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Wire / Not About To Die (Studio Demos 1977-1978)
(Vinyl LP – Pinkflag)
“Released as an illegal bootleg back in the early 1980s, Not About To Die were recordings made for EMI as demos for the 1978 and 1979 albums Chairs Missing and 154. Now Wire have decided to redress the balance and give the album its first official release on their own Pinkflag imprint.”
Wire / Pink Flag
(Vinyl LP – Pinkflag)
Wire were born at the dawn of punk, but they became the quintessential art band. In the three closing years of the 1970s, the English quartet had one of the greatest opening runs of any band, shifting to post-punk before punk began to go stale and forging three masterpieces in a creative furnace so hot it burned out by the end of 1980. Those albums– Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, and 154– still sound remarkably fresh, and have been re-mastered and reissued with their original vinyl track listings, both individually and as part of a five-disc set, 1977/1979, that also includes live performances recorded in London (in 1977) and New York (1978).
“Wire’s first three albums need no introduction. They are the three classic albums on which Wire’s reputation is based. Moreover, they are the recordings that minted the post-punk form. This was adopted by other bands, but Wire were there first. It has been a number of years since these albums were readily available. The aim with these new vinyl and CD releases is to approximate the original statements as closely as possible, but with remastered audio. The vinyl releases have the same covers and inners as the originals (minus the Harvest logo).