Nurse With Wound – The Sylvie And Babs Hi-Fi Companion
Label:
L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords – LAY 15
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Gatefold
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Tracklist
| A | You Walrus Hurt The One You Love | |||
| B | Great Balls Of Fur |
Credits
- Featuring – Andrew Cox, Barry McCarus, Brian Williams, Chris Furse, Christine Glover, Darren Kingaby, David Elliott (3), David Jackman, David Kenny, David Tibet, Diana Rogerson, Dorothea Bendik, Edward Ka-Spel, Fiona Anne Burr, Flora McCrindell, Geoff Cox*, Glenn Michael Wallis, Graeme Revell, Hapunkt Fix, Iva Morgan, J.G. Thirlwell, John Balance, John Fothergill, John Murphy, John Orr (2), Jonathan Stone, Karl Blake, Laura Calland, Lisa Donnan, Marc Monin, Margaret Evers, Marlene (6), Mary Dowd, Nikki (8), Paul Donnan, Paul Hurst, Peter McGee, Ritva Ross, Robbie Sylvester, Robert Haigh, Ross Canon, Sinan Leong, Stephen Holmes, Steven Stapleton, Tathata Wallis, Tracy Roberts*, Trevor Reidy, Wilf Harris, William Bennett
Notes
There were two pressings of this, one was Direct Metal Mastered, the other was not. The Metal Master version is slightly different, and is indicated by the DMM logo on the top left corner of the rear sleeve.
Etchings are as follows:
Side 1:
Non-DMM Version: 08 24661 20 1A1 LAY 15
DMM version: LAY 15 - A1 - C
Side 2:
Non-DMM Version: 08 24661 20 1B1 LAY 15
DMM version: LAY15 - BA - C
Other Versions (Showing 5 of 5) View All
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sylvie And Babs Hi-Fi Companion (LP, TP) | L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords | LAY 15 | Belgium | 1985 | ||
| The Sylvie And Babs Hi-Fi Companion (Cass) | RRRecords, United Dairies (2) | UDT12 | US | 1987 | ||
| The Sylvie And Babs Hi-Fi Companion (CD, Album) | L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords, L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords | LAYCD15, LAY 15 | Belgium | 1988 | ||
| The Sylvie And Babs Hi-Fi Companion (Cass, Album, C48) | United Dairies | UDT12 | UK | 1987 | ||
| The Sylvie And Babs Hi-Fi Companion (CD, Album, RE) | United Dairies | UD 072CD | UK | 1995 |
Recommendations
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Nurse With Wound - Homotopy To Marie (LP, Album, Ltd)
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Various - The Fight Is On (LP, Comp)
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Coil - Scatology (LP, Album)
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Nurse With Wound - Spiral Insana (LP, Album)
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Reviews & Discussion
NWW generally gets pegged as "difficult" or "dark", but this one (my favorite) is hilarious. Like seriously laugh-out-loud, with actual jokes in it. A dense collage that seems to reference schmaltzy lounge and easy-listening records. Quick language fragments punctuate the juxtaposed swing melodies and LP skips, grounding it all in a recognizable absurd humor that makes this one of the most accessible platters in the NWW catalog. Someone (Foetus?) croons a few bars of a mangled classic, someone else suggests an absurd phrase to be used as a title, and someone somewhere howls and laughs... the tense and strange atmosphere is so carefully constructed that each new listen reveals more action bubbling beneath. In that sense, it's on par with "Trout Mask Replica", "The Lighthouse", or "Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers" on sheer amount-of-information-per-minute.
[r120174]