{"product_id":"wire-not-about-to-die-remastered","title":"WIRE - Not about To Die (Remastered)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003eLP – Limited Edition Black Vinyl. Remastered Official Release. See below.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAvailable exclusively\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003ein-store\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003eSaturday 23rd April 2022\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAny all\/remaining copies will be on sale\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003eonline from 7pm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003eSunday 24th April\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe original \u003cem\u003eNot About To Die\u003c\/em\u003e was an illegal bootleg, released at some point in the early 80s, by the dubiously named \u003cstrong\u003eAmnesia Records\u003c\/strong\u003e. The album was made up of selections from demos recorded by the group for their second and third albums: \u003cem\u003eChairs Missing\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e154\u003c\/em\u003e. These demos had been recorded for \u003cstrong\u003eEMI\u003c\/strong\u003e, with cassette copies circulated amongst record company employees. However, they were never intended for release. A typically shoddy cash-in, the songs on \u003cem\u003eNot About To Die\u003c\/em\u003e were taken from a second or possibly third generation cassette, with the album housed in a grainy green and red photo-copied sleeve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCompared with the high standards of production and design \u003cstrong\u003eWire\u003c\/strong\u003e have always been known for, it was something of an insult to band and fans alike. Now, in a classic act of Wire perversity, the group have decided to redress the balance and reclaim one of the shadier moments of its history, by giving \u003cem\u003eNot About To Die\u003c\/em\u003e its first official release on the bands own \u003cstrong\u003epinkflag\u003c\/strong\u003e imprint.. All the tracks have been properly remastered, with the relevant recording details in place. As for the sleeve artwork, whilst it strongly references the original, it is decidedly more artful in its execution. \u003cem\u003eNot About To Die\u003c\/em\u003e emerges as a fascinating snapshot of Wire in transition with embryonic versions of classic songs such as ‘\u003cem\u003eFrench Film (Blurred)\u003c\/em\u003e’, ‘\u003cem\u003eUsed To\u003c\/em\u003e’ and ‘\u003cem\u003eBeing Sucked In Again\u003c\/em\u003e’, that the group would develop considerably for their epochal 1978 album \u003cem\u003eChairs Missing\u003c\/em\u003e. Later demos such as ‘\u003cem\u003eOnce Is Enough\u003c\/em\u003e’, ‘\u003cem\u003eOn Returning\u003c\/em\u003e’ and ‘\u003cem\u003eTwo People In A Room\u003c\/em\u003e’ would surface in radically altered form on 1979’s 154. Some songs, such as ‘\u003cem\u003eThe Other Window\u003c\/em\u003e’, are virtually unrecognisable from their later iterations but the biggest prizes here may well be the tracks that were omitted from Wire's later studio albums. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQTY (UK \u0026amp; Ireland)\u003c\/strong\u003e: 2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pinkflag","offers":[{"title":"LP - Vinyl [RSD 2022]","offer_id":41827462217889,"sku":"SDZ-43268","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/products\/Wire_-_Not-About-To-Die-Studio-Demos-1977-1978_-_RSD-2022.jpg?v=1650009778","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/wire-not-about-to-die-remastered","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}