The Wire 20 Years 1982-2002: Audio Issue
2002 3x CD, Box Set
Spoken Word
Free Jazz
Abstract
Free Improvisation
Dub
Experimental

Main image
Mute, Wire Magazine
art direction, design, photography by Non-Format
compiled by, liner notes Tony Herrington
mastered by Tony Dixon
Distributed By Vital (2)
Phonographic Copyright (p) Mute Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) Mute Records Ltd.
Adventures is embossed on the cover, but the release is titled as The Wire 20 1982 - 2002: Audio Issue on the spine, sticker and discs.

Released in thick cardboard box with 24-page booklet. Each CD is housed in cardsleeve.

Distributed by Vital. Printed in the EU.
℗ & © 2002 Mute Records Limited


1-1 originally released in 1974 on Scraps (Saravah LP).
1-2 originally featured on the soundtrack to Enzo G Castellari's 1971 Italian thriller, Gli Occhi Freddi Della Paura (aka The Cold Eyes Of Fear).
1-3 originally released in 1990 on the Shock 45 7 single Scope/ Wrong Eye.
1-4 originally released in 1997 on Egress (Anomalous Records).
1-5 originally released in 1994 on Buried Dreams (Beyond CD/MC).
1-6 originally released in 1975 on a Prophets 7 single.
1-7 originally released in 1998 on the Mego 7 single, Fennesz Plays.
1-8 originally released in 1975 on DIVerso n.2 (Cramps LP).
1-9 originally released on Bali Traditional Musicians: A Suite Of Tropical Music And Sound (World Network CD).
1-10 originally released on the 1981 Zick Zack double 7 single, Kalte Sterne.
1-11 is an excerpt of the full 20:31 version of After Rapidly Circling The Plaza which was originally released in 1967 on AMMMUSIC (Elektra LP).
1-12 originally released in 1978 on a Rebel 7 single and a Ze 12 single.
1-13 originally released in 1982 on 2X45 (Rough Trade double 12).
1-14 originally released in 1993 on the Table Of The Elements 7 single, The Pyre Of Angus Was In Kathmandu/The Death Of The Composer Was In 1962.
1-15 is an alternative mix to that featured on the 1997 Soul Static Sound 12 Vandal (Final Phase)/Larson.
1-16 originally released in 1996 on Croolyn Dub Consortium: Certified Dope Volume 2 (WordSound CD).
1-17 originally released in 1972 on the Nigerian 7 single, Shenshema (Parts 1 & 2).
2-1 originallly released in 1973 on Fanfare For The Warriors (Atlantic LP).
2-2 originally released in 1986 on EVOL (Blast First LP).
2-3 originally released in 2001 on Masses (Thirsty Ear CD).
2-4 originally released in 1981 on Deceit (Rough Trade LP).
2-5 originally released in 1997 on the Duophonic Super 45s 12.
2-6 originally released in 1977 on Parallèles (Davantage LP).
2-7 originally released in 1971 on The Solar-Myth Approach Vol 2 (BYG/Actuel LP).
2-8 was commissioned by David Moss and Frank Hoffman for US EAR: The New Music Review For Radio and aired via satellite to public radio stations across the US in 1986.
2-9 originally released in 1958 on The 25-Year Retrospective Concert Of The Music Of John Cage (Avakian 3 LP set).
2-10 originally released in 2001 on Improvised Music From Japan (Improvised Music From Japan 10 CD box set).
2-11 originally released in 1995 on Post (One Little Indian CD).
2-12 is an excerpt from the piece titled I Of IV which was originally released in 1967 on New Sounds In Electronic Music (Odyssey LP).
3-1 originally released in Jamaica in 1972 on a Mafia 7 single, and in the UK on the Duke 7 single, Vin Gordon Evil Spirit/Keith Hudson Satan Side.
3-2 originally composed and performed for the Paris 1963 production of Ken Dewey's experimental theatre piece, The Gift.
3-3 originally released in 1986 on Break Through In Grey Room (Sub Rosa LP).
3-4 originally released in 1978 on Suicide (Red Star LP).
3-5 originally released in 1998 on Supersilent 4 (Rune Grammofon CD).
3-6 originally released in 1995 on Vakio (Blast First CD).
3-7 originally released in 1980 on the Mute 7 single, Kebabträume.
3-8 originally released in 1973 on Lawrence Of Newark (Perception LP).
3-9 originally released in 1998 on Wave Train: Music From 1959 To 1968 (Alga Marghen CD).
3-10 originally released in 1995 on The Caution Appears (Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier CD).
3-11 originally released in 1972 on Infinity (Impulse! LP).
3-12 originally released in 1967 on the re-recorded version of Death Chants, Breakdowns And Military Waltzes (Takoma LP).
3-13 originally released in 1998 on Malediction And Prayer (Mute CD).

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Label Code: LC5834



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