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| Transparent Radiation | ||||
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| Released | July 1987 | |||
| Genre | Neo-psychedelia | |||
| Length | 36:30 | |||
| Label | Glass (original release) Fire (2011 reissue) | |||
| Producer | Peter Kember & Jason Pierce | |||
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Transparent Radiation is an EP by the British alternative rock band Spacemen 3. It was released in July 1987 on 12-inch vinyl. The title track is a cover version of a Red Krayola song.
Background
[edit]The cover version of "Transparent Radiation" was written and recorded based off the March 1967 demo version of the song on the International Artists Epitaph for a Legend compilation album released in 1980 rather than the original LP version on The Parable of Arable Land. Peter Kember would call songwriter Mayo Thompson who at the time was working for Rough Trade for a transcription of the original lyrics. Kember stated:[1]
I told him I wanted to check the lyrics to "Transparent Radiation" because we were covering it and he didn't remember the song. [...] Over 10 years later, I met him in Los Angeles and he said that he loved my version. He liked the way we'd taken it from four chords to three chords. At the time we didn't really know.
Track listing
[edit]- 12-inch (GLAEP108)
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Transparent Radiation" | Barthelme, Thompson, Cunningham | 4:03 |
| 2. | "Ecstasy Symphony" | Peter Kember, Jason Pierce | 9:08 |
| 3. | "Transparent Radiation (Flashback)" | Barthelme, Thompson, Cunningham | 8:00 |
| 4. | "Things'll Never Be The Same" | Kember, Pierce | 5:49 |
| 5. | "Starship" | MC5, Sun Ra, Kember, Pierce | 11:00 |
Personnel
[edit]Spacemen 3
[edit]Produced and arranged by Sonic & Jason[2]
- Sonic Boom (Peter Kember) – guitar, feedback, vocals
- Jason (Jason Pierce) – guitar, Farfisa organ, vocals
- Bassman (Pete Bain) – bass vibrations
- Rosco (Sterling Roswell) – percussion
Additional personnel
[edit]- Owen John – violin
- Graham Walker – engineer
References
[edit]- ^ Erik 2004, p. 111.
- ^ "Spacemen 3 – Transparent Radiation – Vinyl (12", 33 ⅓ RPM + 2 more), 1987". Discogs. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
Bibliography
[edit]- Morse, Erik (2009). Spacemen 3 And The Birth Of Spiritualized (Kindle ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857121042.
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