Spiritualized's Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space - the reissue
 

From spiritualized.com:

Let's see if I get this straight: the first format includes FOURTEEN CDs?!

Already assuming such a megatonic item's price will be beyond my abilities to scam Wall Street investors, alternative #2 sounds pretty awesome, especially considering I've been wanting a LAGWAFIS pill pack since the first one went outta print.

 

I love this album but don't know if I'm gonna buy this one... We'll see.

any word on if there will be a vinyl reissue?

Doesn't look like it, but then again the info is rather sketchy so far. You know how these things go: sometimes a smaller label linked to the artist releases vinyl versions and/or side projects. As a matter of fact, a certain New York band proceeds in such fashion constantly. Their name escapes me at the moment...

Anyway, my intrepid reporting skills clearly abandoned me right before I started this thread; evidently, the 12 disc pill pack isn't some insane idea they came up with for the reissue, but an insane idea they already tried circa 1997, when they released "each of the 12 songs in its own individually-wrapped 3-inch CD, inside a large blister pack and box":



What I'd really like to know is whether somewhere on those two additional discs we'll be fortunate enough to find the original version of the opening song - the one with the proper "Can't Help Falling in Love" bit. Most likely not, because Heaven forbid one should associate Elvis with drugs! Unthinkable! This, of course, being the kind of move which propels eBay sellers to charge you 95 bucks for a copy of the advance promo. Ah well, at least I'm sure John Prine is still cool with the references to "Sam Stone" on "Cop Shoot Cop" (if you haven't heard Prine's tune, check out some great Dime torrents like this pre-FM from 1970 or this BBC in Concert from 1971).

One more thing about this gorgeous album (and I realize this unfortunately dabbles in yellow tabloid paraphernalia): I don't care how much of a junkie prick Jason Pierce could be back then, you don't replace him with that wretched pathetic hack from the FUCKING VERVE. I mean, you just don't, man...

i've got one of the original 1 CD blister packs, it's annoying because the cardboard is very flimsy (it's the same type of cardstock that real blister packs are made of) that after owning the CD for a few months the box was pretty much in tatters.

It's in tatters!
It's a shattered
Uh-huh, ooh-shadoobie, shattered, shattered...
;)

I nearly bought the 12 cds box back then. Thankfully I went for the normal version in the end, which is a pain because the whole box has to be kept together by elastic bands. I think there was a normal case version of the cd too.

Pierce's thing for thought-out package design is probably more interesting than his music.
There's a great article about this in some issue of creative review (probably on their website too).

I have the original vinyl, and have wanted a reissue forever.
There is a weird pressing problem, especially during "Cop Shoot Cop."
The needle skates, and there are weird noises as well.
I had Jason sign it at an in-store on that tour, and he seemed aware of the problem. When I handed it to him, he asked me "Does this play properly?"

I love this album. It soothes and rocks all at once. The liner notes are legendary.

From spiritualized.com:


So, 1,000 copies of the Collector's Edition. God-DAMMIT. Better rob a drugstore soon to get the dough ready for pre-order time.

[EDIT: Wow, the "Can't Help Falling in Love" version! GOLDEN.]

Ugh if it's only on CD I'll just download it. I don't have room for CDs anymore.

booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo o

Hope that wasn't to me! I really just don't have CD room anymore. They take up way too much space/cost too much money considering I only rip them and put 'em on my iPod. Vinyl's what I actually listen to at home.

fucking tecno shits

no, i was actually in agreement. there NEEDS to be an LP edition of this.

I've been meaning to mention that this is one of those records that I never actually remember to listen to. The problem with top ten type lists is that there's no chance I'd forget something like ATR, but something like this would definitely get neglected. It doesn't stand out and say, "Glice, I am one of your top ten". But it is. Oh, yes it is.

Same here.