i'm sorry if this has been covered (classic line, right?) but does anyone know what the image on the cover of the john foxx/louis gordon "drive ep" is?

Hi Alec
If you go into Alex's website Quiet City and click on the album cover for Crash and Burn included in the text is a scan of the cover of the Drive EP

Regards

Peter

thanks very much peter. that's a beautiful website.
hmmm ... i still can't figure out what that's an image of. oh well.

I can send you a bigger scan of it if you like, but you still won't figure it out!!

I guess it's just abstract metal... since it was for "Drive" I always thouhgt that perhaps it could have been a close-up of a car part... possibly a mirrored image of a slightly squashed exhaust pipe... maybe!!

Ha! Thanks, Alex. I've been enjoying your site. Your reviews of the concerts and releases have been fun reading. Just finished the one about the "Tiny Colour Movies" show ... I wish i had been there! seems like it was an ideal venue.

You're right. It does look like a close-up of a car part. Something to do with driving.

My pleasure Alec - glad you like the site

For those interested in purchasing one of these there is one of them on Ebay right now at £9.99.

Much cheaper than some of the other places selling it - get in there if you want it!

Well worth a tenner.

I didn't think it was going to stay steady at £10.00 for long - it\'s currently at £21.44 with four days still to go. It'll be interesting to see what it finally goes for.

Rob

incroyable. i loaned mine out to someone and i can't remember who too long ago. what a dizzy blonde i am. damn. i'd only had it for 2 days prior to that.

where the hell is inverkeithing, fife? as that a "german invader" type of name?

Shall we hazard a guess on what the EP will sell for?

My guess is £50

No prizes though for the winner

Peter

Hey! It's in the east cost of Scotland!

it's a great name. i did an image search. and it's definitely a beautiful place.

i've been to dunfermline but that was when i was a small child visiting relatives. is it near there?

Something bizarre just happened on E-bay. A seller put up 3 BRAND NEW Drive EPs with a 'Buy It Now' price of £3.99 per copy!!!!!!!

I quickly bought one, and then came here to let you know about the other two. Just before posting (this was literally 1 minute after buying my copy) I went back to check and the other two had already gone!

Can't believe the seller did not research this better before selling.

Poor Alec!!

The seller has put another 3 copies up for sale at £3.99. Is this for real?

link: -

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JOHN-FOXX-LOUIS-GO...1QQcmdZViewItem

The seller is FullFill Records. I'd say it's a reliable source.
Luca

Blimey!

There's another one on there from a different seller. And it's a "Buy Now" which is a very good deal.....

QUICK GUYS!!!!

I have used him before - I think I bought 'The Hidden Man' from him. The service was good and the item genuine, if memory serves.

And lets not forget this guy whos always selling Foxx and Numan bits.

Drive EP again.

Ah, I knew I recognised the name!

Ebay attracts a lot of sellers who have bulk supplys of items, so theres every chance its as real as an individual item.

I've messaged Alec - dunno if anybody else has. But if we know anybody else looking for a copy who's not online, then we ought to let them know, before it's too late!

Missed it! BAH! All 3 have gone

Thanks, Alex S, I just snagged a couple.

They gone already?!

Might be worth contacting the seller(s) - they might have more, you never know.

Thats the fastest ive ever seen them go. So i guess the forum lent an helping hand this time. Chances are most went to people here.

Going to the right people.
Peter

Cheers Alex,

I've given that a go, as you say you never know.

Even though it's not that old, The Drive EP seems to be something of a rarity!

Does anybody know how many were pressed?

Blimey! Another three!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JOHN-FOXX-LOUIS-GO...1QQcmdZViewItem

If he carries on much longer like this he'll have to take 'RARE' out of the title

This is good news for those who don't have it, anyway!

9 more available

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JOHN-FOXX-LOUIS-GO...1QQcmdZViewItem

I don't know what has happened with the Drive EP. Not a sight of a new copy for a year and then suddenly they all come at once! Do you reckon someone found a hidden cache?

Wo-hoo! got one! Many thanks Alex and MikeG!

If you haven't heard it, you're in for a treat with the 3 b-sides!

Dear ‘Keepers of the Hidden Cache’

I would like for xmas…

Fusion/Fission ’79 version
Unedited tracks/demos as featured on ‘Metal Beat’
“‘I love Joe Dolce me’ says John Foxx” T-Shirt
Roland CR-78
The Key To Time, and
‘Andromeda Strain’ on CD as I’ve almost worn the vinyl out


Ta

It's obvious what with this being Artful's own Ebay name that they have found a box of these somewhere!

Great news for everyone on here that didn't have a copy.

Hopefully they will find a box of the original Exotour CD's too....but I doubt that, there were only 500 (individually numbered) copies of those, is that right?

Yes they were in card sleeves with their individual number printed on the back. I have one numbered, and another with no numbers at all. So they may of made some extra copys afterall, either that or mine missed the printer.

I've never heard it - I was living in another country at the time and never knew about it until I got back to Blighty - looking forward to giving it a test drive!

I've got a 5(?)* track card edition, but missed out on the album length edition, so would love to see some copies turn up on ebay!

(*4-5 track edition...can't remember how many are on it)

Now these ARE rare - can't say I've ever seen one on ebay, though there probably have been some.

Although I've got the 2003 Exotour double CD, I'd still like one of the originals - for the collection and to have the cover artwork in original format!

I wish they'd kept the same sleeve design for that digipack version...

According to Wikipedia, my EP isn’t as rare as the album length edition:

Exotour 97 (1000-copy numbered edition EP from the 1997 UK tour, released 10 October 1997)

Subterranean Omnidelic Exotour (500-copy numbered edition album from the rehearsals of the 1998 UK tour, released 15 April 1998)

Yeah I wished they'd kept the original Foxx art too on the Edsel edition.

I'm guessing everybody on the forum is probably sorted by now, but just in case, here are some more copies of the once rare Drive EP:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JOHN-FOXX-LOUIS-GO...1QQcmdZViewItem

Just noticed the seller on Amazon still asking £295 for a used copy of the Drive EP

Hes going for the quick sell.

Its either someone being greedy, or someone that dont really known the Foxx market for rarities. Oddly, it did seem more rare before this recent ebay activity.

Maybe they got the decimal point in the wrong place!

Ordered mine on Tuesday, arrived first thing yesterday! Yowsa!

A bit silly to 'review' a CD almost half a decade after everyone else in the known world seems to have a copy, but just to say that of the previously unheard tracks, 'Your Shadow' was the immediate favourite.

Garry

PS - As I wasn't in the UK when it was released can anyone tell me; was the radio edit ever played on the radio?

"Your Shadow" is by far my favourite too!

I don't listen to the radio so I can't answer your question!

However I do believe at the time, Radio One played She Robot in full...

For what its worth, I think this EP is a real gem.

My own favourite is Underwater Dream Sex which I consider to be among John's very best tracks. Top Five vote for Luminaire...

Those 3 b-sides are all real gems, and essential listening for all fans of John's work - they somehow manage to connect to all aspects of his music and influences.

At the time I thought those b-sides were generally better than half of the album tracks on C&B.

yeah, that's an amazing track.

Yeah! How did Ray 1/Ray 2 get on the album, but not any of those?

Mind you, it was released after the album so perhaps they're not all from the C&B recording sessions

I talked with John about this, the first time I met him. My memory is a bit hazy now but I think he said he recorded the new tracks after Crash & Burn.

But don't quote me on that!

I also remember him saying he was really pleased with it as "they had put it together while I was away" - or something to that effect.

I remember the hot discussion of releasing a single CD after Crash And Burn was released. Many fans wanted to have a single , perhaps with bonus tracks included. So, I assume John had heard the wishes of his fans and the result was the Drive EP; first availlable on the Crash And Burn Tour.

I like this CD a lot , music and cover art wise, and for my opinion John should do the same from time to time. It is nice to have singles with bonus tracks - as in tradition of the 7"inch vinyl's b-sides.


Andreas

Even though singles, as a marketing tool, aren't what they used to be, I do think that it's a shame for so few to be released, particularly by older artists.

There were several fantastic tracks on From trash that could easily have been a single – Friendly Fire or Impossible would have got my vote! I always thought there was a missed opportunity there... but maybe it just wasn't financially viable.

But I agree Andreas, it's nice to have the odd single or EP release to compliment the albums and give home to new b-side material...

great track. all the tracks on 'drive ep' are absolute classics.

'your shadow' makes me wish that sometime john & louis invite gary numan in for some collab.

Something else that fascinates me about this EP is the 'hidden track' between Making MOvies and Your Shadow.

Well, not hidden, but you know what I mean. That 1'40" piece at the end of Making Movies.

What do people think about that?

And another obsevration is that, ironically, I think "Drive' is the weakest track on it...

I spotted a few days ago that this was available on Amazon used for £14.99 so mine is on it's way.

good question. i was wondering about that, too.
it is a really nice interlude.

Yeah it's really nice and somewhat unexpected. I always wondered why he had done this.. was it perhaps part of a longer version or a link to another track that never got completed? Who knows!

I took it as an "Outro" to Making Movies

Yeah, I guess it is. It's really nice though - I always want to hear more of it!!

For those who didn't get it, another copy up for grabs right now on EBay -

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/John-Foxx-THE-DRIV...1QQcmdZViewItem

Another copy of the Drive EP up for grabs with a buy it now of 14.99;

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/John-Foxx-Louis-Go...1QQcmdZViewItem


but...there's a catch...have you seen how much the postage is!?

Is he insane?

And that's for Second Class post...
He's 'aving a larf...

Rob

Someone bought it! £170.00 postage!

Looking at the questions & answers at the bottom of the ad, the real postage was a bit less .....

Another copy up for grabs on EBay -

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/John-Foxx-Louis-Go...A1%7C240%3A1318

Starting at 50p! Grab yerself a bargain!!

so where do i find this website of Alex's then, please.

http://www.quietcity.co.uk/

discog at : http://www.quietcity.co.uk/discography.html

The Drive EP now has its own page: http://www.quietcity.co.uk/discog/the_drive.html

Thank you very much for the links

much praise, again, on your quiet city site, alex.