Saturday Deluxe / 3 March 2018

Busy week here at SDE, as usual, even though there is snow chaos in the UK!

The printed ‘keepsake’ edition of the SDE Roxy Music interviews with Andy Mackay and Phil Manzanera came back from the printers. They look superb, even if I do say so myself! Very much consistent with the long sold-out McCartney ‘producers’ booklet from last year, except this time we’ve invested in licensing some archive photos for the front cover and gloss-laminated the cover for a luxury finish. It gives the whole thing a bit of ‘wow’ factor, I hope. Both interviews are there in full and although it’s a snug fit, this will squeeze nicely into the super deluxe edition box set of Roxy Music (I’ve tested it).
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Joan Wasser talks to SDE about Joan As Police Woman’s Damned Devotion

Last month Brooklyn-based Joan Wasser released Damned Devotion her fifth album as Joan As Police Woman.

The 12-track record has been on heavy rotation in the SDE office and could well be the strongest JAPW record to date. It has a wonderful array of intimate songs – like Warning Bell, Tell Me, The Silence, Talk About It Later – which explore the murky world of relationships and how human beings communicate (or fail to communicate) with one another.

I was delighted to speak to Joan a few weeks ago to discuss Damned Devotion and started by asking her how long she’d been working on the album…
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Gomez / Bring It On 20th anniversary edition super deluxe edition

Gomez‘s debut Bring It On will be reissued for its 20th anniversary and amongst the formats will be a super deluxe edition box set featuring a host of unreleased songs and demos.
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Rory Gallagher’s entire solo catalogue remastered and reissued

Having acquired the rights to Rory Gallagher‘s solo catalogue last year, Universal Music will reissue remastered versions of every album on CD and vinyl LP next month.
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New David Bowie exclusives for Brooklyn exhibition

Five years (that’s all we’ve got…) after the David Bowie Is exhibition opened in London’s V&A – having travelled to eight further cities around the globe – it reaches its final destination in Brooklyn, New York in two days time. An apt location, given that David himself settled in The Big Apple.

As with many of the other stops on the tour there will be exclusive limited Bowie vinyl for sale at the Brooklyn Museum. Non-sordid details, following…
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Cheech & Chong / Up In Smoke 40th anniversary deluxe collector’s edition

The 40th anniversary of counter-culture comedy duo Cheech and Chong‘s 1978 film Up In Smoke is being celebrated with a forthcoming deluxe collector’s edition box set.
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Out This Week / on 2 March 2018

Jethro Tull / Heavy Horses: New Shoes Edition (3CD + 2 x DVD)

Jethro Tull‘s 1978 album is reissued in this five-disc package which features the usual embarrassment of riches, including Steven Wilson stereo/5.1 mixes and live performances newly mixed by Jacko Jakszyk. Read more
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Falco 60: 2CD+DVD deluxe edition

Homecoming Concert on DVD • Some new rarities • Updated cover art

Last year’s Falco 60 compilation, which was issued as on 3CD, 2LP and a double DVD, has recently been reissued as a 2CD+DVD deluxe edition, with updated content and some new-to-CD mixes/edits.
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