THE WIRE : 20 Years 1982-2002; 3 x CD Box Set (2002)

The Wire Magazine, V/A comp,

The Wire 20 Years 1982–2002 is a various artists compilation album. The 3-CD box set was released on Mute Records for the 20th anniversary of British music magazine The Wire The tracks were selected by the magazine’s publisher and former editor, Tony Herrington. It is now out of print. Andy Gill at The Independent named it one of the ten best box sets of the year.

CD 1

1. The Wire – Steve Lacy
2. Seguita – Ennio Morricone (with Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza)
3. Wrong Eye – Coil
4. Egress (excerpt) – Hands To
5. Buried Dreams – David Toop and Max Eastley
6. Tubby’s Vengeance – Vivian Jackson & King Tubby
7. Don’t Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) – Fennesz
8. M 5 – Derek Bailey
9. Cockfight – Trance In Paksabali And Kesiman – Gamelan Beleganjur – Traditional Musicians, Bali
10. Pygmaäen – Einsturzende Neubauten
11. After Rapidly Circling The Plaza (excerpt) – AMM
12. 11,000 Volts – Mars
13. Breathe Deep – Cabaret Voltaire
14. The Death Of The Composer Was In 1962 – Tony Conrad with Faust
15. Vandal – Designer
16. Soaking Bodies In Dub – Torture
17. Shenshema – Fela Kuti

CD 2

1. Illistrum – The Art Ensemble Of Chicago
2. Expressway To Yr Skull – Sonic Youth
3. Salt – Spring Heel Jack / The Blue Series Continuum
4. Paper Hats – This Heat
5. Simple Headphone Mind – Stereolab / Nurse With Wound
6. Rock ‘N’ Roll Station – Jacques Berrocal
7. Ancient Ethiopia – Sun Ra & His Solar-Myth Arkestra
8. Jukebox Capriccio – Christian Marclay
9. Williams Mix – John Cage
10. Cathode #4: Soundcheck Version – Yoshihide Otomo
11. Headphones – Bjork
12. I (excerpt) – Pauline Oliveros

CD 3

1. Satan Side – Keith Hudson
2. Music For The Gift Part 1 – Terry Riley
3. Silver Smoke Of Dreams – William Burroughs (with Ian Sommerville)
4. Rocket USA – Suicide
5. 4.2 – Supersilent
6. Vaihe (Fön)
7. Kebabträume – Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft
8. Khalid Of Space Part 2 – Welcome – Larry Young
9. Players With Circuits – David Behrman (with Gordon Mumma)
10. The Caution Appears Part 5 – Fushitsusha
11. Living Space – John Cage
12. Some Summer Day – John Fahey
13. 25 Minutes To Go – Diamanda Galas