Author: Paul Sinclair

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring – The Complete Recordings

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

5LP coloured vinyl box • New 3CD+blu-ray audio package

Howard Shore‘s complete score for Peter Jackson’s 2001 epic adventure, The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring, will be issued on vinyl for the first time in April and reissued as a CD box set which comes with a blu-ray audio disc with surround sound.
Continue reading “Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring – The Complete Recordings”

David Bowie / CHANGESTWOBOWIE to be reissued on CD and vinyl LP

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

David Bowie‘s 1981 compilation CHANGESTWOBOWIE will be reissued on CD and vinyl in April, along with a limited silver vinyl pressing of Aladdin Sane, the latter celebrating its 45th anniversary.
Continue reading “David Bowie / CHANGESTWOBOWIE to be reissued on CD and vinyl LP”

Chicago / VI Decades Live: This Is What We Do / five-disc anthology

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

Unreleased live performances • Full Isle of Wight Festival • DVD

This April, Rhino is to release VI Decades Live: This Is What We Do, a five-disc Chicago live anthology consisting of previously unreleased concert recordings.
Continue reading “Chicago / VI Decades Live: This Is What We Do / five-disc anthology”

Out This Week / on 16 February 2018

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

John Williams  / Jaws (2LP vinyl)

Very interesting release from Mondo. This is a double vinyl edition of John Williams‘ iconic score to Steven Spielberg’s 1975 film Jaws, however the original vinyl release back in the day was actually a re-recording, whereas this 2LP set presents the entire Oscar-winning score as composed and recorded for the actual film. Album co-producer Mike Matessino restored, edited and mixed the music from the original studio elements for the best possible quality, approved by the composer himself. This is on vinyl for the first time.
Continue reading “Out This Week / on 16 February 2018”

Remembering Duran Duran’s ‘The Wedding Album’ 25 years on

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

Duran Duran‘s The Wedding Album (technically, called Duran Duran of course) is 25 years old today. SDE would love to be telling you about an all-singing, all-dancing anniversary super deluxe edition, but… there isn’t one. As we know, Duran Duran don’t really like to release records anymore, whether new albums, reissues, singles, 12-inch remixes…etc. Touring is their thing. Putting aside the odd Record Store Day special, they’ve issued just one physical album in the last seven years, no reissues and no physical singles. That’s bordering on perverse.

But anyway, back to The Wedding Album. To fully appreciate the success of that record and the singles (Ordinary World in particular) you need to understand just how bad things were for the band beforehand and the depths from which they had to drag themselves up. I refer The Wedding Album’s predecessor, Liberty.
Continue reading “Remembering Duran Duran’s ‘The Wedding Album’ 25 years on”

The Cars / Heartbeat City and Shake It Up expanded CD and vinyl editions

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

Unreleased bonus material • CD and 2LP vinyl • 2016 album remasters

Rhino will issue expanded editions of The Cars‘ Shake It Up and Heartbeat City next month, with both featuring rare and unreleased bonus material.
Continue reading “The Cars / Heartbeat City and Shake It Up expanded CD and vinyl editions”

Love / Forever Changes / 50th anniversary super deluxe edition

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

Remastered • Mono mix on CD • Alternates • Hi-res stereo • Vinyl LP

Love‘s classic 1967 album Forever Changes will be reissued as a large-format, six-disc 50th anniversary super deluxe edition in April.
Continue reading “Love / Forever Changes / 50th anniversary super deluxe edition”

Exclusive: Andy Mackay on Roxy Music

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

Multi-instrumentalist Andy Mackay who plays oboe and sax for Roxy Music talks to SDE about the early days of the band, living with Bryan Ferry and recording the 1972 debut album that was reissued just last week as a 45th anniversary super deluxe edition box set. “I don’t think we were ready” he tells SDE Editor, Paul Sinclair….
Continue reading “Exclusive: Andy Mackay on Roxy Music”

Yachts / Suffice To Say: The Complete Yachts Collection / 3CD box set

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

Suffice To Say: The Complete Yachts Collection is a new three-CD box set featuring the output of Liverpool new wave/power pop band Yachts, who were signed to Stiff Record in 1977.
Continue reading “Yachts / Suffice To Say: The Complete Yachts Collection / 3CD box set”

Porcupine Tree / Arriving Somewhere: deluxe 2CD+blu-ray combo set

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

Debut on blu-ray and CD • In Absentia & Deadwing reissued on vinyl 

English rock band Porcupine Tree was formed by Steven Wilson back in 1987 and to date they have released ten studio albums. The concert film Arriving Somewhere was made when 2005’s Deadwing album was toured and then released on DVD the following year. That same film is now issued on CD and blu-ray for the first time, in a special three-disc package.
Continue reading “Porcupine Tree / Arriving Somewhere: deluxe 2CD+blu-ray combo set”

Wishbone Ash / The Vintage Years 1970-1991 / 30CD limited edition box

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

30 discs • remastered with bonus tracks • Unreleased live albums 

British rock band Wishbone Ash see their output celebrated with The Vintage Years 1970-1991 a gargantuan and ‘strictly limited’ 30 CD box set.
Continue reading “Wishbone Ash / The Vintage Years 1970-1991 / 30CD limited edition box”