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Various Artists ‘Dreams To Fill The Vacuum – The Sound Of Sheffield 1978–1988’ (Cherry Red)

byCarl Griffin

Forge Masters

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Yazoo ‘Four Pieces’ (Mute) + Soft Cell ‘Keychains & Snowstorms’ (UMC)

byNeil Mason

Only you… oh, and you

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Gary Numan/Tubeway Army ‘Replicas – The First Recordings’ / Gary Numan ‘The Pleasure Principle – The First Recordings’ (Beggars Arkive)

byJeremy Allen

If the names of these two records said together are a mouthful, then spare a thought for Gary Numan, who’d wanted ‘Replicas’ to come out under his own name rather than as the follow-up to Tubeway Army’s eponymous debut.

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Fad Gadget ‘The Best Of Fad Gadget’ (Mute)

byMat Smith

Frank’s Wild Years ‘The Best Of Fad Gadget’ was originally released in 2001 to celebrate Frank Tovey bringing…

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Carter Tutti Void ‘Triumvirate’ (Conspiracy International)

byMat Smith

What happens when a third musician is introduced into an already well-established creative partnership, one forged over the best part of 40 years?

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Tangerine Dream – In Search Of Hades: The Virgin Recordings 1973-1979 (UMC/Virgin EMI)

byMark Roland

Virgin Record’s run on German electronic and avant-garde talent in the 1970s kept the UK supplied with a soundtrack of electronic manifestations of mood.

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