Tubeway Army – Are 'Friends' Electric?
Label: |
Beggars Banquet – BEG 18 |
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Format: |
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Country: |
UK |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Electronic |
Style: |
New Wave |
Tracklist
| A | Are 'Friends' Electric? | 5:19 | |
| B | We Are So Fragile | 2:49 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Warner Communications
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Beggars Banquet
- Copyright © – Beggars Banquet
- Published By – Beggars Banquet
- Published By – Andrew Heath Music Ltd.
- Mastered At – Strawberry Mastering
- Printed By – Delga Press Limited
- Distributed By – WEA Records Ltd.
- Marketed By – WEA Records Ltd.
- Pressed By – WEA Records Pressing Plant, West Drayton
Credits
- Bass – Paul Gardiner
- Drums – Jess Lidyard
- Producer, Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar – Gary Numan
- Written-By – Numan*
Notes
Standard 'Beggars Banquet' black on red, paper labels that erroneously bears a '?' in the title of the B-side (though the sleeve is correct), unlike this version (which has a similar, but different misprint).
Another WEA West Drayton release, but with different label design and no B-side '?' can be found here: Are 'Friends' Electric?.
Label Notes:
Marketed By WEA Records Ltd.
Beggars Banquet / Andrew Heath Music Ltd
℗ 1979 Beggars Banquet
Sleeve Notes:
dp delga press limited
All Titles Published By Beggars Banquet / Andrew Heath Music
[A-Side] From The Album Replicas BEGA 7
© 1979. A Beggars Banquet Recording Distributed By WEA Records Ltd. A Warner Communications Company.
Release Note:
Track durations do not appear on the release.
This is the WEA, West Drayton pressing. A similar version pressed by Damont is here: Are 'Friends' Electric?.
Matrix variant 4: S-55 in the A-side deadwax is inverted and looks like S-22.
Flip-back, paper sleeve. All runouts are etched.
Another WEA West Drayton release, but with different label design and no B-side '?' can be found here: Are 'Friends' Electric?.
Label Notes:
Marketed By WEA Records Ltd.
Beggars Banquet / Andrew Heath Music Ltd
℗ 1979 Beggars Banquet
Sleeve Notes:
dp delga press limited
All Titles Published By Beggars Banquet / Andrew Heath Music
[A-Side] From The Album Replicas BEGA 7
© 1979. A Beggars Banquet Recording Distributed By WEA Records Ltd. A Warner Communications Company.
Release Note:
Track durations do not appear on the release.
This is the WEA, West Drayton pressing. A similar version pressed by Damont is here: Are 'Friends' Electric?.
Matrix variant 4: S-55 in the A-side deadwax is inverted and looks like S-22.
Flip-back, paper sleeve. All runouts are etched.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, A-side): BEG 18 A1 STRAWBERRY
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, B-side): BEG 18 B1 STRAWBERRY
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, A-side): BEG 18 A1 STRAWBERRY
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, B-side): BEG 18 B2 W-L STRAWBERRY
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 3, A-side): BEG 18 A1 2 STRAWBERRY.
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 3, B-side): BEG 18 B1 STRAWBERRY. 2
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 4, A-side): BEG 18 A1 STRAWBERRY S-55
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 4, B-side): BEG 18 B1 STRAWBERRY S-24
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 5, A-side): STRAWBERRY S-9 BEG 18 A1
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 5, B-side): S-11 BEG 18 B1 STRAWBERRY
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 6, A-side): BEG 18 A1 [underscored D] IB STRAWBERRY
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 6, B-side): BEG 18 B1 STRAWBERRY [underscored D] A [initials]
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 7, A-side): BEG 18 A1 EG STRAWBERRY.
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 7, B-side): BEG 18 B1 STRAWBERRY..
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 8, A-side): BEG 18 A1 4 A CA STRAWBERRY
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 8, B-side): BEG 18 B1 STRAWBERRY 4 BC
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 9, A-side): STRAWBERRY. S-9 BEG 18 A1 w
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 9, B-side): S-10 BEG 18 B1 STRAWBERRY
Other Versions (5 of 34)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| Are 'Friends' Electric? (12", Maxi-Single, 45 RPM) | Beggars Banquet | INT 126.501 | 1979 | ||||
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Are 'Friends' Electric? (7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo) | CNR | 144.681 | Netherlands | 1979 | ||
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Are 'Friends' Electric? (7", 45 RPM, Single, Limited Edition, Picture Disc, Stereo) | Beggars Banquet | BEG 18p | UK | 1979 | ||
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Are 'Friends' Electric? (7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo) | Beggars Banquet | INT 111.520 | 1979 | |||
| Are 'Friends' Electric? (7", 45 RPM, Promo, Stereo, Mono, SP - Specialty Pressing) | ATCO Records | 7206 | US | 1979 |
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I thought Billy Currie was in Tubeway Army. He is definitely playing the keyboard in their appearance on 'the old grey whistle test' session during 'are friends electric'. Probably never gets credit for his session work. I also saw him play electric violin for 'the Skids' in a tv appearance as well. I reckon he's the unsung hero of synth pop. Anyone know anything about this ? -
when this came out that riff was so out of this world . hearing it as a kid blew my mind and led me to a life of electronic music .
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