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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The Best of Mike Oldfield 1992-2003
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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Echo and the Bunnymen / Do It Clean: An Anthology 1979-1987
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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Lloyd Cole and the Commotions / Collected Recordings 1983-1989
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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Looking back at David Bowie's Black Tie White Noise
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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Out This Week / 6 April 2015
Bad Company / Deluxe Editions (2CD)
Reissues of Bad Company and Straight Shooter both with bonus discs full of previously unreleased tracks, takes, and mixes from the original sessions. 
Foo Fighters / Sonic Highways (blu-ray)
The acclaimed Foo Fighters 8-part documentary directed by Dave Grohl, now out on DVD and Blu-ray.
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Deal alert / Queen Live at the Rainbow 4LP vinyl box
Excellent deal on the Queen Live at the Rainbow 4LP vinyl box on Amazon Italy which is over £30 cheaper than the UK price.
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Billy Joel / Streetlife Serenade SACD
Audio Fidelity are to tackle Billy Joel‘s 1974 album Streetlife Serenade in the next of their multi-channel SACD releases.
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Saturday Deluxe / 4 April 2015
It’s the weekend! A time when SDE pours maple syrup on its pancakes, has a sip of orange juice (with ‘bits’), and kicks back with some stories and updates from the past week, along with gossip and news from the weeks to come…
The Rolling Stones
The big news this week was the announcement of a reissue of The Rolling Stones‘ Sticky Fingers album.
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Paul Weller / Saturns Pattern 7-inch
Paul Weller will release the title track of his forthcoming album, Saturns Pattern, as seven inch single in May.
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Deal alert / Steven Wilson / Hand.Cannot.Erase. deluxe edition
Steven Wilson‘s stunning deluxe edition is now very hard to get hold off. This 2CD+Blu-ray+DVD edition contains a demos disc exclusive to this set, as well as a 5.1 mix and many audio extras all set in a truly stunning large format hardcover book. Amazon Germany have some stock now which, while not rock-bottom in terms of pricing, is quite reasonable and could well be the last chance to snag one of these before the prices go through the roof.
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Bowie has written new 'The Man Who Fell To Earth' inspired songs
David Bowie has collaborated on a new play called Lazarus, with writer Enda Walsh, which is inspired by the 1963 novel, The Man Who Fell To Earth and will feature new music by the now publicity-shy rock star.
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Soundgarden / Echoes of Miles / deluxe 6LP vinyl box set
Soundgarden are to release a six-LP vinyl edition of their rarities collection, Echo Of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across The Path, that was first issued on CD last November.
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Deal alert / Simon and Garfunkel: Complete Albums box
BEST EVER price on Amazon UK for wonderful 12CD box set, Simon and Garfunkel: The Complete Albums Collection.
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Bert Jansch debut reissued
BMG will mark the 50th anniversary of the release (on Transatlantic Records) of influential folk-guitarist Bert Jansch‘s eponymous debut album.
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Bros / The Time expanded reissue
Cherry Pop will reissue an expanded version of Bros‘ second album The Time next month.
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Eric Clapton / Forever Man
Warners/Rhino will release, Forever Man, a new Eric Clapton ‘best of’ at the end of next month that spans three decades of Clapton’s Reprise Records years.
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Deal alert / Roxy Music: Complete Studio Albums 10CD box set
The excellent 10CD Complete Studios Albums Roxy Music box set is going cheap again, this time on Amazon UK.
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Duran Duran album due in Sep 2015
Duran Duran are expected to release their fourteenth studio album in September 2015.
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The Rolling Stones announce Sticky Fingers reissue and box sets
The Rolling Stones will reissue their classic 1971 album Sticky Fingers as a super deluxe edition box set in May, which features previously unreleased studio recordings and rare live performances. Continue reading “The Rolling Stones announce Sticky Fingers reissue and box sets”
