You can hear samples of the tracks here at Level 42’s official website.

Track Listing:

1. Dive Into The Sun
2. Rooted
3. Way Back Home
4. Just For You
5. Sleep Talking
6. Retroglide
7. All Around
8. Clouds
9. Hell Town Story
10. Ship
11. All I Need (UK Bonus Track)

Performing with a Trio consisting of:
Himself - Bass
John Abercrombie - Guitar
Danny Gottleib - Drums

Head over to the CD Baby website to listen to samples of all 16 tracks.

You can purchase the CD from the CD Baby or from markegan.com. Both have options to deliever to the UK.

Sunday 24th September (7.30pm)
The Bass Centre,
2 Tenter Ground,
Brune Street,
London,
E1 7NH
Tel: 0207 247 7847
www.basscentre.com

Tickets for this are avaliable at the Bass Centre’s website and cost £5.

Monday 25th September (7.30pm)
Mansons Guitar Shop,
McCoys Arcade,
Fore Street,
Exeter,
EX4 3AN
Tel: 01392 496379
www.mansons.co.uk

The clinic is free so tickets are not required. The actual event will be held at the Thistle Hotel, Exeter.

Tuesday 26th September
GM Music
2 Wharton Street,
Cardiff,
CF10 1AG
Tel: 02920 231606
www.gmmusic.co.uk

Wednesday 27th September
PMT
36 Lawley Middleway,
Birmingham,
B4 7XX
Tel: 0121 359 5056
www.pmtonline.co.uk

Thursday 28th September (7:30pm)
ElectroMusic
82 Copley Road,
Doncaster,
DN1 2QW
Tel: 01302 369999
www.electromusic.co.uk

Tickets for this are avaliable at the ElectroMusic website and cost £6. The actual event will be held at The Northern Jazz Centre, Doncaster.

What Stuart says about the book…
“Ultimate Slap Bass is the definitive reference/tutorial book for slap players of all levels. The book covers the slap and pop technique from the most basic beginner exercises to the most advanced such as double thumbing and popping, strumming, open string hammer-ons and how to combine slapping with other techniques in a musical way. There are over 220 exercises in the book, which are also recorded on two audio CD’s. The book also includes a detailed history of the technique, as well as biographies of all of the major contributors to the technique. Additionally, there are interviews with Marcus Miller, Stu Hamm, Mark King, Ray Riendeau and Vail Johnson.”

There are some audio examples on his website ‘www.basslinepublishing.com‘. You’ll be able to order the book from the same website here.

From the audio clips I’ve listened to, I’m looking forward to the release!

The CD is a compilation of Primus’ best tracks remastered .

The DVD is described as:
“The New DVD from Primus ‘Blame It On The Fish’ is an abstract take on the band’s reunion tour, Tour De Fromage. It presents a surreal view of the band’s triumphant return, including live performance footage, interview segments, candid behind the scenes shots and intense visual imagery.

Years in the making, this DVD is not a typical concert film. The main feature is 70 minutes and is accompanied by over 90 minutes of bonus material. In additional to dozens of additional scenes, the extras also include a 30 minute futuristic documentary about the band set in the year 2065 and interviews with the then 102 year old band leader Les Claypool!”
You can currently pre-order from Amazon or Play.com. However, at the time of writing Play.com only has the DVD to pre-order.

‘They Can’t All Be Zingers’ tracklist:
1. To Defy the Laws of Tradition
2. John the Fisherman
3. Too Many Puppies
4. Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
5. Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers
6. Tommy the Cat
7. My Name Is Mud
8. Mr. Krinkle
9. DMV
10. Over the Electric Grapevine
11. Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver
12. Southbound Pachyderm
13. Over the Falls
14. Shake Hands with Beef [Extended Version]
15. Coattails of a Deadman
16. Mary the Ice Cube

‘Blame It On The Fish’ tracklist:
1. Mr Krinkle
2. Jerry Was A Racecar Driver
3. Southbound Pachyderm
4. Deanza Jig
5. Over The Electric Grapevine
6. Hello Skinny
7. Nature Boy
8. Bob
9. Mary The Icecube
10. Pilcher’s Squad
11. American Life
12. Mr Knowitall

Also included are additional scenes and an interview with Les Claypool set in 2065

Bass Day UK will be returning this year on Sunday 19th November at the Manchester Life Cafe.

The event will run from 12:00-23:00, with the first performance at 12:30. I’m sure many of us UK players always feel left out when we see adverts in Bass Player and pictures from the American Bass Day, but all that will change!

To any younger readers please note that entry to the Life Cafe is strictly over 18’s only.

The Line-up:
Joseph Patrick Moore
Jonas Hellborg
Yolanda Charles
Janek Gwizdala
Adam Nitti
Yossi Fine
Wojtek Pilichowski
Alvin Mills
Stefan Redtenbacher

This year makes sure the day will be one to remember.

Tickets:
Tickets are cheaper if you book them online before the event, priced at £15.
Tickets on the door will be priced at £17.
Order them at the Bass Day Uk website.