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collection of

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Fad Gadget Francis John Tovey (8 September 1956 – 3 April 2002), known also by his stage name Fad Gadget, was a British avant-garde electronic musician and vocalist. He was a proponent of both new wave and early industrial music, fusing pop-structured ...

. The

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versions of these songs are not only of differing lengths, they were also often alternative mixes. The songs span the career of Fad Gadget from "Back to Nature" / "The Box" (his first single, double A side) to "One Man's Meat", his final single before Fad Gadget reverted to his given name of Frank Tovey for the remainder of his recording career (he toured with

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under the persona of Fad Gadget once again, only a few months before his death of a heart attack on 3 April 2002.) "Back to Nature" / "The Box" was the second single ever to be released on

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in October 1979. One b-side, "4M" from the "Life on the Line" single, is included on the collection.

Track listing

# "Back to Nature" 5:44 # "The Box" 4:14 # "Ricky's Hand" 4:06 # "Fireside Favourite" 4:07 # "Insecticide" 3:04 # "Lady Shave" 5:41 # "Saturday Night Special" 4:31 # "King of the Flies" 3:05 # "Life on the Line" 3:54 # "4M" 3:00 # "For Whom the Bells Toll" 3:31 # "Love Parasite" 3:16 # "I Discover Love" 3:43 # "Collapsing New People" 4:08 # "One Man's Meat" 3:22

Footnotes

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