Month: November 2017

Michael Mertens of Propaganda calls the Secret Wish reissue ‘pathetic’

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Propaganda photographed in 1985 by Peter Brown. Michael Mertens is on the far left

Michael Mertens, who was in the band and composed or co-composed most of the music on Propaganda‘s 1985 album A Secret Wish, has been quick to come out and call the forthcoming reissue ‘pathetic and beyond ridicule’ and has apologised to fans of Propaganda.
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Propaganda / A Secret Wish ‘art of the album’ reissue plus exciting live news!

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CD & vinyl reissues + ‘xPropaganda’ to perform the album live in London!


BMG will continue with their ‘art of the album’ reissue campaign with new CD and vinyl editions of Propaganda‘s 1985 album A Secret Wish.
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Live review: The Killers at London’s O2

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The Killers completed the first leg of their Wonderful Wonderful world tour last night as they entertained a capacity crowd at London’s O2 Arena with close to 120 minutes of hits and favourites from their five-album back catalogue.
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Echo & The Bunnymen / The Stars, The Oceans & the Moon

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Echo & The Bunnymen will release a new album, The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon, next year which will feature Bunnymen classics transformed and new songs “with strings & things attached”.
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Out This Week / on 1 December 2017

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U2 / Songs of Experience front cover

U2 / Songs of Experience (new album)

All the furore over the forced iTunes deployment overshadowed the fact that U2‘s last album Songs of Innocence was really rather good. Songs of Experience is the delayed follow-up of which four physical editions are available, including a deluxe box set. Read more
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David Bowie / Beauty and the Beast 40th anniversary seven-inch picture disc

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Parlophone’s series of 40th-anniversary edition David Bowie seven-inch picture discs continue in January with Beauty and the Beast.
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Dis-Content Provider Rock: Luke Haines talks to SDE about his solo anthology

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Last month SDE met up with former Auteur Luke Haines in North London to discuss his new four-CD anthology, Luke Haines is Alive and Well and Living in Buenos Aires. “I’m a cottage industry” he tells Paul Sinclair, “I don’t give a fuck about my audience.”

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German 3-for-2 deal is back!

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Deal has now expired.

Just when you thought the Black Friday deals were hard to keep up with, Amazon Germany are repeating what they did back in September, and that is price-matching local competitor Saturn with an outstanding 3-for-2 offer. You can buy three music box sets and get the third (the cheapest) for nothing, regardless of the price-tag. This deal runs until Saturday 24 November.
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Out This Week / on 24 November 2017

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The Eagles / Hotel California 40th anniversary super deluxe edition box set

Eagles / Hotel California (40th anniversary super deluxe)

The super deluxe edition of the Eagles 1977 album is a three disc set consisting of a remastered version of the original album, a live disc and a blu-ray audio with a 5.1 mix of the album. Not cheap. Read more
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Tears For Fears to issue Balearic-style remix of ‘Head Over Heels’

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Following the release of the Rule The World greatest hits, Virgin/EMI have commissioned a contemporary remix of Tears For Fears‘ 1985 hit single Head Over Heels which will debut on streaming services on Friday 17 November.
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Johnny Cash / Unearthed 9LP vinyl box

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First time on vinyl for the 2003 box set

The Johnny Cash Unearthed box set was originally issued on CD in 2003, just two months after Cash’s death. Compiled by producer Rick Rubin, this collection contained mostly previously unreleased material recorded during the four albums (a fifth was released posthumously) that Cash had cut with Rubin for his American Recordings label. A new, nine LP vinyl edition of this set is due for release later this month.
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War Horse: The Story in Concert: Limited Collector’s Edition

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Lavish and creative Collector’s Edition out in December

War Horse, the children’s novel, has to date been adapted to film by Steven Spielberg film and enjoyed an acclaimed National Theatre production. Following the successful concert at the Royal Albert Hall last year, it is now being released (by BMG) as War Horse: The Story in Concert and the label have gone to town on a very special Collector’s Edition which takes the War/Horse theme and runs (gallops) with it.
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