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Out This Week / 15 July 2013

Posted on July 15, 2013July 15, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

The Style Council / Classic Album Selection (6CD box)

All of The Style Council‘s albums contained in this box set including the unreleased-at-the-time Modernism: A New Decade.
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Pet Shop Boys / Vocal CD single

Posted on July 15, 2013July 29, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

The Pet Shop Boys will release a 9-track CD edition of their new single Vocal on 29 July 2013.

The CD comes in a gloss-laminated gatefold wallet, with an inner wallet in vibrant dayglo orange. This is the lead single from their new Stuart Price produced album Electric, and is the first on their new label x2 (working with Kobalt Label Services).

The packaging certainly sounds like a step up from the Parlophone CD singles of the last few years, which have come in a single ‘no frills’ card sleeve. If no other Vocal CD emerges then this could be the first Pet Shop Boys UK single since Surburbia to have no official B-side or non-album track available on CD at the time of release.

CD Single

MP3-only

Track listing

1. Vocal (Album Mix)
2. Vocal (Rektchordz Dub)
3. Vocal (Armageddon Turk Teargas Mix)
4. Vocal (The Cucharachas Mix)
5. Vocal (JRMX Club Mix)
6. Vocal (Ivan Gomez & Nacho Chapado Mix)
7. Vocal (Rektchordz Mix)
8. Vocal (Wawa Extended Mix)
9. Vocal (The Cucharachas Dub)

Mike Oldfield / “Crises” and “Five Miles Out” reissue buying guide

Posted on July 13, 2013September 2, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

As we’ve mentioned in previous posts, Five Miles Out and Crises, Mike Oldfield’s 1982 and 1983 albums for Virgin Records are being reissued on 2 September 2013.

Now that all the details around track listings and formats have come to light, we thought it was worth revisiting exactly what your options are for each title.

Crises

Crises is being issued in four formats: two-CD deluxe edition, a single CD remaster, vinyl LP and a three-CD/two-DVD box set (not four-CD/DVD as first suggested).

Box Set
In the box set the first CD contains the remastered album plus Moonlight Shadow (2013 ‘unplugged mix’), Shadow On The Wall (2013 ‘unplugged mix’), Mistake, Crime Of Passion (Extended Version), Jungle Gardenia, Moonlight Shadow (12″ version) and Shadow On The Wall (12″ version). Discs two and three contain twelve tracks as performed live at Wembley Arena on 22nd July 1983 on the Crises tour. Disc four is a DVD which includes Moonlight Shadow from BBC TV’s Top Of The Pops and video of some tracks from the concert mentioned above. The fifth and final disc is a DVD which contains a 5.1 surround sound mix of the Crises album. Full track listing at the end of this post! The box set comes with what looks like a hardback book.

Deluxe Edition
This is a two-CD set, actually discs one and three from the box set, packaged in the usual way.

Single CD
Simply disc one from the box set and the deluxe edition.

• UK pre-order: Crises

Vinyl
The six-track album remastered.

Five Miles Out

Things are much simpler with Five Miles Out which is being reissued in three different formats.

Deluxe Edition
A three disc set: two CDs and a DVD. Disc one contains the remastered album plus Waldberg (The Peak) and Five Miles Out (demo). The second CD is eight tracks as performed Live In Cologne in December 1982 on the Five Miles Out tour. The DVD contains the album remixed for 5.1 surround sound. It should be said that this represents excellent value for money.

Single CD
This is disc one from the deluxe edition.

• Mike Oldfield: Five Miles Out

Vinyl LP
The five-track album remastered.

Track listings:

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Eric Clapton / Day By Day deluxe

Posted on July 13, 2013July 13, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

Backbeat books will publish a deluxe set of their Eric Clapton Day By Day volumes at the end of 2013.

Day By Day, written by author/journalist Marc Roberty, presents Clapton’s professional life in music in a day-by-day format, giving details of which bands he joined and left, all recordings made – both released and unreleased – as well as guest appearances he made on other artists’ records, and concert tours. The first volume (The Early Years 1963-82) has recently been published and this will be followed by a second volume (The Later Years: 1983–2013) in November 2013.

This deluxe set includes both volumes in a special hardcover slipcase.

Deluxe Set – Special slipcase edition (Both volumes)
UK Pre-order: Eric Clapton: Deluxe Edition: Day by Day
USA Pre-order: Eric Clapton, Day by Day Deluxe Set

The Early Years (1963-82)
UK Pre-order: Eric Clapton – Day by Day: The Early Years 1963-1982
USA Pre-order: Eric Clapton – Day by Day: The Early Years 1963-1982

The Later Years (1983-2013)
UK Pre-order: Eric Clapton, Day by Day: The Later Years, 1983-2013
USA Pre-order: Eric Clapton, Day by Day: The Later Years, 1983-2013

Second Hand News / July 2013

Posted on July 12, 2013July 12, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

It’s that time of the month! We’ve been shopping for used records. Here’s what we’ve found…

Swing Out Sister / Surrender US 12″ (1988)

Picked up this US twelve-inch version of Swing Out Sister‘s Surrender because it contains the Pop Stand Remix (by Justin Strauss and Murray Elias) which wasn’t issued in the UK. In fact it also contains the standard Stuff Gun Mix and the seven-inch version, as well as B-side Who’s To Blame, so all in all, a nice item (if you can forgive the horrendous cover). The Pop Stand Remix runs for 7.05 and didn’t appear on last year’s It’s Better To Travel reissue. It probably should have, to be honest, since it’s rather good, and not one of those ruined-for-the-dancefloor mixes. But we’ve given Swing Out Sister enough advice in the past, so let’s not go there.

The Bangles/ Walk Like An Egyptian UK CD Single (1990)

The person who previously owned this Bangles CD single, was obviously freaked out by the card sleeve, and got a pair of scissors out and butchered it, forcing it into a jewel case! Despite this travesty, it’s an excellent item. The Bangles 1986 single was reissued in 1990 to coincide with their greatest hits, and this four track collection includes the original Extended Dance Mix, Acappella Mix, and single version of the song as well as the Ozymandias 7″ Remix. A twelve-inch version of the latter was also issued at the time on vinyl. Continue reading “Second Hand News / July 2013”

Nik Kershaw responds to Riddle deluxe bonus track criticism

Posted on July 11, 2013June 13, 2020 by Paul Sinclair

Nik Kershaw has today defended his bonus track selection on the forthcoming reissue of his 1984 album The Riddle.

Fans had expressed dismay over the selection which omits a B-side from the era (Progress) and fails to include an extended remix of one of the album tracks (Wild Horses). Both of those issues are addressed specifically, and Nik’s comments can be read below: (link the actual post on his forum here)
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The Moody Blues / Timeless Flight

Posted on July 11, 2013September 6, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

Last month Universal Music’s enormous Moody Blues Timeless Flight 17-disc super deluxe box set was released, and like a few recent box sets (Wings Over America, Smashing Pumpkin’s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness) it retails at well over £100 (nearer to £200 on amazon UK at the time of writing).
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Manic Street Preachers / new album “Rewind The Film” announced

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

The Manic Street Preachers will release their eleventh studio album, Rewind The Film, on 19 September 2013.

The album is said to be a more reflective offering than recent outings and the band said in a statement: ‘[If] this record has a relation in the Manics back catalogue, it’s probably the sedate coming of age that was This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours.’

The record contains an anti-Thatcher song in 30 Year War, and a single Show Me The Wonder will be issued prior to the release of the album.

A deluxe edition follows the pattern of recent years, by adding a bonus disc containing the entire album as demos, but this time around we also get five further tracks Live At The O2. A SIGNED deluxe 2CD is available from the official Manic Street Preachers Web Store.

*Signed* 2CD Deluxe Edition

• Pre-order from Official Manics site (global link)

2CD Deluxe Edition

Vinyl

Standard CD

Rewind The Film track listing
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FIRST PICTURES: Nilsson / The RCA Albums collection box set

Posted on July 10, 2013July 11, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

Nilsson / The RCA Albums Collection 17CD box set — 17-CD box set from RCA/Legacy

The Nilsson RCA Albums Collection is out on 29 July, and we’re delighted to bring you some pictures of this set.

If you are not aware of this release, it’s a 17-CD boxset, that includes all of Harry Nilsson’s original RCA albums (US discography), and three discs of rarities, featuring single-only releases, previously unreleased recordings, demos, radio spots, etc.

The albums have bonus material adding up to 65 tracks, of which 26 are previously unreleased. Exclusive to this box are also three new ‘sessions’ CDs. These contains a total of 58 tracks, half of which are previously unreleased. A full track listing can be found on our news post from May.

More photos below:
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Supertramp / Breakfast in America blu-ray audio photos

Posted on July 9, 2013September 5, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

Universal Music have started rolling out some new blu-ray audio titles under the “High Fidelity Pure Audio” banner. A number of titles will be released and each will feature PCM, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio 96kHz/24bit audio tracks. The Rolling Stones’ GRRR! compilation received the same treatment last year.
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TALK ABOUT POP MUSIC Your views on newly announced sets

Posted on July 9, 2013July 11, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

A quick look at what YOU have been telling us about the latest releases or newly announced product in the last few weeks. These are comments left on our Facebook page, or thoughts and views posted here on this blog.

The Island Years, an 18-disc John Martyn box set is on the way…
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Peter Gabriel to release 1987 Live in Athens concert on blu-ray

Posted on July 9, 2013April 7, 2020 by Paul Sinclair

Eleven months ago we robustly criticised Peter Gabriel‘s overpriced and under-spec’d So 25th anniversary box set. Like many fans, we could not understand why Gabriel would completely ignore B-sides and remixes, and not offer the album in surround sound.
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Out This Week / 8 July 2013

Posted on July 8, 2013July 11, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

Paul Young / Remixes and Rarities 2CD compilation

This 24-track, two-CD collection was compiled by SuperDeluxeEdition for Cherry Pop. So we think it’s quite good. Arguably, the only truly essential Paul Young compilation.
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Paul Young / Interview

Posted on July 8, 2013August 4, 2020 by Paul Sinclair

Paul Young‘s new compilation Remixes and Rarities, is officially released today. The album was compiled by SuperDeluxeEdition founder and editor Paul Sinclair. The two-CD set features all of Young’s hit singles from the 1980s in their expansive twelve-inch form, along with rarities such as B-sides, and cassette only long versions. Many tracks are issued on CD for the first time.

Purchasers of Remixes and Rarities will be able to read Paul Young’s exclusive track-by-track commentary in the booklet that comes with the CDs. This was edited down from an interview with the singer conducted by Paul Sinclair back in May.

Today we bring you some further recollections from Paul Young on his first four albums that do not feature in the CD booklet. Enjoy!

SuperDeluxeEdition: You must look back on the 1983-85 period very fondly. Hit singles, hit albums, Band Aid, Live Aid – it seemed like a great period to be a pop star.

Paul Young: Yes, I think I happened along at just the right time to ride that wave. I think if I’d waited any longer I’d have missed it. I was the newest kid on the block, when it came to that Band Aid record, everyone else was more established that I was. I’d just got my first album under my belt, and I think I was working on the second. So it was great to be there in the thick of it.
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The Allman Brothers Band / Brothers and Sisters super deluxe

Posted on July 5, 2013July 5, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

The Allman Brothers Band’s 1973 album Brothers and Sisters, was the first full record to be recorded without Duane Allman, who’d been killed in a motorcycle accident in October 1971. The rock/blues outfit then suffered another terrible blow when bassist Berry Oakley was killed during the making of this record (another motorcycle accident). Lamar Williams was brought in as a replacement and plays on five of the record’s seven tracks.

Despite all the adversity, when released in August 1973, Brothers and Sisters would become The Allman Brothers Band first number one album in the US and even spawned a big hit single in the form of the guitarist Dickey Betts’ Ramblin Man’ (it reached number two). Those in the UK will also recognise another Betts composition, the instrumental Jessica, as the theme tune to Top Gear.

Universal’s new super deluxe edition of Brothers and Sisters comes packaged in a rather splendid 10-panel card wallet, with a 32-page booklet that details the making of the album with lots of archive photography.

The four disc set contains a bonus disc of rehearsals, jams and outtakes (all previously unreleased) as well as two further discs devoted to a live performance at Winterland in San Francisco in Sep 1973. Eleven of the 17 live tracks are previously unreleased.

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John Martyn / The Island Years 18-disc box set

Posted on July 5, 2013October 8, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

In September 2013, Universal Music will issue The Island Years, an 18-disc career retrospective box set anthologising the work of British singer-songwriter John Martyn.

The set will be packaged in an LP size hard-back slip case, and 17 CDs will feature all 12 of Martyn’s Island-era studio albums (recorded between 1967 and 1987) along with bonus tracks including previously unreleased mixes, outtakes and unheard songs. The complete demos for the rejected Apprentice album also feature.

In addition to the above, The Island Years boasts the audio from two complete, previously unreleased live solo concerts from 1972 and 1977 and comes complete with a DVD containing rare television performances from the Old Grey Whistle Test, Sight and Sound – In Concert and A Little Night Music. Foundations Live at the Town and Country Club – only available on an out-of-print VHS – is also included on the DVD.

As well as all this audio and video content, this set comes with a hard-back book, featuring a new essay by The Island Years compiler and researcher John Hillarby, as well as rare and previously unseen photographs.

The Island Years is released on 9 September 2013.

Sly & The Family Stone / Higher! 4CD box set with unreleased rarities

Posted on July 3, 2013July 23, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

Epic/Legacy (ie Sony) are to release Higher! a four-CD deluxe box set celebrating the music of Sly & The Family Stone.

This career-spanning package will feature 17 previously unreleased tracks, alternate versions, mono singles, demos, instrumental and live performances from concerts and TV appearances. A 104-page book comes as part of the set, and the discs and book will reside in a ten-inch square deluxe slip-case.

The book sounds excellent, featuring fully comprehensive liner notes, an illustrated timeline of Sly’s career, track-by-track annotations, rare photography, 45 rpm label and picture sleeve repros, vintage concert posters and ticket stubs from Sly & The Family Stone shows.

Higher! includes 77 tracks in total and is released on 26 August 2013. See track listing below for more details.

Purchasing notes: As well as the 4CD box set, US Amazon is offering an ‘exclusive’ (and expensive) 8LP+CD package, with the bonus CD said to contain “6 more extremely rare and previously unreleased tracks”. There is also a ‘best of the box’, 16-track, single CD ‘highlights’ edition which manages to squeeze into its running order a few of the unreleased gems. The UK box set is available for pre-order at the time of writing for a decent price of £39.

4CD Box Set

Japanese 4xBlu-Spec CD2 box set

• CANADA Pre-order: Higher!

8LP+CD Vinyl box set (bonus CD Amazon.com exclusive)

1CD ‘Highlights’ release

Higher! – Sly & The Family Stone full track listing:
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The Kinks / Muswell Hillbillies 2CD deluxe edition reissue

Posted on July 3, 2013July 3, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

Muswell Hillbillies, The Kinks‘ 1971 album, will be reissued as a two-CD deluxe edition on 29 July 2013.

The album was the band’s first for RCA records and although critically well received, it was not a commercial success. This new edition pairs the original album with a bonus disc of alternate versions, demos and live tracks. These include Kentucky Moon and Mountain Woman which featured on the previous reissue.

Muswell Hillbillies deluxe edition track listing:

Disc: 1

1. Twentieth Century Man
2. Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues
3. Holiday
4. Skin And Bone
5. Alcohol
6. Complicated Life
7. Here Come The People In Grey
8. Have A Cuppa Tea
9. Holloway Jail
10. Oklahoma USA
11. Uncle Son
12. Muswell Hillbilly

Disc: 2

1. Lavender Lane
2. Mountain Woman
3. Have A Cuppa Tea (Alternate Version)
4. Muswell Hillbilly (1976 Remix)
5. Uncle Son (Alternate Version)
6. Kentucky Moon
7. Nobody’s Fool (Demo Version)
8. 20th Century Man (Alternate Instrumental Take)
9. 20th Century Man (1976 Remix)
10. Queenie
11. Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues (Live At Kensington House – 1972)
12. Holiday (Live At Kensington House – 1972)
13. Skin And Bone (Live At Kensington House – 1972)

ABBA / “Ring Ring” 40th anniversary deluxe edition coming soon

Posted on July 3, 2013October 14, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

ABBA‘s 1973 debut album, Ring Ring, will be issued as a CD+DVD deluxe edition on 14 October 2013.

The original album comes with 13 bonus tracks, four of which are new to CD, while the DVD will feature some rare TV performances and the now familiar ‘International Sleeve Gallery’.

Amongst the bonus cuts are the rare original versions of the album tracks I Saw It In The Mirror and I Am Just A Girl; the 1970 recording There’s A Little Man, featuring Agnetha on backing vocals (her first contribution to a recording written and produced by Björn and Benny); Man vill ju leva lite dessemellan, a 1972 hit single for Frida featuring backing vocals by her fellow ABBA members; and En hälsning till våra parkarrangörer, a spoken-word promotion single from 1972 on which the four ABBA members talk up their 1973 tour of Sweden.

Although the DVD looks a little thin on content, in addition to the archive footage, it features a 2012 report from Swedish television where Benny tells the story of the writing and recording of Ring Ring, and he goes in-depth on the group’s creative process, isolating the different tracks on the original multi-track tape. That sounds interesting.

The package also includes a 20-page illustrated booklet featuring an extensive essay on the making of the album.

RING RING Deluxe Edition track listing:
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Demon Records issue new wave of special vinyl editions

Posted on July 2, 2013July 3, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

Deacon Blue's Raintown is one of many special limited vinyl issues in July — Deacon Blue’s Raintown is one of many special limited vinyl issues in July

Demon Records, the new vinyl-only imprint from Demon Music Group, are set to delve into their broad catalogue for some more special – and very limited – vinyl releases.

Titles issued in July 2013 include Sugar‘s Beaster (limited to 500 copies), a picture disc of Saxon‘s Dogs Of War (750 copies) and The Beat‘s Wha’ppen (750 copies).

Fans will also be clamouring for some special coloured vinyl sets, including Deacon Blue‘s classic Raintown on transparent blue vinyl (1000 copies), and Ian McCulloch‘s recent Holy Ghost album across a triple transparent yellow vinyl set (500 copies – a What Records exclusive).

All releases come with a download code to obtain an MP3 versions of the songs and most are pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl.

Foghat: ‘Fool For The City’ (500 copies)
UK Pre-order: Fool For The City – Vinyl [VINYL]

Sugar: ‘Beaster’ (500 copies)
UK Pre-order: Beaster – Vinyl [VINYL]

Saxon: ‘Dogs Of War’ Picture Disc (750 copies)
UK Pre-order: Dogs Of War – Picture Disc Vinyl

Ian McCulloch: ‘Holy Ghosts’ 3LP yellow vinyl (500 copies)
What Records Exclusive

Deacon Blue: ‘The Hipsters’ Transparent yellow vinyl (1000 copies)
UK Pre-order: The Hipsters – Vinyl

Deacon Blue: ‘Raintown’ (1000 copies)
UK Pre-order: Raintown – Vinyl

Deacon Blue: ‘When The World Knows Your Name’ (1000 copies)
UK Pre-order: When The World Knows Your Name – Vinyl

The Beat: ‘Wha’ppen?’ (500 copies)
UK Pre-order: Wha’Ppen – Vinyl

Jim Croce: ‘I Got A Name’ (500 copies)
UK Pre-order: I Got A Name – Vinyl