Author: Paul Sinclair

1979 demo version of Duran Duran’s ‘Girls On Film’ issued on special EP

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US West Coast label, Cleopatra Records are issuing some ‘historic’ unreleased demo recordings from Duran Duran in the pre-Simon Le Bon era, when early frontman Andy Wickett was part of the line-up.
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New Eric Clapton album ‘I Still Do’ available in two deluxe editions

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Eric Clapton‘s forthcoming album I Still Do, will be available as two limited deluxe editions, including the ‘Vacuum-tube USB + CD Deluxe Denim Box’.
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Deal alert / Bob Marley: The Complete Island Recordings 12LP vinyl box

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To make up for the slightly not-very-good-in-the-end Bob Marley PopMarket deal from the other week, today SDE is alerting you to the rigid card (not metal) Complete Island Recordings vinyl box available at the cheapest price ever on Amazon UK.
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Out This Week / on 8 April 2016

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Associates / The Very Best Of (2CD)

A month ahead of the album reissues, BMG’s ‘Metro Select’ imprint put out this Associates best of, which contains some unreleased rarities for fans. Read more

Andy Partridge / The Fuzzy Warbles (3CD sets)

Previously available as eight full-priced discs with the 9th disc (Hinges) only available as part of a limited edition box set, XTC‘s Andy Partridge’s excellent demos/rarities series, Fuzzy Warbles, is now being released in a VERY affordable collection of 3CD sets.

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Deal alert / 10 for Ten: Vinyl LPs for €10

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Nothing like a bit of local competition to benefit the physical music fan. Amazon France and French retailer FNAC have a bit of price-matching going on with some superb classic pop/rock vinyl LPs including titles from Cream, The Who, Sex Pistols, Nirvana, Lynyrd Skynyrd (and more) for just €10! That’s £8 or just over $11 each.
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Velvet Underground / Exclusive French coloured vinyl singles

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The Philharmonie de Paris have just kicked off a four and a half month Velvet Underground exhibition called New York Extravaganza and to celebrate, French retailer FNAC are selling two exclusive coloured vinyl seven-inch records.
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Pure McCartney: Macca-curated best of offers solo & Wings tracks across 4CDs

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As expected, Paul McCartney will release Pure McCartney in June, a brand new compilation of his solo and Wings work that spans over 45 years.
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New Order to reissue special ‘Complete Music’ edition of Music Complete

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New Order have announced that “due to overwhelming demand” they are making the extended versions from the limited edition vinyl box set of their latest album Music Complete available as a two-CD set, called Complete Music.
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Thompson Twins / Into The Gap: remastered 180g blue vinyl edition

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Vinyl180 continue their Thompson Twins vinyl reissue series with a newly remastered version of 1984’s Into The Gap, with ‘initial pressings’ on blue vinyl.
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More hints at new Macca ‘best of’

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Following the post earlier today about Paul McCartney‘s Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five white label, we speculated whether a remix album or perhaps some kind of retrospective/hits set was imminent. The latest tweet by McCartney seems to confirm the latter is what is most likely to happen…
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