Fad Gadget By Frank Tovey

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...is the final title for the Frank Tovey retrospective on Mute, which now clocks in at two DVDs and two CDs. The press release breaks down the tracklistings, with DVD 1 covering the new documentary, TV appearances and videos, DVD 2 a massive amount of live performances, and the two CDs a pretty wide range of singles, rarities, the a-side of the Mkultra single, one of the tracks from the Boyd Rice collaboration, etc. Only six tracks are duplicated from the Best of Fad Gadget release- "The Box" and the fan-selected "top 5" Fad Gadget tracks ("Back to Nature," "Ricky's Hand," "Ladyshave," "Collapsing New People" and "Love Parasite.")

Thoughts?

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Friday, 4 August 2006 04:03 (nineteen years ago)

it'd be nice to see the live footage as the vhs copies are wearing thin on the ground.

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Friday, 4 August 2006 07:34 (nineteen years ago)

awesome!

― chaki (chaki), Friday, 4 August 2006 18:57 (nineteen years ago)

I misread the thread title as fap gadget. I've obviously been spending way toom much time lurking hereabouts

― winter testing (winter testing), Friday, 4 August 2006 19:19 (nineteen years ago)

I was wondering about this thing but hearing that the track duplication will be fairly minimal already makes me happy.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 4 August 2006 19:20 (nineteen years ago)

Really, the only video content it's missing (that I know of) is the video for Silicon Teens' "Memphis, Tennessee."

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Friday, 4 August 2006 19:35 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

just watched the dvd and thoroughly enjoyed every second of it. his daughter did a great job.

― stirmonster (stirmonster), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 17:18 (nineteen years ago)

two years pass...

Finally got around to watching the documentary last night -- really enjoyable, and you get a sense that he was both creatively restless in a good way as well as somebody who was enjoying his career reboost in 2001 and 2002 with the new round of shows and Temple X as the backing band. Damn shame he died, hell of a legacy to leave though.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 17 October 2008 15:00 (seventeen years ago)

fifteen years pass...

why does ilm hate Fad Gadget? your loss losers

used to think Back To Nature was my favourite but these days I'm more Collapsing New People

― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 13 July 2024 03:32 (one year ago)

Hate? WTF...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgmeu4JhuEw

― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 13 July 2024 04:36 (one year ago)

I love Frank, got all his work! His solo work is totally slept on.

Such a pity he died young.

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 13 July 2024 16:32 (one year ago)

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