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Bryan Ferry / “Live In Lyon” deluxe edition blu-ray + CD review

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Eagle Rock released Bryan Ferry Live In Lyon last month – an audio/visual celebration of a 2011 concert from his Olympia tour.

The deluxe edition blu-ray and CD comes packaged as a rather beautiful book. The 200mm x 145mm hardback volume comes complete with textured cover and inset glossy photo of Mr Ferry, with the two discs residing within the inner front and rear covers. The 76 pages are elegantly designed, and devote generous space to the musicians, backing singers – and even the dancers – who joined Ferry on the stage in Lyon, with personal profiles on each. The rest of the book take us through Ferry’s 14 solo albums, from These Foolish Things in 1973 to The Jazz Age from last year. Photography is crisp and clear, and the words (largely by Hal Norman) provide a good retrospective overview of the last 30 years of solo output.
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Francoise Hardy / “Message Personnel”-collectors edition box set

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Francoise Hardy / Message Personnel Collectors’ Edition

Françoise Hardy the iconic figure in French fashion, music and style has her 1973 album Message Personnel reissued by Rhino France in November.

Hardy was 30 years old and pregnant with her first child at the time of the album’s release and had already enjoyed over a decade in the limelight thanks to the success of songs such as 1962’s Tous les garçons et les filles – a track which would be covered by many artists over the years, including the Eurythmics (it featured on the 12″ version of their 1985 single It’s Alright (Baby’s Coming Back)).
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Simply Red / Songbook 1985-2010

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Rhino will release Song Book 1985-2010 in November, a four-disc set that celebrates 25 years of Simply Red. Each of the first three CDs represents a decade: the 80’s 90’s and 00’s, with the fourth disc being re-recordings of some previous hits, oddities and rarities.
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John Mellencamp: 1978-2012 box

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Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) will issue John Mellencamp 1978-2012, a 19 disc box set in December 2013.

This is effectively the entire studio catalogue, and includes all the American singer-songwriter’s albums recorded as John Cougar, John Cougar Mellencamp and John Mellencamp for various record labels.
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Fleetwood Mac / Boston

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3CD set in round packaging and… beer mats!

We’re liking this round packaging for the forthcoming Fleetwood Mac Boston release. All the details and track listings can be found at this post, but in short it’s a 3CD set capturing all three nights in February 1970 when the then blues band played the Boston Tea Party venue.

Boston is out on 11 November 2013.

 

FIRST PICTURES: Bros / “Push” 3CD

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2013 three disc “Push” reissue is out on Monday 4 November

Eighties era boy band Bros have their 1988 debut album Push reissued by Cherry Pop on Monday 4 November.

Here we bring you exclusive photos of the new generous 3CD set, which comes packaged in an eight-panel card wallet. A massive 25 bonus tracks (largely remixes) are added to the original 10 track album, including four seven-inch single edits.
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Get an exclusive discount on Jesus and Mary Chain vinyl box via SDE

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Demon Music will issue a 12LP Jesus and Mary Chain Vinyl Box Set on 16 December 2013.

The box will contain all of their original studio albums – Psychocandy (1985), Darklands (1987), Automatic (1989), Honey’s Dead (1992) Stoned & Dethroned (1994) and Munki (1998) – pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl.

Additionally, this vinyl box – issued in celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the formation of the band – comes with a Live In Concert 2LP set that features eight tracks from a 1992 Sheffield Arena gig and 12 more from a concert at the Trinity Centre in Bristol in 1995.  Another double LP, The BBC Sessions, collects 32 tracks recorded across the decades for BBC radio.
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PICTURES / Leo Sayer: Just A Box

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British singer songwriter Leo Sayer has worked with some fine musical talent during his career. In the 1970s in particular, his albums featured contributions from the likes of Steve Gadd, Ry Cooder, Jeff Porcaro, Lindsey Buckingham, Greg Phillinganes, Waddy Watchel, Ray Parker Jnr, Steve Cropper, Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn and Steve Lukather and Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter, to name but a few.
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FIRST PICTURES / Rory Gallagher: “Kickback City” deluxe 3CD set

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Kickback City is a new compilation of crime noir inspired music from Rory Gallagher that is a perfect marriage of content and presentation.

Three CDs come packaged in a glossy bookset, featuring The Lie Factory, an exclusive new ‘novella’ by Ian Rankin. The story comes stunningly illustrated in full graphic novel style by Timothy Truman. The first disc here features a selection of 14 studio recordings from the late rock-blues guitarist (see track listing below), with a second CD offering a selection of live performances. The third disc has actor Aidan Quinn narrating Ian Rankin’s story. The set also includes four glossy Lie Factory postcards.
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Yes / The Studio Albums 1969-1987

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Rhino will issue a new Yes box set on 11 November 2013.

The Studio Albums 1969-1987 includes expanded and remastered versions all 12 studio albums released by the prog rock band during this period. They are Yes (1969), Time and a Word (1970), The Yes Album (1971), Fragile (1971), Close to the Edge (1972), Tale from Topographic Oceans (1973), Relayer (1974), Going for the One (1977), Tormato (1978), Drama (1980), 90125 (1983) and Big Generator (1987).
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Can / Vinyl Box 17LP set

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Can vinyl box contains 17 180g vinyl LPs

Mute Records are to issue an enormous 17 LP Can box set in December 2013.

All records will be pressed on 180g vinyl, and come housed in a linen wrapped box. The set features 13 of the band’s classic albums, alongside Out Of Reach, which has been unavailable in any official format since its original release in 1978, plus Can Live, a bonus live disc featuring the classic Can line up of Holger Czukay (bass), Michael Karoli (guitar), Jaki Liebezeit (drums) and Irmin Schmidt (keyboards). The live album was recorded at Sussex University in 1975 and will be unavailable in any format outside of the Can Vinyl Box.
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Cabaret Voltaire / #8353 Collected Works 1983-1985 box set

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Above is a photo mock-up of the #8385 Collected Works 1983-1985 Cabaret Voltaire box set.

This package comes as an 8-disc set (6CDs+2DVD) or a 12-disc collection which adds four vinyl records. Albums, twelve-inch remix compilations and unreleased material all feature. Full details and track listings here.

#8385 Collected Works 1983-1985 is out on 11 November 2013

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Expert Witness: Which is the best sounding Robert Palmer remaster?

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When Edsel Records reissued Robert Palmer‘s Island era albums on CD, we were delighted. Regular SDE readers will know, we rate the Yorkshireman’s diverse ’70s output highly and like many fans were frustrated with the lack of activity around his catalogue.

Although the reissues that came out at the end of August were budget conscious combo-packs, with two albums in each set (three, in one case), the packaging itself was excellent, with slipcases, thick booklets, essays, lyrics and some great archive photography and scans of sleeves and record labels. Most of the albums also came with bonus tracks.
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Out This Week: 28 Oct 2013

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Leo Sayer / "Just A Box: The Complete Studio Recordings

Leo Sayer / Just A Box: The Complete Studio Recordings 1971-2006  (14 disc box set)

40th Anniversary collection – curated by Leo Sayer himself – features all of his original studio albums (across 12 CDs) in mini-vinyl replica wallets and two bonus discs gather non-album tracks.  Read more

Oh Yes We Can Love: A History Of Glam Rock 5-disc box

Various Artists / Oh Yes We Can Love: A History Of Glam Rock (5CD Box set)

This new box set looks beyond the normal boundaries of Glam Rock to examine its roots and its influences across the decades. 91 tracks across five discs. Read more

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Roger Taylor / “The Lot” box set

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Roger Taylor will issue a massive 13-disc box set in November that celebrates his 35 years of activity outside of his ‘day job’ in Queen.

The Lot features all Taylor’s solo albums and his material as front man for the group The Cross. Four bonus CDs of solo / The Cross single remixes, edits and B-sides are included, as is an exclusive box set version of his new album Fun On Earth. A DVD of videos completes the set, which comes packaged in a hard case slipcase with a book which holds all the discs.

The Lot is released on 11 November 2013.

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Neil Young / “Live at the Cellar Door”: new Archives Performance Series

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Neil Young will release Live At The Cellar Door, an album of unreleased live performances from late 1970, this December.

The album is the latest in Young’s ongoing Archives Performance Series, and it collects recordings made during the Canadian singer songwriter’s intimate six-show solo stand at The Cellar Door – a venue in Washington D.C. – between November 30th and December 2nd, 1970.
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The Beatles / Live at the BBC: The Collection 4CD box set

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The Beatles’ forthcoming On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 – due for release on 11 November 2013 – is available packaged with the remastered Live at the BBC set.
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Tabu Anthology boxes offer bonus content and remastered sound

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Alexander O’Neal is the first Tabu box out in November

Demon Music will release an album collection box set from Alexander O’Neal in November 2013. This is the first of two artist specific Anthology box sets (The S.O.S. Band is due in March next year) with a multi-artist larger Tabu box also due in Spring 2013.

Since the Anthology boxes were first announced way back in February, there has been some confusion over the content. Would the boxes simply hold a set of the expanded reissues that were released individually during the year, or could we expect a straightforward set of album-only reissues in card sleeves (like those Original Album Series collections)?
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Daft Punk / “Random Access Memories” deluxe box set edition

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Columbia Records will release a luxury deluxe box set edition of Daft Punk‘s acclaimed 2013 album Random Access Memories in early December.

The box set is a real multi-media offering featuring vinyl records, a book, robot design schematic posters, and two USB sticks with hi-res audio and high definition video.
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