USA: Rush / Hemispheres super deluxe – $88 (approx £69)
Massive super deluxe features 2CD, blu-ray (with 5.1 mix), 3LP and more. This is £145 in the UK, so less than half price!
Author: Paul Sinclair
Kankyō Ongaku / Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music
And now for something completely different…
Light In The Attic have created a Japan Archival Series and this continues early next year with Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990, an expansive overview of the country’s vital minimal, ambient, avant-garde, and New Age music – what can collectively be described as ‘kankyō ongaku’, or environmental music. This is the first ever fully licensed collection of this music outside of Japan and it features internationally acclaimed artists such as Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Joe Hisaishi, as well as other pioneers like Hiroshi Yoshimura, Yoshio Ojima and Satoshi Ashikawa. This set is available as a 3LP vinyl box set or a deluxe 2CD book package.
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Out This Week / on 7 December 2018
Paul Mccartney / Wings Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway reissues CD, Vinyl, Box Set
Paul McCartney continues his ‘Archive Collection’ reissue series with two early Wings albums: Wild Life from 1971 and Red Rose Speedway from 1973. Both are issued as lavish super deluxe box sets (as well as all the other usual formats) and are also collected in an expensive Wings 1971-1973 limited edition box set that features additional books and audio. Incidentally, the US price for the Wild Life box has just dropped right down to $98 which is around £77. In the UK it’s £130!
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SDEtv / Howard Jones: Human’s Lib and Dream Into Action unboxed
SDE takes a look at the new Howard Jones box sets Human’s Lib and Dream Into Action – released last Friday – with this new unboxing video. Does the packaging and presentation justify the relatively high price tag for these super deluxe editions of Howard’s first two albums? Watch the SDEtv video and find out…
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy / Tertiary Phase / 3LP coloured vinyl
Demon Records will issue Tertiary Phase a new 3LP coloured vinyl deluxe set that features the third series of Douglas Adams’ classic comedy science fiction radio show The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.
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Last chance for German 3-for-2 deal
One of the best deals of 2018 ends today!
I wouldn’t blame you if you had ‘deal fatigue’ after the last week with Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but I feel it’s my duty to make you aware that Amazon in Germany are price matching local competitor Media Markt and doing a 3-for-2 promotion on physical music, blu-ray and DVDs etc. There’s loads of ‘big name’ box sets in the deal including Bowie, Lennon, Police, Dylan, Beatles, Kate Bush, The Kinks and more!
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Tanita Tikaram’s Ancient Heart reissue
Out next week is Music On Vinyl’s reissue of Tanita Tikaram‘s much loved debut Ancient Heart. The 1988 album has been pressed on clear vinyl for a limited run of 1500 copies and the gatefold package includes a personal note from Tanita. Watch the video below to see the vinyl reissue in production and get a feel for what looks like a quality presentation…
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The Monkees / Unwrap You At Christmas
Check out this video to The Monkees new single ‘Unwrap You At Christmas’. This song was penned by XTC‘s Andy Partridge and features on the recent Christmas album The Monkees Christmas Party.
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Paul Young / The CBS Singles Collection / 20-disc CD singles box set
Early next year Edsel will issue The CBS Singles Collection, a new Paul Young box set which includes every UK single issued on the CBS label as a CD single, packed with mixes, B-sides, instrumentals and even the odd unreleased demo. The box set also includes a DVD with all the videos which (issued on the format for the first time), and the first 1500 boxes come with a print SIGNED by Paul Young.
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Cyber Monday deals
Suede / The Insatiable Ones
SIGNED poster and bundles available
Suede‘s new documentary The Insatiable Ones will be issued on DVD next year and fans can pre-order limited SIGNED versions of the triple-disc package.
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Ultravox / Competition Winner
Well done to Joy Turner who has been selected randomly as the winner of the superb Ultravox Extended prize bundle!
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Out This Week / on 30 November 2018
Kate Bush / Remastered albums in box sets CD, Vinyl
Two weeks after the first sets Kate Bush releases the rest of her remastered albums which are available separately or in box sets. These are the later period albums (Aerial to 50 Words For Snow) so arguably less exciting for some, but the fourth of four vinyl boxes and the second CD box have the considerable ‘carrot’ of rarities, including 12-inch mixes, B-sides and even a totally unreleased early demo called Humming. You can watch an unboxing video of the first box sets here.
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Today’s Black Friday Deals
Germany David Gilmour / Live at Pompeii 2CD+2 x blu-ray – €25
Joy Division & New Order / Total 2LP
New Order‘s 2011 compilation TOTAL from Joy Division to New Order will be issued on vinyl for the first time at the end of November.
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Amazon change their policy on shipping international orders to Australia
Amazon have revisited their decision to block Australian customers from using their international sites and will now accept some orders from overseas.
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Today’s Black Friday Deals
ITALY Lou Reed / The RCA & Arista Album Collection 6LP box – €54
Remastered versions of Transformer (1972); Berlin (1973); Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal (1974); Coney Island Baby (1976); Street Hassle (1978) and The Blue Mask from 1982. The remastering was done under Lou Reed’s supervision, shortly before he died. The 17CD set is also discounted to €80.
The Yardbirds / Live and Rare 4CD+DVD
Early next year, Repertoire Records will issue Live and Rare a new five-disc Yardbirds box set
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SDEtv / Marillion: Clutching at Straws / watch the unboxing video
SDE takes a look at the new Marillion reissue, a five-disc edition of their 1987 album Clutching at Straws which features a 5.1 surround mix, demos, a new stereo mix, an hour-long documentary and much more…
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Paul Waaktaar-Savoy talks ‘Take On Me’ and hints at new a-ha songs for 2019
SDE talks to the a-ha guitarist / songwriter about the 80s Symphonic version of ‘Take On Me’ and touring plans for next year.
a-ha‘s classic single ‘Take On Me’ features on 80s Symphonic, a new compilation made up of original recordings from the 1980s combined with new orchestral arrangements. “People can’t get enough of that song” Paul told SDE editor Paul Sinclair when he caught up with him a few weeks ago, prior to an appearance on BBC TV’s The One Show. Read the full interview, below…
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