MAGAZINE : PLAY.+

 

Disc One (52:44)

  1. Feed The Enemy
  2. Give Me Everything
  3. A Song From Under The Floorboards
  4. Permafrost
  5. The Light Pours Out Of Me
  6. Model Worker
  7. Parade
  8. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
  9. Because You're Frightened
  10. Shot By Both Sides
  11. Twenty Years Ago
  12. Definitive Gaze

Disc Two (37:59)

  1. Definitive Gaze
  2. Touch And Go
  3. Burst
  4. The Light Pours Out Of Me
  5. My Tulpa
  6. Shot By Both Sides
  7. Give Me Everything
  8. I Love You You Big Dummy
  9. My Mind Ain't So Open

Label : Virgin/EMI

Venue : Melbourne Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia (CD1) + Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester, UK (CD2)

Recording Date : September 6, 1980 + July 21, 1978

Release Date : December 1980 / August 2009 (Play.+)

Review (AllMusic) : Play documents an Australian concert from 1980 that finds Magazine in fine form, spitting out their unsettling, edgy post-punk songs with controlled energy. By this point, guitarist John McGeoch had been replaced by Robin Simon, and although there are some weak patches on the record, he fits into the group's dense interplay remarkably well. Play., however, remains a record for the collector, especially since their best-known song, "Shot by Both Sides," isn't on the record, and an awkward cover of Sly Stone's "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" is.

Review (Wikipedia) : 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. The live album consisted of a recording of the group's performance at Melbourne Festival Hall in Australia on 6 September 1980. The performance was part of a world tour in support of the group's third studio album, The Correct Use of Soap, released earlier that year. The majority of the album is composed of songs from the first and third studio albums. The original album is notable for including a performance of the B-side "Twenty Years Ago", while omitting the group's best-known song, "Shot by Both Sides", which was cut from the original album release along with gig opener "Feed the Enemy". The short-lived lineup of Magazine that performed Play had formed due to the departure of founding member and guitarist John McGeoch. In his place was ex-Ultravox guitarist Robin Simon. Simon left the group on completion of the tour and was in turn replaced by Ben Mandelson for Magazine's fourth studio album. Simon's recording history with the group is limited to Play and tracks from another Australian gig on the 2009 compilation Live and Intermittent. The rest of the group consisted of Howard Devoto (vocals), Barry Adamson (bass and backing vocals), Dave Formula (keyboards) and John Doyle (drums). The album was produced by Magazine and John Brand. Design was credited to Malcolm Garrett with photography by Birrer. The album was originally released as an LP and cassette in December 1980. The album was subsequently released as a budget album on LP, cassette and CD in the late 1980s. A Japanese edition of the album was released in 1995 with three bonus live tracks recorded at the Russell Club in Manchester on 3 May 1980,[5] which had been released as B-sides to "Sweetheart Contract". A remastered edition, titled Play+, was released by Virgin/EMI in 2009, augmented by the two deleted songs from the Melbourne Festival Hall gig and a bonus disc featuring a 21 July 1978 performance at Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall. The 1978 gig featured the Real Life lineup of the group with McGeoch and original drummer Martin Jackson.