LP SPACEMEN 3 SOUND OF CONFUSION SPACE ROCK NEO PSYCO

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Grupo: SPACEMEN 3
Nacionalidad: U.K
Título del disco: SOUND OF CONFUSION
Formato: LP
Sello: GLASS RECORDS
Año: 1986 / Edición: U.K
Referencia: GLALP018

Sonic Boom's liner notes from the 1994 reissue in many ways capture the whole point of Spacemen 3's full-length debut: "[It] was basically an exorcism for us of our early material...we began our discography with an equal nod to our influences and our inspirations." Indeed, calling Sound of Confusion derivative misses the point entirely, where calling it anything but a clear and specific homage to a sound and style would be a complete mistake. Three of its seven songs are cover versions — "Rollercoaster" by the 13th Floor Elevators, "Mary Anne" by Juicy Lucy, and the Stooges' "Little Doll" — while the originals are at once very much Spacemen 3 songs and clear distillations of everything the band members were tripping out on at the time. Though Sonic and Pierce later expressed a preference for the takes included on the Taking Drugs to Make Music bootleg, the rough garage energy throughout still makes Sound of Confusion a fine listen, if nowhere near as stunning as where the band would later go. As was the case throughout the band's early days, Pierce handled all the vocals with the right amount of diffidence and low-key intensity, while he and Sonic cranked up the amps for minimal, bluntly entrancing riffs and the Brooker/Bain rhythm section chugged along. Of the originals, leadoff cut "Losing Touch With My Mind" is the strongest of the bunch, a perfect fusion of the psych/proto-punk/drone influences of its creators sent into the outer void. Meanwhile, "Hey Man," the title audibly playing off the rhythm and sound of the word "amen," is the first of many overt references to gospel music that Pierce would incorporate for years to come.

Spacemen 3 were psychedelic in the loosest sense of the word; their guitar explorations were colorfully mind-altering, but not in the sense of the acid rock of the '60s. Instead, the band developed its own minimalistic psychedelia, relying on heavily distorted guitars to clash and produce their own harmonic overtones; frequently, they would lead up to walls of distortion with overamplified acoustic guitars and synths. Often the band would jam on one chord or play a series of songs, all in the same tempo and key. Though this approach was challenging, often bordering on the avant-garde, Spacemen 3 nevertheless gained a dedicated cult following. After releasing several albums in the late '80s, the band fell apart after in 1991.

In 1982, Sonic Boom (guitar, organ, vocals; born Pete Kember on November 19, 1965) and Jason Pierce (guitar, organ, vocals; also born November 19, 1965) formed Spacemen 3 in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Sonic Boom and Pierce added a rhythm section comprised of Pete Baines and Rosco, and spent the next four years rehearsing and jamming. In 1986, the group released its debut album, Sound of Confusion, on Glass Records. At first the band sounded a bit like a punked-up garage rock band, but their music quickly evolved into their signature trance-like neo-psychedelia. Spacemen 3's second album, 1987's The Perfect Prescription, was the first to capture the group's distinctive style.

Following 1989's Playing With Fire, Baines and Rosco left the group to form their own band, the Darkside. They were replaced by Will Carruthers and Jon Mattock. Despite the addition of new blood to its lineup, the band was beginning to fray because of in-fighting between Sonic Boom and Pierce, as well as the former's increasing drug dependency. The new lineup struggled through a final album, 1991's Recurring, which featured Boom's songs on side one and Pierce's on side two. By the time of the release of Recurring, Pierce was performing with Carruthers and Mattock in a new band called Spiritualized. Shortly after the release of Recurring, Spacemen 3 split, and Spiritualized became Pierce's full-time band, eventually earning a cult following of its own

COVER : NEAR MINT

RECORD : MINT

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GUIA DE CLASIFICACION DE DISCOS

RECORD

COVER

P = Poor (Mal):
Heavy surface wear and scratches, skip when played.
Alta suciedad en superficies y rayones, salta cuando es reproducido.
F = Fair (Pobre):
Many scratches, will probably skip when played, should be replaced with a better copy when available.
Mucho rayones, probablemente salte cuando sea reproducido, deberia ser reemplazado por una copia mejor.
G = Good (Bien):
May have light scratches, plays well, may have surface noise.
Puede tener rayones leves, reproduce correctamente, pero tiene ruido de fondo.
VG = Very good (Muy Bien).
Very clean vinyl with minor blemishes, plays very well with little or no surface noise.
Disco limpio con pequeñas manchas, reproduce muy bien con poco o ningun ruido de fondo.
NM = Near Mint (Casi Perfecto):
Almost perfect vinyl, has been played very little, no scratches.
Disco casi perfecto, ha sido reproducido muy poco.
M = Mint (Perfecto):
Record has been opened but vinyl shows no sign of use.
Disco abierto, pero no evidencia signos de uso.
SN = Sealed new (Nuevo):
Record retains it's original factory shrink wrap, never use.
El disco mantiene su elvoltorio original, precintado.

P = Poor (Mal):
Heavy cover wear, scratches and marks.
Alta suciedad en portada, rayones y marcas.
F = Fair (Pobre):
Many marks, dust, should be replaced with a better copy when available.
Muchas marcas, polvo, deberia sera reemplazado por una copia mejor.
G = Good (Bien):
May have marks on the cover.
Puede tener marcas en la portadar.
VG = Very good (Muy Bien).
Very clean cover with minor blemishes, looks very well with little or no surface marks.
Portada limpia con pequeñas manchas, se ve muy bien con pocas o ninguna marcas de superficie.
NM = Near Mint (Casi Perfecta):
Almost perfect cover, no draw, no marks, no paints.
Portada casi perfecta, no hay marcas, ni dibujos, ni pintadas.
M = Mint (Perfecta):
Record has been opened but cover shows no sign of use.
Disco abierto, pero la portada no muestra ningun signo de uso.
SN = Sealed new (Nueva):
Cover retains it's original factory shrink wrap, never use.
El disco mantiene su envoltorio original, precintado.