Post-punk legends Wire are planning a re-issue of Document and Eyewitness for this summer. The release will feature enhanced audio recordings of three separate live performances by the group.
The news of a Document and Eyewitness re-issue comes just after Wire’s release of a new song, titled “Blogging“. The re-issued double album will feature recordings of three live performances, at Pavilion Montreux, Notre Dame Hall, and the Electric Ballroom, and the record will be released on the Pink Flag label.
Tracks one through 12 are from the Electric Ballroom performance, tracks 13 through 19 were recorded at Notre Dame Hall. Track 20 from Montreux, and tracks 21 and 22 come the from “Our Swimmer” single release. Tracks tracks 23 and 24 come from an unreleased 1981 single.
Document and Eyewitness Tracklisting
Disc One Side One
1. 5/10
2. 12XU (Fragment)
3. Underwater Experiences
4. Everything’s Going to Be Nice
5. Piano Tuner (Keep Strumming Those Guitars)
6. We Meet Under Tables
Disco One Side Two
7. ZEGK HOQP
8. Eastern Standard
9. Instrumental (Thrown Bottle)
10. Eels Sang Lino
11. Revealing Trade Secrets
12. And Then… Coda
Disc Two Side One
13. Go Ahead
14. Ally in Exile
15. Relationship
16. Underwater Experiences
17. Witness to the Fact
18. 2 People in a Room
19. Our Swimmer
20. Heartbeat
Disc Two Side Two
21. Our Swimmer
22. Midnight Bahnhof Cafe
23. Second Length (Our Swimmer)
24. Catapult 30