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Eagle Rock Entertainment will release Toto: Live in Poland in April 2014.
The concert was filmed in Lodz during last year’s 35th Anniversary Tour and will be issued across a number of formats including DVD, Blu-ray, two-CD and a deluxe 60-page hardcover book edition that contains all of the above.
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As regular readers will know, the Cyndi Lauper She’s So Unusual reissue has been controversial, both for the pricing and due to the content missing from the two-disc set.
Here’s a first look at what caused the consternation and the high price point. Yes, it’s the “3D” packaging which is supposed to recreate the bedroom featured in the Girls Just Want To Have Fun video. Fair play, it’s creative, but with no option for a less Barbie-like, no-frills, two-CD version, the folly of the project remains.
Continue reading “The Girlie Show: Cyndi Lauper / She’s So Unusual: 3D pack shot”
Unfortunately not a ‘proper’ new album from George Michael, Symphonica contains live-in-the-studio orchestral versions of some GM classics (no Carless Whisper) and some choice covers. 
Four CDs of previously unreleased live Rod Stewart tracks spanning over two decades in this nicely designed set.
The coloured versions may prove hard to get hold of (particularly online) but regardless, it is great to have David Bowie‘s superb 2003 album available on vinyl.
Continue reading “Out This Week 17 March 2014”
The Yes Album (1971) was the third long-player from prog-rockers Yes and is the second of the band’s records to be remixed and expanded, following on from the 2013 reissue of Close To The Edge.
Like that re-release, The Yes album will be presented as a two-disc set in a vinyl replica gatefold card sleeve (with Japanese-style protective inner sleeves) with a booklet featuring new notes by Sid Smith, and rare photos and archive material. The album has been mixed for 5.1 Surround Sound from the original studio masters by Steven Wilson and is fully approved by Yes.
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Soundgarden‘s 1994 album Superunknown will be reissued in June as a lavish super deluxe edition box set.
The grammy-winning record is remastered and becomes part of a five-disc package that takes in b-sides, demos, and rehearsals. The fifth disc is a blu-ray which offers up a hi-res 5.1 surround mix and hi-res stereo audio.
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Rush released their self-titled debut in March 1974 and to mark this 40th anniversary, Universal Music will celebrate with a vinyl box set, reissuing the original Moon Records (pre-Mercury) release of Rush, as part of their ‘reDISCovered’ vinyl series.
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Phase one of the much anticipated Led Zeppelin reissue campaign has just kicked-off with the first three albums slated for a 2 June release date.
Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II and Led Zeppelin III will being issued as single CD remasters, two-CD Deluxe Editions, single vinyl LP remasters, and Deluxe Vinyl editions (3LPs for the debut and 2LPs for ‘II’ and ‘III’). The deluxe editions will feature previously unreleased audio on their ‘companion’ discs including ‘rough mixes’ of album tracks and in the case of the first album Led Zeppelin Live at the Olympia.
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Cherry Red will continue their association with The Blow Monkeys by reissuing the ‘sophisti-pop’ band’s 1987 album She Was Only A Grocer’s Daughter in June.
The 1987 record spawned two UK top 30 singles including the It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way which reached number five in the charts. The band would arguably have added to that tally if the BBC had not banned the Curtis Mayfield collaboration (Celebrate) The Day After You from being played on the radio, deeming it too political (it was issued during the 1987 General Election in the UK).
Continue reading “Blow Monkeys / “She Was Only A Grocer’s Daughter” 2CD track listing”
Singer-songwriter/ guitarist Nils Lofgren celebrates 45 years in music this April with Face the Music, a limited edition 9CD+DVD box set that is individually hand signed and numbered by the artist.
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The 3CD Fleetwood Mac Boston package that offers each of the three nights of the 1970 gigs on one disc, is reissued in a clamshell box in April, superseding the round tin that was previously available. More details on the original Boston release can be found here. This newly packaged version is released on 7 April 2014.
David Bowie‘s Reality was the-album-before The Next Day, but released way back in 2003. Amazingly, not released on LP at all, until next week when Music On Vinyl issue it with 2,500 being available in green and orange vinyl.
Continue reading “FIRST PICTURES: David Bowie / Reality coloured vinyl”
Universal’s reissue of Big Country‘s Steeltown will include a 17-track bonus CD according to fan-site bigcountryinfo.com.
Included on the second disc is a plethora of A-side edits and B-side as well as ‘rough mixes’ and demos of East of Eden and Wonderland. Continue reading “Big Country / Steeltown: 2CD deluxe edition track listing”
ABBA’s 40th anniversary celebrations continue with the announcement of a seven-inch vinyl box set, ABBA The Singles, which will be released in May.
The set will contain 40 vinyl singles which were originally released in between 1972–1982. 31 of them are the singles were issued by ABBA’s Swedish record company, Polar Music, with the remaining nine released by local record companies around the world. Continue reading “ABBA / The Singles 7-inch vinyl box”
The hi-res Pure Audio Blu-ray Audio of Nick Drake‘s 1969 debut Five Leaves Left, that has been knocking about on various release schedules for months, has been CANCELLED. SDE understands that this is due to mastering issues but no further details were available.
The five-disc 4CD+DVD Deep Purple Made in Japan super deluxe edition box set is now available to pre-order in the US via Amazon.
This release is actually being handled by Warner/Rhino in the States but the boxes are identical to the UK sets with the entire 1972 Japanese tour being included (in remixed form) along with Continue reading “Deep Purple / “Made in Japan”: super deluxe edition US pre-order”
Cherry Red Records will reissue an expanded edition of eighties pop band Boy Meets Girl‘s 1988 album Reel Life in April.
The album was the follow up to their 1985 eponymous debut, which had been issued on A&M Records. By the time Reel Life was released (on RCA) the duo of George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam had seen Whitney Houston take two of their songs (How Will I Know and I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)) to the top of the US charts, and had suffered a turbulent period in their personal relationship – much of which is evident in the lyrics to the songs on the album!
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A superb book and Tony Visconti remastered audio are two of many highlights in this new T. Rex deluxe set.
Charly Records release a 2CD book edition of the classic 1978 Funkadelic album One Nation Under A Groove.
As Elvis compilations go, 1996’s Elvis 56 was one of the better efforts, with its beautiful front cover art and rock-solid track listing. Music On Vinyl this week issue a remastered 180 gram vinyl version of the same, complete with gatefold sleeve, 4-page insert and printed inner sleeves.
Here’s a preview of an acoustic version of Live Forever, Oasis‘ third single. The original version of the track is of course from Definitely Maybe and this acoustic version will feature on the 3CD edition, super deluxe edition and as part of a digital download on the 2LP vinyl edition.
Definitely Maybe is reissued on 19 May 2014.
Limited 6-disc Super Deluxe Box set
3CD Special Edition
2LP Vinyl Edition (with full bonus CD content digital download)
Universal Music will issue a two-CD deluxe edition of Big Country‘s second album Steeltown in April.
The 1984 long-player featured the UK top 20 hit East of Eden and was previously reissued as a one-CD expanded edition in the mid-nineties, adding some B-sides and and an extended version of non-album single Wonderland. Continue reading “Big Country / “Steeltown” deluxe”
Cherry Red are to issue the Inspiral Carpets‘ legendary 1989 mail-order only cassette DUNG 4 on CD and vinyl in April 2014.
Issued on the band’s own Cow label, this tape was never issued on vinyl or CD and it contained unique songs as well as versions of tracks which were later re-recorded.
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