For sheer content versus price, this Depeche Mode deal has to be one of the best ever posted on SDE.
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Author: Paul Sinclair
Yes / Fragile remixed and expanded
Fragile, the fourth album from prog rockers Yes, is the next in the reissue series to be remixed and expanded.
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Otis Redding / Soul Manifesto 1964-1970 / 12CD box set
This October Rhino will issue Soul Manifesto 1964-1970, a 12CD Otis Redding box set that features the studio, live and posthumous albums issued in that six year period.
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Deal alert / Faces vinyl box
Rhino’s recent Faces five-LP vinyl box You Can Dance, Sing Or Anything 1970-75, is available for a superb price Amazon Italy at the time of writing!
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Second Hand News / August 2015
It’s that time of the month! SDE has been shopping for used records, largely in charity or thrift stores. Here’s what we’ve found…
Tina Turner / Tina Live (CD) – £2.49
This was a timely find, given the recent reissue of Tina Turner‘s Private Dancer. This was one of a series of EMI ‘Sound&Vision’ double-packs which gave you the concert on VHS and the ‘soundtrack’ to the concert on CD. The CD was exclusive, that was the real draw. Kate Bush’s Live at Hammersmith Odeon got a similar release. Anyway, the VHS for this had gone AWOL (not exactly a disaster) and as can be seen from the photos the CD itself has seen better days. Nevertheless this plays fine and most of the content isn’t on the new reissue!
The Velvet Underground / Loaded: Reloaded 45th anniversary set
The Velvet Underground‘s fourth album Loaded will be reissued by Rhino as a six disc 45th anniversary edition in October.
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Classic soundtrack vinyl box sets
Concord Music have launched a Original Soundtrack Classics series that sees iconic and acclaimed film soundtracks reissued in deluxe vinyl box sets.
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Mogwai / Central Belters 6LP set
Mogwai are to release, Central Belters, a set of ‘career highlights and rarities’ this October, via Rock Action Records.
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Behind-the-Scenes: Paul Young / Tomb of Memories: The CBS Years
The initial idea for Tomb of Memories: The CBS Years 1982-1994 came in 2013. I had compiled a two-CD set called Remixes and Rarities for the Cherry Pop label and in June of that year Paul Young was dropping in to BBC Broadcasting house in London to do some pre-release promotion.
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FIRST PICTURES / The Isley Brothers RCA Victor & T Neck box set
The RCA Victor and T-Neck Album Masters (1959-1983) is a new 23CD Isley Brothers box set (released last Friday) which features newly remastered versions of the 21 albums recorded for both labels.
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Out This Week / on 28 August 2015
Bananarama / In A Bunch (CD singles box)
Bananarama‘s 33CD singles extravaganza is finally released this week. Over 300 tracks to enjoy including, many, many, many remixes! 
Faces / You Can Dance, Sing, or Anything (LP and CD box)
The 5CD Faces box has bonus tracks but the 5LP vinyl set is also an attractive option because it’s cut from the analogue master tapes.
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Cliff Richard / 75 at 75 compilation
Parlophone Label Group are to release 75 at 75, a new three-CD Cliff Richard collection ahead of the singer’s 75 birthday in October.
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Alanis Morissette / Jagged Little Pill four-disc 20th anniversary set
Rhino will reissue Alanis Morissette‘s debut, Jagged Little Pill, as a four-CD collector’s edition in October.
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FIRST PICTURES / The Sugarcubes: Life's Too Good coloured vinyl
The Sugarcubes‘ debut album has just been reissued as a limited edition fluorescent green vinyl.
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REVIEW: Elvis / Today Legacy Edition
Elvis Today was never one of Elvis’s biggest selling albums. At best, it could only be called a mediocre hit, one which only managed to reach #48 in the UK album chart, and did even worse in the States.
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Spot the Difference: Roger Waters Amused to Death / 2LP reissue
As explained back in June, the recent Roger Waters Amused to Death reissue actually comes in two very similar vinyl pressings; one issued by Sony and the other by the US audiophile label Analogue Productions. But how can you tell the difference and which one have you got?
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Sisters of Mercy / Floodland box
The Sisters Of Mercy follow-up their First and Last and Always vinyl box with a similar set for their second album, 1987’s Floodland.
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Donna Singles box price-drop
The recently announced Donna Summer 24CD Singles… Driven By The Music box set has already dropped in price on Amazon UK.
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David Bowie / Golden Years: 40th anniversary picture disc
David Bowie‘s 1975 single Golden Years will be the next in the seemingly never-ending 40th anniversary seven-inch picture discs.
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GTR / 2CD Deluxe Edition
Steve Howe formed short-lived rock band GTR with guitarist Steve Hackett in 1985, after his departure from ASIA.
With vocalist Max Bacon, bassist Phil Spalding and drummer Jonathan Mover they recorded the self-titled, Geoff Downes produced album, which was issued in 1986. There was never a follow-up, but the band did tour and this newly remastered double-disc deluxe edition from Esoteric Recordings features 14 tracks performed live in Los Angeles in 1986 on the second CD.
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