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David Bowie wasn’t at his best in the 1980s, but that was my decade
Much excitement this week with the news that Parlophone will issue the fourth in their series of David Bowie box sets. Loving The Alien (1983-1988) follows on from last year’s A New Career In A New Town and deals with Bowie in the 1980s.
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Stupendously good price right now for the 4LP vinyl edition of the Grace Jones Warm Leatherette reissue.
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Great price right now in the USA for the forthcoming The Band Music From Big Pink super deluxe edition box set.
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This September, Rhino are to release a new four-CD box set that shines a light on the collaborative work of Phil Collins. Plays Well With Others features an incredibly broad array of music from a diverse range of artists including Brian Eno, John Cale, Eric Clapton, Tears For Fears, Howard Jones, Paul McCartney, Adam Ant and more.
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For the fourth year in succession, Parlophone Records will release a major box set that summarises an era in the musical life of David Bowie. This October, Loving The Alien (1983-1988) will feature Bowie’s three solo albums from the period in question, and offer fans plenty of extra content, including a ‘new production’ of 1987’s Never Let Me Down, the first audio release of the Serious Moonlight Tour and a remix album.
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Sick of all this vinyl? Let’s hear it for the humble CD! So while ‘Prime Day’ was a little bit ‘meh’, Amazon in German now have a better-than-it-looks 3 items for €25 CD promotion, which, if you shop carefully, can reward you with some great multi-disc sets for a bargain price.
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Newly mastered • First time on vinyl • Slightly amended artwork
Pink Floyd‘s A Foot In The Door compilation – first released in late 2011 as part of the Why Pink Floyd? reissue campaign – is to be released on vinyl for the first time in September.
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SDE explores the recent reissue of The Feeling‘s Twelve Stops And Home album. Watch the unboxing video…
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3CD+LP • New stereo mix • Unreleased outtakes & live
Rhino will issue a four-disc 40th anniversary deluxe edition of the Ramones fourth studio album Road To Ruin.
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The recently announced Tom Petty anthology An American Treasure is available in a number of different physical configurations, but fans outside the USA and Canada haven’t had the opportunity to pre-order the 6LP vinyl package, until now…
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Soft Cell‘s forthcoming box set Keychains and Snowstorms is released in early September and this new image reveals a little more of the design.
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Next month, Cherry Red will release The Albums 1980-1985 a new five-disc box set featuring the music of British Two Tone/Ska band Bad Manners.
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Amazon’s annual ‘Prime Day’ was technically yesterday, but many deals on physical music are still in place today for you to take advantage of. These include sets by The Beatles, Bob Dylan, U2, R.E.M., Metallica, The Verve and more. Of course, the ‘rules’ are that you must be a Prime member in the country where you are purchasing, so for example being a Prime member in the UK will not get you a Prime Day deal in Germany. But you do have the option of starting a membership and then cancelling before the free trial period is finished.
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Public Image Limited / The Public Image Is Rotten (Songs From The Heart) CD, Vinyl, DVD
Cute title for this new 40th anniversary Public Image Ltd (PiL) career-spanning box set. It features hits, rarities, radio sessions, live concerts, promos, TV footage and more, and is available as a 5CD+2DVD or 6LP vinyl set.
Misfits: The Mercury Years 1986-1990 is a new four-CD box set featuring eighties British pop band Curiosity Killed The Cat. Two and a half years in the making, this set has been compiled by SDE Editor Paul Sinclair and has been put together with the cooperation of the band. It will be released in September.
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SDE explores Supersonic Years the recent Black Sabbath seven-inch singles box set. Watch the unboxing video…
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UK: Otis Redding / The Definitive Studio Album Collection 7LP – £56
Congratulations to SDE reader Martin Power who was randomly selected as the winner of the Five Star competition. Martin wins a copy of the Luxury: The Definitive Anthology 1984-1991 which is released today.
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Paul Simon will release his 14th studio album, In The Blue Light, in September.
Produced by Simon and the legendary Roy Halee, the album sees the musician and songwriter revisit and rework personal favourites from his own back catalogue.
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Rare and unreleased Tom Petty • 4CD deluxe • 6LP vinyl
An American Treasure is a new box set that features rare and previously unreleased songs from Tom Petty.
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