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Thank you Sir!

That sounds like a good album to get soon. I like what I've heard of Arpnet too. Glad to hear that it's proper live as well.

Alex mentioned the other day that a live Numan album may have had some post-production on it, I found out a while back that one of my all-time fave live albums 'Nocturne' by Siouxsie & The Banshees, despite saying 'NO OVERDUBS' on the cover also got a bit of a tweak studio-wise as well. The version of 'Nightporter on Japan's 'Oil On Canvas' live album...was recorded in a studio in Canada! Are there any proper live albums out there!?

Pure had some good songs on it but lyrically it was too morbid, depressing and perverse for my liking.

Exile is a favourite of mine - great songs and it works as a concept album. Production-wise it was still a bit weak, but it was better than the production on Sacrifice.

I still think Sacrifice is has the best set of ideas and songs on out of Numan's recent output, but since he did the majority of it all by himself, it does sound more like demos in a way. But just imagine how good it would be, if it had the Ade Fenton treatment!

Ade and Gary will be producing the next Numan album together, which Gary intends to be "faster".

I like Jagged a lot, but it took time to get into.

This morning I've been listening to Depeche Mode, particularly Ultra.

During the past few weeks:

Plenty of Visage including the 7 inch vocal version of Frequency 7. Mind you Beatboy is a pretty good album.

Some Blancmange too. Yep Game Above My Head is one of their best tracks.

The Ronny Collection... need to find out which tracks Rusty and Midge perform in. Midge produced If You Want Me Stay which apparently is less Ultravoxy than Blue Cabaret and To Have and Not To Have.

Both Shock's singles. This predated Visage and are Rusty Egan's and Richard James Burgess' first experiments.

Propaganda's 7" version of Duel.

Talking Heads' Popular Favourites. This truly is the best introduction to the Band. David Byrne is one of a kind!

Finally some OMD. Managed to get a copy of one of their 1979 shows. This one happened in Paris at Les Bains Douches. The line up on that occasion was McCluskey/Humphreys/A.Hughes/Holmes. The band intro was an early version of Statues. Most of the first album is represented here except for Electricity, Messages and The Messers't Twins . Motion and Heart from Organisation was an early live favourite and so was Two Chameleons from Andy's brief sojourn with Alan Gill's band Dalek I Love You, an influence on OMD.

Chris C

David Bowie 1.Outside now...

David Bowie Heroes

Today, I have listened to: 'My Way' by Sparks, 'Don't Tell Me' by Blancmange and 'From Trash' (you don't need me to tell you the artists on this one!)

An excellent days listening!!

Sarah B

Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle
The Cure - Pornography (disc 2 containing demo's & live tracks)
Dead Can Dance - Spleen & Ideal

Impeccable taste, Mr Ilektrik.
Spleen and Ideal is my favourite of all the excellent DCD albums.

My own selection for the week is Nick Cave's "Nocturama"

Ian Brown... Music of the Spheres and Golden Greats

Cassette Edition of Fashion's 'Fabrique'