{"product_id":"endtroducing-25","title":"Endtroducing – 25","description":"\u003cp\u003eA seminal, incredibly influential hip hop release (also regarded as pretty much the last word in instrumental ‘trip hop’, a term used a lot at the time), \u003ci\u003eEndtroducing\u003c\/i\u003e is simply one of the defining albums of the 90s. It is famously also the first record ever made entirely from samples of other people’s records – with a particularly broad array of sources used, many mined from the catacomb-like basement under the artist’s favourite record store in Sacramento, which has long since closed its doors. This is the store pictured by photographer B+ on the album cover and in many other shots included in the package.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo celebrate the 25th anniversary of the album UMC are proud to present this Abbey Road Half Speed Mastered edition. ‘Half-Speed Mastering’ is an elaborate process whereby the source is played back at half its’ normal speed and the turntable on the disc cutting lathe is running at 16 2\/3 R.P.M. Because both the source and the cut were running at half their “normal” speeds everything plays back at the right speed when the record is played at home,\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Island","offers":[{"title":"Black LPx2","offer_id":50462375575883,"sku":"1131256","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/e684813f-9dca-4c09-ad85-6a7635e4a18f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727256826","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/endtroducing-25","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}