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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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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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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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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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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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Final details are now confirmed for Hidden Masters’ long awaited Chris Wood anthology, Evening Blue, which is due in December.
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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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“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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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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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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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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The Alan Parsons Project‘s 1976 debut, Tales of Mystery and Imagination will be released in December as a 40th anniversary box set.
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Never has an ‘original cast recording’ for a musical been so anticipated. This album contains David Bowie‘s last three recordings from the Blackstar sessions as well as Michael C Hall and the New York Cast performing songs from throughout David’s career. 
The vinyl reissues continue with probably Prince‘s masterpiece. Sprawling, but full of superb songs, expect the packaging for the 1987 double album to be an exact replica of the original, with inserts and stickers.
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The recent four-disc 40th anniversary super deluxe edition of the Ramones 1976 debut album is fantastically priced in the UK right now.
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Oasis mix-up
Confusion reigns this morning with the Oasis Be Here Now reissue which came out yesterday. Some fans are reporting that on the demo disc (CD 3) the track Trip Inside (Be Here Now) has apparently been replaced by an unnamed instrumental, although this isn’t affecting everyone, suggesting that two versions are currently floating around in the marketplace!
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Cheapest price to date for the Bowie at the Beeb 4LP vinyl box set, this morning.
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The Donna Summer three-CD Ultimate Collection has had its track listing improved thanks to the feedback of SuperDeluxeEdition.com readers!
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The previously announced reissue of George Michael‘s 1990 album Listen Without Prejudice, has been delayed until next year…
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The image above is confirmation that for the forthcoming deluxe edition of R.E.M.‘s Out Of Time, the band and their management have abandoned the square ‘lift-off lid’ box sets used for previous reissues, such as Green and Document, preferring a DVD-sized ‘casebound book’ package, favoured by acts like the Manic Street Preachers for their own deluxe sets.
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SDE unboxes Sony’s Lou Reed The RCA & Arista Album Collection, a 17CD collection which was released last Friday.
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