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Almost 27 months to the day when Analogue Productions announced their intention to reissue Roger Waters‘ 1992 album Amused to Death on SACD and vinyl comes the news that Sony will themselves will now re-release the former Pink Floyd bassist and songwriter’s third solo album on a CD+Blu-ray deluxe package with hi-res 5.1 and as a heavyweight double vinyl edition.
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Save a whopping £27 on the UK price of this forthcoming Spooky Tooth 9CD box set by ordering now from Amazon Italy.
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In anticipation of the eighth Record Store Day this Saturday, here is the first of a series of previews of some of the exclusive product on offer. Pictured above is the Manic Street Preachers‘ picture disc of The Holy Bible 20.
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One of the best things about music is its ability to surprise. Despite being a committed fan of Tori Amos since late 1991 (when I bought the CD single of Me and A Gun, having read a rave review in a music paper by Billy Bragg) it was only relatively recently that I realised that that song, and a few others during the sessions for the Little Earthquakes album, were produced by Ian Stanley.
Continue reading “Songs from Little Earthquakes: Producer Chris Hughes on Tori Amos”
Two-CD deluxe sets of Tori‘s ’92 debut album and follow-up Under The Pink. Most (but not all) of the extra tracks from the CD singles are present. 
New Paul Simon ‘best of’ across one CD that includes Simon & Garfunkel and solo work. A 2LP vinyl version may be more appealing than the CD to non-casual fans.
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LOWEST EVER price for Paul McCartney‘s Venus & Mars deluxe set on Amazon UK.
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Audio Fidelity’s multi-channel SACD release schedule gathers pace with what is likely to be the most popular disc issued to date: Best of The Doors.
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It’s the weekend! Time for SDE to put a dollop of jam in its porridge and kick back with some stories and updates from the past week, along with gossip and news from the weeks to come…
“Excuse me, where did you get that promo photo? I don’t have one yet & thought we were officially announcing at the end of month.”
So tweeted Lloyd Cole to your correspondent on Wednesday this week. Awkward…
Continue reading “Saturday Deluxe / 11 April 2015”
This June, Eagle Rock will release the third of their Rolling Stones From The Vault series with The Marquee Club Live in 1971 issued across four physical formats.
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Fantastic deal for the normally pricey Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy super deluxe box if you head over to Amazon Germany.
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Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo will celebrate their longstanding personal and professional relationship with a 35th anniversary American tour and a 2CD+DVD live package.
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Out last week was the Boney M. 40th anniversary Diamonds package and here SDE brings you some photos of the top-of-the-range 3CD+DVD+LP box set.
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A new compilation coming soon from Sony compiling the best of 1980s Synthpop across three CDs.
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Great opportunity to acquire this Genesis vinyl box set cheaply by picking it up from Amazon Germany.
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Emerson Lake & Palmer‘s third album Trilogy is being reissued later this month (ELP) by Sony Music and the new deluxe edition will feature a brand new 5.1 mix, new stereo mixes and previously unheard version of From The Beginning. Continue reading “Emerson Lake & Palmer / Trilogy three-disc deluxe reissue”
A-ha kick off their 30th anniversary celebrations late in May with vinyl reissues of their first two albums Hunting High and Low (1985) and Scoundrel Days (1986).
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Rhino will release The Best of Mike Oldfield later this month, a new two-disc collection that takes in a number of rarities, including b-sides and remixes.
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Do It Clean: An Anthology is a new two-CD Echo and the Bunnymen set from Salvo Music that summarises the band’s output between 1979 and 1987.
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As previously reported, Universal Music will release a Lloyd Cole and the Commotions box set in June.
Collected Recordings 1983-1989 is a 5CD+DVD box set that contains newly remastered versions of the three studio albums (Rattlesnakes, Easy Pieces and Mainstream), a disc of B-sides/remixes, a further CD of largely previously unreleased demos and to finish the set off, a DVD featuring all 10 promo videos and eight TV performances (Top Of The Pops, The Old Grey Whistle Test & Wogan).
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To celebrate the fact that Black Tie White Noise was 22 years old yesterday, SDE is revisiting this feature on the album that was originally published back in 2012…
Black Tie White Noise was released in 1993 – a tricky year for David Bowie and something of a new beginning. To make sense of it, we need to take a brief look back at the preceding five year period.
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