Wire's first three albums Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, and 154 are undisputed post-punk classics that heavily influenced countless artists and still remain vital and relevant today. Today Wire announced the release of special expanded editions of these timeless albums, plus remastered standard editions of the original releases on vinyl and CD.
The expanded editions of Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, and 154 are encompassing definitive versions. Pink Flag will be released as a 2CD set; Chairs Missing and 154 are both 3CD sets. The first disc in each set includes a remastered version of the original material, and the extra disc(s) come with a ton of bonus material including non-album singles, b-sides, alternate versions, demos, and previously unreleased material. The sets are packaged with an 80 page hardback book with lyrics, commentary, archival photos, and new interviews with Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Robert Grey, and Bruce Gilbert. These special editions arrive May 18th and are available to pre-order through Wire's store. It should be noted that the extra/bonus tracks from these reissues will not be released digitally.
On June 22nd, Wire will issue standard CD and standard vinyl editions of Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, and 154. Other than remastered audio, Wire attempted to keep these standard editions as similar to the original releases as possible. The vinyl releases have the same artwork as the originals (minus the Harvest logo). The digi-pack CDs have identical tracklistings to their vinyl counterparts. According to Wire, "these versions should be considered Wire’s classic 1970s albums, pure and undiluted."
Meanwhile Wire will be releasing a singles box set for Record Store Day in the U.K. on April 21st. The box set Nine Sevens collects nine 7-inch singles recorded between 1977 and 1980 along with the rare EP given away with the first pressings of 154. Though the release is restricted to the U.K., the singles will be individually released digitally after Record Store Day.
View the tracklistings for the Wire special editions + Nine Sevens box set below
Pink Flag - CD 1/Original album
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Field Day For The Sundays
Three Girl Rhumba
Ex Lion Tamer
Lowdown
Start To Move
Brazil
It's So Obvious
Surgeon's Girl
Pink Flag
The Commercial
Straight Line
106 Beats That
Mr. Suit
Strange
Fragile
Mannequin
Different To Me
Champs
Feeling Called Love
12XU
Pink Flag - CD 2 demos/alt mixes
The Commerical
Mr. Suit
Pink Flag
Surgeon's Girl
Field Day For The Sundays
106 Beats That
Fragile
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Different To Me
Ex Lion Tamer
Mannequin
Champs
Start To Move
Three Girl Rhumba (alt mix)
Ex Lion Tamer (alt mix)
12XU (mono mix)
Mannequin (mono mix)
It's So Obvious (alt mix)
Chairs Missing - CD 1/Original album
Practice Makes Perfect
French Film Blurred
Another The Letter
Men 2nd
Marooned
Sand In My Joints
Being Sucked In Again
Heartbeat
Mercy
Outdoor Miner
I Am The Fly
I Feel Mysterious Today
From The Nursery
Used To
Too Late
Chairs Missing - CD 2/singles, b-sides, studio recordings
I Am The Fly (single version)
Dot Dash
Options R
Outdoor Miner (single version)
Practice Makes Perfect (single version)
Underwater Experiences (advision version)
Chairs Missing - CD3 - studio demos
Practice Makes Perfect
Oh No Not So
Culture Vultures
It's The Motive
Love Ain't Polite
French Film Blurred (version 1)
Sand In My Joints
Too Late
I Am The Fly
Heartbeat
Underwater Experiences
Stalemate
I Feel Mysterious Today
Dot Dash
French Film Blurred (version 2)
Options R
Finistaire (Mercy)
Marooned
From The Nursery
Indirect Enquiries (version 1)
Outdoor Miner
Chairs Missing (Used To)
Being Sucked In Again
Men 2nd
Another The Letter
No Romans
154 - CD1/original album
I Should Have Known Better
Two People In A Room
The 15th
The Other Window
Single K.O.
A Touching Display
On Returning
A Mutual Friend
Blessed State
Once Is Enough
Map Ref. 41°N 93°W
Indirect Enquiries
40 Versions
154 - CD 2/singles, B-sides and studio recordings
A Question Of Degree (single)
Former Airline (single)
Go Ahead (single)
Our Swimmer (single)
Midnight Bahnhof Cafe (single)
Our Swimmer [2nd length] (single)
Catapult 30 (single)
Song 1 (154 EP)
Get Down 1 + 2 (154 EP)
Let's Panic Later (154 EP)
Small Electric Piece (154 EP)
154 - CD3/studio demos
40 Versions
Ignorance No Plea (I Should Have Known Better)
Blessed State
A Touching Display
The 15th
A Mutual Friend
Once Is Enough
The Other Window
Stepping Off Too Quick
Indirect Enquiries v2
Map Ref. 41°N 93°W
Single K.O.
On Returning
A Question Of Degree
Former Airline
Two People In A Room
Nine Sevens - boxset
#1 - Mannequin
Mannequin
Feeling Called Love
12XU
#2 - I Am The Fly
I Am The Fly
Ex Lion Tamer
#3 - Dot Dash
Dot Dash
Options R
#4 - Outdoor Miner
Outdoor Miner
Practice Makes Perfect
#5 - A Question Of Degree
A Question Of Degree
Former Airline
#6 - Map Ref. 41°N 93°W
Map Ref. 41°N 93°W
Go Ahead
#7 - Our Swimmer
Our Swimmer
Midnight Bahnhof Café
#8 - 154 EP
Song 1
Get Down pts 1 & 2
Let's Panic Later
Small Electric Piece
#9 - 2nd Length
2nd Length (Our Swimmer)
Catapult 30
Published March 19th, 2018