Secret Messages, the Electric Light Orchestra‘s (ELO) 1983 album will be reissued as a double vinyl set in August reinstating a number of ‘missing’ tracks 35 years after Jeff Lynne was forced to omit them in order in order to deliver a single album to the record label.
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Author: Paul Sinclair
Back to the 80s: Madonna / Like A Virgin 180g white vinyl pressing
Update 10 June: New low price in the UK
Although we wait in vain for Warners to deliver any kind of Madonna deluxe reissues, they are certainly keeping the vinyl coming, since a few days after The Immaculate Collection was reissued as a two-LP set, a new listing has appeared on a couple of retail sites for a white vinyl pressing of Like A Virgin.
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Japan half-speed mastered 2LP vinyl reissues coming later in 2018
Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980) and Tin Drum (1981) – Japan‘s last two albums (as Japan) – will be reissued later this year as Abbey Road Half-Speed mastered 2LP vinyl editions.
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Barenaked Ladies / Stunt deluxe reissue
Barenaked Ladies will reissue their fourth album Stunt, in September, as a special 20th anniversary CD+DVD edition and on vinyl, with both formats including bonus tracks.
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The Magpie Salute / High Water 1
The Magpie Salute is an American rock band formed a couple of years ago by former Black Crowes guitarist Rich Robinson and they will release their debut studio album High Water 1 in August.
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Peter Murphy / 5 Albums
Five-CD box set • Bauhaus frontman’s first 5 solo albums • Bonus tracks
A new box set of featuring the first five albums of Bauhaus vocalist Peter Murphy will be issued by Beggars Banquet next month.
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Out This Week / on 8 June 2018
Eric Clapton / Life in 12 Bars (2CD or 4LP vinyl)
Impressive 32-track compilation that includes selections from many of the acts Eric Clapton worked with, including The Yardbirds, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Cream, The Beatles (!), and Blind Faith. Features five previously unreleased tracks/versions – including a full length I Shot The Sheriff – and a couple of previously unreleased alternative mixes. 
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The Alan Parsons Project / Eye in the Sky blu-ray audio with 5.1 surround mix
As promised, the blu-ray audio element of last year’s Alan Parsons Project Eye in the Sky box set is being made available separately.
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Rolling Stones: The Studio Albums Vinyl Collection 1971-2016 video preview
Check out the video below which shows a finished copy of the forthcoming Rolling Stones Studio Albums Vinyl Collection 1971-2016 box set on display, in the Rolling Stones ‘pop-up shop’ in London’s Selfridges.
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Chicago / five-disc collector’s edition
Chicago‘s self-titled second album (generally referred to as Chicago II) will be reissued as a five-disc collector’s edition in August.
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Saturday Deluxe / 2 June 2018
Amazon to block Australian shoppers from its international sites
Australian music fans – who were probably pleased when Amazon opened down under late last year – may now have reason to feel aggrieved, since the online global retailer has announced that due to new GST (Goods and Services Tax) rules, they will no longer ship overseas from other Amazon sites to customers in Australia. This effectively denies Aussie shoppers access to the global marketplace where physical music, and other goods, can often be acquired much more cheaply than locally.
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Spandau Ballet to unveil new singer next week at intimate London show
Spandau Ballet will perform for the first time with a new singer in West London, next week.
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Rick Astley / Beautiful Life
Exclusive signed editions and bundles available
Eighties pop icon Rick Astley follows up his 2016 number one album, 50, with a new 12-track long-player Beautiful Life.
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Gorillaz / The Now Now
Gorillaz will release a new album The Now Now at the end of June.
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Matt Bianco / Indigo 3CD deluxe
Matt Bianco‘s third album, Indigo, will be reissued later this month as a greatly expanded three-CD deluxe edition.
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Deal alert / Gorillaz: Humanz box set
Save hundreds on the ultra flashy Humanz vinyl super deluxe
With the news of a new Gorillaz album, here’s an opportunity to pick up the 14LP super deluxe of the last record, Humanz for almost half price!
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Ben Folds Five / The Complete Sessions At West 54th limited coloured vinyl
2LP blue vinyl limited to 1000 copies • CD edition also available
This July, Real Gone Music will issue The Complete Sessions at West 54th a live performance by Ben Folds Five as recorded by American public broadcaster PBS in 1997.
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The Beatles: Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby seven-inch picture disc
This July, Universal Music and Apple Corps will issue a special anniversary seven-inch picture disc of The Beatles‘ 1966 single Yellow Submarine.
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German 5-for-3 DEAL on music
LAST DAY OF THE DEAL. Manics, Kylie & more added…
Superb deal today as Amazon Germany match local competitor Saturn, with a 5-for-3 deal on physical music (and blu-rays/DVD).
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Out This Week / on 1 June 2018
Def Leppard / CD and vinyl box sets
A pair of new Def Leppard albums box sets out on Friday – on CD and vinyl – which contains the band’s eighties output: their first four albums, Live at the LA Forum 1983 and a disc of rarities.
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