Britpop band Sleeper‘s debut album Smart is reissued for its 25th anniversary, with expanded editions available on coloured vinyl and CD.
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This Weeks Reissue and Box Set Deals
UK: The Kinks / Arthur super deluxe – £51
Originally £77 on release last year, this Kinks 50th anniversary box set offers four CDs featuring 88 tracks including mono and stereo album, singles, B-sides, alternates, remixes and demos. Includes 68-page book and four seven-inch singles.
Pet Shop Boys / Hotspot: track by track
The Pet Shop Boys don’t really have much left to prove and could easily see out the rest of their days selling out greatest hits tours. Actually (no pun intended), they are doing just that in 2020, but in the time-honoured tradition of any self-respecting ‘veteran’ pop/rock artist they aren’t going on the road without new material, which presumably keeps things interesting for them and also means they can’t be perceived as an ‘oldies’ act.
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Out This Week / on 7 February 2020
Bryan Ferry / Live at the Royal Albert Hall 1974 CD, Vinyl
BMG issue Live at the Royal Albert Hall 1974 in February a Bryan Ferry live album that was recorded 45 years at the famous London venue. Signed box set edition is available.
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Saturday Deluxe / 1 February 2020
Not Topspot for Pet Shop Boys’ Hotspot
“If you sign prints for every cassette, CD and vinyl version of Hotspot on your own site, you’ll be in good shape to secure a number one album”. This, presumably, was the advice given to Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe when it came to marketing the new Pet Shop Boys album Hotspot.
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The Distractions / Nobody’s Perfect / two-CD deluxe reissue and vinyl
Post-punk/new wave band The Distractions‘ 1980 album Nobody’s Perfect has enjoyed ‘lost classic’ status for a long time and is finally reissued, remastered and expanded with a host of unreleased material.
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The Psychedelic Furs / Made of Rain
The Psychedelic Furs return with Made of Rain, their first new studio album in almost 30 years.
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Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets / Live at the Roundhouse
Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets will release Live At The Roundhouse across three formats in April.
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Marillion / Script For A Jester’s Tear 4CD+blu-ray and 4LP vinyl sets
Marillion‘s debut album Script For A Jester’s Tear will get the full reissue treatment in April with the now familiar multi-disc CD+blu-ray and vinyl formats, with the former offering a 5.1 surround mix.
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Sparks / A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip
Sparks release a new studio album, A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip in July.
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Def Leppard / The Early Years 79-81
New five-CD box set • Early albums also available separately on vinyl & CD
Universal Music will release The Early Years 79-81 a document of the beginnings of British Rock band Def Leppard who would go on to sell more than 100 million records worldwide.
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This Week’s Box Set and Reissue Deals
UK: Pink Floyd / Wish You Were Here immersion box set – £47
The immersion box sets rarely dipped below £70 in the last eight or nine years, so this is a cracking price for a very good box set. The Dark Side of the Moon box is also available for a similar price.
The Human League / Octopus reissue
Rhino are to reissue The Human League‘s 1995 album Octopus across a number of formats, to mark the album’s 25 anniversary.
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Howard Jones / One to One reviewed
By the end of 1985, Howard Jones had released two hit albums with producer Rupert Hine at the helm, but chose to ditch the successful formula and make his third record with someone else. The record company planted the seed of change and while initially sceptical, Jones was eventually seduced by the suggestion of legendary producer Arif Mardin, who had of course worked with many great artists, such as Aretha Franklin and The Bees Gees and in then more recent times had co-produced Scritti Politti‘s 1985 album Cupid & Psyche 85 and Culture Club‘s 1986 long-player From Luxury to Heartache.
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Donna Summer / Encore / career-spanning 33CD deluxe box set
A new comprehensive 33CD box set, Encore, will bring together remastered versions all of Donna Summer‘s 17 studio albums and offer eight bonus discs of rarities and non-album material.
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Out This Week / on 31 January 2020
Neneh Cherry / Raw Like Sushi CD, Vinyl
Neneh Cherry‘s popular debut album Raw Like Sushi is being reissued as multi-disc CD and vinyl sets for its 30th anniversary.
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Depeche Mode / MODE unboxed
SDE unboxes the new Depeche Mode ‘MODE’ box set which is released today. Watch the unboxing video below…
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a-ha / Greatest Hits: Japanese Singles Collection / exclusive CD+DVD set
Greatest Hits: Japanese Singles Collection is a new a-ha release which features a CD of hits and a DVD of videos.
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This Week’s Box Set and Reissue Deals
UK: Fun Lovin’ Criminals / Come Find Yourself collector’s edition – £25
This set was once over £60! Contains three CDs, a DVD, a 12-inch picture disc, a 10-inch vinyl LP and a hardcover book.
ABBA / Live at Wembley / 3LP vinyl
ABBA‘s Live at Wembley Arena concert – first issued back in 2014 as part of the group’s 40th anniversary celebrations – is being made available again as a 3LP vinyl set.
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