Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings / My King and Queen: 4LP box with signed print

4LP vinyl box • 500-only come with print SIGNED by Bill Wyman

After Bill Wyman left The Rolling Stones he put together a new band called Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings a ten-piece band that featured many guest appearances from big-name artists but featured a core line-up of Georgie Fame, Beverley Skeete, Albert Lee, Terry Taylor and Wyman himself. Demon Records are issuing, My King and Queen, a new 4LP vinyl box of studio recordings, an exclusive edition of which features a print signed by Bill Wyman (limited to 500 copies).
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Out This Week / on 29 September 2017

David Bowie / A New Careeer In A New Town 1977-1982 / 13LP or 11CD box

David Bowie / A New Career In A New Town 1977 – 1982 (vinyl & CD box set)

“There’s Old Wave. There’s New Wave. And There’s David Bowie.” If David Bowie hadn’t recorded anything in the 1970s after Station To Station he’d still have had an incredible run of albums that few could match. But in 1977 he casually released Low and Heroes and then in 1979 completed his so-called Berlin Trilogy with Lodger. Live album Stage was issued in between, in 1978 (the only year in the decade that Bowie didn’t issue a studio album). David signed off his golden years, with Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) – arguably just as good as the other three. This ushered in a few years of big hits including Ashes To Ashes, Fashion and Under Pressure (with Queen). All of the above (and more) have been newly remastered and are included in this new box set which is available on 11CD and 13LP vinyl. As before, nothing unreleased, but this is a box set to rule them all. Read more
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Saturday Deluxe / 23 September 2017

Albert Hammond (not the one in The Strokes) wows London audience

Well, it’s been a busy old week here at SDE and I admit I’ve been guilty of burning the candle at both ends with various things going on in the evening during the last five days.
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Gary Kemp on Spandau Ballet and Through The Barricades

Sony’s Legacy Recordings reissue of Spandau Ballet‘s 1986 album Through The Barricades is released today. The double-disc set features a comprehensive remaster, bonus tracks, and a 50-minute documentary on the making of the album (and videos) on DVD. SDE caught up with songwriter Gary Kemp to discuss the reissue and also spoke to Gary Langan, who co-produced the album…
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SDEtv: Decca mecca mess of Tori Amos Native Invader packaging

The packaging and presentation of Tori Amos‘ new album Native Invader doesn’t get the basics right and the so-called deluxe edition is a lazy effort, argues SDE Editor, Paul Sinclair, in this video analysis…
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Bob Dylan / Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 – 1979-1981

Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings will release in November, Trouble No More, the 13th volume of Bob Dylan‘s celebrated ‘Bootleg Series’, as a nine-disc deluxe edition, featuring a wealth of unreleased material.
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Morrissey’s new album on green vinyl


HMV and indie retailers offering exclusive green vinyl

If the vaguely ludicrous number of variations of Morrissey‘s new album Low In High School on his official store wasn’t enough, it turns out there is an ‘indies-only’ GREEN vinyl pressing (not available in Moz’s shop).
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Sex Pistols / ‘Never Mind The Bollocks…’ super deluxe: reformatted and reissued

The out-of-print 2012 super deluxe edition of the Sex Pistols‘ 1977 album Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols is being reissued and reformatted (for the album’s 40th anniversary) into a cheaper more compact edition and will be released next month.
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New content added to Debbie Gibson ‘We Could Be Together’ deluxe set

We Could Be Together, the forthcoming 13-disc Debbie Gibson deluxe set has had some last minute additional video and audio added after some fans petitioned Demon Music for extra content…
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Out This Week / on 22 September 2017

Wet Wet Wet / "Popped in Souled Out" super deluxe edition

Wet Wet Wet / Popped In Souled Out (5-disc super deluxe)

He would swear by his mouth almighty…” Wet Wet Wets fine 1987 debut – whose singles were all over UK radio at the time – gets a pleasingly comprehensive five-disc super deluxe edition. Remastered album, expanded Memphis Sessions, B-sides & remixes, a disc of unreleased recordings and a DVD with videos and TV appearances. Very good indeed. Read more
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R.E.M. / Automatic For The People / four-disc super deluxe edition

3CD+blu-ray super deluxe • Brand new 5.1 mix in Dolby Atmos

This November, Concord Music’s Craft Records imprint will reissue a 25th anniversary super deluxe edition of R.E.M.‘s 1992 album Automatic For The People.
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