After the debacle of Tribes, the previous-album-that-never-came-out (see the PledgeMusic campaign page that was cancelled, with customers refunded) Culture Club (I can’t be doing with this ‘Boy George and Culture Club’ business) have finally got their act together and have repurposed the album as Life, with the release scheduled for October.
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Month: July 2018
Deep Purple / Purple vinyl reissues
Universal Music are to release coloured vinyl reissues of classic early seventies Deep Purple albums, each mastered from new transfers.
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This Week’s Box Set and Reissue Deals
SPAIN: Roger Waters / Is This The Life We Really Want coloured vinyl – £13
AMAZING price for this limited edition 2LP green vinyl set.
David Bowie / Zeroes 2018 limited edition seven-inch picture disc
In anticipation of the David Bowie Loving The Alien box set, Parlophone will issue a special seven-inch vinyl picture disc of Zeroes (2018), from the newly ‘re-produced’ version of 1987’s Never Let Me Down which is included in the box set.
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Out This Week / on 3 August 2018
Ben Folds Five / Brick: The Songs of Ben Folds 1994-2012 CD, Box Set
Signed sets are long gone, but this 13CD box is still an impressive collection, featuring all four Ben Folds Five albums (including 2012’s comeback album, The Sound of the Life of the Mind), all of Folds’ solo albums (up until 2012) as well as live recordings, b-sides and lots of other bonus material. Presented in a unique brick box set.
Elvis Costello & The Imposters return with a new album, ‘Look Now’
Elvis Costello & The Imposters (the latter being two-thirds of The Attractions: Steve Nieve, Pete Thomas and Davey Faragher on bass) have recorded a new album Look Now which will be released in October on Concord Music.
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Saturday Deluxe / 28 July 2018
Fans slam decision not to issue Yazoo box on CD
If you believe the ‘death of the CD’ hype – largely perpetuated by the media and some parts of the record industry itself – then it might be worth taking a look at the comments from real fans on SDE, under the recent post about the forthcoming Yazoo Four Pieces box set, which paint a very different picture…
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The Beta Band / The Three E.P.’s / 20th anniversary 4LP deluxe vinyl box set
Because Music have acquired the back catalogue of The Beta Band and will start a reissue campaign with a 4LP deluxe coloured vinyl presentation of the classic Three E.P.’s compilation.
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The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King 6LP coloured vinyl & 4CD+blu-ray
All journeys must come to an end, and so it is the case with Rhino’s glorious limited edition coloured vinyl box sets of Howard Shore’s ‘Complete Recordings’ of Peter Jackson’s The Lord Of The Rings franchise. The Return of the King will be issued in September as a numbered six-LP vinyl set and a 4CD+blu-ray edition.
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Johnny Hates Jazz / Turn Back The Clock / 3CD and 2LP vinyl reissue
Late ’80s British pop group Johnny Hates Jazz are reissuing a 30th anniversary deluxe edition of their debut Turn Back The Clock.
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True Romance soundtrack / 25th anniversary edition white splatter vinyl
The soundtrack to Tony Scott’s True Romance – one of the best films of the 1990s – is being reissued (again) as a special coloured vinyl pressing.
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Yazoo / Four Pieces 4LP vinyl box
As synthpop duo Yazoo (known as ‘Yaz’ in the US), Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet issued two classic albums, before going their own way and enjoying further success (with Erasure and as a solo artist, respectively). Thirty-five years on from this this brief, but productive, collaboration, a new four-LP vinyl box called Four Pieces is to be released. It includes both albums, a remix LP and a disc of largely unreleased BBC Sessions.
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Small Faces / Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake SIGNED 50th anniversary box sets
The Small Faces classic 1968 album Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake will be reissued in September as a 50th anniversary box set, with 3LP vinyl and 3CD+DVD variants available.
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Deal alert / The Beatles Sgt. Pepper six-disc super deluxe edition box set
Best ever price, for the best box set of 2017 – The Beatles‘ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band super deluxe edition.
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Leo Sayer / The London Years 1973-1975 / signed 3LP vinyl box set
3LP CLEAR vinyl set • SIGNED print • Classic early material
Leo Sayer just recently turned 70 and to mark the occasion Demon Records are issuing a couple of special vinyl packages including a three-LP box set, The London Years 1973-1975, which ships with a SIGNED 12″ x 12″ print.
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Deal Alert / John Yoko Imagine book
Imagine John Yoko, the forthcoming book about the making of John Lennon‘s Imagine album is now even cheaper to pre-order in the UK ahead of its November release.
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Nazareth ‘Loud & Proud’ box now available to those in the USA & Canada
The immense Nazareth Loud & Proud box set – which contains 41-discs – was announced earlier this month but fans of the Scottish hard rockers in the US and Canada were dismayed that the official store were not able to ship to their part of the world (presumably due to licensing restrictions). However, there is now a workaround, since Amazon in the UK have listed the box set and they will ship anywhere!
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Out This Week / on 27 July 2018
Bob Dylan / Live 1962 – 1966: Rare Performances From The Copyright Collections CD
A strange, but welcome two-CD set that features previously released live recordings from 1962 – 1966 to mark Dylan’s 2018 tour of Australia. It “shines a light on some great performances that were initially overlooked, with most of the recordings now near impossible to find.” The bargain price adds to the overall appeal.
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Win A Flock of Seagulls SIGNED bundle
In another great competition from SDE, we have a limited edition five-CD bundle of A Flock Of Seagulls‘ new album Ascension. This superb package includes the new wave and synthpop band’s Ascension album on CD (which features orchestral versions of the bands hits), an instrumental and ‘Orcapella’ CD, Aurora Borealis (a CD of new recordings of their classic hits) and an eight-track CD single of Space Age Love Song. Plus you get a postcard SIGNED by all four original band members!
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Paul Weller deluxe gets bonus tracks
The deluxe CD edition of Paul Weller‘s forthcoming album True Meanings will now have some bonus tracks, his official twitter feed has confirmed.
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