{"product_id":"lazer-guided-melodies-vinyl-lp","title":"Lazer Guided Melodies Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSpiritualized and Fat Possum Records are proud to announce the first stage of The Spaceman Reissue Program: definitive vinyl releases of the first four classic Spiritualized albums. Curated by Jason Pierce, the series will kick off April 23 with Spiritualized’s classic 1992 debut, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLazer Guided Melodies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eElevating the gritty, narcotic garage blues of Pierce's recently disbanded Spacemen 3 into a crystalline space rock \/ pop wall of sound, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLazer Guided Melodies\u003c\/em\u003e was recorded from 1990 to 1991, its 12 songs divided into four distinct movements. Reflecting on the transition from Spacemen 3 to the first realization of the Spiritualized sound, Pierce recalls: \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"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’… \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe 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… 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...” \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e180g Double Album \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003emastered from a half speed lacquer cut from original sources by Alchemy Mastering presented in a gatefold jacket adorned by reworked art by Mark Farrow.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spiritualized","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53673288466760,"sku":"SPI039A-LPALB-BLK","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/9866\/0168\/files\/LGMBlackVinyl.png?v=1786043482","url":"https:\/\/store.antimerch.com\/products\/lazer-guided-melodies-vinyl-lp","provider":"Antimerch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}