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Vinyl Format. Each LP is housed in a new cover based on the originals. Also includes a matchbox, a postcard, 2 posters and an 8-page 3-fold insert with some essays. Floating-point re-master by Russell Haswell, August 2011. Cut at Dubplates & Mastering by Rashad Becker, August 2011.
With the demise of the group Wire in 1980, founding members Bruce Gilbert and Graham Lewis joined forces to create Dome. With the assistance of engineer Eric Radcliffe and his Blackwing Studio, Dome subscribed to the Eno-ethic, treating the studio as a compositional tool and recording three albums as Dome on their own label in the space of 12 months: Dome (July 1980), Dome 2 (October 1980) and Dome 3 (October 1981). A final record, Will You Speak This Word: Dome IV was released in1983. The oeuvre represent some of the most beautifully stark and timeless exercises in studio experimentation from the early 1980s alternative scene. When regrouped in 1985 it was assumed that Dome's activity had ceased, and though no new recordings appeared, the duo utilized its spare time to secretly record new pieces. In 1989 dancer/choreographer Michael Clark commissioned them to record a piece for his new ballet: "Because We Must." Ten years later, WMO commissioned Dome to record new pieces to accompany that ballet recording. The compilation, Yclept, remains the final recordings Dome has to its credit.

Editions Mego are proud to release the complete recorded works of Dome in a deluxe vinyl box set that also includes newly-designed artwork by David Coppenhall, reproductions of the original Atelier Koninck posters that accompanied Dome 1 and Dome 2, an insert with sleeve notes by Howard Jacques and Neil Martinson as well as unseen photos from the period. Plus: a matchbox to put matches in to shake along to your favorite Dome tune! Dome 1-4 appear on vinyl for the first time in over 30 years; the recordings making up Yclept (Dome 5) appear for the first time ever on vinyl.