Author Topic: My '87 Distillate - Ex-Mark King (Read 695 times)

zaandammer · « **on:** February 26, 2008, 07:52:17 AM »

I have been searching for a photo of Mark using this bass for years but cannot find any. He used it mainly for television appearances in 1987 ("It's Showtime At The Apollo" was one of them playing Lesson In Love & Running In The Family) and also promoting Heaven In My Hands. Has anyone here got something maybe?

cheers Dave Dodd

(Message edited by davehouck on February 26, 2008)

David Houck · « **Reply #1 on:** February 26, 2008, 07:57:51 PM »

Nice pics of a very nice bass! Oh, and I like the floor too!

serialnumber12 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 27, 2008, 10:25:18 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=level+42&search_type=

olieoliver · « **Reply #3 on:** February 27, 2008, 11:39:01 AM »

WOW this is about as 80's as it gets.

zaandammer · « **Reply #4 on:** February 27, 2008, 12:09:36 PM »

Thanks guys for the kind comments and links. Here's the bass on a French show :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbPGHiEkKxI

Has anyone got the Showtime Live At The Apollo performance from 1987?.

Dave

olieoliver · « **Reply #5 on:** February 27, 2008, 12:16:24 PM »

Very cool!

That is a very nice looking bass too.

white_cloud · « **Reply #6 on:** February 28, 2008, 03:57:52 AM »

Wow!

Is that a solid walnut body? Very nice bass indeed!

John.

edmouk · « **Reply #7 on:** February 28, 2008, 03:59:19 AM »

He also used this superb Almebic bass on The Roxy TV show (another Top of the Pops-like UK TV show from the 80's) for the song It's over, which must be the last time Level 42 appeared with the Gould brothers.
I must still have this video somewhere (as well as the Heaven in my hands clip linked)...

white_cloud · « **Reply #8 on:** February 29, 2008, 04:17:25 AM »

He he he, the clip from the french tv show is great - the guys look like puppets from thunderbirds!!!

I love it! And, I seriously love that Distilate

Thanks for sharing.

John.

marcus43 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 18, 2008, 06:30:03 AM »

hi there this is my first post on the forum,

i have a picture of the distillate hanging on mark kings wall along with the jaydees and a zon, and the other alembics he had at the time,

will post it as soon as i can

cheers

marcus

David Houck · « **Reply #10 on:** June 20, 2008, 07:05:33 PM »

Hi Marcus; welcome to the board!

marcus43 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 06, 2008, 12:28:41 PM »

enjoy

marcus

zaandammer · « **Reply #12 on:** July 23, 2008, 11:58:37 AM »

Hey Marcus great find!!!

You know, I have been looking for this photo for around 8 years and then all of a sudden it's here! seems strange somehow....

Can you tell me if the photo above is it's full size i.e. 450 x 294? (42KB coincidentally)

Thanks for taking the time to find the photo, I owe you one.

cheers

Dave

bigbadbill · « **Reply #13 on:** July 23, 2008, 01:22:54 PM »

Great photo; in addition to the Alembics I've always had a thing for the Starchild Jaydee (the white one) at the back. The first time I saw that bass was like the first time I saw JPJs Triple O, my jaw just went through the floor.

I like the Distillates. What are the weight and balance generally like?

marcus43 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 23, 2008, 05:26:25 PM »

hi there zaandammer,

no worries, i think the photo is full size.
i am quite a big mark king fan and have quite a lot of photos lol...

to bigbadbill: hi there i use a jaydee mine is a roadie 2 active model from 1981(greaet bass), and my dad has a series 1 jaydee too what a masterpiece, wish i could afford an alembic( its would have to be a standard point series 2 in quilted maple...front and side red lasers too

cheers

marcus

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