Tubeway Army Black Vinyl
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Beggars Arkive will reissue the selftitled debut album by Tubeway Army on February 10th. The album will be available in two formats, standard black vinyl and marbled blue. The audio was mastered at Abbey Road from analog tape. TUBEWAY ARMY was the name of Gary Numanrsquos band. Formed in 1977, their selftitled debut album was released at the tail end of 1978. This album truly paved the way for Gary Numan to become an electronic pioneer. It was during the sessions for this album that he came across a minimoog synthesizer by accident in the recording studio, and the rest is history.TUBEWAY ARMY was the name of Gary Numanrsquos band. Formed in 1977, their selftitled debut album was released at the tail end of 1978. In addition to Gary, the band consisted of Paul Gardiner on bass and backing vocals and Jess Lidyard on drums.The album was a segue from the punkleaning sounds of their early singles, to the pioneering electronic music that Gary Numan became known for. The phrase ldquogaragey scifi rockrdquo was used in reference to this album. This album truly paved the way for Gary Numan to become an electronic pioneer. It was during the sessions for this album that he came across a minimoog synthesizer by accident in the recording studio, and the rest is history.Shortly after this albumrsquos release, Tubeway Army recorded their followup, Replicas, which contained ldquoAre lsquoFriendsrsquo Electricrdquo, which became the first synthesizerbased number 1 hit of the electronic era in 1979. After its release, Numan opted to drop the Tubeway Army name and release music under his own name, retaining the musicians from Tubeway Army as his backing band.In a career that spans over forty years, Gary Numanrsquos music evolves and the themes change. But fans remain fascinated by Numan for the very fact that hersquos so uncompromising. Gary recently released his twenty first album Intruder in May 2021.
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