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FOREWORD BY GARY NUMAN
I clearly remember sitting at home in 1977 and looking for the first time at a copy of my debut single, ‘That’s Too Bad.’ It was something I’d dreamed about for as long as I could remember. I didn’t expect to be sitting down, many years later, looking at a meticulously researched book detailing the enormous catalogue of Numan releases that have followed that first rough and ready single.
At the time many people gave me two albums at the most before I’d be swept to one side like so many other would-be pop stars before and since. It was a very reasonable point of view to be honest so I’m as surprised as anyone to find myself still here, still making chart music and reading a book like this.
In fact, looking through these pages, I’m amazed at just how much music I’ve released over the years since ‘That’s Too Bad.’ A few of the songs detailed here I can barely remember, some I genuinely don’t remember at all. But then it seems that I’ve written quite a few so, perhaps, forgetting some of them isn’t quite as surprising as it might seem. Others of course are like old friends, friends that continue to give me a most exciting and rewarding life.
Songwriting is an art you never stop trying to master, knowing always that mastering is impossible. Making mistakes is almost essential, because sometimes the mistakes made on one forgettable song can help turn the next one into something far more special. How else can you learn and improve? So, good or bad, they all have a part to play in any songwriting career. This book details them all, good, bad and middling. It chronicles the ebb and flow of my so-called creativity and isn’t afraid to say where I succeeded and where, perhaps, I did not.
The amount of work that Paul has put into Electric Pioneer is enormous. It is, without doubt, the most complete and thorough discography of my music that I’ve ever seen and I’m very grateful to him for making the huge effort required to put it together. I only hope that I can carry on for another 25 years and have the pleasure of, one day, reading Volume 2. I certainly intend to try.
I can’t imagine doing anything else.
Gary Numan.
July 2004.
From selling 10 million records in two years, both with Tubeway Army (“Are Friends Electric?”) and solo (“Cars”), to more low-key and idiosyncratic releases through subsequent decades, Gary Numan has built up an impressive body of work and retained a hugely devoted cult following. Electric Pioneer is the first-ever guide to his recorded output, documenting every single and album and featuring sections on his live shows, memorabilia, and DVD releases.
Excellently presented and immaculately researched...will have fans salivating from the first page. Personally endorsed by Numan himself. -- Record Collector, May, 2005
About the Author
Paul Goodwin lives in Yorkshire with his family. A lifelong fan and collector of Gary Numan's music, this is his first book.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements iv
...lntro v
A Foreword By Gary Numan vi
Section One: MUSIC 13
Part One: BEGGARS BANQUET YEARS 15
Original albums: Part one — Tubeway Army 1978-1979 18
Original albums: Part two — Gary Numan 1979-1983 21
From the vaults 34
Original singles: Part one — Tubeway Army 1978-1979 37
Original singles: Part two — Gary Numan 1979-1983 40
Compilation albums — Part one: Beggars Banquet 49
Compilation albums — Part two: licensed 52
Re-issue campaign Part one — albums 55
Re-issue campaign Part two — singles 67
Memorabilia: 70
I) Magazine covers 70
II) Merchandise 72
Ill) Alternative artwork and releases from around the world 75
PartTwo: THE NUMAYEARS 81
Original albums: Part one — 1984-1986 82
Original albums: Part two — 1992-1995 87
Original singles: Part one — 1984-1986 93
Original singles: Part two — 1991-1995 99
Compilation albums — Part one: Numa 104
Compilation albums — Part two: licensed 105
Re-issue campaign — albums (UK) 115
Fan club and mail order releases 117
Memorabilia 123
Part Three: THE IRS YEARS 127
Original albums — 1988-1991 128
Original singles — 1988-1991 132
Re-issue campaign-albums 134
Memorabilia 136
Part Four: SHARPE AND NUMAN YEARS 139
Original singles 1985-1989 140
Original album 143
Part Five: THE NICHOLSON AND NUMAN YEARS 147
Original singles 148
Original album 152
Re-issue campaign-albums 153
Part Six: THE BBC SESSIONS 155
Original releases 1987 and 1989 156
Re-issue campaign 158
Part Seven: THE EAGLE YEARS 159
Original albums 1997-2000 160
Original single 164
Compilation albums — Licensed (UK) 165
Compilation albums — Licensed (US) 166
Re-issue campaign — Licensed (UK) 167
Re-issue campaign — Licensed (US) 171
From the vaults 174
Memorabilia 176
Part Eight: THE ARTFUL’ JAGGED HALO YEARS 179
Original singles 180
Compilation album — Licensed 182
Part Nine: MISCELLANEOUS RELEASES 185
(I) Soundtrack albums 186
(II) Remix projects 187
(III) Homages 192
(IV) Guest appearances 198
(V) Bootlegs 202
Section Two: VIDEO .217
(I) Official videos 218
(II) Miscellaneous videos 225
(I) Official DVDs 229
(II) Bootleg DVD5 230
Important television appearances 1979-2003 239
Television and radio adverts 245
Section Three: LIVE 249
The full concert guide 1977-2003 250
(I) Tubeway Army 250
(Il) Gary Numan 251
Section Four: APPENDICES 291
(Appendix I) Bibliography 292
(Appendix II) Numan on the World Wide Web 294
(Appendix Ill) Walking with shadows 296
Outro 301
About the author 303
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