''Living Ornaments '80'' is a

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by British musician

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, first released in 1981. It was also issued as a

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with ''

Living Ornaments '79 ''Living Ornaments '79'' (1981) is a live album by British musician Gary Numan recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon on 28 September 1979. It was also released as a Special edition, limited edition box set with ''Living Ornaments '80'' (1981). An e ...

'' the same year. The original release was recorded at the

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on 16 September 1980, as a record of Numan's "Teletour" (September–November 1980). An expanded and

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ed version was

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d on a double CD in 2005. The tapes of the full concert from which the original album's ten tracks were culled have been lost, but in 2004 a

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recording of a complete song set from another (undated) UK concert was discovered and deemed to be of sufficient quality to release commercially. This set included, at that time, the only official live recordings of the tracks "Telekon", from the album of the same name, and "Stories", from Numan's then-forthcoming ''

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'' album (1981). A live version of "Telekon" has since appeared on the '' Telekon – Live'' album (2008), recorded during Numan's ''Telekon'' Classic Album Tour of 2006, although no further live versions of "Stories" have been officially released.

Track listing

All songs written by Gary Numan.

Original version

Side one

This Wreckage "This Wreckage" is a song written and performed by Gary Numan. It was featured as the opening track on his 1980 LP ''Telekon'' and was the third and final single to be released from that album (although the only one to feature on every configu ...

" – 5:20 #" I Die: You Die" – 3:38 #"M.E." – 4:27 #"Everyday I Die" – 4:22 #"

Down in the Park "Down in the Park" is a 1979 song by the English band Tubeway Army, featuring lead vocals by Gary Numan. It was released as the first single from the band's second album ''Replicas'', though was not a hit. The song was written and produced by t ...

" – 5:55

Side two

#"Remind Me to Smile" – 3:40 #"The Joy Circuit" – 5:47 #"Tracks" – 2:43 #"

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" – 5:30 #"

We Are Glass "We Are Glass" is a song by the British singer Gary Numan. It was released as a single in May 1980 and reached number five on the UK Singles Chart. The song was Numan’s first release since his 1979 album, '' The Pleasure Principle'', which had ...

" – 4:32

Remastered version

Disc one

#"This Wreckage" #"I Die: You Die" #"M.E." #"Everyday I Die" #"Down in the Park" #"Remind Me to Smile" #"The Joy Circuit" #"Tracks" #"Are 'Friends' Electric?" #"We Are Glass" #"This Wreckage" #"Remind Me to Smile" #"

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" #"Telekon"

Disc two

#"Me! I Disconnect From You" #"

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" #"Conversation" #"Airlane" #"M.E." #"Everyday I Die" #"Remember I Was Vapour" #"Stories" #"Are 'Friends' Electric?" #"The Joy Circuit" #"I Die: You Die" #"I Dream of Wires" #"Down in the Park" #"Tracks" #"We Are Glass" Tracks 1–10 on disc one comprise the original ''Living Ornaments '80'' set. The rest of the tracks on disc one and all of the tracks on disc two comprise the recovered, undated show. Film footage of the live version of "

" from the original ''Living Ornaments '80'' show was included in the music concert anthology film ''

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'' (1981); the track was included on that film's accompanying soundtrack album, released in the same year.

Personnel

–

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, mixer * Roger Mason –

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*Cedric Sharpley –

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s *Chris Payne – keyboards,

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Paul Gardiner Paul Andrew Gardiner (1 May 1958 – 18 February 1984) was a British musician who played bass guitar with Gary Numan and Tubeway Army, as well as creating material under his own name. Biography Paul Gardiner was born in Hayes, Middlesex. In e ...

–

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*Russell Bell – guitar, keyboards, percussion *Tim Summerhayes –

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– assistant engineer *Will Gosling – assistant mixer

Charts

*Original album #39 (

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) *''Living Ornaments '79/'80'' box set #2 (UK Albums Chart)

Notes

References

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LIVING ORNAMENTS 80 LP
numanme.co.uk *Paul Goodwin (2004). ''Electric Pioneer: An Armchair Guide To Gary Numan'' {{Authority control 1981 live albums Gary Numan live albums Beggars Banquet Records live albums