Luke Haines / Auteurs and Baader Meinhof expanded reissues coming

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Cherry Red Records will reissue expanded versions of two pivotal albums from Luke Haines-fronted outfits in January 2014.

The Auteurs’ debut New Wave was released early in 1993 on Hut Records just as the Britpop scene was emerging and arguably contains some of Haines’ best known songs, including the singles Showgirl and How Could I Be Wrong. The album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize although it lost out to Suede in the end.

Cherry Red’s forthcoming two-CD deluxe reissue adds 21 bonus tracks to the original album, including, B-sides, BBC sessions,  six previously unreleased four-track demos and other rarities. See full track listing below for more detail.
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Cyber Monday Music Deals #2

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This bulletin post is to help you see what’s available TODAY that might be of interest from all the different amazon sites. We’ve added some music-related kit to mix things up a bit, particularly since the discounts are really big.


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What: Paul McCartney / Wings Over America deluxe

When:  21:00 GMT/UTC or 16:00 EST

Where: Amazon.com

Expect to pay: About $80

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Stevie Wonder / Songs In The Key Of Life blu-ray audio

What: Stevie Wonder / Songs In The Key Of Life High-Fidelity Pure Audio

When: Available now – SDE selected deal.

Where: Amazon.co.uk

Expect to pay: About £1o

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STAR REVIEW: Producer Paul O’Duffy on Beach Boys anniversary box set

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Paul O’Duffy is a renowned record producer and composer whose 30-year career has seen him work a wide array of talent including Swing Out Sister, Dusty Springfield, Amy Winehouse, Was Not Was, John Barry and Tom Verlaine.

A lifelong Beach Boys fan, we asked Paul to review the 50th anniversary Made In California 6CD box set that was released recently. Read his thoughts on this set below…
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Mike and the Mechanics / “Living Years” 2CD deluxe edition

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Mike and the Mechanics‘ 1988 album Living Years will be released as a Deluxe Edition on 20 January 2014.

This late-in-the-day 25th Anniversary issue does of course feature The Living Years, a massively successful hit single for Mike Rutherford’s band, that reached number one in the US Billboard charts in March 1989.
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Del Amitri / 2CD deluxe reissues

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January 2014 sees the reissue of three Del Amitri albums.

Waking Hours (1989), Change Everything (1992), and Twisted (1995) will all be re-released as two-CD deluxe editions on Universal Music’s Re-presents imprint. The albums have been re-mastered from the original tapes and include new sleeve notes by music journalist Terry Staunton. Each is packaged with a second CD containing mainly B-sides.
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Cyber Monday Music Deals

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What: Daft Punk / Random Access Memories CD

When: 19:00 GMT/UTC or 14:00 EST

Where: Amazon.com

Expect to pay: About $7

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19 Eighties / Into Battle: Searching for the Art Of Noise

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Who’s Afraid? – SDE’s Paul Sinclair with Art Of Noise T-shirt

SuperDeluxeEdition editor and ZTT Records fan Paul Sinclair goes in search of 1980s avant garde pop group, the Art Of Noise.


I was a child of the 1980s. Or rather a teenager. The Gods had decreed that those most impressionable of years would not overlap into any other decade and after many years buying and listening to music I duly turned 20 in December 1989 and became a ‘grown up’ just in time for the nineties.

It was the decade of the eighties that was celebrated last Saturday evening in London, at the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, with a performance by the BBC Concert Orchestra called 19 Eighties: The Rhythm Of A Decade. The centrepiece of this event was the world premiere of the Art Of Noise‘s 1983 debut release, Into Battle, ‘remixed’ for orchestra. AON’s very own Anne Dudley had created this in addition to another lengthy piece called Rhythm of a Decade. Founding Art of Noise member, Paul Morley, would host the evening and the strong connection with the ZTT record label continued with the inclusion of two pieces by composer and musician Andrew Poppy, who like the Art Of Noise, was signed to the Zang Tumb Tuum in the 1980s.
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Out This Week / 2 December 2013

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Can / 17LP Vinyl Box Set

All of Can‘s 13 studio albums plus some extra content in this 17LP vinyl box set. Check out Germany prices to get the best deal. Read more


Roy Orbison / The Moment Vinyl Box Set

Roy Orbison / The Monument Vinyl Box

Roy Orbison‘s first three albums, plus a newly curated fourth LP in this Music On Vinyl 180g vinyl box set . Read more


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Yes / The Studio Albums 1969-1987 (box set)

All 12 studio albums by Yes released between 1969 and 1987 packaged in this CD box set. Bonus tracks are included and Big Generator comes with what were Japan-only remixes.  Read more


Howe Gelb / Little Sand Box

Howe Gelb  / Little Sand Box 

Little Sand Box is an eight-CD set featuring the solo work of Giant Sand frontman Howe Gelb. Liner notes from Gelb himself are included within the booklet. Read more


Simply Red / Songbook 1985-2010

Simply Red / Song Book  (4CD set)

Great value four-disc set that celebrates 25 years of Simply Red output from 1985 to 2010. The fourth disc offers something new with a selection of re-recorded tracks. Read more


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Black Friday / Daily Deals #5

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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.


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What: Niles Rogers presents Chic / Up All Night 2CD Disco Edition

When: 17:30 GMT/UTC or 12:30 EST

Where: Amazon.co.uk

Expect to pay: About £6

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


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What: Queen / The Platinum Collection (3CD)

When: 14:30 GMT/UTC or 09:30 EST

Where: Amazon.de

Expect to pay: About €12

Linkclick here at 14:30 GMT or 09:30 EST to view discount


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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).

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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

Linkclick 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

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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

Linkclick 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

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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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