Holding the Music in Your Hands ®
The excitement at the release of this Prince rarity is rather soured by the unabashed commercialism demonstrated the Estate. The picture disc version of Nothing Compares 2 U can only be ordered from the official site in the US and you can’t even buy it on its own – just as part of a vinyl+T-shirt bundle! The black vinyl version is widely available, though. 
Continue reading “Out This Week / on 25 May 2018”
Amazing price right now in the USA for the forthcoming 5LP vinyl version of the What’s That Sound? Buffalo Springfield Complete Albums Collection.
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SDE takes a look at the new Bruce Springsteen vinyl box set, The Album Collection Vol. 2 with this unboxing video.
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Audio Fidelity call it a day
Marshall Blonstein, President of US audiophile label Audio Fidelity has announced that the business will close.
In a message, he told fans that “after much deliberation and much back and forth, I have decided to wind down Audio Fidelity.”
Continue reading “Saturday Deluxe / 19 May 2018”
Bad news. After initially confirming coloured vinyl for The Rolling Stones No Security. San Jose ’99 ‘From The Vault’ release, Eagle Rock have now told SDE that the coloured vinyl will only be available in America.
Continue reading “Rolling Stones: No Security update”
In a not entirely unexpected move, Parlophone will issue David Bowie‘s Welcome To the Blackout (Live London ’78) as a two-CD set in June.
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ES: Queen / News of The World super deluxe – £54 or €62
I’m delighted to announce that we’ve produced three new SDE-branded T-shirts all of which are available right now on the SDE shop.
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Queen have issued the first official trailer for their forthcoming biopic Bohemian Rhapsody
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The Beach Boys are the latest artist to embrace (succumb to?) the orchestral album, with a new release, The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
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English Punk Band U.K. SUBS are celebrating their 40th anniversary with a pair of box sets that will round up all 26 of their albums with associated singles and B-sides. The first volume was announced on this site last week and now the second volume (albums N to Z) is available to pre-order!
Continue reading “UK SUBS / The Albums Volume Two 15CD box set / Signed and limited”
The first pressing of the triple vinyl edition of the recently announced Rolling Stones No Security San Jose ’99 release will be on coloured vinyl.
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When this Prince seven-inch was announced, SDE explained how ordering the picture disc seven-inch vinyl of Nothing Compares 2 U could cost you almost £70 if you reside in the UK. Thankfully, if you can make do with the black vinyl version, then you’ll only pay a fraction of that price, thanks to a new price drop in the UK.
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This follow-up to the 2014 box features ten vinyl records and probably SDE’s favourite Bruce Springsteen studio album, Tunnel of Love. Everything has been newly remastered and this comes with a 60-page book.
Continue reading “Out This Week / on 18 May 2018”
Peter Gabriel‘s albums are to be made available on Spotify, for the first time.
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Nine Inch Nails will release a new record, Bad Witch, next month.
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After a frenetic schedule back in 2015, Eagle Rock’s Rolling Stones ‘From The Vault’ series has slowed down in recent years, with only one release – 2017’s Sticky Fingers at Fonda Theatre – in the last two and a half years. But the series continues in July, with No Security. San Jose ’99 which is available in the usual variety of formats.
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English Punk Band U.K. SUBS celebrate their 40th anniversary with a pair of box sets that will round up all 26 of their albums with associated singles and B-sides. The first volume is due early next month and is a limited edition 15CD set.
Continue reading “UK SUBS / The Albums Volume One 15CD box set / Signed and limited”
Tim Buckley‘s 1969 concerts at LA club The Troubadour are brought together on vinyl for the first time in a new 6LP vinyl box.
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In the video for Don’t Make Me Wait, the single that preceded Sting & Shaggy’s new album 44/876, the pair cruise through the streets of Kingston, Jamaica in a Jeep Wrangler and Sting hangs out, fist-bumping locals, drinking red stripe, playing pool and watching some old timers play dominoes. Later on, the former Police frontman sings with Shaggy at a booty-heavy local disco. Visually, this represents the new record very well… you know it’s a bit ridiculous but you can’t help but enjoy it.
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