![]() ![]() Additionally, a tasteful documentary has been assembled for the first DVD in the set, including interviews from friends like Boyd Rice, photographer Anton Corbijn, members of Depeche Mode (who used to open for Fad Gadget), journalists, band members, Mute's aging founder Daniel Miller, and numerous words from Frank Tovey himself over the years as well as clips from live performances and music videos. Mute Records and Frank Tovey's family have dug relatively deep to unearth the material for this set, including the audio demos dating back to 1979 and a handful of live performances for the second DVD. More importantly, it also serves as an audio and visual testament to the man whose late '70s/early '80s combination of electronics and violence in a pop setting was unparallelled, beyond its time, uncompromising, hazardous, and directly or indirectly influenced nearly every one of the most popular electronic acts of the last quarter century. It is a perfect companion to any Fad Gadget/Frank Tovey fan's collection as it has very little overlap with in-print releases and compilations. ![]() This 2xCD+2xDVD collection easily rivals the This Heat box as my fave boxed collection of vault material released this year. ![]()
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