Spacemen 3 – For All The Fucked-Up Children Of This World We Give You Spacemen 3 (First Ever Recording Session, 1984)

I’m starting to notice that Superior Viaduct only releases superior sound recordings and haven’t heard anything to suggest otherwise. Hopefully they don’t stop their great work

Terrible Pressing. Bought it new and has a couple of harsh scratches that produce repeated clicks, on top of some crackling here and there. Avoid like the plague.

This reissue is really well done. Sound is full and rich. Records are flat and quiet. In fact, all of the Superior Viaduct reissues of Spacemen 3 (Taking Drugs, Recurring, Fucked Up Children, Dreamweapon, and Playing with Fire) are excellent.

Just picked this up today. Found it $18 USD, used, at my local shop. I've read bad things about these Space Age reissues so I've held out on buying them until the price was right and in this case it was. First, the pressing quality, far from 'high quality' but not the worst. Record is flat and centered, it's just those damn clicks and pops from the notorious GZ that kill the quality. Luckily, the clicks and pops on the record I got aren't too bad and it's still listenable without being distracting. As far as the sound goes. It's rough, really rough but so are the recordings, so you can't expect too much there. These are not audiophile recordings, so don't expect a finely tuned, superbly mastered record here. On the plus side it, doesn't sound compressed. It has a very nice full and expansive sound. It's very droney, densely layered music, so it may not translate well on some systems. I personally think this record sounds perfect. As I mentioned before, its rough but the sound is bold, detailed and dynamic, almost like a mono mix. Because of the heavy use of effects and layering, things are going to sound a little distorted or lacking clarity at times but I think that's true to the original recording. You can hear the tape echo on a lot of the vocals. In conclusion, these songs are raw but the sound is rich and detailed enough to make this an engaging listen and not a fatiguing one. Packaging is excellent. Could have benefitted from a better quality pressing. 7/10.

Cd version reissued 2017 as well recently received

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The band get nothing from any RSD release Space Age Recordings put out by Spacemen 3. Pete , Jason and Pete Bassman have all put out statements on various means over the web asking that these record store day releases be boycotted by the fans. Admittedly , Jason has only just got onboard , making it more widespread news. But Mr Kember has been informing for 12 months. I know the shops pay up front for RSD releases , and Space Age already has the money , so any boycott will hit the shop owners , but in the future they will think twice before dealing with Palmer ( Space Age ) again. Plus flippers ramping prices for these records . Flip them the bird also
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