Here is the finished artwork for Jean-Michel Jarre‘s Electronica album, that was previously known as E-Project.
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Stock Aitken Waterman / 30CD box set now available via Amazon
The new 30CD Stock Aitken Waterman Say I’m Your Number One box set is now available for pre-order on Amazon UK.
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New Order / new single Restless
Mute are to release a physical CD single from the forthcoming New Order album Music Complete.
Restless is a six-track release that includes single and extended versions, along with four other mixes. Presumably, the extended version will be the same as the one that’s included as part of the Music Complete vinyl box set.
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Simple Minds / Once Upon A Time six-disc super deluxe edition box
Universal Music will follow-up this year’s Sparkle in the Rain box set with a new Simple Minds super deluxe edition, this time a six-disc exploration of the album that came next, 1985’s Once Upon A Time.
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Simple Minds / The Vinyl Collection 79-84 / seven-LP box set
As well as a new Once Upon A Time super deluxe edition box set, Universal Music will issue another Simple Minds collection this autumn in the shape of this seven-LP limited edition vinyl box The Vinyl Collection 79-84.
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Deal alert / Paul McCartney: Tug of War 4-disc deluxe edition
Excellent price for Paul McCartney‘s four-disc Tug of War deluxe book edition from Amazon Germany at the moment.
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Suede / new album Night Thoughts
Suede will release in their seventh studio album, Night Thoughts, in Jan 2016.
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Stock Aitken Waterman / Say I’m Your Number One: 30CD box set
Say I’m Your Number One: Stock Aitken Waterman – The Singles Box Set is a new 30CD collection that celebrates the work of late ’80s songwriting and production team Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman.
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Out This Week / on 11 Sep 2015
Duran Duran / Paper Gods
Duran Duran‘s 14th studio album is released through Warners later this week. The cover doesn’t get any better. 
Robert Palmer / Original Album Series (5CD)
There’s been little fanfare for this Robert Palmer Original Album Series, but this is a fine collection which includes all of his EMI-era albums (as diverse as ever) as well as The Power Station album. No bonus tracks. If you require those then opt for the Edsel ‘two-fers’ issued in 2013. Palmer is arguably the most under-appreciated pop/rock star Britain has ever produced – he needs the ‘John Martyn’ box set treatment.
Picture: The Velvet Underground / Loaded: Reloaded 45th anniversary
Visual confirmation that the forthcoming Velvet Underground Loaded ‘Reloaded’ super deluxe edition will maintain the ‘book’ stylings of the previous sets (that were issued by Universal, rather than Rhino).
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Saturday Deluxe / 5 Sep 2015
After a short summer break Saturday Deluxe returns, picking up the on talking points in the past five days, in the world of box sets and deluxe reissues. This week a look at retail exclusives and why fans have not taken to the new Phil Collins reissues!
‘Exclusives’ – exciting or a rip-off?
Duran Duran excitedly announced yesterday on Facebook that their forthcoming album, Paper Gods, will be available from US retailer Target with “TWO bonus tracks not found any where else!” The two tracks in question are On Evil Beach and Cinderella Ride. Aside from the fact that this statement is inaccurate (On Evil Beach is on the Japanese edition) it was fairly predictable that there would be an US retail edition, since the band had delivered a similar exclusive of their last album All You Need Is Now via another US retailer, Best Buy.
You don’t need to be a superfan to have a desire to collect all the bonus tracks available when a new album is released, it’s just the same as the ‘old days’ and wanting to buy a single for a new B-side, but record labels aren’t making it very easy.
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Wet Wet Wet / Picture This / 4-disc super deluxe edition box set
Wet Wet Wet‘s sixth album Picture This will be reissued in October as a four-disc super deluxe edition box set and a two-CD deluxe set.
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a-ha / Cast in Steel: Track by track
a-ha‘s tenth studio album, Cast in Steel, is released today. SDE has been listening to it for the last two weeks thanks to a special preview and returns a track-by-track verdict below.
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Garbage / 20th anniversary reissue
Garbage will reissue a 20th anniversary edition of their 1995 eponymous debut album in October, across a number of different physical and digital editions.
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Deal alert / The Beatles Love vinyl
The Beatles‘ Love album was reissue on 2LP vinyl last year and is now a stupendously low price on Amazon UK.
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Phil Collins / Face Value and Both Sides deluxe reissue details
The Phil Collins reissue campaign, announced back in May, now has some flesh around its bones with track listings for the first two releases – Face Value and Both Sides – just revealed.
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Lloyd Cole clarifies box set content
Lloyd Cole has posted a note on his website to clear up any confusion over the Rattlesnakes element in the recent Lloyd Cole and the Commotions Collected Recordings box set.
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Deal alert / Queen Studio Collection 18LP coloured vinyl box set
The forthcoming, stunning, Queen Studio Collection, which contains all 15 studio albums pressed across 18 coloured vinyl LPs is available to order via Amazon France today at a highly competitive price.
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Van Morrison / Astral Weeks expanded and other news
There has been a fair bit of Van Morrison activity in the past week, with the news that Sony’s Legacy Recordings has acquired the rights to much of the man’s back catalogue and also that 1968’s Astral Weeks and 1970’s His Band and the Street Choir (both still owned by Warners and not part of the Sony deal) will be reissued and expanded by Rhino in October.
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The Jam / Fire and Skill: box details
Fire And Skill the forthcoming Jam six-CD live boxset will include six previously unreleased concerts – one from each year of the band’s major-label career.
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