T’Pau‘s three-disc super deluxe of Bridge of Spies is very cheap on Amazon UK today…
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Colin Vearncombe of Black in critical condition after car crash
Colin Vearncombe of Black was involved in a serious car accident a few days ago and is fighting for his life in hospital in Ireland.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers / Greatest Hits: 2LP coloured vinyl set
Warner Bros. will next month reissue a special coloured vinyl edition of the Red Hot Chili Peppers Greatest Hits compilation from 2003.
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Status Quo / Japanese reissues
Universal Music Japan are about to reissue four classic Status Quo albums as double-disc deluxe ‘paper sleeve’ (aka vinyl replica) SHM-CDs…
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Breathe / This Shining Moment: Recordings 1986 to 1990 vinyl box
Greenwich Market based boutique gallery store The Flood Gallery, have ventured into the record business and for their debut catalogue release are putting together a vinyl box set featuring short-lived late eighties British pop group Breathe. Read more below and enter our competition to win a copy of this box set…
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Deal alert / Ultimate Sinatra 4CD
Amazing price for the four-CD deluxe version of Universal Music’s Ultimate Sinatra on Amazon UK right now.
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Jethro Tull / Original Album Series Volume Two / 5CD collection
Warners are to issue a ‘Volume Two’ of their Jethro Tull Original Album Series box sets, later this month.
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David Bowie / Blackstar deluxe
Although David Bowie‘s last album, ★ (Blackstar), wasn’t issued as an kind of ‘deluxe’ edition CD, there was a version issued with alternative, enhanced packaging, apparently exclusively, for a German retailer.
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Deal alert / James: Laid box set
James‘ Laid box set from last year – which in addition to the remastered 1993 long-player also includes the Wah Wah album and 32 bonus tracks – is extremely cheap on Amazon UK today.
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Out This Week / on 22 Jan 2016
Suede / Night Thoughts (new album)
Suede release their second studio album since reforming and their seventh in total. Night Thoughts is issued as this special CD+DVD edition packaged in a deluxe hardcover book. 
The Monkees / Classic Album Collection (10CD box)
A Monkees box that collects the band’s nine original studio albums and a tenth bonus disc of singles/rarities.
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Bruce Springsteen pays tribute to David Bowie at start of River tour
Bruce Springsteen last night opened his The River tour with a moving tribute to David Bowie, reminding the audience that he “supported our music way, way, way, back in the very, very beginning ” before covering one of his songs, which you can watch below.
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Elvis Presley / Albums box price drop
The recently announced 60 CD Elvis Presley Album Collection box has dropped in price significantly recently.
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Saturday Deluxe Special: 16 Jan 2016: A life listening to David Bowie
In the first of a special three-part feature, SDE Editor Paul Sinclair, reflects back to his earliest memories of hearing, buying and listening to the music of David Bowie.
Where do you start with a talent like David Bowie? The fact is, the story will begin in different places for different people. Probably my earliest Bowie memory is when a re-released Space Oddity hit number one in the UK in 1975. I remember seeing that rather red-saturated Mick Rock-directed video (filmed in 1972) of a Ziggy-era David Bowie singing his signature song. I was five at that time…
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David Bowie / ‘Five Years’ vinyl available separately next month
Parlophone are to issue vinyl versions of the six studio albums included their David Bowie Five Years box set separately at the end of next month…
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Top 10: Best of the Best of Bowie
When David Bowie‘s Nothing Has Changed compilation came out in 2014, here at SDE we thought it would be interesting to look back at the proliferation of ‘greatest hits’ compilations that have hit the marketplace over the years. Bowie has certainly had his fair share and with the very sad news of his death, there will undoubtedly be more in the future. So here’s another opportunity to take a look at ten of them; the best of the best of Bowie, if you will…
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Deal alert / David Bowie: Big saving on Five Years 13LP vinyl box set
The 13LP vinyl version of David Bowie‘s Five Years 1969-1973 as available cheaply tonight on Amazon Italy.
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David Bowie / Top 10 Lost Tracks
First published on SDE four years ago, here’s another look at ten of the best David Bowie gems that remain out of print… Continue reading “David Bowie / Top 10 Lost Tracks”
David Bowie dies aged 69
David Bowie has died aged 69 just two days after the release of what is his final studio album ★ (Blackstar).
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Saturday Deluxe / 9 Jan 2016
Bowie’s Birthday
Many happy returns to David Bowie who was 69 yesterday. He’s looking great – even if I do miss his old teeth – and seems to be enjoying life as a recording artist who does no promotional work at all, save for making those spooky vids…
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Deal alert / Bruce Springsteen / Albums Collection 8LP vinyl box
Cheapest price EVER for the Bruce Springsteen Albums Collection, Vol 1 1973-1984 8LP vinyl box on Amazon UK right now!
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