Drunk With the Old Man of the Mountains

In the post-World Serpent world, it's refreshing to see a tasteful looking, properly packaged, elegant layout on a Nurse With Wound release which isn't completely driven by capitalism or auctionable (or even questionable) "special" editions. Cover artwork is collected from a few of Steve's own personal favorite paintings for the original cover (all were different on the original 1987 issue) and the overall design echoes what has worked for Nurse in the past. Although all the music has been released before (both on LP and various CDs), everything is currently out of print. This is the first time all the songs have been reunited on a CD, and it sounds wonderful. Tracks were originally gathered from cassette-only releases, compilations, a live bit, and other odds and ends. All have been remastered and sound more vibrant than ever.

This release fills in some holes in the vast Nurse with Wound catalog, gathering up five stray tracks from the mid-'80s into a nice package for the collector.