For me, this is where Spacemen 3's songwriting came to a head many of these songs pre-dated Sound Of Confusion (1986), some were even recorded at both sessions, but I am still impressed mightily by Jason Pierce's lyrical genius on originals like 'Walking With Jesus' and re-writes like 'Come Down Easy' and his fluid guitar playing across the whole sessions.' 'In 1984, Spacemen 3 made their first-ever recording session and sold a few cassettes at now-legendary, incendiary gigs. In his liner notes, Spacemen 3's Sonic Boom says this release presents the album's songs in their 'full guitar-laden versions with all the layers of beautifully streamlined guitar, considered by us to be too hard to replicate live and therefore reduced for the original release.
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Forged Prescriptions is a double album by Spacemen 3, containing alternative takes and demo versions of songs from their album The Perfect Prescription (1987), plus some previously unreleased tracks. 'Take Me To The Other Side' was one of the band's most intense workouts, always a strong crowd pleaser, and rarely out of the set. 'Suicide' was typically the last song of the set and could last anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes. This incendiary version comes from a 1989 show in which 'Revolution' was often played twice. Both 'Revolution' and 'Suicide' had been part of the band's live set for almost a year before the studio versions were officially released. Every so often one of them would turn up like 'I Believe It' and 'Lord Can You Hear Me?' 'Things'll Never Be The Same' was a part of the Spacemen 3 live set since 1984. Spacemen 3 only regularly performed 'Suicide', 'Revolution', and 'How Does It Feel?' From Playing With Fire while ignoring other tracks. Deleted for the studio recordings, Jason would occasionally sing them live as recorded here in 1989. The original lyrics for 'Walkin' With Jesus' included the line 'Listen Sweet Lord, forgive me my sins.Ĭause I can't stand this life without sweet heroin'. '2:35' was a regular part of the Spacemen set since the band's first recordings in 1984. 'Bo Diddley Jam' is an instrumental jam occasionally included as part of the regular set. It was their first for Glass Records, who’d signed them on the strength of their demo to a two-album deal. Sound of Confusion is the debut album by British psychedelic band Spacemen 3. The sounds are all unique enough that every song has an identity, but the album itself has an incredible thematic strength to every single song. Sound of Confusion has no right being as good as it is, considering how simple it is on paper. But the 3 (or technically 4) made themselves quite the exception to that rule. Both Pierce and Kember were guitarists, keyboard players and vocalists, so added bassist Pete 'Bassman' Bain (or Baines), and drummer Natty Brooker. Spaceman', and Peter Kamber, usually known as 'Sonic Boom', who had originally met at art college.
Spacemen 3 were formed in 1982 in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, by Jason Pierce, also known as 'J. 'Rollercoaster' was the opening song for most of 1989 after coming on stage to the sounds of 'Ecstasy Symphony' (or on one occasion, 'Mr. Although newcomers are advised to start with 1988's Playing With Fire or 1990's Recurring (ORBIT 055CD), Live in Europe 1989 is essential for fans. Rather surprisingly, only one of the 13 tracks a 16-minute take on Playing With Fire's center-piece track 'Suicide' breaks the ten-minute barrier that was so often smashed through on the group's studio recordings, but there's still an epic, expansive feel to these loose, perfectly ragged performances. Despite the change in rhythm sections, the focus is, as always, on guitarists Pete Kember and Jason Pierce, who by this point in the group's career aren't even pretending to be interested in standard verse-chorus-verse structure. The album's also notable for documenting the group's short-lived quartet line-up, with bassist Willie Carruthers and drummer Jon Mattock. Recorded over four nights in Germany during what turned out to be Spacemen 3's final tour, Live in Europe 1989 is far better than the more ragged earlier Spacemen 3 live album, 1988's Performance.