The Collection

~ Release by Gary Numan (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Matrix: CCSCD 229 MPO 04 @
No SIDs.

Track 16 mistitled as “Are ‘Friends’ Electric” on back insert and medium.

Annotation last modified on 2022-07-18 19:01 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Cars
engineer and mixer:
Rikki Sylvan and Harvey Webb
producer:
Gary Numan
bass guitar:
Paul Gardiner
drums (drum set), drums (drum set) and tambourine and percussion:
Cedric Sharpley
keyboard:
Gary Numan and Chris Payne (UK keyboards/viola for Gary Numan/Visage/Dramatis)
percussion [synthetic percussion]:
Gary Numan
lead vocals:
Gary Numan (in 1979)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Beggars Banquet (, in 1979) and WEA Filipacchi Music (not for release label use! copyrights/distribution only, FR division of WEA International Inc. in the 1970s) (in 1979)
recorded at:
Marcus Recording Studios (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
music videos:
Cars by Gary Numan
part of:
VH1’s 100 Greatest One‐Hit Wonders of the ’80s (number: 11), Paste: The 50 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of All Time (number: 16) and VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (compiled in 2006) (number: 93)
recording of:
Cars
lyricist and composer:
Gary Numan
writer:
Nick Hemming and Gary Numan
publisher:
Beggars Banquet Music Ltd. and Momentum Music Ltd.
4.23:53
2Tracks
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Beggars Banquet (in 1979)
recording of:
Tracks
lyricist, writer and composer:
Gary Numan
publisher:
Beggars Banquet Music Ltd. and Momentum Music Ltd.
2:50
3Down in the Park
assistant engineer:
Harvey Ishiki
engineer:
Jon Caffery (producer and engineer)
producer:
Gary Numan
mixer:
Jon Caffery (producer and engineer), Gary Numan and Rikki Sylvan
bass guitar:
Paul Gardiner
drums (drum set):
Jess Lidyard
guitar, keyboard and lead vocals:
Gary Numan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Beggars Banquet (in 1979)
recording of:
Down in the Park
lyricist and composer:
Gary Numan
publisher:
Beggars Banquet, Beggars Banquet Music Ltd., Momentum Music Ltd. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
4.54:22
4This Wreckage
producer:
Gary Numan
bass:
Paul Gardiner
drums (drum set) and membranophone:
Cedric Sharpley
handclaps:
James Freud and John Webb (Gary Numan’s brother)
Minimoog, guitar and synthesizer, piano, synthesizer and lead vocals:
Gary Numan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Beggars Banquet (in 1980)
recording of:
This Wreckage
lyricist and composer:
Gary Numan
publisher:
Numan Music Ltd. (in 1980)
45:25
5Random
producer:
Gary Numan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Beggars Banquet (in 1985)
recording of:
Random
composer:
Gary Numan
publisher:
Beggars Banquet Music Ltd. and Momentum Music Ltd.
3:58
6My Shadow in Vain
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Beggars Banquet (in 1978)
recording of:
My Shadow in Vain
lyricist and composer:
Gary Numan
publisher:
Beggars Banquet Music Ltd. and Momentum Music Ltd.
3:00
7She’s Got Claws
engineer:
Nick Smith (British producer & engineer)
producer:
Gary Numan
bass guitar and saxophone and saxophone:
Mick Karn
drums (drum set):
Cedric Sharpley
handclaps:
John Webb (Gary Numan’s brother)
piano, synthesizer and lead vocals:
Gary Numan
viola:
Chris Payne (UK keyboards/viola for Gary Numan/Visage/Dramatis)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Beggars Banquet (in 1981)
recording of:
She’s Got Claws
lyricist and composer:
Gary Numan
publisher:
Numan Music Ltd.
4:57
8Music for Chameleons
producer:
Gary Numan
bass guitar:
Pino Palladino
membranophone:
Chris Slade
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Beggars Banquet (in 1982)
partial recording of:
Music for Chameleons
lyricist and composer:
Gary Numan
publisher:
Numan Music Ltd.
3:39
9Remind Me to Smile
recording engineer:
Steve Smith (UK engineer, Beggars Banquet and Gary Numan)
producer:
Gary Numan
mixer:
Jess Sutcliffe
bass guitar:
Paul Gardiner
drum machine, electric piano, electronic drum set and lead vocals:
Gary Numan
drums (drum set):
Cedric Sharpley
guitar:
Rrussell Bell and Gary Numan
Minimoog:
Gary Numan and Chris Payne (UK keyboards/viola for Gary Numan/Visage/Dramatis)
synthesizer:
Denis Haines and Gary Numan
background vocals:
Paul Gardiner, Denis Haines, Chris Payne (UK keyboards/viola for Gary Numan/Visage/Dramatis) and Cedric Sharpley
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Beggars Banquet (in 1980)
recorded at:
Rock City Studios in Shepperton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Matrix Studios in Soho, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Remind Me to Smile
lyricist and composer:
Gary Numan
publisher:
Numan Music Ltd.
4:03
10Stories
engineer:
Nick Smith (British producer & engineer)
producer:
Gary Numan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Beggars Banquet (in 1981)
recording of:
Stories
lyricist and composer:
Gary Numan
publisher:
Numan Music Ltd.
3:10
11A Game Called Echo
lead vocals:
Gary Numan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Beggars Banquet (in 1985)
recording of:
A Game Called Echo
lyricist and composer:
Gary Numan
publisher:
Beggars Banquet Music Ltd. and Momentum Music Ltd.
5:06
12Complex
engineer and mixer:
Rikki Sylvan and Harvey Webb
producer:
Gary Numan
bass guitar:
Paul Gardiner
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Cedric Sharpley
keyboard:
Gary Numan and Chris Payne (UK keyboards/viola for Gary Numan/Visage/Dramatis)
percussion [synthetic percussion] and lead vocals:
Gary Numan
viola:
Chris Payne (UK keyboards/viola for Gary Numan/Visage/Dramatis)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Beggars Banquet (, in 1979)
recorded at:
Marcus Recording Studios (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Complex
lyricist, writer and composer:
Gary Numan
publisher:
Andrew Heath Music Ltd., Beggars Banquet, Beggars Banquet Music Ltd. and Momentum Music Ltd.
3.53:13
13On Broadway (live)
producer:
Gary Numan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Beggars Banquet (in 1979)
recorded at:
Hammersmith Odeon (Eventim Apollo, pka Hammersmith Odeon) in Hammersmith, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1979-09-28)
live cover recording of:
On Broadway (Mann/Weil/Leiber/Stoller version for The Drifters) (in 1979)
additional writer:
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
writer:
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Screen Gems‐Col, Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
version of:
On Broadway (original Mann/Weil version)
4:40
14The Aircrash Bureau
recording engineer:
Steve Smith (UK engineer, Beggars Banquet and Gary Numan)
producer:
Gary Numan
mixer:
Nick Smith (British producer & engineer)
bass guitar:
Paul Gardiner
claves:
Rrussell Bell
drums (drum set):
Cedric Sharpley
electric piano, Minimoog and lead vocals:
Gary Numan
handclaps:
Simple Minds (Scottish rock band)
piano:
Denis Haines
synthesizer:
Denis Haines and Gary Numan
viola:
Chris Payne (UK keyboards/viola for Gary Numan/Visage/Dramatis)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Beggars Banquet (in 1980)
recorded at and mixed at:
Rock City Studios in Shepperton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
The Aircrash Bureau
lyricist and composer:
Gary Numan
publisher:
Numan Music Ltd.
45:38
15M.E.
engineer and mixer:
Rikki Sylvan and Harvey Webb
producer:
Gary Numan
bass guitar:
Paul Gardiner
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Cedric Sharpley
keyboard:
Gary Numan and Chris Payne (UK keyboards/viola for Gary Numan/Visage/Dramatis)
percussion [synthetic percussion] and lead vocals:
Gary Numan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Beggars Banquet (, in 1979)
recorded at:
Marcus Recording Studios (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
M.E.
lyricist, writer and composer:
Gary Numan
publisher:
Beggars Banquet Music Ltd. and Momentum Music Ltd.
3.755:35
16Are ‘Friends’ Electric?
assistant engineer:
Harvey Ishiki
engineer:
Jon Caffery (producer and engineer)
producer:
Gary Numan
mixer:
Jon Caffery (producer and engineer), Gary Numan and Rikki Sylvan
bass guitar:
Paul Gardiner
drums (drum set):
Jess Lidyard
guitar, keyboard and lead vocals:
Gary Numan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Beggars Banquet (in 1979) and Beggars Banquet Records Ltd. (for copyrights purpose) (in 1979)
recording of:
Are ‘Friends’ Electric?
lyricist and composer:
Gary Numan
publisher:
Beggars Banquet Music Ltd., Momentum Music Ltd., Numan Music Ltd., Andrew Heath Music (from 1979 to present) and Beggars Banquet (from 1979 to present)
3.65:21
17Photograph
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Beggars Banquet (in 1980)
recording of:
Photograph
lyricist and composer:
Gary Numan
publisher:
Numan Music Ltd. (in 1980)
2:25
18We Are Glass
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Beggars Banquet (in 1980)
recording of:
We Are Glass
lyricist and composer:
Gary Numan
publisher:
Numan Music Ltd.
4:40

Credits

Release

liner notes:Philip J. Williams (liner notes)
design:Shoot That Tiger!
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Castle Communications PLC (not for label use, copyright holder) (in 1989)
licensed from:Beggars Banquet
manufactured at:MPO in Averton, Mayenne, Pays-de-la-Loire, France
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/130324 [info]

Release group

part of:The Collector Series (Castle Communications) (order: 24)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/70164 [info]