Author: Paul Sinclair

Adam and the Ants / Kings of the Wild Frontier super deluxe edition

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Sony Music/Legacy Recordings will issue a lavish four-disc super deluxe edition box set of Adam and the Ants‘ classic 1980 album, Kings Of The Wild Frontier, in May.
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Out This Week / on 29 April 2016

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Cream / Classic Album Selection (5CD box)

This set contains the Cream’s complete studio albums – Fresh Cream, Disraeli Gears, Wheels Of Fire (two CDs) and Goodbye – in a smart clamshell style box. Even better that deal from the other week is still valid.  Read more

Prince / For You (vinyl reissue)

Already on the schedules before Prince‘s untimely death, Warners are reissuing his 1978 debut For You on 180g vinyl. Read more
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Deal alert / Ian Dury: The Studio Albums Collection / 9CD career box set

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Fantastic deal in the UK at the moment for The Studio Albums Collection, the career spanning box set featuring music from the much-missed Ian Dury.
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When Prince worked with Kate Bush

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In 1993 Kate Bush released her album The Red Shoes. One track, Why Should I Love You?, featured keyboards, guitar, bass and vocals by Prince. If you’ve ever wondered how they ended up working together or what Prince got up to in the studio while working on the track, read on…
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Saturday Deluxe / 23 April 2016

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When big brands ‘pay their respects’ to musicians or other artists who have died, in print or online, it’s normally an occasion to roll your eyes – and can often border on the crass – but this ‘ad’ that Chevrolet ran on Friday in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, The New York Times, the Detroit Free Press, the Los Angeles Times, and USA Today after the shock news about Prince, was brilliant and very moving. It’s perfect and says everything in six short words – words written by Prince, of course, in Little Red Corvette.
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Author Matt Thorne discusses Prince

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Back in early 2013, SDE spoke to author Matt Thorne about his then recently published book Prince. The tome is detailed examination of Prince’s music, both released and unreleased and includes interviews with some of the ‘inner sanctum’ of the classic era, including ex-Revolution members Wendy and Lisa and Tour Manager Alan Leeds.

With the sad news yesterday, of Prince’s untimely death, here’s another opportunity to revisit this interview…
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The truth behind that remix of Macca’s ‘Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five’

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Remember the ‘mysterious’ white label SDE told you about at the end of March, that offered two remixes of Paul McCartney‘s Band on the Run album track Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five? The full story behind how this came about and who was responsible for it, has been revealed…
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More Star Wars gold vinyl soundtracks

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Perhaps not unexpectedly, Sony Music Classical will follow up their forthcoming limited edition 2LP gold vinyl edition of John Williams’ Star Wars soundtrack with similar sets for the other two films in the original trilogy; The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
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Jean-Michel Jarre / Electronica 1 & 2 combined in deluxe ‘fanbox’ edition

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As announced back in February, Jean-Michel Jarre is following-up last year’s Electronica: The Time Machine, with a second and final collaborative album, Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise. The latter features the Pet Shop Boys, Gary Numan and Primal Scream amongst many others. On the same day the second volume is released, the French composer is putting out a deluxe ‘fanbox’ set that combines both records and includes extra content…
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