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#1
10-23-2003, 06:08 PM
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Ok, it's rare, but someone help me out - what the heck is this thing??
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...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!! >8^) ER 
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10-23-2003, 06:43 PM
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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.
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10-23-2003, 06:53 PM
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Re: Ok, it's rare, but someone help me out - what the heck is this thing??
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.
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10-23-2003, 07:04 PM
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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.  >8^) ER
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10-23-2003, 08:39 PM
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Re: Ok, it's rare, but someone help me out - what the heck is this thing??
do you have an interest in bidding on that thing?
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10-23-2003, 08:47 PM
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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.  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 >8^) ER
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10-23-2003, 10:15 PM
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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
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#8
10-23-2003, 10:23 PM
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if thats a cd how can it fit in a cd player....?
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10-24-2003, 03:06 AM
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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
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10-24-2003, 07:46 AM
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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)
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