Colin Newman is best known as the singer and main songwriter of WIRE. From their influential 1977 debut ‘Pink Flag’ right up to this year’s ‘Nocturnal Koreans’, Newman and Wire have always been pushing musical boundaries.
Between1980-82, Colin released a series of solo albums. From sound-tracking The Silence of the Lambs to being covered by This Mortal Coil, this solo work has been unavailable for many years.
The reissue of three of Colin Newman’s solo records, are to be made available on 28th October via his own new imprint Sentient Sonics (originally released via Beggars Banquet/ 4AD).
In 1980, Newman released his debut solo album ‘A-Z’, the album has been completely re-mastered, and is augmented with an additional disc of bonus tracks, including out-takes, alternate versions, B-sides, demos and home recordings.
The CD only ‘A-Z’ bonus disc includes an additional 17 tracks - only 4 of which have previously been released.
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