Holding the Music in Your Hands ®
I went to see Tanita Tikaram play live last night at the Barbican in London. It has certainly been a while. In a gap that’s approaching Kate Bushian proportions, the last time I saw her on stage was in 1989 – almost 28 years ago!
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Midnight Oil‘s creative and expansive archival box sets (announced last week) can now be ordered from outside Australia – at a price.
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Amazing price in a ‘flash deal’ in France for last year’s Sting vinyl box set The Studio Collection.
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This new image gives an insight into the packaging of the deluxe vinyl edition of Bob Dylan‘s new album Triplicate.
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Save hundreds of pounds right now by heading to Amazon Italy, for in demand music box sets from the likes of The Who, The Human League, Bob Dylan, Lou Reed and more….
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Andrew Ridgeley made a rare public appearance last night at the 2017 Brit Awards, to pay tribute to his friend and former bandmate George Michael.
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Sixties English rock band The Creation‘s slightly chaotic career is celebrated in Creation Theory, a new five-disc deluxe set coming in April.
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Here’s a first look at the packaging for the forthcoming Chris Difford Chris To The Mill box set…
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Last year’s four-disc 25th anniversary super deluxe edition of R.E.M.‘ s Out Of Time is available cheaply from Amazon Italy right now.
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The Pet Shop Boys magazine Literally will now be published once a year as Annually, and the 2017 edition of this new publication will be issued in April.
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British electronic group Leftfield will reissue their 1995 debut album Leftism in May this year as Leftism 22.
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Amazon Italy have The Kinks Mono Collection vinyl box set for a great price right now.
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This 18LP vinyl box collects all the solo work of George Harrison staring with his early electronic works – issued while he was still a Beatle – and working through to 2002’s posthumous Brainwashed. 
Continue reading “Out This Week / on 24 February 2017”
Very good price for the Manic Street Preachers 20th anniversary Everything Must Go box set at the moment…
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Aussie rockers Midnight Oil have announced their first world tour in over two decades and more pertinently for SDE readers, have unveiled plans to release three archival box sets including a collection called ‘The Overflow Tank’ which will contain an impressive 14 hours of previously unreleased and rare material.
Continue reading “Saturday Deluxe / 18 February 2017”
Depeche Mode will next month release their first single from their forthcoming long-player Spirit as a ‘maxi’ CD single.
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Superb price in the UK right now for the recent super deluxe edition box set of The Who‘s 1965 album My Generation.
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Congratulations to Peter Andersen in Denmark who was won the SDE Vangelis competition and will be receiving a brand new copy of the Greek composer’s Delectus box set.
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Watch the video for Fun, Blondie‘s first single from their forthcoming album Pollinator.
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