Saturday Deluxe / 5 May 2018

Guns N’ Roses – SDE box set analysis

Let’s talk about Guns N’ Roses…. The reissue of Appetite For Destruction has been announced and the big talking point is the massive Locked N’ Loaded set that costs £850.

But before we get into that, I think the marketing of this reissue has been interesting. Once an announcement is ‘out there’ the record label loses control of the ‘message’ and there is all sorts of confusion.
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Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite For Destruction gets a major reissue with mega box sets

 4CD+blu-ray SDE with 5.1  • Money-no-object Locked N’ Loaded set

Universal Music will reissue Guns N’ Roses 1987 album Appetite For Destruction in June and it will be available in a number of formats including a 4CD+blu-ray super deluxe edition, a 2LP vinyl package and an astonishingly extravagant Locked N’ Loaded edition which is packaged in a ’faux leather and wood cabinet’ and contains everything in the SDE plus 14 further vinyl records and an extraordinary amount of non-musical content.
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What’s That Sound? Complete Albums Collection of Buffalo Springfield

CD and vinyl sets • Mono mixes • Neil Young-supervised remasters

A ‘Complete Albums Collection’ box set of Canadian-American rock band Buffalo Springfield output will be released on vinyl and CD at the end of June.
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Ben Folds / Brick: The Songs Of Ben Folds 1994-2012 / 13CD box set

Signed edition SOLD OUT • 13CD box set • Bonus tracks

In June, Edsel will issue Brick – The Songs Of Ben Folds 19942012, a 13CD box set that takes a detailed look at the output of American singer-songwriter Ben Folds.
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More Music Box Set Deals in the UK

You may have been alerted to the spectacularly discounted Roxy Music super deluxe, but there are other great deals in the UK right now for music box sets, with significant discounts on physical packages featuring the music of Queen, Cream, The Beatles, Elvis, The Verve and more. See the selection, below…
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Out This Week / on 4 May 2018

Oleta Adams / Circle of One (2CD)

Oleta Adams‘ 1990 album features the big hit Get Here. Tears For FearsSeeds of Love team were at the helm, so this was produced by Roland Orzabal and Dave Bascombe, with songwriting contributions from Orzabal and Nicky Holland. This is a two-CD set with bonus B-sides and remixes, and I interviewed Oleta, Roland et al, for the sleeve notes. The signed copies available via the SDE shop (now sold out) will follow in a couple of weeks. Read more
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This Week’s Box Set and Reissue Deals

DE: Brian Eno / Music For Installations 6CD super deluxe – €329 (or £280)

It’s due out on Friday, but if you order the massive ‘plexiglas’ Brian Eno super deluxe from Amazon Germany and you’ll save around £40-50 on the UK price. US fans hunting for this should consider this deal too, since it’s about $336 once VAT is deducted.


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10 Great French Deals

€10 discount today and tomorrow

For two days only (27 and 28 April) Amazon France are offering €10 off a spend of €50 or more. The code to use is FRENCHDAYS10 and as usual, with some careful selections, this creates some good buying opportunities when it comes to physical music, reissues and box sets (although the deal isn’t just limited to music). SDE makes some suggestions…
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