Bootlegs

Last modified: 27 October 2000
Recent additions: 22 October 1986, 2 November 1987, 14 May 1988, 26 February 1989, 8 May 1997, 2 May 2000, 10 May 2000, 13 May 2000, 15 May 2000

Here is a list of the Wire bootlegs which I have. I am willing to trade them, but not to sell them. If you have nothing to trade, then you can send me blank tapes to copy onto. Note that these are presented as I have them; i. e., sometimes with several different shows on one tape. I realize that this is annoying, but c'est la vie. In many cases the playing time has been rounded up to the nearest 45 min. The symbol "//" indicates the second side of the tape. The sound quality rating is very subjective; caveat emptor simulatorum!

Name of bootlegSound qualityApproximate playing time
Track listing

Explanation of sound quality
*****nearly studio quality
****reasonably good
***like a bootleg
**multiple generation copy
*for aficianados only


Wire: rehearsal, ? August 1976***45 min.
Prove Myself, Mary Is A Dyke, Bad Night At The Lion, Outside The Law, Gimme Your Love, Midnight Train, Feeling Called Love, TV, Lost Boy, Johnny Brown, After Midnight [J. J. Cale], Fade, Bitch, Roadrunner [Jon Richman]

Wire: rehearsal, ? March 1977**45 min.
Mary Is A Dyke, Too True, The Commercial, Just Don't Care, Strange, Brazil, It's So Obvious, Three Girl Rhumba, Lowdown, Feeling Called Love, After Midnight [J. J. Cale], 12XU, Mr. Suit

Wire: The Roxy, London, 1 April 1977**45 min.
The Commercial, Mary Is A Dyke, Too True, Just Don't Care, Strange, Brazil, It's So Obvious, Three Girl Rhumba, TV, Straight Line, Lowdown, Feeling Called Love, New York City, After Midnight, 12XU, Mr. Suit, Glad All Over [Dave Clark Five]

Wire: The Roxy, London, 2 April 1977 and Riverside Studio, 25 May 1977***45 min.
The Commercial, Mary Is A Dyke, Too True, Just Don't Care, Strange, Brazil, It's So Obvious, Three Girl Rhumba, TV, Straight Line, Lowdown, Feeling Called Love, New York City, After Midnight [J. J. Cale], 12XU, Glad All Over [Dave Clark Five], Mr. Suit, [Riverside] Reuters, Different To Me, Ex-Lion Tamer, Mannequin, Champs, Start To Move

Wire: EMI Studio Demos, 4 May 1977*****15 min.
The Commercial, Mr Suit, Pink Flag

Wire: Riverside Studio, 12 August 1977****45 min.
106 Beats That, Fragile [cut], Fragile, Suregeon's Girl, Surgeon's Girl, Fragile, Field Day For The Sundays, Field Day For The Sundays, 106 Beats That, 106 Beats That, Fragile, Fragile

Wire: Riverside Studio, 14 December 1977***45 min.
Practice Makes Perfect, Oh No Not So, Culture Vultures, It's The Motive, Love Ain't Polite, French Film Blurred, Sand In My Joints, Too Late, I Am The Fly, Heartbeat, Underwater Experiences, Stablemate [I Feel Mysterious Today omitted]

Wire: Demos / Compilation*45 min.
[demos c. 12/1977?] Oh No Not So, It's The Motive, Love Ain't Polite, Stepping Off Too Quick, [Winter Gardens, Eastbourne, 9 June 1977] It's So Obvious, Three Girl Rhumba, Feeling Called Love, TV, Champs, [Hammersmith, 1977] Mannequin, [Brighton, 1978] Lowdown, [Technical College, Harrow, 1978] Sand In My Joints, [Queen's Hall, Barnstable, 19 February 1979] Question Of Degree, [Metro, Plymouth, 20 February 1979] Blessed State, [German TV, June 1979, Rockpalast rebroadcast] The 15th, [Pavillion, Paris, 11 March 1979] Men 2nd, [Essen, 4 March 1979, Rockpalast rebroadcast] Former Airline, [Friars, Aylesbury, 30 June 1979] Safe

Wire: Odeon, Hammersmith, 11 and 12 November 1977* // *90 min.
106 Beats That, Reuters, Three Girl Rhumba, Oh No Not So, Strange, Brazil, Lowdown, It's The Motive, Practice Makes Perfect, Mannequin, Pink Flag, Sand In My Joints, 12XU // [ibid.]

Wire: Regents Hotel, Brighton, 31 January 1978*45 min.
Champs, Ex-Lion Tamer, 106 Beats That, Marooned, Reuters, Three Girl Rhumba, Oh No Not So, Strange, Brazil, Culture Vultures, Lowdown, It's The Motive, Practice Makes Perfect, Mannequin, Pink Flag, Love Ain't Polite, French Film Blurred, Sand In My Joints, 12XU, Too Late

Wire: Essex Univ., Colchester, 4 March 1978***45 min.
Indirect Enquiries, Lowdown, Men 2nd, On Returning, Being Sucked In Again [fragment]

Wire: Riverside Studio, 14 April 1978**45 min.
Dot Dash, French Film Blurred, Options R, Mercy, Marooned, From The Nursery, Indirect Enquiries, Outdoor Miner, Used To, Being Sucked In Again, Men 2nd [Another The Letter and No Romans omitted]

Wire: CBGB's, N. Y., 15 (or 21) July 1978 (2 shows)** // **90 min.
106 Beats That, Options R, Reuters, Men 2nd, Practice Makes Perfect, Dot Dash, Lowdown, Being Sucked In Again, Outdoor Miner, Another The Letter, French Film Blurred, Sand In My Joints, Mercy, 12XU // Reuters, 106 Beats That, From The Nursery, Options R, French Film Blurred, Three Girl Rhumba, Dot Dash, Strange, I Am The Fly, Being Sucked In Again, Men 2nd, Pink Flag, Too Late

Wire: CBGB's / WPIX-FM, New York, 28 July 1978***45 min.
Men 2nd, Reuters, 106 Beats That, From The Nursery, Dot Dash, Another The Letter, Practice Makes Perfect, Marooned, I Am The Fly, Lowdown, Mercy

Wire: rehearsal, ? October/November 1978****45 min.
?, The Other Window, Mutual Friend, Former Airline, Mercy, Stepping Off Too Quick

Wire: S036 Club, Berlin, 10 November 1978 and Bradford Univ., 25 October 1978***** // *****90 min.
[S036 Club] Indirect Enquiries, Men 2nd, Lowdown, On Returning, Being Sucked In Again, I Feel Mysterious Today, The Other Window, Mutual Friend, Former Airline, Mercy, Stepping Off Too Quick, Ignorance No Plea [I Should Have Known Better], Practice Makes Perfect, [Bradford] Indirect Enquiries, Men 2nd, Lowdown, On Returning // Being Sucked In Again, I Feel Mysterious Today, The Other Window, Mutual Friend, Former Airline, Mercy, Stepping Off Too Quick, Strange, Another The Letter, Sand In My Joints, French Film Blurred, Ignorance No Plea [I Should Have Known Better], Practice Makes Perfect, Reuters, 106 Beats That

Wire: Technical College, Harrow, 17 November 1978*45 min.
Men 2nd, Lowdown, On Returning [original version], Being Sucked In Again, I Feel Mysterious Today, Mutual Friend, Former Airline, Mercy, Stepping Off Too Quick, Strange, Another The Letter, Sand In My Joints, French Film Blurred

Wire: Riverside Studio, 11 December 1978*45 min.
40 Versions, I Should Have Known Better, Blessed State, A Touching Display, The 15th, Mutual Friend, Once Is Enough, The Other Window, Stepping Off Too Quick, Indirect Enquiries [fragment], Map Ref. 41N 93W, Single K. O., On Returning, Question Of Degree, Former Airline, Two People In A Room

Wire: Not About To Die***45 min.
Save The Bullet [Oh No Not So], Culture Vultures, [It's The] Motive, Love Ain't Polite, French Film Blurred, Underwater Experiences, Stablemate, Options R, Indirect Enquiries, Used To, Being Sucked In Again, I Should Have Known Better, Once Is Enough, The Other Window, Not About To Die [Stepping Off Too Quick], On Returning, Former Airline, Two People In A Room

Wire: rehearsal, ? December 1978**45 min.
?, Underwater Experiences, Single K. O., Two People In A Room, Blessed State, Once Is Enough, A Touching Display, The 15th, Question Of Degree, 40 Versions

Wire: Rockpalast, 14 February 1979****90 min.
Another The Letter, The 15th, Practice Makes Perfect, Two People In A Room, I Feel Mysterious Today, Being Sucked In Again, Once Is Enough, Blessed State, Question Of Degree, Single K. O., Mercy, 40 Versions, Former Airline, A Touching Display, French Film Blurred, Men 2nd // Map Ref. 43N 110W [sic], Heartbeat, Pink Flag

Wire: Queen's Hall, Barnstable, 19 February 1979**90 min.
Another The Letter, The 15th, Practice Makes Perfect, Two People In A Room, I Feel Mysterious Today, Being Sucked In Again, Once Is Enough, Blessed State, Question Of Degree, Single K. O., Mercy, 40 Versions, Former Airline, A Touching Display, French Film Blurred // Map Ref. 41N 93W, Men 2nd, Heartbeat, Pink Flag

Wire: Metro, Plymouth, 20 February 1979*90 min.
Another The Letter, The 15th, Practice Makes Perfect, Two People In A Room, I Feel Mysterious TOday, Being Sucked In Again, Once Is Enough, Blessed State, Question Of Degree, Single K. O., Mercy, 40 Versions, Former Airline, A Touching Display, French Film Blurred, Map Ref.41N 93W // Men 2nd, Heartbeat, Strange, Pink Flag, Too Late

Wire: Cologne?, March 1979*45 min.
Practice Makes Perfect, I Feel Mysterious Today, Being Sucked In Again, Single K. O., Mercy, 40 Versions, Former Airline, French Film Blurred, Men 2nd, Map Ref. 41N 93W, Heartbeat, Pink Flag

Wire: Dusseldorf?, March 1979*45 min.
The 15th, Practice Makes Perfect, I Feel Mysterious Today, Being Sucked In Again, Single K. O., Mercy, 40 Versions, Former Airline, French Film Blurred, Men 2nd, Map Ref. 41N 93W, Heartbeat, Pink Flag

Wire: Take A Terrifying Trip To The Past! (Palais Des Artes, Montreaux, 9 March 1979)****15 min.
Another The Letter, Practice Makes Perfect, Two People In A Room, I Feel Mysterious Today

Wire: Live In London 1978 (Palais Des Artes, Montreaux, 9 March 1979, sic)****15 min.
Being Sucked In Again, Blessed State, Question Of Degree, Heartbeat

Wire: Dominoe (Palais Des Artes, Montreaux, 9 March 1979)**45 min.
Another The Letter, Practice Makes Perfect, Two People In A Room, I Feel Mysterious Today, Being Sucked In Again, Blessed State, Question of Degreee, Mercy, A Touching Display, Former Airline, French Film Blurred, Men 2nd [Heartbeat omitted]

Wire: Palais Des Artes, Montreaux, 9 March 1979***45 min.
Another The Letter, Practice Makes Perfect, Two People In A Room, I Feel Mysterious Today, Being Sucked In Again, Blessed State, Question Of Degree, Mercy, A Touching Display, Former Airline, French Film Blurred, Men 2nd, Heartbeat

Wire: Midnacht Bahnhof Cafe Nostalgia (Tiffany's, Hull, 3 July 1979)**90 min.
Go Ahead, Ally In Exile, Relationship, Being Sucked In Again, Safe, Lorry [Lorries], Wanted To Go [separate listing but same as Lorries], Midnight Bahnhof Cafe // Underwater Experiences, Blessed State, Two People In A Room, I Should Have Known Better, Question Of Degree, Our Swimmer, I Am The Fly, Too Late

Wire: Notre Dame Hall, London, 19 July 1979****90 min.
Go Ahead [on DAE], Ally In Exile [on DAE], Being Sucked In Again, Relationship [on DAE], Midnight Bahnhoff Cafe, Underwater Experiences [on DAE], Blessed State, Witness To The Fact [on DAE], I Should Have Known Better, Safe [on TAS], Lorries [on TAS], Two People In A Room [on DAE], Question Of Degree, Our Swimmer [on DAE] // I Am The Fly, Heartbeat, Strange

Wire: Jeanette Cochrane Theatre, London, 10 November 1979****45 min.
Crazy About Love, Improved On Removal [Remove For Improvement, on TAS], The Spare One [on TAS], Two People In A Room, Lorries, Underwater Experiences, Blessed State, Ally In Exile, Over My Head [on TAS], Our Swimmer, On Returning

Wire: rehearsal, ? February 1980**45 min.
5/10, Revealing Trade Secrets, We Meet Under Tables, Inventory, Eastern Standard, Cancel Your Order [Dome], Everything's Going To Be Nice, Ritual View, And Then, Eels Sang Lino, Part Of Our History

Colin Newman: The Edge, Toronto, 25 February 1981***45 min.
Lorries, 5 / 10, 1 2 3 Beep Beep, Optimists, Fish Nine, Remove For Improvement, This Picture, Truculent Yet, We Meet Under Tables, Man The Lifeboats, You Make Me Happy, Indians!, I've Waited Ages [fragment]

Colin Newman: The Venue, London 19 March 1981*45 min.
Don't Bring Reminders, This Picture, Lorries, 5 / 10, 1 2 3 Beep Beep, Optimists, Fish Five, Remove For Improvement, The Gymnast [on AOPI], Truculent Yet, We Meet Under Tables, Man The Lifeboats, You Me And Happy, I've Waited Ages [fragment]

Colin Newman: The Venue, London, 22 March 1982**90 min.
Not To, Fish Four, Fish One, [No Doubt, Lunaris], H. C. T. F. R., At Rest, ? [A Word In Your Ear, Where Was I?, 21:81, But Either Way] // We Means We Starts, The Grace You Know, Ya Rama Dum, Remove For Improvement, [Fast Forward magazine, August 1982] INTERVIEW (Colin Newman, London June 1982), H. C. T. F. R.

Gilbert & Lewis w/ Conservatorium Orchestra: Lantaan, Rotterdam, 9 April 1983***45 min.
Making A Meeting

Wire: Museum Of Modern Art, Oxford, 7 June 1985****45 min.
Ambulance Chasers, Drill, Kidney Bingos [original version], Over Theirs, Harry Houdini, A Serious Of Snakes, Up To The Sun, Kidney Bingos

Wire: Crown And Castle, Dalston, 8 October 1985***90 min.
Cheeking Tongues, Harry Houdini, Ambulance Chasers, Over Theirs, Madman's Honey, Kidney Bingos [original version], Come Back In Two Halves, Drill, Kidnap Yourself [He Said] // A Serious Of Snakes, Up To The Sun

Wire: Wien Messepalast, Vienna, 10 October 1985**90 min.
Cheeking Tongues, Harry Houdini, Ambulance Chasers, Over Theirs, Madman's Honey, Kidney Bingos, Come Back In Two Halves, Drill // Kidnap Yourself [He Said], A Serious Of Snakes, Up To The Sun, Cheeking Tongues

Wire: Harp Club, New Cross, 15 December 1985***90 min.
TUNE-UP, Advantage In Height [sound check], Cheeking Tongues [sound check], Cheeking Tongues, Kidney Bingos, Over Theirs, Madman's Honey, Ambulance Chasers, Advantage In Height // Advantage In Height, Come Back In Two Halves, Drill, A Serious Of Snakes, Up To The Sun, Advantage In Height

Wire: Come Back In Two Halves (Paradiso, Amsterdam, 17 December 1985)****45 min.
Cheeking Tongues, Kidney Bingos [original version], Feed Me, Over Theirs, Madman's Honey, Ambulance Chasers, Advantage In Height, Come Back In Two Halves, Drill, A Serious Of Snakes, Up To The Sun [Advantage In Height and Cheeking Tongues omitted]

Wire: Splash Club, Glasgow, 22 December 1985****90 min.
TUNE-UP, Cheeking Tongues [sound check], Madman's Honey [sound check], Cheeking Tongues, Kidney Bingos [original version], Over Theirs, Madman's Honey, Ambulance Chasers, Advantage In Height, Come Back In Two Halves, Drill // Up To The Sun, A Serious Of Snakes, Advantage In Height

Wire: Clarendon Hotel, London, 24 June 1986***45 min.
A Serious Of Snakes, Ambulance Chasers, Point Of Collapse, Cheeking Tongues, Advantage In Height, Come Back In Two Halves, Kidney Bingos [original version], Over Theirs, Drill, Madman's Honey, Ambitious

Wire: Fabrik, Hamburg, 21 October 1986****45 min.
Ambulance Chasers, Come Back In Two Halves, Feed Me, Advantage In Height, Over Theirs, Ahead [original version], Madman's Honey, Drill, Ambitious [Free Falling Divisions version], A Serious Of Snakes

Wire: Melkweg, Amsterdam, 22 October 1986***74 min.
Cheeking Tongues, Kidney Bingos, Point Of Collapse, Ambulance Chasers, Come Back In Two Halves, Feed Me, Advantage In Height, Over Theirs, Ahead, Madman's Honey, Drill, Ambitious, A Serious Of Snakes, Drill

Wire: Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, 23 October 1986**90 min.
Cheeking Tongues, Kidney Bingos, Point Of Collapse, Ambulance Chasers, Come Back In Two Halves, Feed Me, Advantage In Height, Over Theirs, Ahead, Madman's Honey, Drill // Ambitious, A Serious Of Snakes, Up To The Sun, Drill, Ahead

Wire: La Dolce Vita, Lausanne, 4 or 5 June 1987**90 min.
Silk Skin Paws, Cheeking Tongues, Madman's Honey, Advantage In Height, Point Of Collapse, Come Back In Two Halves, Ahead, Kidney Bingos, Over Theirs, Still Shows // A Serious Of Snakes, It's A Boy, Ambitious, Drill, Up To The Sun

Wire: Revival Club, Philadelphia, 10 June 1987**90 min.
Silk Skin Paws, Cheeking Tongues, Madman's Honey, Advantage In Height, Point Of Collapse, Come Back In Two Halves, Ahead, Kidney Bingos, Over Theirs, Still Shows // A Serious Of Snakes, It's A Boy, Ambitious, Drill, Up To The Sun

Wire: The Ritz, N. Y., 13 June 1987***90 min.
Silk Skin Paws, Advantage In Height, Come Back In Two Halves, Cheeking Tongues, Madman's Honey, Ahead, Kidney Bingos, Over Theirs, Still Shows, A Serious Of Snakes // It's A Boy, Ambitious, Drill, Up To The Sun, Ahead, INTERVIEW [Graham Lewis, NYC promo interviews, 12 April 1987]

Wire: Peabody's DownUnder, Cleveland, 18 June 1987****90 min.
Silk Skin Paws, Advantage In Height, Come Back In Two Halves, Cheeking Tongues, Madman's Honey, Ahead, Kidney Bingos, Over Theirs, Still Shows // A Serious Of Snakes, It's A Boy, Drill, Up To The Sun, Ambitious

Wire: St. Andrew's Hall, Detroit, 19 June 1987****90 min.
Silk Skin Paws, Advantage In Height, Come Back In Two Halves, Cheeking Tongues, Madman's Honey, Ahead, Kidney Bingos, Over Theirs, Still Shows, A Serious Of Snakes // It's A Boy, Drill, Up To The Sun, Ambitious

Wire: First Avenue, Minneapolis, 21-22 June 1987***90 min.
Advantage In Height, Come Back In Two Halves, Cheeking Tongues, Madman's Honey, Ahead, Kidney Bingos, Over Theirs, Still Shows, A Serious Of Snakes, It's A Boy, Drill // Up To The Sun, Ambitious, [22 June] Silk Skin Paws, Over Theirs, Roadrunner [Jon Richman]

Wire: Pine Street Theater, Portland, 27 June 1987****90 min.
Silk Skin Paws, Advantage In Height, Come Back In Two Halves, Cheeking Tongues, Madman's Honey, Ahead, Kidney Bingos, Over Theirs, Still Shows, A Serious Of Snakes // It's A Boy, Drill, Up To The Sun, Ambitious

Wire: I-Beam, San Francisco, 29 June 1987****90 min.
Silk Skin Paws, Advantage In Height, Come Back In Two Halves, Cheeking Tongues, Madman's Honey, Ahead, Kidney Bingos, Over Theirs, Still Shows, A Serious Of Snakes // It's A Boy, Drill, Up To The Sun, Ambitious, Roadrunner [Jon Richman]

Wire: I-Beam, San Francisco, 30 June 1987***90 min.
Silk Skin Paws, Advantage In Height, Come Back In Two Halves, Cheeking Tongues, Madman's Honey, Ahead, Kidney Bingos, Over Theirs, Still Shows, A Serious Of Snakes // It's A Boy, Drill, Up To The Sun, Ambitious, [Late Show, US TV, 1 July 1987] Drill, INTERVIEW [Wire]

Wire: Variety Arts Center, L. A., 1 July 1987****90 min.
Silk Skin Paws, Advantage In Height, Come Back In Two Halves, Cheeking Tongues, Madman's Honey, Ahead, Kidney Bingos, Over Theirs, Still Shows, A Serious Of Snakes // It's A Boy, Drill, Up To The Sun, Ambitious, Roadrunner [Jon Richman], INTERVIEW [Colin and Graham, KSDT FM radio San Diego March (or April) 1987, broadcast 21 May 1987]

Wire: Finsbury Park, London, 25 July 1987***90 min.
Silk Skin Paws, Advantage In Height, Come Back In Two Halves, Cheeking Tongues, Madman's Honey, Ahead, Kidney Bingos, Over Theirs, Still Shows, A Serious Of Snakes // It's A Boy, Drill, Up To The Sun

Wire: Hovlkodden Festival, Oslo, 15 August 1987**90 min.
Silk Skin Paws, Advantage In Height, Come Back In Two Halves, Cheeking Tongues, Madman's Honey, Ahead, Kidney Bingos, Over Theirs // Still Shows, A Serious Of Snakes, It's A Boy, Drill, Up To The Sun, Ambitious

Wire: Metropol, Aachen, 3 November 1987 (and? Alabama Hall, Munich 18 October 1986)*** // ***90 min.
Silk Skin Paws, Ahead, Freefalling Divisions, Cheeking Tongues, Come Back In Two Halves, Madman's Honey, Over Theirs, Kidney Bingos, Follow The Locust, Drill // It's A Boy, Boiling Boy, A Serious Of Snakes, Ambitious, Up To The Sun, Drill, [Alabama Hall?] A Serious Of Snakes

Wire: The Roxy, Amsterdam, 2 November 1987***74 min.
Silk Skin Paws, Ahead, ?, Cheeking Tongues, Come Back In Two Halves, Madman's Honey, Freefalling Divisions, Over Theirs, Kidney Bingos, Follow The Locust, It's A Boy, Boiling Boy, Ambitious

Wire: Barowtak, Gothenburg, 7 November 1987***90 min.
Silk Skin Paws, Ahead, Freefalling Divisions, Cheeking Tongues, Madman's Honey, Over Theirs, Kidney Bingos, Follow The Locust, Drill // It's A Boy, Boiling Boy, A Serious Of Snakes, Up To The Sun

Wire: International, Manchester, 30 November 1987**90 min.
Silk Skin Paws, Cheeking Tongues, Freefalling Divisions, Ahead, Come Back In Two Halves, Madman's Honey, Over Theirs, Kidney Bingos, Follow The Locust // A Serious Of Snakes, It's A Boy, Boiling Boy, Drill, Up To The Sun

Colin Newman: Effenaar, Eindhoven, 13 May 1988***90 min.
It Seems, 2-Sixes, Quite Unrehearsed, Invisible Threads, Can I Explain The Delay?, Convolutions, The Fishes And The Shining Sea, Can't Help Being // Making The Necessary Changes, Not To, Not Being In Warsaw, Better Later Than Never

Colin Newman: Paradiso, Amsterdam, 14 May 1988***74 min.
It Seems, 2-Sixes, Quite Unrehearsed, Invisible Threads, Can I Explain The Delay?, Convolutions, The Fishes And The Shining Sea, Can't Help Being, Making The Necessary Changes, Not To, Not Being In Warsaw, INTERVIEW [May 1988]

Colin Newman: Alle Ubu, Rennes, 27 May 1988****90 min.
It Seems, 2-Sixes, Quite Unrehearsed, Invisible Threads, Can I Explain The Delay?, Convolutions, The Fishes And The Shining Sea, Can't Help Being // Making The Necessary Changes, Not To, Not Being In Warsaw, Better Later Than Never

Wire: Maxwell's, Hoboken, N. J., 14 June 1988**90 min.
The King Of Ur And The Queen Of Um, In Vivo, Kidney Bingos, Finest Drops, Silk Skin Paws, German Shepherds, Public Place, It's A Boy, The Offer // Eardrum Buzz, Boiling Boy, Drill, Ahead, Over Theirs

Wire: Filmore West, San Francisco, 16 June 1988***90 min.
The Queen Of Ur And The King Of Um, In Vivo, Kidney Bingos, Finest Drops, Silk Skin Paws, German Shepherds, Public Place, It's A Boy // The Offer, Boiling Boy, Drill, Ahead, Over Theirs

Wire: Club Lingerie, Hollywood, 19 June 1988****90 min.
The Queen Of Ur And The King Of Um, In Vivo, Kidney Bingos, Finest Drops, Silk Skin Paws, German Shepherds, Public Place, It's A Boy // The Offer, Eardrum Buzz, Boiling Boy, Drill, Ahead, Over Theirs

Wire: The Ritz, N. Y., 2 July 1988****90 min.
The King Of Ur And The Queen Of Um, In Vivo, Kidney Bingos, Finest Drops, Silk Skin Paws, German Shepherds, Public Place, It's A Boy, The Offer // Eardrum Buzz, Boiling Boy, Drill, Ahead, Over Theirs

Wire: Green Parrot, Asbury Park, N. J., 4 July 1988***45 min.
It's A Boy, Free Falling Divisions, Eardrum Buzz, Boiling Boy, Drill, Ahead, Over Theirs

Wire: Chestnut Cabaret, Philadelphia, 5 July 1988***90 min.
The Queen Of Ur And The King Of Um, In Vivo, Kidney Bingos, Finest Drops, Silk Skin Paws, German Shepherds, Public Place, It's A Boy, The Offer, Eardrum Buzz // Boiling Boy, Drill, Ahead, Over Theirs

Wire: Astoria Theatre, London, 21 July 1988***90 min.
The Queen Of Ur And The King Of Um, In Vivo, Kidney Bingos, Finest Drops, Silk Skin Paws, German Shepherds, Public Place, It's A Boy // The Offer, Eardrum Buzz, Boiling Boy, Drill, Ahead, Over Theirs [fragment]

Wire: Ink Stick, Shibaura Factory, Tokyo, 21 September 1988**90 min.
Illuminated, In Vivo, Kidney Bingos, Finest Drops, Silk Skin Paws, German Shepherds, Public Place, It's A Boy // The Offer, Eardrum Buzz, Boiling Boy, Drill, Ahead, Over Theirs, Up To The Sun

Wire: Town & Country Club, London, 23 October 1988***90 min.
Illuminated, In Vivo, Kidney Bingos, The Finest Drops, Silk Skin Paws, German Shepherds, Public Place, It's A Boy // The Offer, Eardrum Buzz, Boiling Boy, Drill, Ahead, Over Theirs [fragment]

He Said: Three Versions (demos, c. 1988)*****15 min.
Watch Take Care, Watch Take Care, Watch Take Care

He Said: Remixes Compilation, c. 1988*****45 min.
Look Up, A. B. C. Dicks Love (remix edit), A. B. C. Dicks Love (extended remix), Watch Take Care, Could You? (US edit), Could You? (German edit), Could You?

Dome: Paradiso, Amsterdam, 26 February 1989***45 min.
?, ?, ?, ?, ?

Wire: Hibernian Club, London, 21 May 1990***90 min.
Patterns Of Behaviour, Eardrum Bingos, Small Black Reptile, Goodbye Ploy, Sixth Sense, Stampede, You Hung Your Lights In The Trees, Ahead [alternate version], What Do You See? (Welcome) // 12DrillU, Advantage In Height, Underwater Experiences, Torch It!

Wire: Mean Fiddler, London, 23 August 1990***90 min.
What Do You See? (Welcome), Eardrum Bingos, Small Black Reptile, Sixth Sense, Patterns Of Behaviour, 12DrillU, Advantage In Height, Underwater Experiences // Ahead [alternate version], Torch It!

Wir: Mean Fiddler, London, 12 July 1991***90 min.
Naked Whooping And Such-Like, A Bargain At 3 And 20 Yeah!, Take It (For Greedy), Ticking Mouth, It Continues, Looking At Me (Stop!), The First Letter // So And Slow It Grows, Footsi-Footsi, Tailor Made, A Big Glue Canal, Drill [fragment]

Wir: Kilburn National, London, 14 October 1991****45 min.
Naked Whooping And Such-Like, A Bargain At 3 And 20 Yeah!, Take It (For Greedy), The First Letter, So And Slow It Grows, A Big Glue Canal

V / A: Club Disobey, "Mixing It" BBC Radio 3, 1996?*****45 min.
Einheit/Brotzmann - 7, John Oswald - Power, Cylob - Live In Vienna, DJ Beekeeper - Live, Chris Watson - Low Pressure, Tony Wilson - Ian Curtis, Jimi Tenor - Dollar Bill, Martin Rev - Enough, DJ Beekeeper - Live

Bruce Gilbert: Impakt Festival, Utrecht, 9 May 1997***25 min.
?, ?, ?

Colin Newman and Malka Spigel: The Khyber, Philadelphia, 12 August 1999***90 min.
Water Walker, Long One, Tethnic '99, Hacol Zaram Beyachad, I'm Spaced In, I Just Want, Dirty Loop, Dreamwalking // It's Odd, Strumgliding

Colin Newman and Malka Spigel: Lee's Palace, Toronto, 20 August 1999*90 min.
Water Walker, Long One, Tethnic '99, Hacol Zaram Beyachad, I'm Spaced In, I Just Want, Dirty Loop, Dreamwalking // It's Odd, Strumgliding, Turn

Wire: Social Club, Nottingham, 23 February 2000****90 min.
Pink Flag, Silk Skin Paws, 40 Versions, Boiling Boy, Art Of Persistence, Lowdown, Madman's Honey, Advantage In Height, He Knows // Being Sucked In Again, Strange, A Serious Of Snakes, Another The Letter, Mercy, 12XU

Wire: Royal Festival Hall, London, 26 February 2000***74 min.
Pink Flag, Silk Skin Paws, 40 Versions, Boiling Boy, Art Of Persistence, Lowdown, Madman's Honey, Advantage In Height // Heartbeat, He Knows, Being Sucked In Again, Strange, A Serious Of Snakes, Another Time [Another The Letter], Mercy, Two People In A Room, 12XU

Immersion: Royal Festival Hall, London, 26 February 2000***45 min.
?

He Said: Royal Festival Hall, London, 26 February 2000***45 min.
?

Wire: All Tomorrow's Parties, Camber Sands, 9 April 2000****74 min.
Pink Flag, Silk Skin Paws, Boiling Boy, Lowdown, Advantage In Height, He Knows, 40 Versions, Another The Letter, Mercy, 12XU, Drill

Wire: Great American, San Francisco, 2 May 2000****74 min.
Pink Flag, Silk Skin Paws, Boiling Boy, Lowdown, Advantage In Height, He Knows, 40 Versions, Another The Letter, Mercy, 12XU, Drill

Wire: El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, 4 May 2000**74 min.
Pink Flag, Silk Skin Paws, Boiling Boy, Lowdown, Advantage In Height, He Knows, 40 Versions, Another The Letter, Mercy, 12XU, Drill

Wire: Metro, Chicago, 10 May 2000***74 min.
Pink Flag, Silk Skin Paws, Boiling Boy, Lowdown, Advantage In Height, He Knows, 40 Versions, Another The Letter, Mercy, 12XU, Drill

Wire: 9:30 Club, Washington D. C., 13 May 2000***90 min.
Pink Flag, Silk Skin Paws, Boiling Boy, Lowdown, Advantage In Height, He Knows, 40 Versions, Another The Letter, Mercy // 12XU, Drill

Wire: Irving Plaza, New York, 15 May 2000***90 min.
Pink Flag, Silk Skin Paws, Boiling Boy, Lowdown, Advantage In Height, He Knows, 40 Versions, Another The Letter, Mercy // 12XU, Drill

Wire: The Garage, London, 26 May 2000**90 min.
Pink Flag, Silk Skin Paws, Boiling Boy, Lowdown, Advantage In Height, He Knows, 40 Versions, Another The Letter, Mercy // Mannequin, Go Ahead, 12XU, Drill

Wire: The Garage, London, 27 May 2000**90 min.
Pink Flag, Silk Skin Paws, Boiling Boy, Lowdown, Advantage In Height, He Knows, 40 Versions, Another The Letter, Mercy // Heartbeat, Mannequin, Go Ahead, 12XU, Drill

Wire: The Garage, London, 28 May 2000**90 min.
Former Airline [Saxaphone Version], Heartbeat, 12XU, Mercy, Another The Letter, 40 Versions, He Knows, Advantage In Height // Lowdown, Boiling Boy, Silk Skin Paws, Pink Flag


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