Swans (EP) explained

Swans
Type:EP
Longtype:(12")
Artist:Swans
Cover:swansep.jpg
Released:1982
Recorded:August 1981 – March 1982
Genre:No wave[1]
Length:19:23
Label:Labor
Producer:Michael Gira
Next Title:Filth
Next Year:1983

Swans is the first EP by the experimental rock band Swans. Their first project, it was released in 1982 on Labor.

Background

The EP was re-EQ'd by M. Gira and S. McAllister, remastered, and appended to the 1990 reissue of the follow-up album Filth LP on Gira's own Young God label. On the reissue CD the tracks are in a different order; the tracks on each side of the EP are reversed. The 1990 Filth CD on which the EP was reissued is long out of print. Although Filth was reissued again by Young God in 1999 and 2014, Swans did not appear on any subsequent Young God Records reissue until Spring 2015, as a Record Store Day Exclusive Release.

The 2015 12" reissue and versions appearing on the Filth Deluxe Edition 3-CD set are the original 1982 mixes faithfully restored.

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swans : Filth (Deluxe Edition). Terich. Jeff. May 27, 2015. Treble. July 17, 2020.