Hard-Fi to mark 20th anniversary of ‘Stars Of CCTV’ with new releases

Hard-Fi will mark the 20th anniversary of their debut album ‘Stars Of CCTV' with new releases this July.

The band will release a limited edition yellow gatefold 2-LP vinyl & 2-CD release on 4th July. This collection celebrates the record that transformed four working-class lads from Staines into one of the UK’s most vital bands of the 2000s, capturing the disillusionment and defiance of suburban Britain. Pre-order now at https://hard-fi.lnk.to/StarsofCCTV20.

Recorded on a shoestring budget ‘Stars Of CCTV' climbed to No. 1 on the UK albums chart, earned a Mercury Music Prize nomination, and went triple platinum selling over 1.2 million copies worldwide and over three quarters of a million in the UK alone.

The 20th Anniversary release features the album in full, never-before-heard demos of ‘Hard To Beat', ‘Move On Now' and ‘Gotta Reason', as well as B-Sides, live versions and a host of special remixes. The original album was only ever released as a limited run on vinyl, so this brand new set will give most fans a special opportunity to purchase the record on vinyl for the very first time.

Richard Archer recalls: “We were skint, recording in a freezing old minicab office, but we knew we had something raw and real. ‘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”.

Formed in 2003 by frontman Richard Archer (vocals/guitar), Ross Phillips (guitar), Kai Stephens (bass), and Steve Kemp (drums), Hard-Fi burst onto the scene with ‘Stars Of CCTV' in 2005.

Fans can see the band at the following dates:

LIVE DATES

May 24th – Moto GP, Silverstone
June 28th – Glastonbury Festival, Avalon Stage
July 17th – Heritage Live, Englefield House (w/ The Wombats, Doves & Alfie Templeman)

‘Stars Of CCTV' 20th Anniversary Tracklisting

CD1

1. Cash Machine
2. Middle Eastern Holiday
3. Tied Up Too Tight
4. Gotta Reason
5. Hard To Beat
6. Unnecessary Trouble
7. Move On Now
8. Better Do Better
9. Feltham Is Singing Out
10. Living For The Weekend
11. Stars Of CCTV
12. Stronger
13. Sick Of It All
14. Seven Nation Army
15. Peaches (Radio 1 Live Version)
16. Polish Love Song (Single Version)
17. 1969
18. Gotta Reason (Demo)
19. Hard To Beat (Demo)
20. Move On Now (Demo)

CD2

1. Cash Machine (Roots Manuva Dub Remix)
2. Cash Converter (Dub Machine) (Pt.2)
3. Better Dub Better (Wolsey White Dub)
4. Middle Eastern Holiday (Wrongtom Meets The Rockers East Of Medina Dub)
5. Living For The Weekend (Wolsey White & Fred Dub)
6. Dub Of CCTV
7. Better Do Better (Wrontom Wild Inna 81 Version)
8. Dubbed Up Too Tight
9. Move On Dub
10. Dub Machine
11. Middle Eastern Holiday (Chicken Lips Dub)
12. Cash Machine (Roots Manuva Vocal Remix)
13. Hard To Beat (Axwell Mix)
14. Middle Eastern Holiday (Chicken Lips Vocal Mix)
15. Hard To Beatmix
16. Cash Machine (Wrongtom Remix)
17. Cash Machine (Acoustic)

2-LP Vinyl Tracklisting

SIDE ONE

1. Cash Machine
2. Middle Eastern Holiday
3. Tied Up Too Tight
4. Gotta Reason
5. Hard To Beat
6. Unnecessary Trouble

SIDE TWO

1. Move On Now
2. Better Do Better
3. Feltham Is Singing Out
4. Living For The Weekend
5. Stars Of CCTV

SIDE THREE

1. Stronger
2. Sick Of It All
3. Seven Nation Army
4. Peaches
5. Polish Love Song
6. 1969

SIDE FOUR

1. Gotta Reason (Demo)
2. Hard To Beat (Demo)
3. Move On Now (Demo)