Spiritualized – Lazer Guided Melodies

Media Condition: Mint (M)

Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)

sealed/hype sticker/small indie shop

Notes:

Lazer Guided Melodies is the first installment in Fat Possum’s four-part “[l2182069]”.

This limited special edition pressed on 180g white vinyl and housed in a gatefold sleeve with heavyweight custom inner sleeves.
Available from Fat Possum’s webstore, Bandcamp, VMP, and various indie retailers (standard black vinyl edition [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/18407173]here[/url]).

On Mastering & Manufacturing:
Per Fat Possum, this release “…mastered from a half speed lacquer cut from original sources by Alchemy Mastering”.
Per side A runout, Alchemy’s senior mastering engineer, Barry Grint (“Bazza”), did the mastering/cutting.
Again per runouts, GZ Media manufactured metal stampers from Alchemy’s lacquer master.
And, finally, Memphis Record Pressing used GZ’s stampers to press the vinyl.

On Runouts, Sides A-D:
Each runout includes both stamped and hand-etched sections and characters. For the most part, sections consisting of stamped characters are inverted (upside-down) relative to the hand-etched sections. For simplicity’s sake, runouts are recorded here in sectional sequence, as encountered by the traveling needle, with inverted sections in reading order.

Selected Sleeve Text:
Original 16 track recordings by Paul Adkins at VHF Sound Centre, Rugby, November 1990. Additional recording at Moles Studio, Bath by Mike Long, May 1991. Angel Sigh recorded by Angus Wallace at Far Heath Studio, Northamptonshire, July 1991. Originally produced by J. Spaceman.

Mixed at Gooseberry Studio, London, January 1992. 200 Bars and Symphony Space mixed at Comforts Place Studios, January 1992.

…The artwork for this special edition features new photographs of the model figures made for the original album artwork. The figures were made by Gavin Lindsay, based on a drawing by Mr Ugly (Nicholas Brooker).

In loving memory of Nicholas “Natty” Brooker.

Some copies from fatpossum.com came with 2 badges – a red one and a blue one.

300 copies were available exclusively from Rough Trade which included an art print of the cover. (Catalog Number FP17513PRINT)

A1. You Know It’s True
A2. If I Were With Her Now
A3. I Want You
B1. Run
B2. Smiles
B3. Step Into The Breeze
B4. Symphony Space
C1. Take Your Time
C2. Shine A Light
D1. Angel Sigh
D2. Sway
D3. 200 Bars

Barcode 767981175133
Matrix / Runout MRP2973/FP1751-1-A #7 BAZZA ALCHEMY 899295 FP1751-1 A2 218269M1
Matrix / Runout 903763 218269M2 MRP2973/FP1751-1-B #4 FP1751-1-B2
Matrix / Runout MRP2973/FP1751-1-C #7 899299 FP1751-1-C2 218269M3
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Matrix / Runout 903763 218269M2 MRP2973/FP1751-1-B #9 FP1751-1-B2
Matrix / Runout MRP2973/FP1751-1-C #11 899299 FP1751-1-C2 218269M3
Matrix / Runout MRP2973/FP1751-1-D #11 FP1751-1 D2 899301 218269M4
Matrix / Runout MRP2973/FP1751-1-A #10 BAZZA ALCHEMY 899295 FP1751-1 A2 218269M1
Matrix / Runout 903763 218269M2 MRP2973/FP1751-1-B #9 FP1751-1-B2
Matrix / Runout MRP2973/FP1751-1-C #11 899299 FP1751-1-C2 218269M3
Matrix / Runout MRP2973/FP1751-1-D #11 FP1751-1 D2 899301 218269M4
Matrix / Runout MRP2973/FP1751-1-A #9 BAZZA ALCHEMY 899295 FP1751-1 A2 218269M1
Matrix / Runout 903763 218269M2 MRP2973/FP1751-1-B #9 FP1751-1-B2
Matrix / Runout MRP2973/FP1751-1-C #11 922007 FP1751-1-C2 218269M3
Matrix / Runout MRP2973/FP1751-1-D #11 FP1751-1 D2 899301 218269M4

Published By BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
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
Copyright (c) Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
Licensed To Fat Possum Records, LLC
Manufactured By Fat Possum Records
Distributed By Fat Possum Records
Lacquer Cut At Alchemy Mastering
Mastered At Alchemy Mastering
Mastered At GZ Media
Pressed By Memphis Record Pressing

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