Surface Tension: The Recordings 1981-1983 3CD Box Set

NEW REMASTERED 3CD CLAMSHELL BOXED SET FEATURING THE RECORDINGS BY RUPERT HINE ISSUED BETWEEN 1981 AND 1983. FEATURING THE ALBUMS ‘IMMUNITY’, ‘WAVING NOT DROWNING’ AND ‘THE WILDEST WISH TO FLY’ WITH SIX BONUS TRACKS. NEWLY REMASTERED BY STEPHEN W TAYLER. WITH AN ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET FEATURING AN ESSAY AND INTERVIEWS.

A three CD set gathering together the wonderful music of musician and producer Rupert Hine issued between 1981 and 1983. ‘Surface Tension – The Recordings 1981-1983’ includes the albums ‘Immunity’, ‘Waving Not Drowing’ and ‘The Wildest Wish To Fly’ celebrating the creativity and originality of Rupert’s solo work of the early 1980s. The acclaimed and strikingly original ‘Immunity’ from 1981 saw the noted producer on compositions written by him with lyricist Jeanette Obstoj. Guest performers on the album included Phil Collins and Marianne Faithfull; the album would influence a host of celebrated musicians and continues to do so. The 1982 album Waving Not Drowing’ was another fine work and was particularly popular in Scandinavia and once again featured Phil Collins, while 1983’s ‘The Wildest Wish To Fly’ was a hit album in Sweden and featured a guest appearance by Robert Palmer among others. All of these recordings were engineered and co-produced by Stephen W Tayler, who has remastered this collection. The liner notes of the illustrated booklet that accompanies this release offer memories and observations of the recording sessions for these ground breaking recordings. This boxed set is a fine tribute to Rupert Hine, a greatly missed musical visionary.

Track Listing:
DISC ONE
Immunity
1 I Hang On To My Vertigo
2 Misplaced Love
3 Samsara
4 Surface Tension
5 I Think A Man Will Hang Soon
6 Immunity
7 Another Stranger
8 Psycho Surrender
9 Make A Wish
Bonus tracks
10 Scratching At Success
11 Introduction To The Menace

DISC TWO
Waving Not Drowning
1 Eleven Faces
2 The Curious Kind
3 The Set Up
4 Dark Windows
5 The Sniper
6 Innocents In Paradise
7 House Arrest
8 The Outsider
9 One Man’s Poison
Bonus track
10 Kwok’s Quease

DISC THREE
The Wildest Wish To Fly
1 Living in Sin
2 No Yellow Heart
3 The Saturation of the Video Rat
4 Firefly in the Night
5 A Golden Age
6 Picture Phone
7 The Victim of Wanderlust
8 The Most Dangerous of Men
9 The Wildest Wish to Fly

Bonus tracks:

10 Blue Flame (Melt the Ice)
11 An Eagle’s Teaching
12 Picture Phone (remix)
13 No Yellow Heart (later version)