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| Turns and Strokes | ||||
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| Released | May 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 19 July 1979 at Notre Dame Hall, London (tracks 1 and 2) November 1979 atStoke Newington (track 3) 10 November 1979 atCochrane Theatre (tracks 4–6) 29 February 1980 atElectric Ballroom (tracks 7–10) | |||
| Genre | Post-punk,experimental rock | |||
| Label | WMO | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Turns and Strokes is alivecompilation album by Englishrock bandWire. It was released in May 1996, consisting of various live recordings and rehearsal tapes from 1979 and 1980 with versions of previously unavailable songs, as well as two cuts from the band'sEP release.[2] In some ways, it can be considered a follow-up to the band's 1981 releaseDocument and Eyewitness. The album cover, which features asaltire, was originally the cover for the band's 1983 single "Crazy About Love".
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Safe" | Graham Lewis,Colin Newman | 1:38 |
| 2. | "Lorries" | Newman | 4:08 |
| 3. | "A Panamanian Craze?" | Lewis | 16:15 |
| 4. | "Remove for Improvement" | Bruce Gilbert, Newman | 1:56 |
| 5. | "The Spare One" | Gilbert, Robert Gotobed, Lewis, Newman | 2:58 |
| 6. | "Over My Head" | Gilbert, Gotobed, Lewis, Newman | 4:10 |
| 7. | "12XU" | Gilbert, Gotobed, Lewis, Newman | 2:07 |
| 8. | "Inventory" | Newman | 3:03 |
| 9. | "Ritual View" | Gilbert, Lewis | 2:36 |
| 10. | "Part of Our History" | Gilbert, Gotobed, Lewis, Newman | 6:02 |
| 11. | "Second Length (Our Swimmer)" | Gilbert, Gotobed, Lewis, Newman | 2:49 |
| 12. | "Catapult 30" | Gilbert, Gotobed, Lewis, Newman | 5:03 |
