SDE takes a close look at the new R.E.M. Monster 25th anniversary super deluxe with this new unboxing video, and takes the opportunity to compare it to previous R.E.M. anniversary editions.
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M People / Renaissance 11-disc box set
9CD+2DVD box set • Albums, remixes & rarities
Demon Music will release Renaissance, an 11-disc M People career-spanning box set in February that features albums, remixes, rarities and two DVDs.
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Out This Week / on 8 November 2019
Gene Clark / No Other box set CD, Vinyl, Blu-ray
American singer-songwriter and Byrds founding member Gene Clark’s 1974 solo album No Other is reissued by 4AD as a lavish box set which features no fewer than three SACDs, a blu-ray and an 80-page hardcover book!
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Pre-order a signed CD of Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbot’s new album
Former Housemartin and The Beautiful South member Paul Heaton will issue a another album with Jacqui Abbott next year, and you can pre-order a signed CD now.
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This Week’s Box Set and Reissue Deals
UK: Sparks / Past Tense: The Best Of 3CD set – £9.99 £18
Fantastic pre-order price for the three-CD set which is due out on 8 November.
G Stands for Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology volume 2 box set
This December, Domino follow up G-Stands for Go-Betweens – their 2015 box set devoted to Australian indie band The Go-Betweens – with a second box, G Stands For Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology Volume 2.
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Pink Floyd’s Later Years box delayed
The ‘running a wee bit late’, years…
Pink Floyd‘s 18-disc Later Years box set has been delayed and will now be issued two weeks late, on 13 December 2019.
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Maria McKee / La Vita Nuova
Limited 2LP ‘indies-only’ white vinyl • Hardcover book CD edition
Maria McKee returns early next year with a new album La Vita Nuova.
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Cabaret Voltaire / Methodology ’74 / ’78 Attic Tapes / 7LP clear vinyl box set
Methodology ’74-’78. Attic Tapes is a new, highly limited 7LP box set of clear vinyl records that charts the development of Sheffield’s electronic music pioneers Cabaret Voltaire.
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Songs from the Cool World / new 2LP coloured vinyl pressing on the way
‘Flesh’ coloured vinyl • Full 15-song soundtrack • Etched side four
Warners will release a special 2LP vinyl edition of the soundtrack to 1992 live-action/animated film Cool World in December.
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Mumford & Sons / Sigh No More 7″ box
Mumford & Sons are reissuing their 2009 debut Sigh No More as a seven-inch box set.
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Out This Week / on 1 November 2019
Bob Dylan / Travelin' Thru 1967-1969: Bootleg Series vol 15 CD, Vinyl
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.
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The Clash / London Calling reissue
Sony are reissuing The Clash‘s London Calling album in a number of different physical editions.
The band’s third studio album was issued in December 1979 and this campaign recognises this 40th anniversary in tandem with a new exhibition on The Clash and the album being held at the Museum of London later this year. There is no bonus audio at all in these new reissues, so what exactly are we getting…
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Not The Nine O’Clock News box set
Classic BBC alternative comedy series Not The Nine O’Clock News introduced us to the talents of Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones and Pamela Stephenson. I was first broadcast 40 years ago in 1979 and during the relatively short run (the last programme was shown in 1982) three best selling comedy albums were issued and these are now collected in a new box set Not All The Albums Again, available on coloured vinyl and CD.
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Rough Trade partners with SDE
I’m delighted to announce a collaboration with independent music retailer Rough Trade that will see them represented on the SDE price comparison tool.
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Madonna clear vinyl pressings
Rhino will issue four early Madonna album as limited clear vinyl pressings in November.
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Mercury Rev / All Is Dream 4CD deluxe
Cherry Red will release a much expanded, four-CD edition of Mercury Rev‘s All Is Dream album, in November.
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Todd Rundgren / A Wizard, a True Star and Faithful – limited coloured vinyl
Music On Vinyl continue their Todd Rundgren reissue campaign with limited edition coloured vinyl pressings of 1973’s A Wizard, a True Star and Faithful, from 1976.
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The League of Gentlemen / Precious Things vinyl box set
Demon Music follow up last years impressive Special Stuff box set this December with a new League of Gentlemen vinyl package, Precious Things.
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Beck / new album Hyperspace
Beck follows up 2017’s brilliant Colors with a new album Hyperspace, due in November.
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