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Magazine | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (3 Oct 1988)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Virgin
  • ASIN: B0000071TW
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 119,047 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb 30 Oct 2001
By ben.brown@blueyonder.co.uk
Format:Audio CD
I have, once or twice, been tempted to write a review of a CD that I've really enjoyed. However, until "Play", I've never really bothered. This should attest to the sheer quality of Magazine's live CD.

It has been said that "It's Alive" by the Ramones (and I own it) is one of the greatest live albums of all time. It is a damn fine release; but having heard "Play", I'd have to relegate it to the status of Second Greatest live Album of all time.

Essentially, Magazine's songs transfer absolutely fantastically to a live setting. The quality of this recording helps a great deal, and what you get is an album that is eminently listenable in terms of sound, but also retains the more energetic side of live performance.

As the first reviewer missed "Shot by Both Sides", so I regret that the album didn't give me the chance to hear how well "Back to Nature" and "Motorcade" worked in a live environment. This is no bad thing; my regret that these two songs were not played simply attests to the great quality of those that were on the set-list.

Again in concurrence with the initial reviewer, I would recommend this album mainly to established Magazine fans, as the greatest pleasures do come in hearing my favourites translated into a live environment. Nevertheless, it's a brilliant album.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A welcome addition to a great catalog of music 9 Sep 2009
By mindtpi
Format:Audio CD
This disk is interesting as it restores some missing tracks from the original Play concert recorded in Australia in 1980 - namely Feed the Enemy & Shot by Both Sides. I suspect this still isn't the full concert as its still considerably shorter than the RockPalast video filmed on the same tour. The production on these two songs isn't quite as good as the rest of the disk as it probably didn't get as much post production work and, to be honest, the original release didn't suffer from not having them on it. Still interesting to hear them though. Unlike the other reviewer, the rest of the disk sounds absolutely fine to me.

The second disk is an earlier recording featuring John McGeoch and Martin Jackson. It was obviously not recorded with the intention of being a full standalone release but the quality is still excellent. It's a desk recording is probably similar quality to the BBC Live concert CD. This disk is all Real Life period material plus some of the earlier singles. It's a fairly raw recording but still sounds absolutely fine to me - better than some of the live stuff on Live and Intermittent. Barry Adamsons bass sounds fine to me, it is thinner than the bass sound on Play but this was probably recorded on his old Gibson or Rickenbacker rather than his later Ovation bass which had a much fuller sound and had more effects on it.

The liner notes include the lyrics to most songs but nothing else different from the original Play album

If you are a fan, you'll buy this and I doubt you'll be disappointed - it takes a great live album that I've always loved and made it better with some real rarities. It's certainly far better than a one-star review.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars The most important live album alive? 24 May 2004
By McThorax
Format:Audio CD
Live albums... are usually,if you're honest,a bit disappointing,a bit hollow,if you're honest, a bit dead.Not this one daddio! "Play" grabs you from the start with a compelling "Give Me Everything" and doesn't let go until the gracefully deranged finale of "Definitive Gaze".The boys are firing on all cylinders tonight,Dave Formula's opulent keyboards,Barry Adamson's liquid basslines and John Doyle's precision drumming providing Howard Devoto with a looser canvas to display his wares.Despite no John McGeogh,who was off being a Banshee,Robin Simon(ex Ultravox!-note the exclamation mark,no Ure here) plays an absolute blinder from start to finish and if you didn't know better,it could be McGeogh.But hey I'm rambling now,most of you will know or heard of the studio albums ,maybe it's time to play "Play"-geddit! You should.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars More Play. 31 Oct 2009
By J. Liston
Format:Audio CD
The expanded release of the exceptional live album 'Play' is a joyful extension to its original 1980 incarnation. A record of the band's performance in Melbourne earlier that year, it showcased Magazine's musicality, versatility and live presence. In 'Play +', it becomes a 2CD set, the first featuring 2 additional tracks from Melbourne to those on the original LP release ('Feed the Enemy' and the iconic 'Shot by Both Sides'), the second featuring the July 1978 performance in the Lesser Free Trade Hall of their hometown, Manchester. The second disc is a rare live document of earlier songs, but critically features their keynote guitarist John McGeoch, a stalwart of The Armoury Show and Siouxsie & the Banshees. By the time of the Melbourne recordings, McGeoch had left Magazine, his place being taken on that tour by Robin Simon, the excellent guitarist on (arguably - perhaps) Ultravox's greatest album, Systems of Romance.

The extended Melbourne CD is, of course, a very different experience to the original LP - it seems unusual not to have Devoto intone 'and now, 3 little words' at the start of the album, or have the lush keyboard swirl of 'Parade' herald the fade in of side 2. But it extends and completes our vicarious enjoyment of the show. The additional Manchester disc fills a gap in the live documentation of the band, capturing guitarist John McGeoch as part of the Magazine live experience.

The 2009 release of 'Play +' is no doubt intended to coincide with Magazine's reformation. McGeoch sadly having died 5 years earlier, his place is this time taken by Noko for live concerts as fresh as though Magazine had never left, including a stunning series of performances on Jools Hollands' 'Later...... Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 stars In his front room
Commences with "Feed the Enemy," as the sound becomes crystaline in its clarity dripping through the recording forever with a glint and a sparkle, but the opener appears too fast. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles
4.0 out of 5 stars Magazine Play
This CD set is a must for all Magazine fans. It's got some tracks on it that are not on other albums.
Published 21 months ago by Mrs. Glynis L. Leaney
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the all time great live albums
The original album is superlative. Probably my favourite live album of all time. This re-issue adds the two missing songs from the original Melbourne concert that didn't make it... Read more
Published on 27 Oct 2009 by David J. Pannell
5.0 out of 5 stars Sounding Good!
I bought this secondhand on vinyl in the mid-90's, and have been waiting for a newly expanded version to go with the rest of the Magazine reissues. Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2009 by I. M. D. Thomson
1.0 out of 5 stars Like nails down a blackboard. Ouch!
What a shame. This extended version of Magazine's live album "Play" has been ruined by very poor engineering. Read more
Published on 3 Sep 2009 by Ah Pook
3.0 out of 5 stars MEDIOCRE
i find the five star rantings of the other reveiwers baffling, all these songs are inferior to the studio versions full stop, who is playing that additional guitar on the light... Read more
Published on 14 July 2009 by casio smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Three little words
...and the words are 'Buy this CD'.

Devoto is the overlooked genius of the Manchester post punk scene, and this album is fine testimony to his skill as a writer of great... Read more
Published on 4 April 2007 by Black Box
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
If I had to choose one album from my collection that I could keep, this would be it. I originally acquired it on vinyl in roughly 1982, and later on replaced it with CD. Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2004 by John MCCABE
5.0 out of 5 stars An inspiration...
Encapsulating the energy and originality of Magazine was always going to be easiest live. Play is taken from their Australian tour of 1980, and sees them tearing up the stage in... Read more
Published on 9 Oct 2000 by sam@wammy1.freeserve.co.uk
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