Out This Week / 9 February 2015
Kylie Minogue / Reissues
Kylie‘s four PWL studio albums are issued today by Cherry Red which each release being available across a number of editions, including the pricey super deluxe box.
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds / Vinyl reissues
More Nick Cave vinyl re-releases this week including 1992’s Henry’s Dream and the Murder Ballads album (featuring the Kylie duet Where The Wild Roses Grow).
Carole King / Tapestry (Vinyl Extra reissue)
Following last year’s The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (and Jeff Buckley’s Grace) Sony/Legacy are this week releasing Carole King‘s timeless Tapestry album on their ‘Vinyl Extra’ format which combines 180g vinyl with a CD in a decent-value package.
Robert Palmer / Sneakin’ Sally Through The Alley (vinyl)
Music On Vinyl are issuing Robert Palmer‘s highly regarded 1974 debut on 180g vinyl. Recorded with The Meters and Lowell George of Little Feat, this mix of funk and R&B has aged better than some of his work from the 1980s.
Big Star / Keep An Eye On The Sky (box)
Rhino’s four-CD, 98-track Big Star career retrospective was originally released back in 2009 but has now been re-released in a reformatted, more compact presentation. This was issued back in late November in the US but is out this week in the UK.
Stone Temple Pilots / No. 4 (180g vinyl)
The Stone Temple Pilots 1999 album No. 4 features the single Sour Girl and has never been issued on vinyl – until now. Comes with a die-cut outer sleeve.
Roxette / XXX: The 30 Biggest Hits
Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson are back with a 30th anniversary world tour and this new double CD compilation featuring their biggest hits.
Blood, Sweat & Tears (hybrid SACD)
This SACD of Blood, Sweat & Tears’ eponymous 1968 album features a hi-res surround sound 4.0 quad mix as well as 2-channel stereo mixes. Because this is a hybrid disc the stereo works on all CD players.
By Paul Sinclair
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