SLEEP DOPESMOKER TRANSPARENT GREEN VINYL 2 LP
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*SMALL* Tear in back of bag, everything else in good shape.
"Sleep's Holy Mountain" created such a humongous buzz that major label London Records signed the band. Unfortunately, the label lacked the vision necessary to actually follow through and release the album that Sleep recorded, mostly because it took the not-radio-friendly form of a Single song -- a 63 minute long ode to weed -- called "Dopesmoker." Sleep returned to the studio and edited the track down to 52 minutes and retitled it "Jerusalem", but it was again rejected. London Records shelved the record and dropped the band, leading to their dissolution.
"Dopesmoker" was recorded by Billy Anderson (Neurosis, Melvins) at Record Two Studio in Comptche, California While recording the song, it began to form differently than the band had originally envisioned. Pike stated that the "song was getting slower and slower and then it got weird. We started tripping out and second guessing ourselves." Recording the album was difficult. Pike recalled that "there was so much to memorize for that album, and we had to do it in like three different sections because a reel-to-reel only holds 22 minutes. It was really cool, but it was one of the hardest things I've ever done in in my life."Sleep were in the studio for one month then went home to rehearse and returned for another month. Pike noted that they ended up with two or three different versions of the song.
Here is the latest color version (limited to 2000!) of the the classic, "Dopesmoker!" It features brand new artwork by long time Sleep artist: Arik Roper who created something specifically special for the albums' rebirth.
A. Dopesmoker
B. Dopesmoker
C. Dopesmoker
D1. Holy Mountain (Live May 1994, I-Beam, San Francisco, CA) 11:35
D2. Sonic Titan (Live April 1992, Gilman Street, Berkeley, CA) 9:17
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