Author: Paul Sinclair

Picture: George Michael / Listen Without Prejudice super deluxe edition

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Check out this new image of the George Michael Listen Without Prejudice reissue which is due in March.
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T’Pau / The Virgin Anthology 4CD deluxe

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Universal/Virgin are to issue T’Pau: The Virgin Anthology, a new 4CD deluxe set that brings together rare single edits and remixes from the band’s heyday, demo versions and remastered and expanded versions of albums Rage and The Promise.
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Roy Orbison / Black and White Night 30

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Amazingly, it has been 30 years since Roy Orbison‘s 1987 television ‘comeback’ show A Black & White Night. To mark the occasion ‘Roy’s Boys’ – Alex Orbison and Roy Orbison Jnr – have gone back to the source footage and audio and re-edited, remastered and, if you are feeling fanciful, ‘re-imagined’ the television special, to create an expanded audio/visual document that will be available on CD/Blu-ray or CD/DVD in February.
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Out This Week / on 20 January 2017

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Mike Oldfield / Return to Ommadawn (new album)

Mike Oldfield‘s 26th studio album is a follow-up to 1975’s Ommadawn and is available as a CD+DVD edition with a 5.1 surround sound mix. Read more
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Saturday Deluxe / 14 January 2017

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RIP Larry Steinbachek of Bronski Beat

Sad news this week, with the death of Bronski Beat keyboard player Larry Steinbachek. Bronski Beat were massive in the UK for a fairly short period of time but their 1984 debut album Age of Consent was one of those records that everyone had (along with Alison Moyet’s Alf) , or at the very minimum you’d taped a copy off one of your mates!
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Lloyd Cole in New York: Collected Recordings 1988-1996 box confirmed

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Lloyd Cole In New York: Collected Recordings 1988-1996, the new six-CD Lloyd Cole solo box SDE told you about last year, has been officially confirmed.
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Chris Difford / ‘Chris To The Mill’: Solo Recordings box set with rarities

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The solo work of Squeeze singer-songwriter Chris Difford is collected in Chris To… The Mill, a new 4CD+DVD box set that collects albums, rarities and unreleased demos.
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Tony Visconti hints at Blackstar 5.1 mix & leaves heartfelt tribute to David Bowie

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Producer Tony Visconti yesterday left a moving tribute to his friend of 48 years, David Bowie and also revealed that a 5.1 surround sound of ★ (Blackstar) in may just happen…
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Deal alert / The Rolling Stones in Mono / 16 LP vinyl box set

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Update: Not as good as the French deal as yesterday… but there is still a sizeable discount right now on Amazon Spain for The Rolling Stones in Mono 16 LP vinyl box set.
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An emotional but uneven celebration of David Bowie takes place in Brixton

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Bandmates and guests vocalist remember the legendary artist in London


Last night saw the Brixton Academy play host to a house band that featured a group of musicians that had one thing in common – at some point in their lives they played regularly with David Bowie.
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