Four CD box offers unreleased rarities • Remastered
Rhino will issue Aretha, a new Aretha Franklin four-CD box set that collects hits, alternate versions, demos, rarities and live tracks.
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Four CD box offers unreleased rarities • Remastered
Rhino will issue Aretha, a new Aretha Franklin four-CD box set that collects hits, alternate versions, demos, rarities and live tracks.
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New compilation + Billie Eilish seven-inch single
Like death and taxes, a new compilation of James Bond theme tunes, when the next film comes around, is a certainty and the delayed No Time To Die proves not to be an exception.
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The 1986 compilation is released on CD for the first time
Now That’s What I Call Music 7 is now available to pre-order as a two-CD set.
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Video overview of the recent ‘keepsake’ booklet
SDE’s long interview with Chris Kimsey, the producer of Duran Duran‘s 1990 album Liberty, was published recently as an SDE ‘keepsake’ booklet, and this new video gives you a chance to take a look at it and hear some background on how the interview came about.
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Initial quantities include a 7″ single
XTC‘s 1979 album Drums and Wires is reissued as a 200g vinyl LP edition in November.
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New compilation due in November
UMC are to issue Film Music 1976-2020, a new Brian Eno compilation that brings together 17 tracks from Eno’s most recognisable film and television work, spanning five decades.
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Watch the unboxing video
SDE takes a look at the newly-released Rolling Stones Steel Wheels Live. This is the six-disc limited edition box set which features three CDs, two DVDs and a blu-ray. Watch the unboxing video below…
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‘Era 5’ box set will cover 1993 to 2001
In a fairly unusual statement, the official David Bowie website yesterday confirmed that a 1990’s era Bowie box set would be released in 2021.
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Let SDE know how you get on
Today is the second of three RSD ‘drop days’. Yes, we’re not even halfway through this year’s Record Store ‘Day’!
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Limited edition box set • 2LP vinyl • 2CD
Neil Young continues his ‘Performance Series’ archive releases with Return to Greendale a CD, vinyl and box set offering with audio and video from his 2003 tour.
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Unboxing video for the new Sign O’ The Times super deluxe edition
Out today is the long-awaited reissue of Prince‘s 1987 album Sign O’ The Times. SDE lifts the lid on the 8CD+DVD super deluxe and 2LP peach vinyl with this unboxing video…
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Live album of the reunion tour • Signed vinyl
Supergrass celebrate their acclaimed 2020 reunion tour – and 25th anniversary – with Live On Other Planets, a new live album.
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Standalone release for the reworked concert featured in The Later Years
Pink Floyd‘s Delicate Sound of Thunder live album and concert film were restored, remixed and re-edited for last year’s mammoth Later Years box set, but this November will be made available separately, across all major physical formats.
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Replacement discs and downloads promised
Universal Music Catalogue (UMC) have made a statement after some fans complained about defective discs in the Richard and Linda Thompson Hard Luck Stories 1972-1982 box set.
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19 CD deluxe set • Signed by Shaky!
BMG will, in November, issue Fire in the Blood: The Definitive Collection, a massive career-spanning box set featuring the work of Welsh singer and songwriter Shakin’ Stevens.
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4LP vinyl and 2CD sets
Derek and The Dominos‘ 1970 album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs is being reissued for its 50th anniversary as a deluxe 4LP vinyl set and across two CDs.
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Ten-disc set follows up 2009 release
After literally years of rumours and promises Neil Young has announced firm release date for the second volume of his Archives series and made available a full track listing.
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Watch the new video • Single physical release details
Steven Wilson has revealed the final track listing for his forthcoming album The Future Bites and made available a new song from it, ‘Eminent Sleaze’, which will be issued on CD and vinyl in October.
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