{"product_id":"camera-obscura-biggest-bluest-hi-fi-25th-anniversary-edition-lp-vinyl","title":"CAMERA OBSCURA - Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi (25th Anniversary Edition) - LP - Vinyl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - Standard Edition 25th Anniversary Black Vinyl. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn May 8, 2026, \u003cstrong\u003eCamera Obscura\u003c\/strong\u003e will celebrate the 25th anniversary of their debut album, \u003cem\u003eBiggest Bluest Hi-Fi\u003c\/em\u003e, with a vinyl reissue via \u003cstrong\u003eMerge Records\u003c\/strong\u003e. Out-of-print on the format since its initial UK release on \u003cstrong\u003eAndmoresound\u003c\/strong\u003e in 2001, the 25th anniversary edition is the most definitive version of of \u003cem\u003eBiggest Bluest Hi-Fi\u003c\/em\u003e ever pressed to vinyl, featuring both “\u003cem\u003eEighties Fan\u003c\/em\u003e” B-sides — “\u003cem\u003eShine Like a New Pin\u003c\/em\u003e” and “\u003cem\u003eLet’s Go Bowling\u003c\/em\u003e” — which were later added to expanded CD reissues of the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBiggest Bluest Hi-Fi\u003c\/em\u003e first reached Stateside in 2004, after the success of Camera Obscura’s 2003 \u003cstrong\u003eMerge\u003c\/strong\u003e debut \u003cem\u003eUnderachievers Please Try Harder\u003c\/em\u003e. New fans who weren’t keyed in to the UK import market or to what John Peel was spinning on his BBC Radio programs would be forgiven for mistaking \u003cem\u003eBiggest Bluest Hi-Fi\u003c\/em\u003e as a follow-up to their breakthrough album as opposed to their first. The album is a remarkably-assured opening statement, a fully realized expres- sion of a sound that has enthralled listeners from their first spin of the \u003cstrong\u003eStuart Murdoch\u003c\/strong\u003e (Belle \u0026amp; Sebastian) produced “\u003cem\u003eEighties Fan\u003c\/em\u003e” to their last listen of the band’s 2024 return to the studio Look to the East, Look to the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose fans have clamoured for \u003cem\u003eBiggest Bluest Hi-Fi\u003c\/em\u003e to receive the vinyl reissue it has long deserved. Setting the needle down on tracks like “\u003cem\u003eSwimming Pool\u003c\/em\u003e,” “\u003cem\u003ePen and Notebook\u003c\/em\u003e,” and “\u003cem\u003eHappy New Year\u003c\/em\u003e,” it’s easy to hear why: each of the album’s 12 songs are perfectly-observed slices of life rendered cinematic through opulently-detailed arrangements. It’s eternal, bedrock pop music as only Camera Obscura could make it, suitable for the hi-fis of 1966 and 2026 alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Merge Records","offers":[{"title":"Fi (25th Anniversary Edition) - LP - Vinyl","offer_id":57655202578777,"sku":"SDZ-05640","price":27.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/Camera_Obscura_-_Biggest_Bluest_Hi-fi__25th_Anniversary_Edition__-_2026_Merge_Records_Reissue.jpg?v=1774442877","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/camera-obscura-biggest-bluest-hi-fi-25th-anniversary-edition-lp-vinyl","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}