Two Nights In Manchester

An incredible 38 years ago saw the 'Teletour' roll into Manchester, surely one of the most impressive stage shows that the country has seen in terms of scale and spectacle. One of these Manchester shows (he played at the Apollo on both the 7th and 8th September) was the first bootleg I ever purchased at a long established street market in Brighton. That must have been hot on the tail of purchasing Living Ornaments '80 as I recall that the two complimented each other wonderfully. Amongst other songs the bootleg added 'Telekon' and an early outing of 'Stories'.

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01. This Wreckage
02. Remind Me To Smile
03. Complex
04. Telekon
05. Me I Disconnect From You
06. Cars
07. Conversation
08. Airlane
09. M.E.
10. Everyday I Die

01. Remember I Was Vapour
02. Stories
03. Are 'Friends' Electric
04. The Joy Circuit
05. I Die: You Die
06. I Dream Of Wires
07. Down In The Park
08. Tracks
09. We Are Glass

Around the time of 1194's 'Sacrifice' album, which to my mind was the first time since the mid-80's that he started to get back on track, Gary had gained the confidence to revisit his extensive back catalogue and this ultimately paved the way for a series of classic album tours that was kicked off in 2006 with a 'Telekon' tour.

Here are the band again from Manchester on what proved to be a stunning tour.

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In Bed With Medinner Session 1994 Broadcast 22nd April 1994

In the early to mid-90's comedian Bob Mills hosted an excellent late night sketch show that also showcased weekly a mix of new and old material from bands that saw their first taste of fame in the late '70's and early '80's (The Damned, SLF, Buzzcocks all featured).

In 1994 following the release of the return to form 'Sacrifice' album, Gary Numan started on the long haul back to critical acceptance and it was this kind of rare TV exposure that would have done much to bring Numan back to the attention of an audience who had probably last heard the name 10 years previously before his creative slide.

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01. Cars
02. Scar
03. Are 'Friends' Electric?

Cambridge Junction 30th May 2012

Great set from this tour. I went down to Brighton for this one and was thrilled to see Chris Payne and RRussel Bell back on stage to pay tribute to the recently departed Ced.

Great gig indeed.

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01. Berserker
02. Metal
03. The Fall
04. Bombers
05. Crazier
06. Call Out the Dogs
07. Dominion Day
08. This Wreckage
09. Absolution
10. That's Too Bad
11. In a Dark Place
12. Down in the Park
13. Rip
14. Love Needs No Disguise
15. Warriors
16. I Die: You Die
17. We Are Glass
18. Healing
19. Cars
20. Are 'Friends' Electric?

Gary Numan on Replicas (BBC 6 Music) 2012

Back in March 2012, 6 Music's Steve Lamaq, in the Classic Album regular slot, turned his attention to the 1979 Tubeway Army release 'Replicas'. This album was hugely importtant to me from the moment that I got it from the one record shop in Lewes, back in '81.

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Hammersmith Odeon 13th October 1983

The weeks in April 1981 leading up to the Wembley Arena 'Farewell' gigs were a hot topic of conversation at school. I was 12 at the time and that meant that my parents were not prepared to allow me to travel from Sussex to North London for the event. However, a number of pupils that were in the 4th year (in old terminology) had tickets. Having witnessed the proceedings on video I can only presume that they had a good time of it!

So that was the end of the live spectacle.... or was it?

In what was perhaps the shortest retirement in band history, Autumn of '83 saw Numan back on the road promoting 'Warriors'. This was my chance and I saw him at the Brighton Centre.

If I am honest, to this 14 year old's eyes, it wasn't the Teletour or Wembley, the brass I could take or leave and the slap bass of Joe Hubbard was just not Paul Gardiner. But this was still Numan and it meant a great deal to me.

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01. Remind Me To Smile

02. Metal
03. This Prison Moon/Down In The Park
04. This Is My House
05. The Iceman Comes
06. Films
07. Cars
08. We Take Mystery (To Bed)
09. I Die:You Die
10. Me, I Disconnect From You
11. Love Needs No Disgiuise
12. Are Friends Electric?