From A To B / Anywhere

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Cat No: CDLEMD182

Release Date: 17 January 2011

Label: Lemon / Cherry Red

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 2

Barcode: 5013929778221

Genres: Rock

Description
- New Musik formed in 1977 in London, growing out of a casual band of South London school friends who jammed together under the name End of the World. Songwriter and record producer Tony Mansfield was the lead vocalist and frontman for the band, and was joined in the original line-up by, bassist Tony Hibbert and drummer Phil Towner.
- Rather than immediately pursue a recording contract, New Musik chose to hone their craft first. Working during down times at a recording studio where Mansfield was informally employed as a session musician and apprentice sound engineer, the foursome recorded most of what would become their first two albums before approaching the UK record label, GTO Records with the finished master tapes. However, before GTO released the first New Musik single, "Straight Lines", in August 1979, Straker had left for a solo career, He was replaced by Clive Gates, and the new line-up completed New Musik's debut album, From A to B, which was released in April 1980.
- New Musik made their first appearance on the BBC TV pop programme, Top of the Pops, in October 1979 with their debut ‘Straight Lines’, From A to B reached the Top 40 in the UK Albums Chart and contained four hit singles: ‘Straight Lines’, ‘Living by Numbers’, ‘This World of Water’ and ‘Sanctuary’. The band also topped the French singles chart with ‘On Islands’ from the same album.
- The band's second album, Anywhere, was released in 1981 and reached #68 in the UK. The album's single releases, ‘Luxury’ and ‘While You Wait’, did not chart. In 1981, a compilation album, Sanctuary, was released exclusively in the United States, consisting of four tracks from From A to B and eight from Anywhere.
- After the demise of GTO Records, the band released their third and final album, Warp, in 1982 which was more experimental than their previous releases. Warp was almost entirely electronic, and one of the first albums to be recorded primarily with digital samplers and emulators. It featured a synthesized version of The Beatles' hit song "All You Need Is Love", alongside an identically titled track of their own. New Musik disbanded shortly after its release that year.
- The remastered sets (with extensive bonus material) come with glorious art work and extensive sleeve notes by Mojo’s Daryl Easlea.
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