Month: November 2017

OMD / The Punishment of Luxury / B-Sides & Bonus Material

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Intelligent round-up of remixes, B-sides and single versions

OMD will in December issue on CD that collects together “all of the B sides, radio edits, extended 12″ mixes and remixes” from The Punishment of Luxury era.
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Donald Fagen / Cheap Xmas vinyl box

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First ever vinyl release of the ‘complete’ Donald Fagen box

The recent reissue of the ‘complete’ Donald Fagen Cheap Xmas five-CD box set was very welcome, but much more exciting is the news that a first ever vinyl edition of the same set will be with us before the end of the year.
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Out This Week / on 17 November 2017

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Queen / News Of The World: 40th anniversary 5-disc super deluxe edition

Queen / News of the World super deluxe edition

Expensive, but desirable new Queen box set that features a remastered edition of their 1977 album, two discs of outtakes including ‘raw sessions’, a DVD with a new documentary and a ‘pure analogue’ cut vinyl. Read more
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Tears For Fears / Rule The World: A track-by-track guide + what’s missing?

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Photo: Jake Walters

TFF enthusiast, Paul Sinclair, examines Rule The World 

Out today is Rule The World, a new Tears For Fears greatest hits. In this special ‘track-by-track’ feature we will do two things. We’ll offer some insight into all the songs on the compilation and will additionally examine what’s missing. Are there any missteps? Wrong version, wrong choice of song? Read on…
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Top 10: Italy deals offer €10 saving

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Today only, Amazon Italy are offering €10 discount on a spend of more than €50 if you use the code GRAZIE1000 when you check out. That’s a decent discount on any music box set around the €50 mark, but of course you don’t have to buy one item, you could buy three vinyl records, for instance that add up to €60 and the discount would apply.
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Otis Redding / The Definitive Studio Album Collection / 7LP vinyl box

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All the original mono mixes • Great UK pre-order price

Rhino will next month issue The Definitive Studio Album Collection, a seven-LP Otis Redding vinyl box set which features the original mono mixes for all the singer’s studio albums.
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French vinyl deal: 12 of the best

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Very good promotion right now on Amazon France which gets you three vinyl records for €40 (about £35 or US $46) or five vinyl records for €55 (about £49 or US $64). There’s a decent selection including 2LP sets and some limited coloured pressings. SDE has picked up 12 titles that caught our eye – check out the list below!
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Madness / Full House: The Very Best Of Madness / 4LP vinyl with ‘pop-up’ sleeve

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A new Madness Greatest Hits, Full House: The Very Best Of Madness will be released in a few weeks which includes songs from all of their albums, including last year’s Can’t Touch Us Now.
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SDEtv / a-ha: MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice ‘fanbox’ edition unboxed!

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a-ha‘s MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice was released a few weeks back and the pick of the formats was the deluxe ‘fanbox’, which includes four discs, a book and various other items of memorabilia. SDE has taken a look at this special edition, which was only officially released in Germany, and created an unboxing video for your viewing pleasure…
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Out This Week / on 10 November 2017

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R.E.M. Automatic For The People 25th anniversary reissue - 4-disc super deluxe edition

R.E.M. / Automatic For The People (reissue)

R.E.M.‘s best album is their best reissue to date. The super deluxe edition comes as a 60-page hardcover book and features four discs of content including demos, live material and a brand new Dolby Atmos surround sound mix. Read more
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Marillion’s Misplaced Childhood remaster on single LP and CD

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As promised, Parlophone deliver single disc remasters

The July reissue of Marillion‘s 1985 album Misplaced Childhood was a treat, but there was no opportunity to buy single disc remasters on CD, and in particular, vinyl. This has now been rectified and as promised at the time, in December the remastered album will also be made available on a single vinyl record and a single CD.
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The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper 2017 stereo remix to be issued as vinyl picture disc

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Giles Martin’s 2017 stereo remix of The Beatles‘ 1967 album Sgt. Peppers’ Lonely Hearts Club Band will be issued as a vinyl picture disc in December.
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The Beatles / The Christmas Records / new coloured vinyl box set

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Annual Christmas ‘fab four’ fan club tomfoolery commemorated

Apple Corps and Universal Music will issue a new Beatles box set just in time for this Christmas. The Christmas Records is a vinyl box set that features seven coloured vinyl records. Each 45 features the Fab Four’s original festive messages, which were issued every year to the fan club on flexi-disc.
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