Catalogue: 1985-2012 / Pet Shop Boys reissues with ‘Further Listening’ discs


Three of the long anticipated Pet Shop Boys reissues will finally emerge next month as Parlophone reissue multi-disc ‘Further Listening’ editions of the albums Nightlife, Release and Fundamental. These effectively kick off a year of reissues under the ‘Catalogue: 1985-2012’ banner.
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Deal alert / Bruce Springsteen: Ties That Bind: River Collection 4CD + 2x blu-ray

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Superb price for the 4CD+ 2 x blu-ray edition of Bruce Springsteen‘s excellent The Ties That Bind: The River Collection, which was released at the end of 2015.
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Out This Week / on 16 June 2017

David Bowie / Cracked Actor (Live in Los Angeles) 2CD set

This two-CD edition of the Record Store Day vinyl release of David Bowie‘s Cracked Actor (Live in Los Angeles ’74) is a simply a ‘must have’ purchase for any Bowie fan. Especially since Parlophone have said the vinyl will stay exclusive to RSD. Read more
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Elvis / A Boy From Tupelo: The Complete 1953-1955 Recordings / 3CD set

Sony’s Legacy Recordings are to issue Elvis Presley A Boy From Tupelo: The Complete 1953-1955 Recordings, a three-CD deluxe set that includes “every known Elvis Presley Sun Records master and outtake”, radio sessions and other related rarities.
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Ramones / Leave Home: four-disc 40th anniversary super deluxe edition

Rhino will issue a super deluxe edition of the Ramones 1977 album Leave Home next month, which, as with last year’s reissue of the band’s self-titled debut, will offer rare and unreleased content across three CDs and a vinyl LP.
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Blancmange / The Blanc Tapes: limited edition 9CD box set with signed print

500 copies only, complete with signed print

The Blanc Tapes is a new Blancmange nine-CD box set that contains expanded three-disc editions of the albums Happy Families, Mange Tout and Believe You Me – all of which contain previously unreleased demos, remixes and BBC sessions.
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Def Leppard / Hysteria: seven-disc super deluxe edition box set

This August, Universal Music will release a 30th anniversary reissue of Def Leppard‘s 1987 album Hysteria, across multiple formats, including a seven-disc super deluxe edition box set.
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Sting / 57th & 9th Japan Tour Edition offers Live at the Bataclan on CD


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Sting‘s 2016 album 57th & 9th has just been issued as a special Japan Tour Edition which offers six bonus tracks over and above the standard deluxe edition.
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Agnetha Fältskog / Coloured vinyl LPs

As with her ABBA bandmate Frida (see this post), some of Agnetha Fältskog‘s solo albums will be reissued on vinyl, with coloured editions available for a while. Also, Benny and Bjorn’s 1970 long-player, Lycka is also gets a similar treatment…
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Manchester: North Of England / 7CD set

With the world’s gaze currently on Manchester, as the city pulls together following the recent terrorist attack, Cherry Red remind us of the strength and diversity of the independent music scene, by issuing a seven-CD box, with songs originally issued over a 16 year period (1977-1993)
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