Holding the Music in Your Hands ®
Don’t pay inflated prices for the sold-out-in-the-UK, blue vinyl version of the Manic Street Preachers Everything Must Go, since while it appears to be a UK exclusive for HMV it’s available from another retailer in Germany…
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Superb price for the vinyl LP reissue of David Bowie‘s 1969 album which was originally issued as ‘David Bowie’ and later re-christened ‘Space Oddity’ by RCA.
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Frustrated fans who were unable to get to a bricks and mortar HMV store in the UK this morning, were left frustrated when the music retailer’s website could not cope with the number of people trying to order exclusive coloured vinyl editions from the Manic Street Preachers, The Velvet Underground, Deep Purple and others.
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RCA Records and Legacy Recordings are to release Way Down In The Jungle Room, a new double CD (and 2LP vinyl) collection of Elvis Presley‘s last studio recordings.
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In an exclusive preview, SDE gets its hands on some HMV’s coloured vinyl pressings which will be available in-store and online from Saturday, 18 June. Watch this video ‘unboxing’ of three of the titles available, including the Manic Street Preachers‘ Everything Must Go…
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Last month legendary producer Tony Visconti was in London for a screening of the T. Rex / Marc Bolan film Born To Boogie. He spoke at length to journalist and Bolan authority Mark Paytress about working with Marc. On the eve of the blu-ray and deluxe reissue of Born to Boogie, SDE brings you some highlights from Tony’s conversation with Paytress and some of responses to questions from the audience…
Peter Gabriel will release a new song called I’m Amazing on Friday 17 June. Listen to the track (which will be issued digitally on streaming services) below:
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One Little Indian are to release a live version of Björk’s eighth studio album Vulnicura, which will be available on CD, vinyl and as a deluxe limited edition boxset.
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The Beach Boys‘ 1966 album Pet Sounds celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and SDE takes a look – via this unboxing video – at the brand new 4-disc deluxe book edition, which comes with a 5.1 surround sound ‘pure audio’ blu-ray audio and contains 11 previously unreleased live tracks…
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Paul McCartney has paid tribute to former bandmate, Henry McCullough who died yesterday, aged 72.
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Little Richard‘s entire output of studio albums recorded for the Specialty and Vee-Jay labels are to be reissued in a new five-LP vinyl box set.
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Culture Club‘s 1982 debut album, Kissing To Be Clever will be reissued on limited edition yellow vinyl next month.
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We Care A Lot, the debut album of American rock band Faith No More, will be reissued as a ‘deluxe band edition’ in August.
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Queen‘s impressive 18LP Studio Collection vinyl box was remanufactured (in ‘limited quantities’) recently after the original print run sold out due to “overwhelming fan demand”…
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While promoting his collaboration with watchmakers H. Moser & Cie (yes, he’s designed a watch) Bryan Ferry revealed that a deluxe edition of Roxy Music‘s 1972 debut is slated for a “July 2016” release…
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Radiohead‘s ninth studio album is released this week physically, after being made available digitally, back in May. Fans still have to wait until September for the box set. 
This Who set was delayed for about a month, but should be available at the end of this week. This is the final of four boxes and spans 40 years and 15 singles.
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Giveaway price for Queen‘s Night at the Odeon – Hammersmith 1975 super deluxe edition on Amazon UK right now!
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The Spain deal is over, but if you didn’t manage to take advantage, Amazon Italy are selling The Monkees’ fantastic Classic Album Collection box for little over half the UK price…
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Maybe they are not quite a ‘license to print money’ but the ever growing availability of ‘limited edition’ coloured vinyl pressings suggests that these are products that are both high margin and low risk for labels and retailer alike…
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This is fascinating. Here, Los Angeles Times music critic Robert Hilburn interviewed John Lennon in the Hit Factory Studios where John and Yoko Ono were recording and mixing Double Fantasy. This was recorded on 10 October, 1980, a day after John’s 40th birthday and less than two months before his death.
Apparently, John’s personal assistant, Fred Seaman, had set up on the console in front of Hilburn and Lennon a new RCA video camera and began filming. It is the only video interview of John in 1980. Although the quality isn’t very good and someone seems to be watching Star Wars in the background (it’s a racket!), it’s a poignant watch, with John at his likeable best. He covers many topics, including the quality of his solo albums and the music of Paul McCartney (and how much he likes Coming Up). Click ‘more’ to watch the interview.
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