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gary numan..wembley (micromusic)

Posted:
Tue Jan 18, 2005 10:04 pm
by scouser
the best cdoncert ever with the best light show ever...i have this concert on video and i never get tired of watching it...some exellent songs..with exellent light effects...if you havent seen this concert go and buy the video (ebay) you wont be disapointed the video lasts about 3 hours....my m8 also done me a copy of the video onto vcd...ill get a dvd copy soon
trust me you will love this concert [:D][:D][:D][:D]

Posted:
Thu Jan 20, 2005 11:34 am
by Berserker
As a HUGE Numan fan (my username comes from one of his albums), I have to agree.
For those who don't know, this is a recording of Numan's "farewell" performance in 1981, when he was at the very peak of his popularity. He wanted to retire from touring, as he was burned out (he was only 23 at the time) and thought that music videos would replace live gigs in the future anyway. So he held this farewell concert and spared no expense. It really is a visual spectacular (Numan lost something like half a million dollars by charging way less for tickets than he what he needed to because of what he spent on the stage set).
This is one show that's begging for a remastering onto DVD.

Posted:
Fri Jan 21, 2005 5:20 am
by Ollie Stench
Is this the same show that was released as "The Touring Principle"?

Posted:
Fri Jan 21, 2005 8:34 am
by Berserker
[quote][i]Originally posted by Ollie Stench[/i]
<br>Is this the same show that was released as "The Touring Principle"?
[/quote]No. "The Touring Principle" was a 1979 concert, when Numan had just gone global with "Cars". As I said, Micromusic is his 1981 farewell concert at Wembley.
Useless trivia: Numan's "The Touring Principle" was the very first mass-market music videocassette.

Posted:
Sat Jan 22, 2005 5:58 am
by Ollie Stench
Any chance I could get copies if/when htey become available? Also, I work at a high-end video editing facility. If you have these on tape I could burn them to DVD.

Posted:
Mon Jan 24, 2005 6:11 am
by scouser
ollie
i have the concert on video...and also on vcd.....i could do you a copy if you want one.....
beserker my usual user name is telekon but i used scouser for this forum......ive got lots of dvds of numan from tv shows from 1979 to the present day....also the 25th anaversary show
all exellent quality
take care all

Posted:
Wed Feb 02, 2005 2:38 pm
by yipyipcoyote
Is this the same show that was featured on 'Urgh! A music war'? Was he roaming about the stage in a golf cart or something during 'Down in the Park'? Spine-chilling stuff. Living Ornaments 81?
Can't believe it's not on DVD yet [:0]

Posted:
Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:23 am
by scouser
yes thats the one yipyipcoyote......
exellent video.....numan should re release it on to DVD
.....he still does exellent concerts today
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Posted:
Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:07 am
by torypsx
hey ya'll...i do have an excellent vhs to dvd transfer of this incredible classic if anyone is interested, great chapter selection the whole bit!
cheers

Posted:
Wed Dec 07, 2005 11:41 am
by hutter
[quote][i]Originally posted by torypsx[/i]
<br>hey ya'll...i do have an excellent vhs to dvd transfer of this incredible classic if anyone is interested, great chapter selection the whole bit!
cheers
[/quote]Definitely interested! Email me info and lets work something out.

Posted:
Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:56 pm
by THEGOLDENCAT
Hi
Been looking for this for years. Any chance of anyone getting me a vcd ( or dvd ) copy of this?

Posted:
Fri Mar 24, 2006 5:25 am
by crystal
gary numan has said in a recent interview that he plans to release that mentioned wembley show later this year... hopefully it works out - can't wait!

Posted:
Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:37 am
by Barmy
Is this ever coming out on DVD?

Posted:
Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:14 pm
by crystal
[quote][i]Originally posted by Barmy[/i]
<br>Is this ever coming out on DVD?
[/quote]
one can only hope, I bet... in one of the news items (can't seem to locate it on
www.numan.org anymore, seems the old news simply fade away + are not stored) Gary said sth along the lines they haven't found a master (or was it laserdisc or similar) that can be worked on, all have their faults so far, shame about that, would love to have that gig on dvd...