_The Gary Numan FAQ_ Version 2.0b Compiled by Kay Teel with input from various members of the Numan Digest mailing list . Special thanks to Derek Langsford , Brian Hammond , Joey Lindstrom , Markus Dietrich . Report errors and additions to: Kay Teel . Much information was taken from: _Gary Numan: the Authorised Biography_ by Ray Coleman. !! Note: This FAQ does NOT include the complete Numan discography, which can be found in the ftp sites at: ftp.uwp.edu and mirrors.aol.com/pub/music/lists/numan !! !! Note: For the latest Numan info, visit NuWorld, the official Numan website at http://www.numan.co.uk !! Contents: I. Biographical and Personal Info II. Common Questions (Personal, Lyrics, and Misc.) III. Collaborations IV. Covers of Gary Numan Songs V. Numan and IRS Records VI. Chart Positions VII. Numan Books VIII. Useful Addresses IX. CD Releases Section I: Biographical and Personal Info: 1.) The basics Gary Numan was born Gary Anthony James Webb on 8 March 1958 in Chiswick Hospital in London, England. He grew up in Ashford and Wraysbury. Parents-- Beryl (Lidyard) Webb and Tony Webb. He has a younger brother (adopted) named John. Schools: Gary attended Town Farm Junior School, Stanwell; Ashford Grammar School; Stanwell Secondary Modern; and Brooklands Technical College, Weybridge, which he left at age 17. He held various odd jobs after leaving college. Flying: Next to music, Gary's passion in life is his flying. He earned his first pilot's license in 1980. In 1981-82 he made his problem-plagued round-the-world flight. He has flown in numerous air displays, released a video on his hobby, and remains actively interested in flying. First guitar: age 4. First electric guitar: age 13. Began writing songs around age 15. Bands: (1) Crimson Lake. When he was 15, he was in the band for about 1 month before being fired. (2) Black Gold -- for a couple of gigs only. The band split up. (3) Mean Street -- Gary formed this band, which went through many names until at last settling on Mean Street. The rest of the band kicked Gary out, an experience he recounts in the song "Mean Street." (4) The Lasers -- Gary joined this band and met bassist Paul Gardiner. They formed Tubeway Army, then left the band, taking the name with them, and recruited Gary's uncle Jess Lidyard on drums. Tubeway Army were recording a demo tape at Spaceward Studios, Cambridge, when Gary happened across a synthesizer. He liked what he heard and changed the band's musical direction. Tubeway Army were signed to Beggars Banquet Records, an up and coming small label, in 1978. Tubeway Army released the self-titled first album (originally released in a limited edition blue vinyl pressing in a blue sleeve). The next album, _Replicas_ was released in the UK under Tubeway Army, but for all intents and purposes, Tubeway Army no longer existed at this point. 2.) Problems with the press From almost the start of his rise to fame, Gary has been beset by problems from the British music press. Bad reviews, misquoted interviews, and sniping comments were common. For a while in 1980-81, Gary refused to do any interviews, saying the papers would print whatever they wanted anyway. The press eventually went on to other targets, but the initial nastiness has meant a legacy of the British music press never taking Numan seriously. 2a.) Problems with the BBC The BBC boycott really took hold after 1980. As Numan has mentioned in one of the Images albums, "Down In The Park" was the one and only single of his to ever get good reviews. John Peel of BBC1 did like Numan and even allowed him to cut two Peel Sessions (most groups only got one). Numan's music was played on BBC1 during his peak years (1979 - 1982) but by _Warriors_ onwards, getting radio play became increasingly difficult. By the time he formed Numa Records in 1984, it was nigh impossible to get BBC1 to play anything more than once. Numan is left having to do promotional spots and interviews on independent radio in the UK because BBC1 still won't have anything to do with him. (Although they did play the single "Radio Heart" a little bit, it wasn't really a Numan single.) Section II: Common Questions: A.) Personal: 1.) Where did he get the name Numan from? Gary changed his last name to Numan around the time he formed Tubeway Army. He found the name by leafing through a London telephone directory and finding "Neumann," which he altered to "Numan." 2.) I have an old Tubeway Army single that gives his name as Valeriun. Where did that come from? The band was trying to use "futuristic" names and Gary chose that one. The idea was soon abandoned. Gary's comment: "Quite probably my most stupid idea." 3.) Has Gary ever composed music for commercials? In 1978 he sang (but did not provide the music) for a Lee Cooper Jeans advertisement. Gary commented on this: "Apparently the man in charge of making the music for the ad heard my voice when a man in the next office was playing the blue album, several months before I had the success with Are Friends Electric. I was paid 40 pounds. Actually I was paid 40 pounds again because they changed some of the words and got me back in to redo it. I was ripped off badly, no repeat fees. When I asked if the ad was going to be made into a single, which was all the rage at the time, I was made to feel pretty small and sent on my way like a silly little boy. A few months later I was number one and took great pleasure in telling the same arrogant git of an ad man to fuck off when they asked me to sing the song again as they were going to put it out as a single after all." In 1982 he wrote the music for a 7-Up ad (UK only). He also wrote music for a French perfume commercial in 1994. Some of that music ended up on _Sacrifice_. It was not used by the perfume company as it was considered too dark. 4.) Has Gary ever composed movie soundtracks? He did the soundtrack for the horror film, _The Unborn_ (1991). As of 11/1/95, the soundtrack has not been released, though thefilm is available on video. A Fall 1995 Numa Records release, _Human_, contains music written for consideration for use in the film, although it isn't the actual soundtrack. 5.) When did Gary "retire" from touring and why? And why did he return to touring? In August 1981, Gary put on his highly-publicized farewell concerts at Wembley Arena, near London. He was still at his peak in popularity and had completed his very successful Touring Principle and Teletour tours. He lost money on all the tours, because of the huge shows he put on, but his main reason for announcing his retirement was pressure. He had risen to fame very quickly, and wanted to step out of the spotlight for a while. He wanted to concentrate on his music, and devote more time to flying. He also saw video as the future of music and planned to go into making short films but this never materialized. He returned to touring after the album _Dance_ was released. He missed it, and the fans had never stopped asking for his return. 6.) Has Gary had a hair transplant operation? He had one in 1982, and discussed it in detail in a _Smash Hits_ interview around that time. 7.) Didn't Gary live in America for a while? In 1982 he left the UK for tax reasons, and lived in Los Angeles for a year. 8.) Is Gary gay? Married? Gary is not gay, though some of his lyrics have been interpreted to contain gay-themed references. He is not married, and has been living with his girlfriend for several years. B.) Lyrics: 1.) Who was Jo the Waiter? Although "Jo the Waiter" is probably a fictitious character, Gary once dated a girl named Jo during the time he was keeping a notebook of story and lyric ideas. 2.) What are S.U.'s? According to the Coleman biography (p.70), S.U. was "a comment on his turbulent relationship at the time with Su Wathan, the press girl at Beggars Banquet." 3.) Where did MachMen come from? MachMen was an abbreviated form of Machine Men, taken from a comic strip Numan used to read. 4.) What is the Japanese bit in "This Wreckage?" Transliterated as: "wakareyo", it can be translated as "I am going to leave" or "I am going to part company [with you]." 5.) What were "letters like D.E.B." in "We Take Mystery (To Bed)"? Another comment on a girlfriend, Deb. C.) Misc: 1.) Has Gary been influenced by William S. Burroughs? Numan started reading Burroughs after hearing others talk about his writings. Numan is quoted in the Coleman biography (p.68) as saying, "I couldn't figure out Burroughs' books at all, but I did find I could get so many ideas from page to page." 2.) Has Gary been influenced by Philip K. Dick? Gary read the books by science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, and got many ideas from them. The title "Are 'Friends' Electric?" was probably modeled on _Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?_. Also, _Bladerunner_ (based on this novel) is one of Numan's favorite films, and he has used samples from the film in several songs. 3.) Who were his other influences? Other influences he has mentioned are: Marc Bolan, David Bowie, Ultravox with John Foxx, Kraftwerk. He mentions modeling his early, androgynous look on Bolan and Bowie. His Warriors image was drawn from Mad Max, and his Dance and I, Assassin image from watching old Humphrey Bogart films. 4.) What happened to Paul Gardiner? Paul Gardiner released a solo single, "Stormtrooper In Drag" backed with "Night Talk" (from _Dance_) which was a collaboration with Numan. Unfortunately, his addiction to heroin led him away from Numan, and in 1984 he died of an overdose. His single "Venus In Furs" was released posthumously on the Numa label. 5.) What is the symbol on the _Sacrifice_ album? It is a caduceus, a wing-topped staff with 2 snakes winding about it, carried by Hermes in Greek legend. To the Greeks, it symbolized fertility, sun-gods, wisdom, and healing. It is a common symbol for the medical profession. 6.) What is the album _Photograph_? It was a German compilation album released in 1980, apparently without Beggars Banquet's consent. For whatever reason, it was quickly deleted and has become a collectors' item, although it does not contain any rare or unreleased tracks. 7.) Is that really a sample from Tears For Fears song on "I Wonder" ? That really is a sample of Tears For Fear's "Shout" on there. In an interview with TFF's Roland Orzabal some years ago, he stated that he lifted the part himself by programming his Drumulator drum machine to play the same part played by a human in the song "Seen and Not Seen" on the Talking Heads album _Remain in Light_. 8.) Is it true Numan is planning a ballad album and an "unplugged" album? Yes, it seems so. We wait. 9.) What are some of the old band members doing now? Chris Payne and Ade Orange formed the group Big Noise UK. They released an album called _Good Morning Baby_. Also of interest, in the mid-1970's Jess Lidyard played drums on the albums _Druid Toward The Sun_ and _Fluid Druid_, which have been rereleased on CD in the UK. Section III. Collaborations: Billy Currie, keyboardist/violinist from Ultravox, played on The Pleasure Principle and toured with Numan on the Touring Principle tour. The group Dramatis (Rrussell Bell, Denis Haines, Chris Payne, and Cedric Sharpley) was formed from Gary's backing band. (Chris Payne had also co-written the Visage single "Fade To Grey.") Dramatis recorded "Love Needs No Disguise," with Numan on vocals, released one album (_For Future Reference_) and a few singles. As of 30/01/96, the Dramatis album had not been released on CD. In 1980, Australian pop singer James Freud traveled to England to work with Numan. Although it was planned that Numan would produce Freud's album, this fell through. Freud is credited ("handclaps") on the album _Telekon_. He later went on to join the group The Models, as did Roger Mason, who toured with Numan on the Teletour. The group Simple Minds are credited on the album _Telekon_ ("handclaps"). Numan co-wrote the songs "Found You Now" and "Style Kills" with Robert Palmer. Palmer also did a cover of "I Dream Of Wires." All of these are on his _Clues_ album. Mick Karn, bassist from the group Japan, played on Dance. So did Japan ex-member, guitarist Rob Dean, and Japan's publicist Connie Filapello provided the Italian spoken parts in "Boys Like Me." Pino Palladino played fretless Bass on _I, Assassin_ (1982). Pino is an acclaimed and extraordinarily talented bass player. He was quoted once in an interview as saying he is most proud of his work he did for Gary Numan on the _I, Assassin_ album. Roger Taylor, drummer from the group Queen, played on _Dance_. Nash the Slash, Canadian keyboardist/violinist and member of the on-again/off-again group FM, toured with Numan in 1980, playing electric violin on the song "The Joy Circuit." He also appears on the _Dance_ album (1981) on the songs "Cry, The Clock Said," "You Are You Are," and "Moral," and toured with Gary on the _Dance_ tour. Nash The Slash had a brief solo career (1977 - 1985) in which he released a few LPS, 12" and 7" singles. Teresa Bazar from Dollar sang backing vocals on "Noise Noise." Bill Nelson provided backing vocals to the song "Poetry and Power" and was involved with the production on the _Warriors_ album. Nelson had his name removed from the credits thought because by the end of the sessions Nelson had "artistic differences" with Numan and did not want his name on it. In 1985-89, Numan worked with Bill Sharpe from Shakatak to put out four singles ("Change Your Mind," "New Thing From London Town," "I'm On Automatic" and "No More Lies"/"Voices") and an album _Automatic_. He may have helped on Sharpe's solo album _Famous People_, the CD of which contains the 12" version of "Change Your Mind." Claire Hamil Yen (produced a few tracks) Big Noise (produced a few tracks) Most of the Numa label artists of 1984-87 Radio Heart: Appearing seemingly out of nowhere (though they come from Scotland), Radio Heart managed to get such big names as Gary Numan and Elton John to help them out on their first (and only) album _Radio Heart_. After three singles were released, an LP and CD of the album came out with Numan prominently pictured on the sleeve and with his name in big letters. This cover created the illusion that this was a Numan album when in fact it was not. Numa got mad and apparently had the clout to pull the plug on the whole deal. A good number of LPs had been released at this point but very few CDs made it out and it is now quite a rare find. The writers of _Radio Heart_'s music were two men named Hugh and David Nicholson. After _Radio Heart_ faded into obscurity, in 1994 a song called "Like A Refugee (I Won't Cry)" was released by a group called Da Da Dang. It was written by Hugh and David Nicholson and Numan was the guest vocalist. Numan co-wrote the song "Shame" with Nick Beggs (ex-member of Kajagoogoo). Generator, formed by Numan guest guitarist Kipper, had Gary do voice-overs on their cover of "Are Friends' Electric?" in 1994. Gary collaborated on a new remix of "Are Friends' Electric?" with UK band Nancy Boy in 1995. Section IV. Covers of Gary Numan Songs: Big Hair: "Cars" ("Shall I Pee On Your Face and Make It Stick" 7" EP (Energy Records 1993)) Caroline Munro: "Pump Me Up" (Numa Records 1984 on 12" and 7") Christian Death: "Down In The Park" (live) (The Iron Mask CD) Foo Fighters: "Down In The Park" (performed live during 1995 tour) Generator: "Are 'Friends' Electric?" ("Are 'Friends' Electric?" CD single (two versions) with Numan contributing to the two spoken parts) Hole: "Cars" (performed live during 1995 tour) Jack'O'Nuts: "My Shadow In Vain" ("Taking Him Over" 7") Judybats: "Cars" ("Daylight" CD single 1991) Kool G Rap & DJ Polo: "Cars" (Road To Riches CD (contains samples from "Cars")) Marilyn Manson: "Down In The Park" ("Lunchbox" CD single 1995) Nancy Boy: "Are Friends' Electric?" [Parts 1 and 2] (UK CD single 1995) Replicants: "Are Friends' Electric?" (album on Zoo Records) Robert Palmer: "I Dream Of Wires" (Clues LP) Sir Mix-A-Lot: "Rippin'" contains samples from "Cars" (Swass LP) Sir Mix-A-Lot: "Lockjaw" contains a sample from "Zero Bars: ["Your silence is my trade"] (Mack Daddy CD) Smashing Pumpkins: "M.E." (performed live during 1995 tour) Tik & Tok: "A Child With The Ghost" (Intolerance LP 1984) And many, many, up-and-coming bands are covering Numan songs (or using Numan samples in their songs). Apparently a journalist for an American magazine went to interview Trent Reznor (of Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson) at his studio and found him in the process of recording a version of "Metal." Section V. Numan and IRS Records: In 1987, Numan penned a deal with long-time fan Miles Copeland to produce _Metal Rhythm_ on Illegal Records (U.K.'s IRS counterpart). However, Gary's 3 record contract with IRS expired upon the release of _Outland_ and Gary was left without a U.S. deal once again. For _Metal Rhythm_, Gary wanted to call it "Cold Metal Rhythm" but was told it was too long a title. The UK release was the only one that contained Gary's own choices for the album. The US, continental European and Japanese releases of the retitled album _New Anger_ had two tracks omitted, 3 songs remixed, and two tracks from _Berserker_ added, one of which was remixed. Gary had nothing to do with the remixes. Gary was not happy with this level of interference in his artistic conceptions. IRS did not want to release the soundtrack Gary did for the movie _The Unborn_. This upset Gary as he was proud of the work he did for it and thought IRS would jump at the chance of putting out an album of music that has a film to advertise it. Gary wanted IRS to help fund a US tour to promote the US album releases of _New Anger_ and _Outland_. IRS would not. The lack of any advertising or promotion apart from a brief visit to New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco made Gary feel IRS were not serious about him as an artist on their label. Even the attempt at issuing a US single from _Outland_ was half-hearted. The "My World Storm" US remix only appeared on 12" when CD5s were the more popular format for singles and the T-shirt offer associated with it fizzled with none being printed. Gary's comments on the IRS situation: "IRS fired me, or in music biz parlance, decided not to exercise their option. They messed with my songs in the most disgraceful way, behind my back and at times against my express wishes. They made me work with people who were completely crap and clueless [...] A most unpleasant period." Section VI. Chart Positions: (!!This section under development. If you know the chart positions for other countries, have up-to-date information, or have corrections to this list, please e-mail: teel@is.nyu.edu with the info!!) A.) UK Chart Positions 1.) Albums: Date Pos. Title Weeks Top10 23.06.79 1 Replicas 20 12 01.09.79? 22 Tubeway Army & G.N. 3 -- 15.09.79 1 The Pleasure Principle 10 7 13.09.80 1 Telekon 7 3 02.05.81 2 Living Ornaments 79-80 5 3 19.09.81 3 Dance 4 2 18.09.82 7 I, Assassin 3 1 24.09.83 10 Warriors 5 1 13.10.84 33 The Plan -- 1978 3 -- 01.12.84 39 Berserker 1 -- 20.04.85 27 With Noise (live) 3 -- 05.10.85 15 The Fury 3 -- B.) Singles: 02.06.79 1 Are Friends Electric? 11 8 08.09.79 1 Cars 8 5 01.12.79 5 Complex 6 3 31.05.80 3 We Are Glass 5 4 30.08.80 5 I Die : You Die 5 2 03.01.81 14 This Wreckage 4 -- 05.09.81 4 She's Got Claws 4 2 12.12.81 28 Love Needs No Disguise 1 -- 13.03.82 21 Music for Chameleons 3 -- 04.09.82 16 White Boys & Heroes 2 -- 03.09.83 10 Warriors 5 1 29.10.83 24 Sisters Surprise 2 -- 10.11.84 26 Berserker 3 -- 01.06.85 28 The Live EP 3 -- 17.08.85 28 Your Fascination 2 -- 28.09.85 38 Call Out The Dogs 1 -- 26.04.86 29 This Is Love 3 -- 05.07.86 25 I Can't Stop 3 -- 19.09.87 16 Cars (E reg model) 7 -- 01.10.88 46 New Anger 2 -- 03.12.88 49 America 1 -- Sharpe & Numan: 16.02.86 19 Change Your Mind 5 -- 30.01.88 34 No More Lies 2 -- 03.06.89 44 I Am On Automatic 2 -- Radio Heart (featuring Gary Numan on vocals): 28.03.87 35 Radio Heart 6 -- 13.06.87 48 London Times 2 -- Section VII. Numan Books: 1.) Coleman, Ray. _Gary Numan: The Authorised Biography_. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1982. 128 pages, b&w ill. ISBN 0283988762 The best and fairest assessment of Numan's life and work, but sadly out of date. 2.) Vermorel, Fred & Judy. _Gary Numan By Computer_. London: Omnibus Press, 1980. b&w and color ill. A shoddily-created book of photographs and quotes. 3.) _The Gary Numan Songbook, vol. 1_. London: Chappell Music Ltd., 1982. 79 p., b&w and color ill. Sheet music for 1978-1979 songs (covers songs on the 1st album, _Replicas_ and _The Plan_). Also contains a few reprints of articles. As far as is known, there were never any more volumes published. 4.) _Electric Shadows_. circa 1984. A scrapbook-like compilation of magazine articles and clippings. Section VIII. Useful Addresses: Gary Numan UK Fan Club Gary Numan Fan Club P.O. Box 14 Staines Middlesex TW19 5AU UK Check the NuWorld webpage at: http://www.numan.co.uk for complete fan club information. Gary Numan North American Fan Club (Official) Ron Cole and his wife attempt to provide UK Fan Club services to the rest of the world. For information, please write: Kristina Cole, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest CA 93556-1412 USA. Fax: +1 (619) 384-2346 Gary Numan North American Fan Club (Unofficial) Contact: Jim Napier, 165 Enfield Center Road East, Ithaca, NY 14850. IX. CD Releases: A.) UK CD release of _Living Ornaments_ (BEGA 155CD): Yes, it was planned but Beggars Banquet could not find the tapes for the 1980 show. They wanted to put a full 75 mins of each concert on CD. Beggars Banquet told Numan that they would pair the Wembley 1981 farewell concert with _Living Ornaments '79_ instead. There has been no sign of this set yet. 70+ mins of the _Living Ornaments_ concerts can be found on the Japanese _Asylum_ Volume 3 CD. Even though '79 is edited down they merged it with '80 so it sounds almost like one concert. The omitted tracks are present as bonus tracks on other _Asylum_ Vol. 1 discs. B.) _Berserker_ CD: A _Berserker_ CD (with the cassette extended mixes) saw a limited 2000 disc release via the UK-only Gary Numan Fan Club in 1991. It was Numa's first release after the split with IRS but occurred before the distribution deal with Pinnacle which now distributes all Gary's Numa material. So only a few copies found their way out of the UK. The initial pressing ran out in 1992. The _Berserker_ CD was rereleased by Numa Records in fall 1995. For more information, visit the NuWorld website at http://www.numan.co.uk . C.) Derek Langsford's CDiscography: !! For full discography, visit the ftp site at: cs.uwp.edu or mirrors.aol.com!! (Last updated 2/2/96) This is a simple Discography of Gary's CDs, maintained because most people are interested in getting CDs rather than vinyl these days. It's also a lot smaller than the discography in the music archives which is available from cs.uwp.edu or mirrors.aol.com via anonymous ftp but it is over 115K long. Track listings are not included but pertinent details for collectors are mentioned. Availability ------------ Most of Gary's albums are UK issues. Those outside the UK will need to go to their local import dealer, an on-line source or a mailorder comapany. See Goldmine magazine for potential vendors. Gary's NUMA and Fan Club CDs can be ordered directly from NUMA via their WWW site at http://www.numan.co.uk International ordering is possible with credit card charging being ready sometime in February 1996. The availability status of each item in the CDiscogrpahy is noted after each entry. Please email corrections or additions to dlangs@sunstroke.sdsu.edu ALBUM CDs --------- 1987 UK BEGGARS BANQUET issues ------------------------------ TUBEWAY ARMY & DANCE DELETED REPLICAS & THE PLAN DELETED THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE & WARRIORS DELETED TELEKON/I, ASSASSIN DELETED Two albums per disc but ommitted some tracks. Have been superceded by more recent 2 CD sets without ommission of tracks and addition of extras. Only of value to the completist collector. 1990 JAPANESE SETS from ALFA ---------------------------- ASYLUM 1 (4 CDs) DELETED The Plan, Tubeway Army, Replicas and The Pleasure Principle + bonus tracks ASYLUM 2 (4 CDs) DELETED Telekon, Dance, I, Assassin and Warriors + bonus tracks ASYLUM 3 (1 CD) DELETED Living Ornaments 80 + some of 79 (missing LO 79 tracks are bonus tracks on Asylum 1) Japanese issue of almost everything in Gary's Beggars Banquet catalogue. Available for only a short time and now increasingly rare. Great artwork, full lyrics, discography and tour schedules to 1989 made this set so beautiful, other labels could only dream of doing such a good job. 1993 UK BEGGARS BANQUET reissues -------------------------------- TUBEWAY ARMY & DANCE CURRENT REPLICAS & THE PLAN CURRENT THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE & WARRIORS CURRENT TELEKON/I, ASSASSIN CURRENT Bascially, repeats Asylum 1 & 2 in 2CD packages. Not as lavish as Asylum but has the music if you missed them. The "I, Assassin" CD differs from the Asylum version in that it has a new track "This House is Cold" and uses the album version of "We Take Mystery (to bed)" whereas Asylum used the extended mix of WTM and does not have "This House is Cold". NUMA 1984-1987 catalogue CDs (UK) --------------------------------- dates refer to album release/CD release BERSERKER (extended mixes) 1984/1995 CURRENT Originally issued on CD through UK Fan Club in 1991, now available from the UK as a general release with slightly different artwork. Pressing number was limited so get it while you can! WHITE NOISE (2CD) 1985/1993 CURRENT Berserker tour concert. THE FURY 1985 OUT OF PRINT Expected to be repressed and available in 1996. STRANGE CHARM 1986 OUT OF PRINT Expected to be repressed and available in 1996. GHOST (2CD) 1987/1992 CURRENT Exhibition Tour concert. IRS RECORDS (1988-91) --------------------- METAL RHYTHM (UK only) 1988 DELETED NEW ANGER 1988 DELETED US/Ger/Jap CD Album of Metal Rhythm material. Has 8 MR tracks, 2 of which were remixed (Devious, New Anger) and adds a William Orbit remix of "My Dying Machine", plus "A Child with a a Ghost". THE SKIN MECHANIC (1 CD) Live 1989 DELETED OUTLAND 1991 DELETED Both these albums appeared with same tracks in UK, US Germany and Japan. NUMA 1992-present (UK only) ---------------------------- all CDs released at time of first issue. MACHINE + SOUL 1992 CURRENT MACHINE + SOUL extended (error pressing) 1993 WITHDRAWN contained only the 9 album tracks while listing the bonus b-sides on the disc and inserts. MACHINE + SOUL extended 1993 CURRENT Corrected the error pressing. DREAM CORROSION (2 CDs) 1994 CURRENT Dream Corrosion Tour concert. SACRIFICE 1994 CURRENT SACRIFICE extended 1995 CURRENT DARK LIGHT (live 2 CDs) 1995 CURRENT Sacrifice Tour concert. HUMAN 1995 CURRENT Music from the Unborn Soundtrack sessions, composed with Mike Smith. EXILE DUE SEPT 1996 SPECIAL REISSUES ---------------- REPLICAS 1995 CURRENT resissue from specialist UK label. No bonus tracks. Compilations (UK only unless otherwise stated) ------------ EXHIBITION (2 CD) 1987 DELETED UK/Ger/Can/Jap 2CD set. Gary's first Beggars Banquet CDs. Canadian version has Voices, No More Lies and Change Your Mind, plus Cars E' Reg. Model twice! THE COLLECTION 1988? (Castle) CURRENT Gary's first compilation on another label. ISOLATE 1992 CURRENT First CD from reformed Numa label. DOCUMENT SERIES presents GARY NUMAN 1992 (Doc) CURRENT Rehash but has the extended mixes of "We Take Mystery" as on Asylum and "White Boys and Heroes" which is not very noteably different from the album version. For completists only. THE OTHER SIDE OF GARY NUMAN 1992 (Receiver) DELETED First of 3 albums contracted for release by Receiver Records. Decent compilation of Numa material that compliments Isolate. THE BEST OF GARY NUMAN 1978-1983 1993 CURRENT Another UK/Ger/Jap 2CD 'best of" from Beggars Banquet, very similar to Exhibition. Even has the same liner notes and pictures. Was released to promote the 2CD album reissues. HERE I AM 1994 CURRENT Second Receiver compilation has some unique tracks including the 7" single mixes of "Berserker" and "My Dying Machine" plus "London Times", a Radio Heart song. PREMIER HITS (BB/Polygram) DUE MARCH 11 1996 Gary's 7" BB singles compiled on one CD. Released to further interest raised by use of "Cars" E. Reg Model (retitled "Premier mix") as used by UK Carling Lager TV and cinema advert. CD SINGLES/EPs (all UK unless otherwise stated) -------------- Label Peel Sessions (Studio Live) DELETED StrangeFruit Selection OUT OF PRINT Beggars Exhibition (Jap CD3 EP) OUT OF PRINT Alfa New Anger DELETED IRS America DELETED " Heart DELETED " Emotion CURRENT Numa The Skin Game CURRENT " Machine and Soul 1 CURRENT " Machine and Soul 2 CURRENT " Cars EP (UK/Ger) CURRENT Beggars Dream Corrosion Live EP CURRENT " A Question of Faith CURRENT " Absolution/Magic CURRENT " Absolution/Magic Ltd Ed Pic CURRENT " Dark Light Live EP CURRENT " Cars Premier Mix DUE FEB 26 1996 Beggars/ Polygram UK FAN CLUB-ONLY music releases ------------------------------- BERSERKER (extended mixes) OUT OF PRINT Original pressing of 2000 copies sold out in late 1992. RADIAL PAIR Video Soundtrack CURRENT BABYLON 1-6 back catalogue issues CURRENT The Babylon series fills many holes in Gary's Numa CD output covering the 1984-87 and 1992-present eras containing 12" mixes, b- sides and a few never before released tracks. BABYLON 7 DUE FEB 1996 INTERVIEW CDs ------------- IMAGES 1-10 (UK Fan Club) ? These interviews by Peter Gilbert document Gary's career. So far they are only available via the UK Fan Club and on vinyl. Transfer to CD has been promised over time. IMAGES 11 (UK Fan Club) CURRENT Interview OUT OF PRINT Interview from Fury era (cover has b&w Fury era photo). Poor quality sound and a poor interview overall. Collaborations -------------- ALBUMS AUTOMATIC (with Bill Sharpe) UK/Ger OUT OF PRINT Gary wrote and sang the lyrics on this album which is more 80s club/dance orientated than his solo work. Contains "Change Your Mind". ALL ACROSS THE NATION (with Radio Heart) Holl FEW EXIST This CD is probably the rarest Numan CD. The album was quickly withdrawn after release when Gary realized it might mislead fans into thinking it was a new Numan album when in fact he only contributed to 3 tracks which were unlike anything else he was doing at the time. Supposedly only a few hundred CDs were pressed in Holland with fewer than that getting to stores. TECHNOARMY DUE MARCH 18 1996 Gary has rerecorded vocals for this UK Castle Communications release. A single may appear as well. SINGLES I'm On Automatic (with Bill Sharpe) UK/Ger OUT OF PRINT No More Lies (with Bill Sharpe) UK/Ger OUT OF PRINT Voices (same tracks as No More Lies) OUT OF PRINT All Across The Nation (with Radio Heart) UK OUT OF PRINT/very rare Adrenalin (Numan/Yen) UK OUT OF PRINT Yen supported Gary on tour and appeared on this single. Like a Refugee (with Da Da Dang) part 1 UK CURRENT Like a Refugee (with Da Da Dang) part 2 UK CURRENT Gary supplies vocals. Are 'Friends" Electric? (with Generator) UK CURRENT Gary redid spoken parts of song. Are 'Friends' Electric? vol. 1 (w/ Nancy Boy) UK CURRENT Are 'Friends' Electric? vol. 2 (w/ Nancy Boy) UK CURRENT Gary remixed one version in a Sacrifice style. TechnoArmy UK Single may be released in Feb/Mar 1996 OTHER ----- Several tribute albums may be released in 1996 including one from Beggars Banquet UK featuring many of today's "in' bands. Beggars Banquet are promising to release Living Ornaments 79/The Wembley Farewell concert on 2 full length CDs in 1996. The full 80 concert tapes have been lost, apparently. There are also numerous various artist compilations which feature Gary but mostly the tracks are "AFE" and "Cars". "Cars" '93 sprint appeared on the "Speed" soundtrack CD but was not used in the movie. "Change Your Mind" with Bill Sharpe never had a CD single release but the the 12" mix can be found on the Canadian compilation "Hardest Hits, Volume II" CD. This series supposedly had a US release in 1995 but I have only seen it as a Canadian import.