--------------------------------------------------------------------- T H E G A R Y N U M A N D I G E S T (by subscription only - to unsubscribe, see bottom of this message) --------------------------------------------------------------------- (#2001-243) - Topics This Issue: 1) 'Live' tracks... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 14:50:06 +0000 From: "Colin Linskey" Subject: 'Live' tracks... Hello everyone! It's good that there are bootleg tapes & cd-r's available of= unreleased concerts like the Warriors tour, although 'The Iceman Comes'/ Michelin Man outfit should never have worn !!! :-) As we all know, as with all artists, some tracks are just recorded as album fillers, b-sides etc, and they only exist, and are intended to exist, in the= studio etc, hence only certain songs have a chance of being performed 'live', hence we're glad to hear long overdue Stormtrooper In Drag, Friends,= etc... I must admit though, I think Cars, long an albatross around his neck because it's all non-fans associate him with, should be dropped, or be more synth orientated like the original... But what this email is about is the mistakes in releasing singles from albums etc... e.g. METAL RHYTHM* Releases 'New Anger'; not the best track; and the very repetitive America, instead of, for example, Respect, Young Heart, and Voix. The latter has been welcome in recent tours, showing that no-one wants= to hear repetitive America etc... Wrong tracks have been released too often... e.g. TELEKON* Releasing 'This Wreckage' at cheerful Christmas time 1980. Gary himself admitted it was a mistake to release this as a single at this time... WARRIORS* Releases classic album opener Sister Surprise in edited form with horrid unwanted saxaphone and extra vocal chorus lines. Also heard to state there's something wrong when you perform on TOTP's and your single goes down= !!! Will be glad when Warriors album is reissued and we can hear it in it's full original glory... Will be also glad to hear album closer, The Rhythm Of= The Evening... MACHINE+SOUL* The Skin Game... Emotion... Enough said. Anyone else got anything to add ??? Listening to tracks on Desire compilation incl. The Seed Of A Lie, You Walk In My Soul, I Wonder etc, shows how good he can be, like with the rest of Sacrifice & the Pure album with it's mistakenly too dark artwork!!! Not Gary's fault but someone should've checked before they printed the artwork... It's probably hard for people to notice it in the Cd racks, never= mind put folk off buying it. Very sorry to hear that U.S. tour not as successful as wished due to lack of= promotion etc, but I hope Gary isn't disillusioned, but we've got Warriors and I Assassin reissues coming soon, plus we want Gary still to be recording, happily, and successfully, Please!!!, for his 25th Anniversary in= early 2003... Colin __________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ End numan@garynumanfan.nu Digest [10/20/2001 18:01] --------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- T H E G A R Y N U M A N D I G E S T is produced, moderated, and distributed by Derek Langsford, Dave Datta, and Joey Lindstrom dlangs@sunstroke.sdsu.edu, davdat@allmusic.com, Joey@GaryNumanFan.NU ------------------------------------------------------------------- To reply to the messages in this list, email: numan@GaryNumanFan.NU If you want to be removed, or someone wants to be added, email: listserv@GaryNumanFan.NU and include this line as the first line of your message body: SUBSCRIBE numan@garynumanfan.nu (email address) or UNSUBSCRIBE numan@garynumanfan.nu (email address) (email address is optional but useful if you have multiple addresses) If you want to switch between receiving Digests or individual posts, again send to listserv@GaryNumanFan.NU and include either of these in your message body: NORMAL numan@garynumanfan.nu or DIGEST numan@garynumanfan.nu ------------------------------------------------------------------ Please note: this mailing list is configured to automatically unsubscribe you if mail to your mailbox goes undeliverable for any reason. If you suddenly stop receiving this list, you should assume you've been automatically unsubscribed and should then manually resubscribe. ------------------------------------------------------------------ The Gary Numan Digest is produced with the facilities of the GaryNUmanFan server and Interocitor Web Creations. All of the opinions in this digest belong to the respective authors and do not necessarily agree with those of the Digest Producers. This digest is published in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and is governed by all applicable Canadian laws. --------------------------------------------------------------------------