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Frank Tovey (08 Sep 1956 - 03 Apr 2002)

Male Person - United Kingdom

 Also known as (1)

Releases (9)

Official

Album

  1. Snakes & Ladders May 1985
  2. Civilian Jul 1988
  3. Tyranny and the Hired Hand 29 Aug 1989

Album - Compilation

  1. The Fad Gadget Singles 17 Nov 1986
  2. Fad Gadget by Frank Tovey 11 Sep 2006

Single

  1. Luxury Aug 1985
  2. Luddite Joe Apr 1986
  3. Bridge St Shuffle 25 Apr 1988
  4. Sam Hall 1989

Relationships (4)

Performs As

  1. Fad Gadget

Collaborator On

  1. Mkultra (1987)

Member Of

  1. Frank Tovey & the Pyros

Married

  1. Barbara Frost

Recordings by (57)

  1. The Cutting Edge 3:53 (May 1985)
  2. Snakes and Ladders 3:12 (May 1985)
  3. The Cutting Edge (reprise) 1:00 (May 1985)
  4. Shot in the Dark 5:51 (May 1985)
  5. Concrete 4:37 (May 1985)
  6. Luxury 4:02 (May 1985)
  7. Small World 5:18 (May 1985)
  8. Luddite Joe 3:34 (May 1985)
  9. Megalomaniac 4:21 (May 1985)
  10. Bed of Nails 4:44 (May 1985)
  11. Clean This Act Up 6:30 (May 1985)
  12. Luxury (remix) 7:00 (Aug 1985)
  13. Luxury (instrumental) 4:02 (Aug 1985)
  14. Bed of Nails (remix) 4:45 (Aug 1985)
  15. Luddite Joe (extended remix) 5:23 (Apr 1986)
  16. Clean This Act Up (extended remix) 6:21 (Apr 1986)
  17. Small World (minimal mix) 3:52 (Apr 1986)
  18. Collapsing New People 3:50 (1986)
  19. Bridge St. Shuffle (extended version) 5:58 (25 Apr 1988)
  20. Brace of Shakes 3:16 (25 Apr 1988)
  21. New Jerusalem 4:07 (Jul 1988)
  22. Ultramarine 3:20 (Jul 1988)
  23. From the City to the Isle of Dogs 3:43 (Jul 1988)
  24. Limelight / Curtains 4:09 (Jul 1988)
  25. Bridge St. Shuffle 5:46 (Jul 1988)
  26. The Brotherhood 4:53 (Jul 1988)
  27. Diana 6:03 (Jul 1988)
  28. Unknown Civilian 5:55 (Jul 1988)
  29. Desperate Dan 4:58 (Jul 1988)
  30. ’31 Depression Blues 3:20 (29 Aug 1989)
  31. Hard Times in the Cotton Mill 3:12 (29 Aug 1989)
  32. John Henry / Let Your Hammer Ring 5:02 (29 Aug 1989)
  33. The Blantyre Explosion 3:42 (29 Aug 1989)
  34. Money Cravin’ Folks 2:12 (29 Aug 1989)
  35. All I Got’s Gone 2:23 (29 Aug 1989)
  36. Midwife Song 2:26 (29 Aug 1989)
  37. Sam Hall 4:35 (29 Aug 1989)
  38. Dark as a Dungeon 3:59 (29 Aug 1989)
  39. Men of Good Fortune 4:50 (29 Aug 1989)
  40. Sixteen Tons 2:56 (29 Aug 1989)
  41. North Country Blues 4:34 (29 Aug 1989)
  42. Buffalo Skinners 4:57 (29 Aug 1989)
  43. Black Lung Song 4:26 (29 Aug 1989)
  44. Pastures of Plenty 2:32 (29 Aug 1989)
  45. Joe Hill 3:18 (29 Aug 1989)
  46. Ricky’s Hand ?:?? (1989)
  47. House of the Risin’ Sun ?:?? (1989)
  48. All That Is Mine 4:28 (1993)
  49. Bridge St Shuffle 5:45 (11 Sep 2006)
  50. A Place With the Pigs (soundtrack theatre music) 3:10 (11 Sep 2006)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. The Sheep Look Up 3:37 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982) synthesizer
  2. Under the Flag II 2:51 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982) synthesizer
  3. Wheels of Fortune 4:55 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982) synthesizer
  4. For Whom the Bells Toll 5:16 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982) synthesizer
  5. Love Parasite 5:29 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982) synthesizer
  6. Scapegoat 2:53 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982) synthesizer
  7. Life on the Line IV 3:56 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982) synthesizer
  8. Plainsong 3:53 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982) synthesizer
  9. Cipher 5:39 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982) synthesizer
  10. Under the Flag I 3:08 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982) synthesizer

Vocals

  1. Scapegoat 2:53 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982) lead vocals
  2. Wheels of Fortune 4:55 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982) lead vocals
  3. Cipher 5:39 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982) lead vocals
  4. The Sheep Look Up 3:37 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982) lead vocals
  5. Love Parasite 5:29 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982) lead vocals
  6. For Whom the Bells Toll 5:16 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982) lead vocals
  7. Life on the Line IV 3:56 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982) lead vocals
  8. Under the Flag II 2:51 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982) lead vocals
  9. Under the Flag I 3:08 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982) lead vocals
  10. Plainsong 3:53 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982) lead vocals

Remixed

  1. Collapsing New People (Berlin mix) 7:08 Fad Gadget (Jan 1984)

Produced

  1. Back to Nature 5:48 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1979)
  2. The Box 4:14 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1979)
  3. Ricky’s Hand 4:07 Fad Gadget (01 Feb 1980)
  4. 4M 3:03 Fad Gadget (01 Aug 1982)
  5. Life on the Line 3:54 Fad Gadget (01 Aug 1982)
  6. Wheels of Fortune 4:55 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982)
  7. Under the Flag I 3:08 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982)
  8. The Sheep Look Up 3:37 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982)
  9. Under the Flag II 2:51 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982)
  10. Cipher 5:39 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982)
  11. Love Parasite 5:29 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982)
  12. Life on the Line IV 3:56 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982)
  13. Scapegoat 2:53 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982)
  14. Plainsong 3:53 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982)
  15. For Whom the Bells Toll 5:16 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982)
  16. I Discover Love 3:43 Fad Gadget (Oct 1983)

Programming

  1. Life on the Line IV 3:56 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982)
  2. Plainsong 3:53 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982)
  3. Love Parasite 5:29 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982)
  4. Scapegoat 2:53 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982)
  5. Under the Flag II 2:51 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982)
  6. The Sheep Look Up 3:37 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982)
  7. Cipher 5:39 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982)
  8. Under the Flag I 3:08 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982)
  9. Wheels of Fortune 4:55 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982)
  10. For Whom the Bells Toll 5:16 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1982)

Recording Engineer For

  1. Insecticide 3:04 Fad Gadget (01 Jun 1980)
  2. Fireside Favourite 4:07 Fad Gadget (01 Jun 1980)
  3. Lady Shave 5:41 Fad Gadget (Mar 1981)

Credited as (3)

  1. Frank Tovey
  2. Boyd Rice & Frank Tovey
  3. Boyd Rice / Frank Tovey

Works (55)

Wrote

  1. Make Room
  2. Lady Shave
  3. Incontinent
  4. King of the Flies
  5. Swallow It
  6. Collapsing New People
  7. Saturday Night Special
  8. State of the Nation
  9. Sleep
  10. Luxury
  11. One Man’s Meat
  12. Fireside Favourite
  13. The Box
  14. Insecticide
  15. Innocent Bystander
  16. Coitus Interruptus
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Composed

  1. Extraction 2
  2. Extraction 3
  3. Extraction 4
  4. Extraction 10
  5. Extraction 5
  6. Extraction 6
  7. Extraction 7
  8. Extraction 8
  9. Extraction 9
  10. Extraction 12
  11. Extraction 1
  12. Back to Nature
  13. Under the Flag I
  14. Scapegoat
  15. Love Parasite
  16. Plainsong
  17. Wheels of Fortune
  18. Life on the Line IV
  19. The Sheep Look Up
  20. Cipher
  21. For Whom the Bells Toll
  22. Under the Flag II
  23. Blind Eyes
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Lyrics

  1. Ad nauseam
  2. Blind Eyes
  3. Back to Nature
  4. Under the Flag I
  5. Scapegoat
  6. Love Parasite
  7. Plainsong
  8. Wheels of Fortune
  9. Life on the Line IV
  10. The Sheep Look Up
  11. Cipher
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Links (12)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.fadgadget.co.uk/

Other Databases

  1. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no98017526
  2. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13970794p
  3. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134380347
  4. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98017526

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/95570

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/27963

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000790078

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2917146/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/203949

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1444339

Fan Pages

  1. http://www.franktovey.de/