SPACEMEN 3 - SOUNDS LIKE ECSTASY

Self made compilation 1987/2015


01. Take Me to the Other Side
02. Walkin' with Jesus
03. Ode to Street Hassle
04. Things'll Never Be the Same
05. Ecstasy Symphony
06. Transparent Radiation
07. Starship
08. Soul 1
09. Come Down Easy
10. Feel So Good
11. Call the Doctor
12. I Want You Right Now


Purists be still! First of all, I love Spacemen 3. I bought my first album (Recurring) at the age of 12, and I've been listening to them ever since,

I love that their recorded output is so messy. Only four original studio albums, but many more re-issues, live albums, demos...not to mention the non album singles, B-Sides and E.P.'s.

I wanted to re-imagine 'Perfect Prescription', and fashion an alternate second album from 1987.

So it goes like this:

01. Take Me to the Other Side - Single version.

02. Walkin' with Jesus
03. Ode to Street Hassle - 'Perfect Prescription' album versions.

04. Things'll Never Be the Same - Alternate version from 'Forged Prescriptions'.

05. Ecstasy Symphony
06. Transparent Radiation - It has to be the extended E.P. versions.

07. Starship - A live staple not included on 'Perfect Prescription', this demo beats the                          'Transparent Radiation' version.

08. Soul 1 - B-Side from 'Take Me to the Other Side' single.

09. Come Down Easy - Demo version from 'Forged Prescriptions'.

10. Feel So Good - B-Side from 'Take Me to the Other Side' single.

11. Call the Doctor - 'Perfect Prescription' album version.

12. I Want You Right Now - This instrumental jam comes from 'Forged Prescriptions'.

So, if you're familiar, you already know it's good. If you're not, give it a go, it could change your life.

EAST BIONIC SYMPHONIA

L.A.M. Records 1976

01. 7:30 pm - 7:47 pm
02. 8:15 pm - 8:43 pm


Been listening to this ALL week. Improvised drones, wails, fiddle...hardcore Japanese avant garde. For drone and experimental lovers. Tracks edited by Takehisa Kosugi.

PINK FLOYD - VEGETABLE MAN/SCREAM THY LAST SCREAM

Unreleased Single, EMI 1967.

1. Vegetable Man
2. Scream Thy Last Scream

As a bonus for those of you who enjoyed the recent Syd Barrett posts, here is the unreleased 1967 Pink Floyd single. The record label didn't want it released, the band (other than Syd) didn't want it released. Too mad, too weird, too strange...which is why it's wonderful. Totally out there psychedelic noise, full of humour and ideas.

If these tracks are put together with the Apples and Oranges/Paintbox single and Jugband Blues, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun and Remember a Day from 'A Saucerful of Secrets', you have the material for what would of been the second Barrett led Floyd album.

I might knock that up and see how it sounds.