{"product_id":"camera-obscura-biggest-bluest-hi-fi-vinyl","title":"Pre-Order 08\/05\/26 - Camera Obscura: Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi (Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y8X1kYwn7TI?si=c8uLPgQFtHC8n7uy\" height=\"300\" width=\"full\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis item is available for pre-order only and will be dispatched on or around its release date (08\/05\/26)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCamera Obscura celebrate the 25th anniversary of their debut album, \u003cem\u003eBiggest Bluest Hi-Fi\u003c\/em\u003e, with a vinyl reissue via Merge Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOut-of-print on the format since its initial UK release on Andmoresound in 2001, the 25th anniversary edition is the most definitive version of of \u003cem\u003eBiggest Bluest Hi-Fi\u003c\/em\u003e ever pressed to vinyl, featuring both 'Eighties Fan' B-sides — 'Shine Like a New Pin' and 'Let’s Go Bowling' — which were later added to expanded CD reissues of the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBiggest Bluest Hi-Fi\u003c\/em\u003e first reached Stateside in 2004, after the success of Camera Obscura’s 2003 Merge debut \u003cem\u003eUnderachievers Please Try Harder\u003c\/em\u003e. New fans who weren’t keyed in to the UK import market or to what John Peel was spinning on his BBC Radio programs would be forgiven for mistaking \u003cem\u003eBiggest Bluest Hi-Fi\u003c\/em\u003e as a follow-up to their breakthrough album as opposed to their first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album is a remarkably-assured opening statement, a fully realized expression of a sound that has enthralled listeners from their first spin of the Stuart Murdoch (Belle \u0026amp; Sebastian) produced 'Eighties Fan' to their last listen of the band’s 2024 return to the studio \u003cem\u003eLook to the East, Look to the West\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose fans have clamoured for \u003cem\u003eBiggest Bluest Hi-Fi\u003c\/em\u003e to receive the vinyl reissue it has long deserved. Setting the needle down on tracks like 'Swimming Pool', 'Pen and Notebook' and 'Happy New Year', it’s easy to hear why: each of the album’s 12 songs are perfectly-observed slices of life rendered cinematic through opulently-detailed arrangements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s eternal, bedrock pop music as only Camera Obscura could make it, suitable for the hi-fis of 1966 and 2026 alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHappy New Year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEighties Fan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHouseboat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShine Like a New Pin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePen and Notebook\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSwimming Pool\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnti-Western\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLet’s Go Bowling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Don’t Do Crowds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sun on His Back\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDouble Feature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArrangements of Shapes and Space\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Merge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53945778897242,"sku":"MRG256LP","price":25.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1481\/5374\/files\/camera-obscure-biggest-bluest-hifi.jpg?v=1775553134","url":"https:\/\/freebirdrecords.com\/products\/camera-obscura-biggest-bluest-hi-fi-vinyl","provider":"Freebird Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}