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UK: Sparks / No.1 In Heaven vinyl LP reissue – £12.99
Superb price for the forthcoming VINYL reissue of Sparks’ 1979 album which is due out at the end of the month. Remastered, this reissue also includes the rare and original Peter Cook promo spots for the record…
Duran Duran will participate in Record Store Day 2019 with a coloured vinyl live release As The Lights Go Down.
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Alan Parsons returns with a new album, The Secret, in April.
The 11-track album sees “a return to the pop-rock sound with symphonic and progressive rock interludes which the Alan Parsons Project was known for” and features guest appearances from the likes of Jason Mraz, Lou Gramm and more. You can preview ‘Miracle’ below.
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Demon Records will issue Quandary Phase a new 2LP coloured vinyl deluxe set that features the fourth series of Douglas Adams’ classic comedy science fiction radio show The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.
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The synthpop legends visit SDE for a video interview
Heaven 17‘s Glenn Gregory and Martyn Ware visit SDE HQ and recline on the sofa to discuss in detail their forthcoming anthology Play To Win: The Virgin Years, a 10-disc extravaganza that includes albums, B-sides, remixes, demos and more.
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Matthew Sweet‘s 1991 album Girlfriend is being reissued as a limited pink vinyl pressing via Music On Vinyl.
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Rhino are to release a new Stevie Nicks anthology called Stand Back with various formats being delivered over the next few months.
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This May, Morrissey will release a new studio album, California Son, which sees him covering a diverse variety of tracks from the 1960s and 1970s, including some originally recorded by Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison.
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Sad news tonight, as it’s confirmed that Talk Talk frontman Mark Hollis has died age 64. The singer and musician was the driving force behind the band’s five studio albums which were released between 1982 and 1991.
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Silva Screen will reissue the BBC Radiophonic Workshop‘s 1968 album on very limited PINK vinyl next month. The hugely influential 10th anniversary album features remastered early electronic works of John Baker, David Cain and Delia Derbyshire.
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Sam Brown / 43 Minutes signed CD CD
Sam Brown‘s third album 43 Minutes has been remastered and reissued on CD and Sam has agreed to sign a limited number of copies especially for SDE readers!
Prince‘s 1999 album Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic is being reissued in April as a 2CD+DVD set and as two double purple vinyl packages.
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Kate Bush: Parlophone accused of not telling us the whole story
The news yesterday of Kate Bush‘s The Other Sides four-CD set kicked off an interesting debate about transparency and what fans should and shouldn’t be told about future release schedules by record labels.
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Kate Bush will release her The Other Sides B-side compilation as a standalone 4CD set and has also officially made available the video for her 1991 cover of Elton John‘s Rocket Man and spoken about the making of the song and the video.
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BMG will issue a new Emerson Lake & Palmer anthology across four coloured vinyl records in May.
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Music on Vinyl are to reissue Marianne Faithfull‘s 1981 album Dangerous Acquaintances, initially as a limited white vinyl pressing.
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The David Bowie Clareville Grove Demos seven-inch vinyl box set, which contains home demos recorded in 1969, is now up for pre-order.
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Coming soon, is this video interview with Heaven 17, as Martyn Ware and Glenn Gregory recline on the SDE sofa for 45 minutes of questions and answers about their career and the new box set Play to Win: The Virgin Years.
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As predicted, when the David Sylvian vinyl reissues were announced, the 1991 Japan reunion album called Rain Tree Crow is also getting the same reissue treatment in March.
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