Magazine – Play
(Virgin Records 1980 V2184)
Matrix No’s: A3/B4 – UK Pressing
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– one small foxing spot on front
Magazine are an English post-punk group active from 1977 to 1981, then reformed in 2009. Their debut single, “Shot by Both Sides”, is now acknowledged as a classic and their debut album, Real Life, is still widely admired as one of the greatest albums of all time. The band was formed by Howard Devoto after leaving punk band Buzzcocks in early 1977. Devoto had decided to create a more experimental and less punk band. Their style and lyrical preoccupations later influenced many musicians.
Magazine reunited in 2009 for a UK tour, with almost all the remaining and “classic” line-up, with the exception of guitarist John McGeoch who died in 2004. He was replaced by Noko, who played with Devoto in Luxuria. Magazine released an album of new material, No Thyself, in October 2011, followed by a short UK tour.
Play is the first live album by English post-punk/new wave band Magazine. It was released in December 1980 by Virgin Records (International) and in April 1981 by I.R.S. Records (US). It peaked at No. 69 on the UK Album Chart. It was Magazine’s sixth 1980 release.
Track listing
Play (Original release)
| Side one | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | “Give Me Everything” | Howard Devoto | 4:27 |
| 2. | “A Song From Under the Floorboards” | Devoto, Barry Adamson, John Doyle, Dave Formula, John McGeoch | 4:15 |
| 3. | “Permafrost” | Devoto | 4:59 |
| 4. | “The Light Pours Out of Me” | Devoto, McGeoch, Pete Shelley | 4:46 |
| 5. | “Model Worker” | Devoto, Adamson, Doyle, Formula, McGeoch | 2:57 |
| Side two | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 6. | “Parade” | Devoto, Formula, Adamson | 6:05 |
| 7. | “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” | Sylvester Stewart | 3:49 |
| 8. | “Because You’re Frightened” | Devoto, Adamson, Doyle, Formula, McGeoch | 3:53 |
| 9. | “Twenty Years Ago” | Devoto, Adamson, Doyle, Formula, McGeoch | 4:00 |
| 10. | “Definitive Gaze” | Devoto, McGeoch | 3:48 |
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Total length:
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43:09 | ||
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