1985: As the last detached murmurs of post-punkslowly crest into the earliest whispers of shoegaze,standing there in a world all their own, cutting aprofile both unique and incomparable is theJesus and Mary Chain. With equal influencegleaned from The Stooges and The Shangri-Las,The Velvet Underground and The Beach Boys, theband releases the unassailable godhead album,Psychocandy.In celebration of 40 years of one of the mostimportant and watershed albums of all time,Third Man Records is humbled to announce ourpartnership with The Jesus and Mary Chain andthe re-release of Psychocandy pressed on gloriousblack vinyl with a limited run pressed on hot honey vinyl. Packaged in a single pocket sleeve using theoriginal artwork including the printed inner sleeve.Cut by Warren Defever at Third Man Masteringusing super high definition 192khz transfers of theoriginal 1985 mix and featuring the classic JAMCline-up of Jim Reid, William Reid, Douglas Hart andBobby Gillespie.