George Michael‘s last interview, with Kirsty Young, will next month be broadcast in almost all its entirety, on BBC Radio 2.
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The End is a celebration of Black Sabbath’s final hometown concert at Birmingham’s Genting Arena on 4th February, 2017. This farewell show is out in November in six physical formats, including a five-disc deluxe box set.
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Stewart’s solo work is less well known, with much of it out of print or simply unavailable on CD at all. Cherry Red encouraged Stewart to curate a two-CD Anthology which was released in the summer. SDE caught up with him a few weeks ago to discuss the project and his new book Things I Do For Love…
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Those elusive coloured vinyl limited editions of eight of Paul McCartney/Wings albums reappeared today in the UK after being unavailable for 12 days.
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US alt-rock band Wilco will reissue their 1996 album Being There as a five-CD deluxe box set in December along with an expanded version of their ’95 debut album A.M.
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Rhino will continue their Ramones archive releases with a 40th anniversary super deluxe edition of the band’s third album, Rocket to Russia.
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In the end, I didn’t see much in the way of such fan content in George Michael: Freedom last night, a new documentary (shown in the UK last night) that took us through the now fairly familiar stages in George’s career – Wham!, tight shorts, Top Of The Pops, Making It Big, Going Solo, Mega-stardom with Faith – before finally slowing down the frenzied pace in the very late 1980s when George attempted to step back from the rather crazy level of fame he had attained at that point.
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UK-based label 7A Records, who specialise in Monkees-releated releases, will next month issue Out Of Nowhere, a new Micky Dolenz album recorded with a 30-piece orchestra.
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The Hit Factory: Ultimate Collection is a new three-CD various artists collection of songs produced by Stock Aitken Waterman.
This is a 50-track collection with the usual suspects all present and correct including Kylie Minogue, Rick Astley, Bananarama, Mel & Kim, Jason Donovan and Dead Or Alive.
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Finally. After the small matter of delays due to the production of the Freedom documentary (on UK TV’s Channel 4 tonight) and then the rather larger issue of untimely death of George Michael, the reissue of Listen Without Prejudice is here, a year late. This now becomes last GM archival release that he was alive to influence. 
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Virgin/EMI will issue Rule The World: The Greatest Hits, a new Tears For Fears compilation, in November.
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When I reviewed the 25th anniversary of INXS‘ Kick album back in 2012 I opened by saying “major record labels cling to blockbuster albums like a toddler clings to a security blanket”. Well, the proof is in the pudding, because since that time no other INXS album has received the expanded deluxe treatment, but five years down the line Universal Music are reissuing Kick again, for its 30th anniversary!
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Late next month Warner Music will issue a 40th anniversary super deluxe edition of the Eagles‘ fifth studio album, Hotel California.
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After the events of last week, when Parlophone/Warner Music defended the mastering and the ‘loss of energy’ issue with Heroes on the new David Bowie A New Career In A New Town box set, the label have now adjusted their position – in light of ongoing criticism from some fans – and in a statement have confirmed that new discs for Heroes will be made available.
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Pink Floyd will reissue their pithily titled 1981 compilation A Collection Of Great Dance Songs on vinyl next month alongside a vinyl reissue of the 1988 live album Delicate Sound Of Thunder.
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Jeff Rougvie, who helmed Rykodisc’s exemplary David Bowie ‘Sound + Vision’ back catalogue programme back in the early nineties, has launched a new record label, Supermegabot Music Concern, with a remit to reissue ‘great records.’
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XTC continue their bar-raising expanded reissues in November with a CD+Blu-ray edition of their 1980 album Black Sea.
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Queen‘s 40th anniversary News Of The World box set is issued next month and the band have just made available a couple of previously unreleased outtakes from the ‘Raw Sessions’ disc (CD 2 in the box), namely We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions. Take a listen to both tracks (below):
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Sony/RCA will release Wembley or Bust in November, a new concert film of Jeff Lynne’s ELO playing live at Wembley Stadium in June this year.
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