Cat Stevens (now Yusuf, of course) has re-recorded his 1970 album, Tea For The Tillerman, in its entirety for the 50th anniversary of the record.
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This Week’s Box Set and Reissue Deals
GERMANY: Motown / Hitsville USA 11CD box – €64
Back again! Superbly packaged box is £111 in the UK. All packaging is in English, in case you are worried.
The Beloved / Happiness 2CD deluxe
Remastered • Bonus disc of demos, B-sides and remixes
British electronic group The Beloved‘s first ‘proper’ album Happiness is reissued as a two-CD deluxe edition in July.
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INXS / Live Baby Live Wembley concert film issued on 4K UHD blu-ray
2CD+blu-ray, blu-ray and DVD also available
Live Baby Live, INXS‘ incredible 1991 live show at Wembley Stadium was issued last year on audio formats, but next month will finally be released on blu-ray and DVD, and the good news is the fully restored film – with Dolby Atmos soundtrack – will be available on the 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD) blu-ray format for incredible picture quality.
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Gene / The Albums: 8LP or 9CD box sets
Nineties British group Gene see all their albums reissued in a limited 8LP coloured vinyl box set – with signed print – and via a nine-CD box set, which includes an extensive amount of bonus material.
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Dead Or Alive / Fragile coloured vinyl
Dead Or Alive‘s final studio album Fragile is reissued as a 20th anniversary 2LP edition pressed on red vinyl.
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Eric Clapton & B.B. King / Riding with the King 20th anniversary reissue
Eric Clapton & B.B. King‘s album from 2000, Riding With The King, will be reissued next month to mark its 20th anniversary.
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Creedence Clearwater Revival / Cosmo’s Factory half-speed mastered vinyl
Creedence Clearwater Revival‘s 1970 album Cosmo’s Factory is being reissued as a remastered standalone vinyl pressing in August.
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Elliott Smith 25th anniversary edition
Elliott Smith’s self-titled second album is being reissued for its 25th anniversary with a bonus disc “documenting the earliest known recording of Smith performing as a solo act.”
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Out This Week / on 29 May 2020
Iggy Pop / The Bowie Years box set CD
Universal Music issue The Bowie Years, a seven CD Iggy Pop box set that presents Iggy’s 1977 collaborations with David Bowie – both in the studio and live on stage – including classic albums The Idiot and Lust For Life.
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Pet Shop Boys CD single available again
The previously sold-out five-track CD of the Pet Shop Boys last single I Don’t Wanna is now available again.
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Neil Young / Homegrown
Neil Young‘s unreleased album Homegrown will be issued on CD and vinyl next month.
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Bananarama / Really Saying Something: New memoir by Sara and Keren
Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward tell the story of Bananaramma in Really Saying Something, a new memoir due out in October. A limited number of signed copies are available.
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This Week’s Box Set and Reissue Deals
UK: Yes / Steven Wilson Remixes – 6LP box set £72 £87
The box includes remixed versions of: The Yes Album (1971), Fragile (1971), Close To The Edge (1972), the double album Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973), and Relayer (1974). This ships to the US and works out at $73. Same box is $165 in America
Roger Waters hits out at being denied access to Pink Floyd fans
“David Gilmour thinks I’m irrelevant” claims Waters
In a message via his twitter account, Roger Waters has today complained being denied access to Pink Floyd fans via the band’s website and social media accounts.
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Extras confirmed for reissue of Pet Shop Boys film ‘It Couldn’t Happen Here’
1988 film restored and reissued as a deluxe package
The new image above gives a good feel for the deluxe packaging of the reissue of the Pet Shop Boys 1988 film It Couldn’t Happen Here.
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Out This Week / on 22 May 2020
Split Enz / Mental Notes and Dizrythmia Vinyl
New Zealand new wave band Split Enz‘ second and third albums, Mental Notes and Dizrythmia, have been newly remastered and are reissued as coloured vinyl pressings.
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Saturday Deluxe / 16 May 2020
RIP Astrid Kirchherr
Astrid Kirchherr who befriended The Beatles in Hamburg in 1960 and took the first photographs of the group, has died aged 81.
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ABBA / The Studio Albums / Limited edition coloured vinyl box set
All the albums on limited coloured vinyl, in a box set
Universal Music will release a coloured vinyl edition of the ABBA The Studio Albums box set, in July.
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Joy Division / Closer reissued on clear vinyl for its 40th anniversary
Second LP reissued along with non-album 12-inch singles
Joy Division‘s second studio album Closer will be reissued as a limited edition ‘crystal clear’ vinyl LP in July, for its 40th anniversary.
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