| Artist |
Wire |
| Album Title: |
Document and Eyewitness |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Post-Punk |
| Format |
Vinyl (2) |
| Released |
00/00/1981 |
| Label |
Rough Trade |
| Catalog No |
ROUGH 29 |
| Bar Code No |
None |
| Packaging |
LP Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| Document and Eyewitness (Disc 1) |
| A1.
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5/10 (0:00)
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| A2.
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12XU (Fragment) (0:00)
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| A3.
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Underwater Experiences (0:00)
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| A4.
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Everythings Going to Be Nice (0:00)
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| A5.
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Piano Tuner (Keep Strumming Those Guitars) (0:00)
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| A6.
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We Meet Under Tables (0:00)
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| B1.
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Zegk Hoqp (0:00)
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| B2.
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Eastern Standard (0:00)
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| B3.
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Instrumental (Thrown Bottle) (0:00)
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| B4.
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Eels Sang Lino (0:00)
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| B5.
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Revealing Trade Secrets (0:00)
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| B6.
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And Then ... (0:00)
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| B7.
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Coda (0:00)
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| Document and Eyewitness (Disc 2) |
| A1.
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Go Ahead (0:00)
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| A2.
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Ally in Exile (0:00)
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| A3.
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Relationship (0:00)
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| A4.
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Underwater Experiences (0:00)
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| B1.
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Witness to the Fact (0:00)
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| B2.
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2 People in a Room (0:00)
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| B3.
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Our Swimmer (0:00)
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| B4.
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Heartbeat (0:00)
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| Date Acquired |
01/02/1988 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Down In The Valley |
| Purchase Price |
12.00 |
Web Links |
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Discogs Entry:
MusicBrainz Entry: |
Notes |
Notes:
Recorded live at Electric Ballroom 29.02.1980, at Notre Dame Hall 19.07.1979 and at Montreux 09.03.1979.
Published by Carlin Music except 12XU Virgin Music.
Runout notes:
With the etched "L189xx" numbers positioned at the bottom, each side also has an "A" etched on the left, and "①" with a small "x" above it etched on the right.
A1: M.Cs request spot
A4: Woman enters pulling 2 tethered men and an inflatable jet
A5: Vocalist attacks gas-stove
A6: Vocalist wears black knee length veil
B1: 12 percussionists with newspaper head dresses
B2: M.C. attempts geographical explanation
B4: Vocalist accompanied and lit by illuminated goose
B6: Vocalist eats 2 loaves and then the blank scrolls are unrolled
Thanks to: David Quinn (occasional sax)
Mick Collins (the M.C.)
Newsprint Percussionists
Tom and John (the Sheet)
Bgls. and Epic
Russell and Adrian
Credits:
Compiled By – Geoff Travis, Wire
Composed By – Gilbert (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1 to D3), Newman (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to B5, B7 to D4), Lewis (tracks: A1 to A5, B1 to D1, D3), Gotobed (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1 to B5, B7 to D1, D3)
Lacquer Cut By – BilBo (tracks: C1 to C4), Porky (tracks: A1 to B7, D1 to D4)
Lighting – Simon Miles
Mixed By [Live Mixes] – Eddie
Saxophone [Occasional Sax] – David Quinn
Companies, etc.:
Recorded At – Electric Ballroom
Recorded At – Notre Dame Hall
Recorded At – Pavillon, Montreux
Published By – Carlin Music
Published By – Virgin Music
Lacquer Cut At – Portland Studios
Lacquer Cut At – Tape One
Mastered At – PRS Ltd.
Pressed By – Lyntone Recordings Ltd. – L18946
Pressed By – Lyntone Recordings Ltd. – L18947
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): ROUGH 29 A // 1 ∇ EPS 11 2 ①x A PORKY PRIME CUT. L18946 A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): ROUGH 29 B // 1 ∇ EPS 11 2 ①x A PORKY PRIME CUT. L18947 A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side C): ROUGH 2912 ⨳ A // 2 ∇ ETO 1 1 ② BiLBO TA1PE LYN-18944 A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side D): ROUGH 2912 B // 1 ∇ EPS 11 4 ①x A PORKY PRIME CUT. L18945
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by Wilson Neate:
Just as Wire was capable of innovative, intelligent, and pleasurable music, it also had a knack for mystifying and frustrating fans. The latter was particularly true of the group live. Although this set featured Wire in an accessible mode on material recorded in 1979 at the Notre Dame Hall and in Montreux, most of the tracks derive from a 1980 gig at the Electric Ballroom that found the band at its most challenging. Save a version of "12XU," Wire played material that was previously unreleased, under-rehearsed, at times unrecognizable as rock music and, at others, almost unlistenable. More difficult pieces like the Beefheart-esque "Eels Sang Lino" feature some combination of abrasive, off-kilter, repetitive arrangements, dissonance, and shouting. While some numbers border on the cacophonous, others are pared down, displaying little traditional song structure. On "Zegk Hoqp," for instance, Graham Lewis chants seemingly random letters to the accompaniment of percussion. Still, the chaotic proceedings do coalesce into more familiar song formats on tracks like "We Meet Under Tables." The material from the 1979 gigs -- particularly "Heartbeat" -- proves Wire was capable of conventional performances. However, at the Electric Ballroom, the band had little interest in "playing a concert." In keeping with the spirit of its punk origins and with a measure of humor, Wire yielded artistic authority and surrendered the notion of a scripted set to chance, inviting its audience to react and participate in the event. Listened to in those terms, the show was successful, albeit not in the way Wire had envisaged. The band was subjected to considerable abuse and, during "Instrumental (Thrown Bottle)," Colin Newman can be heard reacting to a near miss from a flying beer bottle. Given the idiosyncratic nature of the Electric Ballroom performance (and the low quality of the recording), this album will be of interest only to die-hard Wire aficionados.
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