Name: Hot Shots II
Brand: Beta Band

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

BEC 5543700

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Colour

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

CD version comes in a three-panel digisleeve with a 12-page poster booklet.

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2018-11-09

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Forced Exposure

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

5060525437007

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Total Cap

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

BEC 5543701

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5060525437014

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

BEC 5543810

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Extended format: Yes

One golden vinyl and one silver vinyl, both with printed inner-sleeves; Edition of 1000

2018-11-23

5060525438103

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2 / Extended format: Yes / LP / 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.

Beta Band Hot Shots II Available on Double Black Vinyl includes CD; gatefold sleeve with printed inner-sleeves and 3 Panel Digisleeve with 12-page poster booklet

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 - Double Black Vinyl includes CD; gatefold sleeve with printed inner-sleeves.

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.