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Wire Not About To Die not a bootleg anymore

Posted by Loren on May 14, 2022

Wire Not About To Die not a bootleg anymore
photo by Annette Green

On June 24, pinkflag will officially release Not About To Die by Wire, which was originally released by "Amnesia Records" as a bootleg in the early 1980s. The recording features demos for Chairs Missing and 154, Wire's second and third albums. The recordings were intended for employees at EMI and not public release at the time.

Colin Newman says, via press release: "The LP version was initially a Record Store Day release and we do like to support independent record shops. We also appreciate that RSD does not cover all retail, not everyone wants to consume the music on vinyl and that indeed not everyone can get to a record shop. So this release is for everyone else!"

The release will also mark the first time that Not About To Die has been available on vinyl.

The band has shared a video for "Stepping Off Too Quick."

Not About To Die track list:

1. Oh No Not So (Save The Bullet) – 4th demo
2. Culture Vultures – 4th demo
3. It’s The Motive – 4th demo
4. Love Ain’t Polite – 4th demo
5. French Film (Blurred) – 4th demo
6. Underwater Experiences – 4th demo
7. Stalemate – 4th demo
8. Options R – 5th demo
9. Indirect Enquiries v1 – 5th demo
10. Chairs Missing (Use To) – 5th demo
11. Being Sucked In Again – 5th demo
12. Ignorance No Plea (I Should Have Known Better) – 6th demo
13. Once Is Enough – 6th demo
14. The Other Window – 6th demo
15. Stepping Off Too Quick (Not About To Die) – 6th demo
16. On Returning – 6th demo
17. Former Airline – 6th demo
18. Two People In A Room – 6th demo

Wire Not About To Die not a bootleg anymore
photo by Annette Green

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