A new R.E.M. vinyl box will be released in December that set gathers the band’s singles released between 1983 and 1988 when they were signed to their first label, I.R.S. Records.
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DEAL / Supertramp: Crime of the Century 3LP vinyl box set
Universal Music will reissue Supertramp‘s 1974 album Crime of the Century next month, and the top-of-the-range format is the 3LP vinyl box set which adds a previously unreleased concert from London’s Hammersmith Odeon in March 1975 to the remastered version of the album. This set is £56 from Amazon UK but if you’re quick you can secure from Amazon Canada for WAY less than that.
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INXS vinyl reissues delayed
The individual vinyl reissues of the Michael Hutchence era INXS albums have had their release date pushed back.
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Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Inside the Pleasuredome unboxing video
The new Frankie Goes To Hollywood Inside The Pleasuredome box has shipped to fans who ordered (or ‘pledged’) via PledgeMusic.
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Belinda Carlisle / “Access All Areas”
Early next year, Demon Music will release a CD+DVD package that shines a spotlight on an early nineties Belinda Carlisle concert that was originally recorded for broadcast on ITV.
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Natural Born Killers OST: 2LP Vinyl
The soundtrack to Oliver Stone’s controversial 1994 film Natural Born Killers will be reissued as a 180g double vinyl set in mid-December.
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DEAL: Depeche Mode / Live in Berlin
The new images of the Depeche Mode Live in Berlin box set (presented below) also coincide with a GREAT DEAL on Amazon France which is the lowest so far and about HALF as cheap as the current UK price.
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Wilco / Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994-2014 / four disc set
Nonesuch Records are releasing two Wilco collections next month, the most interesting of which is Alpha Mike Foxtrot, a four-CD and four-LP box set of rare studio and live recordings collected from the band’s extensive audio archives. What’s Your 20 is the other release, a 2-CD ‘essential tracks’ package of previously released material
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REVIEW: Rolling Stones / From the Vault: Hampton Coliseum live '81
The Rolling Stones launched Stonesarchive.com about three years ago and in that time the site has been delivering great quality affordable downloads (MP3 and FLAC) of classic ‘Stones performances from across the decades that were previously only available via bootleg recordings. The site has also offered very expensive deluxe box sets via its store such as the Brussels Affair collections that were priced between $750 and $1500 dollars.
What has been lacking is any middle ground. In other words, some affordable physical releases of these gigs for those who aren’t satisfied with just the downloads. For those who want to hold the music in their hands, to coin a phrase.
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Holland-Dozier-Holland / 45s: Rare and Unreleased 7-inch Collection
Harmless Records are following up their Holland-Dozier-Holland: The Complete 45s Collection from earlier this year with a new set featuring the songwriting and production trio. This time Holland-Dozier-Holland: 45s: Rare and Unreleased 7-inch Collection box will be a seven-inch vinyl set full of rarities and remixes including material culled from acetates and test pressings.
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Paul McCartney gives fans another Wings rarity as free download
Paul McCartney is today giving away another Wings rarity less than a week after gifting fans a unique extended version of 1975 single Letting Go.
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Roxy Music box sets coming in 2015
Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera has revealed that the band’s first two albums will be reissued as deluxe box sets next year.
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Chess: Original Recording / remastered deluxe edition
Chess was a 1986 musical notable for being the first major project undertaken by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus (in collaboration with lyricist Tim Rice).
However, around 18 months before the debut of the musical in London’s West End came Chess the concept album which was highly successful, yielding two major hit singles with the UK number one I Know Him So Well (a duet featuring Elaine Page and Barbara Dickson) and One Night In Bangkok (sung by Murray Head) which topped the charts in many countries and peaked at number three in America. The album is now being reissued as a 30th anniversary expanded set.
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DEAL / Joe Satriani: Complete Studio Recordings 15-CD box
Another day, another superb deal with The Complete Studio Recordings of Joe Satriani – a 15-disc box set issued in Spring this year – now available for less than HALF the price it retailed for back in March.
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Win a SIGNED “so80s presents Alphaville” 2CD remix set
Our friends Blank & Jones’ have kindly given SDE three copies of their fantastic new so80s presents Alphaville collection to give away. Even better, these are all SIGNED by founder members of the band, Marian Gold and Bernhard Lloyd!
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Soundgarden / Echo Of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across The Path
Soundgarden will release a new rarities collection in November titled Echo Of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across The Path.
This three-CD set charts the band’s 26-year history via B-sides, instrumentals, and demos. It also features seven unreleased tracks including a brand-new recording, Storm, that was recorded in Seattle back in May with producer Jack Endino.
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Paul McCartney / “Wings at the Speed of Sound” reissue bonus tracks
While SuperDeluxeEdition waits for the deluxe book version of Paul McCartney’s newly released Wings at the Speed of Sound reissue to arrive (from Amazon Canada) we thought it would be a good idea to at least have a look at the bonus audio which is included with the two-CD edition.
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DEAL / The Alan Parsons Project: Complete Albums Collection
The Alan Parsons Project 11CD box set The Complete Albums Collection is available now for a stunning price that is less than HALF what it normally costs.
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The Stranglers / Here and There: The Epic B-sides compilation
A new Stranglers collection will be released in the UK later this month that compiles the band’s B-sides from the Epic Years (1983-1991).
The 40-track collection – which was available in some territories earlier this year – spans two CDs and includes the saga of ‘Vladimir’ which featured on a few different singles back in the day.
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Out This Week / 3 November 2014
Bob Dylan / The Basement Tapes Complete (6CD box set)
The 11th edition of Bob Dylan‘s long running Bootleg Series is a fan’s dream since it contains 138-tracks, or “every salvageable recording”, from the infamous Basement Tapes Sessions recorded with The Band in 1967 . 
Paul McCartney / Wings deluxe sets (2CD+DVD)
Paul McCartney’s mid-1970s Wings albums – Venus and Mars and Wings at the Speed of Sound – get the deluxe treatment with lavish books featuring memorabilia, masses of archive photos and the story behind each album. Cheaper 2CD sets also available.
The Who / Hits 50
50 Years of The Who celebrated with this new two-CD compilation which features an interesting selection of single edits and mono versions. A double vinyl version will follow early next year.
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