Wire's debut Pink Flag, was originally released in December 1977 on EMI's progressive label 'Harvest' perhaps an unlikely label for a release that effectively prefigured both post-punk & art- punk. With it's 21 stripped down tracks and iconic stark sleeve.

In Pink Flag Wire proposed a form of expression which drew on formal structures taken from historic styles of rock and pop (including punk) but somehow subverted those structures by maintaining a sense of controlled distance from the form. A kind of modernist deconstructed rock made in what seemed at the time to be an almost mechanically precise way.

Reviewers from the contemporary to the present day have praised the album "The album has a scale and feel of it's own - totally unique. I can't recommend it enough. It's not like anything you've heard and it'll leave it's mark for a long time" wrote Dave Fudger in Sounds in December 1977 while in 2006 Pitchfork Media gave the album a rare 10.0 rating (shared by only 36 other releases ever at the time of writing).

The album has been influentual on US hardcore, Britpop and 21stC art & post punk. Tracks from it (especially "3 Girl Rumba") remain amongst Wire's most popular songs (if the Wire page on Last FM is to be belived and the album is generally rated as the most popular album amongst people who aren't Wire fans (154 tends to hold that distinction amongst Wire fans).

The album is currently published in 3 formats. 180 gram vinyl available here. Digipacked CD available in stores or as part of the limited edition 1977-1979 box set exclusively available from posteverything..

SPECIAL OFFER: PostEverything is offering the opportunity to buy Pink Flag, Chairs Missing and 154, priced at £15 each, as one package for the knockdown price of £40 (plus P&P).

See here for the Pink Flag, Chairs Missing and 154 special offer.

Shipping prices for this offer are:
UK: £5.50 for the first set in an order, and £4.50 for each additional set.
Europe: £7.50 for the set in an order and £7.50 for each addtional set.
Rest Of World: £13.00 for the first set in an order, and £13.00 for each additional set.

Due to weight and packaging restrictions additional orders to Europe and the Rest Of World will be mailed seperately.

This offer is on a first come, first served basis as stocks are limited.