October 19, 2018 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1970s, hi-res, paul mccartney, Surround, wings
Two albums reissued in Dec • Lavish box set editions • Ltd 11-disc box with bonus book and CD • Two vinyl sets for Red Rose Speedway
Paul McCartney continues his ‘Archive Collection’ reissue series in December with two early Wings albums: Wild Life from 1971 and Red Rose Speedway from 1973. Both are issued as lavish super deluxe box sets (as well as all the other usual formats) and are also collected in an expensive Wings 1971-1973 limited edition box set that features additional books and audio.
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October 18, 2018 by Paul Sinclairtags: deals
David Bowie / A New Career In A New Town vinyl box – £149.95
Cheapest price to date for the 13LP vinyl box
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October 18, 2018 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1970s, billy joel, hi-res, SACD, Surround
Japanese 40th anniversary SACD • 5.1 mix • Lavish packaging
Sony Music in Japan will issue a 40th anniversary edition of Billy Joel‘s album 52nd Street as a multi-channel hybrid SACD (Super Audio CD) which boasts a ludicrously lavish (and satisfyingly geeky) packaging.
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October 18, 2018 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1980s, various artists
Warner Music/Rhino are to release 80s Symphonic next month, a new ’80s compilation that features 80s original recordings combined with orchestral arrangements.
The album features songs like David Bowie‘s ‘Let’s Dance’, a-ha‘s ‘Take On Me’, Simple Minds‘ ‘Alive and Kicking’, Echo & the Bunnymen‘s ‘The Killing Moon’ and many more eighties classics.
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October 17, 2018 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1980s, 1990s, bruce springsteen
Sony will break open this year’s Bruce Springsteen Album Collection, Vol. 2 vinyl box set and offer each remastered long-player individually, from next month.
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October 17, 2018 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1970s, 1980s, Neil Young
Nine years after volume one was issued Neil Young has set a date for the second volume of the Neil Young Archives.
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October 16, 2018 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1980s, competition, Depeche Mode, vinyl
In another great competition, SDE is giving away two Depeche Mode vinyl boxes!
Courtesy of our friends at Sony, one lucky winner will receive copies of Speak & Spell: The 12″ Singles and A Broken Frame: The 12″ Singles. Both boxes contain a trio of 12-inch singles (pressed on 180g vinyl), a poster and a download code. Speak & Spell also comes with a flexidisc. Enter below. Good luck!
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October 16, 2018 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1970s, 40th Anniversary, rush
5.1 mix • 2015 remaster on CD for the first time • Unreleased live audio
Canadian rock band Rush are to put out a 40th anniversary edition of their 1978 album Hemispheres. The reissue will be available in three physical formats, including a super deluxe edition.
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October 15, 2018 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Kate Bush
Amazon UK have responded to HMV’s Kate Bush box set promotion by matching it with their own deal.
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October 15, 2018 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1960s, 1970s, family
Remastered • 7CD+DVD • Unreleased recordings • hardcover book
British rock band Family‘s recordings for the BBC are brought together for a special eight-disc deluxe set to mark 50 years since the band’s first album.
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October 15, 2018 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1970s, david shire, francis ford coppola, shopsuperdeluxe, soundtracks
First time on vinyl • Brilliant soundtrack to superb film
Here’s one I’m really excited about… Trunk Records will next month release David Shire‘s haunting soundtrack to Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 film The Conversation on vinyl for the first time.
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October 15, 2018 by Paul Sinclairtags: david sylvian, frank sinatra, Kim Wilde, out this week, pixies, Queen, R.E.M., Richard Ashcroft, Small Faces, The Cranberries, Whitesnake
Small Faces / Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake SIGNED 50th anniversary box sets
The Small Faces classic 1968 album Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake is reissued as a 50th anniversary box set, with 3LP vinyl and 3CD+DVD variants available.
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October 14, 2018 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1970s, John Lennon, The Beatles
Watch an unboxing video of the new John Lennon Imagine super deluxe edition box set and the Imagine John Yoko standalone book.
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October 13, 2018 by Paul Sinclairtags: Saturday Deluxe
National Album Day
It’s national album day today. I’m not sure who decided it was national album day, but chances are it was the same industry that has delivered Spotify and other streaming platforms that encourage people to listen to theme-based playlists and just sample ‘the best’ tracks from albums and quickly move on.
I’m not going to do anything gimmicky to ‘celebrate’ national album day, because I guess like many of you, EVERY DAY is an ‘album day’ for me. I love listening to music and love albums.
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October 12, 2018 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1970s, john faulkner, sandra kerr, shopsuperdeluxe, soundtracks
First time on vinyl • ‘Book’ CD edition • Outtakes
Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner’s charming music from British children’s TV programme Bagpuss (whose 13 episodes were created by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin and originally broadcast in 1974) is being made available – with additional outtakes and alternate versions – on new deluxe vinyl and CD editions.
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October 12, 2018 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1960s, 1970s, 50th anniversary, creedence clearwater revival
All the albums • Half-speed mastered • High quality ‘tip-on’ sleeves
To mark the 50th anniversary of the band’s first album, Craft Recordings is to release The Studio Albums Collection, a new seven-LP Creedence Clearwater Revival vinyl box set.
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October 12, 2018 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1990s, manic street preachers
The Manic Street Preachers plan to reissue their 1998 album This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours next and Nicky Wire has revealed some details about it…
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October 10, 2018 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1970s, 1980s, Tom Petty
With the American Treasure box now out (at least on CD) news reaches SDE of another Tom Petty collection that’s due next month. As the title suggests, The Best of Everything: The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection 1976-2016 is more focussed on ‘hits’ than rarities, although inevitably the record label has added a couple of unreleased tracks.
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October 10, 2018 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1970s, elo, shopsuperdeluxe, vinyl
The UK Singles Volume One 1972-1978 is a seven-inch vinyl box set that brings together fifteen of ELO‘s UK single from the classic era of 1972-1978.
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October 10, 2018 by Paul Sinclairtags: deals
Cast / The Vinyl Collection 1995 – 2001 – 4LP vinyl box – £35.99
Amazing price, considering this is a numbered box set, contains four 180g coloured vinyl albums and comes with a SIGNED photo!! Out on 9 November.
