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The Who: The Who By Numbers

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On October 3, 1975, “Polydor” label released “The Who by Numbers”, the seventh Who (The) studio album. It was recorded April – June 1975, at “Shepperton Studios” in Shepperton, Surrey, England, and was produced by Glyn Johns.

Personnel:

  • Roger Daltrey – lead vocals
  • Pete Townshend – guitar, keyboards, banjo, accordion, ukulele, backing vocals, lead vocals
  • John Entwistle – bass, French horn, trumpet, backing vocals, 2nd lead vocal, cover art
  • Keith Moon – drums
  • Nicky Hopkins – piano
  • Glyn Johns – engineer, mixing
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Bob Ludwig – remastering
  • Chris Walter – photography
  • John Swenson – liner notes
  • Chris Charlesworth – executive producer
  • Bill Curbishley – executive producer
  • Robert Rosenberg – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Pete Townshend, except where noted.

  1. Slip Kid
  2. However Much I Booze            
  3. Squeeze Box
  4. Dreaming from the Waist
  5. Imagine a Man
  6. Success Story – John Entwistle
  7. They Are All in Love
  8. Blue Ted and Grey
  9. How Many Friends
  10. In a Hand or a Face

Gary Numan: Berserker

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On November 9, 1984, “Numa Records” label released “Berserker”, the sixth Gary Numan studio album. It was recorded in 1984, at “Rock City Studios” in Shepperton, UK, and was produced by Gary Numan.

Personnel:

  • Gary Numan – vocals, keyboards
  • Russell Bell – guitar
  • John Webb – keyboards, programming
  • Martin Elliott – bass
  • Andy Coughlan – bass
  • Cedric Sharpley – drums
  • Pat Kyle – saxophone
  • Chris Payne – viola, keyboards
  • Tessa Niles – backing vocals
  • Tracy Ackerman – backing vocals
  • Zaine Griff – backing vocals
  • Mike Smith – PPG Wave programming
  • Ian Herron – PPG Wave programming

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary Numan.

  1. Berserker
  2. This Is New Love
  3. The Secret
  4. My Dying Machine
  5. Cold Warning
  6. Pump It Up
  7. The God Film
  8. A Child with the Ghost
  9. The Hunter

Gary Numan: Telekon

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Telekon

On September 5, 1980, “Beggars Banquet” label released “Telekon”, the fourth Gary Numan studio album. It was recorded in 1980, at “Rock City Studios” in Shepperton and “Matrix Studios” in London, and was produced by Gary Numan.

Personnel:

  • Gary Numan– vocals, Minimoog, Polymoog, ARP Pro Soloist, Roland Jupiter-4, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Yamaha CP-30, Roland CR-78,  Synare,  guitar, piano, Minibass
  • Russell Bell– guitars, violin, claves, backing vocals
  • Denis Haines– Prophet-5, piano, ARP Pro Soloist, Yamaha CP-30, whistle, backing vocals
  • Chris Payne– viola, piano, Minimoog, Polymoog, backing vocals
  • Paul Gardiner– bass, backing vocals
  • Cedric Sharpley– drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • John Webb, James Freud, Simple Minds– handclaps

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary Numan except  “Trois Gymnopédies (First Movement)”, a composition by Erik Satie.

  1. This Wreckage
  2. The Aircrash Bureau
  3. Telekon
  4. Remind Me to Smile
  5. Sleep by Windows
  6. I’m an Angel
  7. I Dream of Wires
  8. Remember I Was Vapour
  9. Please Push No More
  10. The Joy Circuit