New Musik
Last album listened to?
NEW MUSIK – From A To B (GTO / CBS EU CD 474616.2 – originally issued as GTO UK LP GTLP 041 in 1980)
Why that one?
I recently got the CD for the 3rd New Musik album, “Warp”, when I visited
What did you think?
It was pretty much as remembered. I am going to try and listen to all three New Musik CD titles presently. I probably hadn’t played any of the complete albums since I got the first two as CD’s (in the 90’s). I like their singles real well – “Luxury”, “This World of Water”, “While You Wait”, “The Planet Doesn’t Mind” etc. I understand that leader Tony Mansfield is perhaps better known as a producer (Captain Sensible, Lio etc.) – but as far as I am concerned, New Musik are an 80’s band that has aged rather well. They were never over-played (I do not think I ever heard them against my will!). I do not get a chance to add to my New Musik very often (recently found a U.S. 45 of “Straight Lines” and just obtained the aforementioned “Warp” CD in
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE / TWELFTH HOUSE EPIC
ANYWHERE GTO FR 474615.2 CD
ANYWHERE GTO
CHURCHES / THEY ALL RAN AFTER THE CARVING KNIFE GTO FR GT 298 7"
FROM A TO B GTO FR 474616.2 CD
FROM A TO B GTO
LIVING BY NUMBERS / SAD FILMS GTO
LUXURY GTO FR GT 13-296 12"
LUXURY / OFFICE, THE GTO
PLANET DOESN'T MIND, THE GTO
SANCTUARY EPIC
SANCTUARY / SHE'S A MAGAZINE / CHIK MUSIK GTO
STRAIGHT LINES (10") EPIC US 3E 36450 10"
STRAIGHT LINES / ON ISLANDS EPIC US 9-50841 7"
STRAIGHT LINES / ON ISLANDS GTO
THIS WORLD OF WATER / MISSING PERSONS GTO
WARP EPIC/SONY JPN EICP 7015 CD
WARP EPIC
WHILE YOU WAIT GTO
WHILE YOU WAIT / FROM THE VILLAGE / GUITARS GTO
posted by Ron Kane @ 6:37 AM
2 Comments:
Re: New Musik
I remember when I heard "Straight Lines" after my friend Charles bought the Epic "Nu-Disc" 12" EP of these guys in 1980. That cut was IT as far as we were concerned! It was similar to The Buggles but even better! I then bought the US LP "Sanctuary" that mashed up "From A to B" and "Anywhere." And that was IT for New Music until the early 90s when I finally managed to snag and LP of "Anywhere." By then I also had all of the Trouser Press Record Guides and they spoke tantalizingly of a 3rd album, "Warp," but I never saw it. By the mid 90s I obtained the Dutch CDs of "Anywhere" and "From A to B" with all of the nice bonus tracks. Finally, in 2002, I was at Yesterday & Today Records in Maryland and was very pleased to finally grab "Warp" on LP for about $25. The next day I was at the D.C. Tower and found the just released JPN CD of said title, sick with bonus tracks! Yeah, Tony Mansfield is like the alternative Trevor Horn in my book. Great production but even better self-made music. He even sounds a bit like Trev with his high register, but I find his music more melancholic. Like TCH, he's "known" for synthpop sounds but does not play the keys in his group. The 2001 UK or JPN remasters have additional bonus tracks to our early Dutch copies, Ron-San.
Of course, I only discover that the Japanese editions have more bonus tracks once I am home...
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