{"product_id":"spartacus-tri-color-vinyl-lp-national-album-day","title":"Spartacus: Tri-Color Vinyl LP (National Album Day)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePre-Order Item. Release Date Subject to Change.\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Demon\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 17th October\u003cbr\u003e*discount not valid on this product\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo celebrate National Album Day and the 2026 theme of 'Icons', Demon Records are\u003cbr\u003eproud to present the reissue of the Number One debut album from The Farm featuring\u003cbr\u003ethe Top 10 singles 'All Together Now' and 'Groovy Train' on it's 35th anniversary.\u003cbr\u003eThe Farm had long been flying the flag for terrace chic, anthemic street poetry, training\u003cbr\u003eshoes and street fashion for many years since the mid 1980s, before the music press\u003cbr\u003efinally decided at the start of the 90s that with upstarts like The Happy Mondays it\u003cbr\u003ewas de rigueur. Peter Hooton the front man and lead singer had been at the forefront\u003cbr\u003eof music, politics and football fanzine 'The End' where he honed his writing skills\u003cbr\u003ewriting poems.\u003cbr\u003eFinally the world was catching up; The Farm had been banging their drum from the\u003cbr\u003estart, and now their time had come with all the key pieces falling into place with the\u003cbr\u003eband's influences from the likes of Buzzcocks, the Clash and the Jam melding with\u003cbr\u003edance and acid house-influenced grooves.\u003cbr\u003eOriginally released fully independently on their own label, Produce Records, the album\u003cbr\u003ewas recorded with Madness frontman Graham \"Suggs\" McPherson as producer, with\u003cbr\u003eanother track 'Tell The Story' produced by the Housemartins members Paul Heaton\u003cbr\u003eand Stan Cullimore and guest vocals on a number of tracks from Pete Wylie. Terry\u003cbr\u003eFarley a founding editor of Boy's Own magazine and regular acid house DJ who'd\u003cbr\u003ecollaborated with Andrew Weatherall mixed the album.\u003cbr\u003eNot only was competing at the highest level on an independent label hugely unusual\u003cbr\u003eat the start of the 90s, 'Spartacus' had to see off competition from the current No.1\u003cbr\u003eChris Rea's 'Auberge' and The KLF's 'White Room'. It was to be an Ibiza clubbing\u003cbr\u003edocumentary The Farm had been prominently featured in, 'A Short Film About Chilling'\u003cbr\u003ethat helped get 'Spartacus' all the way to No.1 - a feat that bands like Primal Scream,\u003cbr\u003eHappy Mondays, EMF and Electronic, and even U2's 'Achtung Baby' had failed match\u003cbr\u003ein 1991.\u003cbr\u003e1991 saw The Farm selling out live shows, appearing on TV and featuring on the\u003cbr\u003ecovers of the NME, The Face, Vox, Sounds and Record Mirror with 'Spartacus' making\u003cbr\u003e'Album of the Month' in Select and included in the NME and Vox magazine's '50\u003cbr\u003eAlbums of 1991' lists. Finally the world HAD caught up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLP NAD2026 - TRI COLOUR VINYL Tracks: Hearts \u0026amp; Minds \/ How Long \/ Sweet\u003cbr\u003eInspiration \/ Groovy Train \/ Higher \u0026amp; Higher \/ Don't Let Me Down \/ Family Of Man \/ Tell\u003cbr\u003eThe Story \/ Very Emotional \/ All Together Now\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Farm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53888182223142,"sku":"DEMREC1378","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0505\/7734\/2621\/files\/0740155751135.jpg?v=1789662141","url":"https:\/\/www.limitedadditionrecords.com\/products\/spartacus-tri-color-vinyl-lp-national-album-day","provider":"Limited Addition Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}