KEEPINGITPEEL....THE BUILD UP CONTINUES

Taken from a 12" EP released in 1987.

Actually that's a lie.

The four tracks today were available on a 12" EP, but my copies come from a CD released in 1990 that brought together the three Peel sessions recorded by Wire during 1978 and 1979.

Recorded on 18th January 1978 and broadcast just twelve days later, the session features 106 Beats That which was on debut LP Pink Flag released the previous year , Practice Makes Perfect and I Am The Fly which would see light of day some seven months later when the LP Chairs Missing hit the shops and one track - Culture Vultures - that was otherwise not recorded.

mp3 : Wire - Practice Makes Perfect
mp3 : Wire - I Am The Fly
mp3 : Wire - Culture Vultures
mp3 : Wire - 106 Beats That

It was this version of I Am The Fly that was the first ever Wire song I got to hear when someone brought a tape into school raving about it. If I'm being honest.....I wasn't convinced at the time. It took me another six years or so to really appreciate what they were all about when I got access to their LPs via a flatmate.

Happy Listening