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|Name = Midge Ure |
[[Image:CaptMruk recce Soviet Aug1944 Rad-Kie.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Mixed reconnaissance patrol of the Polish [[Home Army]] and the Soviet [[Red Army]] during [[Operation Tempest]], 1944]]
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|Birth_name = James Ure |
|Alias = James Ure, Midge Ure
|Born = {{Birth date and age|1953|10|10|df=y}} |
|Origin = [[Cambuslang]], [[Lanarkshire]], [[Scotland]] |
|Genre = [[Glam rock]], [[soft rock]], [[punk rock]], [[hard rock]], [[synthpop]], [[new romantic]], [[New Wave music|New Wave]] |
|Occupation = [[singer]], [[guitar]]ist, [[Record producer|producer]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard player]]
|Years_active = 1972 – present
|Instrument = [[Singing]], [[guitar]], [[keyboards]], [[synthethizer]]
|Notable_instruments = Yamaha SG 2000 (guitar)
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'''Midge Ure''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born '''James Ure''', [[10 October]] [[1953]], [[Cambuslang]], [[Lanarkshire]], [[Scotland]]) is a pop guitarist, singer, [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard player]], and songwriter. He had particular success in the 1970s and 1980s, most notably with the band [[Ultravox]]. His stage name, Midge, is a [[phonetic reversal]] of his real name, Jim.


'''Reconnaissance''' (also ''scouting'') is a military and medical term denoting exploration conducted to gain information. Militarily, it's shorthand Australian, Canadian, and British form is ''recce'' ({{pronEng|ˈrɛki}}), its American U.S.A. and [[U.S.M.C.]] usage form is ''recon'' ({{pronEng|ˈriːkɒn}}). The associated, linguistic forms are the verb ''reconnoitre'' in British spelling, and ''reconnoiter'' in American spelling; informally, ''recce'' and ''recon'' are used as a verb.
==Career==
===Early years===
Born to a working-class family, he attended [[Rutherglen Academy]], in Glasgow, until he was 15 years old. After leaving school, Ure began to work as engineer and to playing music in a Glasgow band called Stumble.


Militarily, ''reconnaissance'' is the active seeking to determine a foe's intentions by collecting and gathering information about an enemy's composition and capabilities along with pertinent environmental conditions, via direct observation, usually by scouts or military intelligence soldiers especially trained in critical surveillance.
===Salvation and Slik===
In 1972, he joined a band called Salvation, formed in Glasgow in 1970 by the brothers [[Kevin McGinlay|Kevin]] (voice) and [[Jim McGinlay]] (bass guitar). The problem was there were two members called "Jim" (Ure and McGinlay), so Kevin McGinlay decided to turn Ure's name backwards to "Midge". Ure became to name himself in the music scene as Midge Ure.<ref>[http://www.kevinmcginlay.com/kevin_early.html Kevin McGinlay Salvation]</ref> In those days, the band were the house band playing mostly covers in Glasgow disco Clouds (above [[Green’s Playhouse]]), where all major bands played when they came to the city. Midge played guitar.


Reconnaissance is part of [[Military intelligence|combat intelligence]], and contributes to, and is managed by, the government-level [[intelligence cycle management]]. Compare to [[counterintelligence]] and [[surveillance]], which are the passive gathering of data and information. [[Special reconnaissance]] is the reconnaissance sub-activity of clandestinely collecting data and information by people and with technology behind enemy lines.
[[Image:Midge Ure in Slik.jpg|thumb|left|Midge Ure in Slik during a Top Of The Pops presentation, 1976]]


Civil uses of the term ''reconnaissance'' occur in [[geology]], the "examination or survey of the general geological characteristics of a region", <ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Reconnaissance Definitions from Dictionary.com]</ref> and in computer networking and security it is an "exploration or enumeration of network infrastructure including network addresses, available communication ports, and available services."
But in April 1974, Kevin McGinlay left to pursue a solo career<ref>[http://www.kevinmcginlay.com/kevin_early.html Kevin McGinlay Salvation]</ref>, so Ure became the vocalist without leave the guitarist place. In November 1974, Salvation began to be [[Slik]]. In 1975, the band began to trust in [[Bill Martin]] and [[Phil Coulter]], who wrote their songs. By those days, he turned down an offer to be the lead singer of the [[Sex Pistols]]<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/rockingscots/pip/archive/ Midge Ure on Rocking Scots Radio 4 12th May 2007]</ref>.


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Although Slik were rising in popularity in early 1976, it was in its low point at the end of the year, because punk rock began to attract the youth and the music press. In early 1977, Slik were still releasing their last songs, when Jim McGinlay decided to quit the band, being replaced by [[Russell Webb (musician)|Russell Webb]].


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===Punk days: PVC2 and The Rich Kids===
When Slik had not hope for their popularity as a boy-band, they finished their contract with Martin and Coulter. After a number of gigs through Europe, they decided to change their style to punk and their name to [[PVC2]]. Ure only released with them the "Put You In The Picture" single by mid-1977, and departed in September, joning [[The Rich Kids]] (with then-former Sex Pistol [[Glen Matlock]]) in October.


==References==
[[Image:Ure_Rich Kids.jpg|thumb|Midge Ure during The Rich Kids days, playing the keyboards]]


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He knew Matlock, who called him to form part of the band in early 1977, but he rejected, to continue with PVC2, but chose to join Matlock after leaving them. He was the main vocalist, although Matlock also sang some songs. However, the bad commercial sellings led to the split of the band in December 1978, although it was announced in mid-1979. During his sojourn with Rich Kids, Ure began to interest in keyboards and synthethizer, and befriended band's drummer
[[Rusty Egan]], who also shared with him interests for the electronic music. Both formed in March 1979 a very short-lived band called [[The Misfits (UK band)|The Misfits]] (not to confuse with the [[The Misfits|american hardcore band]]).


===Thin Lizzy===
== See also ==
With The Rich Kids and The Misfits finished, Ure joined [[Thin Lizzy]] in July 1979, replacing [[Gary Moore]]. But Ure knew Lynnot, some years ago, and wrote along him [[Get Out Of Here|"Get Out Of Here"]], a song for the album [[Black Rose: A Rock Legend|Black Rose]]. He played in a compilation called ''[[The Continuing Saga of the Ageing Orphans]]'' (also released in 1979) and toured with the band in America and Japan. In 1980, in the second part of the tour he switched to keyboards, being replaced by [[Snowy White]] as guitarist. After the tour, he left the band to concentrate in [[Ultravox]] and [[Visage]] (see below), but continued to collaborate sometimes with their leader [[Phil Lynnot]].


* [[Formation Reconnaissance Regiment]]
===Visage, Ultravox and another contributions===
* [[Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance]]
Still with The Rich Kids, Ure and Egan formed, along lead vocalist [[Steve Strange]], a synthpop project called [[Visage]], in 1978. The trio released in that year a song called [[In The Year 2525]]. In 1979, after playing with The Rich Kids and Thin Lizzy, he returned to work with a more grown line-up, comprised by [[Magazine (band)|Magazine]] members [[Dave Formula]], [[John McGeoch]] and [[Barry Adamson]], and [[Ultravox]] keyboardist [[Billy Currie]]. Ure and Currie befriended in this line-up, and the latter was member of the synthpop band Ultravox, which lacked lead singer ([[John Foxx]] left early the year to pursue a solo career) and guitarist ([[Robin Simon]] also left, shortly before Foxx went solo). Ure decided to help Currie in Ultravox, joining April of the same year as singer and guitarist, after being examined by the bandmembers of that band.
* [[Special Reconnaissance Regiment]]

* [http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A6rlig_St%C3%B8tte_og_Rekognoscering Særlig Støtte og Rekognoscering SSR - Special Support & Reconnaissance Coy (Danish)]
Although, he joined Ultravox, also had another music recordings and performances during 1979: He was touring with Thin Lizzy, recording along Currie the single ''[[Tar (song)|Tar]]'' in Visage, and doing some records with punk band [[The Skids]]. However, he reunited with Ultravox, doing a tour in USA late the year; they wrote a number of songs wich were included in their album the next year.
* [[U.S. Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance]]

* [[Radio Reconnaissance Platoon|U.S. Marine Corps Radio Reconnaissance]]
Shortly afterwards, they had a huge UK hit with "[[Vienna (Ultravox song)|Vienna]]", and became one of Britain's top bands for several years. Later that year, Ure also formed the band [[Visage]] with [[Steve Strange]] and fellow former Rich Kid [[Rusty Egan]]. The following year, Ure and Thin Lizzy leader [[Phil Lynott]] co-wrote Lynott's biggest solo hit, "Yellow Pearl". A re-recording of the song done in 1981 was used as the theme for ''[[Top of the Pops]]''.
* U.S. Army [[Long Range Surveillance]]

* [[Joint Functional Component Command for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance]]
Midge also worked as a producer for other artists, including [[Steve Harley]], [[The Skids]], and New Wave group [[STRASSE]].
* [[The South Alberta Light Horse]]

* [[The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC)]]
In 1984, Ure co-wrote with [[Bob Geldof]] and produced the [[Band Aid (band)|Band Aid]] hit, "[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]]". He and Geldof jointly set up the Band Aid Trust and he remains active as a Band Aid Trustee to this day. He was also the co-organiser of Live Aid. The following year [[Ultravox]] disbanded and saw Ure score his one and only solo UK number one single with "If I Was". This was followed by the solo album ''The Gift''. He released the non-album single "Call Of The Wild" in 1986, which reached #27 in the charts.
* [[The Ontario Regiment (RCAC)]]

* [[United States Cavalry]]
===Solo career===
* [[Surveillance aircraft]]

* [[Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group]]
After members of Ultravox went their separate ways, Ure pursued a solo career which included the international hit, 'Breathe,' also used in a Swatch TV ad campaign.
* [[Rogers' Rangers]]

* [[Traditional Apache scout]]s and [[U.S. Army Indian Scouts]]
In 2005 he organised [[Live 8]] concerts with [[Bob Geldof]] with the aim of pressing [[G8]] leaders into taking action to end world poverty. Later that year he was made an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) for services to music and charity.
* [[Pathfinders (military)|Airborne pathfinders]]

* [[Reconnaissance Corps]]
Ure received three honorary degrees in recent years. He was made an Honorary [[Doctor of Arts]] in 2005 by the [[University of Abertay Dundee]] for his artistic and charity work over the past 30 years.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4335884.stm Midge Ure given honorary degree, 12 October 2005]</ref> He was made a [[Doctor of Music]] by [[University of Edinburgh]] in 2006.<ref>[http://news.scotsman.com/education.cfm?id=313902006 Midge Ure in line for great big honour from university, 1 March 2006]</ref> In 2007 Ure received his third honorary doctorate from the [[University of Paisley]] for his contribution to Scottish culture and charity work.<ref>[http://news.scotsman.com/music.cfm?id=995212007 Third degree for Scots singer Midge Ure, 26 June 2007]</ref>
* 4th Reconnaissance Regiment ([[4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards]])

* [[7th Reconnaissance Regiment (17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars)]]
He is an Ambassador for [[Save the Children]] and in recent years has gone back to [[Ethiopia]] and visited [[Sierra Leone]] in that capacity.
* [[8th Reconnaissance Regiment (14th Canadian Hussars)]]

* 3rd Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment ([[The Governor General%27s Horse Guards]])
Ure continues to perform his own songs, along with popular Ultravox songs, in [[concert]]s both solo, acoustic and with a band. In 2007 the single "Personal Heaven", credited to Midge Ure & [[X-perience]] was released in [[Germany]].
* 29th Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment ([[The South Alberta Regiment]])

==Personal life==
Ure resides in the village of [[Southstoke]] near the city of [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]].

Ure has been married twice: to actress and writer [[Annabel Giles]] (with whom he has one daughter, [[Molly Lorenne|Molly]]) and to Sheridan Forbes (with whom he has three daughters, Kitty, Ruby and Flossie).

His daughter Molly has followed her father into the music industry, as the [[guitarist]] and [[vocalist]] of pop punk band [[The Faders]], who split in July 2006. She is now pursuing a solo career.

Ure's two main passions are music and cooking. He was able to indulge the second of these in the 2007 ''[[Masterchef|Celebrity Masterchef]]'' series, easily winning his heat and progressing to the final on 15 June, alongside [[Nadia Sawalha]] and [[Craig Revel Horwood]]. Although all three competitors greatly impressed the judges, the trophy was won by Sawalha.

==Solo discography==
===Albums===
*1985 ''[[The Gift (Midge Ure album)|The Gift]]'' (#2 [[UK Albums Chart]])
*1988 ''[[Answers to Nothing]]'' (#30 [[UK Albums Chart]], #88 [[Billboard 200]])
*1989 ''[[Come the Day]]'' ([[Class of 1999 soundtrack]])
*1991 ''Pure'' (#36 [[UK Albums Chart]])
*1996 ''Breathe''
*2000 ''Went to Coney Island'' ([[soundtrack]])
*2001 ''Move Me''
*2001 ''Little Orphans''
*2006 ''Duet'' - Midge Ure and [[Troy Donockley]]
*2008 ''10''

===Other Albums===
*1991 ''Live In Concert'' ([[live album]])
*1993 ''If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox'' ([[compilation album]]) (#10 [[UK Albums Chart]])
*2000 ''No Regrets: The Best of Midge Ure'' (compilation)
*2001 ''A Glorious Noise - Breathe Live'' (live album)
*2002 ''One Night in Scotland'' (live album)
*2002 ''Intimate Moments April 12th - 22nd 2002'' (a collection of songs and musings recorded on tour in 2002)
*2003 ''Once Upon a Time in America'' ([[Compact disc|CD]] & [[DVD]])
*2004 ''Septemberfest'' (live album)
*2005 ''Re-Live'' (live album)
*2006 ''Move Me'' (expanded) (double CD)

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left" valign="top" |Single
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|Year
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|<small>[[UK Singles Chart]]</small>
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|<small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US Hot 100]]</small>
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|<small>[[Modern Rock Tracks chart|US Modern Rock]]</small>
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|<small>[[Mainstream Rock Tracks chart|US Main- stream Rock]]</small>
!align="center" valign="top" |Album
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|''[[No Regrets (Tom Rush song)|No Regrets]]''
|align="center" valign="top"|1982
|align="center" valign="top"|9
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="left" valign="top"|''
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|''After A Fashion'' (with Mick Karn)
|align="center" valign="top"|1983
|align="center" valign="top"|39
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="left" valign="top"|''
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|''[[If I Was]]''
|align="center" valign="top" rowspan="2"|1985
|align="center" valign="top"|1
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="left" valign="top" rowspan="3"|''The Gift''
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|''That Certain Smile''
|align="center" valign="top"|28
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|''Wastelands''
|align="center" valign="top" rowspan="2"|1986
|align="center" valign="top"|46
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|''Call Of The Wild''
|align="center" valign="top"|27
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="left" valign="top"|''
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|''Answers to Nothing''
|align="center" valign="top" rowspan="2"|1989
|align="center" valign="top"|49
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|26
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="left" valign="top" rowspan="2"|''Answers to Nothing''
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|''Dear God''
|align="center" valign="top"|55
|align="center" valign="top"|95
|align="center" valign="top"|4
|align="center" valign="top"|6
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|''Cold, Cold Heart''
|align="center" valign="top" rowspan="2"|1991
|align="center" valign="top"|17
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|12
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="left" valign="top" rowspan="2"|''Pure''
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|''I See Hope (In The Morning Light)''
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|''Breathe''
|align="center" valign="top" rowspan="2"|1996
|align="center" valign="top"|70
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="left" valign="top" rowspan="2"|''Breathe''
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|''Guns And Arrows''
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|''You Move Me''
|align="center" valign="top" rowspan="2"|2001
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="left" valign="top" rowspan="2"|''Move Me''
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|''Beneath A Spielberg Sky''
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
== External links ==
{{Wiktionary}}
*[http://www.midgeure.com Official website]
*[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Midge+Ure Midge Ure discography] @ [[Discogs.com]]
* [http://www.isayeret.com Israeli Special Forces Recon Units at isayeret.com]
* U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission: "Military Use of Balloons During the Napoleonic Era". [http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Lighter_than_air/Napoleon's_wars/LTA3.htm Accessed April 1, 2007].
*[http://studioroberts.sweb.cz/uvox.htm Listings of all Ultravox albums and music sampler]
* [http://www.RC135.com "A Tale of Two Airplanes"] by Ltc. Kingdon R. Hawes


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For Network reconnaissance (computer security), see Vulnerability scanner.
Mixed reconnaissance patrol of the Polish Home Army and the Soviet Red Army during Operation Tempest, 1944

Reconnaissance (also scouting) is a military and medical term denoting exploration conducted to gain information. Militarily, it's shorthand Australian, Canadian, and British form is recce (Template:PronEng), its American U.S.A. and U.S.M.C. usage form is recon (Template:PronEng). The associated, linguistic forms are the verb reconnoitre in British spelling, and reconnoiter in American spelling; informally, recce and recon are used as a verb.

Militarily, reconnaissance is the active seeking to determine a foe's intentions by collecting and gathering information about an enemy's composition and capabilities along with pertinent environmental conditions, via direct observation, usually by scouts or military intelligence soldiers especially trained in critical surveillance.

Reconnaissance is part of combat intelligence, and contributes to, and is managed by, the government-level intelligence cycle management. Compare to counterintelligence and surveillance, which are the passive gathering of data and information. Special reconnaissance is the reconnaissance sub-activity of clandestinely collecting data and information by people and with technology behind enemy lines.

Civil uses of the term reconnaissance occur in geology, the "examination or survey of the general geological characteristics of a region", [1] and in computer networking and security it is an "exploration or enumeration of network infrastructure including network addresses, available communication ports, and available services."

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It Stands For Halo 3 Reconz

References

  1. ^ Definitions from Dictionary.com

See also

External links

Look up reconnaissance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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