Out This Week / on 25 October 2019

The Kinks / Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire CD, Vinyl, Box Set

The Kinks‘ 1969 album Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire) is reissued as a 50th anniversary super deluxe edition box set.


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Duran Duran: Deep Cuts

In a new feature, SDE curates a playlist from a popular artist. This inaugural collection of tracks digs beneath the surface of Duran Duran‘s output, ignoring virtually everything on their current concert set lists (and best ofs like 1989’s Decade or 1998’s Greatest) and instead digs deep into their catalogue for a hit-free selection, spotlighting high quality album tracks, B-sides and a few should-have-been-singles!
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Did It Again: BMG ‘improve’ the Kylie hits set you bought three months ago

In a move that even Paul McCartney might have considered as ‘overdoing it’ BMG have announced a new triple-disc version of Kylie Minogue‘s Step Back In Time hits compilation little over THREE MONTHS after they issued ten different physical variants the first time around.
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Underworld / Drift Series 1 box

Underworld‘s ‘Drift’ project kicked off a year ago with Rick Smith and Karl Hyde aiming to create and publish music and film episodically for 52 weeks. The idea was to capture”one year inside the minds of Underworld”. The fruits of that labour are now being issued as a seven-disc box set and a special highlight ‘sampler’ editions.
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Out This Week / on 18 October 2019

Jethro Tull / Stormwatch CD, DVD

Jethro Tull‘s twelfth studio album Stormwatch is FINALLY reissued as a six-disc deluxe edition – dubbed the ‘Force 10 Edition’ in the UK after numerous delays. Features Steven Wilson stereo and surround mix.


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Saturday Deluxe / 12 October 2019

National Album Day – what does it mean to you?

Today is ‘National Album Day‘. Not sure exactly what this means or what we are supposed to ‘do’ since I would presume that, like myself, most SDE readers already love albums and don’t need reminding that albums are a great art form (when done well).
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Nick Laird-Clowes / Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love signed vinyl LP

The Dream Academy‘s Nick Laird-Clowes has been composing music for films and documentaries for two decades and his score for Nick Broomfield’s 2019 Leonard Cohen documentary Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love will be released on vinyl LP in December. Nick is signing copies exclusively for SDE.
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INXS / Live Baby Live: Wembley Stadium

Wembley show’s audio remixed for new 2CD or 3LP sets • Concert film restored to Ultra HD 4K for theatrical run with Dolby Atmos soundtrack

The soundtrack to INXSLive Baby Live Wembley Stadium show, on 13 July 1991, has been newly remixed and will be issued on 3LP vinyl and 2CD in November.
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SDEtv / Stray Cats: Runaway Boys 4LP vinyl box set – unboxed

BMG issued a new vinyl box set recently featuring the early output of US rockabilly band Stray Cats. SDE now lifts the lid off Runaway Boys to see what’s on offer. Watch the unboxing video, below…
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