| Description: | â??Lazer Guided Melodieâ??s ist das legendäre Debüt-Studioalbum der englischen Shoegaze/Space-Rock-Band Spiritualized. Das Album wurde von der Gründungsbesetzung der Band, bestehend aus Jason Pierce (Gesang, Gitarren), Mark Refoy (Gitarren), Will Carruthers (Bass), Jonny Mattock (Schlagzeug) und Kate Radley (Keyboards) von 1990 bis 1991 aufgenommen und im Januar 1992 von Pierce in London abgemischt. Ursprünglich veröffentlicht am 30. März 1992.
â??Lazer Guided Melodiesâ?? ist die das erste Resultat des Spaceman Reissue Programms, welches verspricht, den ausgewählten Aufnahmen das volle Spektrum an Audio-Bearbeitung und physischer Ausstattung zukommen zu lassen. Diese Reissue ist die erste in dieser Serie von 180g-Doppel-Alben, die von Alchemy Mastering von einem Half-Speed-Schnitt aus den Original-Quellen gemastert wurden. Jetzt erhältlich als CD und als schwarze Standard-Vinyl-Pressung sowie als limitierte Auflage auf weiÃ?em Vinyl. Beide Vinyl Editionen sind in einem hochwertigen Gatefold-Sleeve mit überarbeitetem Art-Work von Mark Farrow untergebracht. - .. MELODIES The first four Spiritualized records are the sound of J Spaceman finding his way through the cosmos; bumping into debris, soaring over stars, crash landing onto bleak, lonely landscapes then taking off again, sometimes spinning around uncontrollably until he finds somewhere sublime that he can rest his head for a while, until the restless soul takes flight again. Elevating the gritty, narcotic garage blues of his first band Spacemen 3 into more of a crystalline experimental space rock, pop sound, the Lazer Guided Melodies core line up was Jason (vocals, guitar), Mark Refoy (guitars), Kate Radley (keyboards), Will Carruthers (bass) and Jonny Mattock (drums). Recorded from 1990 to 1991, the 12 songs are divided up into four movements. Jason: 'The last Spacemen 3 record was under-realized to me. When I listen back to that stuff it sounds like somebody finding their way. There was a lot of ideas but no way to put them into a space that would make them all work. So, there was a huge freedom forging over the last Spacemen 3 record and when Spiritualized started it was like, 'Ok it's all yours. Go.' I was living in Rugby in a flat above a plumber's merchant at the time. I accidentally kept that flat for eight years when I moved to London and when I returned it was exactly how I left it. There was the Nick Kent book open at the page I left it like it was waiting for my return. We recorded the tracks in the studio near my flat which was a place where they predominantly recorded advertising jingles and it's where we made all the Spacemen 3 records, but then the recordings were taken to Battery Studios in London, to explore a more professional way of making music, the world outside. We got it down onto a Fostex E16; like a half inch of tape and we squeezed 16 tracks onto it. It was almost like recording on a cassette tape but then we introduced those multi tracks to a new kind of mix scenario, new to me anyway. Once I approached that way of doing things I opened up a whole world and I was astounded that somebody could take those tracks and turn it into the record it became. Barry Clempson mixed it and his references were completely outside my world. He was playing stuff like Massive Attack, the Horace Andy track with that beautiful tremolo voice, and Rain Tree Crow, very precise and clear productions. But he brought this clarity and definition to it that I could not have done in Rugby. I didn't know how to make records that sounded like that. It turned out absolutely beautiful. FAT POSSUM RECORDS - SPIRITUALIZED / LAZER GUIDED MELODIES - track listingVinyl LP pressing. The first four Spiritualized records are the sound of J Spaceman finding his way through the cosmos; bumping into debris, soaring over stars, crash landing onto bleak, lonely landscapes then taking off again, sometimes spinning around uncontrollably until he finds somewhere sublime that he can rest his head for a while, until the restless soul takes flight again. Elevating the gritty, narcotic garage blues of his first band Spacemen 3 into more of a crystalline experimental space rock, pop sound, the Lazer Guided Melodies core line up was Jason (vocals, guitar), Mark Refoy (guitars), Kate Radley (keyboards), Will Carruthers (bass) and Jonny Mattock (drums). Recorded from 1990 to 1991, the 12 songs are divided up into four movements.Fat Possum's 2021 reissue/remaster as part of 'The Spaceman Reissue Program'
Full site text:
"The Spaceman Reissue Program edition of Lazer Guided Melodies promises to give those recordings the fullest spectrum audio and physical treatment they?ve deserved since 1992. It will be the first in this series of 180g double albums mastered from a half speed lacquer cut from original sources by Alchemy Mastering, presented in a gatefold jacket adorned by reworked art by Mark Farrow, and available in both a standard black vinyl pressing and limited edition white vinyl"
Back reads:
"Written by J. Spaceman. Published by BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited.
Original 16 track recordings by Paul Adkins at VHF Sound Centre, Rugby, November 1990. Additional recording at Moles Studio, Bath by Mike Long, May 1991. Angel Sign recorded by Angus Wallace at Far Heath Studio, Northamptonshire, July 1991. Originally produced by J. Spaceman.
Mixed at Gooseberry Studio, London, January 1992. 200 Bars and Symphony Space mixed at Comforts Place Studios, January 1992.
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The artwork for this special edition features new photographs of the model figures made for the original album artwork. The figures were made by Gavin Lindsay, based on a drawing by Mr Ugly (Nicholas Brooker).
In loving memory of Nicholas "Natty" Brooker."
This release originally came in a sealed gatefold cover with a white & black hype sticker on upper right front cover shrink. |
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