Howard Jones‘ new album is called Transform and will be released in May. While we await full details, including formats, fans might be interested to know that the vinyl edition can be pre-ordered for a great price right now in the UK (update: back to normal price).
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John and Yoko’s ‘Wedding Album’ faithfully recreated on WHITE vinyl
Secretly Canadian (in partnership with Chimera Music) has announced today – on Yoko Ono’s 86th birthday – a limited WHITE vinyl edition of John Lennon and Yoko Ono‘s Unfinished Music No. 3: Wedding Album (1969).
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Generation X deluxe edition
Chrysalis are set to release a deluxe edition of Generation X, the self-titled 1978 debut album by one the British punk band that featured a young Billy Idol.
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Stephen Malkmus / Groove Denied
Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus issues, Groove Denied, his first solo album without ‘the Jicks’ next month.
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Altered Images / Greatest Hits pink vinyl
Early eighties Scottish pop band Altered Images have a new Greatest Hits on the way, via Demon Records, which will be pressed on pink vinyl.
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Out This Week / on 22 February 2019
Curtis Mayfield / Keep On Keeping On: Studio Albums 1970-1974 CD, Vinyl, Box Set
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Bryan Adams / Shine A Light
After the news of Dido yesterday, another signed CD bargain available today with rock star/photographer Bryan Adam‘s forthcoming album Shine A Light also being offered as an ‘exclusive signed edition’ via Amazon in the UK.
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Saturday Deluxe / 16 February 2019
After around 18 months of faffing around, Paul McCartney had a great run at the end of 2018, with the excellent Egypt Station, the 50th anniversary reissue of ‘The White Album’ and then two excellent reissues of Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway, which were bundled into an expensive, but rather good, box set called Paul McCartney & Wings 1971-1973. It seemed like the missteps of the Flowers in the Dirt and the haphazard coloured vinyl marketing campaign were behind him and Paul was ‘getting back’ to releasing decent products again. That was until this week, when fans were informed of the ‘Traveller’s Edition’ deluxe box set of Egypt Station.
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Where to buy McCartney’s Egypt Station Traveller’s Edition limited edition box
The ‘Traveller’s Edition’ box set of Paul McCartney‘s Egypt Station has just gone on sale. SDE provides the links required to order a copy, if you so wish…
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Dido / Still On My Mind signed CD
Amazon in the UK are selling Dido‘s forthcoming album, Still On My Mind, as SIGNED CD edition.
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German 3-for-2 deal returns!
Updated on 17 Feb with some new selections!
Amazon Germany is price-matching local competitor Saturn/Media Markt with another outstanding 3-for-2 offer. You can buy three music box sets and get the third (the cheapest) for nothing, regardless of the price-tag. This deal runs until Monday 18 February.
Thousands of items are eligible (not just music), although remember you do have to buy from Amazon Germany direct and not any third party sellers. Also the discount will be automatically applied at the last stage of checkout. This link shows everything eligible (you can search), but below is a list of SDE CD and vinyl favourites that are all in the deal!
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Paul McCartney unveils Egypt Station ‘Traveller’s Edition’ box set
It’s strangely in keeping with its theme of travel and trains (at least for those of us in the UK) that Paul McCartney‘s Egypt Station box set arrives so late. The fact that a box set was in production was clear from day one, but details of this ‘traveller’s edition’ super deluxe have only just been announced and the set itself won’t be shipping until May, eight months after the album was released. Read on to find out the details of this limited set…
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Super Deluxe of Bernard Herrmann’s soundtrack to Hitchcock’s ‘Marnie’
Soundtrack specialists Stylotone, in association with The Bernard Herrmann Estate, will issue for the first time ever, from the original master tapes, the original motion picture soundtrack to Alfred Hitchcock’s 1964 film Marnie, as composed and conducted by film score Maestro Bernard Herrmann.
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David Bowie / Clareville Grove Demos / seven-inch vinyl box set
Following the recent Spying Through A Keyhole announcement, Parlophone are to release another seven-inch vinyl box set of David Bowie demos, called Clareville Grove Demos.
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Love Unlimited Orchestra / The 20th Century Records Albums 1973-1979
Barry White‘s Love Unlimited Orchestra‘s seven albums have been remastered and are to be reissued as The 20th Century Records Albums 1973-1979, a new seven-CD box set.
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This Week’s Reissue and Box Set Deals
David Bowie / Who Can I Be Now? [1974-1976] 13LP vinyl box – £157.99
Cheapest price to date for this vinyl box that includes remastered versions of Diamond Dogs, Young Americans, Station to Station along with the Re:Call 2 compilation, various live albums and an alternate mix of Station to Station.
Out This Week / on 15 February 2018
David Bowie / Loving The Alien standalone remasters CD, Vinyl
Parlophone issue the 2018 remasters of the David Bowie albums included in the Loving The Alien box set as standalone releases next month.
Flight of the Conchords ‘Live in London’ on limited CLEAR 3LP vinyl
The previously announced Flight of the Conchords Live in London audio set will be available as a limited ‘Loser Edition’ on 3LP CLEAR vinyl.
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GRAMMY Award update for SDE readers
Last night was the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards and amongst the weird and wonderful categories (“Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano)” were a few that will be of interest to SDE readers…
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R.E.M. / In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 to be reissued on 2LP vinyl
Warners’ 2003 R.E.M. compilation In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 will be reissued by Craft Recordings as a double vinyl set in May.
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