1974-1977 is a forthcoming T. Rex deluxe set that rounds up the final three T. Rex studio albums along with late period singles and includes unreleased tracks and Songs From Marc (the 1977 Granada TV show).
The first three discs are the albums Bolan’s Zip Gun (1975), Futuristic Dragon (1976) and Dandy in the Underworld (1977), with the last two appending bonus tracks.
CDs 4 and 5 offers unreleased versions, newly mastered and curated from a stash of tapes unearthed at the end of 2024. These recordings were made all over the world from London to the USA, to Germany and France and back to Manchester.
Songs From Marc, recorded for the 1977 Granada TV show (already released on vinyl for RSD) complete’s the fifth disc.
1974-1977 comes in seven-inch packaging with a 24-page booklet with mastering by Phil Kinrade. The collection was put together by T. Rex expert (T. Rexpert, if you will) Martin Barden. There’s also a 2LP version which focuses on the rare unreleased stuff!
T. Rex’s 1974-1977 will be released on 25 September 2026, via Demon Music.
The Everything But The Girl reissue campaign continues with 2CD deluxe editions of Walking Wounded and Temperamental just announced.
Originally released in 1996, Walking Wounded peaked at No 4 on the UK Album Chart and includes two Top 10 hits, the title track and ‘Wrong’.
The 2CD deluxe sees the album mastered at Abbey Road Studios by Miles Showell, with a tracklisting that follows the out-of-print Edsel 2015 deluxe edition with album and bonus tracks on CD 1, plus remixes and demos on CD 2. It’s actually not identical because for, some reason, the new reissue loses the Dilinja Remix of ‘Before Today’ (29 tracks in total versus 30 on the Edsel).
Temperamental was issued in 1999 and was Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt’s ninth studio album. The album’s biggest hit in the UK was ‘Five Fathoms’ which peaked at No 27.
This time the 2CD deluxe has an identical tracklisting to the 2015 version, with three bonus tracks appended to the album on CD 1 and 10 remixes on CD 2, giving a total of 23 tracks.
Walking Wounded and Temperamental will be reissued on 14 August 2026 via Chryalis.
Timeless is a forthcoming Prince compilation of “rare and unreleased” studio recordings.
The 10-track collection features tracks from Prince’s Vault and spans the entirety of Prince’s career from 1977 to 2016.
Songs on what appears to be a chronological compilation include ‘I Am You’, a home recording from 1978 which was performed live twice in early 1979 and never played again, ‘Tick, Tick, Bang’ an unreleased recording from 1981 which was later re-recorded for the Graffiti Bridge album. ‘Heaven’ a song committed to tape in 1985 and never issued and ‘I Wonder’ which was recorded four years later in 1989 and is also unreleased.
Timeless includes Prince’s 1995 recording of ‘Stone’ – at one point slated for Emancipation – and ‘The Guilty Ones’ which is a much more recent unreleased track from 2007. This set also features ‘With This Tear’, the November 1991 recording that was made available digitally on the 10th anniversary of Prince’s death, last month and a live version of 1999 B-side ‘How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore’.
The audio has been mastered (and presumably, in many cases, mixed) by Chris James, the engineer who has been responsible for the various Prince Atmos Mixes that have been made available in recent years. James has clearly earned the role of ‘trusted technician’ when it comes to mix/mastering projects related to Prince (SDE spoke to Chris last year about his Purple Rain Atmos Mix).
Timeless will be released on CD and vinyl on 28 August 2026 via Sony.
Henley’s 1989 album, with its hit title track, is remastered and reissued across two 180g vinyl LPs, in a gatefold package. This is just the album – no bonus tracks.
The Feeling’s 2006 debut album was given a comprehensive reissue in 2018 (check out the SDEtv unboxing if you want to be reminded of the formats). However this year is the 20th anniversary and so a ‘celebratory’ tour is happening in November and this new 2LP set offers bonus tracks on Side D (new to vinyl) along with a new 2026 mix of the “band favourite” ‘Still Want You More’. No CD version this time around, probably because the original 3CD+DVD edition from 2018 is easy to pick up and in fact is very cheap on Amazon in the UK.
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Black Box Recorder / England Made Me (vinyl reissue)
The CD was out last week, but Black Box Recorder’sEngland Made Me vinyl reissue was delayed seven days until this week. If you want to learn more about this record read Alexis Petridis’ SDE review from 2018.
David Bowie / Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture (2LP vinyl)
The 2023 50th anniversary reissue of the ‘soundtrack’ to David Bowie’s 1973 Hammersmith Odeon show was originally pressed on gold coloured vinyl but now Parlophone are issuing this 2LP black vinyl version which supersedes it.
Tina Turner’s classic album Private Dancer was released on this day in 1984, so it is fitting that SDE is today announcing an exclusive blu-ray audio of this record that features a new Dolby Atmos Mix alongside a generous selection of additional content.
Private Dancer was Tina’s fifth solo studio album but marked her triumphant comeback in the 1980s. It includes the hit singles ‘Let’s Stay Together’, ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It’, ‘Better Be Good To Me’, ‘Private Dancer’ and ‘Show Some Respect’ and peaked at No 2 in the UK Albums Chart and No 3 on the Billboard 200.
Such is its significance, in 2020 Private Dancer was selected by the Library of Congress in the US for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
Despite being reissued on CD at least three times – and twice in the last decade – Private Dancer has never been mixed in 5.1 Surround Sound or in Dolby Atmos – but that is no longer the case, thanks to SDE.
Stephen W Tayler is legendary engineer and mixer (he mixed Kate Bush’s last two studio albums) as well as being a master when it comes to immersive/surround mixing (he was responsible for the much acclaimed 5.1 mixes of Howard Jones’ first two albums) and has mixed Private Dancer in Dolby Atmos, 5.1 Surround and in Stereo for this new SDE blu-ray. Even better, Stephen was in the studio with Tina during the recording of this album back in 1984, working alongside Rupert Hine as engineer on two tracks: ‘I Might Have Been Queen’ and ‘Better Be Good To Me’ so he has an emotional connection to this album.
In addition to these mixes, Stephen W Tayler has delivered instrumental versions of the whole album in Atmos, 5.1 and stereo. These new 2026 mixes sit alongside the 2015 remaster of the original 1984 mix.
The audio streams of Private Dancer on the SDE-exclusive blu-ray are as follows:
The content doesn’t stop there. This blu-ray also includes 25 stereo-only bonus tracks including B-sides, 12-inch mixes, single edits, and non-album singles including three versions of ‘We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)’ and the ‘lost’ track ‘Hot For You Baby’. See tracklisting below for the full list.
And there’s more: This SDE exclusive blu-ray of Private Dancer features seven promo videos, including two (‘Let’s Stay Together’ and ‘Private Dancer’) restored from the original 35mm print.
The Private Dancer (Region-free) blu-ray audio is #67 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 12 June 2026. Availability after that point cannot be guaranteed.
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The Private Dancer SDE exclusive blu-ray will be released on 25 September 2026 by SDE Records.
Tracklisting
Private DancerTina Turner/SDE exclusive blu-ray
Main album
In the following audio streams: 2026 Atmos, 2026 5.1, 2026 Stereo, 2026 Instrumental Atmos, 2026 Instrumental 5.1, 2026 Instrumental Stereo, 1984 Stereo Mix (2015 Remaster)
I Might Have Been Queen
What’s Love Got To Do With It
Show Some Respect
I Can’t Stand The Rain
Private Dancer
Let’s Stay Together
Better Be Good To Me
Steel Claw
Help
1984
Stereo only bonus tracks
I Wrote A Letter
Rock ‘n’ Roll Widow
Don’t Rush the Good Things
When I Was Young
Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
Let’s Stay Together (single edit)
Help (single edit)
Better Be Good To Me (single edit)
Private Dancer (single edit)
What’s Love Got to Do With It (extended version)
Better Be Good To Me (extended version)
I Can’t Stand the Rain (extended version)
Show Some Respect (extended version)
Hot For You Baby
Let’s Stay Together (Alternative Radio Mix, 1983)
Let’s Stay Together (TV Instrumental)
What’s Love Got to Do With It (Dub Mix)
Private Dancer (Sterling Version)
Total Control
We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) (Single Edit)
One of the Living (Single Remix)
We Don’t Need Another Hero (Extended Mix)
One of the Living (Special Club Mix)
We Don’t Need Another Hero (Dub Version)
One of the Living (Dub version)
Promo Videos
Let’s Stay Together (Restored from original 16mm film)
Help
What’s Love Got to Do With It (Colour version)
What’s Love Got to Do With It (B/W version)
Better Be Good to Me
Private Dancer (Full-length version) (Restored from original 35mm film)
Private Dancer (Restored from original 35mm film)
Show Some Respect
66 The Producers / Made in Basing Street
65 Thin Lizzy / Thin Lizzy
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
In his poem ‘Days’, Philip Larkin asks, “What are days for?” and replies: “Days are where we live.” Nobody knows this more than Paul McCartney, a man whose songs and lyrics are often rooted in days: ‘Yesterday’, ‘Here Today’, ‘Tomorrow’, ‘Another Day’… and most recently, his 2026 single ‘Days We Left Behind’, a nostalgic look back at the early days of The Beatles.
Understandably for a man in his early 80s, in recent years Paul has written a lot of songs that reflect on his past: ‘That Was Me’ (2007), ‘Early Days’ (2013), ‘Ever Present Past’ (2007), ‘Summer Of 59’ (2005), to name just tracks written in the last 20 years. ‘Looking back’ features increasingly in McCartney’s work, and nowhere more than on The Boys Of Dungeon Lane, his new album, the first in five years and, amazingly, his eighth this century.
Produced by Andrew Watt, who seems to have worked with everybody from Justin Bieber to Iggy Pop (but perhaps most relevantly with The Rolling Stones on their sparky, chunky 2023 album Hackney Diamonds) The Boys Of Dungeon Lane features at least six songs inspired by Macca’s ever present past (and one actual song from the past, thought lost). Musically, too, it avoids the flirtations with modern sound attempted on 2013’s New, 2021’s McCartney IIIImagined and to a lesser extent 2018’s Egypt Station, and is mostly played by Paul himself: and there’s plenty of it, too: 14 tracks, with no instrumentals or – a Macca favourite – medleys: every idea here is worked out and fleshed out.
It begins with the first song McCartney and Watt collaborated on, ‘As You Lie There’, which begins with a spoken word intro in which Paul recalls looking up at a girl’s window as he walks past and wondering if she likes him. Classic Macca guitar ensues – he really does like to play snarling axe riffs given the chance – and Paul returns to his theme. “As you lie across the bed, am I there inside your head?” he roars, “In the room beyond the blind do I ever cross your mind?” Based on real life experience (“There was a girl I fancied called Jasmine. But I didn’t know how to approach her,” says McCartney now, adding, “She did show up later that year and knocked on the door. I was indisposed – I was on the toilet – so I missed Jasmine! How romantic is that?”) ‘As You Lie There’ transcends its mild stalkiness to become a powerful, if slightly alarming, opener. “Although we only met one time I can’t forget the feeling that came over me,” Paul concludes, “I like to think that we could be together forever.”
Next up is ‘Lost Horizon’, a chunky item, and a song from the 2000s that McCartney had not only lost but forgotten. With a fantastic lyric about the impact sounds can have – “The call of a train whistle cutting through the night / I still remember that sound,” Paul sings, “The purring of a car engine waiting at the light / Laughter from a children’s playground / that sound can lift me up / That sound can do my head in” – ‘Lost Horizon’ turns out to be a song worth reviving and its conclusion – “Every memory we shared brought us closer together” – could act as a summary of this album’s mood.
And then it’s ‘Days We Left Behind’, a song that had many listeners in floods the first time they heard it (me included). The combination of one of Paul McCartney’s best melodies, a beautiful arrangement, a lyric full of wisdom and optimistic resignation, and above all that fragile vocal is quite overwhelming, especially when Paul sings, “ ’Cos nothing stays the same and no-one needs to cry / And no-one is to blame.” A nostalgic song, to be sure, but also one about coming to terms with the past and acknowledging its place in our lives (“I do often wonder if I’m just writing about the past,” said McCartney recently, “But then I think how can you write about anything else?”).
More jaunty is ‘Ripples On A Pond’, a song about being in love and being blessed. Chiming guitars ensue and all is well on a song that would have sat well on McCartney III. It’s short, and to the point, and followed by the dizziest song on the album, ‘Mountain Top’. Described charmingly by Paul as “like Coachella and Glastonbury … people going off for the weekend to trip out and get stoned. I was trying to get that feeling of a young girl at the festival, tripping out.” With all the ‘60s tropes in place – looped voices (Nancy Shevell), lyrics about magic mushrooms and pumpkin pie, and a total wig-out at the end, it seems perhaps unnecessary for Paul to sing, “Little girl, you’re tripping.” The whole thing is a flashback, in every sense of the word, and entirely enjoyable.
Nostalgia re-emerges on ‘Down South’, another song about the very early days of The Beatles – “talking about guitars and rock’n’roll / They were the subjects that would never grow old.” Based on “very affectionate memories of George” – but sadly not including the one where either Paul or George suffered “zip burn” (look it up) – it’s a brisk tribute to Harrison and to a lesser extent John Lennon.
‘We Two’ follows, a pleasantly dreamy chugger which is pure love song (“Last night I dreamed of you”) and appears to feature a Mellotron, which is nice. By no means an imposing song, it brings the vinyl version of side one of the album to a low-key conclusion.
Things get louder on side two. After a short burst of tape rewind, ‘Come Inside’ bursts into life like one of the beefier numbers on New. Moody and anthemic, this song was accurately described by Paul as “basically a rocker; not much more to say except it’s terrific.” There’s not much to it, but it’s fun: and the same can be said of ‘Never Know’, a song that rolls along on deep bass and is held aloft by a chorus of recorder. Another love song – “I want to feel your touch / I love you but you know my heart is breaking over you” – it ends in a flurry of guitars and ooohs, like a more robust Beach Boys number.
And now it’s Ringo’s turn. It’s hard to believe that ‘Home To Us’ is the first duet sung by Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney – they’ve appeared on each other’s solo albums many times – but here it is, a rollicking singalong (with Fabesque backing vocals by the hitherto unteamed-up Chrissie Hynde and Sharleen Spiteri) which is not so much nostalgia as sponsored by the actual concept of the past. The sheer enthusiasm of Ringo and Paul’s performances makes up for the all-fields-round here sentiment and, if it’s not the most subtle song of all time, well, neither was ‘Yellow Submarine’.
‘Life Can Be Hard’ follows. Over a Café De Paris jazzy backing McCartney offers up his philosophy of life in a song that encapsulates another aspect of his personality: his unstoppable optimism. “There’s a lot of hardship for many people,” he said of this song. “Everyone’s got something, but we’ve got to beat our way through those hardships. It beats the alternative, you know?” The optimism continues on the charming and gorgeous ‘First Star Of The Night’ which has nothing to do with Disney and everything to do with that Macca perspective on life (“The first star of the night is always a sort of special thing when you see it — it always gives me a bit of hope”). It breezes past delightfully.
And then we’re back in the past, in World War Two to be precise, with ‘Salesman Saint’, a song about Paul’s parents during the war. With its moody acoustics and the addition of a brass band, ‘Salesman Saint’ is the most melodically inventive track, and adds the notion of survival in adversity to the mix (“Hitler was sending planes over Liverpool and my dad was a fireman, my ma was a nurse and midwife who had to deal with all these injuries. That has to do something to you,” says Paul).
And then it’s almost over. Fourteen great songs and a brilliant one to end with. ‘Momma Gets By’ is one of Paul McCartney’s character songs, one of those tunes that John Lennon famously described as “boring people, doing boring things”, missing the point that Macca’s songs about other people show compassion for, and interest in, others. From ‘Eleanor Rigby’ to ‘Lady Madonna’, from ‘Another Day’ to 2007’s ‘Only Mama Knows’, Paul McCartney’s always been inspired by the lives of others: and ‘Momma Gets By’ is no exception. The story of a woman whose partner is “a bit of a wastrel,” it’s a beauteous, sad and lovely song and the album’s most emotional moment. “She loves him,” Paul sings, “She loves him with all her heart and soul.” It’s moving and powerful and a fantastic end to a great album, a collection of songs about hope, and love, and the past – and the days we live in.
“What are days for?” asked Philip Larkin, and answered himself: “They are to be happy in.”
Paul McCartney would agree.
Review by David Quantick. The Boys Of Dungeon Lane is released today.
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The Boys of Dungeon Lane - Amazon exclusive white vinyl
With new variants being announced almost weekly and Paul McCartney doing a media charm offensive (The Rest is Entertainment, Saturday Night Live, etc.) hopes will be high for his latest (last?) studio album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, getting to number one in the UK.
New Order’s 1994 compilation The Best Of New Order will be combined with 1995 remix album The Rest Of New Order for a new limited edition 4CD set that adds unreleased and new-to-CD mixes.
The original ‘Best Of’ compilation compiled seven-inch mixes of the band’s hits from 1985 onwards, while adding four new ’94 mixes. A year later the remix album was led by the Hardfloor Mix of ‘Blue Monday’.
The audio for the new set has been remastered and while a 2CD edition is also available, most fans are going to be interested in the 4CD deluxe version with its unreleased mixes including the Hawtin Mix – Alternate Version 2 of ‘Blue Monday’, a full length version of ‘1963 94’ and the Eschreamer Mix of ‘True Faith 94’. New to CD mixes include ‘World (Price of Dub)’, ‘True Faith (Sexy Disco Dub)’ and ‘Regret (Sabres Low ‘n’ Slow)’. The packaging looks to be the same as the Substance CD reissue (i.e. not particularly great) but at least that keeps it keenly priced.
As well as the 4CD and 2CD variants of what is now called The Best & The Rest Of New Order, the individual compilations are reissued on 2LP and 3LP sets respectively with remastered audio cut at Abbey Road.
All versions are released on 17 July 2026 via Warner Music.
Available in the usual formats of 4CD (deluxe hardcover book & card sleeve) and 3LP coloured vinyl (dark pink) this set spotlights an era where a few ‘classic’ artists were still hanging on in there (Pet Shop Boys, R.E.M., Sting, Pretenders, Tina Turner, Cher, etc.) but mostly it’s about a new wave of pop acts shaped by X-Factor, the rise of the boy/girl band and the solo artists they spawned.
Deluxe 4CD edition of NOW Yearbook ’99
Hence this set includes Steps, 911, A1, B*Witched, Adam Rickitt, solo Spice Girls (Emma Bunton, Melanie C, Gerri Halliwell), Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, Atomic Kitten, S Club, Vengaboys, Ronan Keating, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Westlife and the like.
If that depresses you, there’s still numbers from Suede, The Chemical Brothers, the Manics, Travis, Blondie and Moby (who you couldn’t get away from in 1999/2000) but it’s relatively slim pickings. Scroll down for full tracklistings.
The 4CD edition offers 82 tracks while the 3LP version delivers 46 and NOW Yearbook ’99 will be released on 26 June 2026.
The Producers were a collective of Trevor Horn friends and associates that formed in 2006, played some intimate live venues and then eventually recorded an excellent album called Made in Basing Street that was released in 2012. That album will be issued on an SDE exclusive blu-ray featuring Atmos, 5.1 and other mixes, in September.
The band were record producers Trevor Horn (bass and vocals), Steve Lipson (guitar and programming), songwriter/producer Chris Braide (keyboards, guitar and vocals) and musicians Lol Creme (guitar and vocals) and Ash Soan (drums). For the album, other contributors included legendary keyboard player Geoff Downes (from the Buggles, Yes and Asia) and Horn’s ‘go to’ percussionist, the late Luís Jardim.
The 2023 mix of the album, which first appeared on the 2024 box set, has been given an immersive Dolby Atmos Mix by Richard Whittaker (who earlier this year tackled The Who’sQuadrophenia) from the multi-track tapes (sadly no multis for ‘Every Single Night in Jamaica’ could be found, so that’s an up mix). Additionally, the blu-ray contains 5.1 mixes, the Andy Pearce remastered stereo mix, instrumental (in Atmos, 5.1 and stereo) and two sets of binaural versions. Phew!
Audio streams on the Producers blu-ray:
Made in Basing Street Dolby Atmos Mix (48/24)
Made in Basing Street 5.1 Mix (48/24)
Made in Basing Street remastered 2023 stereo mix (48/24)
Made in Basing Street Binaural mix (headphones only)
Made in Basing Street Dolby Atmos Instrumental Mix (48/24)
Made in Basing Street 5.1 Instrumental Mix (48/24)
Made in Basing Street Instrumental stereo mix (48/24)
Made in Basing Street Binaural Instrumental mix (headphones only)
The disc also contains three bonus tracks, which come in all eight audio streams listed above:
There’s Only So Much You Can Do
Looking For Love
Broadway
The Producers eventually morphed into ‘The Trevor Horn Band’ and contain to tour to this day with gigs lined up for August and the latter part this year.
Made in Basing Street is #66 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series. There is no pre-order window for this SDE blu-ray release – it’s limited to 1,000 units. It comes in clear amaray blu-ray case and ships with a collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.
It will be released on 11 September 2026 in collaboration with Cherry Red. Order only via the SDE shop using this link or the button below.
Tracklisting
Made in Basing StreetProducers/SDE exclusive blu-ray
Shakespears Sister‘s UK number one ‘Stay’ will be reissued as a coloured vinyl 12-inch single next month.
The second single from Hormonally Yours, ‘Stay’ was released as a single in January 1992 andeventually topped the UK charts for eight consecutive weeks.
This reissue features 3 versions of ‘Stay’ and three mixes of its B-side ‘The Trouble With Andre’. Four of these versions are apparently previously unreleased on vinyl and the Andre Betts 12” Remix of ‘Stay’ that has never been commercially available at all.
Stay will be released on 26 June 2026 via London Records. The official store is offering a free poster with each purchase.
Cherry Red will release Original Studio Albums 1984-1992, a forthcoming Howard Jones 5CD box set featuring all of his studio album issued on WEA Records during this period.
Specifically, this includes the following records:
Human’s Lib (1984)
Dream into Action (1985)
One to One (1986)
Cross That Line (1989)
In the Running (1992)
These feature the same tracklistings as the original UK CDs, so for example, Dream into Action includes the bonus tracks ‘Bounce Right Back’ and ‘Like to Get to Know You Well’.
The CDs are packaged in card sleeves which reside in a clamshell box. The set comes with a 48-page booklet with notes by Anil Prasad.
Original Studio Albums 1984-1992 will be released on 10 July, via Cherry Red.
Carry On, Chris Cornell’s second solo studio album will be reissued on vinyl for the first time, in June.
The 2007 album features the Casino Royale Bond theme ‘You Know My Name’ and has been remastered by Levi Seitz. It includes two bonus tracks: ‘Today’ and ‘Roads We Choose’, both of which were widely available on the UK and Japanese CD version of the album.
Carry On is released on vinyl for the first time
Pressed on 2 x 180g black vinyl, the reissue also offers an unreleased extended intro for Cornell’s cover of Michael Jackson’s ‘Billie Jean’. A 2LP picture disc version is available via some D2C (direct-to-consumer) channels.
Carry On will be released on vinyl on 26 June 2026, via UMR.
Black Box Recorder / England Made Me (2026 reissue)
Black Box Recorder’s 1998 debut stands alongside The Auteurs‘ New Wave and the Baader Meinhof album, as one of the best records Luke Haines has been involved in. Sarah Nixey sings (read the SDE interview with her) and Haines co-wrote the songs with John Moore. Once a semi-lost classic, this record has actually been reissued a few times now. This latest iteration for 2026 (on CD with 6 bonus tracks and album-only on clear vinyl) coincides with the London Palladium concert on Friday (and Leeds warm-up show tomorrow). Highly recommended.
Ed O’Brien, Radiohead’s guitarist releases Blue Morpho, his second solo album, under his own name. Written during lockdown and recorded in London and Wales the album blends “a collage of hypnotic psych-folk, jazz, trip-hop, radiant guitars and rhythm sections”.
Scritti Politti’sCupid & Psyche 85 has been remastered and expanded for reissue in July.
The nine-track album features the hits ‘Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)’, ‘Absolute’ and ‘The Word Girl’. Original cassette and CD editions added four remixes (‘Versions’) taking the track count to 13.
For the new 2026 edition – overseen by Green Gartside – a 2LP vinyl features those original 13 tracks plus three additional numbers:
Perfect Way (Version)
Lover To Fall (12″ Dance Mix)
Perfect Way (Perfect Way Mix)
The same 16 tracks are available on CD and audio for both editions has been remastered by Chris Athens.
New 2LP vinyl edition features 16 tracks
Green alongside David Gamson – who joined Scritti Politti ahead of making Cupid & Psyche 85 – and helped to create the album, have both contributed to the sleeve notes for this release.
Cupid & Psyche 85 will be reissued o 10 July 2026 via Rough Trade.
The Anchoress, aka Catherine Anne Davies, will release her third studio album, As We Once Were, in August. This is the follow-up to the brilliant The Art of Losing, one of SDE’s favourite albums of 2021.
Talking about the new album, Davies told the NME that “So much of this record was born out of the early years of my daughter’s life, and I really wanted to collect together and call out all of the clichés, stereotypes and dumb shit that people say to women who’ve had babies that I had encountered myself”.
That explains the title of the first single, ‘I Had a Baby Not a Labotomy’, which features Gwenno (you can preview below).
Promisingly, Davies also said that “Having access to Townshend Studios and Pete’s collection of vintage analogue synthesisers was a huge part of shaping that sound”.
The album is available on CD and 2LP vinyl (side 4 is etched). There are also special editions available via The Anchoress’ Bandcamp page.
As We Once Were is released on 7 August 2026 via Last Night in Glasgow (the tracklisting is not available at the time of writing)
NOW Music will release Yearbook ’72– Extra, a 3CD companion to the main Yearbook ’72 that was released last week.
It features 61 songs including sizeable hits from Elton John, T. Rex, Paul Simon, Rod Stewart, The Kinks, Hot Chocolate, Michael Jackson, Al Green, The Supremes, Bill Withers, Sly & The Family Stone, The New Seekers, Elvis Presley, The Moody Blues, The Hollies, Slade, Mungo Jerry and more.
As usual, this ‘Extra’ is presented in a six-panel card sleeve and is only available on CD – there’s no vinyl edition.
NOW Yearbook ’72– Extra will be released on 3 July 2026 (was 19 June).
Thin Lizzy’s eponymous debut album will be reissued in July across a number of formats, including a 3CD+blu-ray box set, 4LP vinyl box, 2LP variants and as a limited edition SDE exclusive blu-ray.
Originally released on 30 April 1971 Thin Lizzy’s debut featured the original line up of Philip Lynott (Bass and Vocals) Eric Bell (Guitar) and Brian Downey (Drums).
The album was followed by the New Day EP in August 71 both of which feature on the new box set alongside non-album tracks, outtakes, BBC sessions and brand-new mixes. This includes a new Richard Whittaker stereo mix of both album and EP, Sounds of the Seventies and John Peel Sessions and (on CD3) outtakes and alternates.
Like previous Lizzy box sets, this is presented as in 10-inch package with a 40-page booklet with extensive liner notes by Mojo’s Mark Blake.
Blu-ray available as a standalone product exclusively via SDE
The 4LP set also offers a selection of new mixes, BBC Sessions and outtakes, while both with exclusive artwork and two double LP coloured vinyl sets offer the original mix on LP 1 and the new Richard Whittaker Stereo Mix on LP 2.
The SDE exclusive blu-ray is No 65 in the SDE Surround Series. It offers 2026 mixes of the album and New Day EP (+ ‘Beggar’s Song’) in Dolby Atmos, 5.1, Stereo and Binaural – in both vocal and instrumental versions. There is no pre-order window for this SDE blu-ray release – it’s limited to 1,000 units. It comes in clear amaray blu-ray case and ships with a collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.
Thin Lizzy will be released on 10 July 2026, via Fontana/UMR. You can order the SDE exclusive blu-ray from the SDE shop using this link. Due to constant demand, we are organising a limited run repress of the 1976: Jailbreak and Johnny The Fox from 2024 which is available bundled with the new release.
The pre-order window for the two Bryan Ferry albums on SDE blu-ray – 1987’s classic Bête Noire and 1993’s follow-up, Taxi, closes today.
Both releases feature Bob Clearmountain Dolby Atmos and 5.1 mixes alongside hi-res original stereo mixes. Additionally, each offers a generous selection of bonus tracks (stereo-only) including remixes of the various singles.
This region-free blu-ray audio of Bête Noire features the following audio streams:
Bête Noire 2025 Dolby Atmos Mix (48/24)
Bête Noire 20255.1 Mix (48/24)
Bête Noire 1987 Original Stereo Mix (Bob Ludwig 1999 remaster) (48/24)
Additionally, it features 12 bonus tracks (stereo-only) comprising remixes and edits from the original singles
Limbo – Brooklyn Mix 3.59
The Right Stuff – 12″ Dance Mix 6.37
Bête Noire – Instrumental 5.06
Kiss And Tell – 7″ Edit 4.08
Limbo – Latin Mix 4.23
The Right Stuff – Brooklyn Mix 4.29
Limbo – Latin Mix 12″ Version 6.41
Kiss And Tell – Dance Mix 7.09
The Right Stuff – Dub Mix 6.08
Limbo – Brooklyn Mix 12″ Version 8.40
Kiss And Tell – Dub Mix 5.41
The Right Stuff – Johnson Somerset Mix 8.54
Bête Noire is #63 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series and comes packaged in the same deluxe hardcover media-book packaging used for the Roxy Music’sAvalon and it ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.
Taxi on SDE exclusive blu-ray
As with Bête Noire, the region-free blu-ray audio features a Dolby Atmos Mix by Bob Clearmountain. It also includes a 5.1 Mix and the original 1993 mix in hi-res stereo.
Audio streams on the Taxi SDE exclusive blu-ray:
Taxi 2025 Dolby Atmos Mix (48/24)
Taxi 20255.1 Mix (48/24)
Taxi 1993 Original Stereo Mix (Bob Ludwig 1999 remaster)(48/24)
Additionally, it features 11 bonus tracks (stereo-only) comprising remixes and edits from the original singles. These remixes are actually very good and it’s worth noting that the ‘Sub Aqua Mix’ and instrumental version of ‘I Put A Spell On You’ are released physically, for the first time, on this blu-ray. ‘Are You Lonesome Tonight?’ was featured on the soundtrack of Honeymoon in Vegas (and was a Japan bonus track on the original album). This blu-ray is effectively the only expanded version of Taxi ever released!
I Put A Spell On You (Single Mix) – 3.55
I Put A Spell On You (Single Mix Long Version) 5.11
I Put A Spell On You (Sub Aqua Mix) 5.47
I Put A Spell On You (Yage Mix) 5.18
I Put A Spell On You (Haunted House Mix) 7.27
I Put A Spell On You (Yage Mix Long Version) 10.00
I Put A Spell On You (Council House Mix) 5.54
I Put A Spell On You (Instrumental) 5.09
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (Single Mix Long Version) 6.07
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (Single Mix Edit) 4.12
Are You Lonesome Tonight? 5.09
The blu-ray is #64 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series and comes packaged in the same deluxe hardcover mediabook packaging used for the Roxy Music’s Avalon and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.
Both titles will be released on blu-ray on 17 July 2026, via BMG and are available exclusively via the SDE shop using this link or the buttons below. Availability can only be guaranteed until midnight tonight.
The Beatles have announced an “official destination for Beatles fans” in central London, with plans to convert their former HQ – 3 Savile Row, where they finished recording Let It Be and famously gave their final public (ish) performance, on the rooftop – into a ticketed experience.
The Beatles at 3 Savile Row will open the building and offer “seven floors of never-seen-before material from Apple Corps’ extensive archives”, rotating exhibitions, a fan shop (naturally), and the recreation of the original studio where Let it Be was recorded. Most excitingly, the press release suggests that, yes, fans will be able to get up onto the roof to “tread in the bands footsteps as they relive the iconic rooftop concert” (cue health and safety officers rubbing their hands together).
All this is the brainchild of new Apple CEO Tom Greene who says “Every single day, fans are taking pictures of the outside of 3 Savile Row – but next year they can go in and explore all seven floors of the iconic building, including the rooftop where even the railings remain the same from that famous day in 1969”.
It’s a great idea, and what Greene says is true. I used to work around the corner from Savile Row in the mid-90s (in Sackville Street) and remember clearly the various Beatles walking tours that used to come past our door having just visited 3 Savile Row (I’d hear them, because the tour guide would have a radio playing Beatles hits).
The Fab Four acquired what was a Georgian Townhouse in Savile Row (a street in West London most famous for its bespoke tailoring establishments) in the summer of 1968. In it, each of them had their own office and of course there was the basement studio where Let It Be was completed. This was put together somewhat on-the-fly and a new one was constructed in 1971 which was subsequently used by various artists, including Marc Bolan, until it closed in 1975. The Beatles sold the building in October 1976. American fashion retailer Abercrombie and Fitch bought it although whether Apple have now re-acquired the premises 50 years after selling it, is not clear.
The Beatles at 3 Savile Row is due to launch in 2027. You can register here for more information.
