8428846111049

Underachievers, Please Try Harder (Orange Vinyl)

Camera Obscura

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Format: LP

Cat No: ER1104LP

Format Details: Orange Vinyl

Release Date:  30 June 2023

Label:  Elefant

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  8428846111049

Genres:  Indie  

  • Description

    Limited edition repress on orange vinyl. Includes digital download. Unavailable on vinyl for many years. There are groups who grew up with Elefant Records, who were a turning point for the label and its development, and who fill us with pride when we look back and see their discography and the milestones they have reached. CAMERA OBSCURA are the group that Stuart Murdoch (Belle & Sebastian) discovered and which he became obsessed with, to the point of producing their third single ("Eighties Fan"), directing the corresponding music video, doing the arrangements on their first album, and so much more. We fell in love with that song and it made us license their first album, "Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi" for the whole world, and then sign them with Elefant Records and release their following two albums on our label for the entire planet, until they wound up signing with 4AD.The time has come to re-release those two sought after albums that have been out of print for so long on vinyl, "Underachievers Please Try Harder" (2003) and "Let's Get Out Of This Country" (2006). This is a special opportunity to acquire two LPs that haven't been available in stores for many years, that are absolutely delicious, and an absolute must for any pop lover's music collection."Underachievers Please Try Harder" is the album on which Stuart Murdoch continued showing his support for the band with the cover photo; the album produced by Geoff Allan (Mogwai, Teenage Fanclub, The Delgados, Arab Strap And Belle & Sebastian); the album that quickly surpassed 100,000 copies sold, a number that causes a bit of vertigo nowadays; the album that put them at the top of indie lists in the United States, and that was included on an episode of our beloved "Gilmore Girls".