Wire – Pink Flag [Vinyl LP]

Wire – Pink Flag [Vinyl LP]

Format: LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
Label: Pinkflag (Independent)
Catalogue Number: PF 11LP
Barcode: 5024545812312
Released: 29 June 2018 (EU Reissue)
Originally Released: 8 December 1977 (Harvest Records)
Genre: Post-Punk / Art Punk / Minimalist Rock
Condition: New & Sealed

Description

A radical debut that stripped punk to its skeletal core, Pink Flag is Wire’s manifesto of brevity, abrasion, and subversion. With 21 tracks clocking in under 36 minutes, the album trades traditional song structure for sonic sketches—each one jagged, witty, and unpredictable. From the martial stomp of Reuters to the proto-hardcore blast of 1 2 X U, Wire redefined punk as an art form.

This 2018 reissue from the band’s own Pinkflag label is pressed on high-quality vinyl and housed in a replica sleeve with printed inner lyrics sheet. Remastered from original sources and distributed via Cargo Records, it preserves the raw immediacy and minimalist tension that made the album a cornerstone of post-punk innovation.

Tracklist Overview

Side A

1. Reuters
2. Field Day For The Sundays
3. Three Girl Rhumba
4. Ex Lion Tamer
5. Lowdown
6. Start To Move
7. Brazil
8. It's So Obvious
9. Surgeon's Girl
10. Pink Flag

Side B

1. The Commercial
2. Straight Line
3. 106 Beats That
4. Mr. Suit
5. Strange
6. Fragile
7. Mannequin
8. Different To Me
9. Champs
10. Feeling Called Love
11. 1 2 X U

Credits & Notes

• Vocals: Colin Newman
• Guitar: Bruce Gilbert
• Bass: Graham Lewis
• Drums: Robert Grey (Gotobed)
• Producer: Mike Thorne
• Engineer: Paul Hardiman
• Recorded at: Advision Studios, London
• Sleeve Concept: Gilbert & Lewis
• Photography: Annette Green, Richard Bray
• ℗ & © 2018 Pinkflag / Licensed via The state51 Conspiracy
• Pressed by Optimal Media GmbH
• Includes printed inner sleeve with lyrics and credits