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The Who / Who Are You super deluxe edition, unboxed

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Watch as SDEtv unboxes the 8-disc super deluxe edition of The Who’s 1978 album Who Are You. We also take a look at the SDE exclusive blu-ray audio edition. Both products are out now. You can order the blu-ray via the SDE shop using this link or the buttons below.

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Who Are You The Who / SDE exclusive Blu-ray Audio

    • WHO ARE YOU – Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos, 5.1, Stereo, Stereo Instrumentals
      & Original 1978 Stereo Mix. All previously unreleased except the original stereo mix,
      1. New Song
      2. Had Enough
      3. 905
      4. Sister Disco
      5. Music Must Change
      6. Trick of the Light
      7. Guitar and Pen
      8. Love is Coming Down
      9. Who Are You
      BONUS TRACKS -Stereo-only
      1. Guitar and Pen (Pete Vox)*
      2. Love is Coming Down (Alternate Take)*
      3. Who Are You (Lost Verse Mix)*
      4. New Song (Pete Vox)*
      5. Love is Coming Down (Orchestra Free)*
      6. Had Enough (Orchestra Free)*
      7. Who Are You (Alternate Take, Pete Vox)*
      *previously unreleased

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Who Are You The Who / 7CD+blu-ray box

    • CD 1: Who Are You – remastered
      1. New Song
      2. Had Enough
      3. 905
      4. Sister Disco
      5. Music Must Change
      6. Trick Of the Light
      7. Guitar And Pen
      8. Love Is Coming Down
      9. Who Are You
    • CD 2: Glyn Johns Mix
      All tracks previously unreleased
      1. New Song (Glyn Johns mix)
      2. Had Enough (Glyn Johns mix
      3. 905 (Glyn Johns mix)
      4. Sister Disco (Glyn Johns mix)
      5. Trick of The Light (Glyn Johns mix)
      6. Guitar and Pen (Glyn Johns mix)
      7. Who Are You (Glyn Johns mix)
      8. Trick of The Light (Single Version Edit – Glyn Johns mix
      9. Guitar and Pen ( Glyn Johns Alt mix)
      10. Who Are You (Glyn Johns Single edit)
      11. New Song (Pete Vocal – Steven Wilson mix)
      12. Sister Disco (Lost Guitar Mix- Steven Wilson mix)
      13. Had Enough (No Orchestra- Steven Wilson mix)
      14. Guitar and Pen (Pete Guide Vocal- Steven Wilson mix)
      15. Love Is Coming Down (No Orchestra- Steven Wilson mix)
      16. Who Are You (Early Run Through -Pete Vox- Steven Wilson mix)
    • CD 3: Sessions & Demos
      1. Who Are You (Lost Verse Mix)
      2. Guitar and Pen (Olympic 78 Mix)
      3. Love Is Coming Down (Early Run Through)
      4. Empty Glass (Session Out Take)
      5. No Road Romance (Session Out Take)
      6. Trick of the Light (Unused Olympic Edit) Previously Unreleased
      7. Who Are You (Clean Radio Edit)
      8. 905 (John Entwistle Demo) Previously Unreleased
      9. Had Enough – John Entwistle Demo Previously Unreleased
      10. Back On the Road (John Entwistle Demo)
      11. Wild Horses (John Entwistle Demo)
      12. Trick of the Light (John Entwistle Demo) Previously Unreleased
      13. Good Time Coming (John Entwistle Demo) Previously Unreleased
      14. Who Are You (John and Cyrano’s mix from The Kids Are Alright)
    • CD 4: Shepperton 1977
      1. Are You (Early version recorded live in Toronto, 1976) Previously Unreleased
      2. The Kids Are Alright (Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
      3. Run, Run, Run (Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
      4. Spoonful / Smokestack Lightning (Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
      5. I Saw Her Standing There (Shepperton Studios Previously Unreleased
      6. Instrumental Jam (Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
      7. Who Are You (Knocking It into Shape 1 – Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
      8. Who Are You (Knocking It into Shape 2 – Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
      9. Baba O’Riley (Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
      10. Shakin’ All Over (Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
      11. Bell Boy – Shepperton Studios Previously Unreleased
      12. Won’t Get Fooled Again (Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
      13. Barbara Ann (Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
      14. I Saw Her Standing There 2 (Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
      15. Drowned (Shepperton Studios) Previously Unreleased
    • CD 5: Shepperton 1978/9
      1. Baba O’Riley (Shepperton for The Kids Are Alright 1978) Previously Unreleased
      2. My Wife (Shepperton for The Kids Are Alright 1978) Previously Unreleased
      3. My Generation (Shepperton for The Kids Are Alright 1978) Previously Unreleased
      4. Join Together (Shepperton for The Kids Are Alright 1978) Previously Unreleased
      5. Who Are You (Shepperton for The Kids Are Alright 1978) Previously Unreleased
      6. Won’t Get Fooled Again (Shepperton for The Kids Are Alright 1978) Previously Unreleased
      7. Sister Disco (Shepperton Tour Rehearsal 1979) Previously Unreleased
      8. Music Must Change (Shepperton Tour Rehearsal 1979) Previously Unreleased
      9. Won’t Get Fooled Again (Shepperton Tour Rehearsal 1979) Previously Unreleased
      10. Who Are You (Shepperton Tour Rehearsal 1979) Previously Unreleased
    • CD 6: Live USA 1979 – Part One
      1. Substitute Previously Unreleased
      2. I Can’t Explain Previously Unreleased
      3. Baba O’Riley Previously Unreleased
      4. The Punk and the Godfather Previously Unreleased
      5. Boris the Spider Previously Unreleased
      6. Sister Disco Previously Unreleased
      7. Behind Blue Eyes Previously Unreleased
      8. Music Must Change Previously Unreleased
      9. Drowned Previously Unreleased
      10. Who Are You Previously Unreleased
      11. 15 Previously Unreleased
      12. Pinball Wizard Previously Unreleased
      13. See Me, Feel Me Previously Unreleased
    • CD 7: Live USA 1979 – Part Two
      1. Long Live Rock Previously Unreleased
      2. My Generation Previously Unreleased
      3. I Can See for Miles Previously Unreleased
      4. Trick Of the Light Previously Unreleased
      5. Sparks Previously Unreleased
      6. Won’t Get Fooled Again Previously Unreleased)
      7. Jam /Take A Fool Like You Previously Unreleased
      8. How Can You Do It Alone Previously Unreleased
      9. Magic Bus Previously Unreleased
      10. Summertime Blues Previously Unreleased
      11. Dancing in the Street / Dance It Away Previously Unreleased
      12. The Real Me Previously Unreleased
    • Blu-ray
      WHO ARE YOU – Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos, 5.1, Stereo & Original 1978 Stereo Mix
      1. New Song
      2. Had Enough
      3. 905
      4. Sister Disco
      5. Music Must Change
      6. Trick of the Light
      7. Guitar and Pen
      8. Love is Coming Down
      9. Who Are You
      BONUS TRACKS – Steven Wilson Stereo Mix
      1. Guitar and Pen (Pete Vox)*
      2. Love is Coming Down (Alternate Take)*
      3. Who Are You (Lost Verse Mix)*
      4. New Song (Pete Vox)*
      5. Love is Coming Down (Orchestra Free)*
      6. Had Enough (Orchestra Free)*
      7. Who Are You (Alternate Take, Pete Vox)*
      *previously unreleased

Yes / Tales From Topographic Oceans box set

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Yes’ 1973 album Tales from Topographic Oceans will be reissued as a massive 15-disc super deluxe edition box set, early next year.

The box set will feature 12 CDs, two vinyl LPs and a blu-ray audio. The album has been newly remastered by Bernie Grundman (CDs 1 & 2 and both vinyl LPs) and there’s also new stereo mixes of the album in both vocal and instrumental form from Steven Wilson (CDs 3-6 and the blu-ray).

Three CDs of rarities (discs 7-9) includes single edits, alternate versions and ‘In Progress’ recordings alongside some previously unreleased material. Finally, the last two discs feature live recordings from the ‘Tales’ tour, much of it unreleased.

“The album is such a complex piece of work, arguably one of the most uncompromising and polarising albums in the entire genre history of progressive rock, so I spent a long time working on the Atmos mix to arrive at something which I hope does the ambition and scale of the music justice

Steven Wilson

The blu-ray features a brand new Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos Mix of the album, as well as “slightly revised” 5.1 and Stereo mixes also by Steven (he’d originally done these back in 2016). The blu-ray also features the instrumental mixes, although none of the other bonus material (live, rarities, etc.)

This massive box set edition of Tales From Topographic Oceans will be released by Rhino on 6 February 2026.

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Tales from Topographic Oceans Yes / 12CD+2LP+blu-ray box set

    • CD 1: Original Album Remastered
      1. “The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn)”
      2. “The Remembering (High The Memory)”

       

    • CD 2: Original Album Remastered
      1. “The Ancient (Giants Under The Sun)”
      2. “Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil)”
    • CD 3: Steven Wilson 2026 Stereo Remixes
      1. “The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn)”
      2. “The Remembering (High The Memory)”
    • CD 4: Steven Wilson 2026 Stereo Remixes
      1. “The Ancient (Giants Under The Sun)”
      2. “Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil)”
    • CD 5: Steven Wilson 2026 Instrumental Mixes
      1. “The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn)”
      2. “The Remembering (High The Memory)”
    • CD 6: Steven Wilson 2026 Instrumental Mixes
      1. “The Ancient (Giants Under The Sun)”
      2. “Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil)”
    • CD 7: Rarities
      1. “The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn)” – Single Edit
      2. “The Remembering (High The Memory)” – Single Edit
      3. “The Ancient (Giants Under The Sun)” – Single Edit
      4. “Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil)” – Single Edit 1
      5. “Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil)” – Single Edit 2
      6. “The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn)” – Version 1
      7. “The Remembering (High The Memory)” – In Progress
      8. “The Ancient (Giants Under The Sun)” – In Progress
    • CD 8: Rarities
      1. “The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn)” – In Progress *
      2. “The Ancient (Giants Under The Sun)” – In Progress 2 *
      3. “The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn)” – In Progress 2 *
    • CD 9: Rarities
      1. “The Remembering (High The Memory)” – In Progress 2 *
      2. “Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil)” – In Progress *
      3. “The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn)” – Version 2
    • CD 10: Live 1973
      Live at Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England (11/28/73)
      1. “The Remembering (High The Memory)” *
      2. “The Ancient (Giants Under The Sun)” *
      Live at Capitol Theatre, Cardiff, Wales (12/1/73)
      1. “The Ancient (Giants Under The Sun)” *
      2. “Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil)” *
      *Previously unreleased
    • CD 11: Live at Hallenstadion Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland (4/21/74)
      1. “And You And I” *
      2. “Cord Of Life”
      3. “Eclipse”
      4. III.“The Preacher The Teacher”
      5. IV.“Apocalypse”
      6. “Close To The Edge” *
      7. “The Solid Time Of Change”
      8. “Total Mass Retain”
      9. III.“I Get Up I Get Down”
      10. IV.“Seasons Of Man”
      11. “The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn)” *
      *Previously unreleased
    • CD 12: Live at Hallenstadion Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland (4/21/74)
      1. “The Ancient (Giants Under The Sun)” *
      2. “Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil)”
      *Previously unreleased

       

    • LP 1: Original Album Remastered
      Side One
      1. “The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn)”
      Side Two
      1. “The Remembering (High The Memory)”
    • LP 2: Original Album Remastered
      Side One
      1. “The Ancient (Giants Under The Sun)”
      Side Two
      1. “Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil)”
    • Blu-ray
      1. 2026 Dolby Atmos Mix
      2. 2026 5.1 Mix DTS-HD MA
      3. 2026 Stereo Remix
      4. 2026 Stereo Remaster
      5. 2026 Instrumental Mix

The Power Station reissue

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The Power Station’s self-titled debut album is being reissued for its 40th anniversary in 4CD and 2LP variants.

The band ( a supergroup of sorts) came about during Duran Duran’s hiatus (which also saw Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor form Arcadia) and featured Robert Palmer, Tony Thompson (from Chic) and Duran members John Taylor and Andy Taylor. Bernard Edwards produced the album (with “informal assistance” from Nile Rodgers) which features the hit singles ‘Some Like It Hot’ and ‘Get It On’.

The new 4CD reissue comes in a clamshell box and features a remastered version of the album, remixes, ‘raw instrumentals’ (taken from the original studio sessions) and unreleased live tracks (from The Spectrum in Philadelphia on 21 August 1985, newly remixed by Richard Whittaker) and Live Aid performances.

It should be pointed out that Robert Palmer would only perform with the band live once (‘Saturday Night Live’ in February 1985) and left the band shortly after album came out. They toured with Michael Des Barres who also performed with them for Live Aid – these are the recordings on the reissue. The box includes a 12 page booklet with a new interview with John Taylor and Andy Taylor (by John Earls).

A 2LP black vinyl edition features the remastered album, single remixes and Live Aid recordings. Both formats will be released on 23 January 2026.

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The Power Station / 4CD reissue

The Power Station The Power Station / 40th anniversary reissue

    • CD 1
      1. Some Like It Hot (2025 Remaster)
      2. Murderess (2025 Remaster)
      3. Lonely Tonight (2025 Remaster)
      4. Communication (2025 Remaster)
      5. Get It On (Bang A Gong) (2025 Remaster)
      6. Go To Zero (2025 Remaster)
      7. Harvest For The World (2025 Remaster)
      8. Still In Your Heart (2025 Remaster)
    • CD 2
      1. Some Like It Hot (Raw Instrumental)
      2. Communication (Raw Instrumental)
      3. Murderess (Raw Instrumental)
      4. Harvest For The World (Raw Instrumental)
      5. Go To Zero (Raw Instrumental)
      6. Lonely Tonight (Raw Instrumental)
      7.  Get It On Bang A Gong (Raw Instrumental)
      8. Communication (Night Version)
      9. Get It On Bang A Gong (7” Single Edit)
      10. Some Like It Hot And The Heat Is On (Megamix)
      11. Communication (Night Version Edit)
      12. Some Like It Hot (7” Single + Video Version)
      13. Murderess (Alive At Live Aid)
      14. Get It On Bang A Gong (Alive At Live Aid)
      15. Somewhere Somehow Someone (We Fight For Love)
    • CD 3
      1. Murderess (Live)
      2. Dancing In The Streets (Live)
      3. Some Like It Hot (Live)
      4. Lonely Tonight (Live)
      5. Go To Zero (Live)
      6. Too Good To Be Bad (Live)
      7. Harvest For The World (Live)
      8. Thinking With Your Body (Live)
    • CD 4
      1. Still In Your Heart (Live)
      2. Some Guys Have All The Luck (Live)
      3. Communication / The Reflex (Live)
      4. White Light White Heat (Live)
      5. Obsession (Live)
      6. Hungry Like The Wolf (Live)
      7. Get It On (Bang A Gong) (Live)

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

Tears For Fears / Songs From The Big Chair CD, Vinyl, Blu-ray

Tears For Fears’ 1985 album Songs From The Big Chair is 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. Blu-ray is back in stock on the SDE shop.

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Oasis / Familiar to Millions

Yet another Oasis reissue. Familiar To Millions, the live album from 2000, is re-released on 2CD and 3LP formats.

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Marillion / Script For A Jester’s Tear (vinyl picture disc)

Marillion‘s 1983 debut album, Script For A Jester’s Tear, is reissued as a vinyl picture disc. Audio is the 2020 stereo remix. 1989’s Season’s End is also available as a 2LP vinyl picture disc.

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Sananda Maitreya / Juvenilia: The Columbia Years

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As mentioned on last week’s Saturday Deluxe, Sananda Maitreya (the artist formerly known as Terence Trent D’Arby) is releasing a box set of the four albums he issued with Sony in the late ’80s and early-to-mid ’90s.

This has now been officially announced and SDE can confirm that it’s a 6LP coloured vinyl box set called Juvenilia: The Columbia Years with all four albums remastered and pressed on 180g coloured vinyl. The albums in question are Introducing The Hardline (1987), Neither Fish Nor Flesh (1989), Symphony Or Damn (1993, 2LP) and Vibrator (1995, 2LP).

Each boast ‘restored artwork’ and a “faithfully recreated sleeve” (not that faithful, since the name is different!) and each has “newly written liner notes and visual material from Sananda’s personal archive”. Neither Fish Nor Flesh originally had a very lavish 12-page booklet –  complete with overprinted transparent leaves – so it remains to be seen if that is properly recreated.

Incidentally, Symphony Or Damn was originally issued as a LP+7″ package, with the last four tracks on the album (including the semi-classic ‘Let Her Down Easy’) relegated to the seven-inch single! A rather odd thing to do, so it’s good to see this reissued as a proper 2LP set.

Sananda Maitreya’s Junvenilia: The Columbia Years 6LP box (click image to enlarge)

There are no bonus tracks and Juvenilia is also not available on CD. Make of that what you will. Sananda says: “These albums represent the journey of a young artist finding his voice: bold, vulnerable, and unafraid to challenge the form. It feels beautiful to finally present them together, in the spirit they were born”.

Juvenilia: The Columbia Years will be released on 13 March 2026 (was 6 February 2026). It is available to pre-order now from the official Sandanda shop with a signed print.

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Juvenilia: The Columbia Years Sananda Maitreya / 6LP vinyl

    • LP 1: Introducing The Hardline (translucent green vinyl)
      SIDE A
      1. IF YOU ALL GET TO HEAVEN
      2. IF YOU LET ME STAY
      3. WISHING WELL
      4. I’LL NEVER TURN MY BACK ON YOU (FATHER’S WORDS)
      5. DANCE LITTLE SISTER
      6. SEVEN MORE DAYS
      SIDE B
      1. LET’S GO FORWARD
      2. RAIN
      3. SIGN YOUR NAME
      4. AS YET UNTITLED
      5. WHO’S LOVING YOU
    • LP 2: Neither Fish Nor Flesh (red vinyl)
      SIDE A
      1. DECLARATION: NEITHER FISH NOR FLESH
      2. I HAVE FATE IN THESE DESOLATE TIMES
      3. IT FEELS GOOD TO LOVE SOMEONE LIKE YOU
      4. TO KNOW SOMEONE DEEPLY IS TO KNOW SOMEONE SOFTLY
      5. I’LL BE ALRIGHT
      6. BILLY DON’T FALL
      SIDE B
      1. THIS SIDE OF LOVE
      2. ATTRACTED TO YOU
      3. ROLY POLY
      4. YOU WILL PAY TOMORROW
      5. I DON’T WANT TO BRING YOUR GODS DOWN
      6.  …AND I NEED TO BE WITH SOMEONE TONIGHT

      SIDE B
      1. THIS SIDE OF LOVE
      2. ATTRACTED TO YOU
      3. ROLY POLY
      4. YOU WILL PAY TOMORROW
      5. I DON’T WANT TO BRING YOUR GODS DOWN
      6. …AND I NEED TO BE WITH SOMEONE TONIGHT

    • LP 3 & 4: Symphony Or Damn (gold vinyl)
      SIDE A
      1. WELCOME TO MY MONASTERYO
      2. SHE KISSED ME
      3. DO YOU LOVE ME LIKE YOU SAY?
      4. BABY LET ME SHARE MY LOVE
      5. DELICATE
      SIDE B
      1. NEON MESSIAH
      2. PENELOPE PLEASE
      3. WET YOUR LIPS
      4. TURN THE PAGE
      SIDE C
      1. CASTILIAN BLUE
      2. T.I.T.S./F&J
      3. ARE YOU HAPPY?
      SIDE D
      1. SUCCUMB TO ME
      2. I STILL LOVE YOU
      3. SEASONS
      4. LET HER DOWN EASY
    • LP 5 & 6: Vibrator (blue vinyl)
      SIDE A
      1. VIBRATOR
      2. SUPERMODEL SANDWICH
      3. HOLDING ON TO YOU
      SIDE B
      1. READ MY LIPS (I DIG YOUR SCENE)
      2. UNDENIABLY
      3. WE DON’T HAVE THAT MUCH TIME TOGETHER
      SIDE C
      1. C.Y.F.M.L.A.Y?
      2. IF YOU GO BEFORE ME
      3. SURRENDER
      4. TTD’S RECURRING DREAM
      SIDE D
      1. SUPERMODEL SANDWICH W/CHEESE
      2. RESSURECTION
      3. IT’S BEEN SAID

The Style Council / Café Bleu special edition

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Both 6CD and 3LP editions of this release have been recalled. It will now be released on 15 May 2026.

The Style Council’s 1984 album Café Bleu, is reissued as a 6CD special edition featuring unheard material, including early demos, alternate takes, and unreleased songs.

The band’s debut (the band being Paul Weller and Mick Talbot) showcased a new sound for Weller, a cosmopolitan blend of jazz, soul, and was released a year after their first single (‘Speak Like A Child’) and a few other non-album singles that were issued in the US (and a few other territories) as a mini-album Introducing The Style Council.

The new Café Bleu Special Edition in 6CD form includes the following content:

  • CD1 – Extended edition of Introducing… The Style Council.
  • CD2 – Café Bleu full album.
  • CD3 – All related singles, B-sides, remixes, and demos from that era.
  • CD4 – Unreleased Demos, Outtakes & Alternate Versions
  • CD5 & CD6 – BBC Sessions & Live Performances

The demos disc includes an early demo of ‘Long Hot Summer’ (from August 1982), ‘Boy Hairdresser’ (written for Respond artist Tracie Young) and extended version of ‘The Paris Match’ (running to 6:31) and early variant ‘“’Summertime Song’. There’s also some instrumentals from Mick Talbot including a jazzier version of ‘Party Chambers’ and ‘Mick’s Demo’.

Live recordings include performances from BBC Sight & Sound In Concert at Chippenham’s Gold Diggers and London’s Dominion Theatre.

The 6CD special edition includes a book with new sleeve notes from Gary Crowley. The 3LP vinyl edition offers the expanded Introducing… album on LP 1 (less tracks than on the CD version), the album proper on LP 2 and then a third LP that combines more tracks from the expanded Introducing… with some of the demos.

Café Bleu will be reissued on 15 May 2026 (was 30 January) via UMR / Polydor.

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Café Bleu The Style Council / 6CD box set

    • CD 1: Introducing… Expanded
      1. Speak Like A Child
      2. Party Chambers
      3. Money-Go-Round (Parts 1&2) (original 12 inch version)
      4. Headstart For Happiness (early version)
      5. Mick’s Up
      6. Long Hot Summer (extended version)
      7. The Paris Match (early version)
      8. Party Chambers (instrumental)
      9. Le Depart
      10. A Solid Bond In Your Heart
      11. It Just Came To Pieces In My Hands
      12. My Ever Changing Moods (long version)
      13. Spring, Summer, Autumn
      14. Mick’s Company
      15. Money-Go-Round (Parts 1&2) (bert bevans remix /club mix)
      16. Long Hot Summer (club mix aka 12″ mix)
    • CD 2: Original Album
      1. Mick’s Blessings
      2. The Whole Point Of No Return
      3. Me Ship Came In!
      4. Blue Café
      5. The Paris Match
      6. My Ever Changing Moods
      7. Dropping Bombs On The Whitehouse
      8. A Gospel
      9. Strength Of Your Nature
      10. You’re The Best Thing
      11. Here’s One That Got Away
      12. Headstart For Happiness
      13. Council Meetin’
    • CD 3: Post album released singles, b-sides, single edits and remixes
      1. You’re The Best Thing (7″ version)
      2. You’re The Dub Thing
      3. The Big Boss Groove (12″ version)
      4. Money-Go-Round (dance mix)
      5. Long Hot Summer (Don’t Matter What I Do) (7″ single)
      6. A Solid Bond In Your Heart (instrumental)
      7. My Ever Changing Moods (7″ version)
    • CD 4: Demos, outtakes and alternate versions
      1. Long Hot Summer (pre TSC demo)
      2. Party Chambers (alternate version)
      3. Up For Grabs (demo)
      4. Take It To The Top (demo)
      5. Mick’s Demo
      6. Funk Interlude
      7. The Big Boss Groove
      8. Summertime Song
      9. The Paris Match (with Tracey Thorn) (long version)
      10. Come Away With Me (demo)
      11. Me Ship Came In! (alternate version)
      12. Dropping Bombs On The White House (alternate version)
      13. That One In D’ Minor (demo)
      14. Boy Hairdresser
      15. A Gospel (alternate instrumental version)
      16. A Gospel (outtake)
      17. Mick’s Company
      18. I’m In The Mood For Gazza
    • CD 5: BBC Sessions & Live

      Radio 1 Session 5/5/83

      1. Headstart For Happiness
      2. Mick’s Up
      3. Here’s One That Got Away
      4. The Paris Match
      SBH: In Concert 11/6/83. Recorded as part of the Respond Package night at the Paris Theatre London
      1. Head Start For Happiness
      2. Here’s One That Got Away
      3. The Paris Match
      4. Times Are Tight
      Saturday Live 31/12/83 In Session
      1. My Ever Changing Moods
      2. Mick’s Blessings
      3. Paris Match
      4. Head Start For Happiness
      5. Long Hot Summer
      BBC Live at the Dominion Theatre Pt.1 14/3/84
      1. Meeting Over Yonder
      2. My Ever Changing Moods
      3. It Just Came To Pieces In My Hands
      4. Mick’s Up
      5. Here’s One That Got Away
      6. Up For Grabs
      7. Dropping Bombs On The White House
      8. Long Hot Summer
    • CD 6: Live Versions
      BBC Live at the Dominion Theatre Pt.2 14/3/84
      1. Money-Go-Round
      2. Speak Like A Child
      3. Headstart For Happiness
      4. Hanging On To A Memory
      BBC Sight & Sound In Concert – Live At Goldiggers Chippenham 10/3/84
      1. Meeting Over Yonder
      2. My Ever Changing Moods
      3. Speak Like A Child
      4. The Whole Point Of No Return
      5. Le Depart
      6. The Paris Match
      7. Party Chambers
      8. Money-Go-Round
      9. Head Start For Happiness
      10. Hanging On To A Memory
      11. Dropping Bombs On The White House
      12. Long Hot Summer

Bat For Lashes / Fur and Gold reissue

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Longtime SDE readers might be aware that I’m a big Bat For Lashes supporter / fan and so I’m pleased to see that the band’s debut album (for ‘band’, read Natasha Khan & friends) is being reissued early next year for its 20th anniversary.

Fur and Gold was released in 2006 and was Mercury Music Prize nominated and features the singles ‘What’s A Girl To Do?’ (with its brilliant video), ‘Horse and I’ and ‘Trophy’.

The album has been newly remastered at Abbey Road Studios by Frank Arkwright, overseen by Natasha and the original producer David Kosten (yes, him).

The 2CD deluxe edition (a digipak) offers a bonus CD of demos, along with a BBC Live Lounge Version of ‘What’s A Girl To Do?’ and a ‘Rob da Bank Session’ version of Tahiti. The vinyl version is just the album.

Fur and Gold will be reissued on 6 February 2026, via BMG.

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Bat For Lashes / Fur and Gold reissue

Fur and Gold Bat For Lashes / 20th anniversary reissue

    • CD 1
      1. Horse and I (2025 Remaster)
      2. Trophy (feat. Josh T. Pearson) (2025 Remaster)
      3. Tahiti (2025 Remaster)
      4. What’s a Girl to Do? (2025 Remaster)
      5. Sad Eyes (2025 Remaster)
      6. The Wizard (2025 Remaster)
      7. Prescilla (2025 Remaster)
      8. The Bat’s Mouth (2025 Remaster)
      9. Seal Jubilee (2025 Remaster)
      10. Sarah (2025 Remaster)
      11. I Saw a Light (2025 Remaster)
    • CD 2
      1. Carrie (Demo)
      2. Healing Fire (Demo)
      3. Rosie (Demo)
      4. Dark Time (Demo)
      5. Howl (Demo)
      6. Blood Red Shoes (Demo)
      7. Circle Song (Demo)
      8. What’s a Girl to Do? (BBC Live Lounge Version)
      9. Tahiti (BBC Rob da Bank Session)”

Unboxed: Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Welcome to the Pleasuredome box set

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Watch as SDEtv explores the new Frankie Goes To Hollywood Welcome to the Pleasuredome box set that was released last week.

The box set is out now and you can pre-order the (delayed) SDE exclusive blu-ray, which will ship mid-November, using this link or the button below.

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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’

Out This Week / on 7 November 2025

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Paul McCartney and Wings / WINGS CD, Vinyl, Blu-ray

WINGS is a new Paul McCartney and Wings ‘best of’ that is available across a number of formats including a McCartney and SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio with Dolby Atmos Mixes. Order the blu-ray here (shipping to start imminently)

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The Levellers / Zeitgeist 30th anniversary

The Levellers celebrate the 30th anniversary of their chart-topping album Zeitgeist. This 3CD set includes a disc of remixes and a CD with demos and outtakes. The 2LP blue vinyl features just the remixes on LP 2

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Leisure Process / The Complete Epic Recordings

Leisure Process were a synth-pop duo formed in the early 1980s. Signed to Epic they released four singles before they went there separate ways. The band were Ross Middleton and Gary Barnacle (best known as a session saxophonist) and the singles were produced by Martin Rushent. This 2CD release features all the A and B-sides of the seven-inch and 12-inch singles, plus demos and sessions from the unheard vault tracks that would have likely ended up on the album that never was (it was going to be called Remarkable People with Interesting Lives). This sounds really interesting!

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Saturday Deluxe / 1 November 2025

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Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Welcome to the Pleasuredome playback event

The Frankie Goes To Hollywood Welcome to the Pleasuredome reissue was released yesterday (apart from the SDE exclusive blu-ray, which is unfortunately slightly delayed) and to mark this occasion a special Dolby Atmos playback event took place at L Acoustics in North London on Wednesday evening.

A selection of tracks were played (‘Welcome to the Pleasure Dome’, ‘Relax’, ‘Two Tribes’, ‘Born to Run’ and ‘The Power of Love’) and amongst the small audience was two members of the band: drummer Peter ‘Ped’ Gill and frontman Holly Johnson. Steven Wilson, who created the Atmos Mix, was also in attendance, and I was there were the rest of the team who put this box set together, including designer Philip Marshall.

The room was dressed with lots of rare and original Frankie memorabilia (mostly on a big table) from the collection of super-fan Mark Ward (R.I.P) and Holly and Ped spent some time looking through it.

Both men seemed to thoroughly enjoy the Atmos Mix and we were lucky enough to spend a few hours with them in the pub, afterwards! A memorable evening, for sure.

Ped (far right) and Holly check out the Frankie collectibles on display

The SDE exclusive blu-ray of Welcome to the Pleasuredome is expected to ship around the middle of this month. As well as the Dolby Atmos Mix, 5.1 Mix, New Stereo Mix and the original mix, it contains exclusive instrumental versions of the album and the bonus tracks (in Atmos, 5.1 and Stereo) and an exclusive 30-minute remix (called ‘Supernova’) of Welcome to the Pleasure Dome by Steven Wilson.

Because it was supposed to be released yesterday, we have put the blu-ray back on sale and you can order only via the SDE shop, using this link or the button below.


New Terence Trent D’Arby box set

Sananda Maitreya (the artist formerly known as Terence Trent D’Arby) is on tour in the UK at the moment and he recently revealed, in an interview with the UK’s Daily Telegraph, that he has made up with his former record label Sony and that the label will be releasing a box set of the four albums he recorded for them over 30 years ago: Introducing The Hardline (1987), Neither Fish Nor Flesh (1989), Symphony Or Damn (1993) and Vibrator (1995).

The box set will apparently be called Juvenilia and Maitreya has written sleeve notes for each album. According to the article, this is supposed to be coming out in December, although that seems a little unlikely, given that it’s now already November and this box set release hasn’t been officially announced yet. It could happen, but early next year feels more realistic.

No more details yet, in terms of remastering, bonus tracks etc.


The Who / Who Are You playback event

There were many great new releases this week, so there was lots going on! On Thursday, I headed to Dolby HQ in the West End of London to hear The Who’s 1978 album Who Are You in Dolby Atmos (the same night Pulp were marking the reissue of Different Class at Rio Cinema in Hackney).

As with Frankie, Who Are You is available as an SDE exclusive blu-ray (#48 in the SDE Surround Series) and also like Frankie the blu-ray contains exclusive content (an instrumental version of the album). Steven Wilson has created the immersive audio mix.

Left to right: Matt Kent, Richard Evans, Steven Wilson, Matt Everitt, Jon Astley (click image to enlarge)

No band members graced us with their presence this time, however broadcaster Matt Everitt hosted an interesting Q&A afterwards with people who have worked with the Who for many decades and offered some real insight into the making of the album and what was happening with the band during this period. These included Jon Astley, who produced the album with The Who once Glyn Johns stepped away from the project, designer Richard Evans who has worked with the band for almost 50 years (and has designed the new box set) and writer and Who expert Matt Kent. Insight into the Atmos Mixing process was offered by Steven Wilson.

Who Are You sounded amazing in the Dolby Theatre and it was a very interesting evening. The blu-ray was released yesterday, and the remaining stock is selling fast. If you don’t have a copy yet, now is the time (Elton John’s Captain Fantastic… which was issued a week earlier is now sold out). Order The Who exclusively via the SDE shop using this link or the button below.


Win a pair of tickets to a Split Enz Second Thoughts playback event

While on the subject of Dolby Atmos playback events, we have five pairs of tickets a Split Enz Second Thoughts Atmos playback event to give away!

The event is at Dolby HQ in Central London (Soho Square) at 6.30pm on 13 November 2025. I will be there and there’s an introduction from the album producer, and Roxy Music legend, Phil Manzanera.

If you can definitely make it along, then leave a comment which includes the words SPLIT ENZ PLAYBACK below. I’ll pick five winners at Noon on Friday 7 November and be in touch. Look forward to seeing you there!

The Alan Parsons Project / I Robot blu-ray audio

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Folowing the release of the 7-disc super deluxe edition box set earlier this month, Cooking Vinyl have announced a standalone blu-ray audio edition of The Alan Parsons Project’s 1977 album I Robot.

The blu-ray has the same content as the one in the box set and contains Dolby Atmos and 5.1 surround sound mixes by Alan Parsons, and a hi-res (96/24) stereo remaster by Miles Showell.

The I Robot album draws conceptually on author Isaac Asimov’s science fiction Robot stories, exploring philosophical themes regarding artificial intelligence. 

Like other Alan Parsons Project albums, there were a variety of different lead vocalists employed including Steve Harley, Allan Clarke, Lenny Zakatek, Peter Straker, Jack Harris and Jaki Whitren. Plus, a selection of session musicians such as guitarist Ian Bairnson and drummer Stuart Tosh with arrangements by Andrew Powell. 

The album was a worldwide hit selling in excess of two million copies, achieving platinum and gold status in numerous countries including the USA, Germany, Australia and Canada. 

Audio streams on the blu-ray

  • Dolby Atmos Mix by Alan Parsons
  • 5.1 Mix of original album by Alan Parsons
  • Stereo HD Remaster by Miles Showell (96/24)

This blu-ray disc also contains the restored ‘I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You’ promotional video and interview footage of Eric Woolfson discussing the album.

A 16-page booklet contains sleeve notes featuring quotes from Alan Parsons, the Woolfson family and the musicians, full lyrics and Alan Parsons’ thoughts on Dolby Atmos and 5.1 Surround Sound.

The I Robot blu-ray will be released on 12 December 2025. Pre-order your copy from the SDE shop using this link or the button below.

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The Alan Parsons Project / I Robot standalone blu-ray audio

I Robot The Alan Parsons Project / Blu-ray Audio

    • I ROBOT in Dolby Atmos, 5.1 and HD Stereo
      1. I Robot
      2. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You
      3. Some Other Time
      4. Breakdown
      5. Don’t Let It Show
      6. The Voice
      7. Nucleus
      8. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)
      9. Total Eclipse
      10. Genesis Ch.1. V.32
      I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You (Promotional Video)
      I Robot Eric Woolfson Interview Footage

Oasis / (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? seven-inch box set

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The Oasis reissue bandwagon continues its trundle down the Boulevard of Empty Wallets as the band announce – and this appears to be a new monthly pursuit – a new box set or reissue.

Last month it was the Familiar to Millions live album and this time around it’s a seven-inch box set of the singles from the band’s second album (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?, the 1995 long-player that was reissued on CD and vinyl only 27 days ago.

The singles are ‘Some Might Say’, ‘Roll With It’, ‘Wonderwall’ and ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’. Two UK number ones (‘Some Might Say’ and ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’) and two number twos (‘Roll With It’ and ‘Wonderwall’).

Audio is the latest remasters and this is presented in a cigarette style box, designed to replicate of the original 1996 CD singles box set. There are two versions: black vinyl and coloured vinyl, with the latter exclusive to the Oasis shop.

The seven-inch box set of (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? will be released on 12 December 2025.

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(What’s The Story) Morning Glory? Oasis /

    • Single #1
      1. Some Might Say (Remastered)
      2. Talk Tonight (Remastered)
    • Single #2
      1. Roll With It(Remastered)
      2. It’s Better People (Remastered)
    • Single #3
      1. Wonderwall (Remastered)
      2. Round Are Way (Remastered)
    • Single #4
      1. Don’t Look Back In Anger (Remastered)
      2.  Step Out (Remastered)

Frankie Goes To Hollywood SDE blu-ray delayed

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Unfortunately, the Frankie Goes To Hollywood Welcome to the Pleasuredome SDE exclusive blu-ray audio has been subject to manufacturing delays and will now ship from mid-November 2025.

We are very sorry for this delay which will impact any SDE shop orders that contain the Frankie Goes To Hollywood blu-ray, including the Frankie + Propaganda bundle.

Orders for the Frankie 7CD+blu-ray box set and the 2LP vinyl (that do not include the blu-ray) are unaffected. Both of those formats (along with the 2CD version) are still released on 31 October.

Thanks for your patience and we look forward to getting this exclusive blu-ray out to you in a few weeks time.

Tom Petty competition winner announced

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Congratulations to SDE reader Sean Hewitt who has been randomly selected as the winner of the Tom Petty competition posted on SDE last month.

Sean wins the ‘Because Sound Matters’ One-Step pressing of Petty’s 1994 album Wildflowers from 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.

Thanks to everyone who entered the competition and look out for another one coming soon!

The Damned / Not Like Everybody Else

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The Damned will release a new studio album, Not Like Everybody Else, early next year. It’s a covers album, dedicated to the memory of Brian James, the band’s founding guitarist, who died in March this year.

Recorded in five days at Revolver Studio, Los Angeles, The Damned line-up for this album is: Dave Vanian on vocals, Captain Sensible on guitar, Rat Scabies on drums (back in the studio with the band for the first time in 40 years), Paul Gray on bass and keyboardist Monty Oxymoron.

Songs on the album include R. Dean Taylor’s 1974 hit ‘There’s A Ghost In My House’ (video premiering on Thursday) , Pink Floyd’s ‘See Emily Play’, The Animals’ ‘When I Was Young’ and poignantly ‘The Last Time’ by The Rolling Stones featuring Brian James which is taken from his final live performance with The Damned at Hammersmith, in 2022.  

To celebrate the new record, The Damned will play a one-off covers show at Albert Hall, Manchester on 28 January 2026 performing songs from the new album, alongside fan-favourite covers that have marked their career. There’s also going to be a 50th anniversary show at Wembley on Saturday 11 April 2026, 

Not Like Everybody Else will be released on 23 January 2026 via earMUSIC.

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The Damned / Not Like Everybody Else - new covers album

Not Like Everybody Else The Damned /

      1. There’s A Ghost In My House
      2. Summer In The City
      3. Making Time
      4. Gimme Danger
      5. See Emily Play
      6. I’m Not Like Everybody Else
      7. Heart Full Of Soul
      8. You Must Be A Witch
      9. When I Was Young
      10. The Last Time

NOW Yearbook presents: 60s – Volume 1: 1960-1962

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NOW Music are releasing a new series under the Yearbook banner which steps back into the 1960s, with the first volume devoted to the very early era of rock’ n’ roll, classic pop tunes, timeless ballads and the first soul explosions.

60s Vol. 1: 1960-1962 is packaged Yearbook style with 4CD sets available as deluxe hardcover book edition – with a 28-page booklet including a look back at the early ’60s and a detailed track-by-track guide – and standard card sleeve 4CD sets, as well as 3LP coloured vinyl versions. The CD sets offer 87 tracks while the vinyl delivers 54 songs.

The deluxe hardcover book edition of Now Yearbook Presents: 60s – Vol. 1: 1960-1962

This first volume examines what you might call the pre-Beatles era with songs from acts such as The Everly Brothers, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Elvis, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Chubby Checker, Helen Shapiro, Ben E. King, The Drifters, Matt Munro, Dinah Washington, Eddie Cochran, Richie Valens, Adam Faith, Lonnie Donegan, Acker Bilk, Shirley Bassey, Roy Orbison, Petula Clark and many more.

NOW Yearbook Presents The 60s – Volume 1: 1960-1962 will be released on 21 November 2025.

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NOW Yearbook presents 60s - Vol 1: 1960-1962

NOW Yearbook presents: The 60s – Vol 1: 1960-1962 Various Artists /

    • CD 1
      1. The Everly Brothers – Cathy’s Clown
      2. Cliff Richard & The Shadows – The Young Ones
      3. Elvis Presley – It’s Now Or Never
      4. Bobby Darin – Beyond The Sea
      5. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – Sherry
      6. Chris Montez – Let’s Dance
      7. Chubby Checker – Let’s Twist Again
      8. Little Eva – The Locomotion
      9. Dion – The Wanderer
      10. Del Shannon – Runaway
      11. Susan Maughan – Bobby’s Girl
      12. Helen Shapiro – Walkin’ Back To Happiness
      13. Carole King – It Might As Well Rain Until September
      14. Neil Sedaka – Oh! Carol
      15. Billy Fury – Halfway To Paradise
      16. Gene Chandler – Duke Of Earl
      17. Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs – Stay
      18. Bruce Channel – Hey! Baby
      19. Brian Hyland – Sealed With A Kiss
      20. Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel)
      21. Bobby Vee – More Than I Can Say
      22. Buddy Holly – True Love Ways
    • CD 2
      1. Ben E. King – Stand By Me
      2. Dionne Warwick – Don’t Make Me Over
      3. The Drifters – Save The Last Dance For Me
      4. The Marvelettes – Please Mr. Postman
      5. The Crystals – He’s A Rebel
      6. Shelley Fabares – Johnny Angel
      7. Connie Francis – Where The Boys Are
      8. Brenda Lee – I’m Sorry
      9. Jim Reeves – He’ll Have To Go
      10. Patsy Cline & The Jordanaires – I Fall To Pieces
      11. The Shadows – Wonderful Land
      12. Frank Ifield – I Remember You
      13. Bobby Vinton – Roses Are Red (My Love)
      14. Matt Monro – Softly As I Leave You
      15. Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Theme From “A Summer Place”
      16. Johnny Mathis – Misty
      17. Danny Williams – Moon River (From “Breakfast At Tiffany’s”)
      18. Shirley Bassey – As Long As He Needs Me
      19. Timi Yuro – Hurt
      20. Dinah Washington – Mad About The Boy
      21. Etta James – At Last
    • CD 3
      1. Chubby Checker – The Twist
      2. Dion – Runaround Sue
      3. Bobby Vee – Take Good Care Of My Baby
      4. Eddie Cochran – Three Steps To Heaven
      5. Cliff Richard & The Shadows – Please Don’t Tease
      6. Johnny Kidd & The Pirates – Shakin’ All Over
      7. The Marcels – Blue Moon
      8. Emile Ford & The Checkmates – What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For
      9. Neil Sedaka – Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
      10. Ricky Valance – Tell Laura I Love Her
      11. Elvis Presley – Wooden Heart
      12. Pat Boone – Speedy Gonzales
      13. Connie Francis – Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool
      14. Clarence “Frogman” Henry – (I Don’t Know Why) But I Do
      15. Karl Denver – Wimoweh (Mbube)
      16. Jimmy Jones – Handy Man
      17. Joe Brown & The Bruvvers – A Picture Of You
      18. Adam Faith – Poor Me
      19. Mike Sarne – Come Outside
      20. Lonnie Donegan & His Group – My Old Man’s A Dustman
      21. The Temperance Seven – You’re Driving Me Crazy
      22. David Rose – The Stripper
    • CD 4
      1. The Tornados – Telstar
      2. The Shadows – Apache
      3. Dave Brubeck – Take Five
      4. Acker Bilk – Stranger On The Shore
      5. Shirley Bassey – Reach For The Stars
      6. Connie Stevens – Sixteen Reasons
      7. Helen Shapiro – You Don’t Know
      8. Linda Scott – I’ve Told Every Little Star
      9. Roy Orbison – Crying
      10. The Everly Brothers – Walk Right Back
      11. Bobby Darin – Things
      12. The Tokens – The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)
      13. Brian Hyland – Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
      14. Mark Wynter – Venus In Blue Jeans
      15. Anthony Newley – Why
      16. Eden Kane – Well I Ask You
      17. Frankie Vaughan – Tower Of Strength
      18. The Allisons – Are You Sure?
      19. Michael Holliday – Starry Eyed
      20. Petula Clark – Sailor
      21. Patsy Cline – Crazy
      22. Elvis Presley – Can’t Help Falling In Love

Out This Week / on 31 October 2025

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Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Welcome to the Pleasuredome CD, Vinyl, Box Set

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

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Faces / Early Steps

New compilation of the Faces’ first – and previously unheard – recording session at Olympic Studios in Barnes.

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Mike Oldfield / Amarok (2LP vinyl)

To mark the 35th anniversary Mike Oldfield’s 1990 album it has been remastered at half-speed by Miles Showell. Also, this 60-minute album was originally split into two halves on a single vinyl record, but here, with approval of Oldfield, the album is split into four 15 minute sections, to optimise audio fidelity.

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Sheena Easton / Strut: The Complete EMI Recordings Vol II (5CD+DVD box)

This box set encompasses the latter half of Sheena Easton’s EMI tenure. All audio is remastered from the original vault tapes. Includes B-sides, 12-inch mixes and 46 previously unreleased recordings.

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Depeche Mode – ‘M’ and ‘Memento Mori: Mexico City’

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Depeche Mode are releasing a new documentary film M alongside a traditional concert film (and live album), Memento Mori:Mexico City, together in two special 2CD+2blu-ray and 2CD+2DVD packages.

M is by Mexican filmmaker Fernando Frías and is described as “a cinematic journey into the heart of Mexican culture’s relationship with death, framed by riveting live performances from Depeche Mode during their Memento Mori tour”. The film blends concert footage with “interpretive interstitials” and archive material. This film is also getting a limited theatrical release.

2CD+2Blu-ray edition of M/Memento Mori: Mexico City

Memento Mori: Mexico City is a full-length concert film of over two hours (also directed by Fernando Frías) featuring the Mexico City shows in 2023 where Depeche Mode played for more than 200,000 fans.

The four disc packages feature M on the first blu-ray (or DVD), the concert film on the second blu-ray (or DVD) and then a live album across two CDs which is the soundtrack to the Mexico City concert film.

A major ‘carrot’ with this live album is that it tacks on four previously unreleased studio recordings from the Memento Mori Sessions, at the end. These songs are called ‘Survive’, ‘Life 2.0’, ‘Give Yourself To me and In The End’.

If you don’t want any of the video formats, the live album (with those four new studio tracks) is available as a standalone 2CD or as a 4LP set, the latter available on various coloured editions.

M and Memento Mori: Mexico City will be released on 5 December 2025 via Sony.

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Tracklisting

Depeche Mode / M and Memento Mori: Mexico City

Memento Mori: Mexico City Depeche Mode / Live album

      1. Intro
      2. My Cosmos Is Mine
      3. Wagging Tongue
      4. Walking In My Shoes
      5. It’s No Good
      6. Sister Of Night
      7. In Your Room
      8. Everything Counts
      9. Precious
      10. Speak To Me
      11. Home
      12. Soul With Me
      13. Ghosts Again
      14. I Feel You
      15. A Pain That I’m Used To
      16. World In My Eyes
      17. Wrong
      18. Stripped
      19. John the Revelator
      20. Enjoy The Silence
      21. Waiting for the Night
      22. Just Can’t Get Enough
      23. Never Let Me Down Again
      24. Personal Jesus
      Bonus studio tracks
      1. Survive
      2. Life 2.0
      3. Give Yourself To Me
      4. In The End

Soft Cell’s Dave Ball dies

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

Dave Ball, one half of synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died at the age of 66.

Soft Cell were massively influential and their 1981 debut album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret flung Dave and Marc Almond into the spotlight thanks to three top 5 singles in the UK including the number one ‘Tainted Love’ (which was also a top 10 hit in the US). After three albums the pair amicably ended Soft Cell in 1984 although, as we know, there were plenty of reunions and two further studio albums (2002’s Cruelty Without Beauty and 2022’s *Happiness Not Included).

In the late ’80s Ball formed a few short-lived bands, but it was electronic dance group The Grid (with Richard Norris) where he found real success outside Soft Cell, with ‘Swamp Thing’, from third album Evolver hitting No 3 in the UK charts. The Grid also did lots of remix work.

Only two months ago, Soft Cell played a headline show to 20,000 fans at the Rewind Festival in Henley-on-Thames and a new album was “literally completed only a few days ago” according to Marc Almond, who in paying tribute to Dave called him “a wonderfully brilliant musical genius” adding “Thank you Dave for being an immense part of my life and for the music you gave me. I wouldn’t be where I am without you.”

RIP Dave Ball. Leave your tributes in the comments section.

Stiff Little Fingers / Inflammable Material reissue

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Inflammable Material, the debut album of Northern Irish band Stiff Little Fingers is being reissued in November across three physical formats.

Originally released in 1979 at the height of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, the album depicted volatile life in Belfast at the time and was met with critical acclaim.

The formats for reissue are a 4CD+DVD deluxe set, a 2LP vinyl edition and a 2CD version. All offer a new remaster, with the 4CD+DVD set adding previously unreleased demos, John Peel Sessions (some never broadcast), an unreleased 1979 concert from Troon and finally a DVD which includes the Rough Trade 1979 SLF promotional film along with concert footage from Friars in Aylesbury originally broadcast on BBC’s Old Gray Whistle Test in 1980 and a rare clip of ‘Alternative Ulster’ from the 1979 film Shellshock Rock.

The book-pack presentation features 9,000 words of notes from Stuart Bailie and includes fresh interviews with original band members and manager/lyricist Gordon Ogilvie.

The 2LP vinyl and 2CD editions include the remastered original album on the first disc and add the unreleased Troon live performance on the second.

Inflammable Materials will be reissued on 27 November 2025, via Parlophone.

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Stiff Little Fingers / Infammable Material 4CD+DVD box set

Inflammable Material Stiff Little Fingers /

    • CD 1: Original Album
      1. Suspect Device
      2. State Of Emergency
      3. Here We Are Nowhere
      4. Wasted Life
      5. No More Of That
      6. Barbed Wire Love
      7. White Noise
      8. Breakout
      9. Law & Order
      10. Rough Trade
      11. Johnny Was
      12. Alternative Ulster
      13. Closed Groove
      Bonus Tracks
      1. Suspect Device (Single Version)
      2. Wasted Life (Single Version)
      3. ’78 RPM
      4. Gotta Gettaway (Single Version)
      5. Bloody Sunday
    • CD 2: BBC John Peel Sessions
      1-4 broadcast 13th April 1978. Tracks 5 & 6 were never broadcast
      1. Wasted Life
      2. Johnny Was
      3. Alternative Ulster
      4. State Of Emergency
      5. White Noise
      6. No More Of That
      7-10 Broadcast 12th September 1978
      1. Johnny Was
      2. Law & Order
      3. Barbed Wire Love
      4. Suspect Device
    • CD 3: 1978 Demos
       All tracks previously unreleased.
      Island Records Demos Recorded 20th & 21st May 1978.
      1. ’78 RPM
      2. Johnny Was (Short Version)
      3. White Noise
      4. Alternative Ulster
      5. Law & Order (No Vocal)
      6. State Of Emergency
      Outlet Studios, Belfast Demos September 1978
      1. Revenge
      2. Here We Are Nowhere
      3. Rough Trade
      4. No More Of That
      5. Breakout
      6. Barbed Wire Love
    • CD 4: Live album. 1979 Troon May 1979
      1. You Can’t say Crap On The Radio
      2. At The Edge
      3. Johnny Was
      4. Suspect Device
      5. Nobody’s Hero
      6. No Change
      7. No More Of That
      8. Gotta Gettaway
      9. Rough Trade
      10. Wait And See
      11. Breakout
      12. Straw Dogs
      13. Wasted LIfe
    • DVD
      Shellshock Rock (Hollywood Films) (October 1978)
      1. Alternative Ulster (UNRELEASED)
      Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC) Filmed at Friar Aylesbury May 1979). Broadcast 25th July 1980
      1. Barbed Wire Love
      2. Gotta Gettaway (UNRELEASED)
      Rough Trade Video (Summer 1979)
      1. Suspect Device
      2. Barbed Wire Love
      3. Gotta Gettaway
      4. Alternative Ulster