SPACEMEN 3 - TAKING DRUGS ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING LP NEAR MINT RARE

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175

I am selling some of the records I've had for many years in my great collection.  THE SPACEMEN 3 were one of the great bands of the 80's.  They were anchored by Jason Pierce, and Peter Kember, and were an acid gospel group that built upon minimal musical repetition to build to exhaustive climaxes.  They were one of the greatest sonic guitar driven bands of the time, and their first pressing LP's are very difficult to come by now.  After Spacemen 3 disbanded Jason started Spiritualized, which continued on his search for the gospel truth through drugs and music.  This LP is in amazing Near Mint condition.  IT IS THE 1986 FIRST PRESSING OF THIS VERY RARE LP.  IT IS NOT A REISSUE/REPRESS.  The cover is beautiful with just a couple small corner dings, as are the labels and the vinyl is clean and plays great.  I love original original pressings because I feel every LP is of it's time and place. The vinyl, and record pressings are all from that moment in time, and no re-pressing or re-mastering will ever make the sound better for me.  Here's a review from ALL MUSIC;

PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER LPS FOR SALE NOW ON EBAY.  I AM POSTING SOME TREASURES.  SOME ARE RARE AND COLLECTIBLE, AND OTHERS ARE JUST GREAT ALBUMS.   

AllMusic Review by Ned Raggett  [-]

Never has a record been so aptly titled, or so perfectly descriptive of a band's particular vision of the universe. For all that, the original appearance of Taking Drugs was in fact a bootleg on the semi-legendary/semi-notorious Father Yod imprint in 1990, later supplemented with contemporary outtakes and cuts for the Bomp reissue in 1994 and one further song for the Space Age version in 2000. The original seven tracks, dated January 1986 and the first recordings to feature Pete Bain on bass, are collectively known as the Northampton Demos, understandably named for the recording location in a studio outside said English city. Both Sonic and Pierce have been on record as long preferring these takes to the eventual versions that surfaced for the most part on Sound of Confusion. Certainly it's a fine set of performances, showing a definite step toward the more familiar sound of the group and away from the rougher takes on For All the Fucked Up Children of the World. "The Sound of Confusion," aka "Walkin' With Jesus," rips along with fierce energy, Pierce's singing and the rampaging, primitive wail and rumble of the band just wonderful. "Losing Touch With My Mind" takes things to an even higher level, a huge wallop of feedback and beat (Natty Brooker's drumming in particular delivers just what the doctor ordered), Pierce delivering the lines with a flat, cutting drawl. On the slightly lighter tip, "Come Down Easy" is more or less fully in place (aside from singing about it being 1986!), possessing a more upfront but less vocally distinct feel than the Perfect Prescription take. The tracks that surfaced on the later reissues come from a variety of different sessions, including the original take on "Feel So Good" and a good live version of "Things'll Never Be the Same," one of several cuts featuring Brooker's drumming replacement Rosco.