Author: Paul Sinclair

Deal alert / The Moody Blues: The Polydor Years 8-disc box set

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This eight-disc (6CD+2DVD) Moody Blues Polydor Years 1986-1992 set includes remastered versions of all the band’s Polydor era albums, along with bonus tracks including 11 previously unreleased. The DVD contains the newly remastered and long unavailable Night at Red Rocks concert plus the rare, fan club-only documentary The Other Side of Red Rocks.

Amazon Italy have this collection (packaged in a 64-page hardcover book and complete with a blue vinyl seven-inch single) for about HALF the UK price at the time of writing.
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Big Star / Nothing Can Hurt Me / two-disc deluxe package

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Nothing Can Hurt Me, last year’s award winning documentary about Big Star will be issued on blu-ray and DVD next month and will also be available as a special deluxe package which includes the band’s first two albums, No.1 Record & Radio City.
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Out This Week / 16 February 2015

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Pretenders / Reissues & Box Set

Pretenders individual reissues out this week (mostly 2CD+DVD) or even better get the 22-disc box set collection. Read more

Texas / Texas 25 box set and deluxe

Scottish band Texas celebrate 25 years with the appropriately named Texas 25. The album features re-recordings of the hits but the deluxe and box add a CD of originals to the mix. Read more
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Simple Minds / Sparkle in the Rain: hi-res blu-ray audio with 5.1

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Simple Minds Sparkle in the Rain reissue is due for release next month and it you aren’t convinced by the £40+ super deluxe box set then the blu-ray audio is an fine alternative and excellent value for money.
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Deal alert / The Rolling Stones: Charlie is my Darling super deluxe

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Charlie is my Darling is a Rolling Stones documentary that captures the band on tour in Ireland in September 1965. We see the band traveling, rehearsing, and clips of them performing songs on stage such as Get Off My Cloud, Heart Of Stone, and Play With Fire. This expanded five-disc super deluxe set was originally issued back in Autumn 2012 but on Amazon UK at the time of writing it’s less than HALF the price it was back then.
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Interstellar soundtrack issued on 180g gatefold double vinyl

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If you weren’t tempted by the Illuminated Star Projection edition of Hans Zimmer‘s wonderful Interstellar soundtrack, then Music on Vinyl are issuing the score to Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi spectacular as a double vinyl LP set.
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Bjork's entire back catalogue issued on limited edition coloured vinyl

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In celebration of Björk’s mid-career retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the release of the Björk: Archives book, One Little Indian is reissuing the Icelandic singer-songwriter’s entire back catalogue as limited edition COLOURED 180g vinyl pressings.
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Hawkwind / This Is Your Captain Speaking / Albums & Singles ’70-74

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A new 11CD Hawkwind box set This Is Your Captain Speaking… Your Captain is Dead celebrating the ‘space rock’ band’s United Artists era from 1970-1974 will be released in March.
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Out This Week / 9 February 2015

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Kylie Minogue / Reissues

Kylie‘s four PWL studio albums are issued today by Cherry Red which each release being available across a number of editions, including the pricey super deluxe box. Read more

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds / Vinyl reissues

More Nick Cave vinyl re-releases this week including 1992’s Henry’s Dream and the Murder Ballads album (featuring the Kylie duet Where The Wild Roses Grow).

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Deal Alert / Henry Mancini: The Classic Soundtrack Collection

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This superb Henry Mancini box set was released late last year and is a wonderful collection of film music with 18 soundtracks across nine CDs, including classics such as The Pink Panther (and Return Of…), Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Party and Charade.

The box set has dropped in price by over 40% on Amazon UK in the last few days and is currently incredible value – it has never been cheaper.
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