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| Album | Not About To Die (Studio Demos 1977-1978) |
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| Article number | PFCD27 |
| Release date | 2022-07-01 |
| Genre | Punk/Hard Core |
| Description | The original Not About To Die was an illegal /bootleg, released at some point in the early 80s, by the dubiously named Amnesia Records. The album was made up of selections from demos recorded by the group for their second and third albums: Chairs Missing and 154. These demos had been recorded for EMI, with cassette copies circulated amongst record company employees. However, they were never intended for release. A typically shoddy cash-in, the songs on Not About To Die were taken from a second or possibly third generation cassette, with the album housed in a grainy green and red photo-copied sleeve. Compared with the high standards of production and design Wire have always been known for, it was something of an insult to band and fans alike. Now, in a classic act of Wire perversity, the group have decided to redress the balance and reclaim one of the shadier moments of its history, by giving Not About To Die its first official release. All the tracks have been properly remastered, with the relevant recording details in place. As for the sleeve artwork, whilst it strongly references the original, it is decidedly more artful in its execution. Not About To Die emerges as a fascinating snapshot of Wire in transition with embryonic versions of classic songs such as ''French Film (Blurred)'', ''Used To'' and ''Being Sucked In Again'', that the group would develop considerably for their epochal 1978 album Chairs Missing. |
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Not About To Die (Studio Demos 1977-1978)
Wire
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