Side A
Artist	Song
WIRE	Ex Lion Tamer
PRETENDERS	The Phone Call
WIRE	12XU
JOY DIVISION	Warsaw
TELEVISION	Days
ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS	Opportunity
WIRE	I Feel Mysterious Today
THE CLASH	Bankrobber
WIRE	Lowdown
BLONDIE	Union City Blue
WIRE	Champs
THE CLASH	Janie Jones
WIRE	Field Day For The Sundays
THE CLASH	Clash City Rockers
WIRE	It's So Obvious / Mr. Suit
RAMONES	Chainsaw
BLONDIE	Slow Motion
WIRE	Blessed State
THE CURE	Play For Today
THE POLICE	Canary In A Coalmine
BLONDIE	Living In The Real World
THE CLASH	Corner Soul
WIRE	Three Girl Rhumba
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
BRIAN ENO	Little Fishes
TALKING HEADS	With Our Love
WIRE	Outdoor Miner
AL GREEN	Take Me To The River
FLEETWOOD MAC	That's All For Everyone
DAVID BOWIE	Sons Of The Silent Age
THE CLASH	Armagideon Time
WIRE	106 Beats That
THE CLASH	Ivan Meets G.I. Joe
TELEVISION	Prove It
DAVID BOWIE	Always Crashing In The Same Car
WIRE	Practice Makes Perfect
BLONDIE	Accidents Never Happen
THE CLASH	The Right Profile
ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN	The Puppet
SEX PISTOLS	EMI
RAMONES	Glad To See You Go
PRETENDERS	Brass In Pocket
DAVID BOWIE	Breaking Glass

Comment:

This one was FUN to make. I know I say this almost as much as Kevin Smith does, but this is my best mix yet....See, for the past couple of months I've wanted to make a mix of strictly Wire, but I could never get around to it. I'm about to go on a two week trip to NYC and I really wanted to get some good driving music down on tape. But as time went on (I got a second job), the idea changed into more of a "Wire vs. ???" kind of mix. And the more I listened to Wire, the more I was reminded of other great bands that were around at the same time as Wire's first three years recordings, 1977-1979. So I started thinking about Television and Blondie and The Ramones, but also of Joy Division, The Clash, Bowie and Echo. And somehow Fleetwood Mac even got my attention over all the noise, sneaky buggers. So I expanded the dates to what has quickly become my favorite era for pop music (or whatever), 1976-1980. Yes, a tape is born. Again, my best mix yet, kids. And then, naturally, I started thinking about giving a copy of this one to a girl I kinda fancy. It's so corny, I know. But we'll see.

As always, I welcome feedback of any kind. Let me know what you think of the mix.

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