SDEtv / Red Hot Chili Peppers / Greatest Hits on 2LP marbled vinyl

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In this unboxing video, SDE Editor Paul Sinclair takes a look at the Red Hot Chili PeppersGreatest Hits reissued on 2LP marbled vinyl, which was released yesterday…
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Out This Week / on 26 February 2016

David Bowie / Bowie at the Beeb (4LP box)

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. Read more


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Michael Jackson / Off The Wall (CD+Blu-ray)

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. Read more
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Siouxsie and the Banshees / Classic Album Selection volume two

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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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Saturday Deluxe Special / A Life Listening to David Bowie: part 3

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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Jean-Michel Jarre collaborates with Pet Shop Boys and Primal Scream

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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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Thompson Twins / Quick Step and Side Kick: 2LP reissue with bonus tracks

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When Vinyl180 announced their coloured vinyl reissue of the Thompson Twins classic 1983 album Quick Step & Side Kick last year, they at least had the decency to let fans know that they would also being putting out a 2LP black vinyl reissue of the same title in 2016. Details of that edition have now been released…
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Metallica announce massive box sets for their first two albums

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US heavy rockers Metallica‘s first two albums, 1983’s Kill ‘Em All and Ride The Lightning (1984), will be reissued as enormous ten and 11-disc box sets (respectively) this coming April…
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Chris Wood / Wealth of unheard material in new ‘Evening Blue’ deluxe box set

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Evening Blue is a forthcoming deluxe ‘bookset’ that chronicles and celebrates Traffic co-founder Chris Wood‘s life in music.
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Deal alert: Faces 5CD albums box set with bonus tracks & rarities disc

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Rhino’s Faces five-CD box from last year, You Can Make Me Dance, Sing, or Anything 1970-1975,  is available now for a fantastic price on Amazon UK.
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Steve Hackett / Spectral Mornings to get standalone deluxe with 5.1 mix

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Following on from the Premonitions box set of last year, Universal Music will soon reissue a three-disc standalone deluxe edition of Steve Hackett‘s 1979 album Spectral Mornings which will include the Steven Wilson 5.1 surround sound mix.
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Jethro Tull’s Aqualung 5.1 surround mix finally affordable with new repackage

The 40th Anniversary edition of Jethro Tull‘s 1971 classic Aqualung is being repackaged and repriced, four and a half years after the original reissue.
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