Early next year, Sony Music Classical will release the original soundtracks of Star Wars Episodes I – VI in new extensive deluxe vinyl and CD box sets.
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Author: Paul Sinclair
SDEtv / Queen: Studio Collection
In this exclusive video, watch SDE Editor Paul Sinclair unwrap the new 18LP Queen Studio Collection vinyl box set, which is released today.
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Bob Dylan / The Cutting Edge 1965-66: The Bootleg Series Vol 12
• 6CD Deluxe / • 2CD & 3LP ‘Best Of’ / • 18CD Collector’s Set
This November, Sony Music are to release The Cutting Edge, Volume 12 of their long running Bob Dylan Bootleg Series which will open up the vaults (in a big way) for the 1965-1966, and the Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, and Blonde On Blonde sessions.
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David Bowie / Space Oddity 40th anniversary picture disc
Just when you thought you couldn’t spend ANY MORE on David Bowie reissues, here is a shot of the forthcoming 40th anniversary seven-inch picture disc of Space Oddity.
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Deal alert / David Bowie: Five Years 1969-1973 / CD box set
Here we go, the first major price-drop (via Amazon Italy) for the much anticipated David Bowie Five Years CD box set, which is due out this Friday.
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a-ha / more deluxe editions due
Rhino continue with their a-ha reissue programme with expanded deluxe editions 1988’s Stay On These Roads, 1990’s East of the Sun West of the Moon and Memorial Beach from 1993, due next month.
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The Velvet Underground / The Complete Matrix Tapes / 4CD set
Polydor/Universal are set to release The Complete Matrix Tapes this November, an extensive 4CD document of The Velvet Underground live in San Francisco in late 1969.
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SDEtv / a-ha: Cast in Steel examined
In the video below, I take a look at the various editions of a-ha‘s new album Cast in Steel, which was released two weeks ago.
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Underworld / Second Toughest in the Infants / 4CD super deluxe
Underworld’s 1996 album Second Toughest in the Infants will be reissued as a four-disc super deluxe edition in November.
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Deal alert / Isley Brothers 23CD box
The Isley Brothers Complete RCA Victor And T-Neck Album Masters box set has been out for a few weeks now and is now back to (almost) the lowest it has been if you head over to Amazon Italy.
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The Who / Track Records Singles Box
The Track Records Singles Box, the third volume of boxed Who singles will be released next month.
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Out This Week / 25 Sep 2015
David Bowie / Five Years (box set)
It seems like an age since David Bowie‘s Five Years box was announced. The 12CD or 13LP box is released on Friday and includes six studio albums (four new remasters), two live sets, an alternate mix of Ziggy Stardust and the exclusive two-disc compilation Re:Call 1. 
Queen / Studio Collection (18LP vinyl box)
Queen‘s Studio Collection is the Bentley Continental of box sets. The 18LP vinyl collection is reassuringly expensive and undeniably lavish. Appropriate for Queen, I suppose. Stunning coloured vinyl records, etched discs, superb book and sturdy outer box.
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Saturday Deluxe / 19 Sep 2015
It’s the weekend. Time to kick back and listen to some of the music you’ve been buying recently – don’t just stick it on the shelf! Saturday morning, means Saturday Deluxe, a chance for SDE to catch up on the big news and talking points of the week, so here goes…
Beatles Video Collection
Big news this week was the announcement of a new Beatles product for November 2015 – a video compilation based on the existing track listing used by the massive selling ‘1’ hits collection from 2000.
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David Bowie / Outside to be issued on 2LP white vinyl in its entirety
David Bowie‘s 1995 album Outside will be issued in full, across two white vinyl records this November.
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a-ha / Hunting High and Low super deluxe edition unboxing video
Check out SDE’s exclusive ‘unboxing’ video of the new a-ha Hunting High and Low super deluxe edition which is out today…
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Gentle Giant / Octopus CD+Blu-ray
UK prog rockers Gentle Giant‘s fourth album, Octopus has been remixed (in part) by Steven Wilson for an expanded CD+Blu-ray audio reissue.
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T Rex: Unchained-Home Recordings & Studio Outtakes 1972-1977
Edsel are to make available again – via a new deluxe multi-disc package – their previously released CDs of Marc Bolan’s home demos, alternate takes, unused and abandoned songs, and unfinished recordings, first issued individually back in the mid-1990s
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Ride / Nowhere 25 reissue
Ride are to release a special 25th Anniversary Edition of their 1990 debut Nowhere in November.
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Deal alert / The Band: Capitol Albums 1968-1977 vinyl box
Excellent price for the recently released The Band Capitol Albums 1968-1977 vinyl box set on Amazon France at the moment.
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Kate Bush / Inside The Rainbow
John Carder Bush’s soon-to-be-released second volume of photographs of his sister Kate Bush has acquired the subtitle Inside The Rainbow and now boasts a stunning front cover – a charming outtake from the Hounds of Love cover photo session.
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