Cherry Red Records From A to B/Anwhere

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.