‘Booth and the Bad Angel’ coloured vinyl

1996 album • First time on vinyl • 180g coloured pressing

Tim Booth and Angelo Badalamenti‘s collaboration Booth and the Bad Angel is released on vinyl for the first time in May.
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Impressionist Jon Culshaw unboxes Doctor Who 7LP vinyl box set


In an entertaining unboxing video impressionist and comedian Jon Culshaw (and ‘friend’ behind him) gets to grips with the new Doctor Who vinyl box set, The Dalek’s Master Plan.
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Out This Week / on 8 March 2019

Kate Bush / The Other Sides CD

Kate Bush issues her four-disc remix/B-side compilation The Other Sides as a standalone 4CD set. It’s not perfect, but is highly recommended if you want to dig deeper into Kate’s studio output.


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SDE’s Record Store Day 2019 preview

It’s that time of year again. Next month music fans will congregate in queues, early in the morning, outside of independent record shops, with their dog-eared lists in hand, hoping to secure one of the many special releases that are created for Record Store Day. Other fans may stay at home and wander in to town later in the day to ‘see what’s left’, while some will do the early shift, only to rush home after making their purchases to get ’em up on eBay as quickly as possible! Hey, nobody said it was perfect, but this year’s selection looks the best in quite a while, so enjoy SDE’s preview of RSD ’19; our pick of the best of the special releases….
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This Week’s Box Set and Reissue Deals

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…


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Alan Parsons / The Secret


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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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Quandary Phase / 2LP coloured vinyl


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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SDEtv / Heaven 17 on the SDE sofa

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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