CHAMELEONS Peel Sessions Promo Test Press LP Post Punk

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	$		36

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THE CHAMELEONS

John Peel Sessions: June 1981 - May 1984

Original UK White Label Promo LP released on Strange Fruit Records in 1990. Wraparound proof artwork. Includes press release info sheet.

Classic UK Post Punk for fans of The Sound, Sad Lovers & Giants, Comsat Angels, The Cure, And Also The Trees, Modern English, Bunnymen etc etc

The Chameleons (aka The Chameleons UK on some American releases) were a post-punk band that formed in Middleton, in Greater Manchester, England in 1981. They consisted of singer and bassist Mark Burgess, guitarist Reg Smithies, guitarist Dave Fielding, and drummer John Lever. The core quartet were sometimes augmented live by keyboardists Alistair Lewthwaite and Andy Clegg in the 1980s, and percussionist/vocalist Kwasi Asante during their reunion period (ex-Magazine drummer Martin Jackson also briefly replaced Lever during 1982-83).

Through Mark Burgess' vocals and dark and ironic lyrics, their songs often dealt with personal themes of childlike innocence and a reverence for nostalgia. Musically, most notable in their work was the band's innovative and distinctive use of dual guitar melodies, courtesy of Smithies and Fielding. These arrangements were often characterised by the use of delay and chorus effects. Dave played a melodic and atmospheric guitar while Reg played a more traditional riff-based guitar.

The band initially released three studio albums in the 1980s, following 1982 debut single "In Shreds" (the fruit of a brief signing to Epic), and several sessions for John Peel. The Chameleons released their first full-length studio LP, the critically-acclaimed Script of the Bridge, on the Statik label in 1983. The album features a blend of rhythmic electric guitar textures, providing a moody and intense backdrop for Mark Burgess' haunting vocals. After their third release, 1986's Strange Times, and the 1987 death of manager Tony Fletcher they disbanded. Burgess then fronted The Sun and the Moon (with Lever), who issued only one album in 1988, followed by an array of solo projects. Guitarists Fielding and Smithies formed The Reegs, who released two albums: Return of the Sea Monkeys (1991) and Rock the Magic Rock (1993).

Tracks Are :-

Side One

The Fan And The Bellows

Here Today

Looking Inwardly

Things I Wish I'd Said

Don't Fall

Nostalgia

Side Two

Second Skin

Perfumed Garden

Dust To Dust / Return Of The Roughnecks

One Flesh

Intrigue In Tangiers

P.S. Goodbye

Released on 'Strange Fruit Records' in 1990

Catalogue No. SFRLP 114

Disc is in EX++ condition

Sleeve is in EX condition

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