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Details of the 30th anniversary super deluxe edition box set of Hunting High and Low, a-ha‘s 1985 debut album, have finally been officially confirmed, seven months after fans were alerted to the fact that the project was happening.
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Simon and Garfunkel‘s 1981 Concert in Central Park is being released on double 180g vinyl and as a CD+DVD combo pack next month.
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The Singles 1986-2014, the forthcoming 29CD box set from Belinda Carlisle, has just dropped in price by around £20 on Amazon UK.
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Amazing price at the moment on Amazon UK for the four-CD version of The Moody Blues Timeless Flight.
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Private Dancer was massive. As Heaven 17‘s Martyn Ware, who co-produced two tracks, correctly pointed out when he talked to SDE about the album last year “at that point in recording history there were three or four albums that everybody had – I call them coffee table albums. And that was one of those.”
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Early next month, Sony/Legacy will reissue Elvis Presley‘s 1975 album, Today, as 40th anniversary two-disc Legacy Edition.
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Matt Johnson‘s Hyena soundtrack was issued on CD back in March under his own Cineola label (and the ‘The The’ moniker), but later this month a special double vinyl edition is due from Death Waltz Records.
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French music legend Jean Michel Jarre is undertaking an ambitious collaboration project with other artists who share his passion for electronic music.
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The Record Store Day vinyl gave us highlights, but now Sony/Legacy issue a four CD edition of Sly and the Family Stone‘s 1968 concerts at the famous Fillmore East venue, featuring early and late performances from both dates. 
Nine studio albums and 1983’s Farewell Tour fill up this 10CD set that collects The Doobie Brothers‘ Warner Bros. output that spanned more than a decade.
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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…
I love All She Wants Is. The second single from 1988’s excellent Big Thing outperformed the more commercial sounding lead 45 I Don’t Want Your Love, and by peaking at number 9 in the UK, kept up Duran Duran’s record of having a top ten single from each studio album (Liberty would soon ruin that).
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Procol Harum‘s second studio album Shine On Brightly was recently reissued as a three-CD box set by Esoteric and SDE can bring you an exclusive photo gallery…
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The time has come… Without further ado, SDE exclusively brings you the full and confirmed track listing for Edsel’s 33CD Bananarama In A Bunch: The Singles 1981-1993 box set. Continue reading “Confirmed! Bananarama 33CD Singles box set: full track listing”
Nirvana‘s 2002 self-titled compilation is being reissued on vinyl and blu-ray audio next month.
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When David Bowie‘s forthcoming Five Years box was announced Parlophone stated that the Re:Call 1 rarities compilation would be ‘exclusive to the boxed sets’. What that means of course, is that the six individual newly remastered studio albums will at some point be available separately.
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Bruce Springsteen yesterday released a 1988 live show via his Live Bruce Springsteen website which he launched late last year.
This concert performance is from the 28 April 1988 and was the 28th show on the Tunnel of Love Express tour where the band were augmented by ‘The Horns of Love’. It was the second night of a five night stand at the Sports Arena in Los Angeles.
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Here’s a closer look at the forthcoming Decca Years Small Faces five CD box set which is scheduled for release in October.
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Everything But The Girl‘s final two albums, 1996’s Walking Wounded and Temperamental from 1999, are to be reissued as two-disc deluxe sets in August.
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Supertramp‘s Live in Paris ’79 will be reissued later this month as a 2CD+DVD set.
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Fire And Skill: The Jam Live is the name of a new six-disc box set currently listed for pre-order on Amazon UK.
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Rhino are certainly cranking out the ‘Warner Bros. Years’ collections this summer, with the latest a ten-CD box set in favoured clamshell packaging, summarising The Doobie Brothers’ output for the label.
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