Paul GoodwinAuthor, specialist historian and archivist

2005 - Electric Pioneer: The Armchair guide to Gary Numan.

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From selling 10 million records in two years, both with Tubeway Army (Are 'Friends' Electric?) and solo (Cars), to more low-key and idiosyncratic releases through subsequent decades, Gary Numan has built up an impressive body of work and retained a hugely devoted cult following. Electric Pioneer is the first-ever guide to his recorded output, documenting every single and album and featuring sections on his live shows, memorabilia, and DVD releases.

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2005 - Electric Pioneer: The Armchair guide to Gary Numan.

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2012 - Tracks - Song By Song, Album By Album.

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Unveiled for the first time the inspiration and the recording processes that took place behind classic Gary Numan anthems like ‘Are ‘Friends’ Electric?’, ‘Cars’, ‘Down In The Park’ and ‘I Die; You Die.’ Compiled from four decades of classic Gary Numan interviews, Tracks delivers an intriguing behind-the-music look at the albums and the individual songs from Gary’s extraordinary and innovative music career.

In addition to Gary’s own thoughts behind each of his compositions are commentaries from former band members, record company executives, producers and engineers, as well as a stellar cast of celebrity contributors, artists as diverse as: The Bravery, Beck, Casey Chaos, Garbage, Beastie Boys, NIN, Boy George, Korn, Armand Van Helden, Weezer, Bad Religion, David Bowie, Junkie XL, Moby, Billy Corgan, Vince Clarke, Marilyn Manson, Prodigy, Feeder, Electric 6, RHCPs, QOTSA and many, many more.

This unique book offers a rare chance for fans to view, first hand, the creative process, the inspiration, the drive and stories behind many of Gary’s most famous songs. Tracks takes fans into the very heart of the Numan machine as each album (over 30 in total) is examined and dissected with recordings, lyrics, images and historical events explained and poured over in extraordinary detail.

Gary Numan burst onto the music scene in 1979 and has enjoyed the kind of career most artists can only dream of; after almost 5 decades in the music business he's easily out-lived his critics and the phenomenon that is Gary Numan shows no signs of stopping.

Tracks details the late 70’s rise of Gary Numan, his slide into obscurity in the 90's and his subsequent and heroic 21st century return as an iconic pop music legend.

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2014 - Electric Pioneer REDUX: The Armchair Guide to Gary Numan.

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2016 & 2020 - Tubeway Daze: The Untold Story Of Tubeway Army.

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Before Gary Numan there was Tubeway Army, and before Tubeway Army there was Gary Webb, a determined and ambitious 16 year old singer/songwriter from West London, who in the punk-assaulted summer of 1976 dispensed with full time education to pursue his long held dream of fame and stardom. To assist him in this quest came talented bassist Paul Gardiner, with whom Gary first founded Tubeway Army. Together with Gary's uncle, drummer Gerald Lidyard, they gigged sporadically around central London as the band eventually drew the attention of a small independent record label, Beggars Banquet.

No-one could have predicted back then that in just a few short months music history was about to be made, as Gary Numan and Tubeway Army burst onto the music scene in the early summer of 1979 with the futuristic anthem "Are 'Friends' Electric?", a song that ushered in a fresh and exciting new era in popular music.

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2018 - REFLECTIONS - Gary Numan / Tubeway Army: The Beggars Banquet Years 1978 - 1983.

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Call him the Renaissance man, call him the comeback kid — whatever your opinion of Gary Numan is, there is no doubt that he is more than just a bona fide music legend, pioneer and innovator. Reflections: The Beggars Banquet Years 1978 to 1983 celebrates Gary Numan’s golden era, a time of million selling records, sold out tours and the kind of fan hysteria not seen since the Beatles.

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2023 - Gary Numan Essentials: 50 of His Most Iconic Songs.

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Gary Numan essentials define his pioneering synth-pop sound, focusing heavily on the 1978–1981 "Machine Quartet" era (Replicas, The Pleasure Principle, Telekon) and his later, heavier industrial work. Key tracks include "Cars", "Are 'Friends' Electric?", "Down in the Park" and "Metal", combining dystopian sci-fi themes with electronic melodies.

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