Month: October 2012

WIN Tarkus deluxe edition by Emerson Lake & Palmer

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Win a copy of Tarkus Deluxe Edition by Emerson Lake & PalmerLast month Sony Music reissued Emerson Lake & Palmer‘s 1971 album Tarkus as a three disc deluxe edition.

Not only do you get the original album remastered but disc two includes new 2012 stereo mixes plus a few unreleased tracks.

The third disc is a DVD-Audio and contains the album in hi-res 5.1 surround sound. This is a new superb 5.1 remix by Steve Wilson. The DVD-A also includes hi-res stereo version of the new 2012 stereo mixes.

We have a copy of the Tarkus Deluxe Edition to give away to one lucky reader.

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The competition is open to all. The winner will be picked at random on Monday 29 October and we will contact you via the email address used to subscribe to the newsletter (please ensure the same email address used when leaving a comment).

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The Clarke and Ware Experiment / The House of Illustrious box set

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The Clarke and Ware Experiment / House of Illustrious Electro-pop legends Vince Clarke and Martyn Ware are to release a deluxe box set of ambient, atmospheric music on 26 November.

The two musicians collaborated twelve years ago, to produce the albums Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle and Pretentious and the pair have continued their project to assemble a totally unique collection of music.
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McCartney / “Wings Over America” reissue confirmed for 2013

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Paul McCartney / Wings Over America

The Wings live triple album from 1976, Wings Over America, will be the next release in Paul McCartney‘s Archive Collection reissue campaign, but fans hoping for a late appearance on the schedules before Christmas 2012, will be disappointed to learn that McCartney’s representatives have confirmed that it will not be released until next year.

The Rock Show concert film will also be issued on DVD for the first time, either as part of the deluxe reissue or as a standalone release (or both).

Paul McCartney’s extensive reissue programme started in late 2010 with Band On The Run. In 2011 McCartney and McCartney II were reissued and last year saw 1971’s RAM re-released in the most lavish deluxe box to date.

This will be the second year in a row that McCartney has failed to take advantage of the lucrative Christmas boom period with his archival deluxe reissues. Last year RAM got ‘bumped’ to early 2012 only to have to wait in the wings (no pun intended) for Macca’s new album Kisses On The Bottom to hit its non-negotiable Valentine’s Day release date (RAM eventually came out in late May).

This year significant Beatles product in September and November (Magical Mystery Tour and Stereo Vinyl box set) has likely influenced the decision to hold fire on Wings Over America until 2013.

Classic Pop magazine: new launch

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Classic Pop Magazine
Classic Pop #1 (click to enlarge)

With Q magazine, revamped to appeal to ‘the kids’, Mojo firmly rooted in 1970s rock folklore, and The Word now closed for business, Anthem Publishing think they have spotted a gap in the market for a magazine that treats pop music seriously – a periodical, perhaps, that would appeal to the demographic who read the legendary, irreverent Smash Hits as teenagers in the 1980s.

Those same surly youths will now be in their forties, and despite spending much of their spare time looking for kids’ shoes and helping with homework, the passion and enjoyment for what was a truly golden era for pop music, never goes away.

Classic Pop is the new magazine, and it hit the ‘newsstands’ on 4 October. To give you a feel for the content, this inaugural issue contains an eight-page feature on five decades of Duran Duran, a history of the Pet Shop Boys with their top 25 tracks selected (nice to see Jack The Lad at number 10…) and a ‘classic album’ article focusing on ABC‘s 1982 masterpiece, Lexicon of Love.

With magazine sales declining, Classic Pop is something of a brave move, but like many of you, we love ’80s pop and wish the team every success with this venture. Issue one was a highly enjoyable read and the second issue is due out in early December (it’s bi-monthly).

Look out for the mag at your local newsagent. For those outside the UK, or if you just want an easy life (and to save on the cover price), you can also subscribe.

 

FIRST PICTURES: Johnny Cash / The Complete Columbia Album box

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Johnny Cash / The Complete Columbia Albums Collection
59 albums and two new 2CD compilations in this new box

If this was a movie trailer voiceover, Sony’s new 63CD Johnny Cash box set might be described as the ‘box set event of the season’, but it’s not, so we’ll put Hollywood hyperbole to one side and just emphasis that this is one beast of a collection.
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Bryan Ferry Orchestra / The Jazz Age

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Bryan Ferry Orchestra / The Jazz Age

Don’t Stop the Dance – The Bryan Ferry Orchestra by BryanFerry

Roxy Music legend Bryan Ferry has re-recorded some of his own compositions, performed by The Bryan Ferry Orchestra, in the jazz style of the 1920s.

Produced by Ferry and Rhett Davies, the album, called The Jazz Age, features instrumental versions of some of his best known songs.

Ferry explains: “After forty years of making records, both in and out of Roxy Music, I thought now might be an interesting moment to revisit some of these songs, and approach them as instrumentals in the style of that magical period. I would like to thank Colin Good and the other outstanding musicians featured on this record for bringing a new and different life to these songs – a life without words”.

The Jazz Age will be released on 26 November on 10-inch vinyl folio edition, twelve-inch vinyl, CD and digital editions.

Track listing

  • 1. Do The Strand.
  • 2. Love Is The Drug.
  • 3. Don’t Stop The Dance.
  • 4. Just Like You.
  • 5. Avalon.
  • 6. The Bogus Man. 7. Slave To Love.
  • 8. This Is Tomorrow.
  • 9. The Only Face.
  • 10. I Thought.
  • 11. Reason Or Rhyme
  • 12. Virginia Plain.
  • 13. This Island Earth.

UK Pre-order: The Jazz Age

Donald Fagen / Sunken Condos 2xLP vinyl review

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Donald Fagen / Sunken Condos 2xLP review
Elegant and quirky front cover

Sunken Condos (out this week) is Donald Fagen‘s first solo album since 2006’s Morph The Cat, and Warner Music have issued the album as an exquisitely packaged double LP, pressed on heavy, clear vinyl.
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Manic Street Preachers / Generation Terrorists packshot

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Manic Street Preachers / Generation Terrorists 3-disc set
Generation Terrorists Legacy Edition (click to enlarge)

Here is an early look at the packaging for the 2CD+DVD ‘Legacy Edition’ of the Manic Street Preachers Generation Terrorists reissue.

Fans will note that the packaging is consistent with the tenth anniversary editions of both  The Holy Bible and Everything Must Go with the folding ten panel digipak slotting into an outer slipcase. Like those previous issues this Legacy Edition will have two booklets glued in place to the end panels. If you haven’t seen the track listing there are details here.

In addition to the Legacy Edition the reissue is also available as an expanded Collector’s Edition box set. Both sets are out on 5th November 2012.

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FIRST PICTURES: Chicago / The Studio Albums 1969-1978 box set

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FIRST PICTURES: Chicago The Studio Albums 1969-1978 box set

OUT TODAY from Rhino, Chicago: The Studio Albums 1969-1978. Ten albums from the American rock band presented in simple card sleeves (no gatefolds) in a rigid clam-shell style box.

The contents and track listing can be viewed on the photo below.

The Who / My Generation mono CD

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The Who / My Generation mono CD issue

On 19 November 2012 The Who will issue a single disc MONO CD of their 1965 debut My Generation.

The mono version has been issued a few times over the last few years, on various reissues (mainly in Japan), but this release will see the original mono mix widely available to all, at a low price.

The original Mono version is though to be as close as possible to how the band envisaged it sounding in the studio and contains overdubs which were lost in previous Stereo masterings.

This CD completes a busy autumn release schedule for the band, with the Live in Texas DVD already out, and the Live In Hull and Studio Albums vinyl box due soon.

UK Pre-order: My Generation

Track listing:

  • 1. Out In The Street
  • 2. I Don’t Mind
  • 3. The Good’s Gone
  • 4. La La La Lies
  • 5. Much Too Much
  • 6. My Generation
  • 7. The Kids Are Alright
  • 8. Please, Please, Please
  • 9. It’s Not True
  • 10. I’m A Man
  • 11. A Legal Matter
  • 12. The Ox

Genesis / 1976-1982 Vinyl box set

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Genesis / 1976-1982 Vinyl box set

Virgin Records will release a vinyl box set of the Genesis 1976-1982 studio albums collection on 5 November 2012. The five albums will all be pressed on heavyweight vinyl with the original artwork being replicated.

Albums in the box are A Trick Of A Tail (1976), Wind & Wuthering (1976), And Then There Were Three (1978), Duke (1980) and Abacab (1981).

Pre-order links are below. We’d advise checking out the German amazon link, which at the time of writing is a full £50 cheaper than the UK site, offering the box for a very attractive £70 price tag (€88).

Eric Clapton / Slowhand: 35th Anniversary super deluxe edition

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Eric Clapton / Slowhand Super Deluxe Edition box set

Eric Clapton‘s 1977 album Slowhand is being released as a super deluxe edition box set (and other formats) on 19 November to celebrate its 35th anniversary.

The album includes of two of Clapton’s best known songs Wonderful Tonight, and the cover of J.J. Cale’s Cocaine.

The Super Deluxe box set includes three previously unreleased session outtakes (four in total) and two CDs are devoted to presenting the complete 14-track performance of the Hammersmith Odeon concert on 27 April 1977.

The record has been remastered from the original Olympic Studios 1/4″ flat analog master tapes and the session tracks and live performances are newly mixed from the original two-inch analogue tapes. This all sounds very promising from a sound perspective.

Probably the most exciting aspect is the audio-only DVD that comes only with this super deluxe box. This disc offers the album in 5.1 surround sound (not hi-res) and a hi-res stereo version.

Finally, included with the super deluxe edition, is a LP version of the remastered album, pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl, three replica tour programmes from the period and a book featuring a behind-the-scene look at the recording.

Track Listings, pre-order links and details below:

Super Deluxe Edition Box Set

Disc 1 – Slowhand Remastered and Expanded

  1. Cocaine
  2. Wonderful Tonight
  3. Lay Down Sally
  4. Next Time You See Her
  5. We’re All the Way
  6. The Core
  7. May You Never
  8. Mean Old Frisco
  9. Peaches and Diesel
  10. Looking at the Rain (Bonus track)
  11. Alberta (Bonus track)
  12. Greyhound Bus (Bonus track)
  13. Stars, Strays and Ashtrays (Bonus track)

Disc 2 – Slowhand Hi-Res Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound Audio DVD

  1. Cocaine
  2. Wonderful Tonight
  3. Lay Down Sally
  4. Next Time You See Her
  5. We’re All the Way
  6. The Core
  7. May You Never
  8. Mean Old Frisco
  9. Peaches and Diesel

Disc 3 – Live at the Hammersmith Odeon April 27, 1977 (Part 1)

  1. Hello Old Friend
  2. Sign Language
  3. Alberta
  4. Tell the Truth
  5. Knockin’ on Heavens Door
  6. Steady Rolling Man
  7. Can’t Find My Way Home
  8. Further On Up the Road
  9. Stormy Monday

Disc 4 – Live at the Hammersmith Odeon April 27, 1977 (Part 2)

  1. Badge
  2. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
  3. I Shot the Sheriff
  4. Layla
  5. Key to the Highway

Vinyl LP

Side 1

  • Cocaine
  • Wonderful Tonight
  • Lay Down Sally
  • Next Time You See Her
  • We’re All the Way

Side 2

  • The Core
  • May You Never
  • Mean Old Frisco
  • Peaches and Diesel
  • Deluxe Edition

 2CD Deluxe Edition

Disc 1 – Slowhand Remastered and Expanded

  1. Cocaine
  2. Wonderful Tonight
  3. Lay Down Sally
  4. Next Time You See Her
  5. We’re All the Way
  6. The Core
  7. May You Never
  8. Mean Old Frisco
  9. Peaches and Diesel
  10. Looking at the Rain (Bonus track)
  11. Alberta (Bonus track)
  12. Greyhound Bus (Bonus track)
  13. Stars, Strays and Ashtrays (Bonus track)

Disc 2 – Live at the Hammersmith Odeon April 27, 1977 (Highlights)

  1. Tell the Truth
  2. Knockin’ on Heavens Door
  3. Steady Rolling Man
  4. Can’t Find My Way Home
  5. Further On Up the Road
  6. Stormy Monday
  7. Badge
  8. I Shot the Sheriff
  9. Layla

 

WIN a copy of the Atlantic Soul Legends 20CD box set

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WIN! Atlantic Soul Legends 20CD box set

**This competition has now closed. Details on the winner can be found here.**

We often run competitions for our fans who follow us on Facebook, and occasionally we run twitter contests for those who enjoy that medium, but sometimes it’s nice to keep things simple and offer prizes to anyone, regardless of whether they enjoy social media or not…

With that in mind we are giving away a superb 20CD Atlantic Soul Legends box set. Only 3000 of these are being produced and it includes classic albums from Otis Redding, Ben E. King, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin and many more. Full review here.

To be in with a chance of winning this box simply subscribe to our fabulous weekly email newsletter, which keeps you up-to-date with all SuperDeluxeEdition news and reviews, and leave a comment below, telling us why you’d like to win! If you already receive the weekly newsletter, then just leave a comment.

The competition is open to all. The winner will be picked at random on Monday 22nd October and we will contact you via the email address used to subscribe to the newsletter (please ensure the same email address used when leaving a comment).

Good luck! The prize is brand new and sealed.

**This competition has now closed. Details on the winner can be found here.**

The Who / The Studio Albums: box set featuring 11LP vinyl collection

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The Who / The Studio Albums vinyl box set

All of The Who‘s studio albums will be collected in a special ‘strictly limited’ vinyl box set, due for release on 19 November.

The records will be pressed on heavyweight vinyl and feature a new remastering by Jon Astley and Miles Showell. This was created at Close to the Edge and Metropolis Studios and, for the audiophiles out there, it is understood that these have been DSD mastered to 192/24 or 96/24 using analogue EQ ‘where needed’.

Original issue artwork will be meticulously replicated with Tommy boasting the six-panel fold out and 12-page colour booklet; Face Dances comes with the 24″ x 24″ poster of the album cover and Sell Out likewise comes with the 20″ x 30″ poster found in the original pressings.

The box itself is a solid rigid box, presented with matt lamination and spott-gloss varnish and this vinyl set is described by the label as ‘strictly limited’.

Box Contents:

  • 1. My Generation (1965)
  • 2. A Quick One (1966)
  • 3. The Who Sell Out (1967)
  • 4. Tommy (double album) (1969)
  • 5. Who’s Next (1971)
  • 6. Quadrophenia (double album) (1973)
  • 7. The Who By Numbers (1975)
  • 8. Who Are You (1978)
  • 9. Face Dances (1981)
  • 10. It’s Hard (1982)
  • 11. Endless Wire (double album) (2006)

The Who / The Studio Albums vinyl box set

 

Rage Against The Machine XX : 20th Anniversary Editions

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Rage Against The Machine / 20th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set

American ‘alt-rock’ band Rage Against the Machine see their 1992 debut reissued in a variety of formats on 26 November 2012, including a lavish 20th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set.

Newly remastered for this anniversary release, Rage Against the Machine – XX will be available as a CD in three configurations

  • 1) 20th Anniversary Edition Deluxe Box Set housing two CDs, two DVDs, one twelve-inch 180gm vinyl LP, one 40 page booklet and two-sided poster;
  • 2) 20th Anniversary Special Edition featuring two CDs and a bonus DVD featuring six tracks in an oversized softpack; and
  • 3) 20th Anniversary Edition single compact disc (with three bonus tracks).

180gm vinyl editions – a picture disc and a facsimile reproduction – of the original LP, remastered (no bonus tracks) will also be available.

Bonus audio material within these sets will include B-sides from the era (appended to remastered CD) and the original Rage Against the Machine demo tape (CD 2). The DVDs will feature the band’s free concert in Finsbury Park on June 2010, as well as other live performances and promo videos.

Details, track listings and pre-order links below.
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