Check out this video as SDE Editor Paul Sinclair shows off the new Pink Floyd vinyl reissues which are out today…
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Deal alert / Stereo MCs: Collected 10-disc career-spanning box set
Incredible deal for the Stereo MC’s 10-disc box set Collected on Amazon UK at the moment…
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HMV joins SDE price comparison tool
A month on from the launch of SDE’s Price Comparison Tool and we’re pleased to announce that UK music retailer HMV has joined the party… The ‘widget’ (as we like to call it) will now display price and stock information for products on HMV’s online store, alongside Amazon and JPC.
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Grace Jones: Warm Leatherette blu-ray
The reissue of Graces Jones‘ 1980 album Warm Leatherette is out in a couple of weeks, and the blu-ray audio, which offers more tracks than any other format, is now more widely available…
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Pink Floyd vinyl mastering confirmed
SDE has made enquiries about the forthcoming Pink Floyd vinyl reissues with regards to the mastering and whether the vinyl is cut directly from analogue or via digital files…
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DEAL ALERT: The Beatles U.S. Albums
The exquisitely packaged Beatles US Albums box set, which contains 13 superb Japanese-style vinyl replica ‘mini-LP CDs’ (complete with ‘drawer’ box) is currently fantastically cheap on Amazon UK.
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De La Soul return with new album ‘and the Anonymous Nobody’
US hip-hop group De La Soul return in August with a brand new album and the Anonymous Nobody.
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Simon & Garfunkel’s Concert in Central Park combo issued outside the US
Simon and Garfunkel‘s 1981 Concert in Central Park was reissued as a CD+DVD combo pack last August, in North America only, but one year on and this package is getting an official release in Europe.
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The La’s vinyl reissue
The La’s 1990 album self-titled album is to be reissued on vinyl LP in August.
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More Pink Floyd vinyl reissues
Pink Floyd look set to complete their vinyl issue campaign as early as July with more 180g reissues on the schedules already including 1977’s Animals.
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Pink Floyd / Obscured by Clouds and Animals vinyl reissue pre-order
Pink Floyd‘s 1977 album Animals will be reissued on vinyl along with 1972’s Obscured By Clouds…
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Pink Floyd / The Final Cut and A Momentary Lapse of Reason vinyl LP
Pink Floyd‘s last album before Roger Waters left the band, The Final Cut will be reissued on vinyl in July, along with the post-Waters A Momentary Lapse Of Reason. These are both available for pre-order…
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New Order ‘Furoshiki’ Box Set
SDE’s man in Japan, James Eldred, reports on a fascinating and unique box set edition of New Order’s Music Complete album…
It appears that New Order quietly released a new box set last week, this one exclusive to Japan.
Made only available at their pair of shows in Tokyo, as well as a pre-concert promotional event, the New Order Furoshiki Box Set, which takes its name from the traditional Japanese cloth it comes wrapped in, is an interesting set full of unique content that can’t be found anywhere else…
Out This Week / on 3 June 2016
Pink Floyd / Early albums reissued on vinyl LP
Pink Floyd‘s The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, A Saucerful of Secrets, the soundtrack from the film More and Ummagumma are issued on vinyl. 
Paul Simon / Stranger to Stranger (new album)
Paul Simon issues his 13th studio album, Stranger to Stranger. The deluxe CD edition boasts five bonus tracks.
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Star Wars / The Force Awakens 2LP vinyl with ‘3D Hologram Experience’
No one can accuse Disney of not ‘working’ their investment in the Star Wars franchise, and they’ve come up with a very interesting 2LP vinyl edition of John Williams’ soundtrack to The Force Awakens that boasts a “3D hologram experience” as you play the vinyl on your turntable.
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Saturday Deluxe / 28 May 2016
Thanks for the good vibes and enthusiasm about the forthcoming It’s Immaterial reissue (more here). To recap, the British ‘indie-pop’ band’s (a loose description) first album, Life’s Hard And Then You Die – they thought ‘life’s a bitch’ was too vulgar – is being reissued as a two-CD 30th anniversary deluxe edition in July. I’ve put this together for Universal’s Caroline International imprint, hence the shameless promotion on SDE :)
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Deal alert / Bruce Springsteen: The Album Collection, vol 1 / 8CD box
Brilliant price for a brilliant box set. Bruce Springsteen‘s The Album Collection Vol 1 (1973-1984), is an 8CD box that contains remastered versions of all his studio album from that 11-year period…
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Win a unique set of It’s Immaterial reissue reference CDs
With the news that It’s Immaterial‘s 1986 debut album Life’s Hard and Then You Die is about to be celebrated with a two-CD 30th anniversary deluxe reissue, SDE has a very special prize to giveaway; a set of the reference CDs created by mastering house Fluid Mastering, who worked on this project.
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Cliff Richard / Original Album Series
Parlophone will issue a Cliff Richard Original Albums Series collection next month, which spotlights the early albums of the enduring pop singer.
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How to buy: Pure McCartney
For a while Concord Music were expecting what we used to refer to as ‘Neil Young prices’ for the four-LP version of Paul McCartney‘s Pure McCartney, but thankfully, two weeks before release, the prices have dropped – a bit.
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