September 21, 2023

20,000 vinyl LPs 335: Rupert Hine ~ Immunity

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vinyl LP, front cover 
cover design by Michael Ross 
photos by Chris Parker
photo of album cover by Styrous®


Today is the birthday of musician and record producer, Rupert Hine, born on September 21, 1947, Wimbledon, London, the son of a timber merchant who also played drums in a jazz band when he was young. His mother was a Red Cross nurse and an amateur ballet dancer.         


vinyl LP, back cover 
cover design by Michael Ross 
photos by Chris Parker
photo of album cover by Styrous®


He has a sparkling career producing albums for the best of the best; Rush, Kevin Ayers, Tina Turner, Howard Jones, Saga, the Fixx, Bob Geldof, Thompson Twins, Stevie Nicks, Chris de Burgh, Suzanne Vega, Underworld, Duncan Sheik, Formula and Eleanor McEvoy
        
Hine has recorded six solo albums as well as many albums with other artists. He produced the soundtrack for the film, Better Off Dead and The Deep End.          

Of all the projects he has been involved with, his gem of New Wave music, the 1981 studio album, Immunity; it is at the pinnicle of them for me and is on my "desert island list"!       
     
Of course, I have a favorite song on the album which is Samsara. There's more to the song than music; it has great depth. The title is a Pali/Sanskrit word that means "wandering" as well as "world," wherein the term connotes "cyclic change" or, less formally, "running around in circles." The "cyclicity of all life, matter, and existence" is a fundamental belief of most Indian religions.        
 
The word in Buddhism and Hinduism is the beginningless cycle of repeated birth, mundane existence and dying again. Samsara is considered to be dukkha, suffering, and in general unsatisfactory and painful, perpetuated by desire and avidya (ignorance), and the resulting karma.         


vinyl LP, back cover detail
cover design by Michael Ross 
photos by Chris Parker
detail photo by Styrous®
 
 
Samsara has a quiet but speedy beat that slows for a time, a melody that is dreamy and beautiful with marimba backing at times. It is New Wave at its finest (link to lyrics below)!
 

 
 
The personel for the album is extraordinary! Phil Collins plays percussion on the title song, Immunity, and Marianne Faithful sings backup in the first cut on the album, I Hang On To My Vertigo, I can relate to this song (link below).             
 

 
 
Trevor Morais plays drums on the album; he is a session player who has recorded with Tina Turner, David Essex, Howard Jones and Björk. Geoffrey Richardson is a British viola player and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with Caravan, Murray Head and the Penguin Cafe Orchestra.  
 
 







Hine suffered from a number of medical problems, including renal cancer and arrhythmia. He died at his home in Wiltshire on the 4th of June, 2020. He was 72 years old.


  
Tracklist:
       
Side 1:
        
A1 - I Hang On To My Vertigo, Vocals – Marianne Faithfull - 4:40
A2 - Misplaced Love - 4:14
A3 - Samsara - 5:15
A4 - Surface Tension - 4:19
A5 - I Think A Man Will Hang Soon, Drums – Trevor Morais - 4:17
       
Side 2:
       
B1 - Immunity, Percussion – Phil Collins - 3:53
B2 - Another Stranger, Percussion – Phil Collins, Trevor Morais - 4:49
B3 - Psycho Surrender, Clarinet, Recorder – Ollie W. Tayler - 4:20
B4 - Make A Wish, Percussion – Trevor Morais, Viola – Geoffrey Richardson - 5:42
       
Companies, etc.
       
    Phonographic Copyright ℗ – A&M Records Ltd.
    Published By – Rondor Music
    Published By – Petaluma Ink.
    Published By – Essex Music International Ltd.
    Produced At – Farmyard Studios
    Lacquer Cut At – Pye Studios
       
Credits:
       
    Guitar – Phil Palmer
    Lacquer Cut By – Tony Bridge
    Lyrics By – Jeannette-Thérèse Obstoj
    Music By, Arranged By – Rupert Hine
    Producer, Engineer, Mixed By – Stephen W. Tayler
    Producer, Performer – Rupert Hine
       
Notes:
       
Same as Rupert Hine - Immunity by with gold promo-sticker stamped
       
Barcode and Other Identifiers
       
    Rights Society: MCPS/BIEM
    Matrix / Runout (Side 1:): AMLH-68519-A2 tone
    Matrix / Runout (Side 2:): AMLH-68519-B2 tone-pye 
 
Rupert Hine – Immunity
Label:    A&M Records – AMLH 68519
Format:    Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo
Country: UK
Released: 1981
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: New Wave

         
Viewfinder links:        
         
Björk        
David Essex               
Marianne Faithful             
Fleetwood Mac             
Rupert Hine          
Howard Jones             
Labyrinthitis ~ a dizzy proposition              
Stevie Nicks         
Record Producers Extraordinaire                         
Samsara lyrics                
Thomson Twins          
Tina Turner        
        
Net links:        
         
Genesis News ~ Ever Heard of Rupert Hine?        
The Guardian ~ Rupert Hine obituary           
Rupert Hine website         
LouderSound ~ Rupert Hine: A regular musical Zelig         
MuZines ~ The Thinking Man's Guide To Production        
The Press ~ Rupert Hine – Immunity        
        
YouTube links:        
         
Cherry Red Records ~ The Rupert Hine Story by Mark Powell (1 hr. 4 Min.)        
The Deep End (full album)                
Immunity (full album)        
       I Hang On To My Vertigo              
       Immunity               
       Samsara         
        
         
        
        
        
Styrous® ~ Thursday, September 21, 2023       
       
 
 


















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