GARY NUMAN – THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE LP – Nr MINT/EXC+ A1/B1 UK 1979 ELECTRONICA TUBEWAY ARMY

Gary Numan – The Pleasure Principle
(Beggars Banquet Records  1979  BEGA10)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Square Cornered Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from a mark for the first quarter of Conversation that gives light clicks)

Gary Numan (born Gary Anthony James Webb on 8 March 1958) is an English singer, composer and musician. His most known hits were “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?” (as Tubeway Army) and “Cars”.

The Pleasure Principle is the third studio album, and debut album under his own name, by English musician Gary Numan.

Track listing

All songs are written by Gary Numan, except where noted.

1. “Airlane” – 3:18
2. “Metal” – 3:32
3. “Complex” – 3:12
4. “Films” – 4:09
5. “M.E.” – 5:37
6. “Tracks” – 2:51
7. “Observer” – 2:53
8. “Conversation” – 7:36
9. “Cars” – 3:58
10. “Engineers” – 4:01

Personnel

• Gary Numan – vocals, keyboards (Minimoog, Polymoog, ARP Odyssey), synthetic percussion
• Paul Gardiner – bass
• Chris Payne – keyboards (Minimoog, Polymoog, piano), viola
• Cedric Sharpley – drums, percussion
• Billy Currie – fadeout violin on “Tracks” and “Conversation”
• Garry Robson – backing vocals on “Conversation”