Name: Hot Shots II
Brand: Beta Band

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

BEC5543810

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Colour

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Limited Double Coloured Edition (One Golden and One Silver) - 1000 Copies Only housed in a Gatefold Sleeve with CD Version.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2018-11-23

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5060525438103

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2 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

BEC5543701

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Extended format: No

Double Black Vinyl

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5060525437014

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2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Beta Band

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Because Music

Arguably one of the most acclaimed and loved bands of the past 20 years, by both fans and their musical peers alike, The Beta Band formed in St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1996. Innovative and singular, their unique musical and aesthetic approach to everything they did set them far apart from their musical contemporaries. Together for a relatively short period of time, the three albums and three EPs they released between 1996 and 2004 would nonetheless help define them as one of the most exciting and cherished bands of their generation. 

After a short hiatus the band gradually gravitated back into the studio and recruited noted UK producer Colin Emmanuel, aka C-Swing, to oversee the process of Hot Shots II which was released in mid 2001. Notoriously the band had intended to release Squares, which featured a sample from the Günter Kallmann Choir's 1970 version of Wallace Collection's Daydream, as the lead single. However after filming the music video and taking the single to radio it suddenly transpired that another single Daydream in Blue by I Monster featuring the sample from Günter Kallmann Choir recording was also to be released at the same time causing the band to release Broke instead. Touring extensively and supporting Radiohead in August 2002, they made No. 3 on Q magazine's list of "50 Bands to See Before You Die".

2LP+ - Limited Double Coloured Edition (One Golden and One Silver) - 1000 Copies Only housed in a Gatefold Sleeve with CD Version.

CD - 3 Panel Digisleeve with 12-page poster booklet.

Hot Shots II

Music GB