WIRE 154 LP HARVEST RECORDS 1979 ITA orig+inner 3C 062-07097 GILBERT LEWIS
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WIRE
The most innovative of British punks, an art band with a penchant for dissonant, minimalist arrangements and lyrical abstraction. Emerging from the British punk explosion, Wire have resisted easy categorization from the start, and for decades to come. Focused on experimentation and process, Wire's musical identity constantly changes. Their first three albums alone attest to a startling evolution as the band repeatedly, and rapidly, reinvented themselves. Pink Flag (1977) found them twisting punk's simplicity and rawness to their own arty designs; on Chairs Missing (1978), they added frosty atmospheres and more melodic songwriting, both of which they heightened on 154 (1979).
"154"
Side 1: I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER - TWO PEOPLE IN A ROOM - THE 15TH
THE OTHER WINDOW - SINGLE K.O. - A TOUCHING DISPLAY - ON RETURNING
Side 2: A MUTUAL FRIEND - BLESSED STATE - ONCE ENOUGH
MAP REF. 41°N 93°W - INDIRECT ENQUIRIES - 40 VERSIONS
1979 LP HARVEST RECORDS 3C 062-07097
MADE IN ITALY ORIGINAL PRESSING
SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE
Barcode and Other IdentifiersBarcode: none
LABEL: HARVEST - YELLOW/GREEN HARVEST with EMI boxed logo on LABEL - BLACK/WHITE TEXT
Catalog on cover: 3C 062-07097
Catalog on labels: 3C 062 - 07097 A / 3C 062 - 07097 B
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped & Etched): 07097-A 12-10-79 I ˄ CB
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped & Etched): 07097-B 8-1-80 II ˄ CB
On labels: rim text reads "Riservati Tutti i Diritti...........Riprodotti" "Vietata Duplicazione................Made in Italy"
S.I.A.E.(boxed) ℗1979 EMI Records Ltd.
Produced by Mike Thorne Arranged by Gilbert-Gotobed-Lewis-Newman-ThorneRights Society: S.I.A.E. (printed/boxed on both sides and stamped on side A)
On inner sleeve: Tracklist, Credits, Lyrics
On back cover: Made in Italy by EMI Italiana S.p.A.
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RECORD from VG to VG+ but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Named for the number of live gigs Wire had played to that point, 154 refines and expands the innovations of Chairs Missing, with producer Mike Thorne's synthesizer effects playing an even more integral role; little of Pink Flag's rawness remains. If Chairs Missing was a transitional album between punk and post-punk, 154 is squarely in the latter camp, devoting itself to experimental soundscapes that can sound cold and forbidding at times. However, the best tracks retain their humanity thanks to the arrangements' smooth, seamless blend of electronic and guitar textures and the beauty of the group's melodies. Where previously some of Wire's hooks could find themselves buried or not properly brought out, the fully fleshed-out production of 154 lends a sweeping splendor to "The 15th," the epic "A Touching Display," "A Mutual Friend," and the gorgeous (if obscurely titled) "Map Ref. 41°N 93°W." Not every track is a gem, as the group's artier tendencies occasionally get the better of them, but 154's best moments help make it at least the equal of Chairs Missing...(AllMusic)
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