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Guest SDE reviewer Nico Pleimling says the two-CD deluxe edition of Underworld’s classic album Second Toughest in the Infants has much to recommend it, but will it completely satisfy the hardcore fan?
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Due to the severe weather in New York and the tri-state travel ban, Bruce Springsteen had to postpone Sunday’s concert at Madison Square Garden. As a small consolation to fans, for a very limited time, he is offering a free download of a recent River Tour concert…
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Pet Shop Boys will issue their thirteenth studio album SUPER in April this year.
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Here’s a look at the packaging for the forthcoming Michael Jackson Off The Wall reissue.
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After a delayed start, Phil Collins‘ reissue campaign is finally underway. Two-CD sets of Face Value and Both sides available separately or in this box (which has space for the forthcoming reissues). Album-only vinyl releases also available. 
A great week for Mike Oldfield fans as 1984’s Discovery gets a 2CD+DVD deluxe reissue with bonus tracks and 5.1 surround. The Killing Fields soundtrack is also expanded and there is a new collection called The 1984 Suite.
Continue reading “Out This Week / on 29 Jan 2015”
In the second 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. If you haven’t read part one, we suggest you start there.
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Following his moving tribute to David Bowie on Simon Mayo’s BBC Radio 2 show (where he played a beautiful rendition of Life On Mars) Rick Wakeman has recorded new versions of both Life On Mars and Space Oddity with proceeds being donated to charity.
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Amazon UK have a special promotion TODAY ONLY that offers visitors £10 off any purchase over £50.
Music fans might want to take advantage and to give you a few ideas, below are a some SDE suggestions that could see you save a significant percentage off the purchase price of recent/forthcoming releases…
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Kylie Minogue‘s eponymous 1994 debut for Deconstruction Records is to be reissued next month as a special vinyl edition.
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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 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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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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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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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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Amazing price for the four-CD deluxe version of Universal Music’s Ultimate Sinatra on Amazon UK right now.
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Warners are to issue a ‘Volume Two’ of their Jethro Tull Original Album Series box sets, later this month.
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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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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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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.
A Monkees box that collects the band’s nine original studio albums and a tenth bonus disc of singles/rarities.
Continue reading “Out This Week / on 22 Jan 2016”
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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