Madonna will release a new album, Madame X, in June.
I wasn’t going to post about this release, but quite a few of you have been in touch asking me about the various formats, so here we go…
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Author: Paul Sinclair
This Week’s Box Set and Reissue Deals
UK: Bob Dylan / The 1966 Live Recordings 36CD box – £59
Motown: The Complete No. 1’s / 11CD
Motown: The Complete No. 1’s is being reissued as an 11CD box set in June.
This set features classic Motown songs that were number one somewhere in the world and it includes artists like Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Stevie Wonder, the Supremes, the Temptations, the Jackson 5, the Commodores, Gladys Knight & the Pips, the Four Tops, Boyz II Men, and many more.
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Mantronix: The Album reissue
Mantronix: The Album, the influential debut by 1980s hip-hop electro funk group Mantronix, is being reissued on heavyweight vinyl next month.
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Neil Young and Crazy Horse in the studio to record a new album
Neil Young has informed his fans that he’s in the studio working on a new album with his legendary band Crazy Horse.
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The Wannadies / Bagsy Me limited edition coloured vinyl
The Wannadies‘ vinyl reissues continue with a special turquoise vinyl pressing of 1997 album Bagsy Me.
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David Bowie / Boys Keep Swinging 40th anniversary 7″ picture disc
Parlophone’s series of David Bowie 40th anniversary seven-inch picture discs continues with a reissue of his 1979 single ‘Boys Keep Swinging’.
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Domino complete Buzzcocks reissues with the final album and compilation
Domino complete their Buzzcocks‘ reissue campaign with vinyl and CD reissues of 1979’s final studio album A Different Kind of Tension and the Singles Going Steady compilation from 1981.
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Watch Weezer perform Everybody Wants To Rule The World with Tears For Fears
Weezer performed Tears For Fears’ 1985 American number one ‘Everybody Wants To Rule The World’ last night on US TV’s Jimmy Kimmel show and were joined on stage by both Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith. The duo had also joined the band for the same song when Weezer played Coachella last weekend. Watch the TV performance below.
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Win a London Records RSD bundle
SDE has a bundle of Record Store Day releases from London Records to give away!
One winner will receive the Bronski Beat ‘Smalltown Boy’ vinyl picture disc, the Bananarama coloured vinyl remix 12-inch, the Blancmange blue vinyl 12-inch of ‘Living on the Ceiling and the Redskins 10-inch of ‘Bring It Down (This Insane Thing)’ on red vinyl. These will all be supplied in a groovy London Records tote bag. This is a ‘quickie’ competition, open to all, that will end at noon BST on Wednesday 17 April 2019. Good luck and enter below
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Very limited SIGNED Zombies vinyl box
Available to pre-order right now is In The Beginning a 5LP vinyl Zombies box set with only 50 sets SIGNED by Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone!
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Out This Week / on 19 April 2019
Ian Brown / Unfinished Monkey Business vinyl LP Vinyl
Ian Brown‘s 1998 album Unfinished Monkey Business gets a welcome vinyl reissue. The album was only ever released on this format in the UK and even then on very limited quantities.
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Tangerine Dream / In Search of Hades: The Virgin Recordings 1973-1979
This June, Universal Music will issue In Search of Hades: The Virgin Recordings 1973 – 1979 a massive 18-disc Tangerine Dream collection.
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SDEtv: The BIG Record Store Day unboxing video preview
Music fans will not have failed to notice that tomorrow is Record Store Day, the day when lots of releases (almost entirely vinyl) are available exclusively from independent record shops around the world. Keeping with SDE tradition, we now present a special video preview of some of the best releases. This is our biggest ever, as the 2019 unboxing covers 30 different releases through five different decades! Watch the video below and have fun tomorrow.
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Exclusive: Watch The Police’s new lyric video for Message in a Bottle
New lyric video celebrates RSD 7″ single release
Universal Music celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Police‘s 1979 number one ‘Message In A Bottle’ this Saturday with a special Record Store Day 7″ double-pack. These will be available exclusively from independent record shops. SDE can exclusively bring you the first view of a new lyric video commissioned by the label as part of the celebrations. Watch it below:
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Pink Floyd / The Division Bell 25th anniversary blue vinyl
Pink Floyd‘s 1994 album The Division Bell will be reissued as a 25th anniversary translucent blue 2LP vinyl edition in June.
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Blancmange / The Blanc Tapes 6LP box
London Records are to release a limited edition six-LP vinyl box of Blancmange‘s The Blanc Tapes, with signed editions available.
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SDEtv / Keith Richards: Talk is Cheap
Keith Richards‘ debut solo album Talk is Cheap has just been reissued as a 30th anniversary deluxe edition. Check out this SDEtv unboxing video for a close-up view of this set and you can decide for yourself if it’s worth shelling out around £100 for the hefty package.
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The Rolling Stones / Bridges To Bremen
This June, Eagle Vision will issue Bridges To Bremen, a full-length show performed by The Rolling Stones on the final leg of the ‘Bridges To Babylon’ tour.
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Out This Week / on 12 April 2019
Pet Shop Boys / Agenda EP CD, Vinyl
The Pet Shop Boys return with a new four-track EP, Agenda. The song title are arguably better than the songs, but the boys commitment to physical formats and value for money (none of these four tracks will be on the next album) is to be applauded.
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