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PopMarket deals for Black Friday

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PopMarket, the self-styled ‘shopping club’ for music fans, regularly offers time sensitive deals on some of the best music box sets around. Most of the time these deals run for 24 hours, but for one day only – tomorrow, Black Friday – they’ll have a new deal every hour.

The list below tells you when the deal is available. All times are in EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) so if you’re in the UK add five hours to get GMT/UTC. For other countries, adjust accordingly. PopMarket quite often offers free shipping, but you need be aware of, and factor in, possible import duties since all items are shipped from the US.
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Badfinger / Timeless: The Musical Legacy / new hits collection

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Apple Records have this week released Timeless – The Musical Legacy, a new hits compilation from British rock band Badfinger.

Originally known as The Iveys, Badfinger were label mates of The Beatles on Apple in the late 1960s and Paul McCartney famously wrote Come And Get It for them – one of their best known songs.
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Mylene Farmer / “Timeless 2013” box

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French superstar Mylène Farmer releases a three-disc live set on 9 December 2013.

Timeless 2013 sees 18 tracks across two CDs with some CD Rom content on the second disc. A hi-res High Fidelity Pure Audio disc is also included within the package and this contains all of the tracks on the two CDs (not clear if a 5.1 surround mix is part of this).
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Bob Dylan / “Side Tracks” 3LP

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Side Tracks, the 2CD compilation of Bob Dylan non-album material that was ‘exclusive’ to The Complete Album Collection, Volume One, is being issued as a special standalone 3LP vinyl edition. In the US this is a special Black Friday Record Store Day product, but it’s freely available in other territories, such as the UK.
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Black Friday / Daily Deals #4

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‘Black Friday Deals‘ week continues….. For the uninitiated, this is where Amazon offer some VERY good discounts on all sorts of products, including music box sets. The way it works is that they release time limited deals throughout the day. Items ‘go live’ at specific times and you need to be quick off the mark to get them at the discounted price. Once the item on offer is “100% Claimed” (i.e. all the allocation has gone) it’s no longer available to purchase at the cheap price (although the waiting lists are worth trying).

This bulletin post is to help you see what’s available TODAY that might be of interest from all the different amazon sites. We estimate what the price will be after discount.

Eric Clapton / Slowhand Super Deluxe Edition box set

What: Eric Clapton / Slowhand 35th Anniversary Super Deluxe (3CD+DVD+LP)

When: 17:30 GMT/UTC or 12:30 EST

Where: Amazon.co.uk

Expect to pay: About £40

Link: click here at 17:30 GMT or 12.30 EST to view discount

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What: Bob Dylan / Tempest (2LP+CD)

When: 21:00 GMT/UTC or 16:00 EST

Where: Amazon.com

Expect to pay: About $20

Link: click here at 21:00 GMT or 16:00 EST to view discount

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ZTT / The Art of the 12-inch, Volume Three / 2CD remix compilation

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ZTT/Salvo will issue a third volume of their popular The Art of the 12″ compilation series in February 2014, almost exactly two years after the previous volume was issued.

Alongside Frankie Said (Deluxe Edition) and The Organisation of Pop (London Edition), The Art of the 12″, Volume Three will help mark the 30th Anniversary of ZTT Records.
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Frankie Goes To Hollywood / “Frankie Said” deluxe CD+DVD

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The long rumoured Deluxe Edition of ZTT/Salvo’s Frankie Goes To Hollywood Frankie Said compilation is released on 10 February 2014.

This expanded version of the 2011 hits compilation will be putting up the bunting and blowing up balloons to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of ZTT Records. Continue reading “Frankie Goes To Hollywood / “Frankie Said” deluxe CD+DVD”

ZTT / “The Organisation of Pop (London Edition)” / 2CD compilation

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The Organisation of Pop (London Edition)  – a two-disc, 38-track anthology of the first 30 years of ZTT Records – will be released on 10 February 2014, the same date as Frankie Said (Deluxe Edition) and The Art of the 12″, Volume Three.
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Black Friday / Daily Deals #3

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‘Black Friday Deals‘ week continues….. For the uninitiated, this is where Amazon offer some VERY good discounts on all sorts of products, including music box sets. The way it works is that they release time limited deals throughout the day. Items ‘go live’ at specific times and you need to be quick off the mark to get them at the discounted price. Once the item on offer is “100% Claimed” (ie all the allocation has gone) it’s no longer available to purchase at the cheap price (although the waiting lists are worth trying).

This bulletin post is to help you see what’s available TODAY that might be of interest from all the different amazon sites. We estimate what the price will be after discount.

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What: David Gilmour / Live In Gdansk (2CD+2DVD)

When: 19:00 GMT/UTC

Where: Amazon.com

Expect to pay: About $22

Link: click here at 19:00 to view discount

Bruce Springsteen / The Promise : The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story

What: Bruce Springsteen / The Promise:Darkness on the Edge of Town (3CD+3DVD)

When: 19:15 GMT/UTC

Where: Amazon.de

Expect to pay: About €45

Link: click here at 19:15 to view discount

Sex Pistols / "Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols" Super Deluxe Edition box set

What: Sex Pistols/ Never Mind The Bollocks…  Super Deluxe

When: 19:30 GMT/UTC

Where: Amazon.co.uk

Expect to pay:  Around £55

Link: click here at 19:30 to view discount
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PICTURES: The Wild Swans / The Coldest Winter For A Hundred Years

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The Occultation label have produced a stunning deluxe vinyl set of The Wild Swans‘ 2011 album The Coldest Winter For A Hundred Years.

The band was originally formed by Paul Simpson, way back in 1980 after he left The Teardrop Explodes. However the original incarnation lasted only a couple of years. A second version of the band – that emerged in the late eighties – fared only a little better, producing two albums before Simpson, again, called it a day, somewhat unsatisfied with the results.
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Bruce Springsteen / new album “High Hopes” limited DVD Edition

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Bruce Springsteen will release his 18th studio album, High Hopes, in January 2014.

High Hopes features a significant contribution from Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello on guitar (he also duets on The Ghost Of Tom Joad) and Clarence Clemons and Danny Federici – both no longer with us – also appear on several songs.
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Black Friday Deals / Daily bulletin

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‘Black Friday Deals‘ week continues on the various Amazon sites across the globe. For the uninitiated, this is where Amazon offer some VERY good discounts on all sorts of products, including music box sets. The way it works is that they release time limited deals throughout the day. Items ‘go live’ at specific times and you need to be quick off the mark to get them at the discounted price. Continue reading “Black Friday Deals / Daily bulletin”

Out This Week / 25 November 2013

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FIRST PICTURES / Dire Straits: The Studios Albums 1978-1991 vinyl box set

Dire Straits / The Studio Albums (vinyl box)

All the studio albums with Brothers In Arms and On Every Street configured as double albums. If you do the ‘math’ that’s an 8LP box set. Read more

The Eagles / Selected Works 1972-1999 / four-CD box set

The Eagles / Selected Works  (4CD box)

The history of The Eagles across four CDs at a frankly ridiculously low price. The final disc captures live performances from New Year’s Eve 1999 (A Night To Remember). Read more

The Jam / The Studio Recordings: 8LP career-spanning vinyl box

The Jam / The Studio Recordings  (8LP vinyl box set)

The Studio Recordings is an 8LP Jam collection featuring remastered versions of all six studio albums on heavyweight vinyl, plus two special LPs of non-album singles and B-sides. Read more

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Black Friday Deals bulletin

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This week is ‘Black Friday Deals‘ week on the various Amazon sites across the globe. For the uninitiated, this is where Amazon offer some VERY good discounts on all sorts of products, including music box sets. The way it works is that they release time limited deals throughout the day. Items ‘go live’ at specific times and you need to be quick off the mark to get them at the discounted price. Once the item on offer is “100% Claimed” (ie all the allocation has gone) it’s no longer available to purchase at the cheap price.

This bulletin post is to help you see what’s available TODAY that might be of interest.

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FIRST PICTURES / Dire Straits: The Studios Albums 1978-1991 vinyl box

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Universal/Mercury release their Dire Straits Studio Albums 1978-1991 vinyl box set today and here we bring you some great photos of the package.
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FIRST PICTURES: The Beatles / Live at the BBC: The Collection

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Apple and Universal have done a very good with these new Beatles BBC releases. The Collection ‘box set’ is in reality is just both volumes contained in a simple card slipcase, but these releases do feel like two peas in a pod, so why not give them a ‘pod’ to reside in?

1994’s Live at the BBC is newly remastered and gets a presentational lick of paint, losing the sepia tones that defined the original and the plastic ‘fatbox’ 2CD jewel case. The packaging is now consistent with the 2009 stereo CD remasters, so that means glossy six panel card wallets, with the black strip and Apple and Beatles logos at the top. The 48-page booklet contains exactly the same content as before, but the layout is slightly different and the photos look much better, with the black and white shots again losing their sepia.
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Sainsburys Entertainment to scrap selling physical products online

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Sainsbury’s Entertainment have announced that they are to stop selling physical music product online.

In a statement the supermarket chain said:

“Due to the rise in demand for downloading and streaming films and music, from March 2014 Sainsbury’s Entertainment will become a completely entertainment on demand site. From 28 February 2014 we will no longer accept online orders for physical products.”

For music box sets and deluxe reissues, the UK retail giant had a clear online strategy in place to squeeze their margins, allowing them to compete with Amazon on price. Continue reading “Sainsburys Entertainment to scrap selling physical products online”

Imagine no compression? Lennon classic next release on Pure Audio

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High Fidelity Pure Audio – the Universal Music led initiative to reissue high resolution music physically on audio-only blu-ray discs – have announced that John Lennon’s 1971 album Imagine is to lead its next wave of releases.

The ex-Beatles’s second studio album is arguably the highest profile release on the format to date, although this year has also seen the of the reissue of Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On on HFPA.
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FIRST PICTURES: Echo and the Bunnymen / “Crocodiles” 2LP book

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After some delays, Vinyl180’s deluxe double vinyl, hardback book edition of Echo and the Bunnymen‘s classic 1980 debut Crocodiles was released this week.

This set pairs a heavyweight vinyl LP of the album proper, with a second 180g LP offering the ten bonus tracks from the 2003 CD reissue. All this is presented in a hardback book form. The vinyl specialist has put out other titles like this previously, notably Liza Minnelli’s Results.
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