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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Author: Paul Sinclair
Elvis / Today: Legacy reissue
Early next month, Sony/Legacy will reissue Elvis Presley‘s 1975 album, Today, as 40th anniversary two-disc Legacy Edition.
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The The / Hyena 2LP coloured vinyl
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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Jean Michel Jarre / E-Project
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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Out This Week / 13 July 2015
Sly and the Family Stone / Live at the Fillmore East (4CD)
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. 
The Doobie Brothers / The Warner Bros. Years (10CD)
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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Saturday Deluxe / 11 July 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…
Second Hand News / July 2015
Duran Duran / All She Wants Is (seven-inch) – 50p
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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FIRST PICTURES / Procol Harum: Shine On Brightly box set
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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Confirmed! Bananarama 33CD Singles box set: full track listing
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 compilation comes to blu-ray audio and 2LP 45RPM vinyl
Nirvana‘s 2002 self-titled compilation is being reissued on vinyl and blu-ray audio next month.
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How to buy the new David Bowie 2015 remasters individually
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 releases Tunnel of Love era live show
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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Picture / Small Faces: Decca Years
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 / new deluxe editions coming
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 / Live in Paris 2CD+DVD
Supertramp‘s Live in Paris ’79 will be reissued later this month as a 2CD+DVD set.
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The Jam: Live set hits the schedules
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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The Doobie Brothers / The Warner Bros. Years 1971-1983
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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Picture / Artifact: The Dawn of Creation Records 1983-85
New image showing the ‘bookset’ styling of Artifact: The Dawn of Creation Records 1983-85 a new five-disc set which is due in September.
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Out This Week / 6 July 2015
The Rolling Stones / (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction 50th
Limited edition twelve-inch single reissued to celebrate the 50th birthday of Satisfaction. This 180g vinyl has been cut from the from the original mono master tapes.
The Hollies / Changin’ Times (5CD set)
New five-CD set from Parlophone that collects all The Hollies albums and singles, along with rare tracks released from January 1969 to March 1973.
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Hyde Park 1969 next in Rolling Stones From the Vault series
The Rolling Stones‘ 1969 gig at London’s Hyde Park will be the focus of the next ‘From the Vault‘ series.
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Saturday Deluxe / 4 July 2015
Listen to a-ha’s Under The Makeup
Those Norwegian purveyors of melancholy we like to call a-ha, have this week made available a song from their forthcoming album Cast In Steel. Under The Makeup is a windswept and rather beautiful string-laden track that really delivers, with a typically pointed lyric of regret and miscommunication. The opening lines are classic Paul Waaktaar-Savoy: “This is how it ends, each on our own / unless we pretend, meanwhile our hearts turn to / stone shaped by wind, boulders slowly moulded over time, here within”.
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