''Swans'' is the first EP by the

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. Their first project, it was released in 1982 on Labor.

Background

The EP was re-EQ'd by M. Gira and S. McAllister, remastered, and appended to the 1990 reissue of the follow-up album ''Filth'' LP on Gira's own Young God label. On the reissue CD the tracks are in a different order; the tracks on each side of the EP are reversed. The 1990 ''Filth'' CD on which the EP was reissued is long out of print. Although ''Filth'' was reissued again by Young God in 1999 and 2014, ''Swans'' did not appear on any subsequent Young God Records reissue until Spring 2015, as a

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Exclusive Release. The 2015 12" reissue and versions appearing on the Filth Deluxe Edition 3-CD set are the original 1982 mixes faithfully restored.

Track listing

Personnel

Michael Gira Michael Rolfe Gira (; born February 19, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, author and artist. He is the main force behind the New York City musical group Swans and fronted Angels of Light. He is also the founder of ...

– bass/vocals * Jonathan Kane – drums *Bob Pezzola – guitar *Daniel Galli-Duani – saxophone

References

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