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Queen’s recently announced A Night at the Odeon live set comes in more ‘editions’ than you can shake a microphone stand at, but a decent option for the cost-conscious fan who doesn’t get too excited about the froth in the super deluxe box (balloons, badges etc.) is the CD+Blu-ray combo.
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Unbeatable deal at present for The Who Live at Hyde Park in deluxe 2CD+Blu-ray+DVD+Book deluxe edition on Amazon UK.
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Susanna Hoffs talks to SDE about the three Under The Covers albums she has recorded with Matthew Sweet which have now been compiled into Completely Under The Covers, a brand new 6LP or 4CD box set
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Fans won’t miss the irony. Pink Floyd‘s The Wall is an album that deals with isolation and alienation and was famously performed live in 1980 with a physical division (a literal wall) being built between audience and band.
The Wall, as performed live by Roger Waters between 2010 and 2013 is being released on audio and video formats, but yesterday a super deluxe edition was announced that is so expensive that it really does divide the Us and Them. The barriers have come up again and while Waters isn’t literally spitting at his audience anymore, perhaps in this inflated, grotesque and overblown package fans might find a kernel of the same disdain.
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A month after release, the 12CD David Bowie‘s Five Years box is a very attractive price at the moment over on Amazon US…
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Bob Dylan has shared a new take on his classic Subterranean Homesick Blues ahead of the release of his new 1965-1966 box set The Cutting Edge Bootleg Series Vol 12.
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To quote Steven Wilson, who remixed some of the material on this brand new Steve Hackett Premonitions 14-disc box set, “the one-off manufacturing run is already sold out on pre-orders at Universal, as well as several major mail order outlets…”. All the more reason to snap up probably the last opportunity to get one of this sets at a very competitive price over on Amazon Italy.
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The Thompson Twins‘ 1983 album Quick Step & Side Kick will be reissued on coloured vinyl next month.
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When Sony put out Bruce Springsteen‘s Darkness On The Edge of Town deluxe edition back in 2010, so numerous were the outtakes that they had their own standalone release as The Promise. This was issued as a two-CD set and across three vinyl records. The 3LP set commands very high prices on the used market these days, so fans may be pleased to discover that it will be repressed and reissued in early December.
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2015 is the year that keeps on giving for a-ha fans. Albums three, four and five reissued as two-CD deluxe editions and East of the Sun West of the Moon even adds a DVD. 
Rock Action Records are putting out this new compilation of Mogwai highlights from almost 20 years of music. Available on 3CD or 6LP.
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The Bruce Springsteen deluxe set of The River – The Ties That Bind: The River Collection – was only announced yesterday, but unlike the USA and Canada we are still waiting for UK and most European pre-order links. However, I have spotted a potential bargain with the 4CD+2blu-ray edition available for a great price on Amazon Italy.
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Watch a video of SDE Editor Paul Sinclair examining the various editions of Duran Duran‘s Paper Gods issued around the world.
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Saturday Deluxe is the regular feature where SDE catches up on box set & reissue news. Today: Phil Collins news, McCartney archive video, ChartWatch, and unreleased Dylan audio…
The reissue of Phil Collins‘ Face Value and Both Sides albums has been put back to early 2016 as a result of the singer and songwriter having to undergo emergency major back surgery.
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Stunning price for the 3LP ‘best of’ edition of the forthcoming Bob Dylan Cutting Edge Bootleg Series Vol 12 on Amazon Spain at the moment.
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The Ties That Bind: The River Collection is a brand new six or seven disc deluxe set that takes comprehensive look at Bruce Springsteen‘s The River era.
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One of the best deluxe sets of 2013, There’s A Dream I’ve Been Saving 1966-1971, is a lovingly crafted celebration of the inimitable producer, songwriter and label-owning maverick Lee Hazlewood. It’s available at the moment at a bargain price from Amazon Italy.
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If you’ve spent the last year buying the Led Zeppelin Super Deluxe Editions then your appetite for Zeppelin vinyl is probably well and truly sated… but just in case, the band’s 2007 compilation Mothership is being made available again across four vinyl records.
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Out next week, SDE Editor Paul Sinclair takes a look at the 6LP vinyl edition of the new Susanna Hoffs & Matthew Sweet set Completely Under The Covers.
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If there is a competition to see how just how low a pre-release price can go for a 3LP+DVD deluxe set I think we might just have a winner with the forthcoming Rolling Stones From the Vault Live at Leeds 1982: Roundhay Park.
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Next month, Sony’s Legacy Recordings will release The Legendary Live Tapes: 1978-1981, a new Weather Report four-CD box set featuring previously unreleased live concert performances from the jazz-rock-funk ensemble.
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