These albums were recorded and released between 1980 & 1982 in a "post 154" rush of activity. While all the albums bear the name Colin Newman they differ in that A-Z &
Not To were recorded as "band" albums with Colin being joined by Wire's Robert Grey, Mike Thorne (who also produced, as he had the first 3 Wire albums) & Desmond
Simmons on A-Z and Robert, Desmond & Simon Gillham on Not To. provisionally entitled the singing fish was more an "actual" solo album in that everything was played
by himself. Colin produced the latter 2 albums with Steve Parker engineering.