New Musik From A To B: The Sony Years CD

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.

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 11. They All Run After the Carving Knife 12. Areas 13. Churches 14. This World of Walter 15. Luxury 16. While You Wait 17. Changing Minds 18. Peace 19. Design 20. Traps 21. Division 22. Back to Room One 23. Here Come the People 24. Going Round Again 25. A Train on Twisted Tracks 26. I Repeat 27. All You Need Is Love 28. All You Need Is Love 29. Kingdoms for Horses 30. Hunting 31. The New Evolutionist (Example 'A') 32. Green and Red (Respectively) 33. The Planet Doesn't Mind 34. Warp 35. Straight Lines - Single Edit 36. While You Wait - Single Edit 37. The Planet Doesn't Mind - Single Edit 38. Sad Films - B-Side Living By Numbers 39. Missing Persons / Tell Me Something New - B-Side This World of Water 40. She's a Magazine - B-Side Sanctuary 41. Chik Musik - B-Side Sanctuary 42. Magazine Musik - B-Side Sanctuary 43. Twelfth House - B-Side All You Need Is Love 44. From the Village - B-Side While You Wait 45. Guitars - B-Side While You Wait 46. The Office - B-Side Luxury 47. 24 Hours from Culture (Part 2) - B-Side the Planet Doesn't Mind 48. While You Wait - Extended Version 49. Here Come the People - Remix