Hard-Fi are set to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album ‘Stars Of CCTV’ with a special edition release featuring previously unheard material.
The British four-piece will release a limited edition yellow gatefold 2-LP vinyl and 2-CD package on 4th July, marking two decades since the record that launched their career. The collection includes unreleased demos of ‘Hard To Beat’, ‘Move On Now’, and ‘Gotta Reason’, alongside B-sides, live versions, and remixes.
“We were skint, recording in a freezing old minicab office, but we knew we had something raw and real,” frontman Richard Archer says. “‘Stars’ was our life – watching mates struggle in dead end jobs, police mobile surveillance vans parked up watching our every move, but still finding the thrill in a night out, music, street culture and celebrating a lifestyle familiar to anyone stuck on the outskirts, in satellite towns up and down the country.”
The original album, recorded by Archer, Ross Phillips (guitar), Kai Stephens (bass), and Steve Kemp (drums), was previously only available as a limited vinyl run, making this new pressing the first opportunity for many fans to own the record on the format.
Their dates in full read:
MAY
24 Moto GP, Silverstone, UK
JUNE
28 Glastonbury Festival, Avalon Stage, UK
JULY
17 Heritage Live, Englefield House, UK
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