http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2567146873&category=29789

I've seen it on Ebay multiple times over the past few years. I have no idea what it is, who Gary Numan is, or why anyone would want to own it.

Someone please enlighten me - Thanks!!

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ER

Allow me. Gary Numan is a British atrist who was big in the 80s. His records were kinda electronic meets rock. Anyway, his biggest hit was Cars ("here in my car, i feel safest of all...."). This item is a merely a promotional re-release of that single on a novelty shaped vinyl LP to promote a tour. I'm suprised you haven't heard of him cos i thought he manged to crack the Us market. If you've got GTA Vice City go listen to Wave FM cos "Cars" plays on that station.

Oooooohhh, a record in the shape of the clinic car. That would be a collectors item.
Numan is considered a one hit wonder, he is one of the first people ever to use a synthesizer and that started a whole craze.

Ahhh - thank you very much. I'm not into music at all so if he is known in the US, it wouldn't have crossed my radar. I did actually think this was some kind of record, but couldn't be positive.

Another great mystery solved here in the McLaren F1 forum. :lol:

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ER

do you have an interest in bidding on that thing?

No not at all actually - I just wanted to know what it was.

If you look at the auciton closely, you'll notice it's not a standard auction at all. It's a dutch auction with multiple units (15) of the same item available. There is a "Buy it Now" price of 4.00£, so anyone willing to pay that price can get one until they are all gone. :cool:

Note the additional 5.00£ price for shipping and handling to the US. That should put it in your hands for just over $15 USD.

BTW: I didn't even notice the Ebay category until just now - I could have saved us from all of this:

Listed in category: Music > CDs, Records and Tapes > Records > 45 RPM > Picture


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ER

Just to add a bit of trivia - Gary Numan was a bit of a car fan as well. I remember he used to have a Ferrari 512BB back in the '80s when he was rolling in popularity. He's actually still recording and performing, but not at the height he used to.

Cheers,

Tom

if thats a cd how can it fit in a cd player....?

It's a record actually - I assume it's smaller than a full sized LP, so it will fit on top of a turntable without the edges sticking off the sides.

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ER

from memory its a single, which allows the "shaped" edges to extend to Album size without causing any playing problems (assuming you have a record player of course!)also theres a Goodyear CD with "driving tracks" which had the same clinic car on the front.

Gary Numan is still going strong today and has a massive fan base, certainly not a one hit wonder at all. Think of Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode and some where in the middle you have Mr Numan

He's mad for cars and helicopters and has a collection of both

What I meant is that he is a one hit wonder in the USA. He was on VH1's top 100 one hit wonders (the maca rena was #1 if you were wondering)

Alot of his songs are sampled by current artists so you've prpbably heard his music without realising it. Last i heard he had a TVR Cerbera, a helicopter and a Lotus Esprit.