LP SPACEMEN 3 TRANSPARENT RADIATION SPACE ROCK NEO PSYC

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Grupo: SPACEMEN 3
Nacionalidad: U.K
Título del disco: TRANSPARENT RADIATION
Formato: LP
Sello: GLASS RECORDS
Año: 1987 / Edición: U.K
Referencia: GLAEP108

Following on from the Walkin' With Jesus single, Transparent Radiation was as crucial a step in the transformation of Spacemen 3 into a truly unique band, heralding the upcoming Perfect Prescription album in just the right way. The core of the single was two different takes on the title cut, a gentle cover of the Red Krayola psych classic, drumming barely there, with guest violin from Owen John. The first take features double-tracked vocals and sudden bursts of higher volume, while the second is the full version from Perfect Prescription itself, with a longer instrumental beginning. In between the two versions was an equally fascinating song, "Ecstasy Symphony," an instrumental drone/flange/feedback composition of textures by Sonic that's pure electronic bliss and float. Appearing only in an edited form on Perfect Prescription, here it's at its full sweeping length, including spoken word portions at the beginning and end by Sonic, plus violin from John. Two more cuts filled out this striking (and practically album-length) release, the first being another song familiar from The Perfect Prescription, "Things'll Never Be the Same," here in a slightly different version with clearer (or perhaps simply different) vocals and varying guitar solos. The final song, meanwhile, also visited someone else's material — "Starship," the Sun Ra composition reworked by the MC5 and made famous via its appearance on Kick Out the Jams. Spacemen 3 do the song proud, kicking up a loud noise and then some with its halfway to freeform megasprawl.

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

GUIDE VINYL RATING
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.