"When informed that Wire were planning to reissue Document and Eyewitness, Rough Trade boss Geoff Travis (who released the original vinyl version in 1981) commented that the band were “completely mad.”
"Such is the reputation of Document and Eyewitness – an entry in Wire’s discography that has had as many vehement detractors as enthusiastic supporters.
"For those unfamiliar with Document and Eyewitness, it really doesn’t do the album justice to describe it simply as a collection of live recordings from three turn-of-the-80s Wire gigs. What makes it more than that is the unorthodox nature of the main performance and the way it was presented on record.
"The centrepiece of the original vinyl release was a recording of the final gig of Wire’s 70s phase (albeit one that took place in February 1980). This was a concert at the Electric Ballroom that grew out of the band’s performance art-based residency at the Jeannetta Cochrane Theatre the previous November."
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