
- Larry Fast - Synth
- Jesse Gress - Guitars
- Pete Levin - Keyboards
- Doug Stringer - Drums
- The California Guitar Trio (Bert Lams, Hideyo Moriya, Paul Richards) - acoustic guitars
Cg3+2
California Guitar Trio with Pat Mastelotto & Tony Levin
Cg3+2
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1. Melrose avenue
2. Skyline
3. Dancing Ann
4. Heart of the sunrise
5. Hanagasa
6. Zundoko-Bushi
7. Blockhead
8. Dance of Maya
9. Swampy space
10. Swampy return
11. Train to lamy
12. Eve
13. What I am
14. The chase
- Bert Lams - acoustic guitar
- Hideyo Moriya - acoustic guitar
- Paul Richards - acoustic guitar
- Tony Levin - bass
- Pat Mastelotto - drums
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Growing Up Live
Peter Gabriel
Bonus features include Tony Levin's photo album selections and an interview with Peter Gabriel about the story of Growing Up.
Peter Gabriel - Growing Up Live
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Here Comes the Flood - 8:37
Darkness - 8:39
Red Rain - 6:14
Secret World - 9:06
Sky Blue - 7:47
Downside Up - 7:36
The Barry Williams Show - 9:19
More Than This - 6:09
Mercy Street - 7:39
Digging in the Dirt - 7:36
Growing Up - 6:14
Animal Nation - 8:12
Solsbury Hill - 4:45
Sledgehammer - 4:59
Signal to Noise - 9:39
In Your Eyes - 11:34
Father, Son - 6:15
- Peter Gabriel - vocals, keyboards
- Tony Levin - bass, vocals
- David Rhodes - guitar
- Richard Evans - guitar
- Ged Lynch - drums
- Rachel Z - keyboards
- Melanie Gabriel - vocals
- Sevara Nazarkhan - vocals
- Charles Zawose - vocals
- Dr. Hukwe Zawose - vocals
- The Blind Boys of Alabama - vocals
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Still Growing Up - Live and Unwrapped
Peter Gabriel
Bonus features include exclusive interview footage of Gabriel and his live band, live rehearsals of "Darkness", "No Way Out" and "Growing Up." Live versions of "Father, Son" and "Downside Up" performed on the British TV show "Later... with Jools Holland" are also included.
Peter Gabriel - Still Growing Up - Live and Unwrapped
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The Feeling Begins - 5:00
Red Rain - 6:14
Secret World - 9:20
White Ashes - 4:44
Games Without Frontiers - 6:06
Burn You Up, Burn You Down - 6:30
The Tower That Ate People - 5:11
San Jacinto - 8:27
Digging in the Dirt - 7:40
Solsbury Hill - 4:45
Sledgehammer - 5:12
Come Talk To Me - 9:40
Biko - 8:59
- Peter Gabriel - vocals, keyboards
- Tony Levin - bass, vocals
- David Rhodes - guitar
- Richard Evans - guitar
- Ged Lynch - drums
- Rachel Z - keyboards
- Melanie Gabriel - vocals
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Whitewater
California Guitar Trio
2. Atlantis
3. Skyline
4. Mee-Woo
5. Prelude circulation BWV 988
6. Cantharis
7. Cosmo calypso
8. Whitewater
9. Led foot
10. Relative illusion
11. Red iguana
12. Ghost riders on the storm
- Paul Richards
- Bert Lams
- Hideyo Moriya
Resonator
Tony Levin
Besides having new lyrics, a reworked version of "Utopia," which was originally an instrumental on Waters of Eden, also features a guitar solo by Toto's Steve Lukather.
Adrian Belew's guest appearance on "Throw The God A Bone" marked the first time he and Levin had worked together in the studio since King Crimson's THRAK in 1995.
2. Places To Go
3. Throw The God A Bone
4. Utopia
5. Beyond My Reach
6. Shadowland
7. Crisis Of Faith
8. What Would Jimi Do
9. Sabre Dance
10. Fragile As A Song
- Tony Levin - lead vocals, cello, piano, keyboards, bass guitar, Chapman stick
- Jerry Marotta - drums, background vocals
- Larry Fast - synthesizers
- Pete Levin - piano, organ
- Jesse Gress - guitar, background vocals
- Adrian Belew - lead guitar on "Throw The God A Bone"
- Steve Lukather - lead guitar on "Utopia"
"Resonator Tour Promo Clip"
Tony Levin Band
"Elephant Talk"
Tony Levin Band
Deacon Blues
Pete Levin
In 2006 Tony joined Pete for his solo album, Icarus which was re-released in '07 as Deacon Blues.
Deacon Blues
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2. Uptown
3. Sail On Sailor
4. First Gymnopedie
5. Once Lost
6. Icarus
7. Sad Truth
8. Eclipse
9. Might Have Been
10. Dragonfly
11. Mean To Me
- Pete Levin - Hammond organ
- Danny Gottlieb - drums
- Mike DeMicco - guitar
- Joe Beck - guitar
- Tony Levin - bass
- Ken Lovelett - percussion
- Carlos Valdez - percussion
Stick Man
Tony Levin
"We all had a great time listening to your CD, Stick Man . . . I hear elements of "Elephant Talk" taken to an even greater intensity. Actually, I liked every song because they fit together to somehow define a new approach to instrumental composition, from fresh sounding effects to seemingly novel recording routines. For Stick enthusiasts, this will definitely be a new game in town - new harmonic progressions, rhythms, sonics and attitude. Of course The Stick dominates the album and is multifaceted in all registers and through all manner of effects. You gave the instrument a real workout and I know it will be of great interest to Stick players, even to the point of influencing some of their future recording efforts." --Emmett Chapman-Inventor of Chapman Stick
Stick Man
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1. Welcome
2. Gut String Theory
3. Speedbump
4. Slow Glide
5. Shraag
6. Not Just Another Pretty Bass
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"Eve"
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California Guitar Trio with Tony Levin play Eve
This video is of The California Guitar Trio rehearsing their beautiful song "Eve" accompanied by Tony Levin on Bass. It was taken an hour or two before their show on Oct 19, 2007 at Keegan's Ales in Kingston, NY.
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Tony performed at the 10th anniversary live show of Liquid Tension Experiment which was recorded in Chicago on June 2008. He was also with King Crimson for their 40th anniversary tour, performed with Stick Men (Tony Levin & Michael Bernier on Stick with Pat Mastelotto on Drums) at their first live date in Poland, and toured Japan with Terry Bozzio & Friends.He started 2009 performing with L'Image (Tony Levin, drummer Steve Gadd, keyboardist Warren Bernhardt, guitarist David Spinozza and vibraphonist Mike Mainieri), a band he had helped start in the 1970's, but they broke up before really getting anywhere. He also toured South America with Peter Gabriel.
Tony Levin has appeared most recently on records by Jed Davis, Jason Sadites, Cheryl Wheeler, Sara Fimm, Amy Hobish, Dave Schulz, Liquid Tension Experiment, L'Image, True Nature, Samalea, Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors, Matty Z, and Steve Wilson.
He has upcoming tour dates scheduled with Peter Gabriel, L'Image and Stick Men - the new Stick Men album is currently being worked on.
Updated info on Tony Levin is available at
Tony Levin's Road Diary
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Tony's Discography: Its So Big...
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- A Week Out West: Steve Gadd & Friends with Joey DeFrancesco, Ronnie Cuber and ...
- In 1972, Gadd formed a trio with Tony Levin and Mike Holmes, traveling to New York with them. The trio eventually broke up, but Gadd began to work mainly as ...
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- The title cut is a bassist's dream, invoking every Billy Sheehan and Tony Levin tab in the book, and "Vanguard to Nowhere" is part Primus, à la Les Claypool ...
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- He began opening for major acts in Detroit, his hometown, including Bill Bruford, the Tony Levin Band, Ozric Tentacles, and Buckethead at the Magic Hat ...
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What a wonderful lens. I learned a lot about Tony Levin--didn't realize that his association w/King Crimson was just a small part of his musical career.
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What a labour of love! As he is a session player I doubt he was playing with King Crimson when I saw them in Guildford. But he is probably playing on some of the Pink Floyd albums I have!
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Tony Levin Resource Link List
- Tony Levin's Road Diary
- Bass player Tony Levin's home page - and road diary. Tony is best known for his work with Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, support on many legendary albums, and his own solo albums. The official website of Tony Levin
- Tony Levin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Tony Levin (born June 6, 1946, Boston, Massachusetts) is an American bass guitarist.
Levin is best-known[1] for his work with progressive rock pioneers King Crimson and Peter Gabriel. Has also been a member of Bruford Levin Upper Extremities, Liquid Tension Experiment and leads his own Tony Levin Band. - allmusic ((( Tony Levin > Overview ))):
- Famed for his work with Peter Gabriel and King Crimson, bass virtuoso Tony Levin was born in Boston on June 6, 1946. At age ten, he began studying upright bass, also playing tuba in his high-school marching band and even forming his own barbershop quartet; as a member of a local youth orchestra, Levin additionally performed at the White House for President John F. Kennedy...
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Elephant Talk, also affectionately known as ET, was originally a digest-format newsletter distributed by electronic mail, and available on the WWW. It was started in August 1991 by its editor and moderator, Toby Howard - MySpace Music profile for Stick Men
- MySpace Music profile for Stick Men. Download Stick Men music singles, watch music videos, listen to free streaming mp3s, & read Stick Men's blog.
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- Pete Levin - New York musician/composer
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- The Official Website of Pat Mastelotto
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- Peter Gabriel's Official Web Site
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The aim of DGM is to connect music, musician and audience in
a way that supports the power of music, the integrity of the musician
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diary archives and audience commentary for browsing. - Get Ready to ROCK! Interview with Tony Levin, bass player with King Crimson,Peter Gabriel,Asia,David Bowie and others
- Interview with Tony Levin bass player with King Crimson,Peter Gabriel,Asia,David Bowie
- The best known bold head in the business
- Tony 2003 / 2004
Tony Levin is a musician for musicians. that's how many people call him. To get it straight, within the average music interested audiance, the name is known, but not many people know, in which draw to put it in. Only when he gets introduced by
Peter Gabriel live on stage, then some of us get the clue, and Tony gets the well deserved applause almost as enthusiastically as the one for the mastro.
Within insider- and musician circles the bold headed bassist is already a superstar for himself, a miracle on 4 strings and a brilliant genius. Specialists even call him the very best bass player of present days. His bold head has advanced to an individual brand and it is known, that only Tony can play the famous Chapman Stick a 100%. Known for all those countless session work and Live concerts with other famous artists, he still follows his own path with a solo carriere, nicely flowing beside all his other jobs. - www.stick.com - Interviews
- There is a photo of Tony Levin on the back of his book Beyond The Bass Clef. It's a black and white portrait, he's wearing a black leather jacket, his arms are folded in front of him cradling a black headless, fretless bass. All you can see, all that stands out against the black is his head, his hands and the strings on the bass. Everything else hides in shadow.
Where words fail to describe Levin's sound or his style or the niche he as carved for himself as one of the most in demand bass players of all time, this photo serves to define Tony as a musician and the role he has crafted for himself in the music industry. - Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: King Crimson - THRaKaTTaK
- THRaKaTTaK is easily the most controversial release by the newest incarnation of King Crimson. It may be the most controversial release by any such incarnation.
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Caves and caverns have a mysterious, even supernatural air about them. Pirates stashed their loot in caves, mountaineers lost in howling blizzards took refuge in caves, some surviving, some perishing - their remains to be found years or centuries later. - DPRP - Dutch Progressive Rock Page
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- Indie-Music.com - Bass: Tony Levin Interview
- "John [Lennon] was great to work with, and a lot of fun. I wish I'd had the chance to make more music with him, of course, and to get to know him better."
- THE STICK CENTER official web site: TONY LEVIN
- Tony Levin has been (and it is) for many bassists and stickists, an inevitable reference. Possibly, his charisma like musician is leaned on the way he sees and lives his own music. This musical " energy " that comes off of him is, to my way of seeing, so permeable towards out, that arrives to the audience in a simple and direct way. If you have had the luck to see this musician in action (I had it, in the first concert that King Crimson offered in Buenos Aires in its return), you find Levin absolutely concentrated in his task, precise and sure in its action.
- California Guitar Trio & Tony Levin's Stick Men, live at the B.B. King Blues Club, New York, June 22, 2009 – Concert Review | The Dork Report
- The California Guitar Trio may not actually be from California (they actually hail from Belgium, Japan, and the US), but there are indeed three of them and
- ProgressiveWorld.net
- Your Ultimate Guide To Progressive Music
We are pleased as Swedish punch to announce that none other than Stick Men will join Isildurs Bane for IB Expo 09. For those of you still to find out, Stick Men is a trio consisting of none other than Tony Levin on stick, Michael Bernier on stick and Pat Matelotto on sticks, drums, cymbals, percussion, bells, whistles, the kitchen sink and whatnot. - Pete Levin at All About Jazz
- In a diverse music career spanning several decades, keyboardist/arranger Pete Levin has performed and recorded with hundreds of Jazz and Pop artists - including Paul Simon, Annie Lennox, Miles Davis, David Sanborn, Lenny White, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Robbie Robertson and John Scofield - receiving critical accolades for his work during a 15 year association with the legendary Gil Evans, and his 8 year stint with jazz icon Jimmy Giuffre. Says Levin,
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While he's often (and understandably) considered the creative force behind perennial art rockers King Crimson, cofounder/guitarist Robert Fripp is, in fact, a far more democratic leader than he's given credit. Bassist/Stick man Tony Levin-one of the fundamentals behind the 1980-'84 and 1994-'97 incarnations of Crim, recently returning to the fold after a hiatus during the group's 2000-'03 years-makes clear his contributions to the ever-expanding Crim with Stick Man. - Digital Interviews: Tony Levin
- Tony Levin is perhaps best known for his long tenure as bassist for King Crimson. He has also been involved in "ProjeKcts" -- stripped-down fractal units of Crimson's full lineup. Levin's resume ranges from the eclectic Bruford Levin Upper Extremities and Bozzio-Levin-Stevens collaborations, to sessions with Dire Straits, Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd, Buddy Rich and Carly Simon. He has also worked as Peter Gabriel's bassist since 1977.
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