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Ultravox frontman Midge Ure is to release his own photobook, in a picture frame, which captures the beginning of Ultravox’s chart topping ascent and throughout their period as a hugely successful band, on locations around the world for video shoots, as well as well-known fellow musicians, artists and friends.
Ure first purchased a Canon A1 camera in 1980 and took it everywhere with him documenting the rise of Ultravox, whether this be in the studio, on tour, directing promotional videos for Ultravox and other bands (Phil Lynott, Fun Boy Three, Bananarama), road trips and more.
These trips include photos taken in Isle of Lewis, Berlin and Cologne, Germany (in Conny Plank’s studio and featuring the producer and Can’s Holger Czukay); Tokyo, Japan; Austria on the Vienna video shoot (featuring video director Anton Corbijn and visiting Record Mirror reporter, Paula Yates); Montserrat (with Peter Saville and Heaven 17’s Glenn Gregory); California; Egypt (with Japan’s Mick Karn); New York; Air Studios, London & Montserrat (feat. George Martin); on a Royal Mail aeroplane with Spandau Ballet, as well as Steve Strange on the set of Midge’s other band, Visages’ video shoot.
The results are a fascinating travelogue of a working musician, with a gift for capturing the naturalism of places and his subjects. Every photograph has been carefully scanned and re-touched from the original negatives to produce the images in their glorious best and every element of this book will be produced to the highest specification.
The hardback, 240-page in a picture frame will be published by Ure on November 18.
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- Ultravox - The Collection - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.30, €11.60 (New Item) (arrived 24-Jun-2022 11:37)on June 27, 2022 at 9:59 pm
ULTRAVOX The Collection (1984 UK 14-track vinyl compilation LP featuring a selection of their classic hits including Vienna, Reap The Wild Wind, Dancing With Tears In My Eyes & more. The picture sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear and thevinyl remains in excellent condition UTV1)
- Midge Ure - If I Was - UK - 12" vinyl - £10.00, $12.30, €11.60 (New Item) (arrived 09-May-2022 10:26)on June 27, 2022 at 9:59 pm
MIDGE URE If I Was (1985 UK 3-track 12" single featuring Extended Mix [with Mark King on bass guitar] plus includes Piano and a cover version of David Bowie's The Man Who Sold The World, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal wear and the vinyl looks barely played UREX1)
- Midge Ure - Wastelands - UK - 12" vinyl - £8.99, $11.06, €10.43 (New Item) (arrived 10-Mar-2022 14:26)on June 27, 2022 at 9:59 pm
MIDGE URE Wastelands (1986 UK 3-track 12" vinyl single, features Extended Mix, No Regrets and The Chieftan/The Dancer, glossy picture sleeve UREX3)
- Ultravox - We Came To Dance - UK - 12" vinyl - £8.00, $9.84, €9.28 (New Item) (arrived 16-Mar-2022 14:55)on June 27, 2022 at 9:59 pm
ULTRAVOX We Came To Dance (1983 UK 12" single also includes Overlook, within a glossy picture sleeve designed by Peter Saville Associates. The sleeve displays only light wear and the vinyl has only light signs of play VOXX-1)
- Ultravox - Set Movements 1984 + Ticket Stub - UK - tour programme - £25.00, $30.75, €29.00 (New Item) (arrived 10-Apr-2022 14:54)on June 27, 2022 at 9:59 pm
ULTRAVOX Set Movements 1984 (Superb UK 28-page 12" x 12" tour programme packed with plenty of colour photographs & lyrics, black titled front cover. There is also a ticket stub inside the cover for a show at the Odeon Theatre, Birmingham, on May 31st 1984)
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