{"product_id":"virgin-prunes-a-new-form-of-beauty-parts-1-4-deluxe-edition-3xlp-140g-vinyl","title":"Virgin Prunes - A New Form Of Beauty Parts 1-4 (Deluxe Edition) - 3xLP 140g Vinyl","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 11\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Virgin Prunes were masters of the uncanny, juxtaposing nightmares with lullabies, beauty with cruelty, combining gentle vocals and the spoken word with anguished wailing from purgatory itself. This first album powerfully laid out this terrain. Its themes ranged from mournful tales of unrequited love, frustrated sexuality, morbid eroticism and wasted youth, to yearnings for distant dreamlands which were juxtaposed with macabre visions of dystopian societies, overpowered by dark forces and where demons run amok. Guggi’s art work for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA New Form of Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e, which intimates a heartless transaction within a domestic setting, is in keeping with this sensibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA New Form of Beauty \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(1981) was recorded and produced by the band itself. It includes the tracks of the first four parts of what was a five-part, mixed-format project with Rough Trade Records. Part 1 was a 7” record, Part 2 was a 10”, Part 3 was a 12”: these were recorded between July and October 1981. Part 4 was ‘Din Glorious’, released as an audio cassette, was a recording of extracts of a live event on 8th November 1981 at the Douglas Hyde Gallery in Dublin. Part 5 was to be a film of ‘Performance, Exhibition, Event staged at the Douglas Hyde Gallery on 7th and 8th November 1981.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3LP - This deluxe edition features all four parts remastered from original tape in a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e3LP Tri-fold reverse board sleeve deluxe package with a 16 page 11 inch deluxe artbook containing brand new sleevenotes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Jon Wood and original Guggi drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003col data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003col data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003col start=\"1\" type=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003col start=\"1\" type=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003col type=\"1\" start=\"1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003col type=\"1\" start=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003col style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003col style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003col style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003col start=\"11\"\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003col start=\"11\"\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003col style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003col style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003col style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Virgin Prunes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48048962371892,"sku":null,"price":49.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/2208\/6196\/files\/virgin-prunes.jpg?v=1720043276","url":"https:\/\/16-kingland.myshopify.com\/products\/virgin-prunes-a-new-form-of-beauty-parts-1-4-deluxe-edition-3xlp-140g-vinyl","provider":"16 Kingland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}