Out This Week / on 1 November 2019

Sony continues the long running Bob Dylan ‘Bootleg Series’ with Travelin’ Thru 1967-1969: The Bootleg Series vol 15 which revisits Dylan’s musical journeys to Nashville from 1967-1969, focusing on previously unavailable recordings made with Johnny Cash and unreleased tracks from the John Wesley Harding, Nashville Skyline, and Self Portrait sessions.

Craft Recordings reissue R.E.M.‘s 1994 album Monster as a six-disc 25th anniversary edition. The 5CD+blu-ray set includes a brand new Scott Litt stereo mix, unreleased demos and a 5.1 surround sound mix. This is packaged differently from both previous super deluxe sets!

Marillion continue their reissue programme with deluxe CD and vinyl box set editions of their 1995 album Afraid of Sunlight.

The Doors’ fourth studio album, The Soft Parade, is expanded and reissued as a 50th anniversary 3CD+LP deluxe edition.

The Beautiful Ones a new book that features never-before-seen photos, original scrapbooks and lyric sheets, and “the exquisite memoir he began writing before his tragic death.”

Universal Music issue 40: The Best of 1979-2019 a new Simple Minds compilation that celebrates four decades of music from the Scottish band.

This 50th anniversary set of The Rolling Stones’ Let It Bleed album is short on bonus audio but does feature newly remastered (by Bob Ludwig) stereo and mono versions of the album on both vinyl and SACD along with a reproduction of the 1969 seven-inch mono single of ‘Honky Tonk Women’/ ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’.

Edsel issue I Want Your Love a new 6CD+DVD deluxe Transvision Vamp box set. The exclusive edition with the signed Wendy James print is still available.

Michael Kiwanuka‘s follows up the brilliant Love & Hate with his third album, simply called Kiwanuka. Signed CDs available, as well as black and limited edition yellow vinyl.