It's nice to see Spacemen 3 records still doing the rounds. I remember buying Playing With Fire when it came out and shaking myself around the room to it unattractively on a regular basis. Ah them were the days. The shaking has got worse but I still get a kick from listening to Spacemen 3. The Great Pop Supplement have done a lovely job of reissuing last year's top CD of alternate versions DJ Tones on to some summery clear wax for you. On here is 5 alternative versions which are all hard to get and collected to make your life richer. Worth it alone is the ace version of Transparent Radiation which is well Velvetsey.... The sleeve is lovely as well.... If not slightly headache inducing. I guess that's what you want from a Spacemen 3 record.... Great... Ow I got a headache and the shakes.... 1000 copies only folks!!
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Sound clips for DJ Tones by Spacemen 3: on vinyl at Norman Records UK. LP (vinyl), The Great Pop Supplement, GPS44LP , £10.99.
Stunning 5 track mini album featuring 5 demos (2 of them unreleased)
from various points of the Spacemens’career.. The vinyl version here
follows last year’s rapid fire selling of the Space Age CD. The set
kicks off with the beautiful, unreleased “These Blues”, (before being
completely reworked for the second Spiritualized album “Pure Phase”),
this is stripped way down and sounds like something from some 3rd album
period, Velvets’ bootleg. …just stunning gospel / blues…Next up comes a
unique, violin prominent take of the Red Krayola classic “Transparent
Radiation”, followed by the second of the exclusives on the album,
“Modulated Tones”, then the fabulous “I Love You Remix” previously
available on a 50 copy only 12” white label as b side to “Big City”.
The set concludes with arguably the finest take yet of “Ecstacy
Symphony”. Limited to just 1000 copies, don’t hang about- this one
won’t sit around long…
Other items by Spacemen 3
Big City/ Drive Spacemen 3 7" (vinyl), £2.99 Sorry - sold out.