The Telescopes - Altered PerceptionRecord Store Day 2020 Purple coloured heavyweight 180 gram audiophile double vinyl LPNot previously released on vinylThe Telescopes are an English noise, space rock, dream pop and psychedelic band, formed in 1987 by Stephen Lawrie, and drawing influence from artists such as Suicide, The Velvet Underground and The 13th Floor Elevators. They have a total of eleven released albums including their debut, Taste, released in 1989.'Altered Perception'

recall such soundtrack composers as Bernard Herrmann and Nino Rota

The album features a 15-minute version of what was to become the band's last hit single '(Not Just) Knee Deep'

in a great room

politically-charged concept album

and skyscraping rock ('Voodoo Child (Slight Return)')

with The Slits and Dennis Bovell

after the little seen 2009 effort Mentaur (Liar) has already picked up a number of awards

The set features a few firsts for the album

The Specials had seven consecutive UK Top 10 singles between 1979 and 1981

Clams Baker: the man with the golden tongue

and became the fastest-selling debut album in the UK at the time

and unusual fusion of an emotive jazz-music-hall immersed in a soft-samba mood