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Demon Records are delighted to announce the release of the new halfspeed master edition of Pelican West, a celebration edition of Haircut 100rsquos muchloved debut album, released with full cooperation of the band. In less than six months, the group moved from being London underground darlings to chart sensations, and within a year had disappeared into poprsquos ether, leaving behind one memorable album and four Top 10 UK singles. ldquoLots of people are discovering Haircut 100 now and that album and saying itrsquos fresh as a fantastic daisy, every time, thatrsquos the wonder of it.rdquo ndash Nick Heyward vocals and guitar, 2022 ldquoIn our presenile dementia years, we can sit here and still feel proud of something we did when we were nippers.rdquo ndash Marc Fox percussion, 2022 ldquoThis is what bands should be, nobody made any senserdquo ndash Blair Cunningham drums, 2022nbsp This new edition has been newly mastered by Phil Kinrade, and expertly cut using transfers of the original frac12rdquo digital audio tapes using precision halfspeed mastering by Barry Grint at AIR Mastering. The equipment at AIR Mastering uses balanced mains power for improved performance and lower noise and the digital equipment is locked to an extremely accurate digital clock to reduce jitter. The Neumann VMS80 lathes and cutting amplifiers used have been fully renovated and modified to enable half speed mastering. Pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl, featuring an obi strip and housed in a polylined inner sleeve. Also includes a 4page booklet insert.