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Sep 1979 7" Straight Lines

    Straight Lines 3.59 [Single Version] / On Islands 4.25 (GTO, GT 255)
First entered the UK charts 6 Oct 1979, spent five weeks on the charts, peaking at # 53.
This shorter single version of Straight Lines has 3 seconds of intro not on the album version (on the album that part of the intro has been faded down to allow the echo of the door-bell chime to prosper) and also it's a true edit rather than an early fade.

Dec 1979 7" Living by Numbers

    Living by Numbers 3.29 / Sad Films 2.41 (GTO, GT 261)
According to Punk Diary 1970-1982 it was released 29 Nov 1979 (but that was a Thursday and records were generally released on Fridays in the UK). According to Music Master Singles Catalogue it was released in Jan 1980. In any case it first entered the UK charts 19 Jan 1980, and spent eight weeks on the charts, peaking at # 13. A promotional video was made.

early/spring 1980 US 10" EP Straight Lines

    Straight Lines 3.59 / On Islands 4.25 //
    Living by Numbers 3.29 / Sad Films 2.41 (Epic, Nu-Disk, 3E 36450)
2 April 1980 7" This World of Water
    This World of Water 3.10 [ends earlier compared to the LP Version] // Missing Persons 3.29 / Tell Me Something New 2.10 (GTO, GT 268)
First entered the UK charts 26 April 1980, spent seven weeks on the charts, peaking at # 31.
A promotional video was made.

1 May 1980 LP (+ CD) FROM A TO B

  1. Straight Lines 5.12 [longer LP version]
  2. Sanctuary 4.11
  3. A Map of You 3.50
  4. Science 3.19
  5. On Islands 4.25

  6. This World of Water 3.37
  7. Living by Numbers 3.29
  8. Dead Fish (Don't Swim Home) 5.24
  9. Adventures 3.51
  10. The Safe Side 3.08 (UK LP: GTO, GTLP 041)
First entered the UK charts 17 May 1980, spent nine weeks on the charts, peaking at # 35.
Recorded at TMC Studios, Tooting, England. All songs written and produced by Tony Mansfield. Tony Mansfield: guitars, keyboards, vocals. Clive Gates: keyboards. Phil Towner: drums, percussion. Tony Hibbert: bass guitar.

I must say I'm a bit disappointed at Alan Robinson's use of quotes from my New Musik site, in the 2001 CD booklet. Partly because he never asked me, and partly because he never credited me (or Miklos Galla who did the interviews!).

May 1980 Dutch/French 7" On Islands

    On Islands 4.23 / Straight Lines 3.59 (GTO 273)
13 June 1980 7" Sanctuary
    Sanctuary 3.59 [early abrupt stop - LP version minus the last 12 seconds] // She's a Magazine 4.16 / Chik Musik 2.10 / Magazine Musik 0.54 (GT 275)
First entered the UK charts 12 July 1980, spent seven weeks on the charts, peaking at # 31.

30 Jan 1981 7" Luxury

    Luxury 3.48 / The Office 4.28 (written by Clive Gates) (GT 284)
6 March 1981 LP/MC (+ CD) ANYWHERE
    1981 Vinyl LP:
  1. They All Run after the Carving Knife 5.52
  2. Areas 4.10
  3. Churches 4.53
  4. This World of Walter 2.55
  5. Luxury 3.48
  6. While You Wait 5.05
  1. Changing Minds 4.52
  2. Peace 5.14
  3. Design 3.44
  4. Traps 4.03
  5. Division 4.20
  6. Back To Room One 4.15 (UK LP/MC: GTLP/GTMC 044)
    1981 Cassette:
  1. They All Run after the Carving Knife 5.52
  2. Areas 4.10
  3. Churches 4.53
  4. This World of Walter 2.55
  5. Luxury 3.48
  6. While You Wait 5.05
  7. Under Attack 4.04
  1. Changing Minds 4.52
  2. Peace 5.14
  3. Design 3.44
  4. Traps 4.03
  5. Division 4.20
  6. Back To Room One 4.15
  7. And 4.37 (UK MC: GTMC 044)
    European/UK CD:
  1. They All Run after the Carving Knife 5.52
  2. Areas 4.10
  3. Churches 4.53
  4. This World of Walter 2.55
  5. Luxury 3.48
  6. While You Wait 5.05
  7. Changing Minds 4.52
  8. Peace 5.14
  9. Design 3.44
  10. Traps 4.03
  11. Division 4.20
  12. Back To Room One 4.15
  13. The Office 4.28
  14. From the Village 3.29
  15. Guitars 3.29 [abrupt end]
    (Austrian CD April 1994: GTO 474615-2; UK CD "ANYWHERE ... plus" 26 Feb 2001: Edsel EDCD 679;
    UK 2-CD with 'FROM A TO B' 17 Jan 2011: Cherry Red CDLEMD 182; UK reissue 2-CD with 'FROM A TO B' 7 Feb 2020)
First entered the UK charts 14 March 1981, spent two weeks on the charts, peaking at # 68.
Recorded at TMC Studios, Tooting, England. All songs written and produced by Tony Mansfield (except 'The Office' written by Clive Gates). Tony Mansfield: vocals, guitar, keyboards. Clive Gates: keyboards. Phil Towner: drums, percussion. Tony Hibbert: bass.

I must say I'm a bit disappointed at Alan Robinson's use of quotes from my New Musik site, in the UK 2001 CD booklet. Partly because he never asked me, and partly because he never credited me (or Miklos Galla who did the interviews!).

(Nov 2008) various artists live DVD LISTEN TO LONDON [Live 24 March 1981]

These three tracks by New Musik recorded live 24 March 1981 at The Venue, Victoria Street, London.
http://www.listentolondon.net/index.html

3 April 1981 7"/12" While You Wait

    While You Wait 4.10 [LP version fade-out] // From the Village 3.29 / ["Kingdoms for Horses" keyboard melody 0.26] / Guitars 3.29 [fade-out] (7": GT 291)

    While You Wait 5.55 [12" remix] // From the Village 3.29 / ["Kingdoms for Horses" keyboard melody 0.26] / Guitars [3.29 + endeless sound loop] (12": GT 13 291)

    While You Wait 5.05 / They All Run after the Carving Knife 4.54 (US promo 12": Epic, AS 997 - XSM 168658)

Johnny Delusional clarifies the slightly different versions of "Guitars": "Three distinct variants of 'Guitars' exist without any one of them being able lay claim to being 'the definitive version':
7" version - this has a credited time of 3.56, but when you deduct the 'Kingdoms for Horses' keyboard melody's 26 seconds, its real playing time is 3 mins 30 seconds (it quietly fades out towards the end). Potentially this is the version that fans from that time are most familiar with.
12" version - this also has a credited time of 3.56 purely for the reasons stated in the comments for the 7", but the 12" version is actually never-ending by virtue of a loop groove cut into the vinyl resulting in a cleverly constructed repeat effect which means that the actual playing time is as long as it takes for someone to manually retrieve the stylus arm from that groove!
CD version (1994) - for the first time ever a realistic running time is stated (3.31), but instead of fading the end out like the 7" version this time the track abruptly ends at the point where the loop would have naturally commenced."

April? 1981 French 7"/12" Luxury

    Luxury 3.48 / From the Village 3.29 (7": GT 293)

    Luxury 3.48 // They All Run after the Carving Knife 5.52 / Churches 4.53 (12": GT 12-296)

The cover is the same as the Anywhere LP.

spring? 1981 German/Dutch 7" They All Run after the Carving Knife

    They All Run after the Carving Knife 3.15 [Single Edit] / This World of Walter 2.53 (GTO 297)
Johnny Delusional: "This Single Edit has been achieved by omitting the first 57 seconds of the album version, and then the portion from 3.18 to 4.16, finally fading out 44 seconds before the end of the album version, thereby giving this edit a total playing time of 3 minutes 15 seconds."

spring? 1981 French 7" Churches

    Churches 4.53 / They All Ran after the Carving Knive 4.55 (GT 298)

1981 UK promo 7" Greatest Hits [1979-1981]

    Straight Lines 2.56 [fade-out] / Living by Numbers 2.53 [fade-out] / World of Water 2.58 [fade-out] //
    Sanctuary 3.02 [fade-out] / Luxury 2.50 [fade-out] / While You Wait 2.57 [fade-out] (GTO, XPS 112)
1981 US coll-LP SANCTUARY [1979-1981]
  1. They All Run after the Carving Knife [LP version without the long intro]
  2. Areas 4.10
  3. Churches 4.53
  4. Sanctuary 4.12
  5. Science 3.19
  6. Division 4.20
  1. Luxury 3.48
  2. Straight Lines 5.12 [LP Version]
  3. This World of Water 3.39 [Full LP Version]
  4. Dead Fish (Don't Swim Home) 5.24
  5. While You Wait 5.04 [LP Version]
  6. Back to Room One 4.15 (Epic, NFE 37314)

18 Sep 1981 7"/12" The Planet Doesn't Mind

    The Planet Doesn't Mind [7" mix] 3.46 / 24 Hours from Culture - Part II 3.38 (7": GT 302)

    The Planet Doesn't Mind [12" mix] 4.45 / 24 Hours from Culture - Part II 3.38 (GT 13 302)

The UK single has no picture sleeve. The Dutch single has a painted picture sleeve.

5 Feb 1982 7" All You Need Is Love

    All You Need Is Love 4.17 (Lennon/MacCartney) / Twelfth House 4.32 (EPC A1976)

    All You Need Is Love 4.00 [fade-out] / Twelfth House 4.32 (DJ/promo 7": EPC A1976ADJ)

This single version simply misses the (1 min and 22 sec) intro on the LP version. The UK single has no picture sleeve. The Dutch single has a painted picture sleeve.

5 March 1982 LP (+ CD) WARP

  1. Here Come the People 3.28
  2. Going Round Again 2.57
  3. A Train on Twisted Tracks 3.27
  4. I Repeat 4.30
  5. All You Need Is Love 4.25
  6. All You Need Is Love 5.39 [Lennon/MacCartney]

  7. Kingdoms for Horses 4.18
  8. Hunting 4.17
  9. The New Evolutionist (example 'A') 3.22
  10. Green and Red (respectively) 3.06 [Mansfield/Gates/Venner]
  11. The Planet Doesn't Mind 3.43 [re-recording]
  12. Warp 4.26 (LP: Epic EPC 85567)
Recorded at TMC Studios, Tooting, England. All songs written and produced by Tony Mansfield except where noted. Tony Mansfield: keyboards, guitars, vocals. Clive Gates: keyboards, vocals. Cliff Venner: percussion, vocals.

The UK 2011 CD is much better indexed than the 2001 Japanese CD, meaning, if you want to hear a certan track that is merged with the track before and/or after, which happenes quite often on this LP, you will get a much better start and not hear music that belong to the track before or after.

18 June 1982 7" Warp

    Warp 3.46 [Single Edit] / Here Come the People (Remix) 5.30 (EPC A2424)
The Single Edit of Warp is a proper edit rather than merely an early fade, and also the ending is different: it fades out on the single whereas the album version comes to an abrupt stop.

24 March 2023 4xCD Box Featuring FROM A TO B / ANYWHERE / WARP / and REMIXES

    CD 4
  1. Straight Lines (Single Edit) 4.02
  2. While You Wait (Single Edit) 4.24
  3. The Planet Doesn't Mind ("Single Edit") 3.36 [= 1981 Single Version]
  4. Sad Films 2.43 [B-side Living by Numbers]
  5. Missing Persons / Tell Me Something New 5.41 [B-side This World of Water]
  6. She's a Magazine 4.18 [B-side Sanctuary]
  7. Chik Musik 2.15 [B-side Sanctuary]
  8. Magazine Musik 1.01 [B-side Sanctuary]
  9. Twelfth House 4.36 [B-side All You Need Is Love]
  10. From the Village 3.31 [B-side While You Wait]
  11. Guitars 3.31 [B-side While You Wait]
  12. The Office 4.29 [B-side Luxury]
  13. 24 Hours from Culture (Part 2) 3.40 [B-side The Planet Doesn't Mind]
  14. While You Wait (Extended Version) 5.59
  15. Here Come the People (Remix) 5.27 [= Single Remix] (Lemon Recordings CDLEMBOX249)
The booklet says: "Due to master and licensing issues [the following six] tracks have had to be omitted: Living By Numbers (Single Edit), The Planet Doesn't Mind (Extended Version), All You Need Is Love (Faded Version), Warp (Single Edit), Untitled (B-Side While You Wait), They All Run After The Carving Knife (Single Edit)" Firstly, there is no "single edit" of Living by Numbers - it's the same as the LP version! Secondly, the "faded single version" of All You Need Is Love is probably the promo/DJ version. The regular Single Version of All You Need Is Love is same as the LP version but simply omits the long intro, making it 4.17, so the faded DJ version would then fade out 17 seconds early (and thus it would be very easy to re-create any of these two shorter versions from the LP version). The box would actually only have to include four single versions: Straight Lines, They All Run after the Carving Knife (German Single Edit), The Planet Doesn't Mind & Warp. All other single versions are either fade-outs of the LP version or the same as the LP version. Finally, apart from the two "rare" tracks that are already mentioned as missing (The Planet Doesn't Mind - Extended Version & "Untitled") the box is also missing the two extra tracks on the ANYWHERE cassette: Under Attack & And!

Copyright (c) 1996-11-30 Jonas Wårstad.

Last update 2023-03-24.

Thanks to John Relph, Emmanuel Goedseels and Miklos Galla.

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