Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds will issue a new album Ghosteen next month.
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New Sparks anthology & album reissue
New ‘best of’ on three physical formats • Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins expanded to three discs • Coloured vinyl options
BMG will issue two Sparks releases in November; a new compilation called Past Tense: The Best of Sparks and a reissue of the duo’s 1994 album Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins.
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SDEtv: Prince / Sign ‘O’ The Times movie deluxe edition – unboxed
SDE unboxes the recent four-disc deluxe edition of Prince‘s 1987 Sign ‘O’ The Times movie and is very impressed with the large format package. Watch the video below…
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Out This Week / on 27 September 2019
The Beatles / Abbey Road 50th anniversary CD, Vinyl, Box Set, Blu-ray
Oh that magic feeling… when a Beatles album is reissued as a box set. Abbey Road gets the super deluxe treatment it deserves. Enjoy a new stereo mix, a Dolby Atmos mix & DTS-HD master audio 5.1 mix, and two discs of sessions. The 3LP vinyl set includes all the sessions featured in the CD box.
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The Kinks / Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks‘ 1969 album Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire) is to be reissued as a 50th anniversary super deluxe edition box set in October.
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Prince 1999 vinyl sets will now come with download cards for digital audio
The Prince Estate have had a change of heart and will now supply all three vinyl variants of the forthcoming 1999 reissue with download cards.
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Bob Dylan ft. Johnny Cash / Travelin’ Thru 1967-69: Bootleg Series 15
Sony’s Legacy Recordings continues the long running Bob Dylan ‘Bootleg Series’ as they announce 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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Suede / Head Music 20th anniversary deluxe 4CD+DVD edition
4CD+DVD set includes unheard demos • Signed set sold out
Suede‘s 1999 album Head Music will be reissued as a five-disc 4CD+DVD set in November.
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Moloko / Things To Make And Do / Limited edition 2LP coloured vinyl
Music on Vinyl continue with their Moloko vinyl reissue campaign with a pink vinyl re-release of Things To Make And Do.
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Oasis / Competition Winner
Congratulations to Stuart Plummer who has been randomly selected as the winner of the Oasis vinyl bundle!
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Out This Week / on 20 September 2019
Midge Ure / Soundtrack: 1978-2019 CD, Vinyl, DVD
Chrysalis Records issue Soundtrack: 1978-2019 a new Midge Ure anthology that includes solo singles, select Ultravox recordings and previously unreleased material. The 2CD+DVD set offers fantastic value and the special clear vinyl edition is all but out-of-print already with only 750 units available. Originally due out last week, this got bumped a week.
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Cars lead singer Ric Ocasek dead at 75
The Cars‘ frontman Ric Ocasek has died at 75.
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Saturday Deluxe / 14 September 2019
In 1993, way before the internet had entered people’s lives, Duran Duran sang of ‘Too Much Information’. The song (from ‘The Wedding Album’) was basically about the commercialisation of TV and mainstream media (“The pressure’s on the screen to sell you things that you don’t need”).
Twenty six years later and those days seem almost quaint compared to today. Now it really is a case of information overload, especially when it comes to new music releases and reissues. You have bands or artists in direct control of their Twitter, Facebook and Instagram feeds, then another layer of record company, PR and management promotion, plus every interview they do with any media outlet is promoted ad infinitum.
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Paul Young / No Parlez limited edition signed coloured vinyl pressing
Paul Young‘s classic debut No Parlez is to be reissued as a limited edition coloured vinyl pressing in October, with SIGNED copies exclusively available via the SDE shop.
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The Who announce a new album ‘WHO’
Rock legends The Who will release ‘WHO’ their first studio album in thirteen years, this November.
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Prince archivist Michael Howe talks SDE through ‘1999’ bonus material
Warner Music’s recently announced reissue of Prince‘s album 1999 has sparked massive interest in the 35 previously unreleased bonus tracks. SDE spoke to Prince ‘vault’ archivist Michael Howe, who helped to put this set together in conjunction with the Prince Estate and the record label, and asked him about some of this unheard material…
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Prince / 1999 super deluxe reissue offers a wealth of unreleased material
Warner Records will reissue Prince‘s fifth studio album 1999 in November across six different physical formats, including a 5CD+DVD super deluxe and 10LP+DVD set, both of which feature 35 previously unreleased audio tracks.
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The Rolling Stones / Let It Bleed 50th anniversary deluxe box
This November, ABKCO are set to reissue The Rolling Stones‘ 1969 album Let It Bleed as a 50th anniversary box set.
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Rick Astley / New greatest hits ‘The Best of Me’ / pre-order a signed CD
1980s pop star Rick Astley releases a new greatest hits ‘The Best Of Me’ in October and you can secure a signed CD edition right now.
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Gene Clark / ‘No Other’ deluxe box set
LP + 3 x SACD + blu-ray + 7″ single + hardcover book
American singer-songwriter and Byrds founding member Gene Clark’s 1974 solo album No Other is to be reissued by 4AD in November 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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