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The Wire Tapper CD Series
The Wire Tapper is a unique and ongoing series of CDs that are compiled by The Wire staff and given away to all our subscribers worldwide with selected issues of the magazine.
Each CD functions as an accompaniment to the kind of wide-ranging mix of new underground music that gets featured in the pages of The Wire each month. Vols 1-5 and Vols 7, 8, 11 and 13-18 are single CDs; Vols 6,9,10 and 12 are double CDs. Subscribers can get previous volumes in The Wire Tapper series with back issue orders.
THE WIRE TAPPER 1
Originally free with The Wire April 1998 issue 170 (NB The issue is sold out, but the CD is still available): Info & tracklist
THE WIRE TAPPER 2
Free with The Wire November 1998 issue 177: Info & tracklist
THE WIRE TAPPER 3
Free with The Wire April 1999 issue 182: Info & tracklist
THE WIRE TAPPER 4
Free with The Wire August 1999 issue 186: Info & tracklist
THE WIRE TAPPER 5
Free with The Wire March 2000 issue 193: Info & tracklist
THE WIRE TAPPER 6
Originally free with The Wire October 2000 issue 200 (NB The issue is sold out, but the CD is still available): Info & tracklist
THE WIRE TAPPER 7
Free with The Wire May 2001 issue 207: Info & tracklist
THE WIRE TAPPER 8
Originally free with The Wire issues 215 January 2002 (NB The issue is sold out, but the CD is still available): Info & tracklist
THE WIRE TAPPER 9
Free with The Wire November 2002 issue 225: Info & tracklist
THE WIRE TAPPER 10
Free with The Wire October 2003 issue 236: Info & tracklist
THE WIRE TAPPER 11
Free with The Wire June 2004 issue 244: Info & tracklist
THE WIRE TAPPER 12
Free with The Wire December 2004 issue 250: Info & tracklist
THE WIRE TAPPER 13
Free with The Wire June 2005 issue 256: Info & tracklist
THE WIRE TAPPER 14
Free with The Wire December 2005 issue 262: Info & tracklist
THE WIRE TAPPER 15
Free with The Wire June 2006 issue 268: Info & tracklist
THE WIRE TAPPER 16
Free with The Wire December 2006 issue 274: Info & tracklist
THE WIRE TAPPER 17
Free with The Wire May 2007 issue 279: Info & tracklist
THE WIRE TAPPER 18
Free with The Wire October 2007 issue 284: Info & tracklist
THE WIRE TAPPER 19
Free with The Wire April 2008 issue 290: Info & tracklist
THE WIRE TAPPER 20
Free with The Wire October 2008 issue 296: Info & tracklist
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Previous Subscriber-Only CDs
We regularly collaborate with a variety of labels and organisations to produce special CDs that are given away exclusively to all subscribers worldwide with selected issues (ie, they are not available with copies of the magazine sold in shops). Past editions of these special, limited edition CDs are available to subscribers only with back issue orders while stocks last.
PHONORAMA
Free to The Wire subscribers with issue #296, October 2008 Info & tracklist
WHISPERS FROM THE FORESTS, SCREAMS FROM THE MOUNTAINS
Free to Wire subscribers with issue #286, December 2007 Info & tracklist
ATLANTIC WAVES 2007
Free to Wire subscribers with issue #285, November 2007 Info & tracklist
RUNEOLOGY 3
Free to Wire subscribers with issue #283, September 2007 Info & tracklist
A SNAPSHOT FROM DOMINO 2007
Free to Wire subscribers with issue #277, March 2007 Info & tracklist
ATLANTIC WAVES 2006
Free to Wire subscribers with issue #273, November 2006 Info & tracklist
POWERSHOVELAUDIO
Free to Wire subscribers with issue #272, October 2006 Info & tracklist
ECO E NARCISO
Free to Wire subscribers with issue #270, August 2006 Info & tracklist
ROOM40
Free to Wire subscribers with issue #266, April 2006 Info & tracklist
A SNAPSHOT FROM THE 2006 DOMINO TEN-DAY
Free to Wire subscribers with issue #265, March 2006 Info & tracklist
SONIC ACTS XI: THE ANTHOLOGY OF COMPUTER ART DVD
Free to Wire subscribers with issue #264, February 2006 Info & tracklist
EXPLORATORY MUSIC FROM PORTUGAL 05
Free to Wire subscribers with issue #261, November 2005 Info & tracklist
LIQUID ARCHITECTURE: LIQUIDARCHITECTURE.ORG.AU
Free to Wire subscribers with issue #257, July 2005 Info & tracklist
MARKE B 05
Free to Wire subscribers with issue #255, May 2005 Info & tracklist
A SNAPSHOT FROM THE 2005 DOMINO TEN-DAY
Free to Wire subscribers with issue #253, March 2005 Info & tracklist
EXPLORATORY MUSIC FROM PORTUGAL 04
Free to Wire subscribers with issue 248, October 2004 Info & tracklist
SEEING THE UNSEEN: DOR ALMANAC 2004
Free to Wire subscribers with issue 245, July 2004 www.dor.co.uk Info & tracklist
DOMINO 04
Free to Wire subscribers with issue 241, March 2004 (Note: CD no longer available) Info & tracklist
NETMAGE 04
Free to Wire subscribers with issue 239, January 2004 (Note: CD no longer available) Info & tracklist
MARKEB
Free to Wire subscribers with issue 237, November 2003 Info & tracklist
~SCAPE SHOWCASE
Free to Wire subscribers with issue 230, April 2003 Info & tracklist
A SNAPSHOT FROM THE 2003 DOMINO FESTIVAL
Free to Wire subscribers with issue 229, March 2003 Info & tracklist
CLUB TRANSMEDIALE 03
Free to Wire subscribers with issue 228, February 2003 Info & tracklist
FJORD FOCUS
Free to Wire subscribers with issue 224, October 2002 Info & tracklist
KLANGBAD: FIRST STEPS
Free to Wire subscribers with issue 222, August 2002 Info & tracklist
FAITH & POWER: An ESP - Disk Sampler
Free to Wire subscribers with issue 221, July 2002 Info & tracklist
TIGERBEAT 6: AND THE BEAT GOES OFF
Free to Wire subscribers with issue 220, June 2002 Info & tracklist
STRAUBGOLD
Free to Wire subscribers with issue 213, November 2001 Info & tracklist
EXPLORATORY MUSIC FROM PORTUGAL
Free to Wire subscribers with issue 212, October 2001 Info & tracklist
RUNEOLOGY: Recent And Forthcoming Releases From Rune Grammofon
Free to Wire subscribers with issue 211, September 2001 Info & tracklist
MATADOR 2001: DRAW ME A RIOT
Free to Wire subscribers with issue 206, April 2001 Info & tracklist
ELEKTROTEHNIKA SLAVENIKA
Free to Wire subscribers with issue 199, September 2000 (Note: CD no longer available) Info & tracklist
EVAN PARKER'S HIGH TIDE CD ROM
Free to Wire subscribers with issue 195, May 2000 Info & tracklist
DOMINO ON THE WIRE
Free to Wire subscribers with issue 189, November 1999 Info & tracklist
LIVE AND DIRECT
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LIVE AND DIRECT
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