Author: Paul Sinclair

Out This Week / 30 March 2015

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Specials / Deluxe Reissues (2CD)

The three Specials / Special AKA albums all reissued with bonus CDs packed with non-album singles, B-sides, Peel Sessions and live tracks. Read more

Van Halen  / Deluxe Box Set

New 4CD box that contains remasters of Van Halen‘s 1978 eponymous debut and 1984,along with a brand new live album Tokyo Dome Live In Concert. Read more
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Saturday Deluxe / 28 March 2015

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It’s the weekend! Our new feature continues, as SDE sips on an expresso, sinks its teeth into a pain au raison, and kicks back with some stories and updates from the past week, along with gossip and news from the weeks to come…

Photo: Enrico Schwabach

A-ha

The big news this week is that a-ha are getting back together! Hooray! Well actually, they’re not getting back together, they’re just becoming a-ha once more while they make a new album and go touring, then after that they are reverting to not being a-ha again. Or something like… Clear? No? Okay, basically, they are ONLY going to be a-ha while they are either making an a-ha album or playing a concert as a-ha. When they are not doing that, they are definitely not a-ha. What’s not to understand?
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Friday's Amazon Easter Deals

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Last day of SDE coverage of Amazon Germany’s Easter Deals. Today isn’t as good as yesterday, but still some decent sets including a 20-CD Johnny Cash box (9am), John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers 4CD set (11am), the excellent Monty Python‘s Total Rubbish 9CD extravaganza (11.30am) and a second chance to pick up the Nirvana Nevermind super deluxe or the ABBA The Albums 9CD box.
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Jellyfish: Japanese mini-LP SHM-CDs

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belly_jap

Omnivore’s Jellyfish deluxe reissues were great, but the packaging wasn’t really as good as it could have been, with the widescreen gatefold cover image used on the 1990 LP of Bellybutton missing completely! Thankfully, the Japanese versions embrace the detail and spirit of the originals.
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Universal Music to replace faulty Simple Minds box set DVDs

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Simple Minds / Sparkle in the Rain five disc super deluxe edition box

Universal Music have put a process in place to allow fans who bought the Simple Minds Sparkle in the Rain super deluxe edition box set to get a replacement DVD which, in error, contained the Steven Wilson hi-res ‘stereo’ mix in mono.
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Deal alert / Amazon Easter Deals

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Amazon in Germany are celebrating Easter this week with lots of special ‘lightning deals’ and the good news is that there are plenty of music box sets on offer. Each deal will only last for a short period until the ‘allocation’ has reached 100%. Depending on the popularity of the item this can be minutes, although it’s not always a mad rush. Putting ourself on the ‘waiting list’ is also by no means a lost cause, so bear that in mind.

For the next few days on SDE there will be a ‘deal alert’ post that will UPDATE during the day as each new deal comes online. If you have signed up for the SDE Deal Alerts via Email service then you will get a timely email just before the deal goes live.
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Out This Week / 23 March 2015

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Picture: Toto XIV deluxe box set

Toto / Toto XIV (new album/box set)

First Toto studio album in over nine years. Toto XIV is available across a number of formats including the box set pictured. Read more

Hawkwind / This is Your Captain Speaking...Your Captain is Dead / The Albums and Singles 1970-74

Hawkwind  / This is Your Captain Speaking… (box set)

Generous 11-CD Hawkind box set covering the years 1970-1974. Comes with exclusive new compilation Of Time and Stars – The Singles. Read more
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