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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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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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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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. Read more
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Pete Shelley / The Genetic Years SIGNED & limited vinyl box

500 limited edition • 3LP vinyl box • Signed by Pete Shelley

The Buzzcocks’ Pete Shelley‘s early ’80s work with producer Martin Rushent is celebrated in a new and highly limited vinyl box set The Genetic Years.
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This Week’s Box Set and Reissue Deals

FR: R.E.M. / Automatic For The People SDE 3CD + blu-ray – €52 or £45

Dolby Atmos surround mix on blu-ray, demos, live material, remastered + book.


 

DE: Rolling Stones Sticky Totally Stripped CD + 4 x Blu-ray – €19.99

UK deal over, but good price in Germany, too!

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Saturday Deluxe / 26 May 2018

Live Frenzy. A week of gigs.

It’s been a busy week here at SDE HQ. I’ve been to four gigs in the last week, with two of them on the same night! I do enjoy going to live concerts, but I’m also a bit of a lazy git and like to stay in and watch a good TV drama (current favourite, BBC’s The Split).
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy / Original BBC radio series on vinyl


The original six episodes of Douglas Adams’ classic BBC radio series The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy will be available on vinyl for first time ever, in August.
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Howard Shore / The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers 5LP blue vinyl box


Howard Shore‘s ‘Complete Recordings’ of the The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers will be released on vinyl for the first time in July as a 5LP blue vinyl box set.
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Public Image Limited / The Public Image Is Rotten (Songs From The Heart)


In July, Universal Music will issue two massive 40th anniversary Public Image Ltd (PiL) career-spanning box sets which are packed with hits, rarities, radio sessions, live concerts, promos, TV footage and more.
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