**SIGNED** Lazer Guided Melodies 1992 Spiritualized AIR Lou Reed Eno Verve Fela

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Spiritualized LAZER GUIDED MELODIES
2xLP 1992 UK Dedicated DEDLP 004, Pressed at 45rpm
***SIGNED***  ?Spaceman Austin, TX ***HIGH-TIMES***

With it being pressed at 45rpm, you can take some things and then listen to it at 33rpm.

supergoing July 24, 2015 edited 11 months ago

One of the most beautiful records I've ever heard -- having this original Dedicated pressing (as opposed to the reportedly sub-par Plain remaster, or the CD, etc) makes a HUGE difference. I can't emphasize this enough. With a decent system this album will flow through your speakers like liquid morphine. Gorgeous and ethereal and ephemeral and haunting -- and, above all, astonishingly well-produced. Certainly Spiritualized's finest hour, too: it's at least as focused and consistent as the (masterful) following two LPs, and far more interesting in sound and style than what came after that. Worth every penny if you can find a good copy.

Background

Lazer Guided Melodies is unique in Jason Pierce's oeuvre as it simultaneously explores motorik, minimalist music, and space rock while subtly using "meticulously detailed, layered instrumentation, the sumptuous deployment of horns and strings" to create cinematic, textured, and deeply narcotic soundscapes.[6]

As critic Simon Reynolds observed in his Melody Maker review of the album, entitled "The 'Ized of March":

"Spiritualized's music quivers with Apollonian attributes - airiness, fleetness, radiance, serenity ... at times, Spiritualized recall the Kraut version of freeway rock known as motorik, in particular Neu ..."Run" is all about the exhilaration of cutting loose, of goalless propulsion ... "If I Were With Her Now" is throbbing motorik too ... swathed by scintillating guitar chimes like the world whooshing by ... along with motion, Spiritualized's other consummate metaphor for release is ascension ... "Step Into The Breeze" ... a Wiltshire water meadow ... pastoral bower of bliss ... "Symphony Space" an amorphous flux of orchestral resonances that hover and ache, swim and brim, for a small eternity. The sound of heaven ... at times, Spiritualized are making 21st Century gospel."

Legacy

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[11]

Tracklist 

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – RTM (2)
• Distributed By – Pinnacle (3)
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Dedicated
• Copyright (c) – Dedicated
• Recorded At – VHF, Rugby
• Recorded At – Moles Studio
• Recorded At – Far Heath Studios
• Mixed At – Gooseberry Sound Studios
• Mixed At – Comforts Place
• Mastered At – Abbey Road Studios
• Published By – Copyright Control
• Published By – Moss Rose Music
• Published By – EMI Music Ltd.

Credits

• Artwork [Model Maker] – Gavin Lindsay
• Artwork [Original] – Mr Ugly*
• Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Will Gregory
• Bass [Gibson Thunderbird, Bass and Sub Bass] – Willie B Carruthers*
• Cello – Colin Humphreys, Martin Robinson
• Design [For Blue Source] – Andrew Sutton
• Design [Logo] – Albert Tupelo
• Electric Guitar [Fender Telecaster, Eko Rocket], Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Dulcimer [Hammer], Autoharp, Vocals – Jason*
• Electric Guitar [Gretsch Country Gent, Epiphone Casino, Fender Telecaster], Acoustic Guitar, Dulcimer – Mark Refoy
• Engineer – Angus Wallace, Barry Clempson, Declan O'Regan, Mike Long, Paul Adkins
• Flute – Simon Clarke (2)
• Mastered By – Chris Blair
• Percussion, Dulcimer [Hammer] – Jon Mattock
• Photography By – Pete Gardner (2)
• Piano, Organ [Vox Continental, Farfisa Compact], Vocals – Kate Radley
• Producer, Mixed By – Barry Clempson, J. Spaceman
• Recorded By – Angus Wallace (tracks: D1), Paul Adkins (tracks: A1 to C2, D2, D3)
• Sleeve Notes [Inner Sleeve] – R Hunter Gibson
• Tracking By [Additional] – Mike Long
• Trumpet – Roddy Lorimer
• Violin – Owen John
• Written-By – J. Pierce* (tracks: A1 to A3, B2 to D1, D3)

Notes

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5020752001112
• Matrix / Runout (Side A): F-9466 A-2 (etched)
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): 030 F-9466 B-1 (etched)
• Matrix / Runout (Side C): 030 F-9506 A-1 030 (etched) F-9466 A-2 (etched, crossed out)
• Matrix / Runout (Side D): 030 F-9506 B-1 030 (etched) F-9466 B-2 (etched, crossed out)
• Rights Society: BIEM / GEMA