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Tears For Fears / Songs From The Big Chair 40th anniversary reissue

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Tears For Fears’ 1985 album Songs From The Big Chair is being reissued for its 40th anniversary across a number of formats, including as an SDE exclusive blu-ray with a brand new Dolby Atmos Mix by Steven Wilson.

The band’s second album became a global sensation, topping the US charts and spawning five hit singles, ‘Mothers Talk’, ‘Shout’, ‘Everybody Wants To Rule The World’, ‘Head Over Heels’, and ‘I Believe’. ‘Everybody Wants To Rule The World’ and ‘Shout’ both reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

I co-compiled the 4CD+2DVD box released in 2014 (a set often touted as a high point in pop reissues) and I’m therefore delighted to be involved again by offering fans an SDE-exclusive blu-ray edition of Songs From The Big Chair, the fourth Tears For Fears release to be part of the ongoing SDE Surround Series (after The Tipping Point in 2022, The Hurting in 2023 and last year’s Songs For A Nervous Planet).

For this release, as well as creating a new Dolby Atmos Mix, Steven Wilson has revisited his 5.1 Surround and Stereo Mixes that were created in 2014. While Wilson stresses that he’s still proud of those mixes, he says that “the intervening 11 years working in surround and immersive audio have given me a lot more experience, so I thought it would be interesting to revisit these mixes with fresh  ears. Both have consequently been revised for 2025, primarily in an attempt to be even more faithful to the 1985 album mix. This original mix for me is still definitive, but as a necessary step on the way to creating the 5.1 and Atmos mixes, the 2025 stereo remix is included here as an alternative”.

Fans might recall that multi-track tapes for both parts of ‘Broken’ were missing in 2014 and unfortunately they are still missing, presumed lost. A decade ago, a pseudo 5.1 surround version of this song was created using software called Penteo to upmix from the stereo. This worked pretty well, but this time around more recent advances in the technology allowed Steven Wilson to split the original 1985 mix of ‘Broken’ into several individual ‘stems’ (vocals, guitar, bass, drums etc.), and using these he was able achieve a greater degree of spatial separation. Still not comparable with a genuine remix from the multitrack tapes, but at least providing more consistency with the rest of the remixed album.

All three Steven Wilson audio streams (Atmos, 5.1 & Stereo) are also available in instrumental form on the SDE exclusive blu-ray. Below is a summary of the audio streams on the SDE exclusive blu-ray:

  • 2025 Steven Wilson Atmos Mix (48/24)
  • 2025 Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix (96/24)
  • 2025 Steven Wilson Hi-Res Stereo Mix (96/24)
  • 2025 Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos Mix – Instrumental (48/24)
  • 2025 Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix – Instrumental (96/24)
  • 2025 Steven Wilson Hi-Res Stereo Mix – Instrumental(96/24) 
  • 1985 Original Hi-Res Stereo Mix – non-limited 2022 Miles Showell remaster (96/24)

Additionally, this Songs From The Big Chair blu-ray features 12 bonus tracks (stereo only) comprised of all the extended remixes issued in the UK of the various singles, including original and remix 12-inches for many singles, as well as the Extended Mix of non-album single ‘The Way You Are’, which was issued in the UK 15 months before the release of the Songs From The Big Chair. This is CD 3 of the 2014 box in 48/24 hi-res stereo (see tracklisting below).

Other formats in this reissue campaign are as follows

  • 3CD deluxe edition (CDs 1-3 from the 2014 box set)
  • 2LP transparent red vinyl featuring original unused cover art and bonus LP of rare alternates
  • Clear ‘coke bottle’ coloured vinyl
  • Vinyl picture disc (D2C only)
2LP transparent red vinyl with unused cover art and bonus LP (click to enlarge)

The booklet in the blu-ray features track-by-track annotation from Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith, producer Chris Hughes and A&R man Dave Bates, taken from my interviews in 2014 as well as a note from Steven Wilson on his approach to remixing the album in Dolby Atmos.

This Songs From The Big Chair blu-ray audio is #52 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series and will be released on 14 November 2025. It will be packaged similarly to previous editions and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.

Do not miss out. This product is a limited edition and has a 14 day pre-order window, which closes on 7 October 2025. Availability cannot be guaranteed after that date.

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Tracklisting

Tears For Fears / Songs From The Big Chair SDE exclusive blu-ray audio

Songs From The Big Chair Tears For Fears / SDE Exclusive blu-ray

    • SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR
      – 2025 Steven Wilson Atmos Mix (48/24)
      – 2025 Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix (96/24)
      – 2025 Steven Wilson Hi-Res Stereo Mix (96/24)
      – 2025 Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos Mix – Instrumental (48/24)
      – 2025 Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix – Instrumental (96/24)
      – 2025 Steven Wilson Hi-Res Stereo Mix – Instrumental (96/24)
      – 1985 Original Hi-Res Stereo Mix (96/24)
      1. Shout 6:32
      2. The Working Hour 6:31
      3. Everybody Wants To Rule The World 4:11
      4. Mothers Talk 5:06
      5. I Believe 4:55
      6. Broken 2:38
      7. Head Over Heels 5:02
      8. Listen 6:53
      BONUS 12 MIXES (STEREO 48/24  ONLY)
      1. The Way You Are (Extended Version) 7.42
      2. Mothers Talk (Extended Version) 6.18
      3. Shout (Extended Remix Version) 7.42
      4. Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Extended Version) 5.39
      5. Broken / Head Over Heels / Broken (Preacher Mix) 8.01
      6. Mothers Talk (Beat Of The Drum Mix) 8.56
      7. Shout (US Remix) 8.01
      8. Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Urban Mix) 6.01
      9. Mothers Talk (US Remix) 4.12
      10. Shout (Dub) 6.49
      11. Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Instrumental) 4.21
      12. Shout (Acapella) 5.02

54 Thin Lizzy / Nightlife

53 Fine Young Cannibals / The Raw & The Cooked

52 Tears For Fears / Songs From The Big Chair

51 Propaganda / A Secret Wish

50 Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Welcome to the Pleasuredome

49 Elton John / Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy – Still available

48 The Who / Who Are You

47 The Human League / Dare

46 Split Enz / ENZyclopedia Volumes 1 & 2

45 Mark Knopfler / Sailing to Philadelphia 

44 Matt Deighton / Today Become Forever

43 De La Soul / 3 Feet High and Rising 

42 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel / The Best Years of Our Lives

41 Mike Oldfield / Hergest Ridge

40 Claudi Brücken / Night Mirror

39 Elton & Brandi / Who Believes In Angels?

38 Dire Straits / Brothers in Arms

37 INXS / Listen Like Thieves

36 Roxy Music / Avalon

35 Envy of None / Stygian Waves

34 Bryan Ferry / Retrospective

33 Simple Minds / Sparkle in the Rain

32 Simple Minds / New Gold Dream

31 Elton John / Diamonds

30 The Who / Who’s Next

29 Thompson Twins / Into The Gap 

28 Tears For Fears / Songs For A Nervous Planet

27 Thin Lizzy / 1976

26 Bronski Beat / The Age of Consent

25 Tori Amos / Unrepentant Geraldines

24 Ultravox / Lament

23 Crowded House / Gravity Stairs

22 Luther Vandross / Never Too Much

21 Keane / Hopes and Fears

20 Wham! / Make It Big

19 Wham! / Fantastic

18 Mark Knopfler / One Deep River

17 Paul Young / No Parlez

16 Def Leppard / Diamond Star Halos

15 Soft Cell / Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

14 Trevor Horn / Echoes – Ancient and Modern

13a Duran Duran / Danse Macabre De Luxe

13 Duran Duran / Danse Macabre

12 ABC / The Lexicon of Love

11 Suede / Suede

10 Mike Oldfield / Tubular Bells

9 Tears For Fears / The Hurting

8 Bob Dylan / Time Out Of Mind (2022 Remix)

7 Ten Years After / A Space in Time

6.5 Various Artists / Concert For George

6. Orbital / Optical Delusion

5 Brian Eno / ForeverAndEverNoMore

4 Shakespears Sister / Hormonally Yours

3 Gilbert O’Sullivan / Driven

2 xPropaganda / The Heart is Strange

1 Tears For Fears / The Tipping Point

Out This Week / on 26 September 2025

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Genesis / Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 50th anniversary super deluxe

Genesis / The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

The much delayed Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway box set is finally reissued in 5LP+blu-ray audio and 4CD+blu-ray audio formats. SDEtv unboxing coming later this week.

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Peter Hammill / The Charisma & Virgin Recordings 1971-1986

Peter Hammill of Van der Graaf Generator fame, started his solo career back in 1971 and was signed to both Charisma and Virgin. This box set comprises all 13 albums all newly remastered from the original master tapes, along with new 5.1 and stereo mixes of The Future Now and pH7 by Stephen W Tayler, rare BBC sessions and live recordings and a Blu-ray of rare previously unreleased European television performances.

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Neko Case / Neon Grey Midnight Green (new album)

Canadian singer songwriter Neko Case’s eighth studio album is self-produced and her first new music this decade. She’s touring North American next month.

Kate Bush / Best of The Other Sides

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Kate Bush will release a new compilation next month called Best of The Other Sides.

The Other Sides originally consisted of 12-inch mixes, B-sides and cover versions and took up the entirety of the Remastered in Vinyl IV box set in 2018. It was also available on CD in the second of the two CD box sets that were issued at the same time, and then released as a standalone 4CD set in March 2019.

What is effectively now a ‘highlights’ version doesn’t feature anything new, but there are some small changes. Kate says that ‘Experiment IV’ and ‘You Want Alchemy?’ have been remastered especially for this compilation and “both include a small edit”. Kate adds “I felt ‘Experiment IV’ would benefit from a longer intro featuring Alan Murphy’s magnificent guitar”.

Bush also says that The Sensual World CD bonus track ‘Walk Straight Down the Middle’ “has also benefitted from being re-eq’d” (remastered). “Hope you enjoy the tweaks!” is her final message.

Unfortunately, the full tracklisting of Best of The Other Sides has not been made available (update: as of 26 Sep, it’s now officially available – see below) but as well as the tracks above it will include Kate’s covers of ‘Rocket Man’, ‘The Man I Love’ as well as ‘Running Up That Hill’ B-side ‘Under The Ivy’. We do know there is 11 tracks in total, so that leaves five unaccounted for…

It will be released on 180g coloured ‘Lothlorien’ vinyl and on CD on 31 October 2025, via Fish People. You can ordered the coloured vinyl from the SDE shop.

Tracklisting

Best of The Other Sides Kate Bush /

      1. Experiment IV (remastered 2025)
      2. You Want Alchemy (remastered 2025)
      3. Rocket Man
      4. Walk Straight Down The Middle (remastered 2025)
      5. The Big Sky (Meteorological 12″ Mix)
      6. The Man I Love
      7. Under The Ivy
      8. Mná na hÉireanne
      9. Lyra
      10. Brazil (Sam Lowry’s First Dream)
      11. Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) 12″ Mix

Bob Dylan / Through The Open Window – Bootleg Series Vol 18 1956-1963

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8CD box set of Dylan’s early years • 2CD and 4LP highlights

Through The Open Window is the latest in Bob Dylan’s long-running Bootleg Series – Vol 18, in fact – and it covers the years 1956-1963, telling the story of Dylan’s emergence and maturation as a songwriter and performer, from Minnesota to the Greenwich Village bohemia of the early 1960s.

The 8CD box set version of this release includes rare Columbia Records outtakes, recordings made at club dates, in tiny informal gatherings, in friends’ apartments, and at jam sessions in long-gone musicians’ hangouts. Many of the recordings are exceedingly rare; others have never been presented in any form.

Through The Open Window – Bootleg Series Vol 18: 1956-1963 – 8CD box set (click image to enlarge)

These are Dylan’s early years, when he honed his talent, and transformed traditional folk songs and lyric sketches into songs, including ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ and ‘The Times They Are A-Changin’’. It concludes with a previously unreleased recording, in its entirety, of Dylan’s landmark concert at Carnegie Hall on 26 October 1963 – a concert also marked the end of the beginning of Dylan’s long career.  

In total, the 8CD set includes a massive 139 tracks – with 48 never-before released performances – and it includes a 125-page hardcover book with extensive liner notes by Sean Wilentz and over 100 rare photographs. The 2CD and 4LP ‘highlight’ editions include 42 tracks.

Through The Open Window – Bootleg Series Vol 18: 1956-1963 will be released via Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings on 31 October 2025.

Tracklisting

Through The Open Window Bob Dylan /

    • CD 1
      1. Let the Good Times Roll (Terlinde Music Shop, St. Paul, MN, 1956)
      2. I Got a New Girl (Informal Recording, Hibbing, MN, 1959)
      3. San Francisco Bay Blues (Informal Recording, Minneapolis, MN, 1960)
      4. Jesus Christ (Informal Recording, Minneapolis, MN, 1960
      5. East Virginia Blues (Informal Recording, Madison, WI, 1960)
      6. C. Moan (Informal Recording, Madison, WI, 1960)
      7. Bob Dylan with Danny Kalb
      8. Hard Travelin’ (Informal Recording, Madison, WI, 1960)
      9. Bob Dylan with Danny Kalb
      10. Pastures of Plenty (Informal Recording, East Orange, NJ, 1961)
      11. Remember Me (Informal Recording, East Orange, NJ, 1961)
      12. Song to Woody (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1961)
      13. Talkin’ Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1961)
      14. Ain’t No Grave (Informal Recording, NYC, 1961)
      15. I Ain’t Got No Home (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
      16. Death Don’t Have No Mercy (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
      17. Devilish Mary (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
      18. Introduction: Riverside Church (Riverside Church, NYC, 196)
      19. Handsome Molly (Riverside Church, NYC, 1961)
      20. Introduction: See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961) –
      21. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
      22. The Girl I Left Behind (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
      23. Introduction: Pretty Boy Floyd (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
      24. Pretty Boy Floyd (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
      25. Bob Dylan with Jim Kweskin
      26. Railroading on the Great Divide (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
      27. Bob Dylan with Jim Kweskin
      28. Introduction: Fixin’ to Die (Folklore Center, NYC, 1961)
      29. Fixin’ to Die (Folklore Center, NYC, 1961
      30. Bob Dylan with Dave Van Ronk
      31. I’ll Fly Away (Carolyn Hester Alternate Take, NYC, 1961)
      32. Carolyn Hester with Bob Dylan
    • CD 2
      1. Introduction: In the Pines (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
      2. In the Pines (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
      3. Gospel Plow (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
      4. Introduction: Young But Daily Growing (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
      5. Young But Daily Growing (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
      6. Man on the Street (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
      7. This Land Is Your Land (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
      8. Pretty Polly (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
      9. Man of Constant Sorrow (Bob Dylan Rehearsal, NYC, 1961)
      10. House Carpenter (Bob Dylan Outtake, NYC, 1961)
      11. You’re No Good (Bob Dylan Alternate Take, NYC, 1961)
      12. He Was a Friend of Mine (Bob Dylan Outtake, NYC, 1961)
      13. Ramblin’ Round (Bob Dylan Outtake, NYC, 1961)
      14. Story: East Orange, New Jersey (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
      15. Stealin’ (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
      16. Po’ Lazarus (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
      17. Dink’s Song (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
      18. I Was Young When I Left Home (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
      19. In the Evening (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
      20. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
      21. Cocaine (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
    • CD 3
      1. The Death of Emmett Till (WBAI-FM, NYC, 1962)
      2. Conversation: Folksinger’s Choice, 1 (WBAI-FM, NYC, 1962)
      3. Roll On, John (WBAI-FM, NYC, 1962)
      4. Conversation: Folksinger’s Choice, 2 (WBAI-FM, NYC, 1962)
      5. Hard Times in New York Town (WBAI-FM, NYC, 1962)
      6. Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues (Informal Recording, NYC, 1962)
      7. Ballad of Donald White (Informal Recording, NYC, 1962)
      8. Midnight Special (The Midnight Special Rehearsals, NYC, 1962)
      9. Harry Belafonte with Bob Dylan
      10. Midnight Special (The Midnight Special Alternate Take, NYC, 1962)
      11. Harry Belafonte with Bob Dylan
      12. Wichita (Three Kings and the Queen Album Version, NYC, 1962)
      13. Big Joe Williams with Bob Dylan
      14. It’s Dangerous (Kings and the Queen, Volume Two Album Version, NYC, 1962)
      15. Victoria Spivey with Bob Dylan and Big Joe Williams
      16. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1962)
      17. Talkin’ New York (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1962)
      18. Corrina, Corrina (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1962)
      19. Deep Ellum Blues (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1962)
      20. Introduction: Blowin’ in the Wind (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1962) – 0:00:19
      21. Blowin’ in the Wind (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1962)
      22. Rambling, Gambling Willie (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
      23. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962) – 0:02:06
      24. Rocks and Gravel (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
      25. Paths of Victory (Broadside Office, NYC, 1962)
      26. Train A-Travelin’ (Broadside Reunion Album Version, NYC, 1962)
      27. Hiram Hubbard (The Finjan, Montreal, 1962)
      28. Quit Your Low Down Ways (The Finjan, Montreal, 1962)
      29. Let Me Die in My Footsteps (The Finjan, Montreal, 1962)
      30. Ramblin’ on My Mind (The Finjan, Montreal, 1962)
      31. Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) (The Finjan, Montreal, 1962)
    • CD 4
      1. Baby, Please Don’t Go (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
      2. Worried Blues (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
      3. Baby, I’m in the Mood for You (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
      4. Bob Dylan’s Blues (Freewheelin’ Alternate Take, NYC, 1962)
      5. Introduction: Tomorrow Is a Long Time (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1962)
      6. Tomorrow Is a Long Time (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1962)
      7. This Land Is Your Land – The Last Verses (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1962) – 0:01:44
      8. Long Time Gone (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1962)
      9. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1962)
      10. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1962)
      11. Barbara Allen (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1962)
      12. The Cuckoo (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1962)
      13. That’s All Right (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
      14. Mixed-Up Confusion (Single Alternate Take, NYC, 1962)
      15. Ballad of Hollis Brown (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
      16. Kingsport Town (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
      17. Whatcha Gonna Do? (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
      18. Hero Blues (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
      19. I Shall Be Free (Freewheelin’ Alternate Take, NYC, 1962)
    • CD 5
      1. The Ballad of the Gliding Swan (BBC-TV, London, 1963)
      2. Only a Hobo (Broadside Ballads Album Version, NYC, 1963)
      3. John Brown (Broadside Ballads Album Version, NYC, 1963)
      4. All Over You (Informal Recording, NYC, 1963) Bob Dylan with Happy Traum and Gil Turner
      5. Oxford Town (Witmark Demo, NYC, 1963)
      6. Bob Dylan’s Dream (Town Hall, NYC, 1963)
      7. Introduction: Walls of Red Wing (Town Hall, NYC, 1963)
      8. Walls of Red Wing (Town Hall, NYC, 1963)
      9. Introduction: Tomorrow Is a Long Time (Town Hall, NYC, 1963)
      10. Tomorrow Is a Long Time (Town Hall, NYC, 1963)
      11. Dusty Old Fairgrounds (Town Hall, NYC, 1963)
      12. Introduction: Pretty Peggy-O (Town Hall, NYC, 1963)
      13. Pretty Peggy-O (Town Hall, NYC, 1963)
      14. Who Killed Davey Moore? (Town Hall, NYC, 1963)
      15. Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie (Town Hall, NYC, 1963)
      16. James Alley Blues (Informal Recording, NYC, 1963)
      17. I Rode Out One Morning (Informal Recording, NYC, 1963)
      18. House of the Rising Sun (Informal Recording, NYC, 1963)
      19. Talkin’ World War III Blues (Club 47, Cambridge, MA, 1963)
      20. Masters of War (Freewheelin’ Alternate Take, NYC, 1963)
      21. Girl from the North Country (Freewheelin’ Alternate Take, NYC, 1963)
    • CD 6
      1. Introduction by Cordell Reagon (SNCC Rally, Greenwood, MS, 1963)
      2. Only a Pawn in Their Game (SNCC Rally, Greenwood, MS, 1963)
      3. Blowin’ in the Wind (SNCC Rally, Greenwood, MS, 1963)
      4. Eternal Circle (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1963)
      5. Liverpool Gal (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1963)
      6. West Memphis (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1963) Bob Dylan with Tony Glover
      7. North Country Blues (Newport Folk Festival, RI, 1963)
      8. With God on Our Side (Newport Folk Festival, RI, 1963) Bob Dylan with Joan Baez
      9. Playboys and Playgirls (Newport Folk Festival, RI, 1963)

      Bob Dylan with Pete Seeger

      1. Blowin’ in the Wind (Newport Folk Festival, RI, 1963) Bob Dylan with with Joan Baez, Peter, Paul & Mary, The Freedom Singers, Pete Seeger
      2. Slate: Boots of Spanish Leather (The Times They Are A-Changin’ Sessions, NYC, 1963)
      3. Boots of Spanish Leather (The Times They Are A-Changin’ Alternate Take, NYC, 1963)
      4. Seven Curses (The Times They Are A-Changin’ Outtake, NYC, 1963)
      5. Farewell (The Times They Are A-Changin’ Outtake, NYC, 1963)
      6. Bob Dylan’s New Orleans Rag (The Times They Are A-Changin’ Outtake, NYC, 1963)
      7. Moonshiner (The Times They Are A-Changin’ Outtake, NYC, 1963)
      8. Introduction by Joan Baez (Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, NYC, 1963)
      9. Troubled and I Don’t Know Why (Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, NYC, 1963) Bob Dylan with Joan Baez
      10. Introduction by Ossie Davis (March on Washington, Washington, D.C., 1963)
      11. When the Ship Comes In (March on Washington, Washington, D.C., 1963) Bob Dylan with Joan Baez
      12. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (Party, Los Angeles, 1963)
      13. The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Informal Recording, Los Angeles, 1963)
      14. One Too Many Mornings (The Times They Are A-Changin’ Alternate Take, NYC, 1963)
      15. Key to the Highway (The Times They Are A-Changin’ Outtake, NYC, 1963)
    • CD 7
      1. The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      2. Ballad of Hollis Brown (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      3. Introduction: Who Killed Davey Moore? (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      4. Who Killed Davey Moore? (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      5. Boots of Spanish Leather (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      6. Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      7. Lay Down Your Weary Tune (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      8. Introduction: Blowin’ in the Wind (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      9. Blowin’ in the Wind (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      10. Introduction: Percy’s Song (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      11. Percy’s Song (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      12. Seven Curses (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      13. Walls of Red Wing (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      14. Introduction: North Country Blues (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      15. North Country Blues (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      16. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    • CD 8
      1. Talkin’ World War III Blues (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      2. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      3. Story: Hootenanny Hoot (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      4. With God on Our Side (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      5. Only a Pawn in Their Game (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      6. Introduction: Masters of War (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      7. Masters of War (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      8. Introduction: The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      9. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      10. Introduction: When the Ship Comes In (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
      11. When the Ship Comes In (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)

Propaganda / A Secret Wish SDE exclusive blu-ray

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Propaganda’s classic 1985 debut album A Secret Wish is being reissued as an SDE exclusive blu-ray audio and features brand new Dolby Atmos, 5.1 and Stereo mixes by David Kosten.

A CD box set called A Secret Sense of Rhythm, A Secret Sense of Sin will also be available. This expands the album offers rare remixes and live tracks across six discs. Finally a vinyl LP edition featuring David Kosten’s new stereo mix, will also be available.

Formed in Düsseldorf in 1982, Propaganda signed with ZTT Records in 1983 and released their first single ‘Dr Mabuse’ in 1984. The album was written by Mertens and Dörper and received considerable critical acclaim when released in early July 1985 and peaked at #16 on the UK Albums Chart.

Other singles from A Secret Wish include ‘Duel‘, which reached #21 in the UK singles chart and ‘p:Machinery‘ which was issued a month after the album’s original release.

The album was rebuilt for Dolby Atmos from the multi-track tapes by David Kosten who says “I bought A Secret Wish on the day it was released in 1985 – I still remember playing the vinyl and having a wonderful kind of out-of-body experience on hearing Jewel for the first time. This was music to be immersed in and inspired by, with vast creative ambition and endless sonic bravery”.

This new blu-ray features the Dolby Atmos Mix, as well as his 5.1 mix and stereo versions. All Kosten’s 2025 mixes are based on the original vinyl version of the album (as opposed to the later CD edition).

Additionally, full instrumental versions of the album are available in Atmos, 5.1 and Stereo and there’s also headphones-only binaural versions available as vocal and instrumental versions.

Finally, the original 1985 stereo mixes of A Secret Wish are included on this disc in vinyl and CD variants

Audio stream summary:

  • A Secret Wish 2025 Atmos Mix
  • A Secret Wish 2025 5.1 Mix (96/24)
  • A Secret Wish 2025 Stereo Mix (96/24)
  • A Secret Wish 2025 Binaural Mix [headphones-only]
  • A Secret Wish 2025 Atmos Instrumental Mix (48/24)
  • A Secret Wish 2025 5.1 Instrumental Mix (96/24)
  • A Secret Wish 2025 Stereo Mix Instrumental Mix (96/24)
  • A Secret Wish 2025 Binaural Instrumental Mix [headphones-only]
  • A Secret Wish 1985 Stereo Mix – Vinyl Version (96/24)
  • A Secret Wish 1985 Stereo Mix – CD Version (48/24)

A Secret Wish is #51 in the SDE Surround Series. It will be packaged similarly to previous editions and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.

A Secret Sense of Rhythm, A Secret Sense of Sin – 6CD box

The 6CD box set was compiled and curated by ZTT expert Ian Peel and brings together the album as well a selection of rare tracks and mixes, including a disc of ‘Singlettes’ (cassette singles) and some live material. Housed in a compact sturdy CD box, the booklet contains a note by Ian on the history of the band and the impact the album has had over the years.

The SDE Blu-ray Audio of A Secret Wish is #51 in the SDE Surround Series and will be packaged in a clear amaray case with a collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.

Do not miss out. The SDE blu-ray of A Secret Wish is a limited edition and has a 13-day pre-order window, which closes on 29 September 2025. Availability cannot be guaranteed after that date. 

*Remember if you bought the Frankie 50 + 51 two x blu-ray bundle, you have already pre-ordered A Secret Wish on blu-ray, since that was the mystery (‘secret’) blu-ray!!*

The blu-ray is released on 31 October, while the box set and the vinyl LP are out on 14 November 2025. All three products are available via the SDE shop (box set is now sold out)

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A Secret Wish Propaganda / SDE-exclusive blu-ray

    • A SECRET WISH 2025 MIXES
      – in Dolby Atmos, 5.1, Stereo, Binaural (headphones-only), Dolby Atmos Instrumental, 5.1 Instrumental, Stereo Instrumental, Binaural Instrumental (headphones-only)
      1. Dream Within A Dream [8.04]
      2. The Murder of Love [5.12]
      3. Jewel [3.10]
      4. Duel [4.43]
      5. p:Machinery [3.50]
      6. Sorry For Laughing [3.25]
      7. Dr. Mabuse (The First Life) [ 5.00]
      8. The Chase [4.03]
      9. The Last Word / Strength to Dream [3.01]
      A SECRET WISH ORIGINAL 1985 STEREO MIX – VINYL VERSION
      1. Dream Within A Dream [8.04]
      2. The Murder of Love [5.12]
      3. Jewel [3.10]
      4. Duel [4.43]
      5. p:Machinery [3.50]
      6. Sorry For Laughing [3.25]
      7. Dr. Mabuse (The First Life) [ 5.00]
      8. The Chase [4.03]
      9. The Last Word / Strength to Dream [3.01]
      A SECRET WISH ORIGINAL 1985 STEREO MIX – CD VERSION
      1. Dream Within a Dream [9.09]
      2. The Murder of Love [5.12]
      3. Jewel [6.22]
      4. Duel [4.42]
      5. Frozen Faces [4.25]
      6. p:Machinery [3.51]
      7. Sorry for Laughing [3.27]
      8. The Chase [4.04]
      9. Dr. Mabuse [10.41]

51 Propaganda / A Secret Wish

50 Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Welcome to the Pleasuredome

49 Elton John / Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy – Still available

48 The Who / Who Are You – Still available

47 The Human League / Dare

46 Split Enz / ENZyclopedia Volumes 1 & 2

45 Mark Knopfler / Sailing to Philadelphia 

44 Matt Deighton / Today Become Forever

43 De La Soul / 3 Feet High and Rising 

42 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel / The Best Years of Our Lives

41 Mike Oldfield / Hergest Ridge

40 Claudi Brücken / Night Mirror

39 Elton & Brandi / Who Believes In Angels?

38 Dire Straits / Brothers in Arms

37 INXS / Listen Like Thieves

36 Roxy Music / Avalon

35 Envy of None / Stygian Waves

34 Bryan Ferry / Retrospective

33 Simple Minds / Sparkle in the Rain

32 Simple Minds / New Gold Dream

31 Elton John / Diamonds

30 The Who / Who’s Next

29 Thompson Twins / Into The Gap 

28 Tears For Fears / Songs For A Nervous Planet

27 Thin Lizzy / 1976

26 Bronski Beat / The Age of Consent

25 Tori Amos / Unrepentant Geraldines

24 Ultravox / Lament

23 Crowded House / Gravity Stairs

22 Luther Vandross / Never Too Much

21 Keane / Hopes and Fears

20 Wham! / Make It Big

19 Wham! / Fantastic

18 Mark Knopfler / One Deep River

17 Paul Young / No Parlez

16 Def Leppard / Diamond Star Halos

15 Soft Cell / Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

14 Trevor Horn / Echoes – Ancient and Modern

13a Duran Duran / Danse Macabre De Luxe

13 Duran Duran / Danse Macabre

12 ABC / The Lexicon of Love

11 Suede / Suede

10 Mike Oldfield / Tubular Bells

9 Tears For Fears / The Hurting

8 Bob Dylan / Time Out Of Mind (2022 Remix)

7 Ten Years After / A Space in Time

6.5 Various Artists / Concert For George

6. Orbital / Optical Delusion

5 Brian Eno / ForeverAndEverNoMore

4 Shakespears Sister / Hormonally Yours

3 Gilbert O’Sullivan / Driven

2 xPropaganda / The Heart is Strange

1 Tears For Fears / The Tipping Point

The Beatles’ Anthology 4 now available separately

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Almost four weeks after the Anthology Collection was announced, Apple Corps and UMR have made The Beatles’ Anthology 4 available separately, as standalone 2CD and 3LP releases.

By de-coupling Anthology 4 from the 8CD and 12LP vinyl boxes, Apple have effectively addressed the criticism voiced on many forums, including SDE, that it was a step too far to ask people to re-purchase three double albums – even if they are remastered – to get the new one.

2CD version of Anthology 4

Without the ballast of what, for many, would be redundant discs, Anthology 4 can now shine under its own spotlight. Newly curated by Giles Martin, it includes 13 previously unreleased demos and session recordings and other rare tracks. It also features new mixes of the 1995 and 1996 singles ‘Free As A Bird’ and ‘Real Love’. They have been freshened up by original producer, Jeff Lynne, using de-mixed John Lennon vocals (the original ‘Free As A Bird’ music video has also been restored). ‘Now and Then’, the last Beatles song, is also on Anthology 4. 

The 2CD version of Anthology 4 is housed in a gatefold digisleeve with a 48 page booklet with tracks notes by Kevin Howlett. The 3LP vinyl version is pressed on 180g vinyl in a triple gatefold sleeve.

Both formats of Anthology 4 are released on 21 November 2025, via UMR, the same day as the Anthology Collection box sets (which are still happening).

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Anthology 4 The Beatles / 2CD and 3LP sets

    • CD 1
      1. I Saw Her Standing There (Take 2)
      2. Money (That’s What I Want) (RM7 undubbed)
      3. This Boy (Takes 12 and 13)
      4. Tell Me Why (Takes 4 and 5)
      5. If I Fell (Take 11)
      6. Matchbox (Take 1)
      7. Every Little Thing (Takes 6 and 7)
      8. I Need You (Take 1)
      9. I’ve Just Seen A Face (Take 3)
      10. In My Life (Take 1)
      11. Nowhere Man (First version – Take 2)
      12. Got To Get You Into My Life (Second version – unnumbered mix)
      13. Love You To (Take 7)
      14. Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 26)
      15. She’s Leaving Home (Take 1 – instrumental)
      16. Baby, You’re A Rich Man (Takes 11 and 12)
      17. All You Need Is Love (Rehearsal for BBC broadcast)
      18. The Fool On The Hill (Take 5 – instrumental)
      19. I Am The Walrus (Take 19 – strings, brass, clarinet overdub)
    • CD 2
      1. Hey Bulldog (Take 4 – instrumental)
      2. Good Night (Take 10 with a guitar part from Take 5)
      3. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Third Version – Take 27)
      4. (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care (Studio jam)
      5. Helter Skelter (Second version – Take 17)
      6. I Will (Take 29)
      7. Can You Take Me Back? (Take 1)
      8. Julia (Two rehearsals)
      9. Get Back (Take 8)
      10. Octopus’s Garden (Rehearsal)
      11. Don’t Let Me Down (First rooftop performance)
      12. You Never Give Me Your Money (Take 36)
      13. Here Comes The Sun (Take 9)
      14. Something (Take 39 – instrumental – strings only)
      15. Free As A Bird (2025 mix)
      16. Real Love (2025 mix)
      17. Now And Then

Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Welcome to the Pleasuredome reissue

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Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s 1984 double album Welcome to the Pleasuredome is being reissued as this deluxe 7CD+blu-ray deluxe set and on SDE exclusive blu-ray, amongst other formats.

The album features the three UK No 1 singles ‘Relax‘, ‘Two Tribes‘, and ‘The Power of Love‘ along with the 12 minute album version of the title track which reached No 2 in 1985, in single form. Other highlights include ‘War’, ‘The World Is My Oyster’, ‘Born to Run’ and ‘Black Night White Light’.

This deluxe edition put together for the first time in conjunction with the band, features 28 unreleased tracks and takes the listener on a journey from the band’s earliest demos and BBC Radio One Sessions through the singles (a CD for each!) to the album and beyond. Each disc contains rare and, in most cases, unreleased versions of songs. It comes in 10-inch style packaging (similar to other Universal boxes) and features a 38-page book, with a foreword by yours truly and a detailed timeline by Kevin Foakes aka DJ Food. 

Steven Wilson has contributed an a Dolby Atmos mix as well as Stereo and 5.1 mixes for the blu-ray, and the booklet has been designed by Philip Marshall with rare photos and memorabilia and includes a timeline of the band’s rise to fame with input from all members of Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Kevin and Philip both worked on the legendary Inside The Pleasuredome box, back in 2014.

The SDE exclusive blu-ray replicates the box set blu-ray and adds exclusive content including instrumental versions of the album in Atmos, 5.1 and Stereo, instrumental versions of the six blu-ray bonus tracks (also in Atmos, 5.1 and Stereo) and a unique 12-inch stereo mix of the song ‘Welcome to the Pleasure Dome’, called the ‘Supernova‘ mix. Created by Steven Wilson, this runs for exactly 30 minutes!

SDE blu-ray audio stream summary

  • 2025 Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos MIx
  • 2025 Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix (48/24)
  • 2025 Steven Wilson Stereo Mix (48/24)
  • 2025 Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos Instrumental Mix* (48/24)
  • 2025 Steven Wilson 5.1 Instrumental Mix* (48/24)
  • 2025 Steven Wilson Stereo Instrumental Mix* (48/24)
  • 1984 Stereo Mix (96/24)
  • 6 Bonus tracks in all Atmos, 5.1 and Stereo (48/24)
  • 6 Bonus tracks as Instrumentals (Atmos, 5.1, Stereo)* (48/24)
  • Welcome to the Pleasure Dome (Supernova) – 30 min Steven Wilson remix* (48/24)

*Unavailable anywhere else

This is #50 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series. The SDE blu-ray also has a reversible sleeve, which displays the Lo Cole illustration as used on the vinyl album cover, but can be switched for the cassette photo cover!

Do not miss out. The SDE blu-ray is a limited edition and has a 14-day pre-order window, which closes on 29 September 2025. Availability cannot be guaranteed after that date. Order from the SDE shop using this link or the button below. Any questions, please ask and I will try to help.

Welcome to the Pleasuredome will be released on 31 October 2025, via UMR.

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Welcome to the Pleasuredome Frankie Goes To Hollywood / SDE exclusive blu-ray

    • – 2025 Steven Wilson Mixes in Dolby Atmos, 5.1, Stereo, Instrumental Atmos, Instrumental 5.1 and Instrumental Stereo
      – 1984 Stereo Mix
      1. Well
      2. The World Is My Oyster
      3. Snatch Of Fury (Ferry Across the Mersey)
      4. Welcome To the Pleasuredome
      5. Relax
      6. War
      7. Two Tribes
      8. Ferry (Go)
      9. Tag
      10. Born To Run
      11. San Jose
      12. Wish The Lads Were Here
      13. The Ballad Of 32
      14. Krisco Kisses
      15. Black Night White Light
      16. The Only Star in Heaven
      17. The Power of Love
      18. Bang
      – Bonus tracks in Atmos, 5.1, Stereo, Instrumental Atmos, Instrumental 5.1, Instrumental Stereo
      1. Ferry Cross the Mersey
      2. Relax (Bonus)
      3. War (Hide Yourself)
      4. The World is My Oyster
      5. Happy Hi
      6. Disneyland
      – Steven Wilson 30-minute ‘Supernova’ Stereo Remix of ‘Welcome to the Pleasure Dome’

51 Propaganda / A Secret Wish

50 Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Welcome to the Pleasuredome

49 Elton John / Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy – Still available

48 The Who / Who Are You – Still available

47 The Human League / Dare

46 Split Enz / ENZyclopedia Volumes 1 & 2

45 Mark Knopfler / Sailing to Philadelphia 

44 Matt Deighton / Today Become Forever

43 De La Soul / 3 Feet High and Rising 

42 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel / The Best Years of Our Lives

41 Mike Oldfield / Hergest Ridge

40 Claudi Brücken / Night Mirror

39 Elton & Brandi / Who Believes In Angels?

38 Dire Straits / Brothers in Arms

37 INXS / Listen Like Thieves

36 Roxy Music / Avalon

35 Envy of None / Stygian Waves

34 Bryan Ferry / Retrospective

33 Simple Minds / Sparkle in the Rain

32 Simple Minds / New Gold Dream

31 Elton John / Diamonds

30 The Who / Who’s Next

29 Thompson Twins / Into The Gap 

28 Tears For Fears / Songs For A Nervous Planet

27 Thin Lizzy / 1976

26 Bronski Beat / The Age of Consent

25 Tori Amos / Unrepentant Geraldines

24 Ultravox / Lament

23 Crowded House / Gravity Stairs

22 Luther Vandross / Never Too Much

21 Keane / Hopes and Fears

20 Wham! / Make It Big

19 Wham! / Fantastic

18 Mark Knopfler / One Deep River

17 Paul Young / No Parlez

16 Def Leppard / Diamond Star Halos

15 Soft Cell / Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

14 Trevor Horn / Echoes – Ancient and Modern

13a Duran Duran / Danse Macabre De Luxe

13 Duran Duran / Danse Macabre

12 ABC / The Lexicon of Love

11 Suede / Suede

10 Mike Oldfield / Tubular Bells

9 Tears For Fears / The Hurting

8 Bob Dylan / Time Out Of Mind (2022 Remix)

7 Ten Years After / A Space in Time

6.5 Various Artists / Concert For George

6. Orbital / Optical Delusion

5 Brian Eno / ForeverAndEverNoMore

4 Shakespears Sister / Hormonally Yours

3 Gilbert O’Sullivan / Driven

2 xPropaganda / The Heart is Strange

1 Tears For Fears / The Tipping Point

Out This Week / on 19 September 2025

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Buckingham Nicks album finally gets a reissue on vinyl and CD

Buckingham Nicks / Buckingham Nicks CD, Vinyl

Buckingham Nicks, the only studio album by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks as a duo, is reissued for the first time.

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Sarah McLachlan / Better Broken

Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan returns with her first new album in 11 years. Better Broken was produced by Tony Berg and Will Maclellan.

Pink Floyd / Wish You Were Here 50th anniversary reissue

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Box set, 3LP vinyl, 2CD, coloured vinyl and standalone blu-ray

Pink Floyd’s 1975 album Wish You Were Here is getting the full 50th anniversary treatment in December, with a whole suite of physical products available for pre-order, most of which include unreleased studio and live audio.

Released exactly 50 years ago today, the album was the follow-up to 1973’s The Dark Side of the Moon and famously embraced themes of absence, isolation and transience. It’s only a five-track album, but ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond‘ (split across two tracks) accounts for more than 50 percent of the 44 minute running time. Everything is iconic on this record, from ‘Have A Cigar‘ – Roger Waters’ scathing indictment of the music industry, sung by Roy Harper – with the infamous line “Oh by the way, which one’s Pink”, to the industrial throbbing soundscapes of ‘Welcome to the Machine‘. The title track was one of four songs played at Live 8, in 2005.

Wish You Were Here 50th anniversary super deluxe box (click to enlarge)

All of the formats of the 2025 reissue features six previously unreleased alternate versions and demos, except the single vinyl LP (which is available on ‘flame’ coloured vinyl). These rarities include two demos of ‘The Machine Song’ (which would become ‘Welcome to the Machine’), Take 1 of ‘Wish You Were Here’ and a new stereo mix of the entirety of ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’ (Parts 1-9).

‘Wine Glasses’, ‘Have a Cigar (Alternate Version)’ and ‘Wish You Were Here (featuring Stéphane Grappelli)’ are repeated from the 2011 reissue.

The Wish You Were Here 50th anniversary formats are as follows:

  • 2CD+4LP+7″+blu-ray super deluxe box set
  • 2CD deluxe
  • 3LP deluxe
  • single LP ‘flame’ coloured vinyl
  • Standalone blu-ray audio

The 2CD and 3LP editions feature the album plus the nine bonus tracks discussed above and the box set features the same content (but the three LPs are exclusive on CLEAR vinyl) and adds an exclusive fourth clear vinyl LP: Live At Wembley 1974, plus a replica Japanese seven-inch single of ‘Have A Cigar’ b/w ‘Welcome To The Machine’. The bonus Wembley LP only features two tracks: ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’ and ‘You’ve Got To Be Crazy’, which means ‘Raving and Drooling’ from the same gig remains exclusive to the 2011 reissue. So while there’s some exclusivity around the formats (clear vinyl, Wembley on vinyl) there is no exclusive audio in the box set. Everything is available somewhere else. If you are wondering about ‘memorabilia’ (marbles?), the box comes with a hardcover book with unseen photographs, a comic book tour programme and a Knebworth poster.

The standalone blu-ray (click image to pre-order from the SDE shop)

The blu-ray in the box set is fantastic, in terms of content, and is identical to the standalone blu-ray. It features the album in the following audio streams, including a brand new Dolby Atmos Mix, by James Guthrie.

  • 2025 Dolby Atmos Mix
  • 2011 5.1 Surround Mix
  • 1975 Stereo Mix
  • 1975 4.0 Quad Mix

Additionally, the blu-ray offers the 9 bonus tracks from the 2CD and 3LP, in hi-res stereo. But most interestingly, exclusive to the blu-ray (and digital), is something called Live Bootleg. This is 16 live recordings captured by the renowned bootlegger Mike Millard at Pink Floyd’s Los Angeles Sports Arena concert on 26 April 26 1975, meticulously restored and remastered by Steven Wilson! The Blu-ray Disc also repeats the 1975 concert films and Storm Thorgerson’s Short Film (from 2000) from the 2011 DVD and blu-ray.

Wish You Were Here will be reissued on 12 December 2025, via Sony Music. Consider supporting SDE by pre-ordering the standalone blu-ray of Wish You Were Here from the SDE shop. Other format links will appear below, shortly once available.

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Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd / 50th anniversary

    • Wish You Were Here original 5-track album in the following audio streams
      1. 2025 Dolby Atmos Mix
      2. 2011 5.1 Surround Mix
      3. 1975 Stereo Mix
      4. 1975 4.0 Quad Mix
      Bonus audio (stereo)
      1. Wine Glasses
      2. Have a Cigar (Alternate Version)
      3. Wish You Were Here (featuring Stéphane Grappelli)
      4. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Early Instrumental Version, Rough Mix) *
      5. The Machine Song (Roger’s Demo) *
      6. The Machine Song (Demo #2, Revisited) *
      7. Wish You Were Here (Take 1) *
      8. Wish You Were Here (Pedal Steel Instrumental Mix) *
      9. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-9, New Stereo Mix) *
      Live Bootleg (stereo)
      1. Raving and Drooling (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
      2. You’ve Got To Be Crazy (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
      3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1-5) (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
      4. Have a Cigar (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
      5. Shine on You Crazy Diamond (6-9) (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
      6. Speak to Me (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
      7. Breathe (In The Air) (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
      8. On the Run (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
      9. Time (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
      10. The Great Gig in the Sky (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
      11. Money (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
      12. Us and Them (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
      13. Any Colour You Like (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
      14. Brain Damage (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
      15. Eclipse (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
      16. Echoes (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
      Videos (concert Screen Films)
      1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part I)
      2. Shine On You Crazy Diamond
      3. Welcome To The Machine
      4. Storm Thorgerson Short Film, 2000

Tom Petty’s Wildflowers issued as an audiophile ‘One-Step’ vinyl edition

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Tom Petty’s 1994 album Wildflowers, was subject to an extensive reissue campaign back in late 2020, but the interest in the album continues with the release, today, on blu-ray of the Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers documentary (details here) and the news that Wildflowers will be reissued as a special 2LP One-Step vinyl release in October, via Because Sounds Matters and Warner Records.

Limited to 6,000 numbered copies, this pressing has been cut directly from the original master tapes by engineer Chris Bellman, overseen by Petty’s longtime audio engineer Ryan Ulyate and cut for a true all-analog presentation with exceptional clarity and depth. Housed inside a high quality, uniquely designed and numbered slipcase, the enclosed LP packaging will feature a double-pocket gatefold tip-on jacket.

The details are summarised below:

  • Audio Source: Original Analog Master Tapes
  • Vinyl Compound: Neotech VR900-D2 180g High Performance Vinyl
  • Vinyl Mastering: Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering
  • One-Step Process: Dorin Sauerbier at Record Technology, Inc.
  • Pressing: Record Technology, Inc.
  • Packaging & Print: Stoughton Printing Company

Sadly, these are only available in America, via Petty’s US store (although they will ship worldwide) but SDE has a copy to give away to a lucky reader!

To enter the competition, please leave a comment below. The competition will close at midnight BST on 26 September and we’ll get in touch with the winner once the random draw has been made.

Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers is released on blu-ray today.

*THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED* The winner will be announced shortly.

Prince / Around the World in a Day reissue

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Prince’s 1985 album Around the World in a Day is being reissued across a number of formats to mark the album’s 40th anniversary.

This was Prince’s seventh studio album and it features the hit singles ‘Raspberry Beret’, ‘Paisley Park’, ‘Pop Life’ and ‘America’. These weren’t released across all territories and were received differently, when they were. For example ‘Pop Life’ was a top 10 hit in the US but stalled at No 60 in the UK. Similarly, ‘Raspberry Beret’ reached No 2 in America but peaked at No 25 in the UK, where ‘Paisley Park’ did moderately better (No 18 in the UK, not released in the US). The album didn’t reach number one in Britain either, where despite all his critical success, Prince would have to wait for 1988’s Lovesexy before the commercial validation of topping the UK album chart.

Limited blue marble vinyl edition of Around The World in a Day

The audio for this reissue campaign has been newly remastered in by Bernie Grundman and 2CD and 3LP deluxe editions feature bonus remixes, including the near 22-minute version of ‘America’. Bonus tracks are not identical across both deluxe sets: The 3LP vinyl features nine tracks while the 2CD features 13.

All other formats all feature the remastered 9-track album. These are limited blue marbled vinyl LP, black vinyl and single CD. Around in the World in a Day has been remixed in Dolby Atmos, but disappointingly, a Blu-ray Audio version is not part of this reissue campaign. Hopefully, one may emerge later.

Around the World in a Day is reissued on 21 November 2025, via Rhino.

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Around the World in a Day Prince and the Revolution /

    • CD 1: Around The World In A Day (2025 Remaster)
      1. Around The World In A Day (3:25)
      2. Paisley Park (4:41)
      3. Condition Of The Heart (6:46)
      4. Raspberry Beret (3:31)
      5. Tamborine (2:46)
      6. America (3:40)
      7. Pop Life (3:42)
      8. The Ladder (5:26)
      9. Temptation (8:21)
      Bonus track
      1. America (12” Version) (21:46)
    • CD 2: B-Sides & Bonus Tracks (2025 Remaster)
      1. Raspberry Beret (New Mix) (a.k.a. Extended Remix) (6:36)
      2. She’s Always In My Hair (7” Version) (3:25)
      3. She’s Always In My Hair (New Mix) (6:32)
      4. Paisley Park (Remix) (6:53)
      5. Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix) (6:16)
      6. Pop Life (Extended Version) (9:07)
      7. Hello (7” Version) (3:24)
      8. Hello (Fresh Dance Mix) (6:12)
      9. Girl (7” Version) (3:57)
      10. Girl (12” Version) (7:36)
      11. 4 The Tears In Your Eyes (We Are The World Album Version) (2:45)
      12. 4 The Tears In Your Eyes (The Hits/The B-Sides Version) (3:23)

Last chance to order The Human League Dare blu-ray audio

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With all the recent blu-ray activity, here’s a timely reminder that the pre-order window for The Human League Dare SDE exclusive blu-ray is about to close.

The blu-ray audio of this classic synth-pop album, features Dolby Atmos, 5.1 and Instrumental Mixes (in Atmos and 5.1) of the album, as well as the original 1981 stereo mix, and 15 rare bonus tracks (in stereo).

This is a region-free blu-ray and is #47 in the SDE Surround Series. It will be packaged in a clear amaray case and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.

The pre-order window will close in the next 24 hours. Availability after that cannot be guaranteed. Pre-order from the SDE shop using the link below.

Tracklisting

The Human League / Dare SDE exclusive Blu-ray Audio

Dare The Human League / SDE exclusive blu-ray audio

    • DARE in Dolby Atmos, 5.1, Dolby Atmos Instrumental, 5.1 Instrumental & 1981 Original Stereo Mix
      1. The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
      2. Open Your Heart
      3. The Sound of the Crowd
      4. Darkness
      5. Do or Die
      6. Get Carter
      7. I Am the Law
      8. Seconds
      9. Love Action (I Believe in Love)
      10. Don’t You Want Me
      BONUS TRACKS in stereo
      – A & B-Sides
      1. Boys and Girls
      2. Tom Baker
      3. Love Action (I Believe in Love) – single version
      4. Hard Times
      5. Non Stop
      – Remixes Early Versions
      1. The Sound of the Crowd (complete)
      2. Hard Times / Love Action
      3. Open Your Heart / Non Stop
      4. Don’t You Want Me (ext. dance mix)
      5. Do Or Die Dub (special edit)
      6. Darkness (early version)
      7. I Am The Law (early version)
      – Instrumentals
      1. The Sound of the Crowd
      2. Hard Times / Love Action
      3. Open Your Heart / Non Stop

49 Elton John / Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

48 The Who / Who Are You – Still available

47 The Human League / Dare  – Still available

46 Split Enz / ENZyclopedia Volumes 1 & 2

45 Mark Knopfler / Sailing to Philadelphia 

44 Matt Deighton / Today Become Forever

43 De La Soul / 3 Feet High and Rising 

42 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel / The Best Years of Our Lives

41 Mike Oldfield / Hergest Ridge

40 Claudi Brücken / Night Mirror

39 Elton & Brandi / Who Believes In Angels?

38 Dire Straits / Brothers in Arms

37 INXS / Listen Like Thieves

36 Roxy Music / Avalon

35 Envy of None / Stygian Waves

34 Bryan Ferry / Retrospective

33 Simple Minds / Sparkle in the Rain

32 Simple Minds / New Gold Dream

31 Elton John / Diamonds

30 The Who / Who’s Next

29 Thompson Twins / Into The Gap 

28 Tears For Fears / Songs For A Nervous Planet

27 Thin Lizzy / 1976

26 Bronski Beat / The Age of Consent

25 Tori Amos / Unrepentant Geraldines

24 Ultravox / Lament

23 Crowded House / Gravity Stairs

22 Luther Vandross / Never Too Much

21 Keane / Hopes and Fears

20 Wham! / Make It Big

19 Wham! / Fantastic

18 Mark Knopfler / One Deep River

17 Paul Young / No Parlez

16 Def Leppard / Diamond Star Halos

15 Soft Cell / Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

14 Trevor Horn / Echoes – Ancient and Modern

13a Duran Duran / Danse Macabre De Luxe

13 Duran Duran / Danse Macabre

12 ABC / The Lexicon of Love

11 Suede / Suede

10 Mike Oldfield / Tubular Bells

9 Tears For Fears / The Hurting

8 Bob Dylan / Time Out Of Mind (2022 Remix)

7 Ten Years After / A Space in Time

6.5 Various Artists / Concert For George

6. Orbital / Optical Delusion

5 Brian Eno / ForeverAndEverNoMore

4 Shakespears Sister / Hormonally Yours

3 Gilbert O’Sullivan / Driven

2 xPropaganda / The Heart is Strange

1 Tears For Fears / The Tipping Point

War Child announce vinyl box set of 1995 charity album ‘Help’

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War Child, the specialist charity for children affected by conflict, are to celebrate 30 years of their landmark album HELP with a special seven-inch vinyl box set reissue.

Recorded in a single day in 1995, the album raised over £1.25 million, and enabled War Child to provide vital support to thousands of children caught in the Bosnian conflict. The album features the album features a stellar line-up with tracks from artists such as Oasis and Friends, The Boo Radleys, The Stone Roses, Radiohead, Orbital, Portishead, Massive Attack, Suede, The Charlatans vs. The Chemical Brothers, Stereo MCs, Sinéad O’Connor, Manic Street Preachers, Blur, The Smokin’ Mojo Filters (Paul McCartney, Paul Weller and Noel Gallagher) and many more. Artwork was by John Squire and the album was mastered by Brian Eno.

The vinyl box set features 10 seven-inch singles with the contribution by each artist on each side of the singles. It will also include three postcards of never-before-seen images taken at the Abbey Road session in 1995 by photographer Lawrence Watson.

It’s priced at £110 and can be ordered via the War Child website. It’s released on 17 October 2025.

Tracklisting

War Child Various Artists / seven-inch box set

    • Disc 1
      1. Oasis – Fade Away
      2. The Boo Radleys – Oh Brother
    • Disc 2
      1. The Stone Roses – Love Spreads
      2. Radiohead – Lucky
    • Disc 3
      1. Orbital – Adnan
      2. Portishead – Mourning Air
    • Disc 4
      1. Massive Attack – Fake the Aroma
      2. Suede – Shipbuilding
    • Disc 5
      1. The Charlatans & The Chemical Brothers – Time For Livin’
      2. Stereo MC’s – Sweetest Truth (Show No Fear)
    • Disc 6
      1. Sinéad O’Connor – Ode to Billy Joe
      2. The Levellers – Searchlights
    • Disc 7
      1. Manic Street Preachers – Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head
      2. Terrorvision – Tom Petty Loves Veruca Salt
    • Disc 8
      1. The Massed Pipes And Drums Of The Children’s Free Revolutionary Volunteer Guard & The One World Orchestra – The Magnificent
      2. Planet 4 Folk Quartet – Message To Crommie
    • Disc 9
      1. Terry Hall & Salad – Dream A Little Dream
      2. Neneh Cherry & Trout – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    • Disc 10
      1. Blur – Eine Kleine Lift Musik
      2. The Smokin’ Mojo Filters – Come Together

The Jimi Hendrix Experience / Bold As Love box sets

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The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s 1967 studio album Axis: Bold As Love is explored, expanded, remastered and remixed in forthcoming vinyl and CD box sets called Bold As Love.

4CD+blu-ray and 5LP vinyl+blu-ray editions offer original stereo and mono mixes of Axis: Bold As Love, remastered from the original mixes by the album’s producer Chas Chandler and original engineer Eddie Kramer.

4CD+blu-ray version of Bold As Love

Additionally the boxes include 40 alternative versions, unreleased studio takes, demos, live tracks and television appearances, 28 of which are previously unreleased. These are spread over two CDs or three vinyl LPs.

Finally, Kramer and engineer Chandler Harrod recently created a brand new immersive Dolby Atmos mixes of the entire 13 song album, which features on the blu-ray that comes with both versions of the Bold As Love box set.

Axis: Bold As Love will be released on 7 November 2025 via Sony’s Legacy Recordings division.

Tracklisting

Bold As Love The Jimi Hendrix Experience / Box sets

    • CD 1: Original Stereo Mix
      1. EXP 
      2. Up From The Skies 
      3. Spanish Castle Magic 
      4. Wait Until Tomorrow 
      5. Ain’t No Telling
      6. Little Wing
      7. If 6 Was 9
      8. You Got Me Floatin’
      9. Castles Made Of Sand
      10. She’s So Fine                                                                                              
      11. One Rainy Wish                                            
      12. Little Miss Lover 
      13. Bold As Love 
    • CD 2: Original Mono Mix
      1. EXP 
      2. Up From The Skies 
      3. Spanish Castle Magic 
      4. Wait Until Tomorrow 
      5. Ain’t No Telling
      6. Little Wing
      7. If 6 Was 9
      8. You Got Me Floatin’
      9. Castles Made Of Sand
      10. She’s So Fine                                                                                            
      11. One Rainy Wish                                             
      12. Little Miss Lover 
      13. Bold As Love 
    • CD 3:
      1. Mr. Bad Luck [Take 6]*                                                         
      2. She’s So Fine [Take 4]*                                                          
      3. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Take 30]* 
      4. The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice [Paramount Studios]*                                       
      5. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Instrumental]*                                                     
      6. The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice [Instrumental]* 
      7. Stone Free/Up From The Skies [Demo]* 
      8. Up From The Skies [Take 2]*                                                           
      9. Ain’t No Telling [Demo]* 
      10. Ain’t No Telling [Take 12]*
      11. Little Miss Lover [Demo]*
      12. One Rainy Wish [Take 1]*  
      13. You Got Me Floatin’ [Take 1]*
      14. Untitled Guitar Experiment*   
      15. Bold As Love [Take 19]*   
      16. Castles Made Of Sand [Take 16]*
      17. Wait Until Tomorrow [Take 2]*                                                           
      18. Spanish Castle Magic [Take 2]*   
      19. Little Wing [Take 2]*                                                         
      20. Untitled Instrumental #1 [Take 3]*                                                          
      21. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Original Mono Mix]                                      
      22. The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice [Original Mono Mix] 
      *previously unreleased
    • CD 4:
      1. Little Miss Lover [Alternate Version]*                                         
      2. Spanish Castle Magic [Take 4]*                 
      3. Wait Until Tomorrow [Take 14]*
      4. Castles Made Of Sand [Backwards Guitar]*   
      5. One Rainy Wish [Alternate Version]*                                        
      6. Untitled Instrumental #2 [Take 1]*    
      7. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Dee Time]  
      8. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band [Sweden 9/5/67] 
      9. Fire [Sweden 9/5/67]  
      10. The Wind Cries Mary [Sweden 9/5/67]        
      11. Foxey Lady [Sweden 9/5/67]     
      12. Hey Joe [Sweden 9/5/67] 
      13. I Don’t Live Today [Sweden 9/5/67]                                             
      14. Burning of The Midnight Lamp [Sweden 9/5/67]         
      15. Purple Haze [Sweden 9/5/67]  
      16. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Top Of The Pops]                                                        
      17. Purple Haze [Hoepla]*    
      18. Foxey Lady [Hoepla]*   
      *previously unreleased
    • Blu-ray
      1. Axis: Bold As Love in Dolby Atmos

Little Feat / The Last Record Album

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Little Feat’s fifth studio album, The Last Record Album, is being reissued for its 50th anniversary.

The title and cover of the 1975 album references Peter Bogdanovich’s 1971 film The Last Picture Show and features eight tracks, including ‘All That You Dream’, ‘Long Distance Love’ and ‘Mercenary Territory’.

The reissue expands the album massively on CD with a 4CD box set on offer with a new remaster of the long-player, 12 demos/outtakes on CD 2 and then two discs of live material from the Orpheum Theatre in Boston just two weeks after the release of the album. The 2LP vinyl reissue pairs the remastered album with the 12 demos/outtakes.

The Last Record Album will be reissued on 24 October 2025, via Rhino.

Tracklisting

Little Feat / The

The Last Record Album Little Feat /

    • CD 1: 2025 Remaster
      1. Romance Dance
      2. All That You Dream
      3. Long Distance Love
      4. Day Or Night
      5. One Love Stand
      6. Down Below the Borderline
      7. Somebody’s Leavin’
      8. Mercenary Territory
    • CD 2: Hotcakes, Outtakes, Rarities
      1. Down Below the Borderline (Demo)
      2. Rockin’ Shoes 1 & 2 (Demo)
      3. Fool On The Avenue (Demo)*
      4. All That You Dream (Alternate Version)*
      5. Mercenary Territory (Alternate Version)*
      6. Long Distance Love (Alternate Version)*
      7. Romance Dance (Alternate Version)*
      8. High Roller (2025 Remaster)
      9. Day Or Night (Instrumental) [Rough Mix]*
      10. Front Page News (Outtake)
      11. Long Distance Love (Rough Mix)*
      12. All That You Dream (Single Version)
      *Previously Unreleased
    • CD 3: Hellzapoppin’: Live at the Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA 10/31/75
      1. Two Trains *
      2. Skin It Back *
      3. Fat Man In The Bathtub *
      4. Walkin’ All Night *
      5. A Political Blues *
      6. Oh Atlanta *
      7. On Your Way Down*
      8. Day Or Night*
      9. All That You Dream *
      *Previously unreleased
    • CD 4: Hellzapoppin’: Live at the Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA 10/31/75
      1. Romance Dance *
      2. Long Distance Love *
      3. Medley: Cold Cold Cold / Dixie Chicken . Tripe Face Boogie / Bag Of Reds / Tripe Face Boogie (Reprise)*
      4. Willin’ *
      5. Teenage Nervous Breakdown *
      6. Spanish Moon *
      *Previously Unreleased

Paul McCartney announces WINGS, a new compilation featuring 32 Wings tracks

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Quick pre-order • Blu-ray Audio with Atmos Mixes • 3LP vinyl • 2CD & more

Paul McCartney has today announced WINGS, a new Wings ‘best of’ that will be available across a number of formats including a McCartney and SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio with Dolby Atmos Mixes.

Unlike the Wingspan compilation from 2001, this new collection sticks strictly to songs from Wings albums (and Wings non-album singles) and so doesn’t include any solo hits adjacent to this era (such as ‘Another Day’ or ‘Coming Up’) or anything from 1971’s Ram (credited to Paul and Linda McCartney), despite ‘Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey’ being a US No 1 hit single in September 1971.

The 32 tracks on 3LP, 2CD and blu-ray audio formats all feature songs from the seven Wings studio albums (Wild Life, Red Rose Speedway, Band on the Run, Venus and Mars, At the Speed of Sound, London Town and Back to the Egg) along with non-album hits such as ‘Hi Hi Hi’, ‘Junior’s Farm’, ‘Live and Let Die’, ‘Mull of Kintyre’ and ‘Goodnight Tonight’. Additionally, the curio that is ‘Soily’ – a superb McCartney rocker that doesn’t exist as a proper studio recording –  is included on WINGS, in its One Hand Clapping guise. As well as the formats mentioned above, a 12-track single CD and single LP offering will be available.

The McCartney & SDE Exclusive WINGS blu-ray audio, pictured with 16-page booklet

The Macca & SDE-exclusive Blu-ray Audio is likely to be the format that most excites SDE readers and McCartney fans. For the first time, tracks are available in Dolby Atmos on a physical product. The mixes are by Giles Martin and Steve Orchard. 14 of them have been available in recent times on streaming, but 17 of them are unheard in this format, including tracks from un-reissued latter albums, such as ‘With A Little Luck’, ‘London Town’ and ‘I’ve Had Enough’ (from 1978’s London Town) and ‘Getting Closer’ and ‘Arrow Through Me’ (from 1979’s Back to the Egg). 7 out of the 10 tracks from the US version of Band on the Run also feature on this compilation.

Blu-ray Audio audio streams summary

  • Dolby Atmos Mix (48/24)
  • 5.1 Surround Mix (48/24)
  • Hi-Res Stereo Mixes (96/24)

This blu-ray audio is presented as a ‘softpack’ with a 16-page booklet. It’s a McCartney and SDE exclusive product and is not available anywhere outside the SDE shop and McCartney’s online store. It probably goes without saying that supporting SDE with your purchase really helps with our ability to bring you future blu-rays exclusives by McCartney or Wings, or anyone else!

WINGS will be released on 7 November 2025, via Capitol/Ume. Pre-order your copy of this limited edition product from the SDE shop using this link or the button below.

Tracklisting

WINGS Paul McCartney and Wings /

    • WINGS blu-ray audio. All tracks below in Dolby Atmos (48/24), 5.1 (48/24) and 96/24 stereo
      1. Band on the Run (stereo version: 2010 Remaster)
      2. Hi, Hi, Hi (stereo version: 2018 Remaster)*
      3. Silly Love Songs (stereo version: 2014 Remaster)*
      4. Letting Go (stereo version: 2014 Remaster)
      5. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five (stereo version: 2010
        Remaster)
      6. Live and Let Die (stereo version: 2018 Remaster)
      7. Mamunia (stereo version: 2010 Remaster)
      8. Junior’s Farm (stereo version: 2014 Remaster)*
      9. Helen Wheels (stereo version: 2022 Remaster)
      10. Some People Never Know (stereo version: 2018 Remaster)*
      11. Let ’Em In (stereo version: 2014 Remaster)*
      12. Get on the Right Thing (stereo version: 2018 Remaster)
      13. Jet (stereo version: 2010 Remaster)
      14. My Love (stereo version: 2018 Remaster)
      15. Call Me Back Again (stereo version: 2014 Remaster)
      16. Getting Closer (stereo version: 2022 Remaster)*
      17. Listen to What the Man Said (stereo version: 2014 Remaster)
      18. I’ve Had Enough (stereo version: 2022 Remaster)*
      19. Love Is Strange (stereo version: 2018 Remaster)*
      20. London Town (stereo version: 2022 Remaster)*
      21. Arrow Through Me (stereo version: 2016 Remaster)*
      22. Venus and Mars/Rock Show (stereo version: 2022 Remaster)
      23. She’s My Baby (stereo version: 2014 Remaster)*
      24. Bluebird (stereo version: 2010 Remaster)
      25. Deliver Your Children (stereo version: 2022 Remaster)*
      26. Let Me Roll It (stereo version: 2010 Remaster)
      27. Mull of Kintyre (stereo version: 2016 Remaster)*
      28. Wild Life (stereo version: 2018 Remaster)*
      29. C Moon (stereo version: 2018 Remaster)*
      30. With a Little Luck (stereo version: 2018 Remaster)*
      31. Soily (from One Hand Clapping) (stereo version: 2024)
      32. Goodnight Tonight (stereo version: 2016 Remaster)*
      *First time in Dolby Atmos

NOW Yearbook 1976 – Extra

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NOW Music will release Yearbook 1976 – Extra, a companion 3CD set next month.

The first of the three discs opens with Queen’s ‘You’re My Best Friend’, follows it up with Elton John’s classic ‘Bennie And The Jets’, and continues with Paul McCartney & Wings hit ‘Let ‘Em In’. Other artists on this CD include ELO, 10cc, Bryan Ferry and many more.

The second CD features tracks from many more electric artists, including Tavares, Gloria Gaynor, Diana Ross, Demis Roussos, The Wurzels (oh yes), Paul Nicholas and Mike Oldfield.

The last disc features more Elton (‘Pinball Wizard’), Roxy Music, Status Quo, Thin Lizzy, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Sweet and more. Full tracklisting, below.

NOW Yearbook 1976 was released at the end of August. This companion ‘Extra’ 3CD set is out on 10 October 2025.

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Tracklisting

Yearbook 1976 – Extra Various Artists /

    • CD 1
      1. Queen – You’re My Best Friend
      2. Elton John – Bennie And The Jets
      3. Paul McCartney & Wings – Let ‘Em In
      4. Electric Light Orchestra – Evil Woman
      5. 10cc – Art For Art’s Sake
      6. Bryan Ferry – The Price Of Love
      7. Andy Fairweather Low – Wide Eyed And Legless
      8. Kiki Dee – Loving And Free
      9. Neil Diamond – If You Know What I Mean
      10. Johnny Nash – Wonderful World
      11. Johnny Wakelin – In Zaire
      12. KC & The Sunshine Band – (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty
      13. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – Silver Star
      14. Jimmy James & The Vagabonds – I’ll Go Where Your Music Takes Me
      15. The Trammps – That’s Where The Happy People Go
      16. Barry White – Baby We Better Try To Get It Together
      17. The Stylistics – Sixteen Bars
      18. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass – Wake Up Everybody
      19. The Manhattans – Hurt
      20. Gladys Knight & The Pips – So Sad The Song
    • CD 2
      1. Donna Summer – Could It Be Magic
      2. Tavares – Don’t Take Away The Music
      3. Tina Charles – Dance Little Lady Dance
      4. The Real Thing – Can’t Get By Without You
      5. Gloria Gaynor – How High The Moon
      6. Diana Ross – I Thought It Took A Little Time (But Today I Fell In Love)
      7. Johnnie Taylor – Disco Lady
      8. Billy Ocean – Stop Me (If You’ve Heard It All Before)
      9. The Drifters – Hello Happiness
      10. Bay City Rollers – I Only Wanna Be With You
      11. Marmalade – Falling Apart At The Seams
      12. Hot Chocolate – Man To Man
      13. David Essex – If I Could
      14. Dana – Never Gonna Fall In Love Again
      15. Barry Manilow – I Write The Songs
      16. Demis Roussos – When Forever Has Gone
      17. Elvis Presley – Hurt
      18. Simon May – The Summer Of My Life
      19. The Wurzels – I Am A Cider Drinker (Paloma Blanca)
      20. Rick Dees And His Cast Of Idiots – Disco Duck
      21. Paul Nicholas – Grandma’s Party
      22. Mike Oldfield – In Dulce Jubilo
    • CD 3
      1. Elton John – Pinball Wizard
      2. Roxy Music – Both Ends Burning
      3. Status Quo – Rain
      4. Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak
      5. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Boston Tea Party
      6. Sweet – The Lies In Your Eyes
      7. Smokie – Something’s Been Making Me Blue
      8. Be Bop Deluxe – Ships In The Night
      9. Boz Scaggs – Lowdown
      10. Daryl Hall & John Oates – Sara Smile
      11. Hook – If Not You
      12. Don Williams – I Recall A Gypsy Woman
      13. Gallagher And Lyle – I Wanna Stay With You
      14. Frankie Valli – Fallen Angel
      15. David Ruffin – Walk Away From Love
      16. The Stylistics – Funky Weekend
      17. The Spinners – The Rubberband Man
      18. Barry White – Don’t Make Me Wait Too Long
      19. Brass Construction – Movin’
      20. Ohio Players – Love Rollercoaster
      21. Osibisa – Sunshine Day

Out This Week / 12 September 2025

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David Bowie / I Can't Give Everything Away 2002-2016

David Bowie / I Can't Give Everything Away 2002-2016

The sixth and final David Bowie ‘Era’ box set is released this week. I Can’t Give Everything Away 2002-2016 documents the last fourteen years of David’s musical endeavours and adventures.

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Blondie / No Exit reissue

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Blondie’s 1999 album No Exit will be reissued next month as 2CD and 2LP vinyl editions.

The album was their first for 17 years at the time and features what was, frankly, a surprise UK number one single in ‘Maria’ along with its less successful follow-up, ‘Nothing Is Real But The Girl’.

The new 2CD deluxe edition features a remastered version of the standard 14-track album on the first disc while CD 2 offers Japan-only bonus track ‘Hot Shot’ (with additional production and mix by David Wrench) along with a selection of seven remixes (from the many that were issued back in the day).

First time on vinyl for Blondie’s No Exit

The 2LP edition is actually the first time the album has appeared on vinyl. The album is spread over three sides with the fourth side reserved for ‘Hot Shot’ and three remixes. Both formats feature new sleeve notes and “mastering and sound restoration” is by Jessica Thompson.

These expanded formats find no place for tracks recorded at the Lyceum Theatre in November 1998 which appeared on CD 2 of a European deluxe edition of the album and on various CD singles. The radio edit of ‘Maria’ is another notable omission.

No Exit will be reissued by BMG on 31 October 2025.

Tracklisting

No Exit Blondie /

    • CD 1
      1. Screaming Skin (2025 Remaster)
      2. Forgive and Forget (Pull Down the Night) (2025 Remaster)
      3. Maria (2025 Remaster)
      4. No Exit (2025 Remaster)
      5. Double Take (2025 Remaster)
      6. Nothing Is Real But the Girl (2025 Remaster)
      7. Boom Boom in the Zoom Zoom Room (2025 Remaster)
      8. Night Wind Sent (2025 Remaster)
      9. Under the Gun (For Jeffrey Lee Pierce) (2025 Remaster)
      10. Out In the Streets (2025 Remaster)
      11. Happy Dog (For Caggy) (2025 Remaster)
      12. The Dream’s Lost On Me (2025 Remaster)
      13. Divine (2025 Remaster)
      14. Dig Up the Conjo (2025 Remaster)
    • CD 2
      1. Hot Shot (David Wrench Mix)
      2. Maria (Ether Dub Mix)
      3. Nothing Is Real But the Girl (Boilerhouse Lounge Mix)
      4. No Exit feat. Coolio & Loud Allstars (Urban Version Main Mix)
      5. Maria (Talvin Singh Rhythmic Remix Edit)
      6. Nothing Is Real But the Girl (Danny Tenaglia Heart Of Trance Mix)
      7. Forgive and Forget (Pull Down the Night) (Ben’s Mix)
      8. Maria (White Trash Mix)

Matt Deighton’s Today Become Forever SDE blu-ray, unboxed!

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Out today, is #44 in the SDE Surround Series, Matt Deighton’s 2023 album Today Become Forever on exclusive blu-ray audio in Dolby Atmos, 5.1, Stereo and Instrumental Mix. There’s also a bonus track and four videos. Check out the unboxing video below and be sure to get your order in if you don’t want to miss out on a copy of this blu-ray.