Kate Bush is releasing a book of selected lyrics in December called How To Be Invisible.
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Author: Paul Sinclair
Out This Week / on 14 September 2018
Jean Michel Jarre / Planet Jarre CD, Vinyl, Box Set
Sony release Planet Jarre, a 50th anniversary Jean Michel Jarre anthology that will be available in three physical formats, including a super deluxe edition box set. Remastered and hand-picked by Jarre, this collection is broken down into four sections: Soundscapes, Themes, Sequences, Explorations & Early Works.
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis / Proposition soundtrack to be issued on vinyl
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ soundtrack for 2005 film The Proposition will receive a first vinyl release in November.
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Billy Idol / Vital Idol: Revitalized
Billy Idol‘s 1985 remix album Vital Idol has been rebooted for 2018 and will be reissued as Vital Idol: Revitalized with new remixes from Moby, Paul Oakenfold and others.
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Simply Red / 2003-2007 vinyl box set
Simply Red‘s three albums released in the ‘noughties’, under the band’s own simplyred.com label, are to be issued on vinyl for the first time and collected in 2003-2007, a new 4LP vinyl box set.
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Marillion / Clutching at Straws reissue
After the successful reissue of Marillion‘s 1985 album Misplaced Childhood in 2017, Parlophone will reissue the British quintet’s fourth studio album Clutching at Straws in November.
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Metallica / …And Justice For All box set
11 CDs • four DVDs • six vinyl records • 120-page hardcover book
Metallica continue their impressive reissue campaign with another enormous super deluxe edition box set, this time for their 1988 album …And Justice For All.
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Deal alert / David Bowie Loving The Alien (1983-1988) / 11CD box set
SDEtv / California Groove IV
SDEtv unboxing video
SDE takes a look a Warner Music France’s California Groove IV, a recent six-CD various artists box set. Check out the unboxing video
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Thom Yorke / Suspiria (Music for the Luca Guadagnino Film)
Yorke’s debut film soundtrack • 2LP PINK vinyl • 2CD edition
Thom Yorke of Radiohead will release Suspiria (Music for the Luca Guadagnino Film) in October on XL Recordings.
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Small Faces ‘Ogdens’ triple vinyl deluxe set now more widely available
The 3LP coloured-vinyl deluxe edition of the Small Faces 1968 album Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake can now be pre-ordered on Amazon UK.
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Queen / Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack
Inevitably, a soundtrack to the new Queen / Freddie Mercury feature film Bohemian Rhapsody was always going to be released, but Hollywood Records have scored something of a coup, by managing to license the audio of the band’s classic performance at Live Aid and effectively make it a ‘must buy’ for fans.
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Watch Fleetwood Mac perform ‘The Chain’ and ‘Gypsy’ with Neil Finn
Fleeetwood Mac appeared on US TV’s Ellen show yesterday, debuting their new line-up which features Crowded House’s Neil Finn and Mike Campbell from Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.
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R.E.M. at the BBC 9-disc box set
BBC studio and live sessions • 8CD+DVD box • 2LP vinyl highlights
Universal Music will issue REM at the BBC in October, a massive 8CD+DVD R.E.M. box set that comprises a treasure trove of rare and unreleased live and studio recordings culled from the BBC and band archives.
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The New Folk Sound Of Terry Callier
Craft Recordings will reissue Terry Callier‘s debut album The New Folk Sound Of Terry Callier in October.
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Blondie box set coming in 2019 plus Heart of Glass 12-inch due in Oct
Blondie will next year issue a comprehensive ‘Complete Studio Recordings’ box set that will gather albums, rarities and some unreleased material.
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This Mortal Coil deluxe reissues
Deluxe vinyl in hand-finished sleeves • Japan ‘paper sleeve’ CDs
The three albums issued by 1980s musical collective This Mortal Coil will be reissued in October with remastered audio and presented in high quality vinyl and CD packages.
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Art of Noise / In No Sense? Nonsense! Remastered 2CD deluxe edition
The Art of Noise‘s 1987 album In No Sense? Nonsense! will be reissued as a two-CD deluxe edition in November.
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Dead Or Alive / “Youthquake” limited edition purple vinyl pressing
Dead Or Alive‘s 1985 album “Youthquake” will be reissued on limited edition purple vinyl next month.
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Pete Burns: The Last Interview / Special printed ‘keepsake’ edition
I spoke to Pete Burns of Dead or Alive in September 2016 to discuss the forthcoming Dead Or Alive box set Sophisticated Boom Box MMXVI. Sadly, Pete died aged just 57, not much more than a month later, before the interview was published. That conversation would be his very last interview (Classic Pop spoke to Pete before SDE) and in response to reader demand we are publishing it as a printed ‘keepsake’ edition, similar to the previous Paul McCartney and Roxy Music publications.
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