Wire -- Safe - Lorries

Recorded at Notre Dame Hall, 19 July 1979. These two pieces were originally not released with the rest of the concert LP Document And Eyewitness. Both tracks were re-recorded by Colin Newman for his solo album 'Not To' from 1982. These recordings were finally released on the compilation Turns And Strokes.

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• wire
• notre
• dame
• hall
• post-punk
• art
• rock
• progressive
• experimental
• colin
• newman
• bruce
• gilbert
• graham
• lewis
• document
• eyewitness

[napoleonbonerpart]

Most of the demos I've heard by Wire were done in a punk vein. Its like they need to get something down for the record and thats their way of doing it. A lot of their songs develop a long way before final release.

[KingOfUm]

@napoleonbonerpart I agree, they definitely start out with a certain raw feel.

[MrOoppoddoo]

Thank you.

[KingOfUm]

Sure thing, have a thumbs up.

[SecondsToLast]

Wow, the Not To version of Lorries is a completely different song. Why did they even retain the title?

[KingOfUm]

I'm actually reading the WIRE documentary right now, and I think it's kind of a pattern with them, where, say, Colin writes some lyrics, hands it to Bruce or Graham and they take care of the rest, or any which way. They did that to a lot of tracks, and this might be an example.

[SpiegleinSpieglein]

These are quite different from the Colin versions - but nevertheless great - thanks!