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Big City/I Believe It
For it's 50th release the great pop supplement offers up this
incredible pairing of like minded spirits, for a total one off split
45. 2 unreleased nuggets from legendary psych rockers from both sides
of the pond. The Spacemen tune is a beautiful demo to their last ever
single, the mighty "big city". stripped of it's lyrical nod to the
electric prunes, but still very much displaying the kraftwerk
influence of the original, the softer spoken lyrical passages offer up
an almost confessional electro blues variant, unique to this early take.
After 2 studio LPs, Wooden Shjips are often bracketed with the
Spacemen, with their blissed out Velvets / Doors / Kraut sound- so
it's perhaps of no surprise that they should take on a Spacemen gem
for their own reworking. "I Believe It" from the classic "Playing with
Fire" album gets the nod for a radical overhaul- where the original's
predominantly keyboard lead is given the Shjips' guitar fuzz and 2
note organ treatment. a killer take on an old favourite, debuted
recently on the road and offered up here as their first outright UK
release. Packaging as ever with the GPS is of paramount importance,
cover art is provided by natty brooker (the original spacemen
percussionist) and is from original work put together during his time
within the band's first line-up. A pretty much essential and
incredible 45, destined not to hang around long....
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