Gary Numan | Transmission Impossible (3cd) | 3CD

Gary Numan was born on 8 March 1958 in Hammersmith, London, England. He began his musical career in 1977 as a punk rocker with the band Mean Street, and after being sacked that May he joined The Lasers. Paul Gardiner and Numan soon left to form Tubeway Army, with his uncle Jess Lidyard on drums, and in 1978 Tubeway Army signed to Beggars Banquet.

Transmission Impossible is a 3 CD unofficial release by Gary Numan, issued on the Eat To The Beat label in 2026. The discs are live FM broadcasts: disc one was recorded at Capitol Theatre, Australia, on 31st May 1980, and discs two and three at Carolina Theatre, Durham, NC, on 20th and 21st May 2016. The release is categorised as synth-pop.

Track List

Disc 1

1. Intro (Replicas)
2. Airline
3. Me! I Disconnect from You
4. Praying to the Aliens
5. M.E.
6. Films
7. We Are So Fragile
8. Are 'Friends' Electric?
9. Conversation
10. Remind Me to Smile
11. Replicas
12. Remember I Was Vapour
13. Trois Gymnopedies (First Movement)
14. Cars
15. I Die: You Die
16. Bombers
17. Tracks

Disc 2

1. Asylum
2. Airlane
3. Metal
4. Films
5. M.E.
6. Tracks
7. Cars
8. Observer
9. Conversation
10. Engineers
11. Complex
12. Down in the Park
13. Are 'Friends' Electric?
14. I Die: You Die
15. Moogfest Interview 2016

Disc 3

1. Remind Me to Smile
2. Telekon
3. Sleep By Windows
4. I Dream of Wires
5. I'm an Agent
6. The Aircrash Bureau
7. We Are Glass
8. Remember I Was Vapour
9. I Die: You Die
10. Please Push No More
11. The Joy Circuit
12. Cars
13. Gary Numan Interview