swans: filth deluxe edition

The 3CD package constitutes a definitive, comprehensive document of SWANS during the time period 1982 – 5, beginning with the first EP and the debut album Filth, and leading up into various early rare live recordings as well as studio outtakes from the Cop and Greed era… Accordion booklet includes archival photos and graphics… Entire 3CD set re-mastered in 2015. 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 at The Kitchen, NYC, 1982. 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. DISC THREE: Debut 12” EP #1, originally released in 1982, plus many additional archival live performances from NYC and London, 1982-4.