Name: The Beta Band
Brand: Beta Band

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

BEC5543698

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Colour

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Gatefold jacket with printed sleeves; CD included.

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2018-10-10

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Forced Exposure

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

5060525436987

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Total Cap

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

BEC 5543705

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2018-10-12

5060525437052

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Beta Band

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Because Music

The Beta Band was a Scottish band that formed in 1996 and disbanded in 2004. They were known for their unique blend of folktronica, experimental music, downtempo, indie rock, and folk genres. With their innovative sound and eclectic style, the Beta Band quickly gained a dedicated following. Their music pushed boundaries and challenged traditional genre conventions, making them pioneers in the industry. Despite their relatively short career, the Beta Band left a lasting impact on the music scene and continue to be influential to this day.

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. Released in 1999, the album The Beta Band followed the critically acclaimed compilation The Three E.P.'s (1998). With high anticipation for The Beta Band, the band originally planned to record the album in four separate continents, but financial constraints slimmed the recording locations down; however, the album was still recorded in a variety of locations and pulling inspiration from sources as diverse as Jamaican reggae, Disney's movie The Black Hole and Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart. The band also originally intended the album to contain a bonus disc of two long form ambient pieces, Happiness and Colour and The Hut, both of which lasted over 20 minutes and represented the band's desire to "make a record of sound as a description for something like happiness, where a distinct first part gives way to a distinct second part”. However, the band and label ultimately decided to remove these tracks from the album prior to release.

3LP - Deluxe 3LP and 2CD edition with double black vinyl album in gatefold sleeve with printed inner-sleeves and CD included, plus a single black vinyl bonus EP in single sleeve with 3mm spine, printed inner-sleeve and CD included. Both vinyl sleeves are hold together with an obi strip. Limited Copies come with a reproduction of The Flower Press Issue 2, the short-lived fan club fanzine designed and put together by the band which was very much in keeping with their aesthetic.

2CD - 2CD edition in 3-panel Digisleeve with 24-page stapled booklet. (Includes The Beta Band album and The Hut / Happiness and Colour).

2LP - Double 2LP and CD edition with two black vinyl housed in Gatefold sleeve with printed inner-sleeves. CD included.

The Beta Band

Music US