Eagle Rock are celebrating 40 years since Rush‘s eponymous debut with R40, an extensive collector’s box set on Blu-ray (and DVD).
Continue reading “Rush / R40: six-disc blu-ray live set”
Author: Paul Sinclair
WIN! A 3CD Genesis “R-Kive” set
We have three copies of the new Genesis R-Kive 3CD set to give away to SuperDeluxeEdition newsletter subscribers.
Continue reading “WIN! A 3CD Genesis “R-Kive” set”
David Bowie / Nothing Has Changed artwork revealed
I wasn’t going to buy the two-CD version of David Bowie‘s forthcoming Nothing Has Changed ‘retrospective’ (aka greatest hits) but it’s looks like I might have to, since it has the coolest cover of the three formats by far….
Continue reading “David Bowie / Nothing Has Changed artwork revealed”
INXS / “Elegantly Wasted” LP reissue
Last month we had the excellent, but rather pricey, INXS All The Voices vinyl box set which featured the vinyl debut of the last Michael Hutchence album Elegantly Wasted.
Continue reading “INXS / “Elegantly Wasted” LP reissue”
EXCLUSIVE: Remixing Tears For Fears and the stereo channel saga
SDE Editor Paul Sinclair worked on the forthcoming reissue of Tears For Fears’ Songs From The Big Chair. In this feature he exclusively lifts the lid of some of the behind-the-scenes work that went into remastering the album and talks to Steven Wilson about the remixing process…
The newly announced Tears For Fears reissue of Songs From The Big Chair will include a 2014 Stereo Mix as well as a new 5.1 surround sound remix. Although the 5.1 mix has got everyone very excited (understandably), the stereo remix is worth talking about because there are some aspects to this remix that may not be at first apparent.
The main thing to consider is that the last four tracks on the album (I Believe, Broken, Head Over Heels and Listen) all cross-fade into each other. Back in 1985 in the pre-digital editing era, two analogue machines would have played back the stereo masters while dubbing onto a third machine to create the cross-fade. What that means is that every issue of Songs From The Big Chair up until this point has contained ‘second generation’ versions of the tracks in question.
Continue reading “EXCLUSIVE: Remixing Tears For Fears and the stereo channel saga”
WINNERS / Deep Purple: Made in Japan reissue competition
I’m happy to announce (belatedly) the six winners of the Deep Purple Made in Japan competition.
Continue reading “WINNERS / Deep Purple: Made in Japan reissue competition”
Out This Week / 6 October 2014
Smashing Pumpkins / Adore (6CD+DVD box)
Latest Smashing Pumpkins archive set is remastered by Bob Ludwig. This collection includes an unreleased on CD mono version of the album and three discs of unreleased material. Also featurs Live DVD. 
Underword / Dubnobasswithmyheadman (box set)
Five-disc Underworld super deluxe set offers previously unreleased material, rare alternate mixes, remixes, and material from the original companion singles.
The Dream Academy / The Morning Lasted All Day (2CD)
Two CD retrospective from the band responsible for the classic single Life In A Northern Town contains five previously unreleased recordings. Booklet includes track-by-track guide and essay by frontman Nick Laird-Cowes.
Continue reading “Out This Week / 6 October 2014”
Level 42: deluxe reissues
Two years on from their super deluxe edition of Level 42‘s 1987 hit album Running In The Family, Universal Music / Polydor have turned their attention to a three further albums, with Standing In The Light (1983) and Staring At The Sun (1988) both being issued as two-CD deluxe editions and True Colours from 1984 being expanded with four bonus remixes.
Continue reading “Level 42: deluxe reissues”
Jethro Tull / “Warchild” 40th Anniversary Theatre Edition
Parlophone will reissue Jethro Tull‘s 1974 album WarChild this November as a limited edition 2CD+2DVD set that includes a 5.1 remix by Steven Wilson and a wealth of additional material, much of it previously unreleased.
Continue reading “Jethro Tull / “Warchild” 40th Anniversary Theatre Edition”
The Velvet Underground / 45th anniversary super deluxe edition
For the third year in a row Universal/Polydor will reissue a Velvet Underground album as a 45th Anniversary super deluxe edition box set.
Having ticked off 1967’s The Velvet Underground & Nico (in 2012) and White Light/White Heat (2013), the album under the microscope this year is the band’s third album, The Velvet Underground which was originally issued in March 1969.
Continue reading “The Velvet Underground / 45th anniversary super deluxe edition”
DEAL / Beatles in Mono vinyl box
Cheapest price EVER for the stunning Beatles in Mono 14LP vinyl box set.
Continue reading “DEAL / Beatles in Mono vinyl box”
DEAL / Suede: Dog Man Star box
Edsel’s 20th Anniversary deluxe box set of Suede‘s Dog Man Star has dropped in price (again) on Amazon UK who – for the time being – now undercut the official Suede store.
Continue reading “DEAL / Suede: Dog Man Star box”
AFTER The Dawn: As the curtain closes, what next for Kate Bush?
“This is the last song tonight… and for a while!” Kate Bush, 1st October 2014
As Kate Bush left the stage last night to a rapturous standing ovation, her newly found ‘day job’ – and the routine that went with it – was over. The Before The Dawn extravaganza has come to an end after 22 shows and has been an unprecedented success. Fans, critics, fellow artists and musicians had run out of superlatives to describe the show which featured almost the whole of her 1985 album Hounds of Love (only The Big Sky and Mother Stands For Comfort weren’t played) and A Sky of Honey, the concept piece from the second side of 2005’s Aerial.
Let’s be honest, the last four years have been heaven for Kate Bush fans, with two albums in 2011 (Director’s Cut and 50 Words For Snow) and now this year a who-would-have-thought-it live residency at Hammersmith Odeon. The big question is will Kate ever perform live again? If it’s going to happen it certainly won’t be for a while, so in the meantime what is next for Kate? We examine the options…
Continue reading “AFTER The Dawn: As the curtain closes, what next for Kate Bush?”
Simon & Garfunkel / The Complete Albums Collection box set
Sony / Legacy Recordings will release a Simon & Garfunkel Complete Albums Collection box set in November.
Continue reading “Simon & Garfunkel / The Complete Albums Collection box set”
Blondie boxed. New 6LP vinyl set.
Universal will release a Blondie vinyl box later this year that collects all the studio albums from the original 1976-1982 era.
Continue reading “Blondie boxed. New 6LP vinyl set.”
Simple Minds / Big Music
Simple Minds return with Big Music, their first studio album in over five years this November.
The album will be available as a special 2CD+DVD deluxe edition which adds six bonus tracks to the standard 12-track album via a bonus CD and also offers a DVD that features two full length promo videos, a few other clips, behind the scenes footage and band interviews. The set includes a booklet and poster.
Continue reading “Simple Minds / Big Music”
DEAL / George Harrison The Apple Years 1968-75 box set
Cheapest price yet for George Harrison‘s The Apple Years 1968-75 box set as Amazon UK knock over £20 off the price.
Continue reading “DEAL / George Harrison The Apple Years 1968-75 box set”
ABBA / The Studio Albums vinyl box
Having issued the 40th anniversary singles vinyl box, Universal Music/Polydor – in their role as custodians of the Polar Music catalogue – were always quite likely to put out an ABBA vinyl box set featuring the original studio albums, and at the end of next month that is exactly what is going to happen.
Continue reading “ABBA / The Studio Albums vinyl box”
The Jam / Setting Sons box set
Universal Music will reissue The Jam‘s fourth album Setting Sons as a 3CD+DVD super deluxe box set in November.
Continue reading “The Jam / Setting Sons box set”
Tears For Fears / MASSIVE “Songs From The Big Chair” box set coming
Universal team up with SuperDeluxeEdition.com to create stunning 6-disc super deluxe editon box set.
Roland Orzabal: (speaking to Paul Sinclair in 2014)
“We had let go of any Tears For Fears ideology, because it all came out in The Hurting. We were getting older, we had a bit of money, so life wasn’t that bad [laughs]. I mean, I bought my first house at 21. There wasn’t the ‘difficult second album syndrome’. It was an easy second album syndrome. You know, instead of being so het up by ‘the message’ we started to relax.”
Universal Music will reissue Tears For Fears‘ second album Songs From The Big Chair in November as a six-disc super deluxe edition box set that, amongst all the bonus material, delivers every commercially issued b-side and remix of the era, previously unreleased radio sessions and early mixes and a high-resolution 5.1 surround sound mix courtesy or highly respected remixer and engineer Steven Wilson.
Continue reading “Tears For Fears / MASSIVE “Songs From The Big Chair” box set coming”
