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This Week’s Box Set and Reissue Deals
UK: David Bowie / A Reality Tour 3LP vinyl box – £32.99
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John Lennon
Imagine - 6 disc box
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Interview
Howard Jones talks about the reissues of Human’s Lib and Dream Into Action
Howard Jones speaks to SDE about the early days
Cherry Red have just reissued Howard Jones‘ first two albums, Human’s Lib and Dream Into Action as massively expanded super deluxe edition box sets. Howard has been very involved in the process and recently, just before an intimate gig in central London, he sat down with SDE editor Paul Sinclair to discuss the excitement of the early days and the two albums in question…
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The Cardigans / Remastered vinyl
All six of Swedish pop band The Cardigans‘ studio albums have been remastered and will be reissued early next year on 180g black vinyl.
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David Sylvian / deluxe vinyl reissues
Four albums from 1984 – 1987 issued on ‘deluxe’ vinyl
Four early David Sylvian albums will be issued on 180g vinyl in February.
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Juliana Hatfield / Weird
Limited orange vinyl edition • Out in January
Juliana Hatfield will issue Weird, her second album in less than a year, in January 2019.
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Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge / Radio Series vinyl box set
Complete 1992 radio series as a 3LP coloured vinyl box set
A-ha! (No, not that one). It’s the time of year when we sing about putting ‘A Partridge in a pear tree’ so why not put A Partridge on your pre-order list with this new Knowing Me Knowing You 3LP vinyl record set, which features broadcaster Alan Partridge hosting his very first radio chat show.
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Prince’s Musicology, 3121 and Planet Earth to be reissued on purple vinyl
First time on vinyl • Limited PURPLE vinyl
The Prince Estate and Sony’s Legacy Recordings have announced reissues of a trio of Prince albums: Musicology, 3121 and Planet Earth. All three will be reissued on CD and released for the first time on vinyl in February next year, with limited PURPLE vinyl pressings available.
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Out This Week / on 14 December 2018
Depeche Mode / Construction Time Again & Some Great Reward 12″ boxes
Depeche Mode continue with their 12-inch vinyl box set reissue campaign with packages around the singles pulled from their third and fourth albums Construction Time Again and Some Great Reward.
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Kate Bush’s London pop-up shop closes its doors and moves online
After five days in business at the back of London’s redeveloped Kings Cross area, Kate Bush‘s pop-up shop (officially called ‘Kate Bush Remastered Pop-Up’) closed its doors yesterday.
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Gary Crowley’s Lost ’80s
After last year’s excellent Punk and New Wave box set, broadcaster and DJ Gary Crowley has turned his attention to the 1980s, by curating a new four-CD and 3LP package called Gary Crowley’s Lost 80s.
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Snow Patrol / When It’s All Over We Still Have To Clear Up / vinyl remaster
First time on vinyl • Very limited SIGNED copies • Bonus seven-inch
Snow Patrol are reissuing their second album When It’s All Over We Still Have To Clear Up on vinyl for the first time.
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Phil Collins / Serious Hits… Live
‘Serious Hits…Live’ and ‘A Hot Night in Paris’ reissued & remastered
Phil Collins‘ ‘Take a Look at Me Now’ reissue campaign continues with the reissue of 1990 live album Serious Hits…Live.
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Mansun / Attack of the Grey Lantern: exclusive SDE deluxe bundle
SDE exclusive Mansun CD single with rare audio
Mansun‘s 1997 album Attack of the Grey Lantern was reissued in the summer for as a four-disc deluxe book edition which included demos, rarities, outtakes, BBC sessions and a 5.1 surround mix (on DVD). This deluxe set (along with the double coloured vinyl edition) is now available to buy on the SDE shop and each order comes with a FREE, very limited and completely exclusive Mansun CD single!
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This Week’s Box Set and Reissue Deals
USA: Rush / Hemispheres super deluxe – $88 (approx £69)
Massive super deluxe features 2CD, blu-ray (with 5.1 mix), 3LP and more. This is £145 in the UK, so less than half price!
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Kankyō Ongaku / Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music
And now for something completely different…
Light In The Attic have created a Japan Archival Series and this continues early next year with Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990, an expansive overview of the country’s vital minimal, ambient, avant-garde, and New Age music – what can collectively be described as ‘kankyō ongaku’, or environmental music. This is the first ever fully licensed collection of this music outside of Japan and it features internationally acclaimed artists such as Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Joe Hisaishi, as well as other pioneers like Hiroshi Yoshimura, Yoshio Ojima and Satoshi Ashikawa. This set is available as a 3LP vinyl box set or a deluxe 2CD book package.
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Out This Week / on 7 December 2018
Paul McCartney / Wings Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway reissues
Paul McCartney continues his ‘Archive Collection’ reissue series 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. Incidentally, the US price for the Wild Life box has just dropped right down to $98 which is around £77. In the UK it’s £130!
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SDEtv / Howard Jones: Human’s Lib and Dream Into Action unboxed
SDE takes a look at the new Howard Jones box sets Human’s Lib and Dream Into Action – released last Friday – with this new unboxing video. Does the packaging and presentation justify the relatively high price tag for these super deluxe editions of Howard’s first two albums? Watch the SDEtv video and find out…
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy / Tertiary Phase / 3LP coloured vinyl
First time on vinyl • Luxury presentation • 500 signed sets
Demon Records will issue Tertiary Phase a new 3LP coloured vinyl deluxe set that features the third series of Douglas Adams’ classic comedy science fiction radio show The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.
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Last chance for German 3-for-2 deal
One of the best deals of 2018 ends today!
I wouldn’t blame you if you had ‘deal fatigue’ after the last week with Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but I feel it’s my duty to make you aware that Amazon in Germany are price matching local competitor Media Markt and doing a 3-for-2 promotion on physical music, blu-ray and DVDs etc. There’s loads of ‘big name’ box sets in the deal including Bowie, Lennon, Police, Dylan, Beatles, Kate Bush, The Kinks and more!
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Tanita Tikaram’s Ancient Heart reissue
Out next week is Music On Vinyl’s reissue of Tanita Tikaram‘s much loved debut Ancient Heart. The 1988 album has been pressed on clear vinyl for a limited run of 1500 copies and the gatefold package includes a personal note from Tanita. Watch the video below to see the vinyl reissue in production and get a feel for what looks like a quality presentation…
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