Author: Paul Sinclair

Deal Alert / Sound of McAlmont & Butler: five-disc super deluxe

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The brilliant Sound of McAlmont & Butler album, in its top-of-the-range large format, 5-disc book guise is fantastically cheap on Amazon UK right now…
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Sony to put out their own edition of David Bowie’s Reality Tour 3LP vinyl set

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If Friday Music’s wallet-crunching triple blue vinyl version of David Bowie‘s acclaimed A Reality Tour concert audio was too rich for you (current price on Amazon UK £130) then we have good news because it appears that Sony will be issuing their own version later this year and you can get a pre-order in for a fraction of the price above…
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McCartney promises Flowers in the Dirt demos for forthcoming reissue

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Reissue coming; Pure McCartney omission deliberate

Paul McCartney has acknowledged that Flowers in the Dirt will be his next ‘Archive Collection’ release and has revealed that his co-writer for four of the tracks on the record, a certain Mr Elvis Costello, is ‘tickled pink’ with some of the bonus material included…
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Amazon offer deals on ‘Prime Day’

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Online retail giant Amazon are this year again running a big promotion around their Amazon Prime package, with big discounts across the board,including for physical Music releases. Think of this as like Black Friday, except you do have to be a Prime member to take advantage. There are all sorts of deals across various Amazon sites, and this page will be updated regularly today with the pick of the best of them…

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Simple Minds / The Vinyl Collection via Amazon Canada – $92 (£53)

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Out This Week / on 15 July 2016

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Peter Gabriel / 45RPM vinyl reissues

The second and presumably final batch of Peter Gabriel half-speed mastered vinyl reissues are out this week. So, Us and Up are the three albums. Read more

Manic Street Preachers / Everything Must Go (‘Baby Blue’ vinyl LP)

HMV may have had the UK exclusive (which sold out in a day) but you can easily buy this blue vinyl copy of the Manic Street Preachers Everything Must Go from a retailer in Germany who ships worldwide. Released at the end of this week. Read more
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Trés Bon: Great French Deals

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Some fantastic deals today on Amazon France across a variety of box sets, reissues and vinyl including David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Bee Gees, Bob Dylan and more… 
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Queen’s Greatest Hits confirmed as UK’s best selling album of the last 60 years

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Queen‘s 1981 Greatest Hits album is the biggest selling album of all time in the UK, according to the official Chart Company who have published a list of the 60 largest selling long-players, to celebrate 60 years of the chart…
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REVIEW: Close to the Noise Floor – Formative UK Electronica 1975-1984

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Four disc box explores early electronica

Guest SDE reviewer Nico Pleimling reviews Cherry Red’s recent 4CD set.

The origins of electronic music go as far back as the end of the 19th century, when the first electronic devices for performing music were developed. It took a few more decades before the first compositions for electronic instruments were composed during the 1920s and 1930s.

However, it wasn’t until the 1970s that electronic music began to have a significant influence on popular music, with the adoption of polyphonic synthesisers, electronic drums and drum machines. The recently released Cherry Red four-CD compilation Close to the Noise Floor – Formative UK Electronica 1975-1984 (subtitle: Excursions in proto-synth pop, DIY techno and ambient exploration) explores the wealth of electronic music emerging and developing in the UK from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.
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