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Colin Newman: A-Z (Beggars Banquet)

Andy Gill, NME, 18 October 1980

AFTER THE flawed experimentalism of Gilbert and Lewis's Dome and Cupol projects, I wasn't quite sure what to expect from Colin Newman's first solo outing – a not unexpected state of affairs, considering Wire's past output.

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