Tracklisting -

Side one: Zoo 12" + Kid Jensen radio session (Total: 22:45) 

1. The Revolutionary Spirit (original single) 2. God Forbid (original single) 3. Flowers Of England 4. The Iron Bed 5. Opium 6. Now You're Perfect

Side two: John Peel session + US Stereo version of 12" (Total: 21:01)

1. No Bleeding 2. Enchanted 3. Thirst 4. The Revolutionary Spirit (US stereo mix) 5. God Forbid (US stereo mix)

Side three: Janice Long radio session + demos (Total: 20:05)

1. Northern England 2. Now And Forever 3. Crowning Glory 4. Holy Spear 5. Broken Home (demo) 6. Infidel (demo)

Side four: Live 1981 (Total: approx. 22 min)

1. God Forbid 2. Miracle Heart 3. Now You're Perfect 4. Hour Of Need 5. Fruits Of The Earth 6. The Revolutionary Spirit

This fantastic collection of one of the great Liverpool bands of the 80's contains the classic original versions plus the recently discovered lost USA remixes of 'The Rvolutionary Spirit' and 'God Forbid'. BBC Session (Kid Jensen, John Peel and Janice Long) and rare demos and live recordings most of which have never been on vinyl before.

Two 12inch 180g discs packaged in a brand new gatefold sleeve with new artwork and inner bags.

Formed in 1980 when singer Paul Simpson left The Teardrop Explodes, the band signed to Bill Drummond and David Balfe's Zoo Records. They released only one record, the single 'Revolutionary Spirit' the labels last ever release. Perfect in a way. Revolutionary Spirit is an epic like a Thomas Wolfe novel, Citizen Kane or something. A song far too grand for a mere 7inch single. 

For whatever reason, that incarnation of the Wild Swans did not release any other records. This added to the romantic appeal of the group. For we knew little about them, we knew they had crawled out of the same cultural bunker as the Teardrops and the Bunnymen. The had performed the perfect act of oneupmanship releasing a record of such magnificence and opulent splendour it made all the 'Rewards' and 'Rescues' seem ridiculous.

But we knew little else, so this was fine. Few records really capture a moment in time, but this does. A time when music was a voyage of discovery and in a way the ignorance was part of the bliss, that mystery, it fed that desire and fulfilled the notion that you had discovered something special. 

Music was a lifestyle, a cultural choice, not the deposable commodity it has become today, it really meant something.

Where did it all go wrong…..