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Out This Week / on 23 September 2016

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David Bowie / Who Can I Be Now? 1974-1976 box set

David Bowie / Who Can I Be Now [1974-1976] CD and vinyl box sets

Parlophone follow-up last year’s Five Years box with Who Can I Be Now? which features three mid-period 1970s David Bowie albums. Despite this with live albums, alternate versions of some long-players and the ‘lost’ album The Gouster, this set comprises 12 CDs or 13 vinyl LPs. Read more

Fleetwood Mac / Mirage (super deluxe edition)

Remember this? The super deluxe edition box set of Fleetwood Mac‘s 1982 album was announced in May for July release, but for reasons unknown was delayed. All is forgiven though, since this box looks great with a disc packed with unreleased outtakes, a live CD and a DVD with a 5.1 surround mix. You get a vinyl LP, as well. Read more
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The Beatles / Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years blu-ray deluxe edition

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Two disc deluxe editions for both DVD and Blu-ray

Ron Howard’s Beatles documentary Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years is now available to pre-order on blu-ray and DVD.
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Saturday Deluxe / 17 Sep 2016

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Paul and Ringo at the Eight Days A Week premiere (Photo by Raph PH)

Fab week for music fans

Busy, busy week here at SDE HQ. The Beatles‘ Eight Days A Week: The Touring Years premiere happened on Thursday evening, six days after the reissue of The Beatles (Live) at the Hollywood Bowl which is being promoted as the ‘Companion Album’ to the film…
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Pink Floyd / The Early Years unboxed

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Still almost a couple of months away from the release of the 27-disc Pink Floyd The Early Years 1965 – 1972 box set, but here’s a chance to have (a virtual) look inside the box and understand how the packaging works in the mammoth collection…
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David Bowie’s final recordings to appear on Lazarus Cast Album

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Features three songs recorded during Blackstar sessions

David Bowie‘s final studio recordings are to be included on the two-CD and vinyl editions of original cast recordings to his and Enda Walsh’s musical Lazarus.
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Black Grape / It’s Great When You’re Straight… Yeah / deluxe edition

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This November, Universal Music will issue a three-disc deluxe edition of one of the Black Grape’s 1995 debut, It’s Great When You’re Straight…Yeah.
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Stranger Things / soundtrack on 2LP

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If you haven’t seen Netflix’s Stranger Things, then I strongly advise you to do so. Part supernatural-horror-thriller and part homage to 1980s genre films (E.T., Stand By Me) the eight-part series is a fantastic watch and the mood and atmosphere is perfectly framed by the title credits and the accompanying music.
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George Michael’s Listen Without Prejudice reissued as super deluxe

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George Michael‘s second solo album, 1990’s Listen Without Prejudice, Vol 1, will be reissued across a number of formats in November, including a 3CD+DVD super deluxe edition box set.
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The Human League / A Very British Synthesizer Group: four-disc anthology

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The Human League / A Very British Synthesizer Group box set

Career-spanning anthology includes a DVD & CD of rarities

A Very British Synthesizer Group: The Anthology is a new four-disc super deluxe overview of Sheffield’s electronic pioneers The Human League.
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Handsome packaging for The Handsome Family coloured vinyl set

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Alt country duo The Handsome Family issue Unseen, their new album later this week. As you might expect, the long-player is available on CD and vinyl from the usual channels, but there are some excellent limited edition packages available from independent record shops and specific online stores.
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Submit your questions for Pete Burns!

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Dead Or Alive / Sophisticated Boom Box MMXVI 19-disc box set

I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be interviewing Dead Or Alive frontman Pete Burns for SuperDeluxeEdition later this week, to discuss the forthcoming 19-disc career retrospective, Sophisticated Boom Box MMXVI.
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Out This Week / on 16 September 2016

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Led Zeppelin / The Complete BBC Sessions super deluxe edition box set

Led Zeppelin / The Complete BBC Sessions (reissue)

Expanded and remastered version of Led Zeppelin‘s 1997 BBC Sessions album. Formats consistent with previous album reissues, including flashy super deluxe edition. Read more

Steven Wilson / Transience (CD Edition)

Steven Wilson‘s 2015 compilation is a ‘personally curated’ collection of material recorded between 2002- 2015. Issued on CD for the first time, this comes with a bonus track, Happiness III. Read more
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Lou Reed / Remastered RCA & Arista box being issued as 6LP vinyl set

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Many of us are looking forward to the release of the 17CD Lou Reed RCA & Arista Album Collection box set which is due next month, but what wasn’t mentioned when this was announced is that there will also be a vinyl box set edition issued in November…
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