This April Blur will release The Magic Whip, their first studio album in 12 years.
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Kylie Minogue / Kiss Me Once Live At The SSE Hydro CD+Bluray
Kylie Minogue‘s November 2014 gig at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro will be issued as a 2CD+Blu-ray deluxe set in March.
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Van Morrison / new Duets album
Van Morrison will release an album of duets next month, with the refreshingly honest subtitle ‘Re-working The Catalogue’.
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Jethro Tull / Minstrel in the Gallery: 40th anniversary La Grande Edition
Jethro Tull‘s 1975 studio album, Minstrel In The Gallery will be reissued as a four-disc deluxe edition in May.
The 40th Anniversary La Grandé Edition, as it is being called, will be a 2CD+2DVD set that will feature a new stereo and surround sound mix of the album by Steven Wilson along with seven bonus tracks, six of which are previously unreleased.
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Steve Howe / Anthology
A new two-disc Steve Howe career retrospective will be released next month.
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More Coco! Supergrass debut to be reissued as an anniversary deluxe
Gaz Coombes has confirmed that Supergrass‘ 1995 debut album I Should Coco will be reissued as a 20th anniversary deluxe edition this year.
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Deal alert / The Moody Blues: The Polydor Years 8-disc box set
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
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
Pretenders / Reissues & Box Set
Pretenders individual reissues out this week (mostly 2CD+DVD) or even better get the 22-disc box set collection. 
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.
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The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds finally out on blu-ray audio in April
The Beach Boys‘ classic 1966 album Pet Sounds will be issued on the Pure Audio blu-ray audio format in April 2015, over a year after the release was first touted.
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Simple Minds / Sparkle in the Rain: hi-res blu-ray audio with 5.1
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
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
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
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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Spooky Tooth / The Island Years: An Anthology 1967-1974 / box set
The Island Years is a new comprehensive anthology featuring the work British rock band Spooky Tooth who released seven studio albums between 1968 and 1974.
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Deal alert / Blondie: 6LP vinyl box
This Blondie six-LP vinyl box got a glowing review at the end of last year on this blog and if you’ve been waiting for a significant price-drop then opportunity knocks for the SDE reader, because it’s just £33 on Amazon Italy at the time of writing (or €44)
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Madness Competition Winners
As announced just over a week ago on the SDE newsletter, five readers have won SIGNED copies of the deluxe CD+DVD edition of Madness‘ debut album One Step Beyond…
The winners are as follows…
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Paul Weller / Saturns Pattern box
Paul Weller returns in May with Saturns Pattern, his 12th studio solo album.
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Jam box flop leads to price drop
The Jam‘s Setting Sons super deluxe box set was issued late last year but is now already available at a massively discounted price.
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Hawkwind / This Is Your Captain Speaking / Albums & Singles ’70-74
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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