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The Style Council / Café Bleu special edition

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Both 6CD and 3LP editions of this release have been recalled. It will now be released on 15 May 2026.

The Style Council’s 1984 album Café Bleu, is reissued as a 6CD special edition featuring unheard material, including early demos, alternate takes, and unreleased songs.

The band’s debut (the band being Paul Weller and Mick Talbot) showcased a new sound for Weller, a cosmopolitan blend of jazz, soul, and was released a year after their first single (‘Speak Like A Child’) and a few other non-album singles that were issued in the US (and a few other territories) as a mini-album Introducing The Style Council.

The new Café Bleu Special Edition in 6CD form includes the following content:

  • CD1 – Extended edition of Introducing… The Style Council.
  • CD2 – Café Bleu full album.
  • CD3 – All related singles, B-sides, remixes, and demos from that era.
  • CD4 – Unreleased Demos, Outtakes & Alternate Versions
  • CD5 & CD6 – BBC Sessions & Live Performances

The demos disc includes an early demo of ‘Long Hot Summer’ (from August 1982), ‘Boy Hairdresser’ (written for Respond artist Tracie Young) and extended version of ‘The Paris Match’ (running to 6:31) and early variant ‘“’Summertime Song’. There’s also some instrumentals from Mick Talbot including a jazzier version of ‘Party Chambers’ and ‘Mick’s Demo’.

Live recordings include performances from BBC Sight & Sound In Concert at Chippenham’s Gold Diggers and London’s Dominion Theatre.

The 6CD special edition includes a book with new sleeve notes from Gary Crowley. The 3LP vinyl edition offers the expanded Introducing… album on LP 1 (less tracks than on the CD version), the album proper on LP 2 and then a third LP that combines more tracks from the expanded Introducing… with some of the demos.

Café Bleu will be reissued on 15 May 2026 (was 30 January) via UMR / Polydor.

Tracklisting

Café Bleu The Style Council / 6CD box set

    • CD 1: Introducing… Expanded
      1. Speak Like A Child
      2. Party Chambers
      3. Money-Go-Round (Parts 1&2) (original 12 inch version)
      4. Headstart For Happiness (early version)
      5. Mick’s Up
      6. Long Hot Summer (extended version)
      7. The Paris Match (early version)
      8. Party Chambers (instrumental)
      9. Le Depart
      10. A Solid Bond In Your Heart
      11. It Just Came To Pieces In My Hands
      12. My Ever Changing Moods (long version)
      13. Spring, Summer, Autumn
      14. Mick’s Company
      15. Money-Go-Round (Parts 1&2) (bert bevans remix /club mix)
      16. Long Hot Summer (club mix aka 12″ mix)
    • CD 2: Original Album
      1. Mick’s Blessings
      2. The Whole Point Of No Return
      3. Me Ship Came In!
      4. Blue Café
      5. The Paris Match
      6. My Ever Changing Moods
      7. Dropping Bombs On The Whitehouse
      8. A Gospel
      9. Strength Of Your Nature
      10. You’re The Best Thing
      11. Here’s One That Got Away
      12. Headstart For Happiness
      13. Council Meetin’
    • CD 3: Post album released singles, b-sides, single edits and remixes
      1. You’re The Best Thing (7″ version)
      2. You’re The Dub Thing
      3. The Big Boss Groove (12″ version)
      4. Money-Go-Round (dance mix)
      5. Long Hot Summer (Don’t Matter What I Do) (7″ single)
      6. A Solid Bond In Your Heart (instrumental)
      7. My Ever Changing Moods (7″ version)
    • CD 4: Demos, outtakes and alternate versions
      1. Long Hot Summer (pre TSC demo)
      2. Party Chambers (alternate version)
      3. Up For Grabs (demo)
      4. Take It To The Top (demo)
      5. Mick’s Demo
      6. Funk Interlude
      7. The Big Boss Groove
      8. Summertime Song
      9. The Paris Match (with Tracey Thorn) (long version)
      10. Come Away With Me (demo)
      11. Me Ship Came In! (alternate version)
      12. Dropping Bombs On The White House (alternate version)
      13. That One In D’ Minor (demo)
      14. Boy Hairdresser
      15. A Gospel (alternate instrumental version)
      16. A Gospel (outtake)
      17. Mick’s Company
      18. I’m In The Mood For Gazza
    • CD 5: BBC Sessions & Live

      Radio 1 Session 5/5/83

      1. Headstart For Happiness
      2. Mick’s Up
      3. Here’s One That Got Away
      4. The Paris Match
      SBH: In Concert 11/6/83. Recorded as part of the Respond Package night at the Paris Theatre London
      1. Head Start For Happiness
      2. Here’s One That Got Away
      3. The Paris Match
      4. Times Are Tight
      Saturday Live 31/12/83 In Session
      1. My Ever Changing Moods
      2. Mick’s Blessings
      3. Paris Match
      4. Head Start For Happiness
      5. Long Hot Summer
      BBC Live at the Dominion Theatre Pt.1 14/3/84
      1. Meeting Over Yonder
      2. My Ever Changing Moods
      3. It Just Came To Pieces In My Hands
      4. Mick’s Up
      5. Here’s One That Got Away
      6. Up For Grabs
      7. Dropping Bombs On The White House
      8. Long Hot Summer
    • CD 6: Live Versions
      BBC Live at the Dominion Theatre Pt.2 14/3/84
      1. Money-Go-Round
      2. Speak Like A Child
      3. Headstart For Happiness
      4. Hanging On To A Memory
      BBC Sight & Sound In Concert – Live At Goldiggers Chippenham 10/3/84
      1. Meeting Over Yonder
      2. My Ever Changing Moods
      3. Speak Like A Child
      4. The Whole Point Of No Return
      5. Le Depart
      6. The Paris Match
      7. Party Chambers
      8. Money-Go-Round
      9. Head Start For Happiness
      10. Hanging On To A Memory
      11. Dropping Bombs On The White House
      12. Long Hot Summer

Bat For Lashes / Fur and Gold reissue

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Longtime SDE readers might be aware that I’m a big Bat For Lashes supporter / fan and so I’m pleased to see that the band’s debut album (for ‘band’, read Natasha Khan & friends) is being reissued early next year for its 20th anniversary.

Fur and Gold was released in 2006 and was Mercury Music Prize nominated and features the singles ‘What’s A Girl To Do?’ (with its brilliant video), ‘Horse and I’ and ‘Trophy’.

The album has been newly remastered at Abbey Road Studios by Frank Arkwright, overseen by Natasha and the original producer David Kosten (yes, him).

The 2CD deluxe edition (a digipak) offers a bonus CD of demos, along with a BBC Live Lounge Version of ‘What’s A Girl To Do?’ and a ‘Rob da Bank Session’ version of Tahiti. The vinyl version is just the album.

Fur and Gold will be reissued on 6 February 2026, via BMG.

Tracklisting

Bat For Lashes / Fur and Gold reissue

Fur and Gold Bat For Lashes / 20th anniversary reissue

    • CD 1
      1. Horse and I (2025 Remaster)
      2. Trophy (feat. Josh T. Pearson) (2025 Remaster)
      3. Tahiti (2025 Remaster)
      4. What’s a Girl to Do? (2025 Remaster)
      5. Sad Eyes (2025 Remaster)
      6. The Wizard (2025 Remaster)
      7. Prescilla (2025 Remaster)
      8. The Bat’s Mouth (2025 Remaster)
      9. Seal Jubilee (2025 Remaster)
      10. Sarah (2025 Remaster)
      11. I Saw a Light (2025 Remaster)
    • CD 2
      1. Carrie (Demo)
      2. Healing Fire (Demo)
      3. Rosie (Demo)
      4. Dark Time (Demo)
      5. Howl (Demo)
      6. Blood Red Shoes (Demo)
      7. Circle Song (Demo)
      8. What’s a Girl to Do? (BBC Live Lounge Version)
      9. Tahiti (BBC Rob da Bank Session)”

Unboxed: Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Welcome to the Pleasuredome box set

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Watch as SDEtv explores the new Frankie Goes To Hollywood Welcome to the Pleasuredome box set that was released last week.

The box set is out now and you can pre-order the (delayed) SDE exclusive blu-ray, which will ship mid-November, using this link or the button below.

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Welcome to the Pleasuredome Frankie Goes To Hollywood / SDE exclusive blu-ray

    • – 2025 Steven Wilson Mixes in Dolby Atmos, 5.1, Stereo, Instrumental Atmos, Instrumental 5.1 and Instrumental Stereo
      – 1984 Stereo Mix
      1. Well
      2. The World Is My Oyster
      3. Snatch Of Fury (Ferry Across the Mersey)
      4. Welcome To the Pleasuredome
      5. Relax
      6. War
      7. Two Tribes
      8. Ferry (Go)
      9. Tag
      10. Born To Run
      11. San Jose
      12. Wish The Lads Were Here
      13. The Ballad Of 32
      14. Krisco Kisses
      15. Black Night White Light
      16. The Only Star in Heaven
      17. The Power of Love
      18. Bang
      – Bonus tracks in Atmos, 5.1, Stereo, Instrumental Atmos, Instrumental 5.1, Instrumental Stereo
      1. Ferry Cross the Mersey
      2. Relax (Bonus)
      3. War (Hide Yourself)
      4. The World is My Oyster
      5. Happy Hi
      6. Disneyland
      – Steven Wilson 30-minute ‘Supernova’ Stereo Remix of ‘Welcome to the Pleasure Dome’

Out This Week / on 7 November 2025

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Paul McCartney and Wings / WINGS CD, Vinyl, Blu-ray

WINGS is a new Paul McCartney and Wings ‘best of’ that is available across a number of formats including a McCartney and SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio with Dolby Atmos Mixes. Order the blu-ray here (shipping to start imminently)

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The Levellers / Zeitgeist 30th anniversary

The Levellers celebrate the 30th anniversary of their chart-topping album Zeitgeist. This 3CD set includes a disc of remixes and a CD with demos and outtakes. The 2LP blue vinyl features just the remixes on LP 2


Leisure Process / The Complete Epic Recordings

Leisure Process were a synth-pop duo formed in the early 1980s. Signed to Epic they released four singles before they went there separate ways. The band were Ross Middleton and Gary Barnacle (best known as a session saxophonist) and the singles were produced by Martin Rushent. This 2CD release features all the A and B-sides of the seven-inch and 12-inch singles, plus demos and sessions from the unheard vault tracks that would have likely ended up on the album that never was (it was going to be called Remarkable People with Interesting Lives). This sounds really interesting!

Saturday Deluxe / 1 November 2025

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Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Welcome to the Pleasuredome playback event

The Frankie Goes To Hollywood Welcome to the Pleasuredome reissue was released yesterday (apart from the SDE exclusive blu-ray, which is unfortunately slightly delayed) and to mark this occasion a special Dolby Atmos playback event took place at L Acoustics in North London on Wednesday evening.

A selection of tracks were played (‘Welcome to the Pleasure Dome’, ‘Relax’, ‘Two Tribes’, ‘Born to Run’ and ‘The Power of Love’) and amongst the small audience was two members of the band: drummer Peter ‘Ped’ Gill and frontman Holly Johnson. Steven Wilson, who created the Atmos Mix, was also in attendance, and I was there were the rest of the team who put this box set together, including designer Philip Marshall.

The room was dressed with lots of rare and original Frankie memorabilia (mostly on a big table) from the collection of super-fan Mark Ward (R.I.P) and Holly and Ped spent some time looking through it.

Both men seemed to thoroughly enjoy the Atmos Mix and we were lucky enough to spend a few hours with them in the pub, afterwards! A memorable evening, for sure.

Ped (far right) and Holly check out the Frankie collectibles on display

The SDE exclusive blu-ray of Welcome to the Pleasuredome is expected to ship around the middle of this month. As well as the Dolby Atmos Mix, 5.1 Mix, New Stereo Mix and the original mix, it contains exclusive instrumental versions of the album and the bonus tracks (in Atmos, 5.1 and Stereo) and an exclusive 30-minute remix (called ‘Supernova’) of Welcome to the Pleasure Dome by Steven Wilson.

Because it was supposed to be released yesterday, we have put the blu-ray back on sale and you can order only via the SDE shop, using this link or the button below.


New Terence Trent D’Arby box set

Sananda Maitreya (the artist formerly known as Terence Trent D’Arby) is on tour in the UK at the moment and he recently revealed, in an interview with the UK’s Daily Telegraph, that he has made up with his former record label Sony and that the label will be releasing a box set of the four albums he recorded for them over 30 years ago: Introducing The Hardline (1987), Neither Fish Nor Flesh (1989), Symphony Or Damn (1993) and Vibrator (1995).

The box set will apparently be called Juvenilia and Maitreya has written sleeve notes for each album. According to the article, this is supposed to be coming out in December, although that seems a little unlikely, given that it’s now already November and this box set release hasn’t been officially announced yet. It could happen, but early next year feels more realistic.

No more details yet, in terms of remastering, bonus tracks etc.


The Who / Who Are You playback event

There were many great new releases this week, so there was lots going on! On Thursday, I headed to Dolby HQ in the West End of London to hear The Who’s 1978 album Who Are You in Dolby Atmos (the same night Pulp were marking the reissue of Different Class at Rio Cinema in Hackney).

As with Frankie, Who Are You is available as an SDE exclusive blu-ray (#48 in the SDE Surround Series) and also like Frankie the blu-ray contains exclusive content (an instrumental version of the album). Steven Wilson has created the immersive audio mix.

Left to right: Matt Kent, Richard Evans, Steven Wilson, Matt Everitt, Jon Astley (click image to enlarge)

No band members graced us with their presence this time, however broadcaster Matt Everitt hosted an interesting Q&A afterwards with people who have worked with the Who for many decades and offered some real insight into the making of the album and what was happening with the band during this period. These included Jon Astley, who produced the album with The Who once Glyn Johns stepped away from the project, designer Richard Evans who has worked with the band for almost 50 years (and has designed the new box set) and writer and Who expert Matt Kent. Insight into the Atmos Mixing process was offered by Steven Wilson.

Who Are You sounded amazing in the Dolby Theatre and it was a very interesting evening. The blu-ray was released yesterday, and the remaining stock is selling fast. If you don’t have a copy yet, now is the time (Elton John’s Captain Fantastic… which was issued a week earlier is now sold out). Order The Who exclusively via the SDE shop using this link or the button below.


Win a pair of tickets to a Split Enz Second Thoughts playback event

While on the subject of Dolby Atmos playback events, we have five pairs of tickets a Split Enz Second Thoughts Atmos playback event to give away!

The event is at Dolby HQ in Central London (Soho Square) at 6.30pm on 13 November 2025. I will be there and there’s an introduction from the album producer, and Roxy Music legend, Phil Manzanera.

If you can definitely make it along, then leave a comment which includes the words SPLIT ENZ PLAYBACK below. I’ll pick five winners at Noon on Friday 7 November and be in touch. Look forward to seeing you there!

The Alan Parsons Project / I Robot blu-ray audio

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Folowing the release of the 7-disc super deluxe edition box set earlier this month, Cooking Vinyl have announced a standalone blu-ray audio edition of The Alan Parsons Project’s 1977 album I Robot.

The blu-ray has the same content as the one in the box set and contains Dolby Atmos and 5.1 surround sound mixes by Alan Parsons, and a hi-res (96/24) stereo remaster by Miles Showell.

The I Robot album draws conceptually on author Isaac Asimov’s science fiction Robot stories, exploring philosophical themes regarding artificial intelligence. 

Like other Alan Parsons Project albums, there were a variety of different lead vocalists employed including Steve Harley, Allan Clarke, Lenny Zakatek, Peter Straker, Jack Harris and Jaki Whitren. Plus, a selection of session musicians such as guitarist Ian Bairnson and drummer Stuart Tosh with arrangements by Andrew Powell. 

The album was a worldwide hit selling in excess of two million copies, achieving platinum and gold status in numerous countries including the USA, Germany, Australia and Canada. 

Audio streams on the blu-ray

  • Dolby Atmos Mix by Alan Parsons
  • 5.1 Mix of original album by Alan Parsons
  • Stereo HD Remaster by Miles Showell (96/24)

This blu-ray disc also contains the restored ‘I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You’ promotional video and interview footage of Eric Woolfson discussing the album.

A 16-page booklet contains sleeve notes featuring quotes from Alan Parsons, the Woolfson family and the musicians, full lyrics and Alan Parsons’ thoughts on Dolby Atmos and 5.1 Surround Sound.

The I Robot blu-ray will be released on 12 December 2025. Pre-order your copy from the SDE shop using this link or the button below.

Tracklisting

The Alan Parsons Project / I Robot standalone blu-ray audio

I Robot The Alan Parsons Project / Blu-ray Audio

    • I ROBOT in Dolby Atmos, 5.1 and HD Stereo
      1. I Robot
      2. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You
      3. Some Other Time
      4. Breakdown
      5. Don’t Let It Show
      6. The Voice
      7. Nucleus
      8. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)
      9. Total Eclipse
      10. Genesis Ch.1. V.32
      I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You (Promotional Video)
      I Robot Eric Woolfson Interview Footage

Oasis / (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? seven-inch box set

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The Oasis reissue bandwagon continues its trundle down the Boulevard of Empty Wallets as the band announce – and this appears to be a new monthly pursuit – a new box set or reissue.

Last month it was the Familiar to Millions live album and this time around it’s a seven-inch box set of the singles from the band’s second album (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?, the 1995 long-player that was reissued on CD and vinyl only 27 days ago.

The singles are ‘Some Might Say’, ‘Roll With It’, ‘Wonderwall’ and ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’. Two UK number ones (‘Some Might Say’ and ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’) and two number twos (‘Roll With It’ and ‘Wonderwall’).

Audio is the latest remasters and this is presented in a cigarette style box, designed to replicate of the original 1996 CD singles box set. There are two versions: black vinyl and coloured vinyl, with the latter exclusive to the Oasis shop.

The seven-inch box set of (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? will be released on 12 December 2025.

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(What’s The Story) Morning Glory? Oasis /

    • Single #1
      1. Some Might Say (Remastered)
      2. Talk Tonight (Remastered)
    • Single #2
      1. Roll With It(Remastered)
      2. It’s Better People (Remastered)
    • Single #3
      1. Wonderwall (Remastered)
      2. Round Are Way (Remastered)
    • Single #4
      1. Don’t Look Back In Anger (Remastered)
      2.  Step Out (Remastered)

Frankie Goes To Hollywood SDE blu-ray delayed

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Unfortunately, the Frankie Goes To Hollywood Welcome to the Pleasuredome SDE exclusive blu-ray audio has been subject to manufacturing delays and will now ship from mid-November 2025.

We are very sorry for this delay which will impact any SDE shop orders that contain the Frankie Goes To Hollywood blu-ray, including the Frankie + Propaganda bundle.

Orders for the Frankie 7CD+blu-ray box set and the 2LP vinyl (that do not include the blu-ray) are unaffected. Both of those formats (along with the 2CD version) are still released on 31 October.

Thanks for your patience and we look forward to getting this exclusive blu-ray out to you in a few weeks time.

Tom Petty competition winner announced

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Congratulations to SDE reader Sean Hewitt who has been randomly selected as the winner of the Tom Petty competition posted on SDE last month.

Sean wins the ‘Because Sound Matters’ One-Step pressing of Petty’s 1994 album Wildflowers from Warner Records.

Limited to 6,000 numbered copies, this pressing has been cut directly from the original master tapes by engineer Chris Bellman, overseen by Petty’s longtime audio engineer Ryan Ulyate and cut for a true all-analog presentation with exceptional clarity and depth. Housed inside a high quality, uniquely designed and numbered slipcase, the enclosed LP packaging will feature a double-pocket gatefold tip-on jacket.

Thanks to everyone who entered the competition and look out for another one coming soon!

The Damned / Not Like Everybody Else

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The Damned will release a new studio album, Not Like Everybody Else, early next year. It’s a covers album, dedicated to the memory of Brian James, the band’s founding guitarist, who died in March this year.

Recorded in five days at Revolver Studio, Los Angeles, The Damned line-up for this album is: Dave Vanian on vocals, Captain Sensible on guitar, Rat Scabies on drums (back in the studio with the band for the first time in 40 years), Paul Gray on bass and keyboardist Monty Oxymoron.

Songs on the album include R. Dean Taylor’s 1974 hit ‘There’s A Ghost In My House’ (video premiering on Thursday) , Pink Floyd’s ‘See Emily Play’, The Animals’ ‘When I Was Young’ and poignantly ‘The Last Time’ by The Rolling Stones featuring Brian James which is taken from his final live performance with The Damned at Hammersmith, in 2022.  

To celebrate the new record, The Damned will play a one-off covers show at Albert Hall, Manchester on 28 January 2026 performing songs from the new album, alongside fan-favourite covers that have marked their career. There’s also going to be a 50th anniversary show at Wembley on Saturday 11 April 2026, 

Not Like Everybody Else will be released on 23 January 2026 via earMUSIC.

Tracklisting

The Damned / Not Like Everybody Else - new covers album

Not Like Everybody Else The Damned /

      1. There’s A Ghost In My House
      2. Summer In The City
      3. Making Time
      4. Gimme Danger
      5. See Emily Play
      6. I’m Not Like Everybody Else
      7. Heart Full Of Soul
      8. You Must Be A Witch
      9. When I Was Young
      10. The Last Time

NOW Yearbook presents: 60s – Volume 1: 1960-1962

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NOW Music are releasing a new series under the Yearbook banner which steps back into the 1960s, with the first volume devoted to the very early era of rock’ n’ roll, classic pop tunes, timeless ballads and the first soul explosions.

60s Vol. 1: 1960-1962 is packaged Yearbook style with 4CD sets available as deluxe hardcover book edition – with a 28-page booklet including a look back at the early ’60s and a detailed track-by-track guide – and standard card sleeve 4CD sets, as well as 3LP coloured vinyl versions. The CD sets offer 87 tracks while the vinyl delivers 54 songs.

The deluxe hardcover book edition of Now Yearbook Presents: 60s – Vol. 1: 1960-1962

This first volume examines what you might call the pre-Beatles era with songs from acts such as The Everly Brothers, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Elvis, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Chubby Checker, Helen Shapiro, Ben E. King, The Drifters, Matt Munro, Dinah Washington, Eddie Cochran, Richie Valens, Adam Faith, Lonnie Donegan, Acker Bilk, Shirley Bassey, Roy Orbison, Petula Clark and many more.

NOW Yearbook Presents The 60s – Volume 1: 1960-1962 will be released on 21 November 2025.

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NOW Yearbook presents 60s - Vol 1: 1960-1962

NOW Yearbook presents: The 60s – Vol 1: 1960-1962 Various Artists /

    • CD 1
      1. The Everly Brothers – Cathy’s Clown
      2. Cliff Richard & The Shadows – The Young Ones
      3. Elvis Presley – It’s Now Or Never
      4. Bobby Darin – Beyond The Sea
      5. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – Sherry
      6. Chris Montez – Let’s Dance
      7. Chubby Checker – Let’s Twist Again
      8. Little Eva – The Locomotion
      9. Dion – The Wanderer
      10. Del Shannon – Runaway
      11. Susan Maughan – Bobby’s Girl
      12. Helen Shapiro – Walkin’ Back To Happiness
      13. Carole King – It Might As Well Rain Until September
      14. Neil Sedaka – Oh! Carol
      15. Billy Fury – Halfway To Paradise
      16. Gene Chandler – Duke Of Earl
      17. Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs – Stay
      18. Bruce Channel – Hey! Baby
      19. Brian Hyland – Sealed With A Kiss
      20. Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel)
      21. Bobby Vee – More Than I Can Say
      22. Buddy Holly – True Love Ways
    • CD 2
      1. Ben E. King – Stand By Me
      2. Dionne Warwick – Don’t Make Me Over
      3. The Drifters – Save The Last Dance For Me
      4. The Marvelettes – Please Mr. Postman
      5. The Crystals – He’s A Rebel
      6. Shelley Fabares – Johnny Angel
      7. Connie Francis – Where The Boys Are
      8. Brenda Lee – I’m Sorry
      9. Jim Reeves – He’ll Have To Go
      10. Patsy Cline & The Jordanaires – I Fall To Pieces
      11. The Shadows – Wonderful Land
      12. Frank Ifield – I Remember You
      13. Bobby Vinton – Roses Are Red (My Love)
      14. Matt Monro – Softly As I Leave You
      15. Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Theme From “A Summer Place”
      16. Johnny Mathis – Misty
      17. Danny Williams – Moon River (From “Breakfast At Tiffany’s”)
      18. Shirley Bassey – As Long As He Needs Me
      19. Timi Yuro – Hurt
      20. Dinah Washington – Mad About The Boy
      21. Etta James – At Last
    • CD 3
      1. Chubby Checker – The Twist
      2. Dion – Runaround Sue
      3. Bobby Vee – Take Good Care Of My Baby
      4. Eddie Cochran – Three Steps To Heaven
      5. Cliff Richard & The Shadows – Please Don’t Tease
      6. Johnny Kidd & The Pirates – Shakin’ All Over
      7. The Marcels – Blue Moon
      8. Emile Ford & The Checkmates – What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For
      9. Neil Sedaka – Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
      10. Ricky Valance – Tell Laura I Love Her
      11. Elvis Presley – Wooden Heart
      12. Pat Boone – Speedy Gonzales
      13. Connie Francis – Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool
      14. Clarence “Frogman” Henry – (I Don’t Know Why) But I Do
      15. Karl Denver – Wimoweh (Mbube)
      16. Jimmy Jones – Handy Man
      17. Joe Brown & The Bruvvers – A Picture Of You
      18. Adam Faith – Poor Me
      19. Mike Sarne – Come Outside
      20. Lonnie Donegan & His Group – My Old Man’s A Dustman
      21. The Temperance Seven – You’re Driving Me Crazy
      22. David Rose – The Stripper
    • CD 4
      1. The Tornados – Telstar
      2. The Shadows – Apache
      3. Dave Brubeck – Take Five
      4. Acker Bilk – Stranger On The Shore
      5. Shirley Bassey – Reach For The Stars
      6. Connie Stevens – Sixteen Reasons
      7. Helen Shapiro – You Don’t Know
      8. Linda Scott – I’ve Told Every Little Star
      9. Roy Orbison – Crying
      10. The Everly Brothers – Walk Right Back
      11. Bobby Darin – Things
      12. The Tokens – The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)
      13. Brian Hyland – Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
      14. Mark Wynter – Venus In Blue Jeans
      15. Anthony Newley – Why
      16. Eden Kane – Well I Ask You
      17. Frankie Vaughan – Tower Of Strength
      18. The Allisons – Are You Sure?
      19. Michael Holliday – Starry Eyed
      20. Petula Clark – Sailor
      21. Patsy Cline – Crazy
      22. Elvis Presley – Can’t Help Falling In Love

Out This Week / on 31 October 2025

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Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Welcome to the Pleasuredome CD, Vinyl, Box Set

Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s 1984 double album Welcome to the Pleasuredome is reissued as a 7CD+blu-ray box set and on SDE exclusive blu-ray, amongst other formats.

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Faces / Early Steps

New compilation of the Faces’ first – and previously unheard – recording session at Olympic Studios in Barnes.

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Mike Oldfield / Amarok (2LP vinyl)

To mark the 35th anniversary Mike Oldfield’s 1990 album it has been remastered at half-speed by Miles Showell. Also, this 60-minute album was originally split into two halves on a single vinyl record, but here, with approval of Oldfield, the album is split into four 15 minute sections, to optimise audio fidelity.

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Sheena Easton / Strut: The Complete EMI Recordings Vol II (5CD+DVD box)

This box set encompasses the latter half of Sheena Easton’s EMI tenure. All audio is remastered from the original vault tapes. Includes B-sides, 12-inch mixes and 46 previously unreleased recordings.

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Depeche Mode – ‘M’ and ‘Memento Mori: Mexico City’

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Depeche Mode are releasing a new documentary film M alongside a traditional concert film (and live album), Memento Mori:Mexico City, together in two special 2CD+2blu-ray and 2CD+2DVD packages.

M is by Mexican filmmaker Fernando Frías and is described as “a cinematic journey into the heart of Mexican culture’s relationship with death, framed by riveting live performances from Depeche Mode during their Memento Mori tour”. The film blends concert footage with “interpretive interstitials” and archive material. This film is also getting a limited theatrical release.

2CD+2Blu-ray edition of M/Memento Mori: Mexico City

Memento Mori: Mexico City is a full-length concert film of over two hours (also directed by Fernando Frías) featuring the Mexico City shows in 2023 where Depeche Mode played for more than 200,000 fans.

The four disc packages feature M on the first blu-ray (or DVD), the concert film on the second blu-ray (or DVD) and then a live album across two CDs which is the soundtrack to the Mexico City concert film.

A major ‘carrot’ with this live album is that it tacks on four previously unreleased studio recordings from the Memento Mori Sessions, at the end. These songs are called ‘Survive’, ‘Life 2.0’, ‘Give Yourself To me and In The End’.

If you don’t want any of the video formats, the live album (with those four new studio tracks) is available as a standalone 2CD or as a 4LP set, the latter available on various coloured editions.

M and Memento Mori: Mexico City will be released on 5 December 2025 via Sony.

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Depeche Mode / M and Memento Mori: Mexico City

Memento Mori: Mexico City Depeche Mode / Live album

      1. Intro
      2. My Cosmos Is Mine
      3. Wagging Tongue
      4. Walking In My Shoes
      5. It’s No Good
      6. Sister Of Night
      7. In Your Room
      8. Everything Counts
      9. Precious
      10. Speak To Me
      11. Home
      12. Soul With Me
      13. Ghosts Again
      14. I Feel You
      15. A Pain That I’m Used To
      16. World In My Eyes
      17. Wrong
      18. Stripped
      19. John the Revelator
      20. Enjoy The Silence
      21. Waiting for the Night
      22. Just Can’t Get Enough
      23. Never Let Me Down Again
      24. Personal Jesus
      Bonus studio tracks
      1. Survive
      2. Life 2.0
      3. Give Yourself To Me
      4. In The End

Soft Cell’s Dave Ball dies

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Dave Ball, one half of synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died at the age of 66.

Soft Cell were massively influential and their 1981 debut album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret flung Dave and Marc Almond into the spotlight thanks to three top 5 singles in the UK including the number one ‘Tainted Love’ (which was also a top 10 hit in the US). After three albums the pair amicably ended Soft Cell in 1984 although, as we know, there were plenty of reunions and two further studio albums (2002’s Cruelty Without Beauty and 2022’s *Happiness Not Included).

In the late ’80s Ball formed a few short-lived bands, but it was electronic dance group The Grid (with Richard Norris) where he found real success outside Soft Cell, with ‘Swamp Thing’, from third album Evolver hitting No 3 in the UK charts. The Grid also did lots of remix work.

Only two months ago, Soft Cell played a headline show to 20,000 fans at the Rewind Festival in Henley-on-Thames and a new album was “literally completed only a few days ago” according to Marc Almond, who in paying tribute to Dave called him “a wonderfully brilliant musical genius” adding “Thank you Dave for being an immense part of my life and for the music you gave me. I wouldn’t be where I am without you.”

RIP Dave Ball. Leave your tributes in the comments section.

Stiff Little Fingers / Inflammable Material reissue

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Inflammable Material, the debut album of Northern Irish band Stiff Little Fingers is being reissued in November across three physical formats.

Originally released in 1979 at the height of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, the album depicted volatile life in Belfast at the time and was met with critical acclaim.

The formats for reissue are a 4CD+DVD deluxe set, a 2LP vinyl edition and a 2CD version. All offer a new remaster, with the 4CD+DVD set adding previously unreleased demos, John Peel Sessions (some never broadcast), an unreleased 1979 concert from Troon and finally a DVD which includes the Rough Trade 1979 SLF promotional film along with concert footage from Friars in Aylesbury originally broadcast on BBC’s Old Gray Whistle Test in 1980 and a rare clip of ‘Alternative Ulster’ from the 1979 film Shellshock Rock.

The book-pack presentation features 9,000 words of notes from Stuart Bailie and includes fresh interviews with original band members and manager/lyricist Gordon Ogilvie.

The 2LP vinyl and 2CD editions include the remastered original album on the first disc and add the unreleased Troon live performance on the second.

Inflammable Materials will be reissued on 27 November 2025, via Parlophone.

Tracklisting

Stiff Little Fingers / Infammable Material 4CD+DVD box set

Inflammable Material Stiff Little Fingers /

    • CD 1: Original Album
      1. Suspect Device
      2. State Of Emergency
      3. Here We Are Nowhere
      4. Wasted Life
      5. No More Of That
      6. Barbed Wire Love
      7. White Noise
      8. Breakout
      9. Law & Order
      10. Rough Trade
      11. Johnny Was
      12. Alternative Ulster
      13. Closed Groove
      Bonus Tracks
      1. Suspect Device (Single Version)
      2. Wasted Life (Single Version)
      3. ’78 RPM
      4. Gotta Gettaway (Single Version)
      5. Bloody Sunday
    • CD 2: BBC John Peel Sessions
      1-4 broadcast 13th April 1978. Tracks 5 & 6 were never broadcast
      1. Wasted Life
      2. Johnny Was
      3. Alternative Ulster
      4. State Of Emergency
      5. White Noise
      6. No More Of That
      7-10 Broadcast 12th September 1978
      1. Johnny Was
      2. Law & Order
      3. Barbed Wire Love
      4. Suspect Device
    • CD 3: 1978 Demos
       All tracks previously unreleased.
      Island Records Demos Recorded 20th & 21st May 1978.
      1. ’78 RPM
      2. Johnny Was (Short Version)
      3. White Noise
      4. Alternative Ulster
      5. Law & Order (No Vocal)
      6. State Of Emergency
      Outlet Studios, Belfast Demos September 1978
      1. Revenge
      2. Here We Are Nowhere
      3. Rough Trade
      4. No More Of That
      5. Breakout
      6. Barbed Wire Love
    • CD 4: Live album. 1979 Troon May 1979
      1. You Can’t say Crap On The Radio
      2. At The Edge
      3. Johnny Was
      4. Suspect Device
      5. Nobody’s Hero
      6. No Change
      7. No More Of That
      8. Gotta Gettaway
      9. Rough Trade
      10. Wait And See
      11. Breakout
      12. Straw Dogs
      13. Wasted LIfe
    • DVD
      Shellshock Rock (Hollywood Films) (October 1978)
      1. Alternative Ulster (UNRELEASED)
      Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC) Filmed at Friar Aylesbury May 1979). Broadcast 25th July 1980
      1. Barbed Wire Love
      2. Gotta Gettaway (UNRELEASED)
      Rough Trade Video (Summer 1979)
      1. Suspect Device
      2. Barbed Wire Love
      3. Gotta Gettaway
      4. Alternative Ulster

Out This Week / on 24 October 2025

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Elton John / Captain Fantastic and the Dirt Brown Cowboy CD, Vinyl, Blu-ray

Elton John’s 1975 studio album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is reissued across a number of formats for its 50th anniversary, including as an SDE exclusive blu-ray audio with a immersive Dolby Atmos Mix. The blu-ray and the bundle with Diamonds are back in stock on the SDE shop.

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Field Music (2LP orange/green vinyl)

Field Music release an expanded 2LP vinyl edition of their self-titled debut, in celebration of the album’s 20th anniversary. The second record will include the first ever vinyl release for the 2006 B-sides collection, Write Your Own History, as well as 3 more rare/unreleased recordings from the band’s formative years.

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Neil Young / Tonight’s The Night 50

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50th anniversary edition. Available on 2LP and CD. Six bonus tracks, some unreleased.

Neil Young’s sixth studio album, Tonight’s The Night, is to be reissued for its 50th anniversary in late November.

Released in June 1975, but recorded almost two years earlier, in August 1973 at S.I.R. studios (Studio Instrumental Rentals), the album is a raw but compelling work, laid down in the aftermath of the death of both Crazy Horse guitarist Danny Whitten (whose ‘Come On Baby Let’s Go Downtown’ is the fifth track on the album) and Young’s friend and roadie Bruce Berry (whose brother Ken Berry ran S.I.R.). Berry died of a Heroin overdose in June ’73 and Whitten died in November ’72, as a result of ingesting a combination of diazepam and alcohol, while trying to get over his own heroin addiction. Whitten died within 24 hours of Young firing him for not being able to play (“I loved Danny. I felt responsible” Young said).

The 12-track album (which starts and ends with ‘Tonight’s The Night’) has a newly expanded tracklisting and will be reissued with enhanced cover art on CD and 2LP black vinyl.

In this new anniversary edition ‘Lookout Joe’, which until now has always been a version recorded earlier at Young’s Broken Arrow Ranch (on 15 Dec, 1972) is replaced by the same song recorded at the actual Tonight’s The Night sessions at S.I.R., nine months later.

There are also six bonus tracks, – all from the S.I.R. sessions – including ‘Walk On’ (re-recorded later that year for On The Beach) and take 3 of ‘Tonight’s The Night’. These are both previously unreleased. The other bonus tracks are ‘Everybody’s Alone’, ‘Raised on Robbery’ (featuring Joni Mitchell), and ‘Speakin’ Out Jam’ are also included (released on Archives Vol II) and ‘Wonderin’ (only previously available to stream on NYA).

This new 18-track expanded Tonight’s The Night 50 is released on 28 November 2025, via Warner Records.

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Neil Young / Tonight's The Night 50th anniversary

Tonight’s The Night 50 Neil Young / 2LP vinyl and CD

      1. Tonight’s The Night
      2. Speakin’ Out
      3. World On A String
      4. Borrowed Tune
      5. Come On Baby Let’s Go Downtown
      6. Mellow My Mind
      7. Roll Another Number (For The Road)
      8. Albuquerque
      9. New Mama
      10. Lookout Joe [New 1973 version]
      11. Tired Eyes
      12. Tonight’s The Night (part II)
      Bonus Tracks (from original TTN sessions at S.I.R.)
      1. Walk On
      2. Wonderin’
      3. Everybody’s Alone
      4. Raised On Robbery [feat. Joni Mitchell]
      5. Speakin’ Out Jam
      6. Tonight’s The Night (take 3)

New Order albums on blu-ray in Dolby Atmos

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New Order’s albums Movement, Low-Life and Brotherhood are to be reissued on blu-ray with Dolby Atmos Mixes by Steven Wilson. All three albums, along with Power, Corruption And Lies receive straight 2CD reissues at the same time.

The blu-rays feature new mixes by Steven Wilson in Dolby Atmos, 5.1 surround sound and 96/24 PCM stereo mixes, as well as instrumental stereo versions for each of the three albums. Remastered original stereo mixes are also included.

On Brotherhood, the multi-track master tapes of ‘As It Was When It Was’ and ‘Broken Promise’ have been lost, so those two songs have been up-mixed from the album’s 2024 remaster “to create as close an approximation of the Atmos and DTS-HD 5.1 surround experience as possible,” according to a statement.

The extras on CD2 for each of the four albums are taken from their previously released Definitive Edition box sets. These were released in 2019 for Movement; 2020 for Power, Corruption And Lies; 2023 for Low-Life and 2024 for Brotherhood. The stereo remasters on the new blu-ray editions date from the release of those box sets.

The audio extras on each CD2 are a solid array of demos, writing session recordings and rehearsals. Occasional 12-inch remixes feature, notably Michael Johnson’s for ‘Blue Monday 1988’ on Low-Life and Stephen Hague’s mix of ‘Bizarre Love Triangle’ on Brotherhood. Power, Corruption And Lies features a John Peel session, while different versions of unreleased song ‘Skullcrusher’ are included on Low-Life and Brotherhood.

While audio extras are included, the visual components from the Definitive Edition box sets’ blu-ray discs haven’t been added to the new audio-only blu-rays which feature Steven Wilson’s mixes. These extras included two New York shows plus TV concerts at Hammersmith Riverside and Manchester Granada Studios for Movement; Tokyo Koseinenken Hall, Rotterdam Arena, Leuven Manhattan Club and Toronto International Centre gigs for Low-Life; and Brixton Academy and Manchester G-Mex concerts for Brotherhood, as well as assorted TV appearances around each album.

The Definitive Edition box sets were each 2CD+LP+2blu-ray releases. While the vinyl components are now missing, all four albums were reissued in September as standalone LPs.

New Order’s most recent album was Music Complete in 2015, with 2020’s standalone single ‘Be A Rebel’ based on a song from its sessions. They have continued to play live regularly since, but haven’t performed since finishing a US tour in May.

Movement, Low-Life and Brotherhood are released on blu-ray on 5 December 2025. 2CD deluxe editions of Movement, Low-Life, Brotherhood and Power, Corruption And Lies are issued on the same day.

Pre-order the (region-free) blu-rays from the SDE shop using this link or the buttons below.

Tracklisting

New Order / Movement blu-ray audio

Movement New Order / Blu-ray Audio

    • Movement – 2024 Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos Mix (48/24), 2024 Steven Wilson dedicated 5.1 Mix (96/24), 2024 Steven Wilson Stereo Mix (96/24), 2024 Steven Wilson Instrumental Stereo Mix (96/24), 2019 remaster of the original 1981 Stereo Mix (96/24)
      1. Dreams Never End
      2. Truth
      3. Senses
      4. Chosen Time
      5. ICB
      6. The Him
      7. Doubts Even Here
      8. Denial

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New Order / Low-Life blu-ray audio

Low-Life New Order / Blu-ray Audio

    • Low-Life – 2024 Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos Mix (48/24), 2024 Steven Wilson dedicated 5.1 Mix (96/24), 2024 Steven Wilson Stereo Mix (96/24), 2024 Steven Wilson Instrumental Stereo Mix (96/24), 2023 remaster of the original 1985 Stereo Mix (96/24)
      1. Love Vigilantes
      2. The Perfect Kiss
      3.  This Time Of Night
      4. Sunrise
      5. Elegia
      6. Sooner Than You Think
      7. Sub-Culture
      8. Face Up

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New Order / Brotherhood blu-ray audio

Brotherhood New Order / Blu-ray Audio

    • Brotherhood – 2024 Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos Mix (48/24), 2024 Steven Wilson dedicated 5.1 Mix (96/24), 2024 Steven Wilson Stereo Mix (96/24), 2024 Steven Wilson Instrumental Stereo Mix (96/24), 2024 remaster of the original 1986 Stereo Mix (96/24)
      1. Paradise
      2. Weirdo
      3. As It Is When It Was*
      4. Broken Promise*
      5. Way of Life
      6. Bizarre Love Triangle
      7. All Day Long
      8. Angel Dust
      9. Every Little Counts
      Bonus track
      1. State of the Nation
      *Upmixes in Atmos & 5.1

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New Order / Movement 2CD expanded edition

Movement New Order / 2CD

    • CD 1: Original Album, 2019 Remaster
      1. Dreams Never End
      2. Truth
      3. Senses
      4. Chosen Time
      5. ICB
      6. The Him
      7. Doubts Even Here
      8. Denial
    • CD 2: Movement: Extras
      1. Dreams Never End (Western Works Demo – Take 2)
      2. Homage (Western Works Demo)
      3. Ceremony (Western Works Demo)
      4. Truth (Western Works Demo)
      5. Are You Ready For This? (Western Works Demo)
      6. The Him (Cargo Demo)
      7. Senses (Cargo Demo)
      8. Truth (Cargo Demo)
      9. Dreams Never End (Cargo Demo)
      10. Mesh (Cargo Demo)
      11. ICB (Cargo Demo)
      12. Procession (Cargo Demo)
      13. Cries And Whispers (Cargo Demo)
      14. Doubts Even Here (Instrumental) (Cargo Demo)
      15. Ceremony (1st Mix – Ceremony Sessions)
      16. Temptation (Alternative 7” Mix #2)
      17. Procession (Rehearsal Recording)
      18. Chosen Time (Rehearsal Recording)

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Power, Corruption & Lies New Order / 2CD

    • CD 1: Original Album, 2020 Remaster
      1. Age of Consent
      2. We All Stand
      3. The Village
      4. 5 8 6
      5. Your Silent Face
      6. Ultraviolence
      7. Ecstacy
      8. Leave Me Alone
    • CD 2: Power, Corruption & Lies: Extras
      1. Age Of Consent (Writing Session Recording)
      2. The Village (Writing Session Recording)
      3. 5 8 6 (Writing Session Recording)
      4. Your Silent Face (Writing Session Recording)
      5. Ecstacy (Writing Session Recording)
      6. Leave Me Alone (Writing Session Recording)
      7. Turn The Heater On (John Peel Session)
      8. We All Stand (John Peel Session)
      9. Too Late (John Peel Session)
      10. 5 8 6 (John Peel Session)
      11. Too Late (Instrumental Rough Mix, John Peel Session Outtake)
      12. Thieves Like Us (New York demo #1) *
      13. Thieves Like Us (Writing Session Recording)
      14. Murder (Writing Session Recording)
      15. Blue Monday (Writing Session Recording)
      16. Blue Monday (1982 Writing Session Recording)
      17. Blue Monday (Instrumental Outtake, Album Session Recording)

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New Order / Low-Life 2CD expanded edition

Low-Life New Order / 2CD

    • CD 1: Original Album, 2023 Remaster
      1. Love Vigilantes
      2. The Perfect Kiss
      3. This Time Of Night
      4. Sunrise
      5. Elegia
      6. Sooner Than You Think
      7. Sub-Culture
      8. Face Up
    • CD 2: Low-Life : Extras
      1. Love Vigilantes – TV Pitch Instrumental Edit (mono)
      2. The Perfect Kiss – Writing Session Recording
      3. Untitled no. 1 – Writing Session Recording
      4. Sunrise – Instrumental Rough Mix
      5. Elegia – Full Length Version
      6. Sooner Than You Think – Album Session Unedited Version
      7. Sub-Culture – Album Session Early Instrumental Version
      8. Face Up – Writing Session Recording
      9. Let’s Go – Album Session Instrumental
      10. Untitled no. 2 – Writing Session Recording
      11. Sunrise – Writing Session Recording
      12. Love Vigilantes – Writing Session Recording
      13. Sooner Than You Think – Writing Session Recording
      14. Skullcrusher – Demo

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New Order / Brotherhood 2CD expanded edition

Brotherhood New Order / 2CD

    • CD 1: Original Album, 2024 Remaster
      1. Paradise
      2. Weirdo
      3. As It Is When It Was
      4. Broken Promise
      5. Way of Life
      6. Bizarre Love Triangle
      7. All Day Long
      8. Angel Dust
      9. Every Little Counts
      10. State of the Nation
    • CD 2: Brotherhood : Extras
      1. Shellshock (AOR Version) *
      2. State Of The Nation (Japan Demo) *
      3. Paradise (Robert Racic Remix)
      4. As It Is When It Was (Japan Demo) *
      5. Broken Promise (Instrumental) *
      6. Bizarre Love Triangle (Stephen Hague 12” Remix) *
      7. All Day Long (Instrumental) *
      8. Evil Dust
      9. Every Little Counts (Full Length) *
      10. Salvation Theme
      11. Skullcrusher (Full Length) *
      12. Touched By The Hand Of God (Salvation Version)
      13. Let’s Go (Salvation Version)
      14. Sputnik

Haircut One Hundred / Boxing The Compass

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Haircut One Hundred are to release Boxing The Compass, a brand new studio album.

Massively successful for a very short period of time in the early 1980s, the Nick Heyward-fronted band enjoyed four UK Top 10 hits: ‘Love Plus One’, ‘Fantastic Day’, ‘Favourite Shirts (Boys Meets Girl)’ and ‘Nobody’s Fool’ and a hit album, in 1982’s Pelican West.

Nick departed and the band issued one more album without him (1984’s Paint and Paint) and that was it. Until now…

Haircut One Hundred are back with their first new music in over 40 years

Haircut One Hundred are back, releasing their first new music in 40 years. The 10-track album won’t be out until next year (bah!) but it’s now up for pre-order on the band’s official shop with signed black vinyl and CD formats available. Pre-ordering also gives you early access to tickets for an as yet unannounced tour.

Boxing The Compass will be released on 19 June 2026 (was 29 May 2026 and before that was 20 March).

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Tracklisting

Haircut One Hundred / Boxing The Compass new album

Boxing The Compass Haircut One Hundred /

      1. Vanishing Point
      2. The Unloving Plumb
      3. That’s a Start
      4. Dynamite
      5. Come Back To Me
      6. Someone
      7. A Wonderful Life
      8. Soul Bird
      9. Raincloud
      10. Sunshine
    • Vinyl LP
      Side A
      1. Vanishing Point
      2. The Unloving Plumb
      3. That’s a Start
      4. Dynamite
      5. Come Back To Me
      Side B
      1. Someone
      2. A Wonderful Life
      3. Soul Bird
      4. Raincloud
      5. Sunshine

Donna Summer / Summer Time: The Singles Collection 1974 – 2010

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Summer Time: The Singles Collection 1974-2010 is a new 40CD Donna Summer box set that includes 72 singles from a 36-year period.

In total, this CD singles box set houses 319 tracks, including 41 singles that charted in the UK. If features seven-inch single versions, 12-inch single versions, remixes, B-sides and non-album tracks. Scroll down for full tracklisting.

The 40-disc Summer Time box set (click image to enlarge)

The playing time is more than 28 hours (!) and this comes with a 64-page booklet with a new 20,000 word essay. The CD wallets that contain each disc are double-sided, featuring various UK and international picture sleeves used at the time.

Summer Time: The Singles Collection 1974-2010 is released on 30 January 2026 (was 12 December 2025 and before that 28 November), via Edsel.

Tracklisting

Donna Summer / Summer Time: The Singles Collection 1974 - 2010

Summer Time: The Singles Collection 1974-2010 Donna Summer / 40CD box set

    • CD 1
      1. Denver Dream
      2. Something’s In The Wind
      3. The Hostage
      4. Let’s Work Together Now
      5. Full Of Emptiness
      6. Lady Of The Night
      7. Wounded
      8. Virgin Mary
      9. Pandora’s Box
    • CD 2
      1. Love To Love You Baby [Single Version]
      2. Need-A-Man Blues [Single Version]
      3. Love To Love You Baby [Single Edit]
      4. Love To Love You Baby [Inst]
      5. Could It Be Magic [7″ Version]
      6. Whispering Waves
      7. Could It Be Magic
      8. Come With Me
    • CD 3
      1. Try Me, I Know We Can Make It [7″ Version]
      2. Wasted
      3. Prelude To Love
      4. Could It Be Magic
      5. Spring Affair [7″ Version]
      6. Come With Me
      7. Summer Fever [Single Version]
      8. Winter Melody [Single Version]
      9. Spring Reprise
    • CD 4
      1. Winter Melody [Single Version]
      2. Wasted
      3. Spring Affair
      4. Full Of Emptiness
      5. Summer Fever [Italian Single Version]
      6. I Feel Love
      7. Can’t We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)
      8. I Feel Love [Edit]
    • CD 5
      1. Theme From ‘The Deep’ (Down Deep Inside) [7″ Version]
      2. Theme From ‘The Deep’ (Instrumental)
      3. I Remember Yesterday (Part 1)
      4. Spring Affair
      5. I Remember Yesterday (Single Version/Part 2)
    • CD 6
      1. Love’s Unkind [7″ Version]
      2. Autumn Changes
      3. Black Lady
      4. I Remember Yesterday
      5. I Love You [7″ Version]
      6. (Theme) Once Upon A Time
      7. Now I Need You [Single Version]
      8. A Man Like You
    • CD 7
      1. Fairy Tale High [Single Version]
      2. I Love You
      3. Rumour Has It [Single Version]
      4. (Theme) Once Upon A Time
      5. Say Something Nice
      6. Rumour Has It
      7. A Man Like You
      8. Happily Ever After
    • CD 8
      1. Back In Love Again [7″ Version]
      2. Try Me, I Know We Can Make It [7″ Version]
      3. Wasted
      4. A Man Like You
      5. Last Dance [7″ Version]
      6. With Your Love
      7. Last Dance [12″ Version]
      8. With Your Love [Extended Version]
    • CD 9
      1. Je T’aime (Moi Non Plus) (Parte I)
      2. Je T’aime (Moi Non Plus) (Parte II)
      3. Je T’aime (Moi Non Plus) [12″ Version]
      4. MacArthur Park [Single Version]
      5. Once Upon A Time (Live)
      6. MacArthur Park Suite: MacArthur Park/ One Of A Kind/Heaven Knows/MacArthur Park (Reprise)
    • CD 10
      1. Heaven Knows [7″ Version] with Brooklyn Dreams
      2. Only One Man [Live]
      3. Hot Stuff [Single Version]
      4. Journey To The Center Of Your Heart [Single Version]
      5. Hot Stuff [12″ Version]
      6. Journey To The Center Of Your Heart
    • CD 11
      1. Bad Girls [Single Version Edit]
      2. On My Honor
      3. Bad Girls
      4. Our Love
      5. Dim All The Lights [7″ Single Version]
      6. There Will Always Be A You
      7. Dim All The Lights [12″ Version]
      8. El Cielo Sabe [Nueva Versión Discotheque] (Heaven Knows)
    • CD 12
      1. No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) [7″ Version] with Barbra Streisand
      2. Lucky
      3. No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) [12″ Version] with Barbra Streisand
      4. On The Radio [7″ Version]
      5. There Will Always Be A You [Single Version]
      6. On The Radio [Long Version]
      7. (Theme) Once Upon A Time
    • CD 13
      1. Sunset People
      2. Our Love [Single Version]
      3. Sunset People
      4. Our Love
      5. Walk Away [Single Version]
      6. Could It Be Magic [7″ Version]
      7. Walk Away [12″ Version]
    • CD 14
      1. The Wanderer [7″ Version]
      2. Stop Me
      3. Cold Love [Edit]
      4. Grand Illusion
      5. Cold Love
    • CD 15
      1. Who Do You Think You’re Foolin’ [Edit]
      2. Running For Cover
      3. Looking Up
      4. Who Do You Think You’re Foolin’
    • CD 16
      1. Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) [7″ Version]
      2. Sometimes Like Butterflies
      3. Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) (Dance Remix)
      4. Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) (Instrumental)
      5. State Of Independence [7″ Version]
      6. Love Is Just A Breath Away
      7. State Of Independence
    • CD 17
      1. I Feel Love (Part 1) Special New Version Remix By Patrick Cowley]
      2. I Feel Love (Part 2) [Special New Version Remix By Patrick Cowley]
      3. I Feel Love [Patrick Cowley Mega Mix/12″ Version]
      4. I Feel Love [Patrick Cowley Mega/Edit 12″ Version ]
      5. The Woman In Me [7″ Version]
      6. Livin’ In America
      7. The Wanderer
    • CD 18
      1. Protection
      2. (If It) Hurts Just A Little
      3. State Of Independence
      4. She Works Hard For The Money [7″ Version]
      5. I Do Believe (I Fell in Love)
      6. She Works Hard For The Money [Special Long Version]
      7. She Works Hard For The Money [Instrumental]
    • CD 19
      1. Unconditional Love [Edit] with Musical Youth
      2. Woman
      3. Unconditional Love [Extended Version] with Musical Youth
      4. Unconditional Love [Instrumental] with Musical Youth
    • CD 20
      1. People, People
      2. Tokyo
      3. Stop, Look And Listen [Single Version]
      4. Stop, Look And Listen [Long Remix]
      5. He’s A Rebel
      6. Love Has A Mind Of Its Own
    • CD 21
      1. Stop Look And Listen
      2. Tokyo
      3. Stop, Look And Listen [Extended Remix]
      4. Love Has A Mind Of Its Own with Matthew Ward
      5. There Goes My Baby
      6. Maybe It’s Over
      7. State Of Independence (Edit)
      8. Love Is Just A Breath Away
      9. Face The Music
    • CD 22
      1. Supernatural Love [Remix]
      2. Face The Music
      3. Supernatural Love [Extended Dance Remix]
      4. Suzanna
      5. Love To Love You Baby – Part One [A Young & Strong Edit]
      6. Love To Love You Baby – Part Two [A Young & Strong Edit]
      7. Love To Love You Baby (Come On Over To My Place Version)
      8. Love To Love You Baby (Come Dancing Version) [A Young & Strong Edit]
    • CD 23
      1. Eyes [Remix Edit]
      2. It’s Not The Way
      3. Eyes [Extended Mix]
      4. I’m Free [Extended Mix]
      5. Dinner With Gershwin [Edit]
      6. Dinner With Gershwin [Instrumental]
      7. Dinner With Gershwin [Extended Version]
      8. Dinner With Gershwin [LP Version]
      9. Tearin’ Down The Walls
    • CD 24
      1. Fascination [Fade – Single Version]
      2. All Systems Go [Remix Edit]
      3. Only The Fool Survives (Edit) with Mickey Thomas
      4. Love Shock
    • CD 25
      1. All Systems Go [Edit]
      2. Bad Reputation
      3. All Systems Go [Extended Remix]
      4. This Time I Know It’s For Real [7″ Remix]
      5. Whatever Your Heart Desires
      6. This Time I Know It’s For Real [Extended Version]
      7. This Time I Know It’s For Real [Instrumental]
      8. If It Makes You Feel Good [LP Version]
    • CD 26
      1. I Don’t Wanna Get Hurt [7″ Remix]
      2. I Don’t Wanna Get Hurt [Instrumental]
      3. I Don’t Wanna Get Hurt [Extended Version]
      4. Dinner With Gershwin
      5. Love’s About To Change My Heart [PWL 7″ Mix]
      6. Love’s About To Change My Heart [Instrumental]
      7. Love’s About To Change My Heart [Extended Remix]
      8. Jeremy
      9. Love’s About To Change My Heart [Clivilles & Cole 12″ Mix]
      10. Love’s About To Change My Heart [Dub 2]
      11. Love’s About To Change My Heart [Clivilles & Cole 7″ Mix]
    • CD 27
      1. When Love Takes Over You Mixmaster [Dave Ford 7″]
      2. Bad Reputation
      3. When Love Takes Over You [Extended Remix]
      4. When Love Takes Over You [Instrumental]
      5. State Of Independence [7″ Version]
      6. Love Is Just A Breath Away
      7. State Of Independence [New Bass Edit]
      8. State Of Independence [New Bass Mix]
      9. State Of Independence [No Drum Mix]
      10. State Of Independence [N.R.G. Mix]
    • CD 28
      1. Breakaway [Remix – Edit]
      2. Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)
      3. Breakaway [Remix – Full Version]
      4. I Don’t Wanna Get Hurt [Phil Harding 12″ Remix]
      5. Breakaway [Extended Power Mix]
      6. Breakaway [Power Radio Mix]
      7. When Love Cries [Radio Edit]
      8. When Love Cries [12″ Club Mix]
      9. What Is It You Want
      10. When Love Cries [Single Version Remix]
      11. When Love Cries [Summertime Remix aka Vocal Club Dub]
      12. When Love Cries [Instrumental]
    • CD 29
      1. Work That Magic [ISA Remix Radio Edit]
      2. Work That Magic [ISA Full Length Remix]
      3. Let There Be Peace
      4. Work That Magic (Extended ISA Remix)
      5. Work That Magic (Capricorn ISA Remix)
      6. This Time I Know It’s For Real
      7. Dinner With Gershwin
      8. State Of Independence
    • CD 30
      1. La Vie En Rose [US Radio Mix] 03:43
      2. La Vie En Rose [Extended Soul Mix] 06:22
      3. La Vie En Rose [Full Bass Mix] 04:25
      4. La Vie En Rose [Stringapella Mix] 05:17
    • CD 31
      1. Melody Of Love (Wanna Be Loved) [Original Version] 04:16
      2. Melody Of Love (Wanna Be Loved) [Classic Club Mix] 08:03
      3. Melody Of Love (Wanna Be Loved) [Boss Mix] 06:58
      4. Melody Of Love (Wanna Be Loved) [Épris Mix] 08:33
      5. Melody Of Love (Wanna Be Loved) [AJ & Humpty’s Anthem Mix] 08:46
      6. Melody Of Love (Wanna Be Loved) [Épris Radio Mix] 04:14
      7. Melody Of Love (Wanna Be Loved) [Mijangos Powertools Trip #1] 05:55
      8. Melody Of Love (Wanna Be Loved) [West End 7″ Radio Mix] 04:14
      9. On The Radio [Long Version] 05:50
      10. The Christmas Song 04:20
      11. Any Way At All 04:16
      12. Medley: Dim All The Lights/Hot Stuff/Bad Girls/Last Dance 03:43
      13. I Feel Love [Masters At Work 86th Street Radio Edit] 04:35
    • CD 32
      1. I Feel Love (Rollo & Sister Bliss Monster Mix Radio Edit] 03:54
      2. I Feel Love [Rollo & Sister Bliss Monster Mix] 06:30
      3. I Feel Love (Masters At Work 86th St. Mix] 06:09
      4. I Feel Love [Summer 77 Re-Eq’ 95] 05:51
      5. Melody Of Love (Wanna Be Loved) [Junior Vasquez DMC Remix] 05:53
    • CD 33
      1. State Of Independence [New Radio Millennium Mix] 05:03
      2. State Of Independence [Creation Mix] 05:42
      3. State Of Independence [Original Album Version] 05:52
      4. State Of Independence [DJ Dero Vocal Mix] 08:20
      5. State Of Independence [Murk Club Mix] 08:25
      6. State Of Independence [Jules & Skins Vocal Mix] 06:24
      7. State Of Independence [Murk-A-Dub-Dub] 06:20
      8. State Of Independence [Cuba-Libre Mix] 06:30
      9. State Of Independence [Jules & Skin Dub Mix] 06:24
    • CD 34
      1. Whenever There Is Love [Album Version] with Bruce Roberts 04:30
      2. Whenever There Is Love [Instrumental Version] 04:30
      3. Whenever There Is Love [Junior Vasquez Club Mix] 09:47
      4. Whenever There Is Love [Club Dub] 07:49
      5. Whenever There Is Love [Riff Dub] 04:56
      6. Whenever There Is Love [Tribal Beats] 04:01
      7. Whenever There Is Love [Instrumental] 05:08
      8. Whenever There Is Love [7″ Version] 04:06
      9. El Verdadero Amor [Spanish Version] 04:30
      10. Tant Qu’il y Aura L’amour [French Version] 04:30
    • CD 35
      1. I Will Go With You (Con Te Partiró) [Radio Edit] 04:04
      2. I Will Go With You (Con Te Partiró) [Club 69 Future Radio Edit] 03:53
      3. I Will Go With You (Con Te Partiró) [Rosabel Radio Remix] 04:01
      4. I Will Go With You (Con Te Partiró) [Welcome Downtempo Radio Mix] 03:39
      5. I Will Go With You (Con Te Partiró) [Warren Rigg Radio Edit] (Cold End) 03:58
      6. I Will Go With You (Con Te Partiró) [Skillmasters Remix] 05:09
      7. I Will Go With You (Con Te Partiró) [Hex Hector Extended Vocal Mix] 06:37
      8. I Will Go With You (Con Te Partiró) [Club 69 Future Mix] 08:55
      9. Love On & On [Hex Hector 7″ Remix] 04:43
      10. I Will Go With You (Con Te Partiró) [Club 69 Underground Anthem Mix] 09:55
      11. I Will Go With You (Con Te Partiró) [Rosabel Dark Dub] 06:17
      12. I Will Go With You (Con Te Partiró) [Warren Rigg Summer Dub] 07:57
      13. I Will Go With You (Con Te Partiró) [Club 69 Trippy Dub] 07:00
    • CD 36
      1. Love Is The Healer [Album Version] 03:23
      2. Love Is The Healer [Thunderpuss 2000 Club Mix] 08:58
      3. Love Is The Healer [Tim Rex Lunar Vocal Mix] 10:31
      4. Love Is The Healer [Eric Kupper’s “I Feel Healed” 12″ Mix] 08:13
      5. Love Is The Healer [Sussex House Club Vocal] 06:27
      6. Love Is The Healer [Eric Kupper’s “I Feel Healed” 7″ Mix] 03:56
      7. Love Is The Healer [J.P.’s Sound Factory Mix] 09:27
      8. Love Is The Healer [Future Primitive Tribal-Tech Mix] 08:13
      9. Love Is The Healer [Thunderpuss 2000 Radio Mix] 03:19
      10. Love Is The Healer [Thunder Drum-A-Pella] 09:17
    • CD 37
      1. I Got Your Love [Ralphi Rosario Extended Vocal] 09:51
      2. I Got Your Love [Ralphi Rosario Dub] 09:20
      3. I Got Your Love [L.E.X. Club] 10:55
      4. I Got Your Love [L.E.X. Radio Edit] 03:33
      5. I Got Your Love [Eddie Baez Vocal Anthem Mix] 08:39
      6. I Got Your Love [Original Radio Edit] 03:56
    • CD 38
      1. I’m A Fire [Baggi Begovic & Soul Conspiracy Original Mix] 09:00
      2. I’m A Fire [Craig C’s Burnin’ Club Vocal Mastermix] 11:01
      3. I’m A Fire [Craig C’s Burning Club Mix] 07:41
      4. I’m A Fire [Craig C’s Mixshow] 06:14
      5. I’m A Fire [Matty’s Soulflower Club Mix] 08:59
      6. I’m A Fire [Red Top’s Burning Extended Vocal Mix] 07:21
      7. I’m A Fire [Rod Carrillo Leave It On The Floor Mix] 09:35
      8. I’m A Fire [Solitaire Club Mix] 07:12
    • CD 39
      1. Stamp Your Feet [Discotech Mix] 04:26
      2. Stamp Your Feet [Escape/Coluccio Club Mix] 08:26
      3. Stamp Your Feet [Granite & Sugarman Club Mix] 08:11
      4. Stamp Your Feet [Jason Nevins Radio Edit] 03:46
      5. Stamp Your Feet [Jason Nevins Extended Version] 06:57
      6. Stamp Your Feet [Ranny’s Radio Edit] 03:54
      7. Stamp Your Feet [Ranny’s Big Room Mix] 07:26
      8. Fame (The Game) [Ralphi Rosario Club] 09:56
      9. Fame (The Game) [Dave Aude Club] 07:29
      10. Fame (The Game) [Dan Chase Full Vocal] 06:10
      11. Fame (The Game) [Dan Chase Radio] 04:02
      12. Fame (The Game) [Dave Aude Radio] 03:46
    • CD 40
      1. To Paris With Love [Wawa Radio Edit] 03:50
      2. To Paris With Love [Wawa Extended] 05:37
      3. To Paris With Love [Craig C’s Radio Blaster Remix] 04:11
      4. To Paris With Love [Craig C’s Master Blaster] 09:15
      5. To Paris With Love [Mendy Club Mix] 07:37
      6. To Paris With Love [Mendy Radio Edit] 04:00
      7. To Paris With Love [Original Version] 05:23
      8. To Paris With Love [Original Version Radio Edit] 03:42