The Distractions / Nobody’s Perfect / two-CD deluxe reissue and vinyl

Post-punk/new wave band The Distractions‘ 1980 album Nobody’s Perfect has enjoyed ‘lost classic’ status for a long time and is finally reissued, remastered and expanded with a host of unreleased material.
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Marillion / Script For A Jester’s Tear 4CD+blu-ray and 4LP vinyl sets

Marillion‘s debut album Script For A Jester’s Tear will get the full reissue treatment in April with the now familiar multi-disc CD+blu-ray and vinyl formats, with the former offering a 5.1 surround mix.
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Def Leppard / The Early Years 79-81

New five-CD box set • Early albums also available separately on vinyl & CD

Universal Music will release The Early Years 79-81 a document of the beginnings of British Rock band Def Leppard who would go on to sell more than 100 million records worldwide.
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This Week’s Box Set and Reissue Deals

UK: Pink Floyd / Wish You Were Here immersion box set – £47

The immersion box sets rarely dipped below £70 in the last eight or nine years, so this is a cracking price for a very good box set. The Dark Side of the Moon box is also available for a similar price.


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Howard Jones / One to One reviewed


By the end of 1985, Howard Jones had released two hit albums with producer Rupert Hine at the helm, but chose to ditch the successful formula and make his third record with someone else. The record company planted the seed of change and while initially sceptical, Jones was eventually seduced by the suggestion of legendary producer Arif Mardin, who had of course worked with many great artists, such as Aretha Franklin and The Bees Gees and in then more recent times had co-produced Scritti Politti‘s 1985 album Cupid & Psyche 85 and Culture Club‘s 1986 long-player From Luxury to Heartache.
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Donna Summer / Encore / career-spanning 33CD deluxe box set


A new comprehensive 33CD box set, Encore, will bring together remastered versions all of Donna Summer‘s 17 studio albums and offer eight bonus discs of rarities and non-album material.
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Out This Week / on 31 January 2020

Neneh Cherry / Raw Like Sushi CD, Vinyl

Neneh Cherry‘s popular debut album Raw Like Sushi is being reissued as multi-disc CD and vinyl sets for its 30th anniversary.


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Simon and Garfunkel / Bridge Over Troubled Water limited gold vinyl

Sony are issuing Simon and Garfunkel‘s 1970 album Bridge Over Troubled Water as a limited gold-coloured vinyl pressing next month.
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Out This Week / on 24 January 2020

Depeche Mode / Mode CD

A literal ‘black celebration’ of Depeche Mode‘s career with all albums across 14 CDs and four CDs of bonus material. Not cheap. SDEtv unboxing video will be up in the next few days.


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