Apollo Theatre Glasgow 20th September 1979

 

It's been a while since the last post. What I will try to do here is post by year throughout Numan's long career. Up first is Glasgow Apollo in 1979. As for '77/'78, nothing unofficial is in circulation (more's the pity). I hope that there will be something for everyone, although some years will probably be missing. Let's see how we get on.

20th September 1979 is a date etched into the minds of every discerning Numan fan, for it was on this date that Gary Numan took his first nervous steps onto a big stage. That stage belonged to the famed Apollo in Glasgow. Nervous he may have been, but he was also a man who knew with confidence that for this first national tour he had a large and receptive audience guaranteed for his 'machine music'. The week in which the tour set off saw the new album, 'The Pleasure Principle', enter the UK album charts at number 1! It's predecessor, 'Replicas' sat just outside the Top 10 at number 11 whilst Tubeway Army completed a trilogy of album placings at 25. Numan fever was in the air.

With two hit albums along with a handful of singles there was enough to fill a 90 minute set and more, but happily Numan chose not to ignore earlier Tubeway Army material. Tracks from the Blue Album (Tubeway Army), 'Something's In The House', 'Every Day I Die', 'The Dream Police' and 'My Shadow In Vain', were given an electronic make-over. Similarly, the band's second single 'Bombers' was de-punked to the extent that the resulting track was essentially a brand new song!

Being an especial fan of Tubeway Army and early Numan, the set never got any better than this. As good as 'Telekon' is nothing pre-dating 'Replicas' made it into the following year's 'Teletour'.

Since 1993, punk era Tubeway Army material has had a showing in the set much to the delight of the fans.

Many thanks to Harvey1 for the original Dime upload.

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-ZmlaW9CnGZ

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-xD92VnLTm8

01. Airlane
02. Me! I Disconnect From You
03. Cars
04. M.E.
05. You Are In My Vision
06. Somethings In The House
07. Random
08. Everyday I Die
09. Conversation
10. We Are So Fragile
11. Bombers
12. Remember I Was Vapour
13. On Broadway
14. The Dream Police
15. Films
16. Metal
17. Down In The Park
18. My Shadow In Vain
19. Are `Friends` Electric?
20. Tracks