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Interview
Because of their involvement with The Teardrop Explodes, Care and The Lotus Eaters, it's already easy to view Paul Simpson, Jeremy Kelly and Ged Quinn as pivotal members of the much-revered Liverpool post-punk scene. However, even their triumphs with these projects pale by comparison with what they achieved together as THE WILD SWANS. Indeed, during an all-too brief period (roughly 1980 - late 1982), this trio recorded one of the greatest debut singles of all time in "The Revolutionary Spirit" and two tantalisingly brilliant BBC Radio Sessions that in effect would become the band's elusive legacy.
Hotly tipped for enduring greatness at the time, the usual factors of bad luck, bad timing and a self-destructive streak ensured that while The Wild Swans would later reform for a troubled spell and two less satisfying albums for Sire, they would never quite recapture the pristine magnificence of their initial recordings and - worse - these incredible songs looked doomed never to appear on CD and be heard by the public years after the fact. That is until the Renascent label finally stepped in and presented us with the 2CD set "Incandescent": The Wild Swans' early recordings in all their glory.
W&H have been going into stellar raptures since hearing these gorgeous songs under the one roof at last and were delighted to be able to conduct an interview via e-mail with The Wild Swans' legendary frontman PAUL SIMPSON.
