Author: Paul Sinclair

An Open Letter to Sir Paul McCartney: ‘Listen to What The Fans Said’

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McCartney should listen to fan feedback and change the Flowers in the Dirt deluxe edition, argues SDE Editor, Paul Sinclair…

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Deal alert / Pink Floyd: The Early Years 1965-1972 / 27-disc box set

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UPDATE:  After looking like the low prices were a thing of the past, Amazon UK is back with a sub-£300 price-tag for the Pink Floyd The Early Years 1965-1972 box set…
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Out This Week / on 23 December 2016

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Bob Dylan / Live in Sydney 1966 (2LP)

As well as the London gig, Sony are issue Bob Dylan‘s first concert outside America on his 1966 tour as a separate vinyl release. I think this is primarily for the Australian market, so Live In Sydney 1966 (a “one-pressing only limited edition 2LP-set”) isn’t cheap as an ‘import’ elsewhere.

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McCartney fans SLAM new ‘download-only’ Flowers in the Dirt deluxe edition

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Just some of the reaction to the digital downloads-in-physical product furore

We pay for physical product, we expect physical product

Paul McCartney fans have reacted with anger and incredulity to the news that more than a third of the audio content in the forthcoming £120, four-disc, physical deluxe edition of Paul’s album Flowers in the Dirt will only available as a digital download and is not being issued on CD or any other physical format.

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Paul McCartney / Flowers in the Dirt four-disc deluxe edition

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Four discs, but also download-only content, in pricey deluxe set

Paul McCartney‘s 1989 album Flowers in the Dirt will be reissued in March next year in the usual ‘Archive Collection’ formats, including a four-disc deluxe edition which comes with lots of printed material (think Wings Over America).
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