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Split Enz / ENZyclopedia Volumes 1 & 2 – SDE exclusive blu-ray

Posted on August 20, 2025November 9, 2025 by Paul Sinclair

Quick pre-order • Second Thoughts in Atmos, 5.1 etc. + Mental Notes

Split Enz’ 1976 studio album, Second Thoughts, will be reissued as an SDE exclusive blu-ray in November and features a Dolby Atmos, a 5.1 Mix and more.

Formed in 1972 in Auckland, New Zealand, Split Enz, (initially known as ‘Split Ends’), were the first band from New Zealand to achieve major success beyond the Southern Hemisphere, blazing a trail with a sound and style entirely their own. They evolved from folk-inspired beginnings into a fusion of art-rock, new wave, and theatrical performance. Initially, the band members were Tim Finn, vocalist and guitarist Phil Judd, bassist Mike Chunn, violinist Miles Golding and flautist Mike Howard. But the line-up changed quite regularly and by the time of Second Thoughts, Eddie Rayner was playing keyboards, Robert Gillies took care of saxophone/trumpet, while Noel Crombie and Emlyn Crowther were on percussion and drums, respectively. Neil Finn joined in 1977.

Second Thoughts was produced by Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera and was the band’s first album release in Europe and North America but their second in Australia and New Zealand where Mental Notes was actually their debut. Second Thoughts features four tracks from Mental Notes along with a couple of tracks that were recorded during the sessions for Mental Notes (but not used) and then re-recorded for Second Thoughts. Additionally, the song ‘Matinee Idyll’ on Second Thoughts was a re-recorded and retitled version of an early B-side called ‘129’.

Split Enz photographed by Peter Hill-Travis (click to enlarge)

Speaking about the band now Phil Manzanera recalls “We (Roxy Music) arrived in Sydney after this horrendously long journey via Mumbai and all sorts of stopovers and I get into my hotel room, turn on the TV and there was Split Enz, playing live on GTK. I was absolutely blown away when I found out they were playing with us at the Hordern Pavilion there in Sydney. At the gig, I decided to watch from the side of the stage and was very impressed. My recollection is that when the band came off stage, I passed by their dressing room, put my head in and said, ‘Hey guys that was terrific. If there is anything I can do to help let me know.’ How it came about that they came to London, I don’t know, but I organised the recording of what became the album Second Thoughts at Basing Street Studios in Notting Hill Gate. During the recording I was amazed by how together and accomplished they all were with the song arrangements, but of course I didn’t really appreciate how long they had been gigging. It was a joy to work with them.”

I was absolutely enchanted and inspired by Mental Notes as a 17-year-old. It made me believe anything was possible. Fifty years later, it sounds as unique and timeless as it did then 2025
Neil Finn

The blu-ray is actually titled ENZcylcopedia Volumes 1 & 2 because it features versions of both albums, for a total of 5 different audio streams, including a brand new Dolby Atmos and 5.1 Mix of Second Thoughts by Michael Carpenter, a stereo mix of the same album by Eddie Rayner, and three music videos.

ENZcylopedia Volumes 1 & 2 blu-ray content:

MENTAL NOTES – 1975 Original Stereo Mix Remastered [96/24 bit]
SECOND THOUGHTS – Michael Carpenter Dolby Atmos Mix [48/24 bit]
SECOND THOUGHTS – Michael Carpenter 5.1 Mix [48/24 bit]
SECOND THOUGHTS – 2025 Eddie Rayner Stereo Mix [96/24 bit]
SECOND THOUGHTS – 1976 Original Stereo Mix Remastered [96/24]
MUSIC VIDEOS – Sweet Dreams, Lovey Dovey, Late Last Night

The blu-ray is presented in a clear amaray blu-ray case and will ship with a collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase. It includes a booklet with a note from Eddie Rayner, and an exclusive note from Atmos mixer Michael Carpenter.

As well as the SDE exclusive blu-ray, 5CD and 3LP vinyl boxes are available. The 5CD features 2025 remasters of Mental Notes and Second Thoughts along with the 2025 Eddie Rayner mix of the latter. Additionally, the box set offers 1979 compilation The Beginning of the Enz and mostly unreleased live tracks via CD 5, Wide Angle Enz.

ENZyclopedia Volumes 1 & 2 release is a region-free blu-ray audio and is #46 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series. Don’t miss out. This product is a limited edition and the pre-order window closes on 3 September 2025. Availability cannot be guaranteed after that date, so secure your copy today by pre-ordering at the SDE shop, either directly via this link or using the special SDE shop buy button below. We ship worldwide.

ENZyclopedia Volumes 1 & 2 on SDE blu-ray (and the other formats) will be released on 14 November 2025, via Chrysalis.

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Tracklisting

- MENTAL NOTES
  
  – 1975 Original Stereo Mix Remastered [96/24 bit]
  1. Walking Down A Road
  2. Under The Wheel
  3. Amy (Darling)
  4. So Long For Now
  5. Stranger Than Fiction
  6. Time For A Change
  7. Maybe
  8. Titus
  9. Spellbound
  10. Mental Notes
  SECOND THOUGHTS
  
  – Michael Carpenter Dolby Atmos Mix [48/24 bit]
  – Michael Carpenter 5.1 Mix [48/24 bit]2025
  – Eddie Rayner Stereo Mix [96/24 bit]
  – 1976 Original Stereo Mix Remastered [96/24 bit]
  1. Late Last Night
  2. Walking Down A Road
  3. Titus
  4. Lovey Dovey
  5. Sweet Dreams
  6. Stranger Than Fiction
  7. Time For A Chan
  8. Matinee Idyll (129)
  9. The Woman Who Loves You1
  10. Mental Notes (1976 Stereo Mix Only)
  MUSIC VIDEOS
  1. Sweet Dreams
  2. Lovey Dovey
  3. Late Last Night

Tracklisting

- CD 1: Mental Notes (2025 Remaster)
  1. Walking Down A Road
  2. Under The Wheel
  3. Amy (Darling)
  4. So Long For Now
  5. Stranger Than Fiction
  6. Time For A Change
  7. Maybe
  8. Titus
  9. Spellbound
  10. Mental Notes
- CD 2: Second Thoughts – 2025 Eddie Rayner Remix
  1. Late Last Night
  2. Walking Down A Road
  3. Titus
  4. Lovey Dovey
  5. Sweet Dreams
  6. Stranger Than Fiction
  7. Time For A Change
  8. Matinee Idyll
  9. The Woman Who Loves You
- CD 3: Second Thoughts – Original Stereo Mix, 2025 Remaster
  1. Late Last Night
  2. Walking Down A Road
  3. Titus
  4. Lovey Dovey
  5. Sweet Dreams
  6. Stranger Than Fiction
  7. Time For A Change
  8. Matinee Idyll
  9. The Woman Who Loves You
  10. Mental Notes
- CD 4: The Beginning of the Enz
  1. Spellbound (2025 Eddie Rayner Remix)
  2. No Bother To Me (2025 Eddie Rayner Remix)
  3. Malmsbury Villa (2025 Eddie Rayner Remix)
  4. Sweet Talking Spoon Song (2025 Eddie Rayner Remix)
  5. Lovey Dovey (2025 Eddie Rayner Remix)
  6. 129 (2025 Remaster)
  7. Split Ends (2025 Remaster)
  8. For You (2025 Remaster)
  9. Home Sweet Home (2025 Remaster)
- CD 5: Wide Angle Enz
  1. Sweet Dreams (Live At Ormond Hall, Eddie Rayner Remix)
  2. Late Last Night (Archival Rough Mix)
  3. Stranger Than Fiction (‘Mental Notes’ Version, Eddie Rayner Remix)
  4. 129 (MAtinee Idyll) (Live At Ormond Hall, Eddie Rayner Remix)
  5. Titus (Archival Rough Mix)
  6. Under The Wheel (Live At Ormond Hall, Eddie Rayner Remix)
  7. Time For A Change (Live At Ormond Hall, Eddie Rayner Remix)

Tracklisting

- LP 1: Mental Notes (2025 Remaster)
  Side A
  1. Walking Down A Road
  2. Under The Wheel
  3. Amy (Darling)
  4. So Long For Now
  Side B
  1. Stranger Than Fiction
  2. Time For A Change
  3. Maybe
  4. Titus
  5. Spellbound
  6. Mental Notes
- LP 2: Second Thoughts – 2025 Eddie Rayner Remix
  Side A
  1. Late Last Night
  2. Walking Down A Road
  3. Titus
  4. Lovey Dovey
  5. Sweet Dreams
  Side B
  1. Stranger Than Fiction
  2. Time For A Change
  3. Matinee Idyll
  4. The Woman Who Loves You
- CD 4: The Beginning of the Enz
  Side A – 2025 Eddie Rayner Remixes
  1. Spellbound
  2. No Bother To Me
  3. Malmsbury Villa
  4. Sweet Talking Spoon Song
  5. Lovey Dovey
  Side B – 2025 Remasters
  1. 129
  2. Split Ends
  3. For You
  4. Home Sweet Home

1 Tears For Fears / The Tipping Point

2 xPropaganda / The Heart is Strange

3 Gilbert O’Sullivan / Driven

4 Shakespears Sister / Hormonally Yours

5 Brian Eno / ForeverAndEverNoMore

6. Orbital / Optical Delusion

6.5 Various Artists / Concert For George

7 Ten Years After / A Space in Time

8 Bob Dylan / Time Out Of Mind (2022 Remix)

9 Tears For Fears / The Hurting

10 Mike Oldfield / Tubular Bells

11 Suede

12 ABC / The Lexicon of Love

13 Duran Duran / Danse Macabre

13a Duran Duran / Danse Macabre De Luxe

14 Trevor Horn / Echoes – Ancient and Modern

15 Soft Cell / Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

16 Def Leppard / Diamond Star Halos

17 Paul Young / No Parlez

18 Mark Knopfler / One Deep River

19 Wham! / Fantastic

20 Wham! / Make It Big

21 Keane / Hopes and Fears

22 Luther Vandross / Never Too Much

23 Crowded House / Gravity Stairs

24 Ultravox / Lament

25 Tori Amos / Unrepentant Geraldines

26 Bronski Beat / The Age of Consent

27 Thin Lizzy / 1976

28 Tears For Fears / Songs For A Nervous Planet

29 Thompson Twins / Into The Gap

30 The Who / Who’s Next

31 Elton John / Diamonds

32 Simple Minds / New Gold Dream

33 Simple Minds / Sparkle in the Rain

34 Bryan Ferry / Retrospective

35 Envy of None / Stygian Waves

36 Roxy Music / Avalon

37 INXS / Listen Like Thieves

38 Dire Straits / Brothers in Arms

39 Elton & Brandi / Who Believes In Angels?

40 Claudi Brücken / Night Mirror

41 Mike Oldfield / Hergest Ridge

42 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel / The Best Years of Our Lives

43 De La Soul / 3 Feet High and Rising

44 Matt Deighton / Today Become Forever

45 Mark Knopfler / Sailing to Philadelphia

Out This Week / 22 August 2025

Posted on August 18, 2025August 18, 2025 by Paul Sinclair

John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band: Power to the People

Posted on August 16, 2025October 6, 2025 by Paul Sinclair

John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1972 album Some Time In New York City and their 1972 concerts at Madison Square Garden (less than three months after the album’s release) are the focus of a marathon 9CD + 3 x blu-ray box set, Power To The People, to be released in October, the day after what would have been Lennon’s 85th birthday.

Following last year’s similarly exhaustive Mind Games extravaganza (watch the SDEtv unboxing), 92 of the 123 songs across the 12 discs are previously unreleased. These include demos, outtakes, jams, home recordings and additional live performances. The box set has been compiled by Sean Ono Lennon, helped by mixing from Paul Hicks and audio restoration by Sam Gannon, with mixes mastered at Abbey Road by Alex Wharton.

Now retitled as simply New York City, the studio tracks from Some Time In New York City were co-produced by Lennon and Ono with Phil Spector. The new edition has omits the controversial ‘Woman Is The N****r Of The World’, which, don’t forget, was actually a single in some territories including North America (although not the UK) – the only one to be released from the album. The last official release of this song was 2010 when it was included in the Signature Box and on the reissued Some Time in New York City album. It wasn’t included on 2020’s Gimme Some Truth compilation and so it was always going to be an issue if John’s Estate wanted to reissue the 1972 album.

The new edition features extended versions of ‘John Sinclair’ and ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’. It has been remixed Ono Lennon and his team as The Ultimate Mixes, while a separate disc by Sam Gannon, The Evolution Documentary, is an audio montage detailing New York City’s tracks via demos, rehearsals, outtakes and studio conversations.

A disc of jams from the sessions includes many covers of the likes of Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and The Coasters, plus “Elements Mixes” which isolates the orchestral parts of four songs.

*Power to the People* 9CD + 3 x Blu-ray box set (click to enlarge)

A big part of this box set is material from the concerts recorded on 30 August 1972 at Madison Square Garden which featured a guest appearance by Stevie Wonder. The afternoon and evening gigs, dubbed The One To One Concert, were in aid of children with educational and developmental needs. They would be the only full-length shows Lennon played after The Beatles split. They were also his last public concerts with Ono. To be clear, none of this audio was on the Some Time in New York City album, but was first released after John’s death in 1986 as Live in New York City. The 11 tracks on this release were mostly made up from the afternoon show (generally regarded as the weaker of the two performances).

The first CD in the new box set is a ‘hybrid’ best of, combing the best of the afternoon and evening live shows, while CDs 2 and 3 offer each show, individually. ‘Sisters O Sisters’ was performed at both concerts but is excluded from both in this box set (although the studio version is included).

CDs 4, 5 & 6 cover New York City (the studio tracks from the ’72 album) as detailed above, and then the next two CDs offer ‘live jams’ from the 1969 Peace And Love For Christmas UNICEF Benefit at London Lyceum and the 1971 Fillmore East show in which Lennon and Ono jammed with Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention. CD 7 is effectively the live tracks from the original album (newly mixed of course) while CD 8 is previously unreleased.

The final CD deviates from the theme somewhat and delivers 33 home demos (‘Home Jams’) from John’s private quarter-inch tape and cassette collections, recorded at the St. Regis Hotel in NYC and the Campus Inn in Ann Arbor, Michigan; the latter includes four tracks with protest singer Phil Ochs.

The three blu-rays effectively repeat all the content on the nine CDs with audio in hi-res stereo, 5.1 surround and Dolby Atmos. It’s not clear whether everything is in Atmos and 5.1 but certainly all the concerts will be, as well the New York City content and the like. It’s hard to see how (or why) John’s acoustic demos would be mixed in Atmos or 5.1

This is lavishly presented, as you’d expect from the team that brought you that massive Mind Games box set. The box includes a 204-page book with an oral history of the album and concerts. It also adds a newsprint poster, sticker sheets, replica concert tickets, plus replica backstage and aftershow passes. The box set is packaged in a 10” slipcase with silver foil titling and a lenticular cover of Lennon and Ono’s faces.

2LP and single CD editions offer the 17-track ‘hybrid’ best of The One to One concerts and there’s also a 2CD edition (with lenticular sleeve) with the afternoon show on CD 1 and evening show on CD 2.

The One To One Concert will be available separately as 4LP vinyl and 2CD editions (these both might possibly be direct-to-consumer, since retail links are hard to come by), with a hybrid version of the two concerts also available separately as 2LP and 1CD. Vinyl versions feature an eight page 12” booklet, a newsprint poster and two postcards.

Power To The People and The One To One Concert are released via Capitol/UMC on 10 October 2025

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Tracklisting

- CD 1 / Blu-ray 1 – The One To One Concert ⋆ Hybrid ‘Best Of’ Show
  1. Power To The People (intro) †
  2. New York City*
  3. It’s So Hard*
  4. Move On Fast* †
  5. Well Well Well †
  6. Born In A Prison* †
  7. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)*
  8. Mother*
  9. We’re All Water †
  10. Come Together †
  11. Imagine*
  12. Open Your Box* †
  13. Cold Turkey* †
  14. Don’t Worry Kyoko* †
  15. Hound Dog
  16. Law And Order
  17. Give Peace A Chance
  * denotes afternoon show, otherwise the performance is from the evening show
  
  † denotes never-before-heard, previously unreleased tracks
- CD 2 / Blu-ray 1 – The One To One Concert ⋆ Afternoon Show
  1. Power To The People (intro) †
  2. New York City
  3. It’s So Hard
  4. Move On Fast †
  5. Well Well Well
  6. Born In A Prison †
  7. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)
  8. Mother
  9. We’re All Water †
  10. Come Together
  11. Imagine
  12. Open Your Box †
  13. Cold Turkey †
  14. Don’t Worry Kyoko †
  15. Hound Dog †
  † denotes never-before-heard, previously unreleased tracks
- CD 3 / Blu-ray 1 – The One To One Concert ⋆ Evening Show
  1. Power To The People (intro) †
  2. New York City †
  3. It’s So Hard †
  4. Move On Fast †
  5. Well Well Well †
  6. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) †
  7. Mother †
  8. We’re All Water †
  9. Born In A Prison †
  10. Imagine†
  11. Come Together
  12. Open Your Box †
  13. Cold Turkey
  14. Hound Dog
  15. Law And Order
  16. Give Peace A Chance
  † denotes never-before-heard, previously unreleased tracks
- CD 4 / Blu-ray 2 – New York City (The Ultimate Mixes)
  1. New York City (Ultimate Mix)
  2. Sisters, O Sisters (Ultimate Mix)
  3. Attica State (Ultimate Mix)
  4. Born In A Prison (Ultimate Mix)
  5. Sunday Bloody Sunday (Ultimate Mix, extended)
  6. The Luck Of The Irish (Ultimate Mix)
  7. John Sinclair (Ultimate Mix, extended)
  8. Angela (Ultimate Mix)
  9. We’re All Water (Ultimate Mix)
- CD 5 / Blu-ray 2 – New York City (The Evolution Documentary)
  1. New York City (Evolution Documentary) †
  2. Sisters, O Sisters (Evolution Documentary) †
  3. Attica State (Evolution Documentary) †
  4. Born In A Prison (Evolution Documentary) †
  5. Sunday Bloody Sunday (Evolution Documentary) †
  6. The Luck Of The Irish (Evolution Documentary) †
  7. John Sinclair (Evolution Documentary) †
  8. Angela (Evolution Documentary) †
  9. We’re All Water (Evolution Documentary) †
  † denotes never-before-heard, previously unreleased tracks
- CD 6 / Blu-ray 2 – New York City (Studio Jam)
  1. Jazz Freakout †
  2. You Can’t Sit Down †
  3. Roll Over Beethoven †
  4. Honey, Don’t †
  5. Ain’t That A Shame †
  6. My Babe †
  7. Send Me Some Lovin’ †
  8. Fools Like Me †
  9. Down In The Caribbean †
  10. Happy Birthday Yoko Ono †
  11. That’s Right †
  12. Don’t Be Cruel / Hound Dog †
  13. Yoko’s Rhythm †
  14. Whole Lotta Shakin’ / It’ll Be Me †
  15. Yakety Yak †
  16. Road Runner †
  † denotes never-before-heard, previously unreleased tracks
- CD 7 / Blu-ray 3 – Live Jam 1
  John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band and A Star Studded Cast of Thousands. Peace and Love for Christmas, in aid of UNICEF, Live at the Lyceum Ballroom, The Strand, London, 15 December 1969
  1. Cold Turkey (live)
  2. Don’t Worry Kyoko (live)
  John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band with Frank Zappa and The Mothers, Fillmore East, New York, 6 June 1971
  1. Well (Baby Please Don’t Go) (live)
  2. Jamrag [Say Please / King Kong / Aawk] (live)
  3. Scumbag (live)
  4. Aü (live)
- CD 8 / Blu-ray 3 – Live Jam 2
  John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band with David Peel and The Lower East Side Live at the John Sinclair Freedom Rally, Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 10 December 1971
  1. Attica State (live) †
  2. The Luck Of The Irish (live)
  3. Sisters, O Sisters (live) †
  4. John Sinclair (live)
  John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band. Live at the Benefit for the families of the victims of the riot at Attica State Correctional Facility, Apollo Theater, Harlem, NYC, 17 December 1971
  1. Attica State (live)
  2. Sisters, O Sisters (live) †
  3. Imagine (live)
  John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band. Live on the David Frost TV Show, The Little Theatre, 240 West 44th Street, NYC, 16 December 1971
  1. Attica State (live) †
  2. Sisters, O Sisters (live) †
  3. John Sinclair (live) †
  John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Elephant’s Memory Band. Live at the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, Americana Hotel, NYC, 4 September 1972
  1. Imagine (live) †
  2. Now Or Never (live) †
  3. Give Peace A Chance (live) †
  † denotes never-before-heard, previously unreleased tracks
- CD 9 / Blu-ray 3 – Home Jam
  John Lennon. Home Recordings at the St. Regis Hotel, New York, 10 September 1971
  1. Shazam †
  2. Honey, Don’t †
  3. Glad All Over †
  4. Lend Me Your Comb †
  5. Wake Up Little Susie †
  6. New York City †
  7. Wake Up Little Susie †
  8. ‘Hey, que pasa?’ †
  9. You’re So Square (Baby I Don’t Care) †
  10. Vacation Time †
  11. Heartbeat †
  12. Peggy Sue Got Married †
  13. Peggy Sue †
  14. ‘Phone call from Henry Gotsello’ †
  15. Peggy Sue †
  16. ‘Now we’d like to change the mood a little…’ †
  17. Maybe Baby †
  18. Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues †
  19. Rave On! †
  20. Twelve Bar Blues †
  John Lennon. Home Recordings at the St. Regis Hotel, New York, 27 October 1971
  1. I Got You †
  2. Hi-Heel Sneakers †
  3. Slippin’ And Slidin’ †
  4. Gone From This Place †
  John Lennon. Home Recordings at Campus Inn, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 10 December 1971
  1. Send Me Some Lovin’ †
  2. He Got The Blues †
  3. When The Teacher †
  4. Pill †
  5. It’s Real
  John Lennon and Phil Ochs. Home Recordings at Campus Inn, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 10 December 1971
  1. I Ain’t Marching Anymore †
  2. Joe Hill †
  3. Chords Of Fame †
  4. Ringing Of Revolution
  † denotes never-before-heard, previously unreleased tracks

Tracklisting

- LP 1
  Side A
  1. Power To The People (intro)* †
  2. New York City*
  3. It’s So Hard*
  4. Move On Fast* †
  Side B
  1. Well Well Well †
  2. Born In A Prison* †
  3. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)*
  4. Mother*
  5. We’re All Water †
  * denotes afternoon show, otherwise the performance is from the evening show.
  
  † denotes never-before-heard, previously unreleased tracks
- LP 2
  Side A
  1. Come Together †
  2. Imagine*
  3. Open Your Box* †
  4. Cold Turkey* †
  5. Don’t Worry Kyoko* †
  Side B
  1. Hound Dog
  2. Law And Order
  3. Give Peace A Chance
  * denotes afternoon show, otherwise the performance is from the evening show.
  
  † denotes never-before-heard, previously unreleased tracks

Tracklisting

- CD 1 – Afternoon Show
  1. Power To The People (intro) †
  2. New York City
  3. It’s So Hard
  4. Move On Fast †
  5. Well Well Well
  6. Born In A Prison †
  7. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)
  8. Mother
  9. We’re All Water †
  10. Come Together
  11. Imagine
  12. Open Your Box †
  13. Cold Turkey †
  14. Don’t Worry Kyoko †
  15. Hound Dog †
- CD 2 – Evening Show
  1. Power To The People (intro) †
  2. New York City †
  3. It’s So Hard †
  4. Move On Fast †
  5. Well Well Well †
  6. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) †
  7. Mother †
  8. We’re All Water †
  9. Born In A Prison †
  10. Come Together †
  11. Imagine †
  12. Open Your Box †
  13. Cold Turkey
  14. Hound Dog
  15. Law And Order
  16. Give Peace A Chance
  † denotes never-before-heard, previously unreleased tracks

Tracklisting

- CD
  1. Power To The People (intro)* †
  2. New York City*
  3. It’s So Hard*
  4. Move On Fast* †
  5. Well Well Well †
  6. Born In A Prison* †
  7. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)*
  8. Mother*
  9. We’re All Water †
  10. Come Together †
  11. Imagine*
  12. Open Your Box* †
  13. Cold Turkey* †
  14. Don’t Worry Kyoko* †
  15. Hound Dog
  16. Law And Order
  17. Give Peace A Chance
  * denotes afternoon show, otherwise the performance is from the evening show.
  
  † denotes never-before-heard, previously unreleased tracks

Supergrass / Road to Rouen reissue

Posted on August 15, 2025August 15, 2025 by Paul Sinclair

BMG will reissue Supergrass’ fifth studio album, Road to Rouen, in October.

Recorded in France (in Rouen, geddit?) the 2005 album saw the band in a reflective mood, with an introspective vibe and longer more orchestral compositions. It features the singles ‘Low C,’ ‘Fin’ and ‘St Petersburg’.

*Road to Rouen* petrol and forest green 2LP vinyl

The album has been “fully remastered” is being reissued as a 2CD deluxe and on 2LP ‘Petrol and Forest Green’ vinyl. Content on both is similar but the CD set ultimately offers 17 bonus tracks compared to the vinyl’s eleven. The content includes ‘débranché’, or unplugged, versions of songs.

Road to Rouen will be issued on 3 October 2025, via BMG. The official shop has a 2CD+2LP vinyl bundle that come with a signed postcard.

Supergrass

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Tracklisting

- CD 1
  1. TALES OF ENDURANCE (PARTS 4, 5 & 6)
  2. ST. PETERSBURG
  3. SAD GIRL
  4. ROXY
  5. COFFEE IN THE POT
  6. ROAD TO ROUEN
  7. KICK IN THE TEETH
  8. LOW C
  9. FIN
- CD 2
  1. KISS OF LIFE (DÉBRANCHÉ)
  2. SAD GIRL (DÉBRANCHÉ)
  3. HYACINTH HOUSE (DÉBRANCHÉ)
  4. LOW (DÉBRANCHÉ)
  5. SUN HIT THE SKY (DÉBRANCHÉ)
  6. ROXY (DÉBRANCHÉ)
  7. MOVING (DÉBRANCHÉ)
  8. GRACE (DÉBRANCHÉ)
  9. ROAD TO ROUEN (DÉBRANCHÉ)
  10. TIME (DÉBRANCHÉ)
  11. MARY (DÉBRANCHÉ)
  12. ST. PETERSBURG (DÉBRANCHÉ)
  13. KISS OF LIFE (LIVE)
  14. BULLET (LIVE)
  15. LADY DAY & JOHN COLTRANE
  16. DON’T LEAVE ME ALONE
  17. FIN (LIVE ACOUSTIC)
- LP 1
  SIDE A
  1. TALES OF ENDURANCE (PARTS 4,5 & 6)
  2. ST. PETERSBURG
  3. SAD GIRL
  4. ROXY
  SIDE B
  1. COFFEE IN THE POT
  2. ROAD TO ROUEN
  3. KICK IN THE TEETH
  4. LOW C
  5. FIN
- LP 2
  SIDE A
  1. KISS OF LIFE (DÉBRANCHÉ)
  2. SAD GIRL (DÉBRANCHÉ)
  3. HYACINTH HOUSE (DÉBRANCHÉ)
  4. LOW C (DÉBRANCHÉ)
  5. SUN HITS THE SKY (DÉBRANCHÉ)
  SIDE B
  1. ROXY (DÉBRANCHÉ)
  2. MOVING (DÉBRANCHÉ)
  3. GRACE (DÉBRANCHÉ)
  4. ROAD TO ROUEN (DÉBRANCHÉ)
  5. TIME (DÉBRANCHÉ)
  6. MARY (DÉBRANCHÉ)

Radiohead / Hail to the Thief – Live Recordings 2003-2009

Posted on August 13, 2025October 27, 2025 by Paul Sinclair

Radiohead are to release a live album with tracks from their 2003 studio album Hail To The Thief.

Hail To The Thief Live Recordings 2003-2009 comprises live versions of 12 of the 14 songs from the original album. It replicates the original running order, though no live versions of ‘Backdrifts’ or ‘A Punch Up At A Wedding’ are included, despite both songs being performed regularly live on the accompanying album tour.

The album is compiled from four concerts, in London, Dublin, Buenos Aires and Amsterdam and was mixed by Ben Baptie and mastered by Matt Colton. It is released digitally today and will receive a vinyl-and CD physical release in October, with the press release stating the vinyl will be a one-off pressing. Vinyl formats include a opaque red vinyl edition from indie stores and cyan coloured vinyl edition from Radiohead’s website.

It’s only Radiohead’s second live album, following 2001’s I Might Be Wrong, and is the band’s first release since Kid A Mnesia in 2021 which offered previously unreleased material from the sessions for Kid A and Amnesia.

This live album of Hail To The Thief happened as a result of Thom Yorke helping to create the play Hamlet Hail To The Thief with the Royal Shakespeare Company. It opened at Manchester Aviva Studios in May, before running at Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in June.

Radiohead have long been critical of Hail To The Thief, which had been designed as a return to a more immediate way of working following the protracted sessions for Kid A and Amnesia. Yorke told Spin in 2006 that: “We wanted to do things quickly and I think the songs suffered,” while Ed O’Brien stated the album has too many songs. In 2008, Colin Greenwood described the album to Mojo as “a holding process” in between its predecessors and the following In Rainbows.

I was shocked by the kind of energy behind the way we played. I barely recognised us.
Thom Yorke

Yorke now says the old live recordings helped him to reassess Hail To The Thief while working on Hamlet Hail To The Thief. He said: “In the process of thinking of how to build arrangements for Hamlet Hail To The Thief, I asked to hear some archive live recordings of the songs.

“I was shocked by the kind of energy behind the way we played. I barely recognised us, and it helped me find a way forward. We decided to get these live recordings mixed and released. (It would have been insane to keep them for ourselves). It has all been a very cathartic process.”

Radiohead have worked on solo projects since 2016’s A Moon Shaped Pool, but it’s strongly rumoured that they will reunite for a tour next year.

Hail To The Thief – Live Recordings 2003-2009 will be released on 31 October 2025, via XL.

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Tracklisting

- Side 1
  1. 2+2=5
  2. Sit Down. Stand Up
  3. Sail To The Moon
  4. Go To Sleep
  5. Where I End And You Begin
  6. We Suck Young Blood
  Side 2
  1. The Gloaming
  2. There There
  3. I Will
  4. Myxomatosis
  5. Scatterbrain
  6. A Wolf At The Door
- 1. 2+2=5
  2. Sit Down. Stand Up
  3. Sail To The Moon
  4. Go To Sleep
  5. Where I End And You Begin
  6. We Suck Young Blood
  7. The Gloaming
  8. There There
  9. I Will
  10. Myxomatosis
  11. Scatterbrain
  12. A Wolf At The Door

Mother Love Bone reissues

Posted on August 12, 2025September 22, 2025 by Paul Sinclair

The ‘Shine EP’ and album Apple by Mother Love Bone, the short-lived Seattle band that helped to jump start the Grunge movement in the late ’80s, will be reissued on CD and vinyl in September.

Mother Love Bone was fronted by vocalist Andrew Wood, with the other members being Jeff Ament, Bruce Fairweather, Stone Gossard and Greg Gilmore. Wood died, of a heroin overdose, between the EP coming out in March 1989 and the scheduled release of the Apple album, a year later. The band ended and the album was eventually released a few months later, in July 1990.

Ament and Gossard would later form Pearl Jam with Mike McCready, all of whom had participated in the Temple of the Dog tribute project, from which emerged one eponymous album in early 1991.

Both the ‘Shine EP’ and Apple feature remastered audio and coloured vinyl editions (‘Hanbanero’ orange and ‘Opaque Sky’ blue) are available via indie retail.

Both titles are released on 26 September 2025 via UMR/Island.

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Tracklisting

- 1. This Is Shangrila
  2. Stardog Champion
  3. Holy Roller
  4. Bone China
  5. Come Bite The Apple
  6. Stargazer
  7. Heartshine
  8. Captain Hi-Top
  9. Man Of Golden Words
  10. Capricorn Sister
  11. Gentle Groove
  12. Mr. Danny Boy
  13. Crown Of Thorns

Tracklisting

- 1. Thru Fade Away
  2. Mindshaker Meltdown
  3. Half Ass Monkey Boy
  4. Chloe Dancer/Crown Of Thorns
  5. Capricorn Sister (original CD bonus track)

Out This Week / on 15 August 2025

Posted on August 11, 2025August 11, 2025 by Paul Sinclair

Deep Purple / Made in Japan 5CD+blu-ray 50th anniversary edition

Deep Purple / Made in Japan CD, Vinyl

Deep Purple’s classic 1972 live album Made In Japan is reissued as 5CD+Blu-ray and 10LP boxsets featuring newly remixed versions of all three of its concerts, plus both stereo and Atmos mixes by
Steven Wilson.

Be-Bop Deluxe / The Albums 1974-1976 (3CD set)

The Albums 1974-1976 is a 3CD clamshell box set that includes Be-Bop Deluxe’s first three studio albums: 1974’s Axe Victim, the Roy Thomas Baker produced Futurama (1975) and Sunburst Finish from 1976. Comes with a booklet.

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The Cranberries / No Need to Argue (30th anniversary)

The Cranberries‘ No Need to Argue anniversary release is available as a 2CD set or as a 2LP vinyl package. Both feature the same 9 bonus tracks, including an unreleased demo of ‘Zombie’ and a few tracks from Woodstock in 1994. Stephen Street (the original producer) has remastered the album and there’s actually also a single LP and single CD version without the extras.

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The Pretenders / The Singles (2LP vinyl)

The 1987 Pretenders ‘best of’ is reissued as a 2LP set. It features the 2018 remasters by Chris Thomas except for the tracks from Get Close, which are brand new remasters!

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Coldplay / Parachutes (clear ‘EcoRecord’)

Coldplay reissue their debut album – and all their album albums – on Eco vinyl. ‘EcoRecord’ is an injection-moulded LP is made entirely from, on average, nine recycled plastic bottles. It has been manufactured using 100% recycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate), instead of PVC. Consumers are promised no degradation in sound quality. If you aren’t sold on the Eco credentials, all the single LPs are under £25 which pretty competitive these days.

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A Head Full of Dreams - EcoRecord vinyl LP

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SDE Surround Series – Summer update!

Posted on August 9, 2025 by Paul Sinclair

For those of you who are interested in the SDE Surround Series blu-rays, I wanted to give you a update as to where we are and where we are going as we head towards September and the start of Autumn in 2025.

So far this year we have announced 11 titles, only two of which – Matt Deighton’s Today Become Forever (#44) and Mark Knopfler’s Sailing to Philadelphia (#45) have not shipped. They are both released in next month (5th and 26th of September, respectively). Matt’s album is limited to 1000 units and is still available, although there are not too many left.

So far as the rest of the year is concerned, I have good news and bad news. The very good news is that there are many more blu-rays to come, probably at least another 10 titles! We’ve been working hard in the background and have got some fantastic albums lined up, including chart-toppers from the 1980s, rock classics from the 1970s and a few surprises. That’s the good news, the ‘bad’ news is that these are going to come thick and fast.

Let me explain: Our label partners decide on the announcement date and the release date of the reissue campaign of which the SDE blu-ray is part. SDE is not in control of this aspect, and although we try to influence things where possible, we mostly have to go with the flow. Normally this works okay in less busy times of the year, but in the music industry’s always busy ‘Q4’ period, that is going to be more of a challenge, especially when we are working with multiple labels.

What does all this mean? It means that there may be times in the next few months where announcements follow each other much more closely than normal. Unfortunately, we are not in a position to tell you in advance of the schedule, largely due to respecting the confidentiality of our label partners, but also because we often get very late notice of announcement dates, anyway. It will likely get complicated with pre-order windows overlapping and closing in close succession.

BEST ADVICE: If you want something, just put a pre-order in early and secure your copy. You can always check what you have on order by going to account section of thesdeshop.com and signing in by putting in the email address you used to order any items. On that subject, try not use different email addresses to order via the SDE shop. If you do that multiple accounts get set up in the background and when you log in to one of them, it will look like items are ‘missing’ from your pre-ordered items, when actually they are listed under another account with some other email address you once used!

The SDE shop customer services team are always very happy to hear from you and to help if you need to get in touch (via contact@thesdeshop.com) to discuss any pre-orders or issues. As has always been the case, we cannot combine pre-orders, I’m afraid.

In summary, I like to think we will look back on this period as a golden age for immersive and surround audio on physical formats and I’m proud of the role that SDE has played in this, with the SDE Surround Series. Who knows how long it will last, so my philosophy is let’s all try and enjoy it and make the most of it while we can! Working in the background on these releases, can at times be frustrating, and often exhausting, but mostly it’s a real pleasure and as we approach our half-century in this series, I still get a real kick out of announcing each new title and hoping to delight you and exceed your expectations, with the content on these exclusive blu-rays.

Thanks, as always, for all your support and we look forward to the next announcement (which will be quite soon).

Paul

Paul Sinclair
SDE Editor. theSDEshop.com. SDE Records.

Bryan Ferry / Avonmore & Frantic reissues

Posted on August 6, 2025September 15, 2025 by Paul Sinclair

BMG will reissue two more Bryan Ferry albums in September. The long-players in question are Frantic from 2002 and Avonmore from 2014.

Frantic combines originals such as ‘A Fool for Love’ and ‘San Simeon’ alongside some covers of Bob Dylan and Lead Belly songs, with guest appearances from Brian Eno and Johnny Marr. Because it was issued in the early ‘noughties’, this album actually got a multi-channel release on DVD-Audio at the time (I have a copy). Frantic gets a slightly revised front cover for this campaign.

Although there’s 12 years between them, Ferry only issued three albums in between Frantic and Avonmore (two if you don’t count The Jazz Age, on which he doesn’t perform). Avonmore was well received with Bryan again working with his longtime producer Rhett Davies . Johnny Marr is back again and Nile Rodgers plays on many tracks. Songs include ‘Loop De Li’, ‘Driving Me Wild’ and the cover of Robert Palmer’s ‘Johnny and Mary’.

Frantic is reissued on blue vinyl while Avonmore is pressed on red vinyl for this reissue campaign. Both are released on CD in Japanese style vinyl replica presentations.

Frantic and Avonmore will be released on 19 September 2025, via BMG.

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The *Frantic* reissue features revised artwork

Tracklisting

- 1. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
  2. Cruel
  3. Goin’ Down
  4. Goddess of Love
  5. Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright
  6. Nobody Loves Me
  7. Ja Nun Hons Pris
  8. A Fool For Love
  9. Goodnight Irene
  10. Hiroshima Mon Amour
  11. San Simeon
  12. One Way Love
  13. I Thought
- Side 1
  1. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
  2. Cruel
  3. Goin’ Down
  4. Goddess of Love
  5. Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright
  6. Nobody Loves Me
  Side 1
  1. Ja Nun Hons Pris
  2. A Fool For Love
  3. Goodnight Irene
  4. Hiroshima Mon Amour
  5. San Simeon
  6. One Way Love
  7. I Thought

Tracklisting

- 1. Loop De Li
  2. Midnight Train
  3. Soldier Of Fortune
  4. Driving Me Wild
  5. A Special Kind Of Guy
  6. Avonmore
  7. Lost
  8. One Night Stand
  9. Send in the Clowns
  10. Johnny & Mary
- Side 1
  1. Loop De Li
  2. Midnight Train
  3. Soldier Of Fortune
  4. Driving Me Wild
  5. A Special Kind Of Guy
  Side 2
  1. Avonmore
  2. Lost
  3. One Night Stand
  4. Send in the Clowns
  5. Johnny & Mary

Last chance to pre-order the Mark Knopfler Sailing to Philadelphia blu-ray

Posted on August 4, 2025August 4, 2025 by Paul Sinclair

Quick pre-order at the SDE shop

The pre-order window for the Mark Knopfler Sailing to Philadelphia SDE exclusive blu-ray is about to close.

The blu-ray features a Guy Fletcher Dolby Atmos Mix, an exclusive instrumental mix (in Atmos) and the original stereo mix. This has 14 songs, based on the original UK CD tracklisting, which featured ‘Do America’ (omitted from the International release) and ‘One More Matinee’ (missing from the US release).

This is a region-free blu-ray audio and is #45 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series. It will be packaged in a clear amaray case and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.

The Sailing to Philadelphia blu-ray pre-order window closes tomorrow, 5 August 2025. Availability cannot be guaranteed after that date (Dire Straits’ Brothers in Arms blu-ray was released in May and is already sold out). Pre-order via the SDE shop using this link or the button below.

Sailing to Philadelphia will be released on 26 September 2025 via Mercury/UMR.

Tracklisting

- 1. What It Is 4:57
  2. Sailing to Philadelphia (featuring James Taylor) 5:29
  3. Who’s Your Baby Now 3:05
  4. Baloney Again 5:09
  5. The Last Laugh (featuring Van Morrison) 3:22
  6. Do America (4.11)
  7. Silvertown Blues 5:32
  8. El Macho 5:29
  9. Prairie Wedding 4:26
  10. Wanderlust 3:52
  11. Speedway at Nazareth 6:23
  12. Junkie Doll 4:34
  13. Sands of Nevada 3:56
  14. One More Matinee 3:57

1 Tears For Fears / The Tipping Point

2 xPropaganda / The Heart is Strange

3 Gilbert O’Sullivan / Driven

4 Shakespears Sister / Hormonally Yours

5 Brian Eno / ForeverAndEverNoMore

6. Orbital / Optical Delusion

6.5 Various Artists / Concert For George

7 Ten Years After / A Space in Time

8 Bob Dylan / Time Out Of Mind (2022 Remix)

9 Tears For Fears / The Hurting

10 Mike Oldfield / Tubular Bells

11 Suede

12 ABC / The Lexicon of Love

13 Duran Duran / Danse Macabre

13a Duran Duran / Danse Macabre De Luxe

14 Trevor Horn / Echoes – Ancient and Modern

15 Soft Cell / Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

16 Def Leppard / Diamond Star Halos

17 Paul Young / No Parlez

18 Mark Knopfler / One Deep River

19 Wham! / Fantastic

20 Wham! / Make It Big

21 Keane / Hopes and Fears

22 Luther Vandross / Never Too Much

23 Crowded House / Gravity Stairs

24 Ultravox / Lament

25 Tori Amos / Unrepentant Geraldines

26 Bronski Beat / The Age of Consent

27 Thin Lizzy / 1976

28 Tears For Fears / Songs For A Nervous Planet

29 Thompson Twins / Into The Gap

30 The Who / Who’s Next

31 Elton John / Diamonds

32 Simple Minds / New Gold Dream

33 Simple Minds / Sparkle in the Rain

34 Bryan Ferry / Retrospective

35 Envy of None / Stygian Waves

36 Roxy Music / Avalon

37 INXS / Listen Like Thieves

38 Dire Straits / Brothers in Arms

39 Elton & Brandi / Who Believes In Angels?

40 Claudi Brücken / Night Mirror

41 Mike Oldfield / Hergest Ridge

42 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel / The Best Years of Our Lives

43 De La Soul / 3 Feet High and Rising

44 Matt Deighton / Today Become Forever

45 Mark Knopfler / Sailing to Philadelphia

Imogen Heap / Speak For Yourself 2LP vinyl reissue

Posted on August 4, 2025October 20, 2025 by Paul Sinclair

Imogen Heap’s second album, Speak For Yourself, is being reissued as a 2LP vinyl set, in October, for its 20th anniversary.

The 2005 album has been remastered with Heap’s longtime friend and mastering engineer Simon Heyworth, and this new vinyl edition is cut at 45RPM and pressed on two 180g records.

It also boast “newly curated” packaging, with a spot UV cover, a poster and records house in printed poly-lined inner sleeves. There’s 3500 copies of the black vinyl available worldwide and also some coloured editions, (splatter and pink editions have recently sold out via Heap’s online shop).

Speak For Yourself will be released on 24 October 2025.

Imogen Heap

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Tracklisting

- LP 1
  Side A
  1. Headlock
  2. Goodnight and Go
  3. Have You Got It In You?
  Side B
  1. Loose Ends
  2. Hide and Seek
  3. Clear The Area
- LP 2
  Side C
  1. Daylight Robbery
  2. The Walk
  3. Just For Now
  Side D
  1. I Am In Love With You
  2. Closing In
  3. The Moment I Said It

Out This Week / on 8 August 2025

Posted on August 4, 2025August 4, 2025 by Paul Sinclair

Chicago / Chicago IX: Greatest Hits Expanded

Originally released in 1975, Chicago IX gathered the band’s most iconic tracks from their early albums into one hits collection. This new 50th anniversary edition (available on 2LP and CD) expands the original 11-track lineup into a 21-track collection that now includes songs from every studio album released between 1969 and 1980. Several songs from Chicago (1970) appear in their Steven Wilson remix/edit versions, first issued in 2017.

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A Certain Ratio / Live in America

Originally released on cassette and sold at gigs, A Certain Ratio’s live album gets an official release with new artwork. Described as an “essential artefact from the band’s career” it captures their summer ’85 US tour supporting label mates New Order across the East Coast and Canada. Tracklisting is as follows: 1 Sounds Like Something Dirty, 2 The Fox, 3 Shack Up, 4 Life’s a Scream, 5 Wild Party, 6 Flight, 7 And Then Again, 8 Touch, 9 Knife Slits Water, 10 Si Firmir O Grido.

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Live in America (Limited Edition 1985 Green Glass Vinyl)

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D:REAM / Do It Anyway (new album)

D:Ream (Peter Cunnah and Al Mackenzie) release their fifth studio album Do It Anyway. The 2LP edition is pressed on red and green coloured vinyl and is available signed via Amazon.

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Nick Drake’s The Making of Five Leaves Left – unboxed

Posted on August 1, 2025August 1, 2025 by Paul Sinclair

Watch as SDEtv explores the new Nick Drake The Making of Five Leaves Left 4CD box set, which was released last week.

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Tracklisting

- CD 1: 1st Sound Techniques Session aka The Beverley Martyn demo & Alt Takes from February 1968 to April 1969
  1. Mayfair – 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
  2. Time Has Told Me – 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
  3. Man In A Shed- 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
  4. Fruit Tree – 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
  5. Saturday Sun – 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
  6. Strange Face – 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
  7. Strange Face – Rough Mix with Guide Vocal – September 1968
  8. Day Is Done – Take 5 – April 1968
  9. Day Is Done – Take 2 – November 1968
  10. Day Is Done – Take 7 – April 1969
  11. Man In A Shed – Take 1 – May 1968
  12. My Love Left With The Rain – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
- CD 2: Paul de Rivas Reel – October 1968 / Out-Takes November 1968
  1. Blossom – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
  2. Instrumental – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
  3. Made To Love Magic – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
  4. Mickey’s Tune – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
  5. The Thoughts of Mary Jane – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
  6. Day Is Done – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
  7. Time Has Told Me – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
  8. Three Hours – Take 2 – November 1968
  9. Time Has Told Me – Take 4 – November 1968
  10. Strange Face – Take 1 – November 1968
  11. Saturday Sun – Take 1 – November 1968
  12. Fruit Tree – Take 4 – November 1968
- CD 3 Out-Takes from December 1968 to April 1969
  1. Time of No Reply – Take 3 into Take 4 – December 1968
  2. ‘Cello Song – Take 4 – January 1969
  3. Mayfair – Take 5 – January 1969
  4. River Man – Take 1 – January 1969
  5. Way To Blue – Cambridge – Winter 1968
  6. The Thoughts of Mary Jane – Take 2 – April 1969
  7. Saturday Sun – Take 1 into Take 2 – April 1969
  8. River Man – Take 2 – April 1969
- CD 4: The Original Album – Released 3rd July 1969
  1. Time Has Told Me
  2. River Man
  3. Three Hours
  4. Way To Blue
  5. Day Is Done
  6. ‘Cello Song
  7. The Thoughts of Mary Jane
  8. Man In A Shed
  9. Fruit Tree
  10. Saturday Sun
- LP 1: 1st Sound Techniques Session aka The Beverley Martyn demo & Alt Takes from February 1968 to April 1969
  Side A
  1. Mayfair – 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
  2. Time Has Told Me – 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
  3. Man In A Shed- 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
  4. Fruit Tree – 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
  5. Saturday Sun – 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
  6. Strange Face – 1st Sound Techniques Session – March 1968
  Side B
  1. Strange Face – Rough Mix with Guide Vocal – September 1968
  2. Day Is Done – Take 5 – April 1968
  3. Day Is Done – Take 2 – November 1968
  4. Day Is Done – Take 7 – April 1969
  5. Man In A Shed – Take 1 – May 1968
  6. My Love Left With The Rain – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
- LP 2: Paul de Rivas Reel – October 1968 / Out-Takes November 1968
  
  Side C
  1. Blossom – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
  2. Instrumental – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
  3. Made To Love Magic – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
  4. Mickey’s Tune – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
  5. The Thoughts of Mary Jane – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
  6. Day Is Done – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
  7. Time Has Told Me – Cambridge, Lent Term 1968
  Side D
  1. Three Hours – Take 2 – November 1968
  2. Time Has Told Me – Take 4 – November 1968
  3. Strange Face – Take 1 – November 1968
  4. Saturday Sun – Take 1 – November 1968
  5. Fruit Tree – Take 4 – November 1968
- LP 3: Out-Takes from December 1968 to April 1969
  Side E
  1. Time of No Reply – Take 3 into Take 4 – December 1968
  2. ‘Cello Song – Take 4 – January 1969
  3. Mayfair – Take 5 – January 1969
  4. River Man – Take 1 – January 1969
  Side F
  1. Way To Blue – Cambridge – Winter 1968
  2. The Thoughts of Mary Jane – Take 2 – April 1969
  3. Saturday Sun – Take 1 into Take 2 – April 1969
  4. River Man – Take 2 – April 1969
- LP 4: The Original Album – Released 3rd July 1969
  Side G
  1. Time Has Told Me
  2. River Man
  3. Three Hours
  4. Way To Blue
  5. Day Is Done
  Side H
  1. ‘Cello Song
  2. The Thoughts of Mary Jane
  3. Man In A Shed
  4. Fruit Tree
  5. Saturday Sun

David Gilmour / Live at the Circus Maximus and The Luck and Strange Concerts

Posted on July 29, 2025October 13, 2025 by Paul Sinclair

David Gilmour will release a concert film and live album of his 2024 Luck and Strange tour, in October.

Live at the Circus Maximus is the concert film which runs for 142 minutes and is available either as a 2xblu-ray or 3xDVD set. The blu-rays features a Dolby Atmos soundtrack alongside 5.1 and 96/24 audio.

2 x blu-ray set of ‘Live at the Circus Maximus’

The live album is called The Luck and Strange Concerts and features audio recorded at selected shows from the tour and blends solo tracks from David’s most recent album as well as classic Pink Floyd anthems such as ‘Sorrow’, ‘High Hopes’, ‘Breathe (In The Air)’, ‘Time’, ‘Wish You Were Here’, and ‘Comfortably Numb’.

This is available as a 4LP vinyl box set, on 2CD. Note, that the audio for this live album is also available in the 2xblu-ray with Atmos, 5.1 and 96/24 stereo (just like the concert film). Both video formats also offer video of rehearsals, documentaries and promo videos.

Perhaps inevitably, there’s a massive super deluxe edition box set (direct-to-consumer only) which brings together ALL of the above formats and adds a 120-page book of photos by Polly Samson taken on the tour. This comes in a “custom made” box. Yours for £336!

Amazon alternate cover art for both 2CD and 4LP sets

Amazon has exclusive alternate covers for both 2CD and 4LP and you can pre-order the 2xBlu-ray edition from the SDE shop, using this link or the button below.

Live at the Circus Maximus / The Luck and Strange Concerts are released on 17 October 2025, via Sony.

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Tracklisting

- Blu-ray #1
  142-min concert film with audio in Stereo 96/24, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos
  1. 5 A.M.
  2. Black Cat
  3. Luck and Strange
  4. Breathe (In The Air)
  5. Time
  6. Fat Old Sun
  7. Marooned
  8. Wish You Were Here
  9. Vita Brevis
  10. Between Two Points – with Romany Gilmour
  11. High Hopes
  12. Sorrow
  13. The Piper’s Call
  14. A Great Day For Freedom
  15. In Any Tongue
  16. The Great Gig In The Sky
  17. A Boat Lies Waiting
  18. Coming Back To Life
  19. Dark and Velvet Nights
  20. Sings
  21. Scattered
  22. Comfortably Numb (Encore)
- Blu-ray #2
  The Luck and Strange Concerts
  – Audio only in Stereo 96/24, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos. Features 23 tracks recorded at selected shows from the tour.
  1. 5 A.M.
  2. Black Cat
  3. Luck and Strange
  4. Breathe (In The Air)
  5. Time
  6. Fat Old Sun
  7. Marooned
  8. A Single Spark
  9. Wish You Were Here
  10. Vita Brevis
  11. Between Two Points – with Romany Gilmour
  12. High Hopes
  13. Sorrow
  14. The Piper’s Call
  15. A Great Day For Freedom
  16. In Any Tongue
  17. The Great Gig In The Sky
  18. A Boat Lies Waiting
  19. Coming Back To Life
  20. Dark and Velvet Nights
  21. Sings
  22. Scattered
  23. Comfortably Numb (Encore)
  Video Extras
  
  Luck and Strange Tour Rehearsals – Rehearsals for the Luck And Strange Tour at King Alfred Leisure Centre, Brighton, September 2024
  1. Between Two Points – with Romany Gilmour
  2. Breathe (In The Air)/Time
  3. Dark and Velvet Nights
  4. Luck and Strange
  Documentaries
  1. Rain in Rome
  2. Backstage at the Royal Albert Hall
  3. Backstage in America 8:55
  4. The Making of Luck and Strange
  Music videos
  1. A Single Spark Live
  2. Between Two Points (Official Music Video)
  3. Between Two Points – GENTRY Remix – Editor’s Cut (Official Music Video)
  4. Wesley On Patrol
  5. The Piper’s Call (Official Music Video)
  6. The Piper’s Call Live from Around the World (Official Music Video)
  7. Luck and Strange (Official Music Video)
  8. Dark and Velvet Nights (Official Music Video)
  9. Dark and Velvet Nights (Animated Official Video)

Tracklisting

- CD 1
  1. 5 A.M.
  2. Black Cat
  3. Luck and Strange
  4. Breathe (In The Air)
  5. Time
  6. Fat Old Sun
  7. Marooned
  8. A Single Spark
  9. Wish You Were Here
  10. Vita Brevis
  11. Between Two Points – with Romany Gilmour
  12. High Hopes
- CD 2
  1. Sorrow
  2. The Piper’s Call
  3. A Great Day For Freedom
  4. In Any Tongue
  5. The Great Gig In The Sky
  6. A Boat Lies Waiting
  7. Coming Back To Life
  8. Dark and Velvet Nights
  9. Sings
  10. Scattered
  11. Comfortably Numb (Encore)
- LP 1
  Side A
  1. 5 A.M.
  2. Black Cat
  3. Luck and Strange
  Side B
  1. Breathe (In The Air)
  2. Time
  3. Fat Old Sun
- LP 2
  Side A
  1. Marooned
  2. A Single Spark
  3. Wish You Were Here
  Side B
  1. Vita Brevis
  2. Between Two Points – with Romany Gilmour
  3. High Hopes
- LP 3
  Side A
  1. Sorrow
  2. The Piper’s Call
  3. A Great Day For Freedom
  Side B
  1. In Any Tongue
  2. The Great Gig In The Sky
  3. A Boat Lies Waiting
- LP 4
  Side A
  1. Coming Back To Life
  2. Dark and Velvet Nights
  3. Sings
  Side B
  1. Scattered
  2. Comfortably Numb (Encore)

OMD / Crush 40th anniversary

Posted on July 29, 2025October 6, 2025 by Paul Sinclair

OMD’s 1985 album Crush, will be reissued for its 40th anniversary in October.

The band’s sixth album features the singles ‘So In Love,’ and ‘Secret’, with the former reaching the top 30 of the charts on both sides of the Atlantic.

The album will be reissued as a 2CD deluxe edition featuring seven previously unreleased tracks newly mixed from the multi-tracks. These include four unheard songs. Additionally there’s B-sides and remixes.

The 40th anniversary re-release of Crush has been a wonderful opportunity for us to re-assess the album. 1985 was a period of great intensity with constant touring and time pressure in the studio, but we created a powerful collection of songs and lyrical themes. In hindsight, we made a much better album than we knew at the time. Two hit singles ‘So in Love’ and ‘Secret’ remain live set constants to this day.
Andy McCluskey

The 2LP vinyl edition also features the seven unreleased tracks, but not the B-sides. The standard extended mix of ‘So In Love’ is also omitted. Both formats include rare photos and comprehensive notes by journalist and author Jason Draper in conversation with Andy McCluskey.

Crush will be reissued on 10 October 2025, via UMR / Virgin.

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- CD 1
  1. So In Love
  2. Secret
  3. Bloc Bloc Bloc
  4. Women III
  5. Crush
  6. 88 Seconds In Greensboro
  7. The Native Daughters Of The Golden West
  8. La Femme Accident
  9. Hold You
  10. The Lights Are Going Out
- CD 2
  1. Wheels of Steel*
  2. Lana Turner v.1*
  3. Hold You (Rough)*
  4. Choral*
  5. Lana Turner v.2*
  6. Drift (Demo)*
  7. All or Nothing (Demo)*
  8. Concrete Hands (b-side)
  9. Firegun (b-side)
  10. Maria Gallante (b-side)
  11. Drift (b-side)
  12. Secret (Extended Mix)
  13. So In Love (Special American Dance Remix)
  14. So In Love (Extended)
  15. La Femme Accident (12″ Mix)
  16. Concrete Hands (Extended)
  *Previously Unreleased Track
- Side I
  1. So In Love
  2. Secret
  3. Bloc Bloc Bloc
  4. Women III
  5. Crush
  Side II
  1. 88 Seconds In Greensboro
  2. The Native Daughters Of The Golden West
  3. La Femme Accident
  4. Hold You
  5. The Lights Are Going Out
- LP 2
  Side III
  1. Wheels of Steel*
  2. Lana Turner v.1*
  3. Hold You (Rough)*
  4. Choral*
  5. Lana Turner v.2*
  6. Drift (Demo)*
  7. All or Nothing (Demo)*
  Side IIII
  1. So In Love (Special American Dance Remix)
  2. Secret (Extended Mix)
  3. La Femme Accident (12″ Mix)
  4. Concrete Hands (Extended)
  *Previously Unreleased Track

Out This Week / on 1 August 2025

Posted on July 28, 2025July 28, 2025 by Paul Sinclair

Richard Hawley / Coles Corner (20th anniversary)

Richard Hawley’s third studio album is reissued for its 20th anniversary. Half-speed mastered vinyl and 2CD deluxe. Bonus disc on the latter features single versions, B-sides, previously unreleased acoustic versions and a live cut of ‘I Sleep Alone’ recorded at Sheffield City Hall. Zoetrope vinyl also available, if you are that way inclined.

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David Bowie / Glastonbury 2000 (3LP reissue)

Originally issued in 2018, the 3LP vinyl version of the David Bowie Glastonbury 2000 release is reissued in a ‘reformatted’ wide-spined sleeve.

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Michael Jackson / Dangerous (Mo-Fi editions)

M i c h a e l J ackson’s 1991 album is reissued by Mobile Fidelity as a stereo-only SACD and a 2LP 180g vinyl set in a Stoughton gatefold sleeve.

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Madonna’s Veronica Electronica coming to CD

Posted on July 26, 2025July 26, 2025 by Paul Sinclair

CD edition and a new vinyl version due later this year

Madonna’s Veronica Electronica EP, or mini-album, or whatever you want to call it, was released yesterday on ‘silver’ coloured vinyl and Warners have just announced a CD version for later this year.

This Ray of Light remix project was shelved back in 1998, thanks to the success of the album and singles at the time, but has finally emerged this week. When it was announced in June there were plenty of grumbles about the lack of CD version and it appears that Warner Music has listened and has now scheduled a CD version (in gatefold CD wallet). The bad news is that you have to wait until October for it.

They have also decided to press another vinyl edition. This time Veronica Electronica will be pressed on “ultra clear” vinyl, rather than silver. However, it will come in the same silver printed mylar jacket (it’s not clear whether they will use this for the CD) which looks great in the flesh.

Veronica Electronica will be released on CD and re-released on vinyl on 10 October, via Warner Music. The Amazon UK links are not live yet, in case you are wondering.

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Tracklisting

- 1. Drowned World/Substitute For Love (BT & Sasha Bucklodge Ashram New Edit)
  2. Ray Of Light (Sasha Twilo Mix Edit)
  3. Skin (The Collaboration Remix Edit)
  4. Nothing Really Matters (Club 69 Speed Mix Meets The Dub)
  5. Sky Fits Heaven (Victor Calderone Future New Edit)
  6. Frozen (Widescreen Mix and Drums)
  7. The Power Of Good-Bye (Fabien’s Good God Mix Edit)
  8. Gone, Gone, Gone (Original Demo Version)

XTC / Drums and Wires CD+blu-ray with Dolby Atmos Mix

Posted on July 25, 2025September 22, 2025 by Paul Sinclair

XTC’s 1979 album Drums and Wires is being reissued in September as a new CD+blu-ray edition with a new Dolby Atmos Mix from Steven Wilson, an updated 5.1 Mix (originally created in 2014) and a host of other extras.

The CD features the original 2014 Steven Wilson stereo mix of the album, with minor revisions for 2025, along with singles and additional tracks. The Blu-ray features:

2025 Dolby Atmos versions of the album and additional tracks
2014 5.1 Mix of the album (with minor revisions for 2025) and additional tracks
96/24 LPCM Stereo of album and additional tracks
1979 original mix/master of full album in 96/24 plus additional tracks
A vast amount of additional material including all available demo, rehearsal & pre-album sessions recordings

Back of the CD+blu-ray lays out the content

Steven has again worked his magic and offered a new perspective of our ground-breaking 1979 album, expanding the audio picture through 360° and revealing details previously overlooked. The whole album shimmers with a sonic gloss that’s brought it to the 21st century with no loss of historic integrity; the songs are as strong today as they were 46 years ago. Immerse yourself, but be prepared for the closing maelstrom that is ‘Complicated Game’…you may never recover.
Dave Gregory

Interestingly, Steven Wilson has stated that “during the remix process it became apparent that the masters of ‘Officer Blue‘ [a B-side] and ‘That is the Way‘ were both slowed down significantly for the original release. It’s not uncommon for tracks to be slightly speeded up during mastering to make them sound sprightlier, but no one could remember why, in this case, the tracks were slowed down. For the 2025 mixes, in consultation with Colin Moulding – songwriter of both titles – the decision was made to include B-side ‘Officer Blue’ as the band recorded it, at the correct speed for the first time”.

Steven added that “In the case of ‘That is the Way’ – it being a key album track – the new mix has been slowed down to match the familiar album version but additionally, a bonus version is included which has no adjustment to the pitch and is exactly as the band recorded it”.

The album was originally produced by Steve Lillywhite but 2025 & 2014 material is mixed & produced by Steven Wilson. This CD+blu-ray set is presented in ‘paper sleeve’ / mini-LP CD / vinyl replica packaging with booklet including photos & album lyrics.

In addition to this format, Steven’s 2014 mix (with the minor revisions) is available for the first time on vinyl – a 200g LP pressing at that.

Drums and Wires will be released by APE records on 26 September 2025. You can pre-order both the CD+blu-ray and the vinyl LP from the SDE shop, via this link or the buttons below. A specially-priced bundle is also available.

Tracklisting

- CD: 2014 Steven Wilson Mix
  1. Making Plans For Nigel
  2. Helicopter
  3. Day In Day Out
  4. When You’re Near Me I Have Difficulty
  5. Ten Feet Tall Orig album
  6. Roads Girdle the Globe
  7. Real By Reel
  8. Millions
  9. That Is The Way
  10. Outside World
  11. Scissor Man
  12. Complicated Game
  13. Chain Of Command
  14. Limelight
  15. Life Begins at the Hop
  16. Ten Feet Tall (Electric)
  17. Wait ’til your Boat Goes Down
  18. Complicated Game (Out-take)
  19. That Is The Way (Original Pitch)
  20. Chain Of Command (Alt Take)
- Blu-ray
  2025 Dolby Atmos Mix / 5.1 Mix / Stereo Mix.
  
  The original mix of the album is also included plus instrumentals, demos etc.
  1. Making Plans For Nigel
  2. Helicopter
  3. Day In Day Out
  4. When You’re Near Me I Have Difficulty
  5. Ten Feet Tall
  6. Roads Girdle the Globe
  7. Real By Reel
  8. Millions
  9. That Is The Way
  10. Outside World
  11. Scissor Man
  12. Complicated Game
  13. Homo Safari
  14. Chain Of Command
  15. Limelight
  16. Bushman President
  17. Pulsing Pulsing
  18. Wait Til Your Boat Goes Down
  19. Ten Feet Tall (Electricm Version)
  20. Officer Blue
  21. Over Rusty Water
  22. Sleepyheads
  23. That Is The Way (Original Pitch)
- Side One
  1. Making Plans For Nigel
  2. Helicopter
  3. Day In Day Out
  4. When You’re Near Me I Have Difficulty
  5. Ten Feet Tall
  6. Roads Girdle the Globe
  Side Two
  1. Real By Reel
  2. Millions
  3. That Is The Way
  4. Outside World
  5. Scissor Man
  6. Complicated Game

NOW Yearbook 1976

Posted on July 25, 2025July 25, 2025 by Paul Sinclair

NOW Music will next month head back to the 1970s to issue Yearbook ’76 as a 4CD set and 3LP coloured vinyl package.

Both editions (as usual there’s two CD versions: deluxe hardcover book and standard card sleeve) feature tracks from the likes of Queen (‘Somebody to Love’), Fleetwood Mac (‘Say You Love Me’), ELO (‘Livin’ Thing’), Wings (‘Silly Love Songs’), 10cc (‘I’m Mandy Fly Me’), Elton John and Kiki Dee (‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart’), Thin Lizzy (‘The Boys Are Back in Town’), The Who (‘Squeeze Box’), Paul Simon (’50 Ways to Leave Your Lover’), Dolly Parton, Donna Summer (‘Love to Love You Baby’) and more.

Those big tracks are only half the story, however, as you’ll also find songs Barry White, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Demis Roussos, Brotherhood of Man, Showaddywaddy, Hot Chocolate, The Wurzels, Bay City Rollers, Eric Carmen, The Walker Brothers, Johnny Mathis, Neil Diamond, Billy Ocean, Joan Armatrading, Diana Ross, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Marvin Gaye and many more. Full tracklistings are below.

The 4CD sets feature 84 tracks, in total, while the coloured vinyl 3LP set delivers 47 tracks across its three lime green vinyl records. The deluxe 4CD set includes the usual 28-page booklet with notes on each song.

NOW Yearbook ’76 will be released on 29 August 2025.

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- CD 1
  1. Queen – Somebody To Love
  2. Electric Light Orchestra – Livin’ Thing
  3. Fleetwood Mac – Say You Love Me
  4. 10cc – I’m Mandy Fly Me
  5. Chicago – If You Leave Me Now
  6. Bonnie Tyler – Lost In France
  7. Leo Sayer – You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
  8. Tina Charles – I Love To Love
  9. The Real Thing – You To Me Are Everything
  10. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
  11. Candi Staton – Young Hearts Run Free
  12. Barry White – You See The Trouble With Me
  13. Melba Moore – This Is It
  14. MUD – Shake It Down
  15. Smokie – I’ll Meet You At Midnight
  16. Bryan Ferry – Let’s Stick Together
  17. Sailor – A Glass Of Champagne
  18. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel – Here Comes The Sun
  19. Paul Simon – 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
  20. Joan Armatrading – Love And Affection
  21. Diana Ross – Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To)
- CD 2
  1. Elton John & Kiki Dee – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
  2. Cliff Richard – Devil Woman
  3. Demis Roussos – Forever And Ever
  4. Guys N Dolls – You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
  5. Brotherhood Of Man – Save Your Kisses For Me
  6. Showaddywaddy – Under The Moon Of Love
  7. Slik – Forever And Ever
  8. Status Quo – Mystery Song
  9. Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In Town
  10. The Who – Squeeze Box
  11. John Miles – Music
  12. Hot Chocolate – Don’t Stop It Now
  13. The Drifters – Can I Take You Home Little Girl?
  14. Billy Ocean – Love Really Hurts Without You
  15. Dana – Fairytale
  16. David Dundas – Jeans On
  17. Paul Nicholas – Dancing With The Captain
  18. FOX – S-S-S-SINGLE BED
  19. Bay City Rollers – Love Me Like I Love You
  20. Kursaal Flyers – Little Does She Know
  21. The Wurzels – The Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)
- CD 3
  1. Donna Summer – Love To Love You Baby
  2. Andrea True Connection – More, More, More
  3. Diana Ross – Love Hangover
  4. Vicki Sue Robinson – Turn The Beat Around
  5. Tavares – Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel (Part 1)
  6. The O’Jays – I Love Music
  7. The Miracles – Love Machine – Pt. 1
  8. Barry White – Let The Music Play
  9. Jimmy James & The Vagabonds – Now Is The Time
  10. The Stylistics – Can’t Help Falling In Love
  11. Lou Rawls – You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
  12. The Isley Brothers – Harvest For The World
  13. Marvin Gaye – I Want You
  14. Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia
  15. James & Bobby Purify – I’m Your Puppet
  16. The Manhattans – Kiss And Say Goodbye
  17. Yvonne Fair – It Should Have Been Me
  18. Archie Bell & The Drells – Soul City Walk
  19. Wild Cherry – Play That Funky Music
  20. James Brown – Get Up Offa That Thing
  21. Lalo Schifrin – Jaws
- CD 4
  1. Wings – Silly Love Songs
  2. Elton John – Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
  3. Dr. Hook – A Little Bit More
  4. Dolly Parton – Jolene
  5. Pussycat – Mississippi
  6. Billie Jo Spears – What I’ve Got In Mind
  7. C.W. McCall – Convoy
  8. Neil Diamond – Beautiful Noise
  9. Randy Edelman – Concrete And Clay
  10. Sutherland Brothers & Quiver – Arms Of Mary
  11. Liverpool Express – You Are My Love
  12. Climax Blues Band – Couldn’t Get It Right
  13. Linda Ronstadt – Tracks Of My Tears
  14. Yvonne Elliman – Love Me
  15. R & J Stone – We Do It
  16. Daryl Hall & John Oates – She’s Gone
  17. The Walker Brothers – No Regrets
  18. Gallagher And Lyle – Heart On My Sleeve
  19. Eric Carmen – All By Myself
  20. Cliff Richard – Miss You Nights
  21. Johnny Mathis – When A Child Is Born
- LP 1
  Side A
  1. Queen – Somebody To Love
  2. Electric Light Orchestra – Livin’ Thing
  3. Fleetwood Mac – Say You Love Me
  4. 10cc – I’m Mandy Fly Me
  5. Dr. Hook – A Little Bit More
  6. Chicago – If You Leave Me Now
  7. Eric Carmen – All By Myself
  Side B
  1. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
  2. Leo Sayer – You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
  3. David Dundas – Jeans On
  4. Bryan Ferry – Let’s Stick Together
  5. Sailor – A Glass Of Champagne
  6. Smokie – I’ll Meet You At Midnight
  7. Slik – Forever And Ever
  8. Showaddywaddy – Under The Moon Of Love
  9. Brotherhood Of Man – Save Your Kisses For Me
- LP 2
  Side A
  1. Elton John & Kiki Dee – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
  2. Cliff Richard – Devil Woman
  3. Tina Charles – I Love To Love
  4. The Real Thing – You To Me Are Everything
  5. Billy Ocean – Love Really Hurts Without You
  6. Dana – Fairytale
  7. R & J Stone – We Do It
  8. Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia
  Side B
  1. Wings – Silly Love Songs
  2. Neil Diamond – Beautiful Noise
  3. Daryl Hall & John Oates – She’s Gone
  4. Paul Simon – 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
  5. Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In Town
  6. The Who – Squeeze Box
  7. John Miles – Music
- LP 3
  Side A
  1. Donna Summer – Love To Love You Baby
  2. Andrea True Connection – More, More, More
  3. Candi Staton – Young Hearts Run Free
  4. Melba Moore – This Is It
  5. Diana Ross – Love Hangover
  6. Tavares – Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel (Part 1)
  7. Barry White – You See The Trouble With Me
  8. The Isley Brothers – Harvest For The World
  Side B
  1. Dolly Parton – Jolene
  2. Pussycat – Mississippi
  3. Bonnie Tyler – Lost In France
  4. Demis Roussos – Forever And Ever
  5. Guys N Dolls – You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
  6. Gallagher And Lyle – Heart On My Sleeve
  7. Joan Armatrading – Love And Affection
  8. Elton John – Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

Buckingham Nicks album officially reissued on vinyl and CD

Posted on July 23, 2025September 10, 2025 by Paul Sinclair

1973 album finally reissued • Remastered • CD • Various coloured vinyl

Buckingham Nicks, the only studio album by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks as a duo, will be reissued for the first time in September.

Released in 1973, the 10-track album was recorded at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles and was produced by Keith Olsen. Famously, in late 1974, Mick Fleetwood visited Sound City while scouting studios to record Fleetwood Mac’s next album and Olsen played him ‘Frozen Love’. This resulted in an offer from Mick for Buckingham to join Fleetwood Mac, which of course happened but Lindsey insisted that Stevie Nicks come too!

Buckingham Nicks will be available on CD – for the first time – and on ‘baby blue’ coloured vinyl, an Amazon exclusive yellow coloured vinyl and a Rhino exclusive High Fidelity pressing. The audio has been sourced from the original analog master tapes for its CD and vinyl release (remastered by Chris Bellman).

Buckingham Nicks will be released on 19 September via Rhino.

Buckingham Nicks

Buckingham Nicks - Baby Blue vinyl LP

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Buckingham Nicks - CD edition

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Amazon exclusive yellow vinyl

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Buckingham Nicks ‘baby blue’ coloured vinyl LP

Tracklisting

- Side 1
  1. Crying in the Night (2025 Remaster)
  2. Stephanie (2025 Remaster)
  3. Without a Leg to Stand On (2025 Remaster)
  4. Crystal (2025 Remaster)
  5. Long Distance Winner (2025 Remaster)
  Side 2
  1. Don’t Let Me Down Again (2025 Remaster)
  2. Django (2025 Remaster)
  3. Races Are Run (2025 Remaster)
  4. Lola (My Love) (2025 Remaster)
  5. Frozen Love (2025 Remaster)

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Quick pre-order • Second Thoughts in Atmos, 5.1 etc. + Mental Notes

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Split Enz

Enzyclopedia vols 1 and 2 - 5CD set

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Split Enz

Encyclopaedia vols 1 and 2 - 3LP vinyl box

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ENZcyclopedia Volumes 1 & 2 Split Enz / SDE exclusive blu-ray

MENTAL NOTES

– 1975 Original Stereo Mix Remastered [96/24 bit]

SECOND THOUGHTS

– Michael Carpenter Dolby Atmos Mix [48/24 bit] – Michael Carpenter 5.1 Mix [48/24 bit]2025 – Eddie Rayner Stereo Mix [96/24 bit] – 1976 Original Stereo Mix Remastered [96/24 bit]

MUSIC VIDEOS

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ENZcyclopedia Volumes 1 & 2 Split Enz / 5CD box set

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ENZcyclopedia Volumes 1 & 2 Split Enz / 3LP vinyl

Side A

Side B

Side A

Side B

Side A – 2025 Eddie Rayner Remixes

Side B – 2025 Remasters

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John Lennon Yoko Ono The Plastic Ono Band Elephant's Memory

9CD+3blu-ray super deluxe box

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The Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon & Yoko

2LP black vinyl with 17-track One to one best of

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The Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon & Yoko

single CD with 17-track One to One best of

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Power to the People John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band / 9CD + 3 x Blu-ray box set

* denotes afternoon show, otherwise the performance is from the evening show

† denotes never-before-heard, previously unreleased tracks

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† denotes never-before-heard, previously unreleased tracks

† denotes never-before-heard, previously unreleased tracks

† denotes never-before-heard, previously unreleased tracks

John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band and A Star Studded Cast of Thousands. Peace and Love for Christmas, in aid of UNICEF, Live at the Lyceum Ballroom, The Strand, London, 15 December 1969

John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band with Frank Zappa and The Mothers, Fillmore East, New York, 6 June 1971

John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band with David Peel and The Lower East Side Live at the John Sinclair Freedom Rally, Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 10 December 1971

John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band. Live at the Benefit for the families of the victims of the riot at Attica State Correctional Facility, Apollo Theater, Harlem, NYC, 17 December 1971

John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band. Live on the David Frost TV Show, The Little Theatre, 240 West 44th Street, NYC, 16 December 1971

John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Elephant’s Memory Band. Live at the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, Americana Hotel, NYC, 4 September 1972

† denotes never-before-heard, previously unreleased tracks

John Lennon. Home Recordings at the St. Regis Hotel, New York, 10 September 1971

John Lennon. Home Recordings at the St. Regis Hotel, New York, 27 October 1971

John Lennon. Home Recordings at Campus Inn, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 10 December 1971

John Lennon and Phil Ochs. Home Recordings at Campus Inn, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 10 December 1971

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Power to the People John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band / 2LP vinyl

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Side B

* denotes afternoon show, otherwise the performance is from the evening show.

† denotes never-before-heard, previously unreleased tracks

* denotes afternoon show, otherwise the performance is from the evening show.

† denotes never-before-heard, previously unreleased tracks

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Power to the People John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band / 2CD edition

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Power to the People John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band / single CD edition

* denotes afternoon show, otherwise the performance is from the evening show.

† denotes never-before-heard, previously unreleased tracks

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Supergrass

2CD deluxe

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Supergrass

2LP coloured vinyl

Tracklisting

Road to Rouen Supergrass / Reissue

SIDE A

SIDE B

SIDE A

– Michael Carpenter Dolby Atmos Mix [48/24 bit]
– Michael Carpenter 5.1 Mix [48/24 bit]2025
– Eddie Rayner Stereo Mix [96/24 bit]
– 1976 Original Stereo Mix Remastered [96/24 bit]