Holding the Music in Your Hands ®
I was chatting to a friend of mine in the pub the other night and inevitably the conversation turned to music. I was trying to persuade him to get his old turntable out and start picking up some cheap used vinyl, when he mentioned that his 18-year old son has never bought any music, ever.
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Rhino will next month release In Concert, a new Fleetwood Mac triple-LP collection that features 22 live recordings from the band’s 1979-80 tour.
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Hooray! It looks like we’ll definitely be getting Crowded House reissues if the reports are to be believed.
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After the hints of last year, in an interview with Dutch newspaper Volkskrant (published yesterday) Crowded House frontman Neil Finn has confirmed reissues are definitely happening in 2016…
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Lightning deal right now on the John Lennon “Lennon” 9LP vinyl box over at Amazon Canada.
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I first saw Hue and Cry live back in 1987, when they were a support act for Madonna at Roundhay Park in Leeds when Madge was on her ‘Who’s That Girl’ tour.
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Here’s a new image of the forthcoming a-ha compilation Time and Again: The Ultimate a-ha.
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The 6LP vinyl version of The Cars forthcoming box set, The Elektra Years 1978-1987, is now available to order in the UK and Europe.
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Guest SDE reviewer Nico Pleimling casts his eyes downwards to review Cherry Red’s recent five-CD set, Still in a Dream: The Story of Shoegaze 1988-1995…
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Another great deal on Amazon Germany at the moment, this time for the Eels Complete Dreamworks Albums vinyl LP box set.
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Following on from January’s Studio Album vinyl collection, Universal Music will next month release The Live Album Collection, a vinyl box of four classic Eric Clapton concerts.
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In this unboxing video, SDE Editor Paul Sinclair takes a look at the Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ Greatest Hits reissued on 2LP marbled vinyl, which was released yesterday…
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The Go-Gos’ three IRS albums from the early 1980s will be reissued as deluxe editions next month.
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The David Bowie 2CD set, originally issued in 2000, makes it on to vinyl for the first time. This is a 4LP box with a lift-off lid and features two tracks not on the CD version. 
Michael Jackson‘s 1979 is reissued with a new Spike Lee documentary on Blu-ray or DVD. Full SDE review of this coming later in the week.
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Lowest ever price for Queen‘s Night at the Odeon – Hammersmith 1975 super deluxe edition on Amazon Germany today.
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Budget label Metro Select are issuing a new Thompson Twins compilation in April.
Hold Me Now: The Very Best of Thompson Twins is a 34-track two-CD set that includes hit singles, some 12-inch mixes and a few album tracks.
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Three months after the release of the first volume, comes Siouxsie and the Banshees Classic Album Selection Volume Two a six-CD box set gathering up the remainder of their studio output from the years 1985 – 1995.
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In the third part of a special feature, SDE Editor Paul Sinclair, reflects back to his earliest memories of hearing, buying and listening to the music of David Bowie. If you haven’t read part one (and two), we suggest you start here.
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Amazing price on Amazon Germany right now for The Beatles in Mono CD box set…
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French music legend Jean-Michel Jarre‘s follow up to last year’s Electronica album is Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise, and it sees him collaborating with some high profile artists, including the Pet Shop Boys, Gary Numan and Primal Scream.
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