Author: Paul Sinclair

The The / Soul Mining: 30th anniversary deluxe vinyl box set

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

box_open

This June, Sony will release a 30th Anniversary deluxe vinyl version of The The’s, 1983 album Soul Mining.

The The’s Matt Johnson personally oversaw the remastering at Abbey Road Studios and this new vinyl-only reissue takes the form of a lavish twelve-inch box set and includes an authentic reproduction of the original LP pressed on 180g vinyl, alongside an extra twelve-inch gatefold vinyl of alternative versions and remixes.
Continue reading “The The / Soul Mining: 30th anniversary deluxe vinyl box set”

SDE Deal Alert / ABBA: The Singles seven-inch vinyl box set

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

abba_deal

Forget about €200 or even €300, ABBA‘s The Singles seven-inch vinyl box set – containing 40 vinyl records –  has just become available for pre-order on Amazon UK for a much cheaper price.
Continue reading “SDE Deal Alert / ABBA: The Singles seven-inch vinyl box set”

Morrissey / “Vauxhall and I”: 20th Anniversary Definitive Master

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

morrissey

Morrissey‘s 1994 solo album Vauxhall And I will be reissued in June, just four months after Parlophone Label Group re-released its 1992 predecessor Your Arsenal.

Vauxhall And I will be a two-disc set, although the previously unreleased concert which is included (Theatre Royal, London 1995) is a bonus CD rather the DVD that came with Your Arsenal. This ’20th Anniversary Definitive Master’ thankfully appears to leave the album proper well alone, with nothing removed, no new mixes and no dodgy four-track demos inserted into places they don’t belong!
Continue reading “Morrissey / “Vauxhall and I”: 20th Anniversary Definitive Master”

Roger Waters / “Amused to Death” confirmed as a 5.1 surround SACD

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

Roger Waters / Amused to Death SACD and 200g vinyl reissue

It has been confirmed today that Roger Waters‘ 1992 solo album Amused To Death – their much-delayed LP and SACD reissue project – will now be released as a multi-channel surround sound SACD rather than ‘just’ stereo as originally proposed.

Audiophile specialists Acoustic Sounds say they took the many requests for 5.1 from fans ‘very seriously’ and put the suggestion to Pink Floyd producer/engineer James Guthrie, who then sold Roger Waters himself on the idea!
Continue reading “Roger Waters / “Amused to Death” confirmed as a 5.1 surround SACD”

Duran Duran to release “A Diamond In The Mind” on deluxe vinyl

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

aditm

Duran Duran are set to release a limited edition vinyl version of their 2012 live album A Diamond In The Mind.

The live album (and companion DVD and Blu-ray concert film) was a celebration of their 2011 world tour which saw Duran Duran perform many tracks from their celebrated Mark Ronson-produced album All You Need Is Now (released digitally at the end of 2010 and physically in 2011).
Continue reading “Duran Duran to release “A Diamond In The Mind” on deluxe vinyl”

Peter Gabriel / Back to Front: Live in London deluxe sets

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

pg_live

Peter Gabriel‘s S0-celebrating Back to Front tour was filmed at London’s O2 in October 2013 using the latest ultra high definition 4K technology.

This concert film of this show is released on DVD and blu-ray in June 2014 with both formats available in standard and deluxe configurations. The normal editions are standard one-disc affairs, but it gets more interesting with the deluxe editions which come packaged as 60-page photo-books and are four-discs sets.
Continue reading “Peter Gabriel / Back to Front: Live in London deluxe sets”

Behind-the-Scenes: Blank & Jones reconstructing “The Power of Love”

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

 

Another fascinating video update from Blank & Jones as they work on their forthcoming so80s presents ZTT remix project. In this video you will see how the duo discovered that Frankie Goes To Hollywood‘s The Power Of Love was originally recorded seven beats-per-minutes (BPM) slower than the released version and you can take a listen to how the 12-minute ‘Blank & Jones so8os Reconstruction’ version of the track (created using only original multi-track parts) is shaping up.

so80s presents ZTT is released on 28 April 2014. Full track listing here.

Out This Week / 7 April 2014

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

ABBA Waterloo deluxe edition CD+DVD

ABBA  / Waterloo CD+DVD deluxe edition

ABBA‘s Waterloo deluxe comes with eight bonus tracks on the CD and offers a DVD packed full of previously unreleased TV appearances. Read more

Kirsty MacColl / All I Ever Wanted: The Anthology / 2CD compilation

Kirsty MacColl / All I Ever Wanted: The Anthology

New Kirsty MacColl two-CD collection from Salvo Music which brings together hits, album cuts, rare b-sides and live sessions and so on. Read more

Fleetwood Mac / "Boston" 3CD set

Fleetwood Mac  / Boston

The three-CD Fleetwood Mac Boston set is reissued in a clamshell box superseding the round tin that was previously available. Read more
Continue reading “Out This Week / 7 April 2014”

David Gray / Mutineers 3CD deluxe

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

mutineers

David Gray will release a new album, Mutineers, in June which will be available as a deluxe three-CD set.

This special edition will come with two extra discs of classic live recordings including renditions of hit singles Babylon and Sail Away. A two-LP heavyweight gatefold vinyl version will also be available which includes the bonus track Nearly Midnight and will come with an digital download.
Continue reading “David Gray / Mutineers 3CD deluxe”

ABBA: 40/40 The Best Selection

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

best

Universal Music Japan are celebrating ABBA‘s 40th Anniversary in their own way with the release of a unique compilation 40/40 The Best Selection.

badge copy

As previously announced in Europe we are getting a new three-CD version of ABBA Gold which adds More ABBA Gold and a disc of B-sides to the classic 19-track compilation. Japan are arguably doing something more interesting since 40/40 The Best Selection has a track listing that was based on votes from over 9,000 Japanese fans.
Continue reading “ABBA: 40/40 The Best Selection”

Hue and Cry / Remote: Major to Minor / four-disc deluxe set

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

cover

Although Scottish duo Hue and Cry‘s biggest hit single was Labour of Love from their 1987 debut Seduced and Abandoned (the song reach number six on the UK charts), their second album Remote that was the bigger selling long-player.

Released at the end of 1988, it was recorded in Sigma Sound studios in Manhattan, New York and features the fondly remembered UK top 30 hits Looking For Linda and Violently (Your Words Hit Me). It’s clear from the introduction to this new deluxe book set (dubbed Remote: Major to Minor) that songwriting brothers Pat and Greg Kane also view the record as something approaching their best work “we are as proud of the songs on this record as we ever were.”
Continue reading “Hue and Cry / Remote: Major to Minor / four-disc deluxe set”

“so80s presents ZTT”: Full track listing and running times revealed.

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

studio_rs

DJs Blank & Jones have finished mixing the audio for their so80s presents ZTT two-CD release. This project involved going back to original Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Art of Noise, and Propaganda multi-track master tapes and creating brand new mixes ONLY from the existing archive audio.

We revealed the track listing to readers of the SDE weekly newsletter on Sunday, but wanted to bring everyone here up to speed, with the added bonus of having the full running times for all tracks for the first time (see below for details). If you’d like to know more about the track selection for this release, Piet Blank offers some insight in amongst the comments here.

so80s (SoEighties) presents ZTT will be released on 28 April 2014

Exclusive: Blank & Jones "SoEighties presents ZTT" cover art revealed

Full track listing with track timings:
Continue reading ““so80s presents ZTT”: Full track listing and running times revealed.”

Blow Monkeys reissue amended after SDE audience feedback

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

Blow Monkeys / "She Was Only A Grocer's Daughter" 2CD track listing

Cherry Red Records have got in touch to thank SuperDeluxeEdition’s ‘eagle-eyed readers’ for highlighting some omissions and duplications on the original track listing for the forthcoming reissue of The Blow Monkeys‘ 1987 album She Was Only A Grocer’s Daughter.
Continue reading “Blow Monkeys reissue amended after SDE audience feedback”

FIRST PICTURES / Cyndi Lauper vinyl

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

front

With all the attention largely focussed on the love-it-or-hate-it Cyndi Lauper She’s So Unusual deluxe edition, it has perhaps gone unnoticed that Sony have created a stunning limited edition coloured vinyl version. The heavyweight record is pressed on clear vinyl with colourful paint streaks running from the centre to the outside edge.
Continue reading “FIRST PICTURES / Cyndi Lauper vinyl”

Out This Week / 31 March 2014

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

 Sony adjust Cyndi Lauper deluxe set pricing after criticism

Cyndi Lauper / She’s So Unusual deluxe edition  (2CD)

The much discussed reissue of Cyndi Lauper‘s 1983 album is released today. The two-CD version comes with elaborate packaging and if you opt for the vinyl you do get downloads of all the tracks on the bonus CD. Read more

Therapy? Deluxe Editions / Troublegum

Therapy?  / Troublegum and Infernal Love deluxe editions

The band from Northern Ireland see their mid-nineties commercial peak reissued with Infernal Love offered as a two-CD set and Troublegum boasting three discs. Read more

The Alan Parsons Project / The Complete Albums Collection box set

The Alan Parsons Project / The Complete Studio Albums box (11CD)

The Complete Albums Collection features all ten official studio albums and also includes an unreleased The Alan Parsons Project’s long-palyer called The Sicilian Defence. Read more
Continue reading “Out This Week / 31 March 2014”

The Beat / Complete Studio Recordings 4CD box set

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

beat

 

Edsel Records will issue The Beat: Complete Studio Recordings, a four CD box set, in May.

The clamshell box contains the ska band’s three albums I Just Can’t Stop It, Wha’ppen and Special Beat Service alongside a special bonus CD. Continue reading “The Beat / Complete Studio Recordings 4CD box set”

so80s presents… ZTT: track listing

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

Exclusive: Blank & Jones "SoEighties presents ZTT" cover art revealed

Blank & Jones‘ forthcoming remix project so80s presents… ZTT is due for release in April 2014 and we are proud to announce that SuperDeluxeEdition will be exclusively revealing the full track listing.
Continue reading “so80s presents… ZTT: track listing”