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Wire for Record Store Day

Posted by Loren on April 25, 2021

Wire for Record Store Day
photo by Annette Green

Wire will issue a deluxe edition of PF456 this Record Store Day, June 12, 2021.

As the press release notes:

PF456 REDUX was released in 2002, comprised of tracks from the two Read & Burn EPs, plus the album Send, all of which were edited in length to accommodate the vinyl format. This new DELUXEedition for Record Store Day 2021 sees the tracks released at their full length, most of which for the first time on vinyl plus the "12 Times You" 7” thrown in for good measure. Additionally, PF456 REDUX will also be re-released on CD.

This vinyl release comprises 2x10” singles + 1x7” single housed in a hardback book designed by Jon Wozencroft, including a 6000 word essay from writer Graham Duff, with new interviews with WIRE’s Bruce Gilbert, Colin Newman, Robert Grey and Graham Lewis, as well as complete lyrics and recording details, plus many previously unpublished photographs.

PF456 Deluxe Track List:

1. "In the Art of Stopping"
"I Don’t Understand Comet"
"Germ Ship"
"1st Fast"

2. "Raft Ants"
"The Agfers of Kodack"
"You Can’t Leave Now"
"Spent"

3. "Read & Burn"
"Trash/Treasure"
"Half Eaten"
"Nice Streets Above"

4 "Mr. Marx’s Table"
"Being Watched"
"99.9"

7. "Twelve Times You" (X mix)
"Twelve Times You" (Y mix)

Wire for Record Store Day
photo by Annette Green

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