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How to buy the Lazarus Cast Album

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The news of David Bowie‘s ‘final recordings’ being present on the original cast recordings album of Lazarus, more or less guarantees the album great success, but with a few different editions and retailers out there, what and where to buy?
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Roy Orbison / Two great compilations: The Ultimate Collection and Collected

Roy Orbison‘s son Alex  (who SDE spoke to earlier this year) is a fine custodian of his father’s back catalogue and with the help of his brothers (‘Roy’s Boys’) he’s put together a new compilation, The Ultimate Collection, that distills Roy’s entire career into one disc…
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Placebo’s A Place For Us To Dream limited edition 4LP vinyl box

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When SDE reported on Placebo‘s A Place For Us To Dream retrospective last month, the four-LP vinyl box edition was exclusive to the band’s webstore. That is no longer the case…
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Bright Eyes / The Studio Albums 2000-2011 / 10LP coloured vinyl box set

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Limited, coloured vinyl box set

Saddle Creek Records are to release The Studio Albums 2000-2011 a new ten LP vinyl box set compiling the work of American indie rock band Bright Eyes.
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Out This Week / on 23 September 2016

David Bowie / Who Can I Be Now? 1974-1976 box set

David Bowie / Who Can I Be Now [1974-1976] CD and vinyl box sets

Parlophone follow-up last year’s Five Years box with Who Can I Be Now? which features three mid-period 1970s David Bowie albums. Despite this with live albums, alternate versions of some long-players and the ‘lost’ album The Gouster, this set comprises 12 CDs or 13 vinyl LPs. Read more


Fleetwood Mac / Mirage (super deluxe edition)

Remember this? The super deluxe edition box set of Fleetwood Mac‘s 1982 album was announced in May for July release, but for reasons unknown was delayed. All is forgiven though, since this box looks great with a disc packed with unreleased outtakes, a live CD and a DVD with a 5.1 surround mix. You get a vinyl LP, as well. Read more
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The Beatles / Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years blu-ray deluxe edition

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Two disc deluxe editions for both DVD and Blu-ray

Ron Howard’s Beatles documentary Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years is now available to pre-order on blu-ray and DVD.
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Saturday Deluxe / 17 Sep 2016

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Paul and Ringo at the Eight Days A Week premiere (Photo by Raph PH)

Fab week for music fans

Busy, busy week here at SDE HQ. The BeatlesEight Days A Week: The Touring Years premiere happened on Thursday evening, six days after the reissue of The Beatles (Live) at the Hollywood Bowl which is being promoted as the ‘Companion Album’ to the film…
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Pink Floyd / The Early Years unboxed

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Still almost a couple of months away from the release of the 27-disc Pink Floyd The Early Years 1965 – 1972 box set, but here’s a chance to have (a virtual) look inside the box and understand how the packaging works in the mammoth collection…
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David Bowie’s final recordings to appear on Lazarus Cast Album

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Features three songs recorded during Blackstar sessions

David Bowie‘s final studio recordings are to be included on the two-CD and vinyl editions of original cast recordings to his and Enda Walsh’s musical Lazarus.
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Black Grape / It’s Great When You’re Straight… Yeah / deluxe edition

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This November, Universal Music will issue a three-disc deluxe edition of one of the Black Grape’s 1995 debut, It’s Great When You’re Straight…Yeah.
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Stranger Things / soundtrack on 2LP

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If you haven’t seen Netflix’s Stranger Things, then I strongly advise you to do so. Part supernatural-horror-thriller and part homage to 1980s genre films (E.T., Stand By Me) the eight-part series is a fantastic watch and the mood and atmosphere is perfectly framed by the title credits and the accompanying music.
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George Michael’s Listen Without Prejudice reissued as super deluxe

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George Michael‘s second solo album, 1990’s Listen Without Prejudice, Vol 1, will be reissued across a number of formats in November, including a 3CD+DVD super deluxe edition box set.
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