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Review: Adam Ant: Anthems – The Singles tour at the Royal Albert Hall

It’s been a while. The last time I saw Adam Ant ‘live’ on stage was on 4 October 1984 at Central London’s BBC TV Centre. I was in the studio audience for Top Of The Pops (another story, for another day) and he was leaping around miming to Apollo 9, his fourth solo single. I’m not sure too many people would consider that song a highlight in his pop career, but for me it had that special significance, so I’m really glad it was included in the setlist last night as Adam took to the stage at the Royal Albert Hall.
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Stax 60: new releases due to celebrate iconic soul label’s anniversary

Concord Music Group and Rhino have teamed up for a joint campaign to celebrate 60th anniversary of iconic soul label, Stax Records.
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Evan Dando / Baby I’m Bored reissue

A month after issuing a limited double black vinyl book edition of Baby I’m Bored, Fire Records will reissue Evan Dando‘s first – and so far only – solo studio album as a two-CD deluxe edition and a double yellow vinyl package.
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Out This Week / on 19 May 2017

Jethro Tull / Songs From The Wood (deluxe edition)

Another great Jethro Tull reissue as Parlophone issue a five-disc deluxe edition of 1977’s Songs From The Wood. This is stupendous value and the DVD includes a Steven Wilson 5.1 surround mix, quad mixes and flat transfers! Read more
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Steven Wilson on creating a 5.1 mix of Marillion’s Misplaced Childhood

Marillion / Misplaced Childhood 5-disc deluxe edition

Steven Wilson gives SDE an insight into his 5.1 process

Steven Wilson has kindly answered a few questions SDE put to him with regards to his 5.1 mix of Marillion‘s Misplaced Childhood. This new mix features on the 4CD+blu-ray edition of the forthcoming reissue…
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Lee Brilleaux: Rock ‘n’ Roll Gentleman / four-CD Dr Feelgood anthology

Parlophone will issue Lee Brilleaux: Rock ‘n’ Roll Gentlemen in July, a four-CD anthology that celebrates his ‘musical journey’ with Dr. Feelgood.
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David Bowie ‘Cracked Actor: Live in Los Angeles 74’ to be issued on CD

In a not-very-surprising move, Parlophone will issue the Record Store Day David Bowie live album Cracked Actor (Live in Los Angeles ’74) on CD next month.
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David Bowie’s Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust reissued on gold vinyl

Parlophone are issuing two “very strictly limited edition” gold vinyl versions of David Bowie‘s The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars and Hunky Dory.
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Pink Floyd / Their Mortal Remains / SDE V&A exhibition preview


Roger Water’s hand-drawn Bedford van

The V&A’s new Pink Floyd exhibition, Their Mortal Remains, opens to the public in a few days, but SDE gathered with some of the world’s press yesterday and enjoyed an exclusive preview….
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Kraftwerk 3-D The Catalogue blu-ray box set available once more in UK

Kraftwerk‘s ‘top of the range’ four-disc blu-ray box set edition of 3-D The Catalogue, which delivers 436 minutes of video/audio in a 12-inch deluxe book edition is now once more available to pre-order at a great price.
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