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| name       = From Y to Z and Never Again
| type       = EP
| artist     = [[Big in Japan (band)|Big in Japan]]
| cover      = Big_in_japan_YZ.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1978
| recorded   = November 1977 and May, July, August 1978
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      =
* [[Punk rock|Punk]]
* [[post-punk]]
| length     = 13:22
| label      = [[Zoo Records|Zoo]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| producer   =
* Noddy Knowler
* Rob Dickens
* Big in Japan
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'''''From Y To Z and Never Again''''' is an [[Extended play|EP]] by the seminal [[punk band]] [[Big in Japan (band)|Big in Japan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=big_in_japan|title=TrouserPress.com :: Big in Japan|website=www.trouserpress.com}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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==
# "Nothing Special" – 3:37		
# "Cindy and the Barbi Dolls" – 3:31
# "Suicide a Go Go" – 2:27
# "Taxi" – 4:27

==Personnel==
* [[Jayne (singer)|Jayne]]: lead vocals (except 2)
* Kev Ward: vocals (3)
* [[Ian Broudie]]: guitar, lead vocals (2)
* [[Bill Drummond]]: guitar
* [[Holly Johnson]]: bass guitar (3, 4)
* [[Dave Balfe]]: bass guitar (1, 2)
* Phil Allen: drums (3)
* [[Budgie (drummer)|Budgie]]: drums (1, 4)

==References==
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{{Bill Drummond}}

[[Category:1978 debut EPs]]
[[Category:Big in Japan (band) albums]]

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