GARY NUMAN BBC Sessions CD John Peel Tubeway Army Billy Currie 1979

Description: Terrific collection of Gary Numan recorded live during some especially pivotal and inspired years. The recordings are from two John Peel sessions (both from 1979) and a live performance (also 1979) at Wembley Arena. Songs 4-10 include Billy Currie of (early) Ultravox and Visage. Review and a song list below. Enjoy! review These cuts were all recorded at various sessions in 1979, the most important phase of Gary Numan's career. Around this time Numan was shedding his punk beginnings and embracing a Bowie-influenced brand of synthesizer rock that was hugely influential to such British techno-poppers as Depeche Mode and the Human League. A couple of years down the road, electronic post-punk would be the milieu of anyone with a synthesizer and a skinny tie, but in 1979 Numan was an innovator with few peers.Many of these BBC live-in-the-studio cuts are perhaps even more striking than their album counterparts; there's a leaner, more urgent feel, the electronic timbres are punchier, the rhythms sometimes approach funkiness, and the lack of overdubs casts Numan's songs of futuristic alienation in a starkly minimalist light. Amid the angular synth lines and repetitive rhythms, his palely anguished voice occasionally betrays real human emotion, as on "Conversation," where he confesses, "we are only boys" (Numan was just 21 at the time). This is that rare BBC SESSION that functions equally well as fan fodder or novice's entry point. Song List 1-4 Tubeway Army 1 Me, I Disconnect From YOu 2 Down In The Park 3 I Nearly Married A Human 4 Cars 5-10 Gary Numan 5 Airlane 6 Films 7 Conversation 8 Me I Disconnect From You (live) 9 Metal (Live) 10 Down In The Park (Live)

Price: 6.99 USD

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

End Time: 2024-07-30T18:22:45.000Z

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