Date: Sun, 27 Feb 94 04:00:19 CST
From: numan@cs.uwp.edu
Reply-To: numan@cs.uwp.edu (Gary Numan)
Subject: Gary Numan Digest V1 #68


Gary Numan Digest           Sun, 27 Feb 94       Volume  1 : Issue  68

Today's Topics:
                             Closer to GN
                  Gary Numan Digest V1 #67 (2 msgs)
                        introduction (2 msgs)
                          Latest from UKGNFC
                         New single out soon
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 16:58:17 +0000
From: jbooth@ernsty.co.uk (Julian Lewis-Booth)
Subject: Closer to GN
To: numan <numan@cs.uwp.edu>

Hi,

as a UK member of this mailing list, I thought that I could be helpfull to
anyone outside the UK who is after either Numan disks/records etc or numan
info,  If there is anything that can be souced in the UK but not anywhere
else then please drop me a line and I'll see what I can do.

Regards

Julian

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 20:28 CDT
From: Chris Schumann <SCHUMANN@macc.wisc.edu>
Subject: Gary Numan Digest V1 #67
To: numan@cs.uwp.edu

My copy of the Cars (1993) single has a
glorious sticker on it proclaiming

	MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN

and is well over 24 minutes.  Think maybe the restriction
is to favor the CD3?  Those mey very well by physically
limited to 24 minutes.

My single also has a little quiz iside to
win a flight with Gary himself for a lucky winner.

chris

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 09:21:06 GMT
From: Al Crawford <awrc@dcs.ed.ac.uk>
Subject: Gary Numan Digest V1 #67
To: Gary Numan <numan@cs.uwp.edu>

> Anyhow, here's the question: how did they get a  30 minute long CD
> single?

Sent the masters off to the pressing plant and...

> Lucky folks in the US have no restriction on how long a single may be,
> with  the result that  US releases of,  say, DEPECHE MODE,  are often
> longer than some  albums. Here, to prevent  "chart rigging" by  offering
> more and more music on a  CDS, they are limited to  24 minutes if they
> are to appear in  the  Gallup charts.

Um, no, that's the *old* rules. The new rules (in effect for well over a
year now )are that a CD single can be up to 40 minutes long as long as it
only contains mixes of a single track.  If it contains more tracks (up to
5) it can only be 25 minutes in length.  I'm not sure what happens if it
has more than 5 tracks - I think it ends up on the *album* charts if that's
the case.

Al

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 14:35:01 -0700 (MST)
From: LUKET@yvax.byu.edu
Subject: introduction
To: numan@cs.uwp.edu

Greetings!
	My name is Trevor Luke and I'm a 24 yr old college student, full time
Numanoid.  Three years after the original release of "Cars" the small phrase,
"in cars", accompanied of course by a few musical notes, kept ringing around in
my head.  I mean, I was only 11 yrs old when the song was released in the US! 
Anyhow , I asked a friend of mine about the song three years later, and he
owned the single!  He gave it to me after I couldn't break away from listening
to it repeatedly.  It all snow balled from there.  Record conventions, hole in
the wall record shops 50 miles from home...etc...etc.
	I believe I have some Numan items that might inspire envy in some of
you, but then I'm probably being naive.  Anyhow,  here goes.... Autographed
copy of "The Pleasure Principle",  Autographed copy of "We Take Mystery/White
Boys and Heroes" 12" Promo ( incidently I've never heard this extended version
of WBAH anywhere else ),  shape picture disc of "Warriors" ( looks like a
Swedish Saab Viggen jet fighter ), a Spanish release of "We are Glass", and a
7"picture disc of "Are friends Electric?".  On video.... Berserker,  The
Touring Principle, andc!!!  If you haven't seeMechanic!!!!  If you haven't seen
this one....it's simply incredible.
	Newsworthy for Numan fans may be some Bill Nelson tracks released in a
four cd set called "Demonstration of Affection" (1989).  The songs "Lady You're
a Strange Girl", "Everything Permitted" and "A Little More Time" all bear the
mark of unmistakeably Numan chord progressions. "A Little More Time"'s
modulation scheme is almost identical to "Metal" on "PP".  So if you doubt
Numan's influence on critically acclaimed artists, doubt no more.  Nelson has
aped Numan on more occasions than one. Question: I know that Nelson worked on
Numan's "Warriors" lp, but has there been any further connection between them
outside recording?  The two seem to have opposing view on many th{u@NSxA<LE+	
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four cd set in 1989 called  "Demonstrations of Affection"
	

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 15:10:41 -0700 (MST)
From: LUKET@yvax.byu.edu
Subject: introduction
To: numan@cs.uwp.edu

Greetings!
	My name is Trevor and I'm a 24 yr old college student, but most
importantly an intense Numanoid.  I got into Numan in 1983 when I got
re-acquainted with "Cars" through a friend.  I loved it so much that he gave me
the single.  I've spent the past decade chasing down all the Numan stuff I
could get my hands on.  Unfortunately, money has sometimes inhibited me and
forced me to make tough purchasing decisions.  The following items might
perhaps inspire envy in some of you, but then again, I might be naive:
			Autographed "Pleasure Principle"
			Autographed 12"promo of "We take Mystery"/
				      B side:ext"White Boys and Heroes"
			shape picture disc "Warriors" single
			7" picture "Are Friends Electric"
			Spanish 7" "We are Glass"
			White vinyl "Live EP"
			Japanese 7" "Complex"
			Living Ornaments '79 and '80
			Berserker concert video
			Touring Principle concert video
			Skin Mechanic concert video
	Well, there it is!  I'm still waiting for Numan to get back to business
and quit screwing around with the same style he seems to have been stuck in
since "The Fury".  Lately the lyric writing has been abominably repetitive. 
Compared with the lyrics on "Replicas" and "Dance" they hardly seem like the
work of an artist of the same tenor. Obviously the man has talent or people
like Bill Nelson wouldn't bother aping his chord progressions.  My dream is to
see him in concert LIVE!!! 
	Questions: When is "Scar" due out?  What is the political mistake Gary
made that he claims has kept him off the air for so many years?  Why did the 5
year contract with IRS end before it's 5 year deadline?  How can an American
arrange to see Gary in concert in England?  How do we get copies of his MTV
style music videos?  Have there been any posters from recent album promotions
kicking about that weren't record sleeves?  How can we get a hold of a video
tape of the Farewell concerts (the last available ones I saw were Japanese
imports that cost 100 dollars)?  Does anyone have a "Warriors" tour program
they'd be willing to part with?  Is the song "Haunting" on the "Machine + Soul"
extended cd worth putting out another 25 dollars?

				Trevor

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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 16:53:45 PST
From: dlangs%sunstroke@sdsu.edu (Derek Langsford)
Subject: Latest from UKGNFC
To: numan@cs.uwp.edu

I received an interim letter from the UKGNFC this week.  Here it is:

(From Gary)

Hello, 

Before I say anything else I must apologise for the Newsletter 42
being so late.  obviously, being asked to go out on the OMD tour 
at such short notice stopped all the work in the office that wasn't 
tour related and we are still trying to catch up.

The OMD tour was a truly excellent experience.  Very few people
thought that I would do it as a support tour seems to carry a 
certain amount of stigma.  I didn't have any of those kind of 
feelings about it.  OMD were playing in places far larger than I
can at the moment on my own and they needed some help to sell more 
tickets as sales in some of the venues were lower than they
would have liked.  It helped them to have a famous act opening for
them and it helped me to be seen by about 40,000 people that 
probably wouldn't have seen me at any other time.  

OMD, band and crew, treated us all very well.  We had a soundcheck
every night, we were given a quite acceptable use of lights and
unrestricted use of the PA system.  Catering was supplied at the
gigs for us and in general we were treated as virtually a co-headline
act.  The atmosphere on the tour was one of the nicest I have ever known.  
No egos, no tantrums, just highly professional and extremely friendly. 
We also had some of the best after show parties that I can ever remember but
that's another story. 

As for the shows themselves it seemed to me that it went like this.
Out we would go, a nice cheer to give me encouragement as my own people
were always there in the halls in good numbers.  An hour long power house 
of a set from the band who were still tight and well rehearsed from the 
Dream Corrosion tour, and then at the end a tremendous reception from
the audience as we left the stage.  This was always the critical moment
for me.  Had we won over the new people or not?  Every night was a success.
Every night we won over new people in large numbers and if anybody still
wonders why I did it, that is your answer.  

It was fun, it was a good experience for me and it probably won me
more new fans than the last 5 years of non-radio play.  My own tours
will always bring in a handful of new people but, in the main, thay are
shows for the converted.  Most fans that come to my shows would 
have been before and for that I am extrmely grateful.  It is that
situation that has enabled me to survive these difficult years but it 
is a situation I must improve.  I need more fans, for record sales and
concert tickets.  

I would like to thank Andy, Phil, Stuart and Nigel of OMD, their crew and
entire organisation for making us so welcome and for helping to create
with us, one of life's better memories.  The two bands became good friends
on the '93 Liberator Tour and I can honestly say I would not have missed it
for the world.  

As for my future my thoughts are these.  I have been offered an extremely
good deal for my next album from a new independent label.  I would
definitely like to go ahead with it and that would mean a new album in
the shops in the first half of '94.  

I have recorded the vocal for a new single which is loosely based on
the Yugoslavian refugee situation. Shortly after the OMD tour I flew to
Bergamo, Italy to shoot a promotional video for the song with a bizarre
Italian marching band called Da Da Dang. This band dress up in the most 
amazing costumes and march in a strange robotic kind of way.  I have never
seen anything quite like it.  The video was shot mainly in an old part of
a historic walled city at night.  Although I have yet to see the finished 
video the bits and pieces I saw as we were filming were looking very good. 

The song is going to be called "Like a Refugee" and will be released 
mid-January.  The record label I think is called Radio Records.  I had
no hand at all in writing the song, I simply sang lead vocal, but hopefully
you will like it.  The band name for the record will be Da Da Dang 
featuring Gary Numan, which was my choice as I don't like to be credited 
with things that I have had no involvement with the writing of. 

The video from the Dream Corrosion tour is finished as far as the 
pictures are concerned.  I am just tidying up the last few tapes of music 
that will be joined to the pictures and also made available as a 
double live CD.  The final thing will be somewhere around the 2 hour mark
in length and will feature short interviews with fans and myself as well as 
the entire show.  Every song and every mistake will be left in.  From
a totally biased point of view admittedly I have to say that it is the 
best Numan concert video ever.  It's the first one I've seen that makes 
you feel as though you were there.  It is extremely raw, no slick 
production job just maniac cameramen running everywhere capturing the 
band in full flight with all the energy and spectacle intact.  

The Radial Pair Film has now been delivered and people that I spoke to
on the OMD tour seemed to like it a lot which is a bit of a relief. 
I'm never that sure how non-musical activities are going to go down with 
the fans.  I liked the film but as I am an aviation fanatic and it was
about me I probably would.  We have now ordered our second batch which is 
very satisfying for me.  I hope the Dream Corrosion video is as successful.

The Radial Pair soundtrack album may now have certain parts of it borrowed 
and used in the new independent label album that I mentioned earlier so at 
the moment the soundtrack album is on hold.  

I would like to have a new Gary Numan single out before March in the new 
power style that I was using on the corrosion tour.  I used a number of 
the new album rhythms on the older songs, I'm an agent, Remind Me to Smile 
and Films in particular to see how you reacted to the new style.  The
response was tremendous and I am now more convinced than ever that I am
going the right way.  We will be touring again in '94 although we are a
long way from having a list of shows.  The new album will feature 
heavily on that tour but I will also be playing another large selection 
of older songs as I enjoyed doing that on the Corrosion tour.

Beggars Banquet are still releasing all of their various compilation
CDs into the shops and have inlcuded one or two songs that even I can't
remember.

We are still planning to release the Images albums on CD as soon as
we can and number 12 is not far away.  

The aeroplane has gone to bed for the winter and I do intend to have
it resprayed before next season begins.  The same basic scheme but with
a few small detail changes.  We will also have a Radial Pair t-shirt for 
'94.  

That's about it for now.  Many thanks for all your support for this year.
I hope that you enjoyed the tours and that you all had a great Christmas.

Best of luck to all of us in '94.

Gary Numan


Beryl Webb adds that Year Books, newsletter 42 and other projects were 
all held up by the OMD tour and filming in Italy.  


So, Gary may have a new label soon and for the next album.  We can look
forward(?) to yet another double live CD (hope it's better than Skin 
Mechanic) and a new single as well in the not too distant future.

Anyone seen the Da Da Dang single?  

Sorry I haven't been able to call Beryl lately (too busy).  


Derek

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Derek H. Langsford                                            Dept. of Biology 
dlangs@sunstroke.sdsu.edu                           San Diego State University 
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 94 09:45:57 EST
From: richard@dgbt.doc.ca (Richard Paiement)
Subject: New single out soon
To: numan@cs.uwp.edu

Word from England is that the next single will be out sometime in
mid-March...

Title:  Like a Refuge

Format: 7", cassette, 2xCD

Note that the song was written by a band called DA DA DANG.
Anyone know more on this?

Richard

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