Spiral Insana
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Spiral Insana is an album by Nurse With Wound
.
In the book England's Hidden Reverse, author David Keenan
describes the album as one of NWW's "most powerful records" but principal member Steven Stapleton
advised Keenan that the making of "Spiral Insana" was particularly difficult. Torso had given Stapleton an advance of £3000 to make the album and Stapleton states that he felt under a degree of pressure as a result — "[e]very three or four weeks, they'd send a representative over to listen to what I had done so far. Spiral Insana was a sprawling mess until I put it together and edited it into what I wanted it to be."
The album features a contribution by Organum's principal member David Jackman
. During the mid 1980's, Stapleton and Jackman worked together a number of times, with Nurse With Wound and Organum splitting an LP on United Dairies and Stapleton appearing on some Organum recordings including "Submission", "Vacant Lights" and "Crux".
The album was issued on LP by Torso in 1986 and on cassette by United Dairies (Stapleton's own label) in 1987. A CD release came through United Dairies in 1997 which came with new artwork and added two additional tracks, extending the album by 20 minutes. The present edition of the album was released on CD by Jnana Records in 2009. This version restored the original 1986 artwork whilst retaining the extended 1997 CD track listing.
Side A
A. Sea Armchair
B. Migration To The Head
C. Earthwork
D. Red Period
E. This Lady Is For Burning
F. Chasing The Carrot
G. Sugarland
H. There's Always Another Illusion
I. Stewing The Red Herring
Side B
J. Pulse Interplay
K. A View From Lammas Tower
L. Swallowhead
M. Fitching A Wrong Sucker
N. All That's Left-Over
O. Forever Chasing The Carrot
P. The Terminal Song
Q. Ship Of The Dead
R. Obituary Obligation
1997 and 2009 CD editions
A. Sea Armchair
B. Migration To The Head
C. Earthwork
D. Red Period
E. This Lady Is For Burning
F. Chasing the Carrot
G. Sugarland
H. There's Always Another Illusion
I. Stewing The Red Herring (A to I are encoded as one track, lasting 19:28)
J. Mourning Smile
K. Pulse Interplay
L. A View From Lammas Tower
M. Swallowhead
N. Fitching A Wrong Sucker
O. All That's Left-Over
P. Forever Chasing The Carrot
Q. The Terminal Song
R. Ship Of The Dead
S. Obituary Obligation (J to S are also encoded as one track, lasting 26:09)
T. Nihil (15:07)
The lettering system is used on all editions of the album to date.
Nurse with Wound
Nurse with Wound is the main recording name for British musician Steven Stapleton. Nurse with Wound was originally a band, formed in 1978 by Stapleton, John Fothergill and Heman Pathak...
.
In the book England's Hidden Reverse, author David Keenan
David Keenan
David Keenan is a Scottish author, critic and musician. He is the author of England's Hidden Reverse, a biography of Coil, Current 93 and Nurse With Wound, a regular contributor to The Wire since 1995, and proprietor of Volcanic Tongue, a shop, distributor, record label and mailorder business that...
describes the album as one of NWW's "most powerful records" but principal member Steven Stapleton
Steven Stapleton
Steven Peter Stapleton is a British musician and the only constant member of experimental improv outfit Nurse with Wound...
advised Keenan that the making of "Spiral Insana" was particularly difficult. Torso had given Stapleton an advance of £3000 to make the album and Stapleton states that he felt under a degree of pressure as a result — "[e]very three or four weeks, they'd send a representative over to listen to what I had done so far. Spiral Insana was a sprawling mess until I put it together and edited it into what I wanted it to be."
The album features a contribution by Organum's principal member David Jackman
David Jackman
David Jackman is a British musician and visual artist with an extensive catalogue of drone works, mostly as the principal — and often sole — member of Organum....
. During the mid 1980's, Stapleton and Jackman worked together a number of times, with Nurse With Wound and Organum splitting an LP on United Dairies and Stapleton appearing on some Organum recordings including "Submission", "Vacant Lights" and "Crux".
The album was issued on LP by Torso in 1986 and on cassette by United Dairies (Stapleton's own label) in 1987. A CD release came through United Dairies in 1997 which came with new artwork and added two additional tracks, extending the album by 20 minutes. The present edition of the album was released on CD by Jnana Records in 2009. This version restored the original 1986 artwork whilst retaining the extended 1997 CD track listing.
Track listing
Original LP and cassetteSide A
A. Sea Armchair
B. Migration To The Head
C. Earthwork
D. Red Period
E. This Lady Is For Burning
F. Chasing The Carrot
G. Sugarland
H. There's Always Another Illusion
I. Stewing The Red Herring
Side B
J. Pulse Interplay
K. A View From Lammas Tower
L. Swallowhead
M. Fitching A Wrong Sucker
N. All That's Left-Over
O. Forever Chasing The Carrot
P. The Terminal Song
Q. Ship Of The Dead
R. Obituary Obligation
1997 and 2009 CD editions
A. Sea Armchair
B. Migration To The Head
C. Earthwork
D. Red Period
E. This Lady Is For Burning
F. Chasing the Carrot
G. Sugarland
H. There's Always Another Illusion
I. Stewing The Red Herring (A to I are encoded as one track, lasting 19:28)
J. Mourning Smile
K. Pulse Interplay
L. A View From Lammas Tower
M. Swallowhead
N. Fitching A Wrong Sucker
O. All That's Left-Over
P. Forever Chasing The Carrot
Q. The Terminal Song
R. Ship Of The Dead
S. Obituary Obligation (J to S are also encoded as one track, lasting 26:09)
T. Nihil (15:07)
The lettering system is used on all editions of the album to date.