Neil Diamond to issue career spanning 50th Anniversary Collection

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Capitol/UME will later this month issue a Neil Diamond 50th Anniversary Collection – a three-CD set that includes 50 songs and spans 50 years…
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Out This Week / on 10 March 2017

Kitchens of Distinction / Watch Our Planet Circle (box set)

Watch Our Planet Circle is a six-CD set celebrating the work of nineties indie-pop outfit Kitchens Of Distinction and includes remastered versions of the band’s four studio albums along with discs devoted to B-sides and BBC Sessions. Read more
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Roger Waters / new studio album, ‘Is This The Life We Really Want?’

Roger Waters‘ first new studio album in almost a quarter of a century will be called Is This The Life We Really Want? and will be released in May. Check out the teaser/trailer below to see some in-the-studio footage and hear some of the new music.
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Saturday Deluxe / 4 March 2017

A Handsome evening at the Union Chapel

I’m a relatively recent convert to the ‘alt country’ group The Handsome Familyso I was very pleased to get the opportunity to see them this week as they played London’s Union Chapel as part of their UK tour (in support of their recent album Unseen).
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Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art: The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue to be published

Thames & Hudson will next month publish Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art., a complete catalogue of the work of celebrated design agency Hipgnosis.
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Johnny Cash / The Original Sun Albums 1957-1964 / new deluxe set

Charly Records are to release The Original Sun Albums 1957-1964, a 60th anniversary Johnny Cash deluxe edition that brings together all seven classic Sun albums along with a bonus disc of rarities.
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John Martyn / The Head and the Heart: The Acoustic John Martyn

Head and Heart: The Acoustic John Martyn is a new two-CD set from Universal that brings together ‘key album tracks’, a scattering of live performances and various rarities, including some unreleased demo recordings.
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Deal alert / The Band: The Last Waltz 40th anniversary deluxe edition

Very nice price right now for last year’s five disc deluxe edition of The Band‘s The Last Waltz.
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Out This Week / on 3 March 2017

Bolan's Zip Gun / Futuristic Dragon deluxe edition book set

T. Rex / Bolan’s Zip Gun & Futuristic Dragon (deluxe edition)

This new three-disc T. Rex deluxe set pairs expanded versions of 1975’s Bolan’s Zip Gun with 1976’s Futuristic Dragon. Packaged in the same ‘media book’ styling as Suede‘s Coming Up 20th anniversaryRead more
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