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Joan As Police Woman / Cover Two CD, Vinyl
The impending tour is sadly postponed, but the album is still being released as planned. Brooklyn’s Joan As Police Woman follows up her 2009 covers album (called simply, Cover) with Cover Two, another ten-track diversion into the interpretation of other artists’ work.
Half Century is a new eight-disc box set that marks the 50th anniversary of US folk-rock trio America. If features many previously unreleased outtakes and demos across the 7CD+DVD box set.
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Apple’s first album for eight years
American singer-songwriter Fiona Apple‘s acclaimed new album Fetch The Bolt Cutters will be released physically in July.
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New song, released early for lockdown
The Rolling Stones have released a surprise new song this evening called, rather appropriately, Living In A Ghost Town.
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Perhaps best known for his work with post-Waters Pink Floyd (and David Gilmour) bass guitarist Guy Pratt has had a long and fascinating career, having worked with an enormous array of artists and superstars, from Madonna and Michael Jackson to Robert Palmer and Kirsty Maccoll. Most recently, he’s been touring with Nick Mason‘s Saucerful of Secrets, but with the pandemic situation scuppering current plans, he tells SDE about his new YouTube ‘Lockdown Licks’ series and chats about past exploits…
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Five CD deluxe package to be released in June
Edsel will issue Anthology in June, a five-CD Average White Band deluxe set that follows their career from the beginning in the early 1970s to their final album for Arista in 1982.
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‘The Future Postponed’
Steven Wilson‘s forthcoming album The Future Bites was scheduled to be released in June, but has now been pushed back to January 2021.
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Secure a signed copy of the CD of the new album
Haim‘s new album Women in Music Pt III is available to pre-order as a limited edition signed CD right now.
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‘Revisited, remixed and remastered’ tracks • Coloured vinyl & CD
Whitesnake will issue a new collection of remixed and remastered songs as The Rock Album, the first in a series of planned compilations around specific themes.
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As you probably already know, the Pet Shop Boys are one of the few acts from the 1980s pop era who still fly the flag for physical singles and still go to the trouble of featuring non-album ‘B-sides’ on their single releases. They also make a point of including remixes, whether on CD, 12-inch vinyl or as part of a download/streaming package. But have you ever wondered who creates these remixes, how the DJs/producers get selected and how the whole process works behind the scenes? Ralph Moore has worked for Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe in recent years as a ‘remix consultant’. He sat down with SDE recently to explain his role and shed some light on the process…
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UK: The Beatles / Abbey Road 2019 stereo remix – £6.99
The Beatles‘ Abbey Road album was reissued last year with the standard album receiving a new stereo remix courtesy of Giles Martin’s and Sam Okell. Pick up the single disc ‘anniversary edition’ for just £6.99.
Universal Music is to release Supertonic mixes, a new Diana Ross remix album in June.
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Pet Shop Boys / I Don't Wanna CD, Vinyl
The Pet Shop Boys release a fourth single from their Hotspot album. ‘I Don’t Wanna’ will be available on CD single and 12-inch vinyl and extra tracks include a new ‘B-side’ and remixes. The SDE shop has sold out of CDs but we still have some 12-inch vinyl.
Paul’s debut is 50 year’s old today
On this day in 1970 Paul McCartney released McCartney, his first solo album. The record has been reissued on CD and vinyl across various editions over the years and SDE explores some of them with this celebratory video.
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In May, Universal Music will 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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Lockdown video: Enjoy this Crowded House classic
Neil Finn, with sons Liam and Elroy, has been performing songs from his back catalogue in recent times, to entertain fans in this period of lockdown. Most recently he tackled the Crowded House classic Better Be Home Soon, which you can watch below…
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SDE lifts the lid on the 2010 box set
Back in 2010, EMI and Yoko Ono masterminded a reissue campaign for John Lennon. There were many physical products issued at the time, including a new best of (Power to the People) a 4CD anthology (Gimme Some Truth), eight albums remastered, a special 2CD version of Double Fantasy featuring a ‘Stripped Down’ remix, and a Signature box set. Watch this unboxing video of the Signature box as SDEtv looks back…
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The best Bill Withers product is back in print
When reflecting on the sad death of Bill Withers recently on Saturday Deluxe, I mentioned that the best item to try and get hold of was the out-of-print Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums nine-CD box set. Well, as it turns out Music On CD were in the process of preparing a reprint (before Bill died) of what was originally a Sony Music product and this will be released next month.
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UK: Pink Floyd / The Wall 2LP vinyl – £16 £21.50
Remastered edition of Pink Floyd‘s classic 1979 album, beautifully presented on double gatefold vinyl.
Watch and listen to the unheard version of this song
David Bowie‘s previously announced CHANGESNOWBOWIE album – which is scheduled for CD and vinyl release on Record Store Day (currently 20 June) – is being made available early for fans via streaming platforms, with Repetition ’97 leading the way as a preview.
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