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Universal Music are to put out a 50th anniversary deluxe edition of the The Moody Blues‘ 1967 album Days Of Future Passed.
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SDE Editor Paul Sinclair contrasts and compares the two versions of David Bowie‘s Lodger within the new A New Career In A New Town box set…
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Cherry Red are to release Singles 1978-2016, a new box set that features all of The Fall‘s A-sides and B-sides across seven discs!
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In the last few days there has been mounting criticism from some of the audiophile community about perceived mastering errors on Parlophone’s new David Bowie box set A New Career In A New Town.
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American musician, singer and songwriter Tom Petty has died at the age of 66.
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Updated all week (last 8/10/17 at 13.00). Check back for new deals or suggest one!
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Very much looking forward to this a-ha acoustic album. So many formats, but the ‘fanbox’ is really the one to go for, but you should go direct to Amazon Germany for the best price on that particular format. 
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The news yesterday that Universal will issue yet a new Elton John compilation (called Diamonds) signified the start of the run up to Christmas and probably the first of many time-honoured ‘best of’ collections are that are now waiting in the wings.
The greatest hits. Loved by record companies, and people who buy their albums from supermarkets or petrol stations, but not normally admired by actual, proper fans. The reason is straightforward enough – more often than not, they’ve got everything already.
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Out today is A New Career In A New Town a new David Bowie box set released by Parlophone that covers the period 1977-1982. It’s available on vinyl and CD. SDE has unboxed the CD version and you can watch the video below…
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A new Elton John greatest hits collection Diamonds will be issued in November, with a limited box set also available.
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Amazon Germany are today price-matching local competitor Saturn with an outstanding 3-for-2 offer. You can buy three music box sets and get the third for nothing, regardless of the price-tag, so you could walk away with a FREE The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band super deluxe edition.
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Early last year, prog legends Yes toured the USA and performed their 1980 album Drama in its entirety, together with sides one and four of their 1973 classic Tales from Topographic Oceans. A new live album, Topographic Drama: Live Across America, features recordings from this tour.
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Following on from last year’s expanded 3LP vinyl edition, Universal will issue a two-CD edition of Bob Marley & The Wailers‘ 1975 Live! album, with the same content.
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Warner Music will issue Iron Maiden‘s The Book Of Souls: Live Chapter in November, a live album featuring 15 songs captured during The Book Of Souls World Tour which ran from 2016-207.
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Fanfare 1970 – 1997 is a lavish and comprehensive career-spanning new box set that showcases the talents of English progressive rock group Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
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There’s a rare sale on over at the SDE shop. We’re clearing out our remaining stock of the box set edition of Depeche Mode‘s 2009 album Sounds Of The Universe.
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Chris Difford‘s solo album are now being reissued as a 3LP vinyl box, which shares the same title as its CD cousin, Chris To The Mill. The first 500 of these come with a print signed by Chris.
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The newly announced Bob Dylan ‘Bootleg Series’ 13 nine-disc box, Trouble No More, has dropped in price dramatically, in the UK.
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Tears For Fears have made a surprise announcement this morning. They will play a one-night only UK show in almost exactly a month’s time.
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Rhino conclude The Doors‘ 50th anniversary celebrations with a tw0-CD deluxe edition reissue of their second album of 1967, Strange Days.
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