The Shaping of Jaydee outlines how John Diggins became a guitar maker, the people he worked with and for along the way to create his unique instruments and sound.
The forward is written by Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) and there are contributions from Mark King (Level 42), Dave Hill (Slade) and George Anderson (Shakatak).
LEVEL 42 are delighted to announce that they will embark upon The ‘World Machine’ 40th Anniversary Tour in 2025, which will visit 28 UK venues. Tickets will go on sale on Friday 25th October 2024 at 10am from aegp.uk/L42_2025
All of the shows will feature Special Guests Roachford. The tour will celebrate this landmark – and indeed breakthrough – album for Level 42, and the band will also, of course, be breaking out many of their classic era-defining hits.
Released this October are three 2CD albums in deluxe gatefold packaging. The 1983 album ‘Standing In The Light’, the 1985 album ‘World Machine’ and the 1987 album ‘Running In The Family’ each contain the original album on Disc 1 while Disc 2 features selection of 7”edits, 12” extended versions, remixes and B-sides as well as a foreword written by Simon Carson and Paul Waller. Each set also includes a booklet containing album lyrics as well as photos of the singles released from the album. Available to pre-order now: https://demonedsel.lnk.to/level42