Month: April 2018

The Cure’s Mixed Up and Torn Down confirmed on 2LP black vinyl

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As well as the triple CD deluxe edition (announced yesterday) The Cure have confirmed that the Mixed Up and Torn Down remix compilations (being issued as picture discs for RSD) will both be released on black vinyl in June.
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Eric Clapton / Life in 12 Bars

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Includes four previously unreleased tracks and two alternate mixes

A new Eric Clapton documentary Life In 12 Bars (Directed by Oscar-winner, Lili Fini Zanuck) has prompted a new two-CD (and 4LP vinyl) soundtrack which spans Clapton’s long career and includes selections from many of the acts he worked with, including The Yardbirds, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Cream, The Beatles (!), and Blind Faith.
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Top 10 Fleetwood Mac/Crowded House song mash-ups for the new tour

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With Neil Finn all set to join Fleetwood Mac on their forthcoming tour, SDE thinks there is some song ‘synergy’ to be exploited and the back catalogues of both ‘Mac’ and the House of the Crowded can be creatively fused, Brundlefly fashion. With that in mind, we recommend the follow ten songs for the tour setlist:
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Paul Simon / Graceland: The Remixes

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Groove Armada & friends move in and remove period features 

In news that should probably be filed alongside ‘Neil Finn joins Fleetwood Mac’, Sony are soon to release Graceland: The Remixes, a new edition of Paul Simon‘s classic 1986 album, with every track ‘reimagined’ by well known remixes. Oh yes…
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Lord of the Rings / 5LP vinyl unboxing

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Check out this new unboxing video that shows off the fine physical attributes of the new coloured vinyl box set of the ‘Complete Recordings’ of Howard Shore‘s score for The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Rings soundtrack.
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Crowded Mac: Lindsey Buckingham leaves as Neil Finn joins Fleetwood Mac

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How it might look: Neil Finn will join Fleetwood Mac

In a surprise announcement, Fleetwood Mac have confirmed that guitarist and songwriter Lindsey Buckingham has left the band and Mike Campbell from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Crowded House’s Neil Finn will step in to replace him on their forthcoming tour.
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Out This Week / on 13 April 2018

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Manic Street Preachers / Resistance Is Futile (new album)

Is it possible to be bored of an album before it comes out? They announced their 13th long-player, Resistance Is Futile, and put it on their webstore back in November 2017, and thus the Manic Street Preachers have subjected fans to what feels like the longest album pre-order campaign in history. It’s finally out. Thank God!  Read more
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Wire / multi-disc reissues of Pink Flag, Chairs Missing and 154

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Remastered • 2/3CD sets • Bonus material exclusive to physical

Wire‘s first three albums have been ‘painstakingly’ remastered and are to be reissued as multi-disc deluxe sets with a plethora of bonus material.
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Liz Phair / Girly-Sound To Guyville / The 25th anniversary box set

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Matador Records will celebrate the 25th anniversary of Liz Phair‘s debut album Exile in Guyville with Girly-Sound To Guyville, an extensive limited edition seven-LP vinyl box set and triple-CD package.
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Garbage Version 2.0: double orange vinyl and other formats now available

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Although I don’t think much of the expensive and gimmicky triple LP vinyl box set edition of the recently announced Garbage Version 2.0 reissue, the 2LP orange vinyl sounds rather nice and is probably my pick of the formats. That is now available to pre-order along with the other variants.
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