Cedric Sharpley - Denis Haines - Rrussell Bell - Chris
Payne
Chris Payne - Cedric Sharpley - Rrussell Bell
Singles
Ex Luna Scientia
Rocket Record Co.
1981 (May)
(Haines/Bell/Sharpley/Payne)
Produced by Dramatis/Simon Heyworth
7" Ex Luna Scientia / Lady D. J. (XPRES 53)
12" Ex Luna Scientia / Lady D. J. (XPRES 53-12)
- Songs on 12" are slightly longer
Love Needs No Disguise
Beggars Banquet
1981
(Haines/Payne/Sharpley/Bell)
Produced by Dramatis/Simon Heyworth
7" Love Needs No Disguise / Take Me Home (Beg 68)
12" Love Needs No Disguise / Take Me Home / Face To Face (Beg 68(T))
Highest UK chart positon - 33
Oh Twenty Twenty Five
Rocket Record Co.
1981 (August)
7" Oh Twenty Twenty Five / The Curtain (XPRES61)
12"
Oh Twenty Twenty Five / The Curtain (XPRES61-12)
No-One Lives Forever
Rocket Record Co.
1981 (September)
(Bell/Haines/Payne/Sharpley)
Produced by Dramatis/Simon Heyworth
" No-One Lives Forever / For Future Reference (XPRES 63)
12" No-One Lives Forever (Remixed Long Version) / For Future Reference,
Take Me Home (XPRES 63-12)
- For Future Reference is a sample of Turn, I Only Find Rewind, On
Reflection, Human Sacrifice
Face on the Wall
Rocket Record Co.
1982 (February)
7" Face on the Wall / Pomp and Stomp and
Stamp (XPRES69)
12"
Face on the Wall / Pomp and Stomp and
Stamp (XPRES69-12)
The Shame
Rocket Record Co.
1982 (May)
(Bell/Payne/Sharpley)
Produced by Dramatis
7" The Shame / I Only Find Rewind (XPRES 79)
12" The Shame (Dance Party Mix) / I Only Find Rewind (XPRES 79-12)
I Can See Her Now
Rocket Record Co.
1982 (November)
(Bell/Payne/Sharpley)
Produced by John Punter
7" I Can See Her Now / One Step Ahead (XPRES 83)
12" I Can See Her Now (Extended) / One Step Ahead (XPRES 83-12)
Album
For Future Reference
Rocket Record Co.
Train 18
1981
Side 1 - Oh! 2025, Human Sacrifice, I Only Find Rewind, No-one Lives Forever,
Love Needs No Disguise
Side 2 - Turn, Take Me Home, On Reflection, Ex Luna Scientia
Recorded at Ridge Farm Studios
Engineered by Simon Heyworth and Simon Smart
Produced by Dramatis/Simon Heyworth
for the Songwriters Workshop Ltd.
All titles written and arranged by Dramatis
A CD copy of the album is available - apparently partly remixed and going
under all titles possible - Tubeway Army (which they were not actually part
of), Gary Numan and Dramatis. My copy is on order and I willput more
info up when it arrives.
Realeased: August 15, 2000
Label: Dressed to Kill
Catalog:#457
Found this little quote by Rrussell in an online chatroom (www.flork.com):
"Gary retired for a period after the '82 Wembley gigs so we, as his band
had some time on our hands. We signed a deal with Elton John's company,
Rocket Records and recorded an album called 'For Future Reference'. Gary
popped down to visit us at Ridge Farm studios and liked a track we had just
recorded called 'Love Needs No Disguise'. Ironically, the lyrics I wrote
for the song were about the time we had spent touring with Gary. It wasn't
really a Gary Numan project but it probably wouldn't have been signed if
we hadn't been his band. I've heard about CD copies of this album being sold.
However, no-one has ever contacted me to ask permission for this and I would
love to know who has the masters for the album. Still, I hope you enjoy it
and continue to support Gary in all his ongoing projects."
I know a time called then
When we were only men
And to be alive
Just meant you hadn't died
Time can't erase
Heartbeats
Out of phase
And your empty eyes
Don't seem to want to realise
Oh! 2025
When we were still alive
Oh! 2025
When we were only simple men
And in the automat
!!!
And that was that
We didn't mess with time
Knock things out of line
Oh! 2025
When we were still alive
Oh! 2025
When we were only simple men
And in the dreamless night
I pulse
Out of sight
Am I the only man
No part of any plan
Before the age of clean
Before the power screen
Before the maser beam
Before my world was only me
Oh we were young and free
You can't alter me
So now you keep me here
Is this law
Or is it fear
Oh! 2025
When we were still alive
Oh! 2025
When we were only simple men
Human Sacrifice
Communication
Screaming telephones
Modern living
In the urban terror zone
Advertising
Neo-honesty
Office androids
Tell you how you ought to be
Human sacrifice
A savage emblem
A token of the times
The pen is mightier
Than any social crime
No blade of passion
In this suicidal game
Just felt-tip talons
Tearing at your name
Human sacrifice
Situations
Tribal genocide
Dark streets like open wounds
Where Malakovsky died
They're selling madness
To stimulate the sane
The media razor falls
On the writhing social vein
Human sacrifice
I Only Find Rewind
Days
Fading into years
Ticking off the time
Clocking up the fears
Every time
I try to find
The button labeled play
I only find rewind
I only find rewind
Sighs
That echo in the night
The darkness in your mind
That's searching for a light
Even now
When life is so unkind
I never lose control
I only find rewind
I only find rewind
It's the same every day
Life is slipping away
Rewinding - Rewinding again
Frames
Exposures in the night
A 2D memory
A subtle parasite
Deja vu
A thin dividing line
I never see the door
I only find rewind
I only find rewind
It's the same every day
Life is slipping away
Rewinding - Rewinding again
No-one Lives Forever
The radiation age
Immortality
No-one lives forever
But I though life was ending far too soon
No-one lives forever
That's why I'm alive in my cocoon
Arise the thin-ice boys
H.P. energy
No-one lives forever
But I though life was ending far too soon
No-one lives forever
That's why I'm alive in my cocoon
Spare part surgery
False security
No-one lives forever
But I though life was ending far too soon
No-one lives forever
That's why I'm alive in my cocoon
The sounds of thinking metal
We used to call him mother wouldn't you
No-one lives forever
There's no more room for you in my cocoon
Love Needs No Disguise
She dances
He watches
She sighs
Remember
Love needs no disguise
In motion
That cannot deny
She's saying
Love needs no disguise
And if the park gates are closed
Remember we toured the skies
And if the 'friends' all go home
You know love needs no disguise
He dances
And we realized
Remember
Love needs no disguise
In simple embraces
They lie
In darkness
Love needs no disguise
And we can lock all the doors
Forget the reasons and fame
There's no deceiving inside
You know we'll all be the same
And if the park gates are closed
Remember we toured the skies
And if the 'friends' all go home
You know love needs no disguise
Turn
Watch you waiting on my life now
Turn turn
I couldn't give a damn
See my smile upon your face now
Turn turn
You couldn't keep your eyes off me
He only wants you for an evening
Turn turn
I'll take you for my own
Can't you see through his deceiving
Turn turn
Don't let him take you home tonight
Which direction can you take for to
Turn turn
Will surely bring you here
Watch my perfect silhouette oh
Turn turn
Another cigarette or two
You call that company aroudn you
Turn turn
They couldn't give a damn
I see the sadness in her eyes now
Turn turn
She looks a lot like me
Take Me Home
Take me home
Take me home
On Reflection
And on reflection
I thought I knew you
But as they all say
You always lose
You find the right face
In every street cafe
I though I knew the score
But I was wrong again
And when old friends
All seem ex-directory
And when friendship
Seems harder to dial
Then sometimes
Like a 'B' movie ending
I see life
As a series of old cliches
She had the perfect smile
Oh I can see her now
In every movie ad
And every back street bar
I was enchanted
In every single way
She kept the key but she
Didn't want to stay
Do you remember
When we were oh so young
We saw no end to time
Our love could never die
Now I'm an old man
Too old for crazy games
But I'll still dream of you
Until your image fades
Ex Luna Scientia
N.A.S.A.
Ex luna scientia
Ebon arc afire
Grey moon below
Deepening the shadowed earthly glow
Exploration for the sake of man
Carving knowledge
From this ancient land
N.A.S.A.
Ex luna scientia
Questing eyes surveying ethers' orb
Lovers seeking knowledge in the night
Whispering the lunar tides of dawn
Answering in irridescent light
