R.E.M.‘s frankly brilliant REMTV 6-DVD box set has just dropped dramatically in price on over the last few days and is now a complete bargain on Amazon UK.
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R.E.M. seal deal with Concord to reissue Warner-era albums
Bad news and really bad timing for Warner Bros., because as we approach the 25th anniversaries of R.E.M.‘s landmark Out of Time and Automatic For The People albums, the band (who split in 2011) have entered into a multi-year, worldwide licensing agreement with “leading independent music company” Concord Bicycle Music Company for those albums and in fact all their recording output spanning the years 1988 through 2011 (the Warner years).
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Deal alert / Bob Dylan: Cutting Edge Bootleg Series 6CD
Best price EVER for a limited time on the six-CD deluxe edition of the Bob Dylan The Cutting Edge Bootleg Series Vol 12 set over on Amazon Italy now!
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Deal alert / Faces 5LP vinyl box
This year’s superb Faces five-LP vinyl box You Can Dance, Sing Or Anything 1970-75, is available now for Amazon Spain at the time of writing!
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Thompson Twins / Quick Step and Side Kick coloured vinyl reissue
Vinyl 180 have reissued the Thompson Twins 1983 breakthrough album Quick Step and Side Kick on coloured vinyl. SDE takes a look…
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SDEtv: Garbage 3LP vinyl box
In this unboxing video, SDE Editor Paul Sinclair takes a look at the Garbage 3LP box set…
Out This Week / 18 Dec 2015
Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) / Clear vinyl pressings
ELO‘s Out of the Blue, Eldorado and New World Record issued on limited edition clear vinyl pressings. 
The Black Crowes / Vinyl reissues
The Black Crowes‘ first four albums – namely Shake Your Money Maker, Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, Amorica and Three Snakes and One Charm – all are reissued on 180g vinyl, having been out-of-print for some time.
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Deal alert / Pink Floyd: The Division Bell super deluxe box set
Best price ever for Pink Floyd‘s seven-disc Division Bell box set on Amazon Italy at the moment.
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Saturday Deluxe / 12 Dec 2015
SDE Editor Paul Sinclair eases you into the weekend and reflects on the week past with Saturday Deluxe…
This Rolling Stone gathers no Moss.
It’s been a busy few days here at SDE HQ. I attempted to take a few hours off from the world of pop-and-rock-music at the beginning of this week (it was my birthday on Tuesday), and indulge in a spot of shopping with the bonus of a rare kids-free lunch with my wife. Easier said than done though, since there I was in John Lewis, in London’s Oxford Street, having a peruse in the menswear department and I look up and who’s standing there doing the very same thing? Only Jon Moss from Culture Club!
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Deal alert / Pink Floyd box sets
Pink Floyd‘s 2011/12 ‘Immersion’ editions of Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and The Wall arguably ushered in the era of the ‘super deluxe edition’ music box set to a mainstream audience.
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Primal Scream / Chaosmosis
Scottish rockers Primal Scream will release Chaosmosis, their eleventh studio album, in March next year.
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Tears For Fears confirm UK stage return in support of new album
Tears For Fears are to perform live in the UK for the first time in over 11 years when they headline 2016’s Camp Bestival at Lulworth Castle in Dorset.
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Electric Light Orchestra / limited edition clear vinyl pressings
Sony are to reissue three classic Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) albums just before Christmas, as limited edition clear vinyl pressings.
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Lloyd Cole working on new box set
Lloyd Cole is to follow up this year’s Lloyd Cole and the Commotions box – Collected Recordings 1983-1989 – with a similar set that focuses on his solo work issued the 1990s.
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Deal alert / The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers super deluxe box set
The Rolling Stones‘ super deluxe edition box set of their 1971 album Sticky Fingers has just been nominated for a GRAMMY award for “Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package”. If you haven’t picked this 3CD+DVD+7″single+book edition up yet, now is the time because Amazon Italy have it available for a very attractive price.
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Eric Clapton / The Studio Album Collection / 9LP vinyl box set
Eric Clapton‘s solo output, recorded for Polydor/RSO during during the 1970s, is gathered together in The Studio Album Collection, a new nine-LP vinyl box from Universal Music.
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Out This Week / on 11 Dec 2015
Amy Winehouse / The Collection (vinyl box)
Despite delivering only two studio in her too-short lifetime, Universal manage to squeeze eight vinyl records in this new Amy Winehouse The Collection box set.
Ultravox / Rage in Eden vinyl reissue
Weatherbox reissue Ultravox‘s Conny Plank-produced 1981 album on white vinyl. If you’re quick off the mark you can secure an early pressing with bonus seven-inch featuring ‘work in progress‘ mixes of The Thin Wall and Stranger Within.
Demon December Deals
Head over to the official Demon Music Store for some great December deals on their recent reissues and box sets.
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Saturday Deluxe / 5 December 2015
SDE back in Blighty
This time last week I was holed up in The Washington Square Hotel in ‘The Village’ in New York City, writing day three of my NYC diary. What a fantastic trip, made all the better thanks to your feedback and comments – sharing great info about record shops and places to eat. I even had the pleasure of SDE reader Greg’s company on the Thursday evening (we went for Pizza), which was extraordinary given that it was Thanksgiving and he had family at home!
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