THE LEVELLERS – LEVELLING THE LAND LP – Nr MINT/EXC+ A1/B1 UK 1991 PUNK CRUSTY INDIE

The Levellers – Levelling The Land
(China Records  1991  WOL1022)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Vinyl in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some surface noise about 30 seconds in at the start of each side)

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– some slight wear to edges
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

The Levellers are an English folk rock band formed in Brighton, England in 1988, consisting of Mark Chadwick (guitar), Jeremy Cunningham (bass guitar), Charlie Heather (drums), Jonathan Sevink (fiddle), Simon Friend(guitar) and Matt Savage (keyboards). The band released their first EP in 1989 on their own label before signing with French label Musidisc in 1990 who released the debut album, A Weapon Called the Word. In 1991 they signed with China Records who released their second album Levelling the Land. Since 2006 they have appeared on their own On The Fiddle Recordings label. The band continues to record and tour.

Levelling the Land was released in 1991 and is the second full-length album by the Brighton folk-punk group The Levellers. The album reached number 14 in the British album charts and has since gained platinum status through ongoing sales. The original album pressing contained ten tracks (lacking Fifteen Years); but following the success of the single Fifteen Years, the song was added as track three to later pressings.

This was the first Levellers album to feature the input of Simon Friend as songwriter, vocalist and musician. Simon replaced Alan Miles, who had sung and played guitar and mandolin on the previous album, A Weapon Called the Word. The “Liberty Song” on this album was co-written by original member Alan Miles.

Tracklist

Personnel

• Mark Chadwick – Lead vocals, guitars, harmonica
• Simon Friend – Backing vocals, lead vocals on tracks 4 and 11, guitars, mandolin, banjo, harmonica
• Jeremy Cunningham – Bass guitar, album artwork
• Jonathan Sevink – Fiddle
• Charlie Heather – Drums/percussion

• Alan Scott – Producer