{"product_id":"the-go-betweens-liberty-belle-and-the-black-diamond-express-386456","title":"The Go-Betweens – Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express","description":"\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRelease details\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTracklist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Description tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Go-Betweens' \u003cem\u003eLiberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e arrived in 1986 as the Brisbane group's fourth album and a defining statement from their London years. Self-produced and made on their own terms, it pushed back against mid-80s studio fashion: Robert Forster later described a determination to avoid drum machines, piecemeal recording, and outside interference, while building on the crisp sound of \u003cem\u003eBefore Hollywood\u003c\/em\u003e with a broader, more exotic instrumental palette.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat approach helps explain why this record still feels so balanced. Grant McLennan's melodic, pop-minded writing and Forster's darker, more angular songs meet in especially sharp form here, with Amanda Brown's violin, oboe, and vocals expanding the band's sound without blunting its intimacy. Songs like “Spring Rain,” “Head Full of Steam,” and “Apology Accepted” show how naturally the Go-Betweens could move between jangling immediacy and something more slyly literary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition also matters because it restores a key Beggars Banquet-era album to standalone vinyl for the first time since 1988. The audio uses the 2019 remaster first prepared for Domino's \u003cem\u003eG Stands for Go-Betweens\u003c\/em\u003e anthology, making this a welcome return for an album often treated as one of the band's most admired records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFeatures\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2019 remastered audio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst standalone vinyl issue since 1988\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n    \n\n    \n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Release tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cdiv\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n          \n          \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat: \u003c\/strong\u003e LP\u003c\/div\u003e\n          \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUnits: \u003c\/strong\u003e 1\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre: \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/pop-rock-vinyl-records\"\u003ePop \u0026amp; Rock\u003c\/a\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Tracklist tab content --\u003e\n  \n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e1.1 Spring Rain\u003cbr\u003e1.2 The Ghost and the Black Hat\u003cbr\u003e1.3 The Wrong Road\u003cbr\u003e1.4 To Reach Me\u003cbr\u003e1.5 Twin Layers of Lightning\u003cbr\u003e1.6 In the Core of a Flame\u003cbr\u003e1.7 Head Full of Steam\u003cbr\u003e1.8 Bow Down\u003cbr\u003e1.9 Palm Sunday (On Board the S.S. Within)\u003cbr\u003e1.10 Apology Accepted\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n","brand":"Dutch Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50536983986241,"sku":"1349814","price":52.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1474\/5258\/files\/the-go-betweens-liberty-belle-and-the-black-diamond-express-vinyl_qfJqpj1.jpg?v=1790372111","url":"https:\/\/www.dutchvinyl.com.au\/products\/the-go-betweens-liberty-belle-and-the-black-diamond-express-386456","provider":"Dutch Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}