Man with the Woman Face
Details
2002 January 12" UK United Dairies UD0102
Clear vinyl copies.
Two double-sided printed inserts in plastic stickered sleeve, inside a resealable polypropolene stickered bag.
2002 12" UK United Dairies UD0102
1 Test Pressing in handmade sleeve entitled "Broken Horse No. 1"
Track Listing
Side A
  1. Beware The African Mosquito (Ring Your Doorbell, Put You To Sleep)
  2. Ag Canadh Thuas Sa Spèir [cmedd1161]
Side B
  1. White Light from the Stars in Your Mind (A Paramechanical Development)
Personnel
Sleeve Notes
Steven Stapleton
Colin Potter
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Country Masters
Artwork by Babs
Thanks to Matt Black and Paul Jackson
Notes
The second song title is in Gaelic and translates loosely as "Up in the sky, singing".
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Man with the Woman Face
Details
2002 January CD UK United Dairies UD0102CD
In digipak
Track Listing
Side A
  1. Beware the African Mosquito (Ring Your Doorbell, Put You to Sleep) (13:14)
  2. Ag canadh thuas sa spèir (8:37)
  3. White Light from the Stars in Your Mind (A Paramechanical Development) (15:48)
Personnel
Sleeve Notes
Steven Stapleton
Colin Potter
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Country Masters
Artwork by Babs
Thanks to Matt Black and Paul Jackson
Notes
The second song title is in Gaelic and translates loosely as "Up in the sky, singing".
Reviews
Longtime NWW fans are going to be very very very pleased with this album. Shaved down to a mere duo featuring Steven Stapleton and Colin Potter, this is almost a tribute to the more ambient and free-form early to mid-period Nurse with Wound. The original mission statement from 1978 included a provision that Steven Stapleton didn't like "songs" and the last few full-length albums ('An Awkward Pause', 'Acts of Senseless Beauty', 'Who Can I Turn To Stereo' and 'Rock 'n Roll Station') have all been heavily song-based. Clocking in at under 40 minutes, this particular journey is comprised of three pieces: the two endpieces which linger around the 15-minute mark and the 8+ minute middle piece, whose title loosely translates to "Up in the Air, Singing" in Gaelic. Musically, it's perhaps the most intimate Nurse with Wound has been, with a particular, almost personal subtlety which I haven't detected probably since 'A Missing Sense.' The album opens with a warm underscore, scatterings of organic and electronic noises twitter and scurry by, accented with quiet, mumblesome voices, bees, finger piano or marimba (I can't tell) and various other sound effects -NOT- simply recycled from previous projects. It continues with an almost arguably surprising twist of events as the "band" jumps into full-force instrumental hyper Kraut-rock mode towards the end of the second track. The music and feel of the last track almost echoes the 'Musical Pumpkin Cottage'-era work from Stapleton with Tibet. The vocals repeat the title over and over again, comfortably easing any listener into utter bliss. This album can easily become one of my most listened-to records for 2002.

Jon Whitney
Man with the Woman Face
Details
2008 March CD UK ICR Distribution ICR69
In digipak
2008 May CD UK ICR Distribution ICR69
45 In digipak
With Man With The Woman Face Bonus Material
Signed and hand numbered painted 7" single in frame
Track Listing
Side A
  1. Beware the African Mosquito (Ring Your Doorbell, Put You to Sleep) (13:15)
  2. Ag canadh thuas sa spèir (8:38)
  3. White Light from the Stars in Your Mind (A Paramechanical Development) (15:48)
Personnel
Sleeve Notes
Steven Stapleton
Colin Potter
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Country Masters
Artwork by Babs
Thanks to Matt Black and Paul Jackson
Notes
Released with CD of unrelease material - Man With The Woman Face bonus material
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Man with the Woman Face
Details
2016 November 12" UK United Dairies UD0102
1 test pressing of earlier release
hand-made sleeve by Steven Stapleton
Track Listing
Side A
  1. Beware The African Mosquito (Ring Your Doorbell, Put You To Sleep)
  2. Ag Canadh Thuas Sa Spèir [cmedd1161]
Side B
  1. White Light from the Stars in Your Mind (A Paramechanical Development)
Personnel
Other Images