Welcome to 'Listen To The Sirens' a blog based site that aims to share some quality live Gary Numan recordings and Numan related artists. For a number of years I have run a similar site that is focused on The Stranglers (Aural Sculptors). This Numan based site, like the Stranglers one, is absolutely non-profit making. All recordings are shared freely for and by like minded fans. Similarly, no official material will appear on this site. Go and buy it/download it legitimately and support the artist.

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

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'.

FLAC: https://we.tl/p5nttkKCzM

Artwork: https://we.tl/2UzVVMPrka

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.



FLAC: https://we.tl/NOA841IbGB

Artwork: https://we.tl/1w2YpLCbbt


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