From Y to Z and Never Again

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| name = From Y to Z and Never Again

| type = EP

| artist = Big in Japan

| cover = Big_in_japan_YZ.jpg

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| released = 1978

| recorded = November 1977 and May, July, August 1978

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| length = 13:22

| label = Zoo{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hf2DBAAAQBAJ&q=From+Y+to+Z+and+Never+Again+big+in+japan+1978&pg=PA620|title=England's Dreaming, Revised Edition: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond|first=Jon|last=Savage|date=January 18, 2002|publisher=Macmillan|via=Google Books}}

| producer =

  • Noddy Knowler
  • Rob Dickens
  • Big in Japan

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From Y To Z and Never Again is an EP by the seminal punk band Big in Japan.{{Cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=big_in_japan|title=TrouserPress.com :: Big in Japan|website=www.trouserpress.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4WM6Cb1z-PwC&q=From+Y+to+Z+and+Never+Again+big+in+japan+1978&pg=PA172|title=Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970-1982|first=George|last=Gimarc|date=November 30, 2005|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|via=Google Books}} It includes four of their six recorded songs and is notable for being the first release on Zoo Records, the label created by band members Bill Drummond and David Balfe. It was also one of the first releases that came from the late '70s-early '80s Liverpool rock scene.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AIqQDwAAQBAJ&q=From+Y+to+Z+and+Never+Again+big+in+japan+1978&pg=PT91|title=Fried & Justified: Hits, Myths, Break-Ups and Breakdowns in the Record Business 1978-98|first=Mick|last=Houghton|date=July 2, 2019|publisher=Faber & Faber|via=Google Books}}

The EP has been out of print since 1978, but the tracks are available on the Zoo Records compilation Zoo Uncaged.

The track listing presents part of the numerous line-up changes the band suffered during their two years of existence. The only remaining members of the band during the recording of the EP were (or seemed to be) Bill Drummond and Ian Broudie.

Track listing

  1. "Nothing Special" – 3:37
  2. "Cindy and the Barbi Dolls" – 3:31
  3. "Suicide a Go Go" – 2:27
  4. "Taxi" – 4:27

Personnel

References

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Category:1978 debut EPs

Category:Big in Japan (band) albums

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