Real Gone Music will issue a limited edition coloured vinyl pressing of Ry Cooder‘s classic soundtrack to Wim Wenders’ 1984 film Paris, Texas.
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Prince / Purple Rain vinyl picture disc
Although, bizarrely, there was no mention of a vinyl picture disc edition of the new remaster of Prince‘s Purple Rain album as part of last week’s press release, that does indeed seem to be one of the formats available for fans to purchase.
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Out This Week / on 5 May 2017
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds / Lovely Creatures (Best Of)
Excellent packaging and excellent value for all editions of this new Nick Cave anthology, although pick of the releases in the 3CD+DVD super deluxe. 
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Deal alert / The Man Who Fell To Earth super deluxe edition four-disc box set
Lowest price to date for last year’s super deluxe box set edition of the soundtrack to Nic Roeg’s 1976 film The Man Who Fell To Earth, which of course starred a certain Mr David Bowie.
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Suzanne Vega / 5 Classic Albums
Suzanne Vega spent from 2010-2014 re-recording most of her A&M output for her own Close-Up series, culminating in a great box set edition (now out-of-print). Those re-interpretations are well worth owning, although they are unlikely to supplant the originals for most and if you have a few ‘blanks’ in your Vega collection there is now the opportunity to pick-up five of her six original records for the major label, at a great price via this forthcoming 5 Classic Albums box set.
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Prince / Purple Rain reissue / full details including four-disc expanded edition
4-disc expanded edition • 2CD deluxe • remastered • Prince-approved
NPG Records and Warner Bros. Records will release two expanded editions of Prince‘s 1984 album Purple Rain in late June, both of which contain a disc of unheard tracks from the late musician’s infamous ‘vault’.
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Blind Melon / Soup: audiophile vinyl
Blind Melon‘s second album, Soup, has been re-released by US-label Analog Spark as an audiophile standard vinyl reissue.
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Iggy Pop / Anniversary vinyl reissues
40th anniversary editions • newly remastered • ltd coloured pressings
Iggy Pop‘s The Idiot and Lust for Life are celebrating their 40th anniversary this year and along with 1978’s TV Eye Live (recorded during his 1977 US tour) they will be reissued on vinyl – “remastered for the first time from the original analog tapes” – with some special coloured pressings available.
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Reservoir Dogs / coloured vinyl
Music on Vinyl will reissue the classic soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino’s classic debut Reservoir Dogs on limited coloured vinyl in June.
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R.E.M.’s Automatic For The People reissue confirmed for 2017 on new label
Following last year’s reissue of R.E.M.‘s 1991 album Out Of Time, it has been widely expected that the 1992 follow-up, Automatic For The People would also be issued for its 25th anniversary this year. This assumption has been officially confirmed by Concord Bicycle Music, as they announce a new reissue label, Craft Recordings…
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Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane / Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings
Concord’s new reissue label Craft Recordings will next month issue their first release, The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings, a three-LP vinyl box set that celebrates the only studio recordings of Jazz masters Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane.
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Sparks / No. 1 in Heaven / limited edition blue vinyl + CD combo
Sparks‘ 1979 album No. 1 in Heaven is being reissued as a new limited edition coloured vinyl pressing next month.
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Van Morrison / The Authorised Bang Collection / 3CD anthology
Sony’s Legacy Recordings will issue The Authorized Bang Collection, a comprehensive anthology chronicling Van Morrison‘s musical output in 1967 during his short association with US hit-making label Bang Records.
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Fleetwood Mac remasters to get standalone vinyl reissues
The 2017 remaster of Fleetwood Mac‘s Tango in the Night and last year’s Mirage remaster are to be issued as standalone vinyl pressings at the end of May.
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Bob Marley / Exodus 40: The Movement Continues – box set and deluxe editions
Universal will mark the 40th anniversary of Bob Marley and the Wailers‘ Exodus with a comprehensive reissue across three physical formats, including a six-vinyl super deluxe edition.
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C88 / more indie-pop from the eighties
Cherry Red follow up their well received eighties indie-pop collections of the last few years (C86 and C87) with C88, a new three-CD set that focuses its gaze on the year 1988.
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Out This Week / on 28 April 2017
Gorillaz / Humanz (new album)
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett return as Gorillaz, with Humanz, their first studio album in six years.
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Deal alert / Verve: A Storm in Heaven four-disc super deluxe edition box
Excellent price in the UK right now for last year’s super deluxe edition box set of the Verve‘s first album A Storm In Heaven.
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SDEtv / Record Store Day Preview #3
SDE concludes its Record Store Day 2017 previews with this video exploration of David Bowie‘s Cracked Actor (and BOWPROMO1), Elton John‘s 17-11-70+ and Bruce Springsteen‘s Hammersmith Odeon London 1975. Watch the video below…
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Kraftwerk / 3-D: The Catalogue box sets
Parlophone are releasing Kraftwerk: 3-D The Catalogue next month, an audio/video document – available in a number of physical editions – that features all eight albums as performed live in the leading museums of the world in the last few years.
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