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Universal Music will issue The Studio Albums Vinyl Collection 1971-2006, a lavish Rolling Stones vinyl box set in June.
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The Grateful Dead‘s second album, 1968’s Anthem of the Sun, will be reissued as a 50th anniversary two-CD deluxe edition in July.
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The SuperDeluxeEdition April Fool this year was the announcement of a fictitious Paul McCartney remix compilation called Dub Sandwich. It seems that the team at Record Collector magazine in the UK are fans of SDE, since they saw the article and have listed the remix-tastic set as an official forthcoming release in the May issue of the magazine!
Continue reading “Oops! Record Collector mag misses the joke and lists fictitious Macca remix set”
A reinterpretation of Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin‘s score for George Romero’s 1978 cult horror zombie flick Dawn Of The Dead is being issued as a highly limited fan bundle which includes all sorts of goodies.
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Demon Records will reissue quirky ’80s pop act Haysi Fantayzee’s one and only album, Battle Hymns For Children Singing as a special coloured double vinyl pressing which includes extra tracks on the bonus LP.
Continue reading “Haysi Fantayzee / Battle Hymns For Children Singing / 2LP coloured vinyl”
ZZ Top are set to release a new vinyl box set in June. Cinco No. 2: The Second Five LPs feature five albums recorded between 1979 and 1990, including Eliminator and Afterburner.
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Neil Young / Roxy: Tonight’s The Night Live
This Neil Young double live album remains RSD exclusive until Friday when it receives a wider release. The Record Store Day version does at least have an exclusive photo print.
Continue reading “Out This Week / on 27 April 2018”
Anyone expecting last night’s Joan As Police Woman show at London’s Royal Festival Hall to offer a balance between new material and old favourites would have been disappointed. With Damned Devotion (issued in February) Joan Wasser has probably made the best album of her career to date, and she knows it, because she played the whole thing in its entirety. Yes, there were occasional flashes from the past, but the evening was all about the new record.
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SDE completes its Record Store Day Previews with one final mega-video with many different releases, including Eurythmics, Madonna, Prince, Steven Wilson, Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen, Arcade Fire and more. Enjoy and enjoy the day tomorrow!
Continue reading “SDEtv / Record Store Day Previews: The big one: Pink Floyd, Madonna & more”
Demon Records will issue a Creation Theory in a new four-LP vinyl box set that charts the chaotic and haphazard career of sixties English rock band The Creation.
Continue reading “The Creation / Creation Theory limited 4LP coloured vinyl box set”
The Prince Estate in collaboration with Warner Bros. Records has released the original version of Nothing Compares 2 U as recorded by Prince in 1984.
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More Record Store Day 2018 previews on SDE. Today we take a brief look at Sparks The Best & The Rest Of The Island Years 74-78, which is pressed on double red vinyl.
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Warner Music in France have so far issued three volumes of their California Groove series, multi-disc various artist sets that celebrate Californian music. Seven years after the release of the last volume comes Californian Groove IV the biggest and most extravagant release to date.
Continue reading “Various Artists / California Groove Volume IV / 6CD box set”
Immediate Records are issuing a late-in-the-day ‘surprise’ Humble Pie Record Store Day release on Saturday, that sees the band paid a debt to the English town of Southsea, by making the release available exclusively via just one record shop in that area!
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June sees the release of The Supersonic Years: The Seventies Singles Box Set a new limited edition Black Sabbath seven-inch vinyl box set.
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In September, Universal Music will release Keychains and Snowstorms”, a new 10-disc Soft Cell box set that “tells the definitive story of one of electronic music’s most thrilling and pioneering acts”.
Continue reading “Keychains and Snowstorms: The Soft Cell Story / 9CD+DVD box set”
The Record Store Day 2018 previews continue on SDE with a look at this Soft Cell clear vinyl 12-inch that features new remixes of Say Hello Wave Goodbye.
Continue reading “SDEtv / RSD Previews: Soft Cell / Say Hello Wave Goodbye 12-inch single”
Tears For Fears have announced that they have been forced to postpone their 2018 UK and Ireland tour.
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As mentioned, when SDE told you about the new Kirsty MacColl Days 1988-1991 box set, the two albums Kirsty recorded for Virgin Records – Kite and Electric Landlady – will both be reissued as special coloured vinyl pressings in June.
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More Record Store Day 2018 previews on SDE, with a video unboxing of Demon Music’s 2LP white vinyl release of the Human League‘s Secrets…
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