Foreigner’s 1979 album Head Games will be reissued next month as a 3CD+blu-ray super deluxe edition.
The band’s third album was recorded by the following line-up: Lou Gramm (lead vocals, percussion), Mick Jones (lead guitar, piano, backing vocals, lead vocals), Ian McDonald (guitars, keyboards, synthesizers), Rick Wills (bass, backing vocals), and Dennis Elliott (drums). It features the hits ‘Dirty White Boy’ and ‘Head Games’ and this new edition includes a newly remixed version of the 10-track long-player (the original mix does not feature).
A disc of outtakes and alternative versions features on CD 2 and the third disc offers a previously unreleased live show from the Head Games tour.
The set is completed by a Blu-ray Audio that features a Dolby Atmos remix of the studio album in addition to a hi-res stereo version of the remixed album. This deluxe edition was overseen by Jeff Pilson and Wyn Davis, and features a new essay by Ken Sharp detailing the history of this iconic record.
Head Games will be reissued on 9 October 2026, via Rhino.
Steven Wilson will release his new studio album, Requiem For A Village in November.
Previewed earlier this year in London at a few special Atmos playback events, the album is described as “a haunting, cinematic journey into a village that exists beyond time and place” and as his most “intimate and imaginative work yet”.
I would tend to agree – this could be Wilson’s best record for a decade. It blends dark folk, rock and electronica, as the album unfolds as a continuous 54-minute “film for the ears,” populated by strange archetypes and eerie folklore. The album is narrated by actor David Tennant (‘Doctor Who’) and written with XTC’s Andy Partridge.
SDE exclusive blu-ray with unique slipcase
The album is available on CD, 2LP vinyl and blu-ray audio, with the SDE shop offering an exclusive slipcased blu-ray with alt cover art.
As you might expect there is also a deluxe book edition which is available via SW’s official shop. This 2CD+blu-ray edition has bonus disc with 47 mins of music not on the album and a blu-ray which includes stereo instrumentals and CD 2 in hi-res (neither are included on the standalone blu-ray).
Requiem For A Village will be released on 6 November 2026 via Fiction. Pre-order the SDE exclusive blu-ray with the slipcase or the (very limited) 2LP green vinyl via the SDE shop using this link or the button below.
Tracklisting
Requiem For A VillageSteven Wilson /
SDE / Standalone Blu-ray
Atmos, 5.1 (96/24) and Stereo (96/24)
Swirl in a Lark’s Eye (2.41)
Requiem for a Village (7.55)
The Same River Twice (3.23)
Now Departing (7.20)
Hireath (2.25)
On Chapel Slope (4.53)
Murmuration (7.15)
Cursus Fingerprint (2.41)
A Basket of Bees (4.32)
Great Green Map (5.08)
Wheel (3.55)
The Old God Is Buried (2.00)
CD 1
Swirl in a Lark’s Eye (2.41)
Requiem for a Village (7.55)
The Same River Twice (3.23)
Now Departing (7.20)
Hireath (2.25)
On Chapel Slope (4.53)
Murmuration (7.15)
Cursus Fingerprint (2.41)
A Basket of Bees (4.32)
Great Green Map (5.08)
Wheel (3.55)
The Old God Is Buried (2.00)
CD 2
Low Requiem (2.41)
Requiem for a Village – demo version (9.11)
Born But Never Asked (4.09)
Steeple Song (2.42)
On Chapel Slope – Katherine Priddy version (5.57)
Valentinesque (4.55)
Requiem for a Village – The Original Soundtrack (17.09)
Blu-ray
Requiem for a Village in
High res stereo 96/24
5.1 mix 96/24
Dolby Atmos mix 48/24
High resolution instrumental stereo 96/24
Plus the 7 track Bonus CD content in high resolution stereo 96/24
Siouxsie and the Banshees’ 2004 B-sides collection Downside Up will be issued on vinyl for the first time in November.
This set brings together 49 studio recordings from the band’s career which have been remastered from the original tapes and cut to lacquer by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. The 5LP box includes a 32-page booklet featuring a new introduction from Siouxsie, lyrics, commentary from Siouxsie and Severin and imagery drawn from the band’s original single artwork.
Downside Up – 5LP box set
CD fans are not left out since Downside Up is also reissued on Compact Disc. However, this time it’s a 3CD not 4CD set because The Thorn EP tracks, which were included as a fourth disc in the 2004 release are not included, either here on or the 5LP version (apparently plans are underway for a separate reissue). Similarly, two live tracks from LA radio station KROQ’s ‘Acoustic Christmas’ show in 1991 (‘Swimming Horses’ and Velvet Underground cover ‘All Tomorrow’s Parties’ – both issued on the ‘O Baby’ single) are also omitted from the 2026 reissue.
The new CD packaging is also different, as you might expect. 2004’s longbox styling is replaced by a clamshell package, which comes with a 68-page booklet which presumably shares the content of the vinyl booklet.
Downside Up will be released on 20 November 2026, via UMR / Polydor.
The pre-order window for the SDE blu-ray of Tears For Fears’ 1989 album The Seeds Of Love, closes today.
This Seeds of Love blu-ray disc features a brand new Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos Mix, an updated 5.1 mix (not the same as the one in the 2020 box set) and for the first time Steven Wilson’s stereo mix is commercially released (this was first created in 2020 and updated in 2023).
Additionally, the blu-ray includes an unreleased 2023 Miles Showell stereo remaster of The Seeds of Love(prepared for a half-speed vinyl pressing whch is part of this campaign), full instrumental versions in Atmos, 5.1 and Stereo and what Roland Orzabal called the “magical” Townhouse Live Jam Sessions from the long out-of-print box set, which include Roland singing ‘Rhythm of Life‘, a song he wrote with Nicky Holland but was never officially released by Tears For Fears (they gave it to Oleta Adams)..
TheSeeds of Love audio streams on the blu-ray (all audio is 48 kHz / 24 bit)
The Seeds of Love – Steven Wilson Atmos Mix
The Seeds of Love – Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix
The Seeds of Love – Steven Wilson Stereo Mix
The Seeds of Love – Steven Wilson Instrumental Atmos Mix
The Seeds of Love – Steven Wilson Instrumental 5.1 Mix
The Seeds of Love – Steven Wilson Instrumental Stereo Mix
The Seeds of Love – Miles Showell 2023 Remaster
The stereo only bonus tracks from the Townhouse Live Jam Sessions are as follows (all audio 48 kHz / 24 bit)
Woman in Chains 7:08
Broken 1:35
Rhythm of Life 3:11
Badman’s Song 8:19
Badman’s Song (reprise) 2:08
Standing on the Corner of the Third World 9:10
The Seeds of Love SDE exclusive blu-ray is #73 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series and will be packaged similarly to previous editions (clear amaray case) and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.
The pre-order window closes TONIGHT at midnight GMT. Availability after that point cannot be guaranteed. The 2LP blue vinyl/bundle has sold out.
The Seeds of Love is released on 16 October 2026, via UMR/Mercury. Order exclusively from the SDE shop using this link or the buttons below.
Tracklisting
The Seeds of LoveTears For Fears/SDE exclusive blu-ray
In the following audio streams: Dolby Atmos, 5.1, Stereo, Instrumental Atmos, Instrumental 5.1, Instrumental Stereo, 1989 Stereo Mix (2023 remaster)
Woman In Chains: 6:31
Badman’s Song: 8:32
Sowing The Seeds Of Love: 6:19
Advice For The Young At Heart: 4:50
Standing On The Corner Of The Third World: 5:33
Swords And Knives: 6:12
Year Of The Knife: 7:08
Famous Last Words: 4:26
STEREO ONLY BONUS TRACKS
Townhouse Live Jam Sessions
Woman in Chains 7.08
Broken 1.35
Rhythm of Life 3.11
Badman’s Song 8.19
Badman’s Song (reprise) 2.08
Standing on the Corner of the Third World 9.10
78 The Who / The Who By Numbers
77 Manic Street Preachers / The Holy Bible / The Holy Bible Live
76 Spandau Ballet / Gold: The Best Of
75 George Michael / The Faith Tour
74 Amy Winehouse / Back to Black
73 Tears For Fears / The Seeds Of Love
72 Dire Straits / On Every Street – still available
71 Roxy Music / For Your Pleasure – still available
70 The Family Silver / Electric Blend – still available
69 Suede / Coming Up
68 Simple Minds / Once Upon A Time
67 Tina Turner / Private Dancer
66 Producers / Made in Basing Street
65 Thin Lizzy (1971 debut)
64 Bryan Ferry / Taxi
63 Bryan Ferry / Bête Noire
62 Roxy Music / Flesh + Blood
61 Tori Amos / In Times Of Dragons
60 Heaven 17 / The Luxury Gap
59 Heaven 17 / Penthouse and Pavement
58 Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris / All The Roadrunning
57 The Who / Quadrophenia
56 George Michael / Faith
55 Bryan Ferry / Boys and Girls
54 Thin Lizzy / Nightlife
53 Fine Young Cannibals (FYC) / The Raw & The Cooked
52 Tears For Fears / Songs From The Big Chair
51 Propaganda / A Secret Wish
50 Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Welcome to the Pleasuredome
49 Elton John / Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
48 The Who / Who Are You
47 The Human League / Dare
46 Split Enz / ENZyclopedia Volumes 1 & 2
45 Mark Knopfler / Sailing to Philadelphia
44 Matt Deighton / Today Become Forever
43 De La Soul / 3 Feet High and Rising
42 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel / The Best Years of Our Lives
A new 8CD Kajagoogoo box set will be released in November.
The band hit number one in the UK with their first single, ‘Too Shy’, in 1983, and enjoyed further top 40 hits with ‘Ooh to Be Ah’, ‘Hang on Now’, ‘Big Apple’ and ‘The Lion’s Mouth’.
Lead singer Limahl left after the first album and the band eventually disbanded in late 1985 before a period of reunion and reconciliation in the mid-late 2000s.
Box Of Goo: The Complete Anthology brings together the three EMI era albums (White Feathers, Islands and Crazy People’s Right to Speak, issued in ’83, ’84 and ’85 respectively), 2008 EP Death Defying Headlines, two discs of remixes and B-sides, 2008’s Gone to the Moon studio album and Live in Tokyo 1984.
All audio has been remastered by Tony Dixon and Box of Goo: The Complete Anthology will be released on 27 November 2026, via Cherry Red.
NOW’sYearbook 1971 – Extra serves to remind us what a great year 1971 was for rock/pop music.
This 3CD companion set (which, as always, comes in a simple 6-panel card sleeve) features 61 tracks with some big name contributions including from John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band (Power to the People), Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney’s (the US No 1, ‘Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey which was not actually a single in the UK), T Rex (Jeepster), Simon & Garfunkel (‘The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)’), Cat Stevens (Moonshadow), Marvin Gaye (Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)), and Four Tops & The Supremes (‘River Deep, Mountain High’).
The above are all on CD 1 but other selections on the remaining two discs include Elton John, Jethro Tull, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Curtis Mayfield, The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Jackson 5, and more. Some artists get two tracks including Cat Stevens (‘Peace Train’) and Paul and Linda again with another song from Ram: ‘The Back Seat Of My Car’ (a minor hit in the UK).
Full tracklistings are below. NOW Yearbook 1971 – Extra will be released on 9 October 2026.
The pre-order window for the SDE exclusive blu-ray of Dire Straits’ 1991 album On Every Street closes today.
The album features the singles ‘Calling Elvis’, ‘Heavy Fuel’, ‘On Every Street’ and ‘The Bug’. ‘You and Your Friend’ and ‘Ticket to Heaven’ were also issued in some regions. On Every Street was No 1 in the UK and across many countries in Europe.
The SDE exclusive blu-ray audio features a brand new Dolby Atmos Mix by Dire Straits band member and longtime Mark Knopfler associate Guy Fletcher and a 2026 stereo remaster by Miles Showell. Miles has confirmed that this is non-limited audio and is the same high quality source used for a forthcoming vinyl version of this album. The blu-ray also features an instrumental version of the album in Dolby Atmos, the first time the album has ever been available in instrumental form (it’s a wonderful listen).
Audio streams on the On Every Street SDE blu-ray
Dolby Atmos Mix (48/24)
2026 Stereo Remaster – non-limited (48/24)
Dolby Atmos Instrumental Mix (48/24)
The On Every Street (Region-free) blu-ray audio is #72 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series and will be packaged similarly to previous editions (clear amaray case) and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase. At the artist’s request, there may be some availability of this blu-ray on the Mark Knopfler store (without the slipcase).
The pre-order window closes today and I should warn you that there is likely to be little-to-none availability of this title, come the release date on 16 October. You can secure your copy by pre-ordering via the SDE shop using this link or the buttons below.
Tracklisting
On Every StreetDire Straits/SDE exclusive blu-ray
Dolby Atmos, Stereo, Dolby Atmos Instrumental Mix
Calling Elvis 6:26
On Every Street 5:04
When It Comes to You 5:02
Fade to Black 3:49
The Bug 4:18
You and Your Friend 5:59
Heavy Fuel 4:57
Iron Hand 3:09
Ticket to Heaven 4:26
My Parties 5:32
Planet of New Orleans 7:47
How Long 3:53
78 The Who / The Who By Numbers
77 Manic Street Preachers / The Holy Bible / The Holy Bible Live
76 Spandau Ballet / Gold: The Best Of
75 George Michael / The Faith Tour
74 Amy Winehouse / Back to Black
73 Tears For Fears / The Seeds Of Love
72 Dire Straits / On Every Street – still available
71 Roxy Music / For Your Pleasure – still available
70 The Family Silver / Electric Blend – still available
69 Suede / Coming Up
68 Simple Minds / Once Upon A Time
67 Tina Turner / Private Dancer
66 Producers / Made in Basing Street
65 Thin Lizzy (1971 debut)
64 Bryan Ferry / Taxi
63 Bryan Ferry / Bête Noire
62 Roxy Music / Flesh + Blood
61 Tori Amos / In Times Of Dragons
60 Heaven 17 / The Luxury Gap
59 Heaven 17 / Penthouse and Pavement
58 Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris / All The Roadrunning
57 The Who / Quadrophenia
56 George Michael / Faith
55 Bryan Ferry / Boys and Girls
54 Thin Lizzy / Nightlife
53 Fine Young Cannibals (FYC) / The Raw & The Cooked
52 Tears For Fears / Songs From The Big Chair
51 Propaganda / A Secret Wish
50 Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Welcome to the Pleasuredome
49 Elton John / Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
48 The Who / Who Are You
47 The Human League / Dare
46 Split Enz / ENZyclopedia Volumes 1 & 2
45 Mark Knopfler / Sailing to Philadelphia
44 Matt Deighton / Today Become Forever
43 De La Soul / 3 Feet High and Rising
42 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel / The Best Years of Our Lives
Iron Maiden will release a 10LP coloured vinyl box set in December as part of their 50th anniversary celebrations.
50th Anniversary Studio Album Collection Part One: 1980-1992 features the band’s first nine studio albums in the following coloured vinyl configurations:
Iron Maiden – 1980 (Gold Vinyl)
Killers – 1981 (Red Vinyl)
The Number of the Beast – 1982 (Silver Vinyl)
Piece of Mind – 1983 (Yellow Vinyl)
Powerslave – 1984 (Gold Vinyl)
Somewhere in Time – 1986 (Oxblood Vinyl)
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son – 1988 (White Vinyl)
No Prayer for the Dying – 1990 (Olive Vinyl)
Fear of the Dark (2 LP) – 1992 (Blue + Yellow Vinyl)
Interestingly, this appears to be exclusive to Amazon and comes housed in a newly designed collector’s box, which includes an anniversary poster. The ‘Part One’ element suggests there’s more to come.
50th Anniversary Studio Album Collection Part One: 1980-1992 will be released on 11 December 2026.
The first (and only) album by Quiet Sun who were Phil Manzanera (guitars), Bill MacCormick (bass), Dave Jarrett (keyboards) and Charles Hayward (drums). The 1975 album is featured here as a CD+blu-ray set including an Abbey Road remaster of the original 1975 mix, a new 2026 mix, demos, and Atmos and 5.1 mixes. The CD features the 2026 mix. Includes 60-page book.
Following last year’s CD and LP versions of Madness singles compilation Hit Parade, the Nutty Boys are now making it available as a limited edition seven-inch box set.
Hit Parade: The 7” Singles Collection 1979-1986 features 13 seven-inch singles from the period indicated, plus a couple of fan favourites that weren’t originally released as A sides (see tracklisting below). Each double A-side pressed on a unique transparent coloured vinyl single. These come in picture sleeves and are housed in a two-piece rigid box.
The 26-track collection features 15 Top 10 hit singles including ‘Our House’, ‘It Must Be Love’, ‘Baggy Trousers’, ‘One Step Beyond’, My Girl and ‘House Of Fun’.
Hit Parade 7″ box features 13 coloured vinyl double A-side singles (click to enlarge)
The box set comes with a 16-page booklet containing sleeve notes with various band members and long-time producers Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, in conversation with renowned author and journalist Paul Sexton.
Hit Parade: The 7” Singles Collection 1979-1986 can be pre-ordered from the band’s official store and ships with an unsigned print (signed ones were available for a short time, but are now sold out).
Manic Street Preachers’ masterpiece, 1994’s The Holy Bible has been mixed in Dolby Atmos, 5.1, Stereo and Instrumental form by Steven Wilson for a new SDE exclusive blu-ray.
The SDE blu-ray actually leads with The Holy Bible Live, a new live album featuring 2014 performances recorded across the three nights played at the Roundhouse in London, in 2014. The Holy Bible Live features every track from the original album played live – no overdubs and mixed by Dave Eringa months after the performance.
What’s on the blu-ray:
The Holy Bible Live – Dave Eringa Stereo Mix (48/24)
The Holy Bible [1994 studio album] – Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos Mix* (48/24)
The Holy Bible [1994 studio album] – Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix* (96/24)
The Holy Bible [1994 studio album] – Steven Wilson Stereo Mix (96/24)
The Holy Bible [1994 studio album] – Steven Wilson Instrumental Mix* (96/24)
*exclusive to the SDE blu-ray
This SDE Blu-ray will have a reversible sleeve with the cover to The Holy Bible studio album on the inside, so fans can switch it over if they please.
The Holy Bible Live is also being issued as a 2LP vinyl set, a CD+blu-ray and 2LP+2CD+blu-ray deluxe edition. Note: the blu-rays in those sets are not the same as the SDE blu-ray. They feature a concert film with a stereo soundtrack, namely Kieran Evans’ Be Pure, Be Vigilant, Behave, shot across every night of the 2014 tour (the band played shows in Glasgow and Manchester, as well as London) and cut to the audio recordings from the Roundhouse shows. The film has been previously been shown at festivals and one-off events around the country, this is the first time it has been available to the public.
the SDE blu-ray has a reversible sleeve – you choose which cover art to display (click to enlarge)
The CD+blu-ray has The Holy Bible Live on CD 1 and the film on the blu-ray. With the 2LP+2CD+blu-ray deluxe, the audio content is the same, except CD 2 features Steven Wilson’s Stereo Mix of The Holy Bible studio album. The album is pressed across three sides of vinyl with a ‘special etching’ on side 4.
The Holy Bible Live (Region-free) SDE exclusive blu-ray audio is #77 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series and will be packaged similarly to previous editions (clear amaray case) and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.
This is TIME LIMITED release; It available to pre-order for two weeks only, starting today. The pre-order window closes at midnight GMT on 16 September 2026. Availability after that point cannot be guaranteed.
The Holy Bible Live SDE blu-ray will be released on 23 October 2026 via Sony Music. Pre-order the blu-ray from the SDE shop using this link or the buttons below.
The Who By Numbers, The Who’s seventh studio album, will be released as an SDE exclusive blu-ray audio next month, alongside box set and vinyl editions.
Released in October 1975, the album features nine Townshend Originals, including the hits ‘Squeeze Box’ and ‘Slip Kid’. ‘Success Story’ was written by John ‘The Ox’ Entwistle.
TheWho By Numbers SDE blu-ray is the final Who album from the 1970s to be released as an SDE blu-ray, after Quadrophenia, Who’s Next and Who Are You.
The audio streams of Who By Numbers on the SDE blu-ray are as follows:
Who By Numbers Pete Townshend Dolby Atmos mix (48/24)
Who By Numbers Pete Townshend 5.1 Mix (48/24)
Who By Numbers Original Stereo Mix (96/24)
VIDEO: Live at Metropolitan Stadium, 6 Dec 1975 (103 mins)
The Who By Numbers is the fourth SDE blu-ray of a Who studio album from the 1970s
This blu-ray includes something really quite special: 1 hr and 43 minutes of VIDEO FOOTAGE of The Who playing live at Metropolitan Stadium, Pontiac, Michigan on 6 December 1975.
This was a significant show. The Who set a (then) record for the largest ever indoor rock concert attendance when 76,898 people packed into Metropolitan Stadium in Pontiac, also known as ‘The Silverdome’. Due to the venue’s size, a large closed circuit video screen was installed and four cameras were used to convey instant visuals to the back projection. The images were recorded onto 2″ videotape with the sound captured in mono via a direct line feed from the PA.In 1977 the film was partly used in The Kids Are Alright movie but some 50 years on the entire show has been exhumed from The Who’s Archives and professionally cleaned up, with the audio remastered (it remains in mono). It stands as one of the few complete visual records of this tour – The Who’s last with Keith Moon.
Other formats available including a 5CD+blu-ray super deluxe box set with a 100-page hardback book featuring extensive sleeve notes, rare photographs, memorabilia and archive material from the period. The content of the blu-ray in this box is the same is what’s on the SDE blu-ray. There’s also a 2CD set which the second disc offering ‘highlights’ from the extra content in the big box. A 3LP edition pairs remastered audio on LP 1 with Live at Vetch Field, Swansea 12 June 1976 (LPs 2 & 3). There’s also a single black vinyl half-speed mastered version.
5CD+blu-ray box set
The Who By Numbers (Region-free) blu-ray audio is #78 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series and it will be packaged similarly to previous editions and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.
This is a TIME LIMITED release. Itavailable to pre-order for two weeks only. The pre-order window closes on 18 September 2026. Availability after that point cannot be guaranteed. Pre-order it from the SDE shop using this link or the buttons below.
The Who By Numbers will be released on 30 October 2026 via UMR.
A man from the future is an audio/musical biography of computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing written by Pet Shop Boys with Turing biographer Professor Andrew Hodges.
Originally performed as part of the BBC Proms in July 2014 at the Royal Albert Hall, with the BBC Concert Orchestra, the BBC Singers and narration from actor Juliet Stevenson. It has been revised and rearranged in this new production by Pet Shop Boys and Sven Helbig.
Pet Shop Boys recorded the album in the last year in the UK and Germany. The album features the Manchester Camerata Octet, the Manchester Grammar School Choir and narration from Juliet Stevenson. String and vocal arrangements are by Sven Helbig.
It will be released on vinyl, as a 2CD set and on blu-ray audio. SDE has an exclusive version of the blu-ray which comes with a special slipcase (shared with the PSB’s store).
There are three versions of A man from the future:
Full version, with Neil singing and Juliet Stevenson’s narration
An instrumental version (i.e. no singing or narration)
A version without the narration (includes the singing)
The vinyl edition has #1, the 2CD edition has 1 and 2 but only the blu-ray has 1,2 & 3 in Dolby Atmos and 96/24 hi-res stereo.
I have heard this new recording and it’s a really beautiful piece, fusing orchestration, analog-sounding synths, Neil Tennant’s distinctive vocals and Juliet’s narration.
A man from the future will be released on 9 October 2026, via Parlophone. Pre-order from the SDE shop using this link or the buttons below.
Tracklisting
A Man From The FuturePet Shop Boys/
Atmos and 96/24 Stereo
Full version • Instrumentals • No Narration
Simple Minds will release a brand new studio album, Sacrosanct, in January next year.
The 8-track album is an apparent retreat to the band’s art rock/new wave roots, but you can decide for yourself by listening to ‘Beginner Boys’ the first song which has been made available today.
Other tracks include opener ‘Elysium’, ‘King Of The Underworld’, and ‘Our Secrets Are The Same’ which “directly explores the lifelong bond between Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill”
We called the album Sacrosanct because after a lifetime of doing this — nearly fifty years of writing songs together — it’s stopped feeling like a career and started feeling like something closer to faith. Calling the record Sacrosanct isn’t an exaggeration. It’s just honest.
Jim Kerr
Deluxe CD with 5 bonus tracks
A deluxe ‘mediabook’ CD edition includes five bonus tracks (and gives away future ‘singles’) and there’s neon green and black vinyl variants as well. As well as offering ticket pre-sale access (see tour info below), the official store offers exclusive silver marbled vinyl and signed bundles.
Simple Minds have also announced the UK leg of their V Tour (dates in May next year) which will include special guest Gary Numan. They will also headline BBC Radio 2 In The Park which takes place in City Park in Stirling in 10 days, on 13 September.
Sacrosanct will be released on 29 January 2027 via BMG.
Phil Lynott is best known to most as the frontman of Irish rockers Thin Lizzy, but now, 40 years after his death, his solo work is being celebrated with an 8CD box set called The Story Of My Life.
The box set features both of Lynott’s solo albums – 1980’s Solo in Soho and 1982’s The Phil Lynott Album – alongside remixes, rare demos, alternate versions and archive recordings, many available officially for the first time.
The box set is also home to an unreleased album called Fatalistic Attitude. This was effectively an early version of The Phil Lynott Album. It was prepared for release in January 1982 but was considered “too dark” for release and reworked and released eight months later. Using Philip Lynott’s personal acetate copy of the original album (now a private collection) Fatalistic Attitude restores Philip’s intended running order, including two songs that were removed. Several tracks were also re-recorded or remixed, most notably ‘Ode to Liberty (The Protest Song)’, which features Scott Gorham on guitar; another point of difference.
This earlier version also includes an unreleased solo cut of ‘Hate’, originally recorded as a demo by Thin Lizzy in 1978, and ‘Somebody Else’s Dream’, which was later issued as the B-side to the single ‘Together’. Fatalistic Attitude is also being made available as a standalone vinyl LP.
The Story Of My Life is an 8CD Phil Lynott box set
The boxset also sees the first release of solo demos by Lynott as well as tracks recorded by his post-Thin Lizzy bands, Blackmail & Grand Slam, along with unreleased collaborations with Gary Moore, Junior Giscombe, Paul Brady, Huey Lewis and previously unheard rehearsals for Lynott’s 1982 solo tour.
The Story Of My Life has been compiled by Thin Lizzy archivist Nick Sharp and released with the full support of the Philip Lynott estate. It features an extensive booklet with new sleeve notes by Mark Blake, alongside the usual rare photographs and images of memorabilia.
The Story Of My Life and the Fatalistic Attitude vinyl LP are both released by UMR/Mercury on 30 October 2026.
The Faith Tour is an 18-track live album of previously unreleased recordings from George Michael’s 1988 tour in support of his debut solo album Faith. It will be released on various formats including 3LP vinyl, 2CD, 2LP vinyl (shorter 16-track version) and on SDE exclusive blu-ray, in November.
This release captures George Michael at the height of his powers during the iconic 1988 Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy stop on his first solo concert tour and features solo hits from George, including ‘Careless Whisper‘, ‘A Different Corner‘ and all but two songs from the Faith album, alongside Wham! tracks (‘Everything She Wants‘, ‘I’m Your Man’) and some well chosen covers (‘Play That Funky Music’, ‘Lady Marmalade’).
This SDE exclusive (region-free) blu-ray audio hosts newly mixed audio by Wham! and George Michael engineer Chris Porter, in Dolby Atmos, 5.1 and Stereo:
The Faith Tour – Dolby Atmos Mix (48 kHz / 24 bit)
The Faith Tour – 5.1 Surround (48 kHz / 24 bit)
The Faith Tour – Stereo (48 kHz / 24 bit)
The blu-ray is the only version of this Faith Tour live album that offers a seamless uninterrupted listening experienceof the full concert, unencumbered by vinyl side breaks or CD disc changes!
The Faith Tour is #75 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series and will be packaged similarly to previous editions (clear amaray case) and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase. For clarity, this is an AUDIO-ONLY product and contains no video footage.
The SDE blu-ray audio is TIME LIMITED release; the pre-order window closes at midnight GMT on 16 September 2026. Availability after that point cannot be guaranteed. A bundle with Spandau Ballet’sGold: The Best Of SDE exclusive blu-ray (announced today) is also available.
The Faith Tour is released on 6 November 2026 via Sony Music.
Spandau Ballet’s classic compilation Gold: The Best Of Spandau Ballet will be issued as an SDE exclusive blu-ray, featuring Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos mixes of all the hits, in November!
This collection was first released in the year 2000 and spans the band’s career from 1980 to 1989. It features 17 top 40 hits singles, including ‘Gold’, ‘True’, ‘Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On)’, ‘Through The Barricades’, ‘To Cut A Long Story Short’ and many more.
Steven Wilson has mixed 19 songs in Atmos Dolby Atmos, 5.1 Surround and PCM Stereo, including an exclusive bonus track, ‘How Many Lies?’, the third single from 1986’s Through The Barricades. Additionally, PCM Stereo instrumental versions of all tracks are available for the first time. To complement the new mixes, the original stereo mix of Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet is also included on this blu-ray disc (18 tracks).
Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet audio streams on the blu-ray
Steven Wilson Atmos Mix (48 kHz / 24 bit)
Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix (96 kHz / 24 bit)
Steven Wilson Stereo Mix (96 kHz / 24 bit)
Steven Wilson Instrumental Stereo Mix (96 kHz / 24 bit)
Original Stereo Mix (48 kHz / 24 bit)
Additionally, the blu-ray also delivers 17 bonus tracks: classic and rare 12-inch mixes of hit singles from the 1980s (stereo-only, 48 kHz / 24 bit):
To Cut A Long Story Short (Mix 1)
The Freeze (Special Mix)
Muscle bound (12” Version)
Glow (12” Version)
Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) (Extended Mix)
Paint Me Down (Remix – aka box set version)
Instinction (Remix – aka box set version)
Lifeline (Dub Mix)
Communication (Club Mix)
Gold (Extended Version)
Only When You Leave (Extended Mix)
I’ll Fly For You (Glide Mix)
Highly Strung (Extended Version)
Fight For Ourselves (Extended Remix)
Through The Barricades (Extended Version)
Raw (Amnesia Mix)
Be Free With Your Love (Extended Dance Mix)
Gold: The Best Of Spandau Ballet is a region-free blu-ray audio and is #76 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series. It will be packaged similarly to previous editions (clear amaray case) and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.
The SDE blu-ray audio is TIME LIMITED release; the pre-order window closes at midnight GMT on 15 September 2026. Availability after that point cannot be guaranteed. A bundle with George Michael’sThe Faith Tour SDE blu-ray (announced today) is available.
Gold: The Best Of Spandau Ballet is released on 6 November 2026, via Parlophone.
Tracklisting
Gold: The Best Of Spandau BalletSpandau Ballet/SDE exclusive blu-ray
Crowded House’s 1986 self-titled debut album will be reissued as an expanded 2LP vinyl set, later this month, to mark the album’s 40th anniversary.
This comes courtesy of Capitol Records’ Capitol Records Club which has curated a 2LP coloured vinyl package (“on ember red and raincloud gray vinyl”) which includes a bonus LP of rarities and a 22″ x 33″ poster.
The album features the timeless US No 2 hit ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over‘ along with the classic singles ‘Mean to Me’, ‘World Where You Live’, ‘Now We’re Getting Somewhere’ and ‘Something So Strong’.
The reissue uses the original 10-track version of the album, as released in Australia and New Zealand with ‘I Walk Away’ one of the bonus tracks on LP 2. There is no word on mastering and if you recall Neil Finn didn’t want the albums remastered for CD, back in 2016.
The bonus LP is very interesting, since it includes six or seven tracks from those now decade old CD reissues which receive their vinyl debut here. The extended mixes of ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’ and ‘Mean To Me also feature’, which is something of a surprise since friend-of-Crowded House Jeremy Ansell told this writer in 2016 that Neil “didn’t like” these extended mixes, which is why they were not included on the 2CD set of Crowded House in 2016.
This rather splendid looking set is limited to 2,000 copies, and is only available via Capitol Records web shop in the USA. It will be released on 25 September 2026, via Capitol Records.
Amy Winehouse’s 2006 album Back to Black is being reissued for its 20th anniversary as an SDE exclusive blu-ray audio
The album was a huge critical and commercial success, reaching No 1 In the UK, and going on to be the best-selling album of 2007. It’s now the second best selling album of this century in the UK (behind Adele’s 21). Lead single ‘Rehab’ was a transatlantic top 10 hit and Back to Black won ‘Best Pop Vocal Album’ at the 2008 Grammys, with Winehouse collecting a further four awards that night.
The SDE blu-ray features the Dolby Atmos Mix of Back to Black (created by Oli Morgan) and Miles Showell’s 2018 stereo remaster which was prepared at Abbey Road Studios for the half-speed vinyl pressing issued in that year.
Back to Black audio streams on the blu-ray
Back to Black Atmos Mix (48 kHz / 24 bit)
Back to Black 2018 Remaster (48 kHz / 24 bit)
Additionally, the blu-ray features 17 bonus tracks (stereo only) including unreleased demos, rare B-sides and ‘Valerie‘ performed live at BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge.
This region-free blu-ray features brand new alternative cover artwork and a 16-page booklet featuring never before-seen photos by original album photographer Mischa Richter, plus new quotes from album producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi. Unseen imagery is also featured during the visual playback of this blu-ray.
Back to Black is #74 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series and will be packaged similarly to previous editions (clear amaray case) and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase. There may be some availability of this blu-ray in the Amy Winehouse shop (without the slipcase).
The SDE blu-ray audio is TIME LIMITED release; the pre-order window closes at midnight GMT on 15 September 2026. Availability after that point cannot be guaranteed.
Back to Black is reissued on 23 October 2026 via UMR/Island.
Tracklisting
Back to Black Amy Winehouse/SDE Exclusive blu-ray
Dolby Atmos (48/24) and Hi-Res Stereo 2018 Remaster (48/24)
Rehab
You Know I’m No Good
Me & Mr Jones
Just Friends
Back To Black
Love Is A Losing Game
Tears Dry On Their Own
Wake Up Alone
Some Unholy War
He Can Only Hold Her
Addicted
BONUS TRACKS (stereo only – 48/24). B Sides, Bonus Tracks & Demos
Valerie (Live at BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge)
Cupid
Monkey Man
Hey Little Rich Girl
You’re Wondering Now
To Know Him Is To Love Him
You Know I’m No Good (feat. Ghostface Killah)
Do Me Good
Close To The Front
Rehab (Demo Version)
I’m No Good (You Know I’m No Good – Original Demo)
Fuckery (Me & Mr Jones – Original Demo)
I’ve Been Drinkin’ (Just Friends – Alternative Version)
Back To Black (Original Demo)
Love Is A Losing Game (Original Demo)
Tears Dry (Tears Dry On Their Own – Alternative Demo)
Some Unholy War (Down Tempo)
73 Tears For Fears / The Seeds Of Love
72 Dire Straits / On Every Street – still available
71 Roxy Music / For Your Pleasure – still available
70 The Family Silver / Electric Blend – still available
69 Suede / Coming Up
68 Simple Minds / Once Upon A Time
67 Tina Turner / Private Dancer
66 Producers / Made in Basing Street
65 Thin Lizzy (1971 debut)
64 Bryan Ferry / Taxi
63 Bryan Ferry / Bête Noire
62 Roxy Music / Flesh + Blood
61 Tori Amos / In Times Of Dragons
60 Heaven 17 / The Luxury Gap
59 Heaven 17 / Penthouse and Pavement
58 Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris / All The Roadrunning
57 The Who / Quadrophenia
56 George Michael / Faith
55 Bryan Ferry / Boys and Girls
54 Thin Lizzy / Nightlife
53 Fine Young Cannibals (FYC) / The Raw & The Cooked
52 Tears For Fears / Songs From The Big Chair
51 Propaganda / A Secret Wish
50 Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Welcome to the Pleasuredome
49 Elton John / Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
48 The Who / Who Are You
47 The Human League / Dare
46 Split Enz / ENZyclopedia Volumes 1 & 2
45 Mark Knopfler / Sailing to Philadelphia
44 Matt Deighton / Today Become Forever
43 De La Soul / 3 Feet High and Rising
42 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel / The Best Years of Our Lives
Slightly All The Time Recordings 1970-1974 is a new CD box set featuring English rock band Soft Machine.
This comprehensive anthology features 14 CDs and three blu-rays and covers the first half of the 1970s and the five albums (‘Third’, ‘Fourth’, ‘Fifth’, ‘Six’ and ‘Seven’) they recorded for CBS with each one newly remastered from the original quarter-inch tapes. In addition, it includes all of their existing BBC sessions (half of which are unreleased) and a generous selection of rare and previously unavailable concert recordings from Europe (UK/France/Switzerland).
Compiler Mark Powell has unearthed an entirely different set of recordings of their ‘Fifth’ album, as well as over 6 hours of superb audio-visual material gathered from European TV broadcast archives, almost all of which has never been issued before.
Highlights include Paris 1970, Brussels 1971, the complete Berliner Jazztage performance, Beat Club and the BBC TV appearances on ‘An Anatomy of Pop’ and ‘Full House’.
Slightly All The Time Recordings 1970-1974 will be released on 30 October 2026 via Sony Music.
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Slightly all the time recordings 1970-1974 - 14CD+3blu-ray box set
