{"title":"Go-Betweens Vinyl Records \u0026 CDs","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor listeners who know that the Go-Betweens were one of the most carefully constructed guitar pop bands of their era, and who want their records on the shelf to prove it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection spans the band's Beggars Banquet US catalog in both vinyl and CD. On LP: \u003cem\u003e16 Lovers Lane\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTallulah\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLiberty Belle \u0026amp; The Black Diamond Express\u003c\/em\u003e are all here as standard vinyl pressings, alongside the live document \u003cem\u003eFountains of Youth - Live at the Town \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/em\u003e spread across a 2xLP set. On CD: the same studio titles, \u003cem\u003e16 Lovers Lane\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTallulah\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLiberty Belle \u0026amp; The Black Diamond Express\u003c\/em\u003e, are available as individual discs, and \u003cem\u003eFountains of Youth - Live at the Town \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/em\u003e rounds out the live side of the catalog on CD as well. Eight titles in total, covering the band's mid-to-late period work with room to build a proper collection across formats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhy buy from Relix\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelix has been writing about music at the intersection of craft, community, and the long game since 1974. The store reflects the same sensibility: titles that reward close listening, chosen because the music holds up, not because an algorithm surfaced them. The Relix Sessions series, live recordings produced by Relix and pressed to vinyl on the Relix Vinyl label, sits alongside catalog from labels like Beggars Banquet US, all selected by people who take the music seriously. When you buy here, you are buying from a publication that has covered this world for fifty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll titles in this collection are new and sealed. Pre-order titles display a street date on the product page and ship when the label releases them. Vinyl ships in protective packaging designed for LPs. CDs ship in protective packaging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf the Go-Betweens are a starting point, there is more to explore. The \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/live-vinyl-albums\"\u003eLive Vinyl Albums \u0026amp; Records\u003c\/a\u003e collection is a good place to follow the \u003cem\u003eFountains of Youth\u003c\/em\u003e thread further. For the broader guitar pop and indie rock catalog, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/indie-rock-pop-vinyl-cds\"\u003eIndie Rock \u0026amp; Pop Vinyl \u0026amp; CDs\u003c\/a\u003e covers a wide range of artists and pressings. Classic and contemporary \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/rock-vinyl\"\u003eRock Vinyl Records\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/colored-vinyl\"\u003eColored Vinyl Records \u0026amp; Limited Variants\u003c\/a\u003e round out the options for collectors working across genres and formats.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"go-betweens-16-lovers-lane-lp-vinyl","title":"The Go-Betweens – 16 Lovers Lane (LP Vinyl)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrisbane's Go-Betweens spent the better part of the 1980s as one of rock's great underdog stories, beloved by critics and fellow musicians while commercial success kept slipping just out of reach. By the time Robert Forster and Grant McLennan recorded this one in 1988, the songwriting partnership between them had sharpened into something genuinely rare, two distinct voices pulling in the same direction, each bringing their own romantic sensibility to the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis was the Go-Betweens sixth album, and Record Collector noted that it's \"\"almost universally acknowledged as The Go-Betweens finest hour\"\" - and it's been referred to as \"\"the indie Rumours\"\". The ten beautiful songs on this album are all love songs and it's been called a piece of \"\"romantic artistry\"\". Legendary music critic Robert Christgau called it \"\"the straightest and catchiest bunch of love songs they've ever produced\"\" and the album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. 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Recorded in 1986, Liberty Belle arrived at a moment when Australian independent music was punching well above its weight internationally, and this album stood as proof of what the scene could produce on its own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis was the fourth album by The Go-Betweens. Record Collector called it \"\"one of the greatest albums of the decade\"\" and Uncut wrote that \"\"everything comes together with the perfect fourth album\"\". Drummer Lindy Morrison said \"\"We produced this ourselves and it's got the best songs, and I think every single song is a classic.\"\" The band entered the studio determined to create the album they envisioned. Forster later wrote, \"\"If this was to be our last shot, it had to be on our terms. There'd be no drum machines, no piecemeal recording, no acquiescence to higher authority. 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Recorded with violinist Amanda Brown joining the lineup for the first time, *Liberty Belle* captures the Go-Betweens at the peak of their melodic and lyrical powers, a record that rewards deep listening the way only the best songwriting partnerships can.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis was the fourth album by The Go-Betweens. Record Collector called it \"\"one of the greatest albums of the decade\"\" and Uncut wrote that \"\"everything comes together with the perfect fourth album\"\". Drummer Lindy Morrison said \"\"We produced this ourselves and it's got the best songs, and I think every single song is a classic.\"\" The band entered the studio determined to create the album they envisioned. Forster later wrote, \"\"If this was to be our last shot, it had to be on our terms. There'd be no drum machines, no piecemeal recording, no acquiescence to higher authority. 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