This Week’s Box Set and Reissue Deals

Lisa Stansfield / The Collection 1989-2003 – £37.67

Lowest ever price for the 18-disc box set. Contains Affection (1989), Real Love (1991), So Natural (1993), Lisa Stansfield(1997) and Face Up (2001) – as 2CD+DVD casebound book deluxe editions, as well as 3CD remix compilation called People Hold On… The Remix Anthology


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SDEtv / RSD previews: The First 48-inches of Frankie Goes To Hollywood

SDE kicks off five days of Record Store Day 2018 previews with a video unboxing of BMG’s Frankie Goes To Hollywood release, The First 48 Inches of Frankie Goes To Hollywood
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Five Star: The Definitive Anthology 1984-1991 / ten-disc deluxe set

Limited exclusive edition comes with a print SIGNED by Denise Pearson

British pop group Five Star see their career celebrated with a new 9CD+DVD box set Luxury: The Definitive Anthology 1984-1991.
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Out This Week / on 20 April 2018

The Who / Live at the Fillmore East 1968 (new album)

A set of unreleased recordings by The Who from the second of two nights played at Bill Graham’s legendary, but short-lived, venue in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Available on 2CD or 3LP vinyl. Read more
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Eurythmics vinyl reissues impress

While one cannot help sensing a collective groan from diehard fans at the announcement of vinyl reissues of all the Sony-controlled Eurythmics studios albums, the label have taken the job seriously and seem keen to make a good impression on the band and fans alike.
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The Cure’s Mixed Up and Torn Down confirmed on 2LP black vinyl

As well as the triple CD deluxe edition (announced yesterday) The Cure have confirmed that the Mixed Up and Torn Down remix compilations (being issued as picture discs for RSD) will both be released on black vinyl in June.
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Eric Clapton / Life in 12 Bars

Includes four previously unreleased tracks and two alternate mixes

A new Eric Clapton documentary Life In 12 Bars (Directed by Oscar-winner, Lili Fini Zanuck) has prompted a new two-CD (and 4LP vinyl) soundtrack which spans Clapton’s long career and includes selections from many of the acts he worked with, including The Yardbirds, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Cream, The Beatles (!), and Blind Faith.
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Top 10 Fleetwood Mac/Crowded House song mash-ups for the new tour

With Neil Finn all set to join Fleetwood Mac on their forthcoming tour, SDE thinks there is some song ‘synergy’ to be exploited and the back catalogues of both ‘Mac’ and the House of the Crowded can be creatively fused, Brundlefly fashion. With that in mind, we recommend the follow ten songs for the tour setlist:
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Paul Simon / Graceland: The Remixes

Groove Armada & friends move in and remove period features 

In news that should probably be filed alongside ‘Neil Finn joins Fleetwood Mac’, Sony are soon to release Graceland: The Remixes, a new edition of Paul Simon‘s classic 1986 album, with every track ‘reimagined’ by well known remixes. Oh yes…
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Lord of the Rings / 5LP vinyl unboxing

Check out this new unboxing video that shows off the fine physical attributes of the new coloured vinyl box set of the ‘Complete Recordings’ of Howard Shore‘s score for The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Rings soundtrack.
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