This September Rhino will reissue double-disc deluxe editions of two Faith No More albums, King For A Day… and Album of the Year.
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Oasis / Be Here Now box set on Amazon
The recently announced reissue of Oasis‘ third album Be Here Now detailed a super deluxe edition box set. This was, at the time, exclusive to the Oasis online store but is now more widely available…
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David Bowie / Labyrinth 30th anniversary special editions
Jim Henson’s 1986 film Labyrinth, which stars David Bowie, is being reissued as a 30th anniversary edition in September and will be available in 4K Ultra HD and is being issued in a number of special editions…
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Out This Week / on 29 July 2016
Simple Minds / New Gold Dream (six-disc super deluxe edition)
Simple Minds‘ 1982 album gets ‘the full monty’ treatment with a box that delivers virtually everything you could want, including a 5.1 mix of New Gold Dream. 
Fleetwood Mac / Mirage (reissue)
Fleetwood Mac‘s 1982 album is available in two-disc deluxe and five-disc super deluxe edition configurations… Lots of rare tracks including outtakes and rarities, early versions of several album tracks; outtakes for songs that didn’t make it to the album; UPDATE: Rhino have this morning confirmed that this is delayed until September (regardless of what HMV and Amazon say).
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Deal alert / Lou Reed: The Sire Years – Complete Albums Box (10CD)
If you’ve pre-ordred the forthcoming RCA and Arista Lou Reed box, here’s an opportunity to pick up The Sire Years: Complete Albums Box at an incredible price on Amazon Italy.
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Saturday Deluxe / 23 July 2016
Summer lull, what summer lull?
Seven days since last week’s Saturday Deluxe and we’ve had announcements of big releases from artists such as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Oasis… plus a David Bowie teaser…
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Deal alert: Bob Marley / Complete Island Recordings 12LP metal box
The normally ridiculously expensive metal ‘collectors edition’ version of Bob Marley and the Wailers‘s Complete Island Recordings 12LP vinyl box is very well priced on Amazon Italy right now.
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David Bowie ‘lost’ album to be included in next box set: Who Can I Be Now?
The follow-up to Parlophone’s David Bowie box set, Five Years, will be announced next week, but the label have revealed that, exclusive to the new set, which will be called Who Can I Be Now?, will be a previously unreleased complete album…
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Oasis / Be Here Now reissue due in 2016
Oasis‘ third album, 1997’s Be Here Now, will be re-released in October, the third in the ‘Chasing The Sun’ reissued series…
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The La’s: LP reissue on coloured vinyl
The vinyl reissue of The La’s one and only studio album, which SDE reported on back in May, will not be pressed on black vinyl, but will be a limited coloured vinyl edition…
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Deal alert / Marc Almond Trials of Eyeliner 10CD Anthology box
Admittedly, it’s early days for this self-compiled 10CD Marc Almond collection which isn’t due for released until October, but Trials of Eyeliner: Anthology 1979-2016 has already dropped in price massively in the UK.
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Greg Lake on why ELP reissues won’t be on heavyweight 180g vinyl
BMG’s Emerson Lake & Palmer reissues are due next week and as well as two-CD deluxe editions, the group’s first three albums, Emerson Lake & Palmer (1970), Tarkus (1971 and Pictures At An Exhibition (1971) are scheduled to be reissued on vinyl. However, these won’t be ‘heavyweight’ 180g pressings and Greg Lake explains why…
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Remixed & Expanded: The Beatles Live At The Hollywood Bowl due in Sep
1977 live album reboot to tie in with Ron Howard doc
Apple Corps Ltd. and Universal Music Group will release an expanded and newly remixed version of The Beatles‘ 1977 live album The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl this September…
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Deal Alert / David Bowie: Five Years 12CD deluxe box set
The 12CD version of David Bowie‘s Five Years box set has held firm at a fairly premium price point ever since David’s death in January. However today on Amazon France it’s the cheapest it has ever been….
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Led Zeppelin / The Complete BBC Sessions / super deluxe edition box set
This September Led Zeppelin will release The Complete BBC Sessions, an expanded and remastered version of their 1997 BBC Sessions album which adds a third disc of eight unreleased performances. This new set will be available across a number of formats, including an 8-disc super deluxe edition box set…
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New Order / People on the High Line
New Order and Mute records show their commitment to physical formats as they prepare to release People On The High Line, a fourth single from their acclaimed 2015 album Music Complete.
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Level 42 / Collected: new 3CD set
Here’s a weird one. Collected is a new three-CD Level 42 compilation that purports to gather up “the first time” all of the singles from the band in their original single versions released between 1979 and 2013. Sounds great, but at the moment it’s only being issued by Universal Music The Netherlands (go figure), although as you might expect, it’s not too hard to get hold off for fans everywhere else….
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Review / Peter Gabriel: vinyl reissues
Peter Gabriel‘s 1986 album So is 30 years old this year, but it’s not afforded any kind of deluxe reissue, presumably because Gabriel thinks he got that job done back in 2012. That set, as any longtime SDE reader will be all too aware, was more than a little flawed and it’s still extremely frustrating that all those B-sides, remixes and a 5.1 mix (which apparently exists) have not yet surfaced on a So celebratory release.
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Out This Week / on 22 July 2016
Heaven 17 / 5 Classic Albums (5CD box)
Five CDs featuring Heaven 17‘s five albums of the original era. Simple packaging for a great value price.
Culture Club / Kissing To Be Clever (yellow or black vinyl)
Culture Club‘s fantastic 1982 debut is reissued on black and limited edition yellow vinyl.
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Saturday Deluxe / 16 July 2016
Now That’s What I Call A Summer Lull
In the UK at least, we haven’t exactly enjoyed glorious summer weather so far, but there’s definitely a bit of a summer lull at the moment, in terms of activity around music box sets and a general feeling of anticipation as we wait for some big announcements of releases that will hit ‘the shops’ in the Autumn…
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