{"product_id":"from-the-hip-expanded","title":"From the Hip - Expanded","description":"\u003cp\u003eFactory Benelux presents an expanded 4xCD box set remaster of \u003cem\u003eFrom The Hip\u003c\/em\u003e, the\u003cbr\u003epioneering 1984 electro album by cult Factory Records group Section 25, produced\u003cbr\u003eby Bernard Sumner of New Order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded at Rockfield Studio during the summer of 1983, \u003cem\u003eFrom The Hip\u003c\/em\u003e was the\u003cbr\u003eband’s third album for Factory, and the first to pursue a more accessible musical\u003cbr\u003edirection, thanks largely to new members Jenny Cassidy and Angela Flowers joining\u003cbr\u003eLarry and Vin Cassidy and Lee Shallcross. It marks the only time that Bernard Sumner\u003cbr\u003eagreed to produce an entire album for another artist, falling between the classic\u003cbr\u003eNew Order albums \u003cem\u003ePower Corruption and Lies \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Low-Life\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdopting state of the art Roland electronics, on\u003cem\u003e From the Hip\u003c\/em\u003e Section 25 graduated\u003cbr\u003efrom barbed post-punk to smooth electronic pop, much of which prefigured techno\u003cbr\u003eand house styles, and spawned an enduring club\/dance hit in the blistering Megamix\u003cbr\u003eversion of Looking From a Hilltop, remixed for 12” by Sumner and Donald Johnson of\u003cbr\u003eA Certain Ratio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original 1984 album appears on Disc 1, newly remastered by Peter Beckmann,\u003cbr\u003ealong with the Megamix and Restructure versions of Hilltop, along with non-album\u003cbr\u003esingles Beating Heart and Dirty Disco II. Disc 2 features newer Hilltop remixes by Stephen Morris, Wrangler and Outernationale, as well as a BBC radio Kid Jensen session and the original 1983 album demos for \u003cem\u003eFrom the Hip\u003c\/em\u003e. Disc 3 collects together various electronic sketches and demo tracks from 1983 and 1984, plus several more remixes, while Disc 4\u003cbr\u003ecaptures desk-recorded highlights from shows in Baton Rouge and Los Angeles\u003cbr\u003eduring their North American tour in 1985, showcasing the hard sequencer patterns\u003cbr\u003eand TB-303 ‘bass squiggle’ later adopted as a signature sound of acid house.\u003cbr\u003eThe box and inner wallets reproduce the original iconic cover art by Peter Saville and\u003cbr\u003eTrevor Key, which features the cryptic colour-coding favoured by Saville at that time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 16 page booklet contains liner notes by Jon Savage, Bernard Sumner, Vin Cassidy\u003cbr\u003eand Angela Cassidy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Factory Benelux","offers":[{"title":"4CD","offer_id":52577374929227,"sku":"R3186-0033","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0_6a24791d-f0bd-4e99-86a8-f1feca85bcc9.jpg?v=1751199468","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/from-the-hip-expanded","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}