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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Mark Hollis dies aged 64
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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BBC Radiophonic Music pink vinyl
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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Out This Week on 1 March 2019
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!
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Prince / Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic / Vinyl and CD reissues
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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Saturday Deluxe / 23 February 2019
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 releases ‘The Other Sides’ compilation as standalone 4CD set
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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Emerson Lake & Palmer / The Anthology (1970-1998) coloured vinyl box set
BMG will issue a new Emerson Lake & Palmer anthology across four coloured vinyl records in May.
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Marianne Faithfull / Dangerous Acquaintances limited white vinyl
Music on Vinyl are to reissue Marianne Faithfull‘s 1981 album Dangerous Acquaintances, initially as a limited white vinyl pressing.
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Stereolab / 3LP and 2CD reissues
A Stereolab reissue campaign has been announced and kicks off in May with expanded versions of 1993’s Transient Random Noise-Bursts With Announcements and its 1994 follow-up Mars Audiac Quintet.
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David Bowie / Clareville Grove Demos
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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Preview: Heaven 17 on the SDE sofa
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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Rain Tree Crow reissued on 180g vinyl
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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Howard Jones’ new album Transform
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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