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10cc / The Stockport Shuffle: The Complete UK Label Anthology

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10cc’s first two albums are explored on The Stockport Shuffle, a forthcoming 6CD+blu-ray box set.

Both the 1973 debut, 10cc, and its 1974 follow up Sheet Music were issued on Jonathan King’s UK label with the former featuring ‘Donna’ and the UK chart-topping ‘Rubber Bullets’. This new box set is being promoted as ‘The Complete UK Label Anthology’ (since the band moved to Mercury for 1975’s The Original Soundtrack).

Newly mastered versions of both records feature in the box set alongside various single versions and edits. Two CDs are devoted to session highlights from each album, including isolated vocal tracks, work-in-progress, instrumentals, rehearsals and more.

The blu-ray offers TV performances and Dolby Atmos Mixes, although with the Atmos Mixes it’s a curious selection and there’s no confirmation if the blu-ray also includes 5.1 and hi-res stereo (the latter seems reasonably likely). This set comes with a 40-page booklet with a new 7,000 word essay on the band’s time at UK Records.

The Stockport Shuffle: The Complete UK Label Anthology 1972-1974 will be released on 20 November 2026 via Cherry Red imprint, Grapefruit.

Tracklisting

The Stockport Shuffle 10cc / 6CD+blu-ray

    • CD 1: 10cc (remaster) + singles
      1. Johnny, Don’t Do It!
      2. Sand In My Face
      3. Donna
      4. The Dean And I
      5. Headline Hustler
      6. Speed Kills
      7. Rubber Bullets
      8. The Hospital Song
      9. Ships Don’t Disappear (Do They?)
      10. Fresh Air For My Mama
      Bonus tracks
      1. Donna (UK single version)
      2. Hot Sun Rock
      3. Johnny, Don’t Do It! (UK single version)
      4. 4% Of Something…
      5. Rubber Bullets (UK single version)
      6. Waterfall
      7. The Dean And I (UK single version)
      8. Bee In My Bonnet
      9. Headline Hustler (US single version, stereo)
      10. Rubber Bullets (US single version)
      11. Headline Hustler (US single version, mono)
    • CD 2: Sheet Music (remaster) + singles & vinyl rarities
      1. The Wall Street Shuffle
      2. The Worst Band In The World
      3. Hotel
      4. Old Wild Men
      5. Clockwork Creep
      6. Silly Love
      7. Somewhere In Hollywood
      8. Baron Samedi
      9. The Sacro-Iliac
      10. Oh Effendi
      Bonus tracks
      1. The Worst Band In The World
      2. 18 Carat Man Of Means
      3. The Wall Street Shuffle (UK single version)
      4. Gismo My Way
      5. Silly Love (single edit)
      6. The Worst Band In The World (“clean” version)
      7. The Wall Street Shuffle (US stereo, “clean” version)
      8. Hotel (promo edit)
      9. Silly Love (promo edit)
      10. The Wall Street Shuffle (US mono, “clean” version)
    • CD 3: BBC Transcription Discs 1972-1974
      + mono mixes for radio use, first album promo, single as Festival
      1. Today (BBC Transcription Disc – studio version, extended mono mix)
      2. Warm Me (BBC Transcription Disc – studio version)
      3. Waterfall (BBC Transcription Disc – studio/live hybrid)
      4. Rubber Bullets (BBC Transcription Disc – edited studio/ live hybrid)
      5. The Worst Band In The World (BBC Transcription Disc – mono)
      6. Headline Hustler (BBC Transcription Disc – edited studio version, no ‘friend at the CIA’ verse)
      7. Somewhere In Hollywood (BBC Transcription Disc – original draft lyric, Monroe rather than Harlow)
      8. Sand In My Face (TV/radio mix, mono)
      9. The Dean And I (TV/radio mix, mono)
      10. Speed Kills (TV/radio mix, mono)
      11. Fresh Air For My Mama (TV/ radio mix, mono)
      12. Headline Hustler (TV/radio mix, edited lyric, mono)
      13. Rubber Bullets (TV/radio mix, edited lyric, mono)
      14. The Worst Band In The World (TV/radio mix, edited lyric, mono)
      15. Old Wild Men (TV/radio mix, mono)
      16. LP sampler 7” Side One
      17. LP sampler 7” Side Two
    • CD 4: Extended Masters
      1. Johnny, Don’t Do It!
      2. Sand In My Face
      3. Donna
      4. The Dean And I
      5. Speed Kills
      6. Rubber Bullets
      7. Ships Don’t Disappear (Do They?)
      8. Fresh Air For My Mama
      9. The Wall Street Shuffle
      10. The Worst Band In The World
      11. Hotel
      12. Old Wild Men
      13. Clockwork Creep
      14. Silly Love
      15. Somewhere In Hollywood
      16. Baron Samedi
      17. The Sacro-Iliac
      18. Oh Effendi
      19. Gismo My Way
      20. Oh Effendi (vocal segment)
    • CD 5: 10cc album session highlights
      1. Waterfall (instrumental master with vocal breakdown)
      2. Waterfall (extended master)
      3. Donna (early takes, with vocal sections)
      4. Donna (instrumental master)
      5. Johnny, Don’t Do It! (mainly instrumental, vocal ending, police message)
      6. Rubber Bullets (abandoned electric guitar intro)
      7. Rubber Bullets (instrumental master)
      8. Rubber Bullets (vocal section)
      9. Sand In My Face (breakdown mix)
      10. Sand In My Face (vocal section)
      11. Fresh Air For My Mama (Lol and Kevin rehearsal)
      12. Fresh Air For My Mama (early takes, breakdown)
      13. Fresh Air For My Mama (instrumental master)
      14. Speed Kills (strings only)
      15. Speed Kills (breakdown mix)
      16. Ships Don’t Disappear (Do They?) (instrumental)
      17. Ships Don’t Disappear (Do They?) (breakdown mix)
      18. The Dean And I (takes 1 and 2, instrumental)
      19. The Dean And I (vocal track)
      20. Headline Hustler (aborted attempt at master instrumental)
      21. The Hospital Song (vocal section)
      22. Bee In My Bonnet
      23. Fresh Air For My Mama (vocal section
    • CD 6: Sheet Music album session highlights
      1. Baron Samedi (alternative version)
      2. The Worst Band In The World (rehearsals)
      3. Oh Effendi (demo, Eric guide vocal)
      4. Oh Effendi (vocal track, Graham’s acoustic guitar + percussion)
      5. Old Wild Men (Lol’s guitar and Gizmo test)
      6. Old Wild Men (master, Kevin-only lead vocal)
      7. Somewhere In Hollywood (master instrumental)
      8. Somewhere In Hollywood (vocal track)
      9. Baron Samedi (version 2, instrumental)
      10. Hotel
      11. 18 Carat Man Of Means (session highlights)
      12. The Wall Street Shuffle (demo)
      13. The Wall Street Shuffle (instrumental master)
      14. The Wall Street Shuffle (vocal segment)
      15. Clockwork Creep (takes 1-3)
      16. Clockwork Creep (instrumental)
      17. Clockwork Creep (vocal track)
      18. Silly Love (take 1, studio chatter intro)
      19. The Sacro-Iliac (take 1, breakdown)
      20. The Sacro-Iliac (instrumental, Graham and Kevin)
      21. The Sacro-Iliac (vocal segment)
      22. 18 Carat Man Of Means (extended master)
      23. Gismo My Way (take 1)
      24. Old Wild Men (vocal segment)
    • Blu-ray
      Video
      1. Rubber Bullets (Top Of The Pops broadcast 25th December 1973)
      2. The Dean And I (Filmed at Strawberry, mid-1973)
      3. Old Wild Men (Old Grey Whistle Test, filmed at The Hardrock in Stretford, Manchester, broadcast 26th February 1974)
      See You Sunday, broadcast 21st April 1974
      1. Fresh Air For My Mama
      2. The Wall Street Shuffle
      BBC2 In Concert, broadcast 21st August 1974
      1. Silly Love
      2. The Wall Street Shuffle
      3. Baron Samedi
      4. Old Wild Men
      5. Oh Effendi
      6. Fresh Air For My Mama
      7. Rubber Bullets
      Dolby Atmos surround sound mixes
      1. Waterfall
      2. Donna
      3. Johnny, Don’t Do It!
      4. Rubber Bullets
      5. Sand In My Face
      6. Fresh Air For My Mama
      7. Speed Kills
      8. Ships Don’t Disappear (Do They?)
      9. The Dean And I
      10. The Hospital Song (album version)
      11. Headline Hustler (early version)
      12. Headline Hustler (album version)
      13. Bee In My Bonnet
      14. Baron Samedi (early version)
      15. The Worst Band In The World
      16. Oh Effendi
      17. Old Wild Men
      18. Somewhere In Hollywood
      19. Baron Samedi
      20. Hotel
      21. 18 Carat Man Of Means
      22. The Wall Street Shuffle
      23. Clockwork Creep
      24. Silly Love
      25. The Sacro-Iliac
      26. Gismo My Way

Foreigner / Head Games reissue

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Foreigner’s 1979 album Head Games will be reissued next month as a 3CD+blu-ray super deluxe edition.

The band’s third album was recorded by the following line-up: Lou Gramm (lead vocals, percussion), Mick Jones (lead guitar, piano, backing vocals, lead vocals), Ian McDonald (guitars, keyboards, synthesizers), Rick Wills (bass, backing vocals), and Dennis Elliott (drums). It features the hits ‘Dirty White Boy’ and ‘Head Games’ and this new edition includes a newly remixed version of the 10-track long-player (the original mix does not feature).

A disc of outtakes and alternative versions features on CD 2 and the third disc offers a previously unreleased live show from the Head Games tour.

The set is completed by a Blu-ray Audio that features a Dolby Atmos remix of the studio album in addition to a hi-res stereo version of the remixed album. This deluxe edition was overseen by Jeff Pilson and Wyn Davis, and features a new essay by Ken Sharp detailing the history of this iconic record.

Head Games will be reissued on 9 October 2026, via Rhino.

Tracklisting

Head Games Foreigner / 3CD+blu-ray super deluxe

    • CD 1: Head Games (2026 Stereo Mix)
      1. Dirty White Boy
      2. Love On The Telephone
      3. Women
      4. I’ll Get Even With You
      5. Seventeen
      6. Head Games
      7. The Modern Day
      8. Blinded By Science
      9. Do What You Like
      10. Rev On The Red Line

       

    • CD 2: Unreleased Bonus Outtakes
      1. Trouble
      2. Call On The Telephone
      3. Blinded By Science
      4. Azalia
      5. I Want You
      6. Low Blow
      7. Go Down
      8. Slip Away
      9. Happy Hour
      10. If I Don’t Have You
      11. Cry On The Telephone
      12. Slip Away

       

    • CD 3: Head Games LIve
       Community War Memorial,
      Rochester, NY, 27 October 1979
      1. Long, Long Way From Home
      2. Blue Morning, Blue Day
      3. I’ll Get Even With You
      4. Head Games
      5. I Need You
      6. The Modern Day
      7. Women
      8. Cold As Ice
      9. Feels Like The First Time
      10. Dirty White Boy
      11. Starrider
      12. Double Vision
      13. Love On The Telephone
      14. Headknocker
      15. Hot Blooded
    • Blu-ray
      Dolby Atmos Mix
      1. Dirty White Boy
      2. Love On The Telephone
      3. Women
      4. I’ll Get Even With You
      5. Seventeen
      6. Head Games
      7. The Modern Day
      8. Blinded By Science
      9. Do What You Like
      10. Rev On The Red Line
      2026 Stereo Mix
      1. Dirty White Boy
      2. Love On The Telephone
      3. Women
      4. I’ll Get Even With You
      5. Seventeen
      6. Head Games
      7. The Modern Day
      8. Blinded By Science
      9. Do What You Like
      10. Rev On The Red Line

Steven Wilson / Requiem For A Village

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Pre-order SDE exclusive blu-ray with slipcase with alt artwork

Steven Wilson will release his new studio album, Requiem For A Village in November.

Previewed earlier this year in London at a few special Atmos playback events, the album is described as “a haunting, cinematic journey into a village that exists beyond time and place” and as his most “intimate and imaginative work yet”.

I would tend to agree – this could be Wilson’s best record for a decade. It blends dark folk, rock and electronica, as the album unfolds as a continuous 54-minute “film for the ears,” populated by strange archetypes and eerie folklore. The album is narrated by actor David Tennant (‘Doctor Who’) and written with XTC’s Andy Partridge.

SDE exclusive blu-ray with unique slipcase

The album is available on CD, 2LP vinyl and blu-ray audio, with the SDE shop offering an exclusive slipcased blu-ray with alt cover art.

As you might expect there is also a deluxe book edition which is available via SW’s official shop. This 2CD+blu-ray edition has bonus disc with 47 mins of music not on the album and a blu-ray which includes stereo instrumentals and CD 2 in hi-res (neither are included on the standalone blu-ray).

Requiem For A Village will be released on 6 November 2026 via Fiction. Pre-order the SDE exclusive blu-ray with the slipcase or the (very limited) 2LP green vinyl via the SDE shop using this link or the button below.

Tracklisting

Requiem For A Village Steven Wilson /

    • SDE / Standalone Blu-ray
      Atmos, 5.1 (96/24) and Stereo (96/24)
      1. Swirl in a Lark’s Eye (2.41)
      2. Requiem for a Village (7.55)
      3. The Same River Twice (3.23)
      4. Now Departing (7.20)
      5. Hireath (2.25)
      6. On Chapel Slope (4.53)
      7. Murmuration (7.15)
      8. Cursus Fingerprint (2.41)
      9. A Basket of Bees (4.32)
      10. Great Green Map (5.08)
      11. Wheel (3.55)
      12. The Old God Is Buried (2.00)

Siouxsie and the Banshees / Downside Up vinyl box set

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Siouxsie and the Banshees’ 2004 B-sides collection Downside Up will be issued on vinyl for the first time in November.

This set brings together 49 studio recordings from the band’s career which have been remastered from the original tapes and cut to lacquer by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. The 5LP box includes a 32-page booklet featuring a new introduction from Siouxsie, lyrics, commentary from Siouxsie and Severin and imagery drawn from the band’s original single artwork.

Downside Up – 5LP box set

CD fans are not left out since Downside Up is also reissued on Compact Disc. However, this time it’s a 3CD not 4CD set because The Thorn EP tracks, which were included as a fourth disc in the 2004 release are not included, either here on or the 5LP version (apparently plans are underway for a separate reissue). Similarly, two live tracks from LA radio station KROQ’s ‘Acoustic Christmas’ show in 1991 (‘Swimming Horses’ and Velvet Underground cover ‘All Tomorrow’s Parties’ – both issued on the ‘O Baby’ single) are also omitted from the 2026 reissue.

The new CD packaging is also different, as you might expect. 2004’s longbox styling is replaced by a clamshell package, which comes with a 68-page booklet which presumably shares the content of the vinyl booklet.

Downside Up will be released on 20 November 2026, via UMR / Polydor.

Downside Up – 3CD set

Tracklisting

Downside Up Siouxsie and the Banshees /

    • LP 1
      Side 1
      1. “Voices (on the Air)” (Originally the b-side of “Hong Kong Garden”)
      2. “20th Century Boy” (T. Rex cover) (Originally the b-side of “The Staircase (Mystery)”)
      3. “Pulled to Bits” (Originally the b-side of “Playground Twist”)
      4. “Mittageisen (Metal Postcard)” (Originally the A-side of “Mittageisen”)
      5. “Drop Dead/Celebration” (Originally the b-side of “Happy House”)
      6. “Eve White/Eve Black” (Originally the b-side of “Christine”)
      Side 2
      1. “Red Over White” (Originally the b-side of “Israel”)
      2. “Follow the Sun” (Originally the b-side of “Spellbound”)
      3. “Slap Dash Snap” (Originally the extra b-side of “Spellbound”)
      4. “Supernatural Thing” (Ben E. King cover) (Originally the b-side of “Arabian Knights”)
      5. “Congo Conga” (Originally the extra b-side of “Arabian Knights”)
    • LP 2
      Side 3
      1. “Coal Mind” (Originally the b-side of “Fireworks”)
      2. “We Fall” (Originally the extra b-side of “Fireworks”)
      3. “Cannibal Roses” (Originally the b-side of “Slowdive”)
      4. “Obsession II” (Originally the extra b-side of “Slowdive”)
      5. “Il est né, le divin Enfant (Originally the b-side of “Melt!”)
      6. “A Sleeping Rain” (Originally the extra b-side of “Melt!”)
      Side 4
      1. “Tattoo” (Originally the b-side of “Dear Prudence”)
      2. “(There’s A) Planet in My Kitchen” (Originally the extra b-side of “Dear Prudence”)
      3. “Let Go” (Originally the b-side of “Swimming Horses”)
      4. “The Humming Wires” (Originally the extra b-side of “Swimming Horses”)
    • LP 3
      Side 5
      1. “I Promise” (Originally the b-side of “Dazzle”)
      2. “Throw Them to the Lions” (Originally the extra b-side of “Dazzle”)
      3. “An Execution” (Originally the b-side of “Cities in Dust”)
      4. “The Quarterdrawing of the Dog” (Originally the extra b-side of”Cities in Dust”)
      Side 6
      1. “Lullaby” (Originally the b-side of “Candyman”)
      2. “Umbrella” (Originally the extra b-side of “Candyman”)
      3. “Shooting Sun” (Originally the b-side of “This Wheel’s on Fire”)
      4. “Sleepwalking (On the High Wire)” (Originally the extra b-side of “This Wheel’s on Fire”)
      5. “She Cracked” (The Modern Lovers cover) (Originally the extra b-side of “This Wheel’s on Fire” 1987 double-pack 7-inch)
    • LP 4
      Side 7
      1. “She’s Cuckoo” (Originally the b-side of “The Passenger”)
      2. “Something Blue” (Originally the extra b-side of “The Passenger”)
      3. “The Whole Price of Blood” (Originally the b-side of “Song from the Edge of the World”)
      4. “Mechanical Eyes” (Originally the extra b-side of “Song from the Edge of the World”)
      5. “False Face” (Originally the b-side of “Peek-a-Boo”)
      Side 8
      1. “Catwalk” (Originally the extra b-side of “Peek-a-Boo”)
      2. “Something Wicked (This Way Comes)” (Originally the b-side of “The Killing Jar”)
      3. “Are You Still Dying, Darling?” (Originally the extra b-side of “The Killing Jar”)
      4. “El Día de los Muertos” (Originally the b-side of “The Last Beat of My Heart”)
      5. “Sunless” (Originally the extra b-side of “The Last Beat of My Heart”)
    • LP 5
      Side 9
      1. “Staring Back” (Originally the extra b-side of “Kiss Them for Me”)
      2. “Return” (Originally the b-side of “Kiss Them for Me”)
      3. “Spiral Twist” (Originally the b-side of “Shadowtime”)
      4. “Sea of Light” (Originally the extra b-side of “Shadowtime”)
      Side 10
      1. “I Could Be Again” (Originally the b-side of “Face to Face”)
      2. “Hothead” (Originally the extra b-side of “Face to Face”)
      3. “B Side Ourselves” (Originally the b-side of “O Baby”)
      4. “Hang Me High” (Originally the b-side of “Stargazer”)
      5. “Black Sun” (Originally the extra b-side of “Stargazer”)

ENDS TODAY: Tears For Fears / The Seeds Of Love SDE blu-ray

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The pre-order window for the SDE blu-ray of Tears For Fears’ 1989 album The Seeds Of Love, closes today.

This Seeds of Love blu-ray disc features a brand new Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos Mix, an updated 5.1 mix (not the same as the one in the 2020 box set) and for the first time Steven Wilson’s stereo mix is commercially released (this was first created in 2020 and updated in 2023).

Additionally, the blu-ray includes an unreleased 2023 Miles Showell stereo remaster of The Seeds of Love (prepared for a half-speed vinyl pressing whch is part of this campaign), full instrumental versions in Atmos, 5.1 and Stereo and what Roland Orzabal called the “magical” Townhouse Live Jam Sessions from the long out-of-print box set, which include Roland singing ‘Rhythm of Life‘, a song he wrote with Nicky Holland but was never officially released by Tears For Fears (they gave it to Oleta Adams).. 

The Seeds of Love audio streams on the blu-ray (all audio is 48 kHz / 24 bit)

  • The Seeds of Love – Steven Wilson Atmos Mix 
  • The Seeds of Love – Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix 
  • The Seeds of Love – Steven Wilson Stereo Mix 
  • The Seeds of Love – Steven Wilson Instrumental Atmos Mix 
  • The Seeds of Love – Steven Wilson Instrumental 5.1 Mix 
  • The Seeds of Love – Steven Wilson Instrumental Stereo Mix 
  • The Seeds of Love – Miles Showell 2023 Remaster 

The stereo only bonus tracks from the Townhouse Live Jam Sessions are as follows (all audio 48 kHz / 24 bit)

  1. Woman in Chains 7:08
  2. Broken 1:35
  3. Rhythm of Life 3:11
  4. Badman’s Song 8:19
  5. Badman’s Song (reprise) 2:08
  6. Standing on the Corner of the Third World 9:10

The Seeds of Love SDE exclusive blu-ray is #73 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series and will be packaged similarly to previous editions (clear amaray case) and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.

The pre-order window closes TONIGHT at midnight GMT. Availability after that point cannot be guaranteed. The 2LP blue vinyl/bundle has sold out.

The Seeds of Love is released on 16 October 2026, via UMR/Mercury. Order exclusively from the SDE shop using this link or the buttons below.

Tracklisting

The Seeds of Love Tears For Fears / SDE exclusive blu-ray

    • In the following audio streams: Dolby Atmos, 5.1, Stereo, Instrumental Atmos, Instrumental 5.1, Instrumental Stereo, 1989 Stereo Mix (2023 remaster)
      1. Woman In Chains: 6:31
      2. Badman’s Song: 8:32
      3. Sowing The Seeds Of Love: 6:19
      4. Advice For The Young At Heart: 4:50
      5. Standing On The Corner Of The Third World: 5:33
      6. Swords And Knives: 6:12
      7. Year Of The Knife: 7:08
      8. Famous Last Words: 4:26
      STEREO ONLY BONUS TRACKS
      Townhouse Live Jam Sessions
      1. Woman in Chains 7.08
      2. Broken 1.35
      3. Rhythm of Life 3.11
      4. Badman’s Song 8.19
      5. Badman’s Song (reprise) 2.08
      6. Standing on the Corner of the Third World 9.10

78 The Who / The Who By Numbers

77 Manic Street Preachers / The Holy Bible / The Holy Bible Live

76 Spandau Ballet / Gold: The Best Of

75 George Michael / The Faith Tour

74 Amy Winehouse / Back to Black

73 Tears For Fears / The Seeds Of Love

72 Dire Straits / On Every Street – still available

71 Roxy Music / For Your Pleasure – still available

70 The Family Silver / Electric Blend – still available

69 Suede / Coming Up

68 Simple Minds / Once Upon A Time

67 Tina Turner / Private Dancer

66 Producers / Made in Basing Street

65 Thin Lizzy (1971 debut)

64 Bryan Ferry / Taxi

63 Bryan Ferry / Bête Noire

62 Roxy Music / Flesh + Blood

61 Tori Amos / In Times Of Dragons

60 Heaven 17 / The Luxury Gap

59 Heaven 17 / Penthouse and Pavement

58 Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris / All The Roadrunning

57 The Who / Quadrophenia

56 George Michael / Faith

55 Bryan Ferry / Boys and Girls

54 Thin Lizzy / Nightlife

53 Fine Young Cannibals (FYC) / The Raw & The Cooked

52 Tears For Fears / Songs From The Big Chair

51 Propaganda / A Secret Wish

50 Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Welcome to the Pleasuredome

49 Elton John / Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

48 The Who / Who Are You

47 The Human League / Dare

46 Split Enz / ENZyclopedia Volumes 1 & 2

45 Mark Knopfler / Sailing to Philadelphia 

44 Matt Deighton / Today Become Forever

43 De La Soul / 3 Feet High and Rising 

42 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel / The Best Years of Our Lives

41 Mike Oldfield / Hergest Ridge

40 Claudi Brücken / Night Mirror

39 Elton & Brandi / Who Believes In Angels?

38 Dire Straits / Brothers in Arms

37 INXS / Listen Like Thieves

36 Roxy Music / Avalon

35 Envy of None / Stygian Waves

34 Bryan Ferry / Retrospective

33 Simple Minds / Sparkle in the Rain

32 Simple Minds / New Gold Dream

31 Elton John / Diamonds

30 The Who / Who’s Next

29 Thompson Twins / Into The Gap 

28 Tears For Fears / Songs For A Nervous Planet

27 Thin Lizzy / 1976

26 Bronski Beat / The Age of Consent

25 Tori Amos / Unrepentant Geraldines

24 Ultravox / Lament

23 Crowded House / Gravity Stairs

22 Luther Vandross / Never Too Much

21 Keane / Hopes and Fears

20 Wham! / Make It Big

19 Wham! / Fantastic

18 Mark Knopfler / One Deep River

17 Paul Young / No Parlez

16 Def Leppard / Diamond Star Halos

15 Soft Cell / Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

14 Trevor Horn / Echoes – Ancient and Modern

13a Duran Duran / Danse Macabre De Luxe

13 Duran Duran / Danse Macabre

12 ABC / The Lexicon of Love

11 Suede / Suede

10 Mike Oldfield / Tubular Bells

9 Tears For Fears / The Hurting

8 Bob Dylan / Time Out Of Mind (2022 Remix)

7 Ten Years After / A Space in Time

6.5 Various Artists / Concert For George

6. Orbital / Optical Delusion

5 Brian Eno / ForeverAndEverNoMore

4 Shakespears Sister / Hormonally Yours

3 Gilbert O’Sullivan / Driven

2 xPropaganda / The Heart is Strange

1 Tears For Fears / The Tipping Point

Kajagoogoo / Box of Goo: The Complete Anthology

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A new 8CD Kajagoogoo box set will be released in November.

The band hit number one in the UK with their first single, ‘Too Shy’, in 1983, and enjoyed further top 40 hits with ‘Ooh to Be Ah’, ‘Hang on Now’, ‘Big Apple’ and ‘The Lion’s Mouth’.

Lead singer Limahl left after the first album and the band eventually disbanded in late 1985 before a period of reunion and reconciliation in the mid-late 2000s.

Box Of Goo: The Complete Anthology brings together the three EMI era albums (White Feathers, Islands and Crazy People’s Right to Speak, issued in ’83, ’84 and ’85 respectively), 2008 EP Death Defying Headlines, two discs of remixes and B-sides, 2008’s Gone to the Moon studio album and Live in Tokyo 1984.

All audio has been remastered by Tony Dixon and Box of Goo: The Complete Anthology will be released on 27 November 2026, via Cherry Red.

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Tracklisting

Box of Goo: The Complete Anthology Kajagoogoo / 8CD box set

    • CD 1: White Feathers
      1. White Feathers
      2. Too Shy
      3. Lies And Promises
      4. Magician Man
      5. Kajagoogoo (Instrumental)
      6. Ooh To Be Ah
      7. Ergonomics
      8. Hang On Now
      9. This Car Is Fast
      10. Frayo
    • CD 2: Islands
      1. The Lion’s Mouth
      2. Big Apple
      3. The Power To Forgive
      4. Melting The Ice Away
      5. Turn Your Back On Me
      6. Islands
      7. On A Plane
      8. Part Of Me Is You
      9. The Loop
    • CD 3: Crazy People’s Right to Speak
      1. Do I
      2. Shouldn’t Do That
      3. Your Appetite
      4. Rivers
      5. Sit Down And Shut Up
      6. Afraid Of You
      7. Jigsaw
      8. Fear Of Falling
      9. Charm Of A Gun
      10. You Really Take My Breath Awa
    • CD 4: Mixes and B-sides
      1. Introduction – B-Side
      2. Take Another View – B-Side
      3. Interview Rooms – B-Side
      4. Animal Instincts – B-Side
      5. Too Shy – Instrumental Mix
      6. Hang On Now – Instrumental Mix
      7. The Pump Rooms of Bath – Instrumental
      8. The Garden – Instrumental
      9. Monochromatic – Live
      10. Too Shy – Midnight Mix
      11. Ooh To Be Ah – The Construction Mix
      12. Hang On Now – Extended Version
      13. Big Apple – Metro Mix
      14. Turn Your Back On Me – Extended Dance Mix
      15. The Lion’s Mouth – The Beast Mix
        Hurricane – B-Side
      16. Whatever You Want – B-Side
    • CD 5: Mixes
      1. Too Shy – Midnight Mix Version Two
      2. Turn Your Back On Me – Flipped Disc Mix
      3. Turn Your Back On Me – Dub Mix
      4. Turn Your Back On Me – Thompson & Barbiero US Mix
      5. Turn Your Back On Me – Bonus Beats
      6. Turn Your Back On Me – Disciplined
      7. Shouldn’t Do That – Undisciplined
      8. Shouldn’t Do That – Chainsaw Party Mix!
      9. White Feathers – Manhattan Clique Remix Edit
      10. White Feathers – Manhattan Clique Remix Instrumental
      11. White Feathers – Manhattan Clique Remix
    • CD 6: Live in Tokyo 1984
      1. Big Apple
      2. Monochromatic
      3. On A Plane
      4. Islands
      5. The Power To Forgive
      6. Too Shy
      7. Lies And Promises
      8. Melting The Ice Away
      9. The Lion’s Mouth
      10. White Feathers
      11. The Loop
      12. Turn Your Back On Me
      13. Ooh To Be Ah
      14. Part Of Me Is You
      15. KajagoogooL
    • CD 7: Death Defying Headlines
      1. Death Defying Headlines
      2. Space Cadet
      3. Dreaming Of The Same Thing
      4. High Life
      Death Defying Headlines (The Dance Remixes)
      1. Dreaming Of The Same Thing
      2. Space Cadet
      3. Death Defying Headlines
      4. High Life
    • CD 8: Gone to the Moon
      1. Gone To The Moon
      2. Smile
      3. Tracy
      4. Moon In Motion
      5. First Girl On Mars
      6. Tears
      7. The Last Day
      8. Excerpts From The Falling Man
      9. Table For One
      10. Nightingales
      11. Spring’s Eternal Dance
      12. Rocket Boy

Now Yearbook 1971 – Extra

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NOW’s Yearbook 1971 – Extra serves to remind us what a great year 1971 was for rock/pop music.

This 3CD companion set (which, as always, comes in a simple 6-panel card sleeve) features 61 tracks with some big name contributions including from John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band (Power to the People), Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney’s (the US No 1, ‘Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey which was not actually a single in the UK), T Rex (Jeepster), Simon & Garfunkel (‘The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)’), Cat Stevens (Moonshadow), Marvin Gaye (Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)), and Four Tops & The Supremes (‘River Deep, Mountain High’).

The above are all on CD 1 but other selections on the remaining two discs include Elton John, Jethro Tull, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Curtis Mayfield, The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Jackson 5, and more. Some artists get two tracks including Cat Stevens (‘Peace Train’) and Paul and Linda again with another song from Ram: ‘The Back Seat Of My Car’ (a minor hit in the UK).

Full tracklistings are below. NOW Yearbook 1971 – Extra will be released on 9 October 2026.

Tracklisting

NOW Yearbook 71 – Extra Various Artists /

    • CD 1
      1. John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band – Power To The People
      2.  T. Rex – Jeepster
      3. Sweet – Alexander Graham Bell
      4. Hot Chocolate – You Could’ve Been A Lady
      5. Marmalade – My Little One
      6. The Byrds – Chestnut Mare
      7. Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney – Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
      8. Simon & Garfunkel – The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)
      9. Cat Stevens – Moonshadow
      10. Gordon Lightfoot – If You Could Read My Mind
      11. Neil Diamond – I Am…I Said
      12. Elvis Presley – Rags To Riches
      13. Gilbert O’Sullivan – We Will
      14. The Fantastics – Something Old Something New
      15. Four Tops & The Supremes – River Deep, Mountain High
      16. Marvin Gaye – Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
      17. The Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can’t Hide From Love)
      18. Jackson 5 – Maybe Tomorrow
      19. Diana Ross – Reach Out I’ll Be There
      20. Scott English – Brandy
      21. Dana – Who Put The Lights Out
    • CD 2
      1. Elton John – Levon
      2.  Jethro Tull – Life Is A Long Song
      3. Bob Dylan – Watching The River Flow
      4. Georgie Fame and Alan Price – Rosetta
      5. McGuinness Flint – Malt And Barley Blues
      6. C.C.S. – Walking
      7. Deep Purple – Fireball
      8. Atomic Rooster – Tomorrow Night
      9. Medicine Head – (And The) Pictures In The Sky
      10. East Of Eden – Jig-A-Jig
      11. Middle Of The Road – Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum
      12. Melanie – What Have They Done To My Song Ma
      13. Gerry Monroe – It’s A Sin To Tell A Lie
      14. Glen Campbell – Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
      15. Tony Orlando & Dawn – Candida
      16. Tony Christie – Las Vegas
      17. Perry Como – I Think Of You
      18. Frank Sinatra – I Will Drink The Wine
      19. Elvis Presley and The Imperials Quartet – There Goes My Everything
      20. Waldo de los Rios – Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Allegro Moderato
    • CD 3
      1. Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up
      2. Stevie Wonder – We Can Work It Out
      3. The Supremes – Nathan Jones
      4. Honey Cone – Want Ads
      5. The Osmonds – One Bad Apple
      6. Jackson 5 – Mama’s Pearl
      7. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – I Don’t Blame You At All
      8. Chairmen Of The Board – Everything’s Tuesday
      9. Frankie Valli – You’re Ready Now
      10. The Elgins – Put Yourself In My Place
      11. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Forget Me Not
      12. The Velvelettes – These Things Will Keep Me Loving You
      13. Diana Ross – Surrender
      14. Marvin Gaye – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
      15. Dave & Ansel Collins – Monkey Spanner
      16. Greyhound – Black And White
      17. The Pioneers – Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
      18. Mungo Jerry – Lady Rose
      19. Cat Stevens – Peace Train
      20. Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney – The Back Seat Of My Car

ENDS TODAY: Dire Straits / On Every Street SDE blu-ray pre-order

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The pre-order window for the SDE exclusive blu-ray of Dire Straits’ 1991 album On Every Street closes today.

The album features the singles ‘Calling Elvis’, ‘Heavy Fuel’, ‘On Every Street’ and ‘The Bug’. ‘You and Your Friend’ and ‘Ticket to Heaven’ were also issued in some regions. On Every Street was No 1 in the UK and across many countries in Europe.

The SDE exclusive blu-ray audio features a brand new Dolby Atmos Mix by Dire Straits band member and longtime Mark Knopfler associate Guy Fletcher and a 2026 stereo remaster by Miles Showell. Miles has confirmed that this is non-limited audio and is the same high quality source used for a forthcoming vinyl version of this album. The blu-ray also features an instrumental version of the album in Dolby Atmos, the first time the album has ever been available in instrumental form (it’s a wonderful listen).

Audio streams on the On Every Street SDE blu-ray

  • Dolby Atmos Mix (48/24)
  • 2026 Stereo Remaster – non-limited (48/24)
  • Dolby Atmos Instrumental Mix (48/24)

The On Every Street (Region-free) blu-ray audio is #72 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series and will be packaged similarly to previous editions (clear amaray case) and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase. At the artist’s request, there may be some availability of this blu-ray on the Mark Knopfler store (without the slipcase).

The pre-order window closes today and I should warn you that there is likely to be little-to-none availability of this title, come the release date on 16 October. You can secure your copy by pre-ordering via the SDE shop using this link or the buttons below.

Tracklisting

Dire Straits / On Every Street SDE exclusive blu-ray audio

On Every Street Dire Straits / SDE exclusive blu-ray

    • Dolby Atmos, Stereo, Dolby Atmos Instrumental Mix
      1. Calling Elvis 6:26
      2. On Every Street 5:04
      3. When It Comes to You 5:02
      4. Fade to Black 3:49
      5. The Bug 4:18
      6. You and Your Friend 5:59
      7. Heavy Fuel 4:57
      8. Iron Hand 3:09
      9. Ticket to Heaven 4:26
      10. My Parties 5:32
      11. Planet of New Orleans 7:47
      12. How Long 3:53

78 The Who / The Who By Numbers

77 Manic Street Preachers / The Holy Bible / The Holy Bible Live

76 Spandau Ballet / Gold: The Best Of

75 George Michael / The Faith Tour

74 Amy Winehouse / Back to Black

73 Tears For Fears / The Seeds Of Love

72 Dire Straits / On Every Street – still available

71 Roxy Music / For Your Pleasure – still available

70 The Family Silver / Electric Blend – still available

69 Suede / Coming Up

68 Simple Minds / Once Upon A Time

67 Tina Turner / Private Dancer

66 Producers / Made in Basing Street

65 Thin Lizzy (1971 debut)

64 Bryan Ferry / Taxi

63 Bryan Ferry / Bête Noire

62 Roxy Music / Flesh + Blood

61 Tori Amos / In Times Of Dragons

60 Heaven 17 / The Luxury Gap

59 Heaven 17 / Penthouse and Pavement

58 Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris / All The Roadrunning

57 The Who / Quadrophenia

56 George Michael / Faith

55 Bryan Ferry / Boys and Girls

54 Thin Lizzy / Nightlife

53 Fine Young Cannibals (FYC) / The Raw & The Cooked

52 Tears For Fears / Songs From The Big Chair

51 Propaganda / A Secret Wish

50 Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Welcome to the Pleasuredome

49 Elton John / Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

48 The Who / Who Are You

47 The Human League / Dare

46 Split Enz / ENZyclopedia Volumes 1 & 2

45 Mark Knopfler / Sailing to Philadelphia 

44 Matt Deighton / Today Become Forever

43 De La Soul / 3 Feet High and Rising 

42 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel / The Best Years of Our Lives

41 Mike Oldfield / Hergest Ridge

40 Claudi Brücken / Night Mirror

39 Elton & Brandi / Who Believes In Angels?

38 Dire Straits / Brothers in Arms

37 INXS / Listen Like Thieves

36 Roxy Music / Avalon

35 Envy of None / Stygian Waves

34 Bryan Ferry / Retrospective

33 Simple Minds / Sparkle in the Rain

32 Simple Minds / New Gold Dream

31 Elton John / Diamonds

30 The Who / Who’s Next

29 Thompson Twins / Into The Gap 

28 Tears For Fears / Songs For A Nervous Planet

27 Thin Lizzy / 1976

26 Bronski Beat / The Age of Consent

25 Tori Amos / Unrepentant Geraldines

24 Ultravox / Lament

23 Crowded House / Gravity Stairs

22 Luther Vandross / Never Too Much

21 Keane / Hopes and Fears

20 Wham! / Make It Big

19 Wham! / Fantastic

18 Mark Knopfler / One Deep River

17 Paul Young / No Parlez

16 Def Leppard / Diamond Star Halos

15 Soft Cell / Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

14 Trevor Horn / Echoes – Ancient and Modern

13a Duran Duran / Danse Macabre De Luxe

13 Duran Duran / Danse Macabre

12 ABC / The Lexicon of Love

11 Suede / Suede

10 Mike Oldfield / Tubular Bells

9 Tears For Fears / The Hurting

8 Bob Dylan / Time Out Of Mind (2022 Remix)

7 Ten Years After / A Space in Time

6.5 Various Artists / Concert For George

6. Orbital / Optical Delusion

5 Brian Eno / ForeverAndEverNoMore

4 Shakespears Sister / Hormonally Yours

3 Gilbert O’Sullivan / Driven

2 xPropaganda / The Heart is Strange

1 Tears For Fears / The Tipping Point

Iron Maiden / 50th Anniversary Studio Album Collection – Part One: 1980-1992

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Iron Maiden will release a 10LP coloured vinyl box set in December as part of their 50th anniversary celebrations.

50th Anniversary Studio Album Collection Part One: 1980-1992 features the band’s first nine studio albums in the following coloured vinyl configurations:

  • Iron Maiden – 1980 (Gold Vinyl)
  • Killers – 1981 (Red Vinyl)
  • The Number of the Beast – 1982 (Silver Vinyl)
  • Piece of Mind – 1983 (Yellow Vinyl)
  • Powerslave – 1984 (Gold Vinyl)
  • Somewhere in Time – 1986 (Oxblood Vinyl)
  • Seventh Son of a Seventh Son – 1988 (White Vinyl)
  • No Prayer for the Dying – 1990 (Olive Vinyl)
  • Fear of the Dark (2 LP) – 1992 (Blue + Yellow Vinyl)

Interestingly, this appears to be exclusive to Amazon and comes housed in a newly designed collector’s box, which includes an anniversary poster. The ‘Part One’ element suggests there’s more to come.

50th Anniversary Studio Album Collection Part One: 1980-1992 will be released on 11 December 2026.

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Out This Week / On 11 September 2026

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Jethro Tull / Aqualung and WarChild Blu-ray

Jethro Tull’s 1971 album Aqualung and 1974’s War Child are both being made available on blu-ray audio with brand new Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos Mixes.

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Quiet Sun / Mainstream

The first (and only) album by Quiet Sun who were Phil Manzanera (guitars), Bill MacCormick (bass), Dave Jarrett (keyboards) and Charles Hayward (drums). The 1975 album is featured here as a CD+blu-ray set including an Abbey Road remaster of the original 1975 mix, a new 2026 mix, demos, and Atmos and 5.1 mixes. The CD features the 2026 mix. Includes 60-page book.

Madness / Hit Parade: The 7″ Singles Collection

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Following last year’s CD and LP versions of Madness singles compilation Hit Parade, the Nutty Boys are now making it available as a limited edition seven-inch box set.

Hit Parade: The 7” Singles Collection 1979-1986 features 13 seven-inch singles from the period indicated, plus a couple of fan favourites that weren’t originally released as A sides (see tracklisting below). Each double A-side pressed on a unique transparent coloured vinyl single. These come in picture sleeves and are housed in a two-piece rigid box.

The 26-track collection features 15 Top 10 hit singles including ‘Our House’, ‘It Must Be Love’, ‘Baggy Trousers’, ‘One Step Beyond’, My Girl and ‘House Of Fun’. 

Hit Parade 7″ box features 13 coloured vinyl double A-side singles (click to enlarge)

The box set comes with a 16-page booklet containing sleeve notes with various band members and long-time producers Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, in conversation with renowned author and journalist Paul Sexton.

Hit Parade: The 7” Singles Collection 1979-1986 can be pre-ordered from the band’s official store and ships with an unsigned print (signed ones were available for a short time, but are now sold out).

Tracklisting

Hit Parade – The 7″ Singles Collection Madness /

      1. The Prince/One Step Beyond
      2. My Girl/Night Boat To Cairo
      3. Bed & Breakfast Man/Madness
      4. Baggy Trousers/Embarrassment
      5. The Return Of The Los Palmas 7/Grey Day
      6. Shut Up (Single Edit)/It Must Be Love
      7. Cardiac Arrest/House Of Fun
      8. Driving In My Car/Our House
      9. Tomorrow’s (Just Another Day)/Madness (Is All In The Mind)
      10. Wings Of A Dove/The Sun And The Rain
      11. Michael Caine/One Better Day
      12. Yesterday’s Men (Single Edit)/Uncle Sam (Single Edit)
      13. Sweetest Girl (Single Edit)/(Waiting For) The Ghost Train

Manic Street Preachers / The Holy Bible in Atmos on SDE blu-ray

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Quick pre-order •  The Who and Pet Shop Boys blu-rays also announced

Manic Street Preachers’ masterpiece, 1994’s The Holy Bible has been mixed in Dolby Atmos, 5.1, Stereo and Instrumental form by Steven Wilson for a new SDE exclusive blu-ray.

The SDE blu-ray actually leads with The Holy Bible Live, a new live album featuring 2014 performances recorded across the three nights played at the Roundhouse in London, in 2014. The Holy Bible Live features every track from the original album played live – no overdubs and mixed by Dave Eringa months after the performance.

What’s on the blu-ray:

  • The Holy Bible Live – Dave Eringa Stereo Mix (48/24)
  • The Holy Bible [1994 studio album] – Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos Mix* (48/24)
  • The Holy Bible [1994 studio album] – Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix* (96/24)
  • The Holy Bible [1994 studio album] – Steven Wilson Stereo Mix (96/24)
  • The Holy Bible [1994 studio album] – Steven Wilson Instrumental Mix* (96/24)

    *exclusive to the SDE blu-ray

This SDE Blu-ray will have a reversible sleeve with the cover to The Holy Bible studio album on the inside, so fans can switch it over if they please.

The Holy Bible Live is also being issued as a 2LP vinyl set, a CD+blu-ray and 2LP+2CD+blu-ray deluxe edition. Note: the blu-rays in those sets are not the same as the SDE blu-ray. They feature a concert film with a stereo soundtrack, namely Kieran Evans’ Be Pure, Be Vigilant, Behave, shot across every night of the 2014 tour (the band played shows in Glasgow and Manchester, as well as London) and cut to the audio recordings from the Roundhouse shows. The film has been previously been shown at festivals and one-off events around the country, this is the first time it has been available to the public.

the SDE blu-ray has a reversible sleeve – you choose which cover art to display (click to enlarge)

The CD+blu-ray has The Holy Bible Live on CD 1 and the film on the blu-ray. With the 2LP+2CD+blu-ray deluxe, the audio content is the same, except CD 2 features Steven Wilson’s Stereo Mix of The Holy Bible studio album. The album is pressed across three sides of vinyl with a ‘special etching’ on side 4.

The Holy Bible Live (Region-free) SDE exclusive blu-ray audio is #77 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series and will be packaged similarly to previous editions (clear amaray case) and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.

This is TIME LIMITED release; It available to pre-order for two weeks only, starting today. The pre-order window closes at midnight GMT on 16 September 2026. Availability after that point cannot be guaranteed.

The Holy Bible Live SDE blu-ray will be released on 23 October 2026 via Sony Music. Pre-order the blu-ray from the SDE shop using this link or the buttons below.

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Tracklisting

The Holy Bible Live Manic Street Preachers /

    • SDE Blu-ray
      THE HOLY BIBLE LIVE [Stereo Mix]
      1. Yes
      2. Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit’sworldwouldfallapart
      3. Of Walking Abortion
      4. She Is Suffering
      5. Archives of Pain
      6. Revol
      7. 4st 7lb
      8. Mausoleum
      9. Faster
      10. This Is Yesterday
      11. Die in the Summertime
      12. The Intense Humming of Evil
      13. P.C.P.
      THE HOLY BIBLE [1994 STUDIO ALBUM]
      Steven Wilson Atmos Mix, 5.1 Mix, Stereo Mix, Instrumental Mix
      1. Yes
      2. Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit’sworldwouldfallapart
      3. Of Walking Abortion
      4. She Is Suffering
      5. Archives of Pain
      6. Revol
      7. 4st 7lb
      8. Mausoleum
      9. Faster
      10. This Is Yesterday
      11. Die in the Summertime
      12. The Intense Humming of Evil
      13. P.C.P.

78 The Who / The Who By Numbers

77 Manic Street Preachers / The Holy Bible / The Holy Bible Live

76 Spandau Ballet / Gold: The Best Of

75 George Michael / The Faith Tour

74 Amy Winehouse / Back to Black

73 Tears For Fears / The Seeds Of Love

72 Dire Straits / On Every Street – still available

71 Roxy Music / For Your Pleasure – still available

70 The Family Silver / Electric Blend – still available

69 Suede / Coming Up

68 Simple Minds / Once Upon A Time

67 Tina Turner / Private Dancer

66 Producers / Made in Basing Street

65 Thin Lizzy (1971 debut)

64 Bryan Ferry / Taxi

63 Bryan Ferry / Bête Noire

62 Roxy Music / Flesh + Blood

61 Tori Amos / In Times Of Dragons

60 Heaven 17 / The Luxury Gap

59 Heaven 17 / Penthouse and Pavement

58 Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris / All The Roadrunning

57 The Who / Quadrophenia

56 George Michael / Faith

55 Bryan Ferry / Boys and Girls

54 Thin Lizzy / Nightlife

53 Fine Young Cannibals (FYC) / The Raw & The Cooked

52 Tears For Fears / Songs From The Big Chair

51 Propaganda / A Secret Wish

50 Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Welcome to the Pleasuredome

49 Elton John / Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

48 The Who / Who Are You

47 The Human League / Dare

46 Split Enz / ENZyclopedia Volumes 1 & 2

45 Mark Knopfler / Sailing to Philadelphia 

44 Matt Deighton / Today Become Forever

43 De La Soul / 3 Feet High and Rising 

42 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel / The Best Years of Our Lives

41 Mike Oldfield / Hergest Ridge

40 Claudi Brücken / Night Mirror

39 Elton & Brandi / Who Believes In Angels?

38 Dire Straits / Brothers in Arms

37 INXS / Listen Like Thieves

36 Roxy Music / Avalon

35 Envy of None / Stygian Waves

34 Bryan Ferry / Retrospective

33 Simple Minds / Sparkle in the Rain

32 Simple Minds / New Gold Dream

31 Elton John / Diamonds

30 The Who / Who’s Next

29 Thompson Twins / Into The Gap 

28 Tears For Fears / Songs For A Nervous Planet

27 Thin Lizzy / 1976

26 Bronski Beat / The Age of Consent

25 Tori Amos / Unrepentant Geraldines

24 Ultravox / Lament

23 Crowded House / Gravity Stairs

22 Luther Vandross / Never Too Much

21 Keane / Hopes and Fears

20 Wham! / Make It Big

19 Wham! / Fantastic

18 Mark Knopfler / One Deep River

17 Paul Young / No Parlez

16 Def Leppard / Diamond Star Halos

15 Soft Cell / Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

14 Trevor Horn / Echoes – Ancient and Modern

13a Duran Duran / Danse Macabre De Luxe

13 Duran Duran / Danse Macabre

12 ABC / The Lexicon of Love

11 Suede / Suede

10 Mike Oldfield / Tubular Bells

9 Tears For Fears / The Hurting

8 Bob Dylan / Time Out Of Mind (2022 Remix)

7 Ten Years After / A Space in Time

6.5 Various Artists / Concert For George

6. Orbital / Optical Delusion

5 Brian Eno / ForeverAndEverNoMore

4 Shakespears Sister / Hormonally Yours

3 Gilbert O’Sullivan / Driven

2 xPropaganda / The Heart is Strange

1 Tears For Fears / The Tipping Point

The Who / Who By Numbers reissue

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The Who By Numbers, The Who’s seventh studio album, will be released as an SDE exclusive blu-ray audio next month, alongside box set and vinyl editions.

Released in October 1975, the album features nine Townshend Originals, including the hits ‘Squeeze Box’ and ‘Slip Kid’. ‘Success Story’ was written by John ‘The Ox’ Entwistle.

The Who By Numbers SDE blu-ray is the final Who album from the 1970s to be released as an SDE blu-ray, after Quadrophenia, Who’s Next and Who Are You.

The audio streams of Who By Numbers on the SDE blu-ray are as follows:

  • Who By Numbers Pete Townshend Dolby Atmos mix (48/24)
  • Who By Numbers Pete Townshend 5.1 Mix (48/24)
  • Who By Numbers Original Stereo Mix (96/24)
  • VIDEO: Live at Metropolitan Stadium, 6 Dec 1975 (103 mins)
The Who By Numbers is the fourth SDE blu-ray of a Who studio album from the 1970s

This blu-ray includes something really quite special: 1 hr and 43 minutes of VIDEO FOOTAGE of The Who playing live at Metropolitan Stadium, Pontiac, Michigan on 6 December 1975.

This was a significant show. The Who set a (then) record for the largest ever indoor rock concert attendance when 76,898 people packed into Metropolitan Stadium in Pontiac, also known as ‘The Silverdome’. Due to the venue’s size, a large closed circuit video screen was installed and four cameras were used to convey instant visuals to the back projection. The images were recorded onto 2″ videotape with the sound captured in mono via a direct line feed from the PA.In 1977 the film was partly used in The Kids Are Alright movie but some 50 years on the entire show has been exhumed from The Who’s Archives and professionally cleaned up, with the audio remastered (it remains in mono). It stands as one of the few complete visual records of this tour – The Who’s last with Keith Moon.

Other formats available including a 5CD+blu-ray super deluxe box set with a 100-page hardback book featuring extensive sleeve notes, rare photographs, memorabilia and archive material from the period. The content of the blu-ray in this box is the same is what’s on the SDE blu-ray. There’s also a 2CD set which the second disc offering ‘highlights’ from the extra content in the big box. A 3LP edition pairs remastered audio on LP 1 with Live at Vetch Field, Swansea 12 June 1976 (LPs 2 & 3). There’s also a single black vinyl half-speed mastered version.

5CD+blu-ray box set

The Who By Numbers (Region-free) blu-ray audio is #78 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series and it will be packaged similarly to previous editions and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.

This is a TIME LIMITED release. It available to pre-order for two weeks only. The pre-order window closes on 18 September 2026. Availability after that point cannot be guaranteed. Pre-order it from the SDE shop using this link or the buttons below.

The Who By Numbers will be released on 30 October 2026 via UMR.

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The Who By Numbers The Who / SDE exclusive blu-ray

    • Pete Townshend Atmos Mix
      Pete Townshend 5.1 Mix
      2026 Stereo Remaster
      Video: Live At Metropolitan Stadium, Pontiac, Michigan, 06 December 1975
      1. Slip Kid
      2. However Much I Booze
      3. Squeeze Box
      4. Behind Blue Eyes
      5. Dreaming From The Waist
      6. Boris The Spider
      7. Magic Bus
      8. Amazing Journey / Sparks
      9. The Acid Queen
      10. Fiddle About
      11. Pinball Wizard
      12. I’m Free
      13. Tommy’s Holiday Camp
      14. We’re Not Gonna Take It / See Me, Feel Me
      15. Summertime Blues
      16. My Generation/Join Together/Road Runner/My Generation Blues
      17. Won’t Get Fooled Again

Tracklisting

The Who By Numbers The Who / 5CD+Blu-ray super deluxe

    • CD 1: THE ORIGINAL 1975 ALBUM REMASTERED
      1. Slip Kid
      2. However Much I Booze
      3. Squeeze Box
      4. Dreaming From The Waist
      5. Imagine A Man
      6. Success Story
      7. They Are All In Love
      8. Blue, Red And Grey
      9. How Many Friends
      10. In A Hand Or A Face
    • CD 2: PETE TOWNSHEND DEMOS
      1. Keep Me Turning (Version 1)
      2. Slip Kid (Version 1)
      3. Squeeze Box
      4. Blue, Red and Grey
      5. Dreaming From The Waist
      6. How Many Friends
      7. Keep Me Turning (Version 2)
      8. Imagine A Man
      9. Slip Kid (Version 2)
      10. Round And Round (working title for In a Hand or a Face)
      11. There Ain’t No Way Out (working title for However Much I Booze)
    • CD 3: TRACKING SESSIONS: RAMPORT & SHEPPERTON STUDIOS
      1. Ramport Jam (Excerpt)
      2. She Loves Everyone (Tracking Session)
      3. Control Myself (Dreaming From The Waist Tracking Session)
      4. There Ain’t No Way Out (However Much I Booze Tracking Session)
      5. Goin’ To Frisco – Round And Round (In a Hand Or A Face Tracking Session)
      6. Hi-Heel Sneakers Jam with Nicky Hopkins (Studio Outtake)
      7. Pete And Keith “The Artiste” (Studio Dialogue)
      8. Success Story (Tracking Session)
      9. How Many Friends (Tracking Session)
      10. Imagine A Man (Tracking Session)
      11. They Are All in Love (Tracking Session)
      12. She Loves Everyone (Retake With Nicky Hopkins)
      13. Squeeze Box (Tracking Session)
      14. Instrumental 1 (Tracking Session)
      15. I’m Dreaming (Dreaming From The Waist Retake)
      16. Every Minute (Blue Red and Grey Tracking Session)
      17. Instrumental 2 (Rough Mix Tracking Session)
      18. The Who By Numbers US Radio Spot #1 (Radio Commercial)
    • CD 4: EARLY MIXES & GUIDE VOCALS
      1. Slip Kid – Alternate Roger Vocal (Early Mix Without Overdubs)
      2. However Much I Booze – Alternate Pete Vocal (Early Mix)
      3. Squeeze Box – Alternate Roger Vocal
      4. Dreaming From The Waist – Pete Vocal (Early Mix)
      5. Imagine A Man – Pete Vocal (Early Mix)
      6. Success Story – John Vocal (Early Mix)
      7. They Are All in Love – Alternate Pete Vocal (Early Mix)
      8. Blue, Red and Grey (Unedited Version)
      9. How Many Friends – Pete Vocal (Early Mix)
      10. In A Hand Or A Face (Early Mix)
      11. They Are All In Love Alternate Roger Vocal (Early Mix)
      12. Squeeze Box (Acoustic Stripped Mix, 2026)
      13. Imagine A Man (Acoustic Stripped Mix, 2026)
      14. They Are All In Love (Acoustic Stripped Mix, 2026)
      15. How Many Friends (Acoustic Stripped Mix, 2026)
      16. The Who By Numbers US Radio Spot #2 (Radio Commercial)
      17. Keith Moon And John Entwistle Preview (The Who by Numbers With John Peel, BBC 1975)
      18. However Much I Booze (Live At The Summit, Houston, USA, 20 November 1975)
      19. Slip Kid (Live At Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA, 11 March 1976)
    • CD 5: LIVE AT VETCH FIELD, SWANSEA, WALES, 12 JUNE 1976
      1. My Wife
      2. Baba O’Riley
      3. Squeeze Box
      4. Behind Blue Eyes
      5. Dreaming From The Waist
      6. Amazing Journey
      7. Sparks
      8. The Acid Queen
      9. Fiddle About
      10. Pinball Wizard
      11. I’m Free
      12. Tommy’s Holiday Camp
      13. We’re Not Gonna Take It / See Me, Feel Me
      14. Summertime Blues
      15. My Generation/Join Together/My Generation Blues
      16. Won’t Get Fooled Again
    • Blu-ray
      Pete Townshend Atmos Mix
      Pete Townshend 5.1 Mix
      2026 Stereo Remaster
      Video: Live At Metropolitan Stadium, Pontiac, Michigan, 06 December 1975
      1. Slip Kid
      2. However Much I Booze
      3. Squeeze Box
      4. Behind Blue Eyes
      5. Dreaming From The Waist
      6. Boris The Spider
      7. Magic Bus
      8. Amazing Journey / Sparks
      9. The Acid Queen
      10. Fiddle About
      11. Pinball Wizard
      12. I’m Free
      13. Tommy’s Holiday Camp
      14. We’re Not Gonna Take It / See Me, Feel Me
      15. Summertime Blues
      16. My Generation/Join Together/Road Runner/My Generation Blues
      17. Won’t Get Fooled Again

Tracklisting

The Who By Numbers The Who / 2CD deluxe

    • CD 1: THE ORIGINAL 1975 ALBUM REMASTERED
      1. Slip Kid
      2. However Much I Booze
      3. Squeeze Box
      4. Dreaming From The Waist
      5. Imagine A Man
      6. Success Story
      7. They Are All In Love
      8. Blue, Red And Grey
      9. How Many Friends
      10. In A Hand Or A Face
    • CD 2
      1. Slip Kid (Demo)
      2. However Much I Booze – Alternate Pete Vocal (Early Mix)
      3. Squeeze Box (Acoustic Stripped Mix, 2026)
      4. Control Myself (Dreaming From The Waist Tracking Session)
      5. Imagine A Man – Pete Vocal (Early Mix)
      6. Success Story – John Vocal (Early Mix)
      7. They Are All In Love Alternate Roger Vocal (Early Mix)
      8. Blue, Red and Grey (Unedited Version)
      9. How Many Friends (Acoustic Stripped Mix, 2026)
      10. Round And Round (working title for In a Hand or a Face) – Demo
      11. Squeeze Box (Live At Vetch Field, Swansea, 12 June 1976)
      12. Dreaming From The Waist (Live At Vetch Field, Swansea, 12 June 1976)

78 The Who / The Who By Numbers

77 Manic Street Preachers / The Holy Bible / The Holy Bible Live

76 Spandau Ballet / Gold: The Best Of

75 George Michael / The Faith Tour

74 Amy Winehouse / Back to Black

73 Tears For Fears / The Seeds Of Love

72 Dire Straits / On Every Street – still available

71 Roxy Music / For Your Pleasure – still available

70 The Family Silver / Electric Blend – still available

69 Suede / Coming Up

68 Simple Minds / Once Upon A Time

67 Tina Turner / Private Dancer

66 Producers / Made in Basing Street

65 Thin Lizzy (1971 debut)

64 Bryan Ferry / Taxi

63 Bryan Ferry / Bête Noire

62 Roxy Music / Flesh + Blood

61 Tori Amos / In Times Of Dragons

60 Heaven 17 / The Luxury Gap

59 Heaven 17 / Penthouse and Pavement

58 Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris / All The Roadrunning

57 The Who / Quadrophenia

56 George Michael / Faith

55 Bryan Ferry / Boys and Girls

54 Thin Lizzy / Nightlife

53 Fine Young Cannibals (FYC) / The Raw & The Cooked

52 Tears For Fears / Songs From The Big Chair

51 Propaganda / A Secret Wish

50 Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Welcome to the Pleasuredome

49 Elton John / Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

48 The Who / Who Are You

47 The Human League / Dare

46 Split Enz / ENZyclopedia Volumes 1 & 2

45 Mark Knopfler / Sailing to Philadelphia 

44 Matt Deighton / Today Become Forever

43 De La Soul / 3 Feet High and Rising 

42 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel / The Best Years of Our Lives

41 Mike Oldfield / Hergest Ridge

40 Claudi Brücken / Night Mirror

39 Elton & Brandi / Who Believes In Angels?

38 Dire Straits / Brothers in Arms

37 INXS / Listen Like Thieves

36 Roxy Music / Avalon

35 Envy of None / Stygian Waves

34 Bryan Ferry / Retrospective

33 Simple Minds / Sparkle in the Rain

32 Simple Minds / New Gold Dream

31 Elton John / Diamonds

30 The Who / Who’s Next

29 Thompson Twins / Into The Gap 

28 Tears For Fears / Songs For A Nervous Planet

27 Thin Lizzy / 1976

26 Bronski Beat / The Age of Consent

25 Tori Amos / Unrepentant Geraldines

24 Ultravox / Lament

23 Crowded House / Gravity Stairs

22 Luther Vandross / Never Too Much

21 Keane / Hopes and Fears

20 Wham! / Make It Big

19 Wham! / Fantastic

18 Mark Knopfler / One Deep River

17 Paul Young / No Parlez

16 Def Leppard / Diamond Star Halos

15 Soft Cell / Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

14 Trevor Horn / Echoes – Ancient and Modern

13a Duran Duran / Danse Macabre De Luxe

13 Duran Duran / Danse Macabre

12 ABC / The Lexicon of Love

11 Suede / Suede

10 Mike Oldfield / Tubular Bells

9 Tears For Fears / The Hurting

8 Bob Dylan / Time Out Of Mind (2022 Remix)

7 Ten Years After / A Space in Time

6.5 Various Artists / Concert For George

6. Orbital / Optical Delusion

5 Brian Eno / ForeverAndEverNoMore

4 Shakespears Sister / Hormonally Yours

3 Gilbert O’Sullivan / Driven

2 xPropaganda / The Heart is Strange

1 Tears For Fears / The Tipping Point

Pet Shop Boys / A Man From The Future

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Quick pre-order • Manics and The Who blu-rays also announced today

A man from the future is an audio/musical biography of computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing written by Pet Shop Boys with Turing biographer Professor Andrew Hodges.

Originally performed as part of the BBC Proms in July 2014 at the Royal Albert Hall, with the BBC Concert Orchestra, the BBC Singers and narration from actor Juliet Stevenson. It has been revised and rearranged in this new production by Pet Shop Boys and Sven Helbig.

Pet Shop Boys recorded the album in the last year in the UK and Germany. The album features the Manchester Camerata Octet, the Manchester Grammar School Choir and narration from Juliet Stevenson. String and vocal arrangements are by Sven Helbig.

It will be released on vinyl, as a 2CD set and on blu-ray audio. SDE has an exclusive version of the blu-ray which comes with a special slipcase (shared with the PSB’s store).

There are three versions of A man from the future:

  1. Full version, with Neil singing and Juliet Stevenson’s narration
  2. An instrumental version (i.e. no singing or narration)
  3. A version without the narration (includes the singing)

The vinyl edition has #1, the 2CD edition has 1 and 2 but only the blu-ray has 1,2 & 3 in Dolby Atmos and 96/24 hi-res stereo.

I have heard this new recording and it’s a really beautiful piece, fusing orchestration, analog-sounding synths, Neil Tennant’s distinctive vocals and Juliet’s narration.

A man from the future will be released on 9 October 2026, via Parlophone. Pre-order from the SDE shop using this link or the buttons below.

Tracklisting

A Man From The Future Pet Shop Boys /

    • Atmos and 96/24 Stereo
      Full version • Instrumentals • No Narration
      1. Natural wonders every child should know
      2. He dreamed of machines
      3. The Enigma
      4. Other ranks
      5. The memory and the control
      6. The trial
      7. Only in his death
      8. A man from the future

Simple Minds / Sacrosanct

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Simple Minds will release a brand new studio album, Sacrosanct, in January next year.

The 8-track album is an apparent retreat to the band’s art rock/new wave roots, but you can decide for yourself by listening to ‘Beginner Boys’ the first song which has been made available today.


Other tracks include opener ‘Elysium’, ‘King Of The Underworld’, and ‘Our Secrets Are The Same’ which “directly explores the lifelong bond between Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill”

We called the album Sacrosanct because after a lifetime of doing this — nearly fifty years of writing songs together — it’s stopped feeling like a career and started feeling like something closer to faith. Calling the record Sacrosanct isn’t an exaggeration. It’s just honest.

Jim Kerr
Deluxe CD with 5 bonus tracks

A deluxe ‘mediabook’ CD edition includes five bonus tracks (and gives away future ‘singles’) and there’s neon green and black vinyl variants as well. As well as offering ticket pre-sale access (see tour info below), the official store offers exclusive silver marbled vinyl and signed bundles.

Simple Minds have also announced the UK leg of their V Tour (dates in May next year) which will include special guest Gary Numan. They will also headline BBC Radio 2 In The Park which takes place in City Park in Stirling in 10 days, on 13 September.

Sacrosanct will be released on 29 January 2027 via BMG.

Simple Minds Official Store highlights

Tracklisting

Simple Minds / Sacrosanct new studio album

Sacrosanct Simple Minds /

      1. Elysium
      2. King Of The Underworld
      3. Beginner Boys
      4. Jerusalem (State Of Mind)
      5. Our Secrets Are The Same
      6. Songs
      7. Alive In This Moment
      8. The Next Right Thing
      Bonus tracks (deluxe CD only)
      1. Seven
      2. Your Name In Lights
      3. Beginner Boys (Single Version)
      4. Jerusalem (State of Mind) (Single Version)
      5. Songs (Single Version)O

Phil Lynott / The Story Of My Life box set

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Phil Lynott is best known to most as the frontman of Irish rockers Thin Lizzy, but now, 40 years after his death, his solo work is being celebrated with an 8CD box set called The Story Of My Life.

The box set features both of Lynott’s solo albums – 1980’s Solo in Soho and 1982’s The Phil Lynott Album – alongside remixes, rare demos, alternate versions and archive recordings, many available officially for the first time.

The box set is also home to an unreleased album called Fatalistic Attitude. This was effectively an early version of The Phil Lynott Album. It was prepared for release in January 1982 but was considered “too dark” for release and reworked and released eight months later. Using Philip Lynott’s personal acetate copy of the original album (now a private collection) Fatalistic Attitude restores Philip’s intended running order, including two songs that were removed. Several tracks were also re-recorded or remixed, most notably ‘Ode to Liberty (The Protest Song)’, which features Scott Gorham on guitar; another point of difference.

This earlier version also includes an unreleased solo cut of ‘Hate’, originally recorded as a demo by Thin Lizzy in 1978, and ‘Somebody Else’s Dream’, which was later issued as the B-side to the single ‘Together’. Fatalistic Attitude is also being made available as a standalone vinyl LP.

The Story Of My Life is an 8CD Phil Lynott box set

The boxset also sees the first release of solo demos by Lynott as well as tracks recorded by his post-Thin Lizzy bands, Blackmail & Grand Slam, along with unreleased collaborations with Gary Moore, Junior Giscombe, Paul Brady, Huey Lewis and previously unheard rehearsals for Lynott’s 1982 solo tour.

The Story Of My Life has been compiled by Thin Lizzy archivist Nick Sharp and released with the full support of the Philip Lynott estate. It features an extensive booklet with new sleeve notes by Mark Blake, alongside the usual rare photographs and images of memorabilia.

The Story Of My Life and the Fatalistic Attitude vinyl LP are both released by UMR/Mercury on 30 October 2026.

Tracklisting

Phil Lynott / The Story Of My Life 8CD box set

The Story Of My Life Phil Lynott /

    • CD 1: Solo in Soho
      1. Dear Miss Lonely Hearts
      2. King’s Call
      3. A Child’s Lullaby
      4. Tattoo (Giving It All Up For Love)
      5. Solo In Soho
      6. Girls
      7. Yellow Pearl – First Version
      8. Ode To A Black Man
      9. Jamaican Rum
      10. Talk In ’79

       

    • CD 2: Fatalistic Attitude (Alternate Album)
      1. Somebody Else’s Dream – Fatalistic Attitude Version
      2. Little Bit Of Water – Fatalistic Attitude Version
      3. Gino – Fatalistic Attitude Version
      4. Don’t Talk About Me Baby – Fatalistic Attitude Version
      5. Hate – Fatalistic Attitude Version
      6. Fatalistic Attitude – Fatalistic Attitude Version
      7. The Man’s A Fool – Fatalistic Attitude Version
      8. Ode To Liberty (The Protest Song) – Fatalistic Attitude Version
      9. Cathleen – Fatalistic Attitude Version
      10. Growing Up – Fatalistic Attitude Version
      11. Old Town – Fatalistic Attitude Version

       

    • CD 3: The Phil Lynott Album
      1. Fatalistic Attitude
      2. The Man’s A Fool
      3. Old Town
      4. Cathleen
      5. Growing Up
      6. Together – Album Version
      7. Little Bit Of Water
      8. Ode To Liberty (The Protest Song)
      9. Gino
      10. Don’t Talk About Me Baby

       

    • CD 4: Non-Album Mixes, B-Sides & Official Rarities
      1. Yellow Pearl – 7″ Remix Edit
      2. Yellow Pearl – 12″ Remix
      3. Yellow Pearl – 7″ Remix 2
      4. Yellow Pearl – TOTP Theme
      5. Together – 7″ Remix Edit
      6. Together – 12″ Dance Mix
      7. Somebody Else’s Dream
      8. Beat Of The Drum
      9. The Lady Loves To Dance – 7″ Version
      10. The Lady Loves To Dance – 12″ Version
      11. Nineteen – 7″ Mix
      12. Nineteen – Extended Version
      13. Nineteen – Dub Mix
      14. Nineteen – Extended Dub Mix

       

    • CD 5: Non-Album Mixes, B-Sides & Official Rarities
      1. Parisienne Walkways
      2. Spanish Guitar
      3. Don’t Believe A Word
      4. Tennessee Stud
      5. Please Don’t Leave Me – Original Version
      6. A Tribute To Sandy Denny
      7. Out In The Fields
      8. Military Man
      9. Still In Love With You
      10. Stop Messin’ Around – Live From The Ulster Hall, Belfast, UK / 18th December 1984
      11. Parisienne Walkways – Live From The Ulster Hall, Belfast, UK / 18th December 1984
      12. Out In The Fields – Live From The Manchester Apollo, UK / 23rd September 1985

       

    • CD 6: Demos
      1. Reggae 2 – Demo
      2. Tattoo – Ruff Mix
      3. Ode To A Black Man – Diff Mix And Vocals
      4. Jamaican Rum – Rough Mix
      5. Something’s Going On – Demo
      6. Parisienne Walkways – Demo
      7. Bad Is Bad – Demo
      8. The Story Of My Life – Demo
      9. Catholic Charm – Monitor Mix
      10. Dirty Old Town – Monitor Mix
      11. Sweet Samantha – Demo
      12. The Man’s A Fool – Monitor Mix
      13. Don’t Talk About Me Baby – Monitor Mix
      14. For Always – Demo
      15. Mystery Aka I Hear You Call – With Vocal / Rough Mix

       

    • CD 7: Demos
      1. Together – Paul Brady Version
      2. Together – New Bass And Synths
      3. Beat Of The Drum – Extended
      4. Someone’s Out To Get Ya – Demo
      5. I’ve Heard Lately – Demo
      6. Blue Parris – Demo
      7. I Don’t Need This – Demo (Grand Slam)
      8. Crazy – Demo (Grand Slam)
      9. Hot And Spicy – Demo (Grand Slam)
      10. Dedication – Demo (Grand Slam)
      11. Harlem – Demo (Grand Slam)
      12. Can’t Get Away – Demo
      13. I’m Still Alive – Demo
      14. One Wish – Demo

       

    • CD 8: Solo Band Rehearsals 1982
      1. Yellow Pearl – Solo Band Rehearsals / 1982
      2. Together – Solo Band Rehearsals / 1982
      3. Kings Call – Solo Band Rehearsals / 1982
      4. The Man’s A Fool – Solo Band Rehearsals / 1982 / Version 1
      5. Dear Miss Lonely Hearts – Solo Band Rehearsals / 1982
      6. Tattoo – Solo Band Rehearsals / 1982
      7. Girls – Solo Band Rehearsals / 1982
      8. Solo In Soho – Solo Band Rehearsals / 1982
      9. Old Town – Solo Band Rehearsals / 1982
      10. Growing Up – Solo Band Rehearsals / 1982
      11. The Man’s A Fool – Solo Band Rehearsals / 1982 / Version 2
      12. Fatalistic Attitude – Solo Band Rehearsals / 1982

       

Tracklisting

Fatalistic Attitude Phil Lynott /

    • SIDE ONE
      1. Somebody Else’s Dream – Fatalistic Attitude Version
      2. Little Bit of Water – Fatalistic Attitude Version
      3. Gino – Fatalistic Attitude Version
      4. Don’t Talk About Me, Baby – Fatalistic Attitude Version
      5. Hate – Fatalistic Attitude Version
       SIDE TWO
      1. Fatalistic Attitude – Fatalistic Attitude Version
      2. The Man’s A Fool – Fatalistic Attitude Version
      3. Ode To Liberty (The Protest Song) – Fatalistic Attitude Version
      4. Cathleen – Fatalistic Attitude Version
      5. Growing Up – Fatalistic Attitude Version
      6. Old Town – Fatalistic Attitude Version

George Michael / The Faith Tour live album on SDE blu-ray

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Quick pre-order • Bundle with Gold: The Best Of Spandau Ballet SDE blu-ray

The Faith Tour is an 18-track live album of previously unreleased recordings from George Michael’s 1988 tour in support of his debut solo album Faith. It will be released on various formats including 3LP vinyl, 2CD, 2LP vinyl (shorter 16-track version) and on SDE exclusive blu-ray, in November.

This release captures George Michael at the height of his powers during the iconic 1988 Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy stop on his first solo concert tour and features solo hits from George, including ‘Careless Whisper‘, ‘A Different Corner‘ and all but two songs from the Faith album, alongside Wham! tracks (‘Everything She Wants‘, ‘I’m Your Man’) and some well chosen covers (‘Play That Funky Music’, ‘Lady Marmalade’).

This SDE exclusive (region-free) blu-ray audio hosts newly mixed audio by Wham! and George Michael engineer Chris Porter, in Dolby Atmos, 5.1 and Stereo:

  • The Faith Tour – Dolby Atmos Mix (48 kHz / 24 bit)
  • The Faith Tour – 5.1 Surround (48 kHz / 24 bit)
  • The Faith Tour – Stereo (48 kHz / 24 bit)

The blu-ray is the only version of this Faith Tour live album that offers a seamless uninterrupted listening experience of the full concert, unencumbered by vinyl side breaks or CD disc changes!

The Faith Tour is #75 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series and will be packaged similarly to previous editions (clear amaray case) and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase. For clarity, this is an AUDIO-ONLY product and contains no video footage. 

The SDE blu-ray audio is TIME LIMITED release; the pre-order window closes at midnight GMT on 16 September 2026. Availability after that point cannot be guaranteed. A bundle with Spandau Ballet’s Gold: The Best Of SDE exclusive blu-ray (announced today) is also available.

The Faith Tour is released on 6 November 2026 via Sony Music.

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Tracklisting

The Faith Tour George Michael / SDE exclusive blu-ray

    • Dolby Atmos • 5.1 Surround • Stereo
      1. Freedom Opening
      2. I Want Your Sex
      3. Hard Day
      4. Love’s In Need Of Love Today
      5. Everything She Wants
      6. Father Figure
      7. I’m Your Man
      8. A Different Corner
      9. Faith
      10. Monkey
      11. Hand To Mouth
      12. Play That Funky Music
      13. One More Try
      14. I Knew You Were Waiting (For
        Me)
      15. Careless Whisper
      16. Lady Marmalade
      17. I Want Your Sex Pts 1 and 2
      18. Freedom Finale

78 The Who / The Who By Numbers

77 Manic Street Preachers / The Holy Bible / The Holy Bible Live

76 Spandau Ballet / Gold: The Best Of

75 George Michael / The Faith Tour

74 Amy Winehouse / Back to Black

73 Tears For Fears / The Seeds Of Love

72 Dire Straits / On Every Street – still available

71 Roxy Music / For Your Pleasure – still available

70 The Family Silver / Electric Blend – still available

69 Suede / Coming Up

68 Simple Minds / Once Upon A Time

67 Tina Turner / Private Dancer

66 Producers / Made in Basing Street

65 Thin Lizzy (1971 debut)

64 Bryan Ferry / Taxi

63 Bryan Ferry / Bête Noire

62 Roxy Music / Flesh + Blood

61 Tori Amos / In Times Of Dragons

60 Heaven 17 / The Luxury Gap

59 Heaven 17 / Penthouse and Pavement

58 Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris / All The Roadrunning

57 The Who / Quadrophenia

56 George Michael / Faith

55 Bryan Ferry / Boys and Girls

54 Thin Lizzy / Nightlife

53 Fine Young Cannibals (FYC) / The Raw & The Cooked

52 Tears For Fears / Songs From The Big Chair

51 Propaganda / A Secret Wish

50 Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Welcome to the Pleasuredome

49 Elton John / Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

48 The Who / Who Are You

47 The Human League / Dare

46 Split Enz / ENZyclopedia Volumes 1 & 2

45 Mark Knopfler / Sailing to Philadelphia 

44 Matt Deighton / Today Become Forever

43 De La Soul / 3 Feet High and Rising 

42 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel / The Best Years of Our Lives

41 Mike Oldfield / Hergest Ridge

40 Claudi Brücken / Night Mirror

39 Elton & Brandi / Who Believes In Angels?

38 Dire Straits / Brothers in Arms

37 INXS / Listen Like Thieves

36 Roxy Music / Avalon

35 Envy of None / Stygian Waves

34 Bryan Ferry / Retrospective

33 Simple Minds / Sparkle in the Rain

32 Simple Minds / New Gold Dream

31 Elton John / Diamonds

30 The Who / Who’s Next

29 Thompson Twins / Into The Gap 

28 Tears For Fears / Songs For A Nervous Planet

27 Thin Lizzy / 1976

26 Bronski Beat / The Age of Consent

25 Tori Amos / Unrepentant Geraldines

24 Ultravox / Lament

23 Crowded House / Gravity Stairs

22 Luther Vandross / Never Too Much

21 Keane / Hopes and Fears

20 Wham! / Make It Big

19 Wham! / Fantastic

18 Mark Knopfler / One Deep River

17 Paul Young / No Parlez

16 Def Leppard / Diamond Star Halos

15 Soft Cell / Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

14 Trevor Horn / Echoes – Ancient and Modern

13a Duran Duran / Danse Macabre De Luxe

13 Duran Duran / Danse Macabre

12 ABC / The Lexicon of Love

11 Suede / Suede

10 Mike Oldfield / Tubular Bells

9 Tears For Fears / The Hurting

8 Bob Dylan / Time Out Of Mind (2022 Remix)

7 Ten Years After / A Space in Time

6.5 Various Artists / Concert For George

6. Orbital / Optical Delusion

5 Brian Eno / ForeverAndEverNoMore

4 Shakespears Sister / Hormonally Yours

3 Gilbert O’Sullivan / Driven

2 xPropaganda / The Heart is Strange

1 Tears For Fears / The Tipping Point

Spandau Ballet / Gold: The Best Of SDE exclusive blu-ray

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Quick pre-order • Bundle with George Michael’s The Faith Tour SDE blu-ray

Spandau Ballet’s classic compilation Gold: The Best Of Spandau Ballet will be issued as an SDE exclusive blu-ray, featuring Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos mixes of all the hits, in November!

This collection was first released in the year 2000 and spans the band’s career from 1980 to 1989. It features 17 top 40 hits singles, including ‘Gold’, ‘True’, ‘Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On)’, ‘Through The Barricades’, ‘To Cut A Long Story Short’ and many more.

Steven Wilson has mixed 19 songs in Atmos Dolby Atmos, 5.1 Surround and PCM Stereo, including an exclusive bonus track, ‘How Many Lies?’, the third single from 1986’s Through The Barricades. Additionally, PCM Stereo instrumental versions of all tracks are available for the first time. To complement the new mixes, the original stereo mix of Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet is also included on this blu-ray disc (18 tracks).

Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet audio streams on the blu-ray

  • Steven Wilson Atmos Mix (48 kHz / 24 bit)
  • Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix (96 kHz / 24 bit)
  • Steven Wilson Stereo Mix (96 kHz / 24 bit)
  • Steven Wilson Instrumental Stereo Mix (96 kHz / 24 bit)
  • Original Stereo Mix (48 kHz / 24 bit)

Additionally, the blu-ray also delivers 17 bonus tracks: classic and rare 12-inch mixes of hit singles from the 1980s (stereo-only, 48 kHz / 24 bit):

  1. To Cut A Long Story Short (Mix 1)
  2. The Freeze (Special Mix)
  3. Muscle bound (12” Version)
  4. Glow (12” Version)
  5. Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) (Extended Mix)
  6. Paint Me Down (Remix – aka box set version)
  7. Instinction (Remix – aka box set version)
  8. Lifeline (Dub Mix)
  9. Communication (Club Mix)
  10. Gold (Extended Version)
  11. Only When You Leave (Extended Mix)
  12. I’ll Fly For You (Glide Mix)
  13. Highly Strung (Extended Version)
  14. Fight For Ourselves (Extended Remix)
  15. Through The Barricades (Extended Version)
  16. Raw (Amnesia Mix)
  17. Be Free With Your Love (Extended Dance Mix)

Gold: The Best Of Spandau Ballet is a region-free blu-ray audio and is #76 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series. It will be packaged similarly to previous editions (clear amaray case) and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.

The SDE blu-ray audio is TIME LIMITED release; the pre-order window closes at midnight GMT on 15 September 2026. Availability after that point cannot be guaranteed. A bundle with George Michael’s The Faith Tour SDE blu-ray (announced today) is available.

Gold: The Best Of Spandau Ballet is released on 6 November 2026, via Parlophone.

Tracklisting

Gold: The Best Of Spandau Ballet Spandau Ballet / SDE exclusive blu-ray

    • All songs in Dolby Atmos (48 kHz / 24 bit), 5.1 Surround (96 kHz / 24 bit), PCM Stereo (96 kHz / 24 bit) and PCM Stereo Instrumental (96 kHz / 24 bit)
      1. Gold
      2. True
      3. Only When You Leave
      4. Lifeline
      5. Communication
      6. Instinction
      7. Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On)
      8. To Cut A Long Story Short
      9. The Freeze
      10. Muscle Bound
      11. Paint Me Down
      12. Raw
      13. Round and Round
      14. Highly Strung
      15. Fight For Ourselves
      16. I’ll Fly For You
      17. Be Free With Your Love
      18. How Many Lies?
      19. Through The Barricades
      Bonus tracks: Additional Stereo 12” Versions (all 48 kHz / 24 bit)
      1. To Cut A Long Story Short (Mix 1)
      2. The Freeze (Special Mix)
      3. Muscle bound (12” Version)
      4. Glow (12” Version)
      5. Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) (Extended Mix)
      6. Paint Me Down (Remix)
      7. Instinction (Remix)
      8. Lifeline (Dub Mix)
      9. Communication (Club Mix)
      10. Gold (Extended Version)
      11. Only When You Leave (Extended Mix)
      12. I’ll Fly For You (Glide Mix)
      13. Highly Strung (Extended Version)
      14. Fight For Ourselves (Extended Remix)
      15. Through The Barricades (Extended Version)
      16. Raw (Amnesia Mix)
      17. Be Free With Your Love (Extended Dance Mix)
      Original Mix: Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet. All songs 48 kHz / 24 bit
      1. Gold
      2. True
      3. Only When You Leave
      4. Lifeline
      5. Communication
      6. Instinction
      7. Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On)
      8. To Cut A Long Story Short
      9. The Freeze
      10. Muscle Bound
      11. Paint Me Down
      12. Raw
      13. Round and Round
      14. Highly Strung
      15. Fight For Ourselves
      16. I’ll Fly For You
      17. Be Free With Your Love
      18. Through The Barricades

75 George Michael / The Faith Tour

74 Amy Winehouse / Back to Black

73 Tears For Fears / The Seeds Of Love

72 Dire Straits / On Every Street – still available

71 Roxy Music / For Your Pleasure – still available

70 The Family Silver / Electric Blend – still available

69 Suede / Coming Up

68 Simple Minds / Once Upon A Time

67 Tina Turner / Private Dancer

66 Producers / Made in Basing Street

65 Thin Lizzy (1971 debut)

64 Bryan Ferry / Taxi

63 Bryan Ferry / Bête Noire

62 Roxy Music / Flesh + Blood

61 Tori Amos / In Times Of Dragons

60 Heaven 17 / The Luxury Gap

59 Heaven 17 / Penthouse and Pavement

58 Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris / All The Roadrunning

57 The Who / Quadrophenia

56 George Michael / Faith

55 Bryan Ferry / Boys and Girls

54 Thin Lizzy / Nightlife

53 Fine Young Cannibals (FYC) / The Raw & The Cooked

52 Tears For Fears / Songs From The Big Chair

51 Propaganda / A Secret Wish

50 Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Welcome to the Pleasuredome

49 Elton John / Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

48 The Who / Who Are You

47 The Human League / Dare

46 Split Enz / ENZyclopedia Volumes 1 & 2

45 Mark Knopfler / Sailing to Philadelphia 

44 Matt Deighton / Today Become Forever

43 De La Soul / 3 Feet High and Rising 

42 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel / The Best Years of Our Lives

41 Mike Oldfield / Hergest Ridge

40 Claudi Brücken / Night Mirror

39 Elton & Brandi / Who Believes In Angels?

38 Dire Straits / Brothers in Arms

37 INXS / Listen Like Thieves

36 Roxy Music / Avalon

35 Envy of None / Stygian Waves

34 Bryan Ferry / Retrospective

33 Simple Minds / Sparkle in the Rain

32 Simple Minds / New Gold Dream

31 Elton John / Diamonds

30 The Who / Who’s Next

29 Thompson Twins / Into The Gap 

28 Tears For Fears / Songs For A Nervous Planet

27 Thin Lizzy / 1976

26 Bronski Beat / The Age of Consent

25 Tori Amos / Unrepentant Geraldines

24 Ultravox / Lament

23 Crowded House / Gravity Stairs

22 Luther Vandross / Never Too Much

21 Keane / Hopes and Fears

20 Wham! / Make It Big

19 Wham! / Fantastic

18 Mark Knopfler / One Deep River

17 Paul Young / No Parlez

16 Def Leppard / Diamond Star Halos

15 Soft Cell / Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

14 Trevor Horn / Echoes – Ancient and Modern

13a Duran Duran / Danse Macabre De Luxe

13 Duran Duran / Danse Macabre

12 ABC / The Lexicon of Love

11 Suede / Suede

10 Mike Oldfield / Tubular Bells

9 Tears For Fears / The Hurting

8 Bob Dylan / Time Out Of Mind (2022 Remix)

7 Ten Years After / A Space in Time

6.5 Various Artists / Concert For George

6. Orbital / Optical Delusion

5 Brian Eno / ForeverAndEverNoMore

4 Shakespears Sister / Hormonally Yours

3 Gilbert O’Sullivan / Driven

2 xPropaganda / The Heart is Strange

1 Tears For Fears / The Tipping Point

Crowded House’s debut receives 2LP deluxe treatment

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

Crowded House’s 1986 self-titled debut album will be reissued as an expanded 2LP vinyl set, later this month, to mark the album’s 40th anniversary.

This comes courtesy of Capitol Records’ Capitol Records Club which has curated a 2LP coloured vinyl package (“on ember red and raincloud gray vinyl”) which includes a bonus LP of rarities and a 22″ x 33″ poster.

The album features the timeless US No 2 hit ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over‘ along with the classic singles ‘Mean to Me’, ‘World Where You Live’, ‘Now We’re Getting Somewhere’ and ‘Something So Strong’.

The reissue uses the original 10-track version of the album, as released in Australia and New Zealand with ‘I Walk Away’ one of the bonus tracks on LP 2. There is no word on mastering and if you recall Neil Finn didn’t want the albums remastered for CD, back in 2016.

The bonus LP is very interesting, since it includes six or seven tracks from those now decade old CD reissues which receive their vinyl debut here. The extended mixes of ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’ and ‘Mean To Me also feature’, which is something of a surprise since friend-of-Crowded House Jeremy Ansell told this writer in 2016 that Neil “didn’t like” these extended mixes, which is why they were not included on the 2CD set of Crowded House in 2016.

This rather splendid looking set is limited to 2,000 copies, and is only available via Capitol Records web shop in the USA. It will be released on 25 September 2026, via Capitol Records.

Tracklisting

Crowded House Crowded House / 40th anniversary edition

    • LP 1
      Side A
      1. Mean to Me
      2. World Where You Live
      3. Now We’re Getting Somewhere
      4. Don’t Dream It’s Over
      5. Love You ’Til the Day I Die
      Side B
      1. Something So Strong
      2. Hole in the River
      3. Can’t Carry On
      4. Tombstone
      5. That’s What I Call Love
    • LP 2
      Side C
      1. I Walk Away
      2. Recurring Dream (Original Version)
      3. World Where You Live (Extended Version)
      4. Don’t Dream It’s Over (Extended Version)
      Side D
      1. Something So Strong (Home Demo)
      2. Does Anyone Here Understand My Girlfriend (Studio Demo)
      3. Oblivion (Studio Demo)
      4. Hole in the River (Studio Demo)
      5. World Where You Live (Writing Demo)