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Swans to Reissue Filth on May 26

Posted in Whathaveyou on May 14th, 2015 by JJ Koczan

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In case anyone’s forgotten just how fucking groundbreaking — also backbreaking — Swans have been for the last 30-plus years, Michael Gira‘s own Young God Records will oversee a reissue of their first album, 1983’s Filth, that seems intent on giving the rawness of the band’s earliest era its due. Genuinely challenging in its atmosphere, gripping in its chaos and grinding in a way that bands are still imitating today without even knowing where it came from, it’s a record that has touched multiple genres and influenced countless acts along the way, so yeah, to have it come with not only Swans‘ first EP as accompaniment but a host of live material as well, it seems fair to call it a chronicle of that period in their long, tumultuous, interrupted but ultimately triumphant history.

To everything, churn! churn! churn!

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Young God Records is releasing a Deluxe 3 CD edition of SWANS debut album FILTH May 26 in North America; Mute releases this package in all other territories.

This 3CD expanded re-issue package constitutes a definitive picture of Swans in the years 1982 – 1983/4. Includes:

DISC ONE: SWANS original debut LP “Filth” from 1983, with the line up of M.Gira, Norman Westberg, Roli Mosimann, Harry Crosby, and Jonathan Kane. Also features versions of “Strip/Burn,” “Heatsheet,” “Blackout,” “Clay Man,” “Stay Here, and “Weakling,” all recorded live.

DISC TWO: Body to Body material comprised of various studio out-takes and live recordings 1982-85, with a nine-minute version of “Raping a Slave,” recorded live in Berlin, 1984 (originally released with FILTH on YGD-11).

DISC THREE: Debut 12″ EP #1, originally released in 1982, Plus additional live performances from NYC and London.

The package features a 16 panels of previously unseen photos by Catherine Ceresole and Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth).

TRACK LISTINGS:

CD ONE: FILTH: 1. Stay Here (5:36) 2. Big Strong Boss (3:02) 3. Blackout (3:47) 4. Power for Power (5:52) 5. Freak (1:13) 6. Right Wrong (4:43) 7. Thank You (3:52) 8. Weakling (5:20) 9. Gang (3:24) 10. Live at The Kitchen, NYC 1982/3 (24:18): a. Strip/Burn b. Heatsheet c. Blackout d. Clay Man e. Stay Here f. Weakling

CD TWO: BODY TO BODY:: 1. I?ll Cry for You (5:41) 2. Red Sheet (3:11) 3. Loop 33 (0:59) 4. Your Game (3:57) 5. Seal It Over (3:48) 6. Whore (3:56) 7. We?ll Hang for That (3:55) 8.Half Life (3:57) 9. Loop 21 (1:26) 10. Get Out (3:31) 11. Job (5:40) 12. Loop 1 (1:01) 13. Mother, My Body Disgusts Me (4:43) 14. Cop (5:56) 15. Only I Can Hear, Only I Can Touch (2:41) 16. Thug (9:44) 17. Raping a Slave (live Berlin 1984) (9:02)

CD THREE: E.P. #1 PLUS LIVE RECORDINGS: 1. Laugh (4:00) 2. Speak (4:24) 3.Take Advantage (4:26) 4. Sensitive Skin (6:05) Live at CBGB NYC 1982-3: 5. Living Arms 6. Howling Red Sheet 7. Big Strong Boss 8. Clay Man 9. We’ll Hang For That. Live at Heaven London 1984: 10. This is Mine 11. Why Hide 12. I Crawled

ll words both CDs M.Gira. Music Gira/Swans. Contributing musicians Filth: M.Gira – bass, vocal, tapes; Norman Westberg – guitar; Roli Mosimann – drums, percussion; Harry Crosby – bass; Jonathan Kane – drums, percussion. Recorded 1983 Vanguard Studios, NYC . Engineer : Mark Berry. BTB CD is comprised of various studio out-takes and live recordings. Thanks to Catherine and Nicholas Ceresole for their contributions.

The following performed live with Swans at one time or another in the years 1982 up to 1985: M.Gira, Norman Westberg, Sue Hanel, Roli Mosimann, Harry Crosby, Mojo, Jonathan Kane, Dan Braun, Thurston Moore, Craig Cafton, Bob Pezzola, Jonathan Prosser… Filth produced by Gira/Mosimann. BTB produced Gira…Perpetual thanks: Daniel Gira, Peter Mason, Kevin Wortis, Derek Woodgate, Jarboe. Packaging design M.Gira for Young God Productions. Execution: Joe Budenholzer. Remastered at Griffin Mastering, Atlanta, Ga. by Chris Griffin.

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