I interviewed Dead Or Alive frontman Pete Burns for SDE about a month ago, to discuss the new 19-disc box set Sophisticated Boom Box MMXVI. I was literally listening to the audio of the interview (conducted over the phone) late yesterday afternoon, when the shocking news came in of Pete’s untimely death at the age of 57.
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Author: Paul Sinclair
Pete Burns dies aged 57
Dead Or Alive frontman Pete Burns has died at the age of 57, it has just been announced by his management.
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Out This Week / on 28 October 2016
Marc Almond / Trials of Eyeliner (10CD box)
A mammoth 10-disc Marc Almond box set curated by the man himself. The 189-track anthology spans his entire career and comes with a 64-page hardcover book. 
King Crimson / On (and off) The Road (1979-1982)
Many acts could learn from the care and attention King Crimson pay to the art of the deluxe music box set. This 19-disc collection presents a complete overview of the 1980s incarnation of the band and includes 5.1 mixes of studio albums, plenty of live concert records and studio sessions.
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Bon Jovi / The Albums vinyl box set
Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) will issue Bon Jovi The Albums in February next year, a massive vinyl LP box set featuring all the band’s studio albums (remastered), on 180-gram vinyl.
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BIG price drop for all the Crowded House two-CD deluxe edition reissues
The forthcoming Crowded House reissues have dropped in price dramatically on Amazon UK this weekend.
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94 East featuring Prince
Prince‘s earliest recordings with 94 East – a Minneapolis-based group formed by Brooklyn musician Pepe Willie – are being released by Charly Records across a number of formats.
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Deal alert / The Who Live At Leeds vinyl
The Who‘s classic 1970 album Live at Leeds is being reissued on vinyl at the end of November and can be pre-ordered very cheaply today in the UK.
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FIRST PICTURES / PiL super deluxe editions
First look at the packaging for the two PiL super deluxe editions – Metal Box and Album – which are being reissued next week.
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Saturday Deluxe / 22 October 2016
SDE has just drunk five litres of undiluted ‘blackcurrant squash’ and isn’t in the mood for any monkey business.
Let’s get the show on the road and deluxe the ‘heck’ out of this Saturday morning. Coming up…. an irate, Macca-hating Phil Collins, why Sainsbury’s mistake a bit of cardboard for a ‘record shop’, and Kate Bush’s live version of King of the Mountain in full…
“He’s little and he likes The Beatles!”. McCartney insults Collins. “He’s not worth it!” says peacemaker Townshend.
Phil Collins revealed this week that he is sick and tired of sitting back and listening to McCartney’s clap-trap.
With a book to promote Phil Collins has revealed that he fell out with Paul McCartney back in 2002 when both men were performing at the Buckingham Palace party.
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Jean-Michel Jarre / Oxygene 3 plus Oxygene Trilogy box set
Jean-Michel Jarre will release a new album, Oxygene 3, in December, 40 years after the original Oxygene album brought the French musician mainstream success. The release will be available separately or as part of an Oxygene Trilogy.
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Prince / new hits package 4EVER
Hits set for Nov, with Purple Rain deluxe in early 2017
Warners will issue 4EVER, a brand new Prince hits collection (and the first ‘new’ posthumous release), next month with the long-awaited deluxe edition of Purple Rain to follow in 2017.
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SDEtv / Classic albums re-packaged as Japanese-style CD vinyl replicas
Sony impress with their newly presented Legacy Editions
A series of newly reissued ‘Legacy Editions’ from Sony are presented as (almost) full-blown Japanese mini-LP CD / vinyl replica sets and the series boasts classic albums from Jeff Buckley, Dennis Wilson, Billy Joel, Elvis, Miles Davis, Iggy Pop and more. SDE has created the ‘unboxing’ type video (below) to illustrate the new packaging.
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Cooking Vinyl 1986 – 2016 box set
UK label Cooking Vinyl are to release a ‘various artists’ four-CD box set in November in celebration of their 30 year history.
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Blue Zone / Big Thing 2CD deluxe
Lisa Stansfield’s first band Blue Zone’s one and only album, Big Thing, was never even released in the UK when it was issued in 1988, but 28 years later that is rectified with a double-disc deluxe edition slated for a November release.
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Chris Wood / Evening Blue anthology track listing confirmed
Final details are now confirmed for Hidden Masters’ long awaited Chris Wood anthology, Evening Blue, which is due in December.
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Deal alert: The Rolling Stones / Some Girls super deluxe box set
Lowest price ever for the super deluxe box set of The Rolling Stones Some Girls album that was issued back in 2011.
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Watch the video teaser for Kate Bush’s Before The Dawn live album
“You MUST wake up!” Watch the short-but-sweet teaser/trailer to whet your appetite for Kate Bush‘s soon-to-be-released live album Before The Dawn.
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Sam Brown / The A&M Years 1988-1990
Be first in line to secure a SIGNED copy of this forthcoming box
Full details will be announced later this week, but SDE can exclusively reveal the cover art to The A&M Years 1988-1990 a five-disc box set that will feature the early output of British singer-songwriter Sam Brown (best known for her 1988 international hit Stop).
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The Afghan Whigs / Black Love deluxe
US rock band The Afghan Whigs‘ 1996 studio album Black Love is being reissued as a double CD deluxe edition and triple vinyl set, to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
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Hear the previously unreleased ‘fast’ version of Queen’s ‘We Will Rock You’
Check out this stunning ‘fast’ version of the Queen classic We Will Rock You, as featured on the forthcoming BBC Sessions set On Air…
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