Description
The self-titled 33 1/3 RPM vinyl EP (a.k.a. Limited Black Vinyl Edition) by the Canadian alternative rock band Level Heads was released on Salt Cellar Productions & Publishing in 1986. (The band also released a cassette featuring the same cover artwork, though with a quite different tracklist.) The album was recorded and mixed during May 1986 by John Press at Voice Audio in Ontario, Canada; with Gamiel Shabawda and the band producing. Level Heads is Jim Chevalier on guitar and vocals, Scott Douglas on keyboards and marimba, Craig Gillings on bass and vocals, and Todd Gillings on drums.
This was an interesting surprise. I had originally put this aside thinking it was the same album as the self-titled vinyl I had from this band because they both have the same cover. But then I looked at it and found out it is a mostly different list of songs. This is the same band that went on to release ‘Momento Mori‘ on Broken Records in 1988. The biggest problem here is that the tape I transferred is in reeeeally bad shape. Wow and flutter takes over a little bit from the first song on each side, and just gets progressively worse as each side plays on. Songs speed up and slow down and sound warbly throughout. I hope to find a better condition tape someday. «How Long» appears again on their self-titled vinyl ep, and «The Universe is Out of Control» also appears again on ‘Momento Mori’. There was no date on this tape. The sound here is still alternative, but more traditional rock-leaning than their 1986 ep or 1988 full length, so I am guessing this is an earlier demo. Also, no liner notes – so I am not sure who played on it. Oh, and the bands name is “Level Heads” on the cover, “Levelheads” on the spine, and “The Levelheads” on the tape. I went with “Level Heads” because that is what is on all later releases. [Christian Tape Underground, April 27, 2018]
Vinyl EP tracklist:
Side One
A1. “Excuses (Really?)” – 3:12
A2. “Behold” – 2:41
A3. “How Long?” – 7:23
Side Two
B1. “Wo Wo Wo” – 3:17
B2. “The Fighter” – 3:10
B3. “Tell Me What You See” – 2:25
Cassette tracklist:
Side One
A1. “No Mysteries”
A2. “When the Walls Come Down”
A3. “Heart Breaker”
A4. “Division (is a Cancer)”
A5. “Just Another Miracle”
Side Two
B1. “Flirting With the World”
B2. “The Universe is Out of Control”
B3. “Surrender”
B4. “How Long”
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