The Wake - Harmony

Release Date	20/01/2023
Format	3LP
Label	Factory Benelux
Catalogue Number	FBN29

Factory Benelux presents a new expanded edition of Harmony, the debut album by influential Scottish group The Wake. Originally released by Factory Records in December 1982, this new expanded edition marks the 40th anniversary of this landmark post punk album. The Wake formed in Glasgow in 1981 after singer/guitarist Caesar left Altered Images, and joined Factory the following year. Harmony was recorded at Strawberry Studios in Stockport with producer Chris Nagle (formerly Martin Hannett’s preferred engineer), by which time the group comprised Caesar (vocals, guitar), Carolyn Allen (keyboards), Steven Allen (drums) and Bobby Gillespie (bass). On release as Fact 60 the original 7 track mini album earned a 5 star review in Sounds magazine, hailed as the missing indiepop link between Factory and Postcard Records.

3LP - Bonus tracks on LP 2 include The Wake’s dub-informed second single, Something Outside / Host, and also their John Peel session from July 1983 – the last recordings to feature Gillespie before his departure for The Jesus and Mary Chain and Primal Scream

LP 3 offers a desk recorded live set from Ayr Pavilion on 15 April 1983 during a tour with New Order. The concert includes several songs never recorded in the studio, including Recovery and Country of the Blind. The enhanced trifold artwork for this new edition includes images of the band by noted photographer Paul Slattery, taken at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow, as well as new liner notes by Caesar.

Tracklist:

Harmony
A1 Judas 
A2 Testament 
A3 Patrol 
A4 The Old Men 
B1 Favour 
B2 Heartburn 
B3 An Immaculate Conception 
B4 Chance 
C1 Something Outside 
C2 Host 

Peel Session
D1 The Drill
D2 Uniform
D3 Here Comes Everybody 

Live
E1 Heartburn 
E2 Host 
E3 Recovery 
E4 Uniform 
F1 The Old Men 
F2 Something Outside 
F3 Country Of The Blind 
F4 The Drill