{"product_id":"torch-song-wish-thing-pre-release-cassette-numbered-253-350","title":"Torch Song - ‘Wish Thing’ Pre-Release Cassette (Numbered 253\/350)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTorch Song was the London group William Orbit formed with singer Laurie Mayer and Grant Gilbert in the early ’80s, years before he became one of the most sought-after producers of his generation. Orbit went on to co-produce Madonna’s \u003cem\u003eRay of Light\u003c\/em\u003e (1998), which won Grammys for Best Pop Album and Best Dance Recording, and to co-write and produce her “Beautiful Stranger.” He produced Blur’s \u003cem\u003e13\u003c\/em\u003e (1999), including “Tender” and “Coffee \u0026amp; TV,” and All Saints’ U.K. No. 1 “Pure Shores”; worked with Beth Orton; and reached No. 4 in the U.K. with his own version of Barber’s “Adagio for Strings.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWish Thing\u003c\/em\u003e, Torch Song’s first album, came out in 1984 on I.R.S. It isn’t on Spotify and is rare on any format. This copy is a limited pre-release on a Maxell C46 metal cassette. Its inlay reads: “A Torch Song Guerilla Production. Recorded at Guerilla Studio.” It explains that the tape was “real time copied without noise reduction onto a Nakamichi cassette deck directly from the PCM digital master,” and the copy number is written in by hand: 253 of 350. The card is printed “With Compliments” from Torchforce Limited at 16 Blomfield Road, London W9, in Little Venice—the neighborhood where Orbit, Mayer, and Gilbert set up the first Guerilla Studios.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tracklist runs “Don’t Look Now,” “Telepathy,” “Ode to Billy Joe,” “Another Place,” “Prepare to Energize,” “Tattered Dress,” “Sweet Thing,” “You Said You Were Coming,” and “Water Clock Secrets.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKey details \u0026amp; collectability\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaxell C46 metal cassette of \u003cem\u003eWish Thing\u003c\/em\u003e (1984)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLimited pre-release, hand-numbered 253 of 350\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReal-time copy direct from the PCM digital master, with no noise reduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInlay printed “With Compliments” from Torchforce Limited, Little Venice, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarly work from William Orbit, later producer of Madonna, Blur, and All Saints\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlbum not on Spotify and rare on any format\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eFrom the archive of London producer and engineer Chris Allison.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eA percentage of Chris Allison’s proceeds from this collection will be donated to \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/restorethemusicuk.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRestore The Music\u003c\/a\u003e, a social impact charity that addresses systemic inequality in music education by providing capital grants to state schools in areas of high socio-economic deprivation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chris Allison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55544946164041,"sku":"LDN_CA_020","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/9992\/files\/DSCF8308.jpg?v=1791401931","url":"https:\/\/waxpoetics.com\/products\/torch-song-wish-thing-pre-release-cassette-numbered-253-350","provider":"Wax Poetics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}