Out This Week / on 29 June 2018

Guns N' Roses / Appetite For Destruction super deluxe edition

Guns N Roses / Appetite For Destruction (box sets)

Massive reissue campaign for the 1987 Guns N’ Roses album, although you’ll need to part with a fair bit of cash to enjoy the super deluxe and remortgage the house for the Locked N’ Loaded edition which comes in a wooden cabinet!  Read more
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New Paul McCartney songs reviewed + Egypt Station physical formats clarified

SDE verdict on the two new Macca songs

For a song off an album that has a self-styled ‘travelogue’ vibe, there is irony in the fact that the main failing of the otherwise perky Come On To Me is that it doesn’t go anywhere. Macca seems to have lapsed into laziness and convinced himself that the song doesn’t need a middle eight, when really it does. It commits the cardinal sin of the pop song and becomes a bit boring towards the end.

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Jean Michel Jarre / Planet Jarre

41-track anthology • ‘themed’ and remastered • 5.1 mixes download-only!

Sony will release Planet Jarre in September, a 50th anniversary Jean Michel Jarre anthology that will be available in three physical formats, including a super deluxe edition box set.
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Led Zeppelin / The Song Remains The Same reissued across many formats


Led Zeppelin‘s soundtrack to their concert film The Song Remains The Same has been remastered and will be reissued across multiple formats in September.
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Paul McCartney confirms The Beatles’ White Album 50th anniversary release

Reissue confirmed • Demos will form part of the content

In an interview with DIY Magazine about his new album Egypt Station (published yesterday), Paul McCartney confirmed what was rumoured to be happening – a 50th anniversary reissue of The Beatles’ ‘White Album’.
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McCartney’s new album, Egypt Station


Paul McCartney‘s new album is titled Egypt Station and will be issued in September.

His 17th studio solo long-player has been produced by Greg Kurstin (except for one Ryan Tedder track) and contains 14 songs, including the ‘double A-side single’ combo of I Don’t Know and Come on to Me. A physical release of this ‘single’ hasn’t been confirmed and isn’t looking particularly likely.
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Now That’s What I Call Music reissued on double CD and 2LP vinyl

The original 1983 Now That’s What I Call Music compilation – forever after referred to as ‘NOW 1’ – is being reissued on double vinyl and double CD in July.
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Bob Dylan / Live 1962 – 1966: Rare Copyright Collections 2CD set

To tie in with Bob Dylan‘s upcoming 2018 tour of Australia, Sony are issuing a new double-CD compilation called Live 1962 – 1966: Rare Performances From The Copyright Collections.
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Paul McCartney’s new album will probably be called ‘Egypt Station’

As Neil Finn once sang… now we’re getting somewhere! For the last week, Paul McCartney has been posting rather annoying ‘tease’ images on his instagram and twitter accounts, which appear to be to do with his long-awaited new album. Today at 5pm (BST) the apparent title was made clear. Macca’s new album will (almost certainly) be called Egypt Station!
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The Flaming Lips / Death Trippin’ At Sunrise: Rarities, B-Sides & Flexi-Discs

Double vinyl set rounds up rarities from the early days

For those of you a bit miffed that the recent Flaming LipsGreatest Hits on vinyl didn’t include any rarities included on the three-CD deluxe edition, the news that Warners will soon issued Death Trippin’ At Sunrise: Rarities, B-sides & Flexi-Discs, a 2LP vinyl Flaming Lips rarities set, should please you!
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Out This Week / on 22 June 2018

The Cure / Mixed Up / Torn Down

The Cure’s 1990 remix compilation is reissued on CD and vinyl. New ‘Torn Down’ mixes issued separately on half-speed mastered vinyl and the 3CD set features Torn Down and an exclusive bonus disc of remixes. Read more
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U2 / Achtung Baby & other vinyl reissues


Surprisingly, despite the lavishness of U2‘s 2011 reissue of Achtung Baby (five physical formats, including vinyl box, super deluxe and uber deluxe editions) there was no straightforward and affordable just-the-album-on-vinyl re-release of the 1991 long-player. That has now been corrected and a vinyl edition will be issued in July.
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