SDE speculated about the vinyl reissue of Marvin Gaye‘s classic 1971 album What’s Going On back in October but can now confirm that this is a four-LP set with plenty of bonus material.
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Author: Paul Sinclair
SDE Berlin Diary: Day Three
There are many cool things about Berlin, but the fact that David Bowie moved here in 1977 and recorded so much great music in the city – including the whole of his Heroes album – is what, from a music fan’s point of view, makes the place so special.
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Deal alert / Vangelis box set
The newly announced Vangelis box set, Delectus, can be pre-ordered at a great price on Amazon France.
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SDE Berlin Diary: Day Two
A year on from his ‘exploits’ in New York City, SDE Editor, Paul Sinclair, is in Berlin to go record shopping and meet up with a few interesting people…
Day two was always going to be the ‘big’ day of this trip. The day which involved running around trying to see as many record shops as possible before sloping back to the hotel exhausted.
SDE Berlin Diary: Day One
A year on from his ‘exploits’ in New York City, SDE Editor, Paul Sinclair, heads to Berlin for a few days, to walk in the shadow of Bowie and Iggy, take a tour of Hansa Tonstudio, go record shopping and meet up with a few interesting people…
Day 1 / Thursday 17 November
Two great minds think alike. The day a certain Barack Obama decides to drop in to Berlin to say ‘hallo’ to Angela Merkel is also the day that I’m coming into town to fly the flag for SDE. I booked my flights ages ago, so there.
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SIGNED Jean-Michel Jarre deluxe set
Jean-Michel Jarre‘s top-of-the-range Oxygene Trilogy box set – the one that includes three CDs, three vinyl LPs and a ‘coffee table book’ – is due for release next month and is now available ‘direct-to-fan’ SIGNED by the French music legend.
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Vangelis / Delectus: new 13-disc box set
A new 13CD box set, called Delectus, will feature all of Vangelis‘ Vertigo and Polydor albums – including the Oscar winning Chariots Of Fire – newly remastered (from the original first generation master tapes) ever under the legendary composer’s own supervision.
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Pixies / Doolittle on 5.1 blu-ray audio
The Pixies‘ Doolittle is to be released next month on the blu-ray audio format and will include a newly remixed 5.1 surround sound version of the 1989 album .
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Kate Bush to release a ‘single’ from her Before The Dawn live album
In a near-pointless exercise, Kate Bush is to release a digital-only single of the live version of And Dream Of Sheep as featured on the forthcoming Before The Dawn album.
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The History Of Paul Hardcastle: 4CD box
A new Paul Hardcastle box set called The History of Paul Hardcastle 1984-2016 was issued recently in the States.
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Deal alert / David Bowie: Who Can I Be Now? 1974-1976 vinyl box set
Great price for the David Bowie Who Can I Be Now? 18LP vinyl box set right now on Amazon Italy.
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Norah Jones at the London Palladium
Norah Jones entertained a sell out crowd in the heart of London’s West End last night as she performed the one and only UK date of her Day Breaks World Tour.
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Duran Duran / Paper Gods vinyl box set
£300 box set offers coloured vinyl and unheard studio track
Over a year after the album proper hit the shops, Duran Duran have announced a Vinyl Factory deluxe box set version of their 14th studio album Paper Gods.
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Out This Week / on 18 November 2016
The Who / My Generation (super deluxe edition)
Five-disc super deluxe of The Who‘s 1965 debut delivers a wealth of material, including unreleased songs, recently discovered album demos and new stereo mixes plus a massive 80-page book with notes from Pete Townshend. 
The Kinks / The Mono Collection (vinyl box set)
This 10LP vinyl box packages The Kinks‘ first eight albums in mono and comes complete with a ‘bonus’ double LP. Includes a hardcover 48-page book with rare and unseen photos and new interviews with Ray Davies, Dave Davies and Mick Avory.
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Deal alert / Lisa Stansfield: The Collection 1989-2003 box set
Incredible price for the 18-disc Lisa Stansfield The Collection box set today on Amazon UK…
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Saturday Deluxe / 12 November 2016
SDE in Berlin
I’ll be in Berlin next week checking out the city (first time visitor) and on a trail of record shops and music-related activities. Much like last year’s NYC trip I’ll be documenting events in a diary-like fashion and hopefully meeting lots of interesting people, including record-shop proprietors and the like.
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Leonard Cohen dies aged 82
Canadian singer Leonard Cohen has died aged 82…
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SDEtv / The Man Who Fell To Earth / four-disc deluxe set unboxed
SDE takes a look at Studio Canal’s recent 4-disc, 40th anniversary collector’s edition box set of Nicholas Roeg’s 1976 film The Man Who Fell To Earth, which of course stars a certain Mr David Bowie…
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Kate Bush tells the BBC: ‘I haven’t written a song for ages’
In a new interview for BBC 6 Music to promote her new live album, Kate Bush tells Mat Everitt: “I haven’t written a song for ages” adding that she “hasn’t been writing” at all since the Before The Dawn shows over two years ago.
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Universal revive the Christmas Album
New vinyl comp is a shadow of its former self
Later this month Universal are to release a festive vinyl compilation called The Christmas Album which revives the style and spirit – if not the quality – of its 30-year old ‘Now That’s What I Call Music’ predecessor.
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