dce@hammer.UUCP (David Elliott) (06/01/85)
Today, I grabbed a couple of new Gary Numan releases and saw two others. The two I bought are "1978 - The Plan" and "1978-1979 - Volume Three". Both contain "previously unreleased" recordings (though some of the songs have been released in various forms). (Historical note: These were done before the first two (fantastic) Beggar's Banquet singles were done.) "The Plan" is a great album for fans of the first Tubeway Army album. Lots of those neat distorted guitars and pretentiously oblique lyrics. "Volume Three" is a blue vinyl "mini-album" (5 songs). Three are from the same sessions as "The Plan", and the other two are supposedly from the Telekon sessions (though I would have said that they were recorded around the time of Replicas). I would assume that with a "Volume Three", there would be at least one more set of stuff, and maybe more. Has anyone seen any more of these? I mentioned seeing two other new Gary Numan releases. My personal opinion is that Gary's studio work has been pretty awful since "Dance" (Telekon did have a few good songs on it), so I couldn't bring myself to buy "Berserker". I have enjoyed his live work (the double live set from the Telekon tour is really good), so "White Noise", his new live album might be pretty good. In fact, some of the names of the musicians looked familiar (Russel Webb?), so it might have some of the old feel. I'd appreciate comments on these albums, as well as comments on other Gary Numan records. David
abh6509@ritcv.UUCP (06/08/85)
> I mentioned seeing two other new Gary Numan releases. My personal > opinion is that Gary's studio work has been pretty awful since "Dance" > (Telekon did have a few good songs on it), so I couldn't bring myself > to buy "Berserker". I have enjoyed his live work (the double live set > from the Telekon tour is really good), so "White Noise", his new live > album might be pretty good. In fact, some of the names of the > musicians looked familiar (Russel Webb?), so it might have some of > the old feel. > > I'd appreciate comments on these albums, as well as comments on other > Gary Numan records. > > David I heard Change Your Mind on some late night mutant radio show - Wow! Althought the song doesn't have much in the way of variety it does have the most incredible base line I may have ever heard. I haven't been thrilled with Numan since Pleasure Principle - a few good ones off Telekon and maybe 2 off Dance, who knows maybe this is a comeback.