Spiritualized?* – Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Label:	Fat Possum Records – FP1753-3
Series:	Vinyl Me, Please. Essentials – E093
Format:	2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Blue [Deep Space], 180g, Gatefold
Country:	US
Released:	Sep 2020
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Space Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Indie Rock

Tracklist

A1		Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
A2		Come Together
A3		I Think I'm In Love
B1		All Of My Thoughts
B2		Stay With Me
B3		Electricity
B4		Home Of The Brave
C1		The Individual
C2		Broken Heart
C3		No God Only Religion
C4		Cool Waves
D1		Cop Shoot Cop…

Companies, etc.

Exclusive Retailer – Vinyl Me, Please
Recorded At – Moles Studio
Mixed At – Moles Studio
Recorded At – The Church, London
Mixed At – The Church, London
Recorded At – Rooster Studios
Mixed At – Rooster Studios
Recorded At – Strongroom
Mixed At – Strongroom
Recorded At – House Of Blues, Memphis
Mixed At – House Of Blues, Memphis
Recorded At – The Hit Factory
Mixed At – The Hit Factory
Recorded At – A&M Studios
Mixed At – A&M Studios
Mastered At – Whitfield Street Recording Studios
Published By – Redemption Songs Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright ? – Sony Music Entertainment UK
Copyright ? – Sony Music Entertainment UK
Licensed To – Fat Possum Records
Lacquer Cut At – Alchemy Mastering
Pressed By – GZ Media – 209800E
Remastered At – Alchemy Mastering

Credits

Accordion – Angel Corpus Christi
Arranged By [Choir Arranged By] – Reverend Basil Hughes*, Irreverend J. Spaceman*
Arranged By [Horns Arranged By] – Ed Coxon*, J. Spaceman, Simon Clark*, Tim Sanders
Arranged By [Strings Arranged By] – Clare Connors, J. Spaceman
Artwork [Original Artwork - Print] – Farrow Design, Spaceman*
Bass [Fender Jazzbass], Harmonica – Sean Cook
Cello – Sophie Harris
Choir – The London Community Gospel Choir*
Co-producer – J. Spaceman (tracks: B2), John Coxon (tracks: B2)
Design – Farrow Design, Spaceman*
Design Concept – Farrow Design
Drums [Gretsch Round Badge], Percussion, Bells, Timpani – Damon Reece
Engineer [Assistant Engineers] – Chad Bamford, Chris Scard, Darren Nash, Lem Lattimer, Patrick McGovern
Engineer [Mix Engineers] – Chad Bamford, Darren Allison, John Leckie, Mads Bjerke, Pat McCarthy, Trevor Curwen
Engineer [Recording Engineers] – Carl Nappa, Darren Allison, Darren Nash, Mads Bjerke, Trevor Curwen
Flute, Baritone Saxophone – Simon Clarke (2)
French Horn – Tim Jones*
Guitar [Gibson Firebird, Fender Jaguar], Melodica, Synthesizer [JD 800] – John Coxon
Keyboards [Vox Continental, Farfisa Compact, Roland D20], Piano, Vocals – Kate Radley
Lacquer Cut By – Barry Grint
Management – James Oldham, Jeannette Lee, Rough Trade*
Mastered By – Ray Staff
Organ [Hammond] – Andy Davis
Pedal Steel Guitar – B.J. Cole*
Photography By – Pete Millson (2)
Piano, Vocals – Dr. John
Post Production, Edited By – Mads Bjerke
Producer, Arranged By, Mixed By – J. Spaceman
Remastered By [Uncredited] – Barry Grint
Tenor Saxophone – Terry Edwards, Tim Sanders
Trombone – Neil Sidwell
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Roddie Lorimer*
Viola – Kathy Burgess
Violin – Alexander Balanescu, Clare Connors, Ed Coxon*
Vocals, Guitar [Fender Telecaster, Fender Jaguar, Vox Starstreamer, Gibson Firebird], Piano, Dulcimer [Hammer Dulcimer], Autoharp – Spaceman*
Written-By – J. Spaceman

Notes

Packaged in a gatefold, tip-on sleeve.
Includes an obi strip, an art print, a folded insert with credits, and custom inner sleeves.

? & ? 1997 Sony Music Entertainment UK.
Under exclusive license to Fat Possum Records.
P.O. Box 1923, Oxford, MS 38655. USA.

Recorded and mixed at Moles Studio - Bath, The Church, Rooster and The Strongroom Studios - London, House of Blues - Memphis, The Hit Factory - New York and A&M - Los Angeles.

Mastered at Whitfield Street [...]

Lacquers - Cut at Alchemy Mastering [...]

Although not declared, this release is remastered per email correspondence with Bazza: track one contains audio not on the original release, because sample clearance didn’t come through in time. The back-up of the mastered audio was corrupt, so Bazza remastered the whole release, albeit with the brief to match to the original as much as possible. Uncredited remastering studio.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (A runout, "209800E1/A1" stamped): VMP-E093-A'/FP1753-3-A' BAZZA ALCHEMY 209800E1/A1
Matrix / Runout (B runout, "209800E2/A" stamped): VMP-E093-B'/FP1753-3-B' 209800E2/A
Matrix / Runout (C runout, "209800E3/AA" stamped): VMP-E093-C'/FP1753-3-C' 209800E3/AA
Matrix / Runout (D runout, "209800E4/A" stamped): VMP-E093-D'/FP1753-3-D' 209800E4/A

Other Versions (5 of 42)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (CD, Album)	Dedicated	DEDCD 034A	UK	1997
Recently Edited	Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (CD, Album)	Arista, Dedicated	07822-18974-2	US	1997
Recently Edited	Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (CD, Album)	Dedicated, Dedicated	74321 54165 2, DEDCD 034	Europe	1997
Recently Edited	Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (CD, Album, Promo)	Dedicated	DEDCD 034P	UK	1997
Recently Edited	Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (12×CD, Mini, Album, Box Set, Limited Edition)	Dedicated	DEDCD 034S	UK	1997

Reviews

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blackroses999 Jul 17, 2022
Found this version at a record store yesterday! So glad I got this version. Sounds incredible, for an equally incredible record ?
laughriot May 12, 2022
My copy sounds pretty close to perfect. Quiet, clean, dynamic. No pops and ticks, no static or hums. The jacket is really solid feeling and looks great.
Cardiff_Giant Jan 12, 2022
A missed opportunity, truly. I know this was supervised by J Spaceman himself, which makes it all the more frustrating. I had really hoped for a restoration of the original vinyl pressing, on which the tracks were re-ordered slightly to flow better across four vinyl sides. "Stay With Me" was relocated to Side 3, so that the seamless transition between "Home Of The Brave" and "The Individual" could be maintained uninterrupted. Art Vinyl did a reissue in 2012, which is reportedly amazing, and properly kept the original vinyl track sequence. When I saw VMP was doing this, I hoped they would do the right thing and not repeat what Plain Recordings did, simply mimicking the CD track order on vinyl. So, that transition between "Home Of The Brave" and "The Individual" just cuts abruptly at the end of Side 2 and then starts up (no fade out or fade in) on Side 3. So classless and lazy. Sound quality wise, save for a couple of tracks it honestly doesn't really beat the original 1997 CD.
bibshorts1972 Jan 8, 2022
Can’t speak to the pressing quality yet but just today opened a brand new copy to find that it contains 2 copies of the second disc…no disc one. Any one else have this problem?!
Technicsfanboy Nov 6, 2021
Just received my VMP copy a few weeks ago. Agree with below comments that this is overall a pretty noisy pressing, with some recurrent ticks on a few tracks, including Broken Heart (which also has a few loud pops). LP 2 even has a fairly large chip in the outer edge of the vinyl. I'm reaching the end of my tether on returning vinyl (especially since I live in Switzerland), so I'll probably just stick with this one, but I am starting to lose confidence in VMP lately...
cspanw74 Nov 3, 2021
This is a really noisy pressing. I have a blue VMP one and a FatP one, and both have a lot of surface noise in all of the quiet parts. I have played both copies on multiple turntables with multiple styli and it's very noticeable. Shame, because I think the mastering sounds better than the OP. No idea what went wrong here. The FatP Pure Phase sounds great.
benjamingreen Sep 18, 2021
Can anyone confirm if all the recent 2021 VMP Essentials versions have those annoying noticeable ticks over the beginning of Broken Heart – just debating if it's worth getting one final replacement? Thanks!
benjamingreen Sep 3, 2021
Same issue with noise on my VMP 2021 re-issue – same place over three copies, on Broken Heart.

Have pushed VMP on a repress, but they've said unless they get enough complaints they don't look into it – so if yours is noisy, please let them know as it could force it to be done again!

I suspect many have been flipped though...
johnnythevelvetguy Aug 9, 2021
Sides A, B, and D sound perfect on my copy. But unfortunately, issues are present on side C. There's some noise on Broken Heart which honestly isn't too bad but compared to the other songs, it was definitely noticeable. Cool Waves has a repetitive pop on the quieter part of the song and it also sounds like there's a scrapping sound throughout the entire thing. Very annoying and completely ruins the listening experience of that song. Might try my luck and email VMP about getting a replacement but since I bought this record off eBay, I may have no luck on that. Regardless though, everything else is perfect.
tangerinegripz Jul 27, 2021
Came here just to say that the new artwork on the Fat Possum release is absolutely awful. What was Jason thinking? The original cover is iconic and beautiful to look at, while this new one is a disservice, just boring and totally pointless.