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• 4CD box set bringing together all of New Musik’s three studio albums as well as a disc of B-sides, single edits and remixes.
• With a booklet containing an interview with Tony Mansfield by Record Collector’s Daryl Easlea.
Formed in 1977 by Tony Mansfield, a former member of The Nick Straker Band with bassist Tony Hibbert and drummer Phil Towner, New Musik’s first single, ‘Straight Lines’, was released in 1979, and their debut album, ‘From A to B’, followed in April 1980. ‘From A to B’ entered the Top 40 in the UK Albums Chart. Containing their most commercially successful single ‘Living by Numbers’ plus two other hit singles: ‘This World of Water’ and ‘Sanctuary’.
The band’s second album, ‘Anywhere’ was released in 1981 and reached No. 68 in the UK following which, Towner and Hibbert departed, and Mansfield cut the next album, ‘Warp’, with the assistance of studio musicians.
After the demise of their label GTO Records, the band released ‘Warp’ in 1982 on the Epic label. ‘Warp’ was almost entirely electronic, and one of the first albums to be recorded primarily with digital samplers and emulators, resulting in a more experimental sound than their previous releases.
Mansfield went on to achieve success as a producer with After The Fire, a-ha, Aztec Camera, The B-52’s, The Damned, Captain Sensible, Naked Eyes, and Mari Wilson.
Tracklist
DISC ONE
From A To B
1 Straight Lines
2 Sanctuary
3 A Map of You
4 Science
5 On Islands
6 This World of Water
7 Living By Numbers
8 Dead Fish (Don’t Swim Home)
9 Adventures
10 The Safe Side
DISC TWO
Anywhere
1 They All Run After the Carving Knife
2 Areas
3 Churches
4 This World of Walter
5 Luxury
6 While You Wait
7 Changing Minds
8 Peace
9 Design
10 Traps
11 Division
12 Back To Room One
DISC THREE
Warp
1 Here Come the People
2 Going Round Again
3 A Train on Twisted Tracks
4 I Repeat
5 All You Need Is Love
6 All You Need Is Love
7 Kingdoms For Horses
8 Hunting
9 The New Evolutionist (Example ‘A’)
10 Green And Red (Respectively)
11 The Planet Doesn’t Mind
12 Warp
DISC FOUR
B-Sides / Edits / Extended Versions
1 Straight Lines – Single Edit
2 While You Wait – Single Edit
3 The Planet Doesn’t Mind – Single Edit
4 Sad Films – B-Side Living by Numbers
5 Missing Persons / Tell Me Something New – B-Side This World of Water
6 She’s A Magazine – B-Side Sanctuary
7 Chik Musik – B-Side Sanctuary
8 Magazine Musik – B-Side Sanctuary
9 Twelfth House – B-Side All You Need Is Love
10 From The Village – B-Side While You Wait
11 Guitars – B-Side While You Wait
12 The Office – B-Side Luxury
13 24 Hours from Culture (Part 2) – B-Side the Planet Doesn’t Mind
14 While You Wait – Extended Version
15 Here Come the People – Remix