Holding the Music in Your Hands ®
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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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. 
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.
Head over to the official Demon Music Store for some great December deals on their recent reissues and box sets.
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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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The deluxe ‘special collector’s edition’ of Suede‘s forthcoming Night Thoughts can now be secured for a price considerably lower than the official Suede store or Amazon UK, if you head over to Amazon Italy.
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In this unboxing video, SDE Editor Paul Sinclair takes a look at Simple Minds‘ new Once Upon A Time super deluxe edition box set …
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The super deluxe edition box set of Nirvana‘s Nevermind is available very cheaply – for the next two hours – on Amazon Germany.
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The instrumental remix of Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson‘s 1983 smash Say Say Say was yesterday made available for free download on Macca’s website.
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Culture Factory are to release three ‘CD Vinyl Replica Collection’ box sets later this month including this nine-CD collection featuring psychedelic rockers Jefferson Airplane.
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If some beautifully remastered Bruce Springsteen vinyl is on your Christmas wish list, you could do worse than to head over to Amazon Italy today for a great bargain on the The Albums Collection, Vol 1 1973-1984 vinyl box.
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Singer and songwriter, David McAlmont talks to SuperDeluxeEdition about his work with Bernard Butler and the Sound of McAlmont & Butler album which was released 20 years ago and has been recently reissued as deluxe edition.
SuperDeluxeEdition: I understand it, if we go back to the beginning, it was the Jazz Cafe where Bernard Butler came to see you? Is that where you first met?
David McAlmont: Yes. I was supposedly up and coming then. I had been in Thieves and we created an album and we decided to go our separate ways. And Saul [Freeman] didn’t want me to promote the album as Thieves which I think was a shame really because it is a Thieves record it is not a David McAlmont record, it was half of it rather than the whole of it. But yes, so that was beginning to work. And I did a show at the Jazz Cafe and Bernard showed up. My guitarist was complaining about going on stage saying that he was too nervous and he couldn’t go on. I was like “Why?” He said “Because Bernard Butler is out there”
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Springsteen’s 1980 album The River (featuring the hit Hungry Heart) is expanded to four CDs and two or three video discs depending on whether you opt for blu-ray or DVD. 148-page hardcover book, also included.
A serious examination of Fleetwood Mac‘s Rumours follow-up, Tusk. As well as a complete alternate version of the album (culled from mainly unreleased session outtakes) we get two CDs of unheard live material and a DVD with a 5.1 mix.
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If you missed the Amazon Italy Black Friday deal on the top-of-the-range Beatles 1+ deluxe set which features two blu-rays (with 50 videos) and a CD, then Amazon France come to the rescue today with a fantastic price for this in-demand set.
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SDE Editor, Paul Sinclair, is in New York during Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Record Store Day. He’ll be checking out the best of what record stores are left in Manhattan, heading over to Brooklyn for more vinyl and CD exploration and talking to shop owners, and record buyers. Read about his adventures in this last diary post of the trip.
I’m certainly putting in the mileage. I wish I had one of those ‘Fitbit’ activity monitors, because I’ve done SO much walking – my feet are sore, my back is sore!
I was VERY tempted to head down to Princeton today, to the Princeton Record Exchange (described by one SDE reader as ‘the second best record shop in the world’) but after careful consideration I decided there was still too much I hadn’t done in New York and a three-hour round trip out of town to see one record shop (however good) wasn’t the right move. This would be my last day of record-shopping, so it would be ridiculous to go home on Sunday evening without seeing what Brooklyn had to offer.
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SDE Editor, Paul Sinclair, is in New York during Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Record Store Day. He’ll be checking out the best of what record stores are left in Manhattan, heading over to Brooklyn for more vinyl and CD exploration and talking to shop owners, and record buyers. Read about his adventures for the next few days in these exclusive diary posts…
Yesterday was something of a dress rehearsal, but today was fantastic because New York ‘woke up’ after the Thanksgiving holiday and everything was open!
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As we enter December next week, you’d be forgiven for thinking all the new releases in terms of box sets and reissues must be done and dusted. Not so. In fact there’s lots of great music coming out on 4 December including highly anticipated super deluxe sets from Bruce Springsteen (The Ties That Bind: The River Collection) and Fleetwood Mac (Tusk).
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SDE Editor, Paul Sinclair, is in New York during Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Record Store Day. He’ll be checking out the best of what record stores are left in Manhattan, heading over to Brooklyn for more vinyl and CD exploration and talking to shop owners, and record buyers. Read about his adventures for the next few days in these exclusive diary posts…
Yesterday was another beautiful day in The City That Never Sleeps, although walking around it did seem rather ‘sleepy’ because everything was shut due to Thanksgiving!
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It’s ‘Black Friday’ deals week for many retailers, so each day this week SDE will publish a ‘deals’ post highlighting some of the best offers from around the web. The posts will almost certainly be updated during the day, so check back regularly to see what’s going on. Note that many deals go ‘live’ at a specified time.
The Rolling Stones / Sticky Fingers super deluxe (3CD+DVD+7″vinyl+book)
Where? Amazon.it
When? Deal starts at 12.00 GMT today for Prime members (in Italy) or 30 minutes later for non-Prime members.
Price? Likely to be around £40
It’s ‘Black Friday’ deals week for many retailers, so each day this week SDE will publish a ‘deals’ post highlighting some of the best offers from around the web. The posts will almost certainly be updated during the day, so check back regularly to see what’s going on. Note that many deals go ‘live’ at a specified time.
The Beatles / Stereo Vinyl box set (16 LP)
Where? Amazon.ca
When? Live now!
Price? £120
SDE Editor, Paul Sinclair, heads to New York for a few days to take in the Big Apple during Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Record Store Day. He’ll be checking out the best of what record stores are left in Manhattan, heading over to Brooklyn for more vinyl and CD exploration and talking to shop owners, and record buyers. Read about his adventures for the next few days in these exclusive diary posts…
After the inevitable early start, I’m on DL1 (Delta) from London Heathrow to New York City.
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