Month: January 2014

COMPETITION: Win a Nilsson box set

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We have a fantastic Nilsson box set to give away to one lucky SuperDeluxeEdition reader.

The RCA Albums collection is the acclaimed 17CD box set released last summer that includes all 14 of Harry Nilsson‘s original RCA albums and three discs of rarities, featuring single only releases, previously unreleased recordings, demos, radio spots and the like.

This competition is open to all until 12 noon (UTC/GMT) on the 20th January 2014. To be in with a chance of winning simply:

  • 1. Subscribe to the weekly SuperDeluxeEdition newsletter – click here.
  • 2. Leave a comment on this post – so we know who wants to win!

If you already subscribe to our newsletter, then just leave a comment. The winner will be picked at random on Monday 20th January 2014 and announced on this blog. Good luck!

FIRST PICTURES / The Beatles / The US Albums box: Hey Jude

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Following on from our exclusive photos of The Beatles US Albums box set, we are working our way through the individual albums to show you exclusive pictures of the real CD reissue packaging. Today we present the US Album Hey Jude.
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood: “Frankie Said” Deluxe CD+DVD review

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The original Frankie Said made a lot of sense. It was a Frankie Goes To Hollywood ‘budget’ compilation released by Salvo in November 2012 that managed to please die-hard fans via the inclusion of rare mixes and edits, while not alienating the broader musical audience who accepted it at face value as a ‘greatest hits’.

Considering the group only released seven singles and the last two (Warriors of the Wasteland and Watching The Wildlife) didn’t even make the UK top ten, the 16-track collection does a good job of  ‘making sense’ of Frankie without containing too much filler. The inclusion of two twelve-inch versions of Relax and Two Tribes at the end is appropriate, given how popular these were at the time.
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Uncle Tupelo / “No Depression” Expanded Legacy Edition

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No Depression, the debut album from critically acclaimed ‘alt country’ band Uncle Tupelo, will be reissued as a two-CD Legacy edition by Sony later this month.

The 1990 album was originally 13 tracks (on CD) but this new collection adds 22 bonus cuts to that, including the CD debut of the Not Forever, Just For Now demo tape.
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FIRST PICTURES / The Beatles / The US Albums box: A Hard Days Night

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Following on from our exclusive photos of The Beatles US Albums box set, we are working our way through the individual albums to show you exclusive pictures of the real CD reissue packaging. Today we present the US Album A Hard Day’s Night.
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Out This Week / 6 January 2014

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The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 12B 1972

The Complete Motown Singles series comes to an end with this five CD collection which also includes the usual seven-inch vinyl within the front cover. This was our Deal of the Day back in December; check that post for full track listings.

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T Rex / “Tanx” and “Zinc Alloy” 4CD+DVD deluxe book

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Demon Music will issue a special limited edition five-disc T Rex deluxe package in March 2014. This new collection features the albums Tanx (1973) and Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow (1974), both newly remastered by original producer Tony Visconti.
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FIRST PICTURES / The Beatles / The US Albums box set: Beatles VI

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Beatles VI / 2014 CD reissue from the US Albums box

Following on from our exclusive photos of The Beatles US Albums box set, we are working our way through the individual albums to show you exclusive pictures of the real packaging. Today here is Beatles VI.
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FIRST PICTURES / The Beatles / The US Albums box set: Help!

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Help! / 2014 CD reissue from the US Albums box

Following on from our exclusive photos of The Beatles US Albums box set, we are working our way through the individual albums to show you real pictures of the real packaging. We started with the first Capitol release (Meet The Beatles!) yesterday, but thought we’d mix things up a bit by skipping forward to the eighth Capitol album (not including The Beatles’ Story) and that is 1965’s Help!
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Holland Dozier Holland / 45th Anniversary box set

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Harmless Records will issue Holland Dozier Holland – The Complete 45s Collection on 23 March 2014.

The famous songwriting and production team of Lamont Dozier and brothers Brian and Eddie Holland were well established at Motown by the late sixties, but left to launch their own labels Hot Wax Records and Invictus Records in 1968.
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Strange Cruise album reissued

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The one and only album by short-lived Steve Strange outfit Strange Cruise is reissued by Cherry Red Records on 27 January 2014.

The eponymous album was produced by Mike Hedges and released by EMI in 1986. It featured two singles (Rebel Blue Rocker, The Beat Goes On), neither of which enjoyed much commercial success. The group disbanded shortly afterwards.
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FIRST PICTURES: The Beatles / US Albums: Meet The Beatles!

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Meet The Beatles! / 2014 CD reissue from the US Albums box

Following on from our exclusive photos of The Beatles US Albums box set yesterday, here are some further pictures of the first Capitol album, Meet The Beatles!

The 1964 long player contains nine tracks from the UK’s With The Beatles (omitting five) and adds I Wanna Hold Your Hand, its US B-side This Boy, and I Saw Her Standing There (from Please Please Me). This new reissue has the full album in mono, followed straight after by the album in stereo.
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WORLD EXCLUSIVE: First Pictures / The Beatles U.S. Albums box set

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 We thought we’d start the new year with something very special. Just before Christmas, Apple Corps/Universal Music invited SuperDeluxeEdition in to take an exclusive look at the forthcoming Beatles box set, The U.S. Albums.

As previously announced on this blog, this special collection is released on 20 January 2014 and contains 13 CDs; titles released by Capitol Records in the 1960s that, for the most part, were quite different from their UK counterparts (new titles, alternate track listing, occasional mix differences).
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