Still one of the best box sets EVER, Bob Dylan‘s 47CD Complete Albums Collection box is cheaper than ever on Amazon Germany right now…
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Freddie Mercury / Messenger of the Gods: The Singles / vinyl box
Coloured 7″ vinyl box and 2CD set
Freddie Mercury‘s solo 45s will be celebrated in Messenger Of The Gods: The Singles, a new vinyl box set contain 13 coloured seven-inch singles.
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SDEtv / The Cars: Elektra Years vinyl box
Unboxing video of the coloured vinyl box
The vinyl version of The Cars Elektra Years 1978-1987 box came out a few weeks back and here SDE opens it up and takes a look inside…
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Saturday Deluxe / 25 June 2016
How will BREXIT affect our global music shopping habits?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll be aware that on Thursday this week, the UK has voted for ‘Brexit’ – to leave the European Union. Although I cast my vote, I missed all the excitement on TV, because I was at the watching Glen Matlock, Midge Ure and the gang at the Rich Kids gig in Islington. I woke up with a hangover to the news.
It’s fair to say that this has shocked virtually everyone: commentators, politicians, ‘the markets’ and the ‘young people’ of Britain (those under 25 voted 75% in favour of ‘Remain’). The Prime Minister will stand down later this year and with all the uncertainty the pound dropped to a 31 year low. Gulp.
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Deal alert / Bruce Springsteen: The River Collection 4CD + 2 x blu-ray
Best price to date for the 4CD+ 2 x blu-ray edition of Bruce Springsteen‘s superb The Ties That Bind: The River Collection, which was released right at the end of last year.
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Spencer Davis Group / Taking Out Time: Complete Recordings 1967-1969
Comprehensive anthology of post-Winwood years
Taking Out Time is a new three-CD set that collects of all the recordings made by The Spencer Davis Group during their post-Winwood era, 1967-1969.
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Roger Waters signs his Wall super deluxe as someone else!
Jimmy Smith, make yourself known to a member of staff..
Picture the scene… you’ve spent a small fortune on Roger Waters‘ The Wall super deluxe edition box set. Your wallet may be empty, but hey, at least the man himself has signed it. Er, well, not quite, in the case for one fan…
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Cicero / Future Boy: Complete Works
Pet Shop Boys favourite Cicero’s debut album, Future Boy, will be released as a two-CD expanded reissue in August, by Cherry Red.
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Deal alert / Led Zeppelin: Coda remastered 3LP vinyl
Mega-price for the triple-180g vinyl reissue of Led Zeppelin‘s last album Coda.
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Prince vinyl reissue update
Vinyl schedules rejigged
Warners have pushed back some of the Prince vinyl reissues scheduled for this year, with one album disappearing from listings altogether…
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New Order / Updated and improved Singles compilation on the way
Remastered and updated version of Singles compilation
New Order‘s Singles compilation from 2005 was beset by problems including a highly compressed ‘remastering’ and incorrect versions of some tracks. Warners have fixed these issues and will release a new and improved version of this compilation on 2CD and 4LP vinyl in September…
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Deal alert / Star Wars: Vinyl Collection
VERY nice price on Amazon UK at present for Star Wars – The Ultimate Vinyl Collection box set that was issued in January this year…
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The Turtles / The Complete Original Album Collection / 6CD box set
Comprehensive Turtles box set with bonus tracks
American rock band The Turtles’ celebrate their 50th anniversary this August with the release of a pair of definitive CD packages that encompass, for the first time, the whole of the Turtles’ recorded output from 1965 to 1970…
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ELP / New reissues and anthology
New ELP deluxe editions and vinyl
BMG will kick off an Emerson Lake & Palmer re-issue programme next month, which spotlights ELP’s nine studio albums, as well as their live recordings and compilations.
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Joan As Police Woman’s ‘Real Life’ is ten years old this month
Joan As Police Woman‘s debut album Real Life was released a little over ten years ago in the UK by Reveal Records.
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Porcupine Tree / The Delerium Years 1994 – 1997 / vinyl box set
Opportunity to hear early works from Steven Wilson & band, curated and compiled in this smartly presented vinyl box
The Delerium Years 1994 – 1997 is an eight-piece vinyl box set featuring the music of English rock band Porcupine Tree, a band fronted by Steven Wilson that collects two double studio albums, a triple live set and a four track 12-inch record…
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The Beatles / ‘Eight Days A Week: The Touring Years’ gets autumn release
Beatles film about the early years on the road – watch the trailer
Ron Howard’s much anticipated (and authorised) Beatles film, The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years, will be released theatrically in September, it has been announced.
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REVIEW / Garbage: Strange Little Birds
Strong on mood and atmosphere, and beautifully presented, Garbage’s sixth studio album lacks really memorable songs
It doesn’t seem so long since Garbage returned from their seven year hiatus, but when the strident and rather excellent Not Your Kind of People was issued over four years ago, we were still anticipating ‘London 2012’ on this side of the pond.
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Deal alert / Iron Maiden: The Book of Souls / 180g triple vinyl set
Stunning price for the 3LP vinyl version of last year’s Iron Maiden album The Book of Souls right now…
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Out This Week / on 24 June 2016
Neil Young / Earth (live album)
New live album from Neil Young. This was recorded on his 2015 tour with ‘The Promise of the Real’. The 2CD version is out this week, but you’ll need to wait until August for the 3LP, which is remarkable cheap on Amazon Germany (for Neil Young vinyl!) 
Pet Shop Boys / Twenty Something (CD single)
Second single from the Pet Shop Boys‘ SUPER album, which it’s fair to say has received mixed reviews from fans. Nice to see the PSBs carrying out the CD single tradition though and this features two new songs.
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