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Vince Clarke and Martyn Ware have collaborated on two albums in the past – Pretentious (1999) and Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle (2001). Both records experimental, atmospheric, ambient works. Since that time they’ve continued with their partnership and over time have assembled a totally unique collection of music.
Continue reading “FIRST PICTURES: Clarke and Ware / House Of Illustrious”
Led Zeppelin – Celebration Day
The big day arrives. All the details for this release can be found here.
Earlier today we reported that premium members of Paul McCartney‘s website have been offered a free download of 14 tracks from his 2007 gig in Amoeba Records.
However we don’t want non-premium members to miss out on the fun, so we are giving away the 12-track CD version of this release that was available for one day only via a newspaper in the UK and Ireland.
To be in with a chance of winning this exclusive McCartney Live CD simply:
You may already subscribe to our newsletter – if so then leave just leave a comment. When leaving your comment, please enter the same email address as used to subscribe to the newsletter. This competition is open to all.
GOOD LUCK! A winner will be selected at random on Monday 26 November 2012 and informed via email. The winner will also be announced on this blog.
Continue reading “WIN a rare Paul McCartney Live In Los Angeles CD”
Paul McCartney has emailed premium members of his website today to offer a 14-track download of his 2007 performance at the L.A. Amoeba Records store in June 2007.
Continue reading “Paul McCartney / Live In Los Angeles The Extended Set”
One of the best things about Salvo Music’s recent Kirsty MacColl reissue programme, is that her 1981 debut, Desperate Character, finally gets its CD debut 31 years after release.
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The Frankie Goes to Hollywood compilation Frankie Said was released at the beginning of last week, and is a successful fusion of punter pleasing hits and fanboy rarities. The competitively priced ‘best of’ benefits from its simplicity – all the big singles, along with a few choice album cuts and a couple of the best selling twelve inch singles of all time. Sorted.
However, news reaches us that ZTT Japan have upped the ante and created their own special version of Frankie Said that takes the lean, naturally aspirated European edition of the compilation, and adds a supercharger to the front of it.
Continue reading “Frankie Goes to Hollywood / Frankie Said (Japan Edition)”
The new Rolling Stones hits collection GRRR! was released yesterday (in the UK), and here we look at the most expensive Super Deluxe Edition variant.
Continue reading “The Rolling Stones / GRRR! super deluxe makes a monkey out of fans”
Led Zeppelin‘s Celebration Day concert release is out next week (17/18 November) and there are a plethora of options to confound and confuse. This post is an attempt to make sense of the options, with photos of the packaging so you can see what you’ll be getting. Here goes..
USA Pre-Order: Standard 2CD Edition
CANADA Pre-order 2CD EditionContinue reading “Led Zeppelin / Celebration Day: buying options with pictures”
Having succesfully reissued Sugar‘s albums on expanded CDs, Edsel now turn their attention to vinyl, with the release of a deluxe vinyl boxset containing the complete recordings made between 1992 and 1995 by the trio of Bob Mould (guitar, vocals), David Barbe (bass) and Malcolm Travis (drums).
The boxset marks the 20th anniversary of Copper Blue’s 1992 release, and all recordings have been remastered specifically for vinyl, from the original tapes by FU:EL engineer Jim Wilson. It will be released on 10 December 2012.
Contents:
Track listings:
Continue reading “Sugar / A Box of Sugar vinyl set”
Check your calendars! This week sees ‘new’ releases from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley and The Doors…
The Beatles / Stereo Vinyl Box Set – Did you or didn’t you? It’s certainly a lot of cash, but the fab four’s entire output on heavyweight vinyl, remastered, is very hard to resist. The albums can be bought separately for around £20 each, but you don’t get the nice book that comes with the box. More here.
The Rolling Stones / GRRR! – More monkey business from Jagger, Richards et al. This set comes in a few different editions including the all-singing, all-dancing Super Deluxe Edition Box Set. We have one of the later and will be posting pictures soon. More here.
Elvis / Prince From Another Planet – The Deluxe Edition of this release offers two full sets from The King – newly remixed – when he played Madison Square Garden in 1972, along with some unearthed Super 8 film of the performance on DVD, sync’d to the audio. More here.
Paul McCartney / Live Kisses Blu-ray – As a big McCartney fan I’m finding it hard to get excited about this release. In fact, I will be receiving a free video download as a ‘thank you’ for being a premium member of Macca’s website (they are closing that service down) so will wait patiently for the Wings Over America reissue! More here.
The Doors / Live at the Bowl ’68 Vinyl Edition – The CD came out three weeks ago, but this week sees the release of the double vinyl version of this live set with restored audio. More here.
We love bringing you all the latest news and reviews on super deluxe music box sets, but like most of you, we also LOVE movies, particularly on high definition BLU-RAY!
So we are proud to announce that a new sister blog launches today called SuperDeluxeBluray.
Just like this blog, SuperDeluxeBluray will concentrate on box sets, but of course these will be movie box sets. All Blu-ray releases – no DVDs, unless they are included in so-called ‘combo’ boxes where you get Blu-ray, DVD and sometimes digital copies.
The new blog will focus on high end deluxe sets – boxes with special packaging, limited edition releases, exclusive releases that might only be available in specific countries, and career-spanning sets from the world’s best directors.
I hope you will take a look. There are quite a few posts up already, and a competition is up and running for someone to win a Blade Runner 20th Anniversary Box Set.
You can also join in the fun on the SuperDeluxeBluray facebook page and follow the blog on twitter.
Thank you!
****This competition is now CLOSED. Thank you to everyone who entered. Dan Newton was selected as the winner on 26 November 2012.****
This Generation Terrorists Collector’s box was only available direct from the Manic Street Preachers web site and was SOLD OUT before the official release date. No more are available for purchase, leaving some tardy fans very disappointed.
Exclusive to this set is a bonus CD of additional demos and B-sides (22 tracks in total) as well as a 10-inch vinyl record with four BBC Radio One session tracks. A further two CDs and a DVD are carried over from the 3-disc legacy edition.
WE HAVE A SET TO GIVE AWAY TO ONE LUCKY READER!
To be in with a chance of winning this superb prize simply:
If you already subscribe to our newsletter than just leave a comment. When leaving your comment, please enter the same email address as used to subscribe to the newsletter. This competition is open to all.
GOOD LUCK! A winner will be selected at random on Monday 26 November 2012 and informed via email. The winner will also be announced on this blog.
****This competition is now CLOSED. Thank you to everyone who entered. Dan Newton was selected as the winner on 26 November 2012.****
We’ve made a video to show you what’s in this superb box set.
Take a look inside the now SOLD OUT Manic Street Preachers Generation Terrorists 20th Anniversary Collector’s Box Set with this unboxing video.
Enter our competition to WIN one of these box sets!
Edsel Records have been very busy of late delivering reissues from Aztec Camera, Ian McCulloch, Deacon Blue, the Steve Miller Band and Sugar to name but a few. In fact there has been so much product of late, that it’s rather easy to miss certain reissues.
Continue reading “WIN a 14 disc bundle of Levellers deluxe edition reissues”
We are pleased to announce (rather belatedly) that ADAM ZAMMIT has won the 2CD+DVD-A Tarkus Deluxe Edition by Emerson Lake & Palmer.
Many congratulations to Adam and thanks to everyone who took part. More great competitions on the way.
This 2009 Japanese ‘paper sleeve’ (or mini LP CD) reissue of Paul Young‘s 1985 album The Secret Of Association has one big attraction (aside from the typically excellent packaging). It is the only CD to date that contains the full extended version of his US number one record Every Time You Go Away (a cover of the Hall and Oates song). It is a bonus track at the end of the album, after Man In The Iron Mask (itself a bonus on the original CD).
The Edsel 2CD reissue of 2007 did list the extended version of Everytime You Go Away on disc two, but disappointingly this was an error, and it played the seven-inch version.
The original UK cassette included the extended version in place of the normal album version, but the ’80s CD didn’t. Four other extended remixes featured on that tape, including I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down, Everything Must Change, Hot Fun and I Was In Chains. ‘Playhouse’ and Everything Must Change appeared on the Edsel release but Hot Fun and I Was In Chains have never been issued on CD in their extended form.
Elbow are to issue a limited edition box set of all their albums to date, on seven heavyweight vinyl double gatefold LPs on 26 November 2012.
As a bonus, this set will ship with a USB stick holding all seven albums as high resolution WAV files.
Contents within the box:
1. Asleep In the Back – featuring the track Asleep In The Back for the first time on vinyl
2. Cast of Thousands – currently out of press on vinyl, and first time it will be available as a double gatefold
3. Leaders of the Free World – currently out of press on vinyl, and first time it will be available as a double gatefold
4. The Seldom Seen Kid
5. Build A Rocket Boys!
6. Dead In The Boot
7. Live at Abbey Road – previously only available as a CD release and not available outside of this box set.
Rhino have been doing a great job reissuing old box sets at budget prices. Releases so far have included Fleetwood Mac‘s 25 Years: The Chain and Rod Stewart‘s Storyteller, both dating from the early nineties.
For their next release it is a little surprising to see them tackle the Bee Gees‘ four-disc Mythology box, because it was only originally released two years ago and wasn’t particularly expensive in the first place.
As with the other releases, the packaging is transformed, in this case from a ‘bookset’ to four CDs in a ‘fat box’ with an outer slip case. Unlike the other issues, this sees a new cover treatment with photos of the four Gibb brothers on a red background replacing the elaborate Gibb crest from the previous box.
The music is of course the same, with this set originally promoted both as a 50th anniversary collection and the Gibb brothers’ family album. A disc is dedicated to each brother: Barry, Robin, Maurice and Andy. At the time this compilation was put together, Barry and Robin chose their own songs, with Maurice’s songs selected by his widow Yvonne and Andy’s songs selected by his daughter Peta.
This new version of Mythology is out in early December for most territories, although it is already available in Germany.
Track listing:
Continue reading “Bee Gees / Mythology 4CD reissue”
![So80s [SoEighties] Falco](https://www.superdeluxeedition.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/falco-1024x1015.jpg "So80s [SoEighties] Falco")
So80s, the imprint curated by German-based trance duo Blank & Jones, have a new ‘artist edition’ of their remix collections scheduled for release on 7 December, dedicated to Austrian pop star Falco.
Continue reading “So80s present Falco / remix 2CD”
A brief video we made to show you the new Bill Withers Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums box set.
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