| 1 | Englantine Gouzy* – | Cuckoo | 1:53 | |
| 2 | Longstone – | Kabuki (Edit) | 3:30 | |
| 3 | A Hawk And A Hacksaw And Hun Hangár Ensemble, The – | Zozobra | 4:01 | |
| 4 | Jonquil – | Sudden Sun | 4:02 | |
| 5 | Kammerflimmer Kollektief – | Live At The Cactus Tree Motel | 4:11 | |
| 6 | Badun – | Fyrtårn | 3:58 | |
| 7 | Von Südenfed – | Family Feud | 4:27 | |
| 8 | Pomassl – | Tandem Distiller (Wire Tapper Edit) | 3:59 | |
| 9 | Throbbing Gristle – | How Do You Deal? (Exclusive Wire Tapper Edit) | 3:20 | |
| 10 | Alfred 23 Harth* – | Pearl | 4:01 | |
| 11 | Fred Anderson & Harrison Bankhead – | The Strut | 4:13 | |
| 12 | Fridge – | Our Place In This | 4:16 | |
| 13 | Jack Rose & Glenn Jones (2) – | Linden Avenue Stomp | 3:27 | |
| 14 | Husky Rescue – | My Home Ghost | 3:08 | |
| 15 | Simon Bookish – | A Deception (Municipal Mix) | 3:43 | |
| 16 | Venus Bogardus – | Motorman | 2:25 | |
| 17 | Tonesucker – | Splatterstrum | 4:08 | |
| 18 | stimulus – | Pylons (Wire Version) | 4:00 | |
| 19 | Zelienople – | Moss Man (Edit) | 4:01 | |
| 20 | Ken Ikeda – | Iconography | 3:31 |
"The Wire Tapper 17" is given away with The Wire issue 279 May 2007.
Track 1 - Taken from the Osaka records release "Boamaster".
Track 2 - Taken from the forthcoming Ochre Records release "Kabuki".
Track 3 - Taken from the forthcoming Leaf EP "A Hawk And A Hacksaw And The Hun Hangár".
Track 4 - Taken from the forthcoming Try Harder Records release "Lions".
Track 5 - Taken from the forthcoming Staubgold release "Jinx".
Track 6 - Taken from the Rump Recordings release "Badun".
Track 7 - Taken from the Domino release "Tromatic Reflexxions".
Track 8 - Taken from the forthcoming releases "Amalgama" on Laton and "Spare Parts" on Raster-Noton.
Track 9 - Taken from the film "Live At The Astoria" from the forthcoming DVD box set "TGV".
Track 10 - Composite recording from the 5 CD "Mother-Of-Pearl" series.
Track 11 - Taken from the forthcoming Ayler Records release "Fred Anderson & Harrison Bankhead - The Great Vision Concert".
Track 12 - Taken from the Text Records (UK)/Temporary Residence Ltd (USA) release "The Sun".
Track 13 - Taken from a forthcoming Tequila Sunrise Records 2x7"/CD release.
Track 14 - Taken from the Catskills Records release "Ghost Is Not Real".
Track 15 - Taken from the Dummy Head Recordings release "Trainwreck/Raincheck".
Track 16 - Demo recording of the title track of the forthcoming Patchogue Records release "The Motorman EP".
Track 17 - Specially composed for "The Wire Tapper 17".
Track 18 - Full version available on the forthcoming Beta-Lactum Ring Records release "the mind defies".
Track 19 - Taken from the forthcoming Type Recordings release "His/Hers".
Track 20 - Taken from the Spekk release "Mist On The Window".
In gatefold card sleeve.
This compilation © The Wire 2007.