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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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Zang Tuum Tumb review: What is the Value of Entertainment?

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The Value of Entertainment is a new CD+DVD reissue from ZTT / Union Square Music that requires a little bit of explanation. In part it is an (almost) first-time-on-CD reissue of the 1985 compilation IQ6 Sampled (Japan got in there first, last year) and at the same time it’s an (almost) first-time-on DVD reissue of the old VHS The Value Of Entertainment which was a visual summary of series of concerts held at London’s Ambassadors Theatre in 1985. A ZTT ‘showcase’ if you will.
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T. Rex seven-inch singles box now available to fans in the USA

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Edsel’s recently announced T. Rex Seven-inch Singles Box was previously only available to European fans via the official store but as of today is orderable from further afield because it’s now listed on Amazon UK.
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Tori Amos / Little Earthquakes and Under The Pink deluxe editions

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Little Earthquakes was released in 1992

 Tori Amos‘ first two solo albums, Little Earthquakes and Under The Pink will be reissued as two-CD deluxe editions in April.
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Out This Week / 2 February 2015

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The Go-Betweens / G Stands For Go-Betweens (box)

The final stock of Domino Record’s lavish 8-disc Go Betweens box is dwindling fast. It’s already over £200 in the UK, so Amazon Canada might be the last chance to grab this with a sensible price tag. Read more

Bob Dylan / Shadows in the Night

Bob Dylan / Shadows in the Night (new album)

Dylan‘s 36th studio album sees him ‘uncover’ a selection of standards with his five-piece band and a live-in-the-studio, no overdubs ethos. Read more

OMD / Junk Culture (deluxe edition)

The 1984 OMD album which features the hits Locomotion, Talking Loud and Clear and Tesla Girls gets the two-CD deluxe treatment. Early reports suggest numerous errors on this set, so proceed with caution. Read more
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