Numan, Gary
Telekon (45th Anniversary) (expanded)
Gary Numan's second studio album TELEKON was released in 1980 and was his third successive #1 album in the UK. Gary
refers to this album, along with its two predecessors, Tubeway Army's Replicas and his debut solo album The Pleasure
Principle, as the "machine"
phase of his career. While it was hard to follow up the previous releases, Telekon proved to be hugely influential.
Unlike its predecessors, Telekon had plenty of guitars, along with strings and lush synthesizer textures. Trent Reznor
claimed to have listened to it every day during the making of Pretty Hate Machine.
Earlier this year, a visit to Gary's archive allowed for a deep dig, and amongst all the treasures, unreleased Telekon
material was found. We are thrilled to include four unreleased tracks on this expanded edition of Telekon. "Like A
B-Film" is a completely unreleased, not quite finished track from the album's sessions. The other three tracks are
previously unreleased early versions of "Please Push No More", "Aircrash Bureau" and "I'm An Agent". Pressed onto double
rainbow sparkle black vinyl, the album has been remastered by Geoff Pesche at Abbey Road and includes revised artwork by
Michael Speed at Beggars, who has frequently collaborated with Gary on his Beggars reissues.
Price
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Format
CD · 1 disc
Release
30-01-2026
Label
Item-nr
1317637
EAN
0607618270421
Availability
Not in stock