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Van Halen / The Studio Albums box

Posted on February 21, 2013February 21, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

On Monday 25 February Rhino will release Van Halen: The Studio Albums.

This limited edition box set (only one production run) compromises Van Halen’s first six albums spanning 1976 to 1984 – effectively the David Lee Roth-era – and contains some of their best known songs including Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love, Runnin’ With The Devil, Jump, Dance The Night Away, Unchained, Everybody Wants Some, Hot For Teacher and Panama.

The CDs will be packaged in the usual card vinyl replica jackets, housed in a clamshell box.

The Studio Albums track listing

CD1) VAN HALEN: 1 Runnin’ With The Devil, 2 Eruption,
3 You Really Got Me, 4 Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love , 5 I’m The One, 6 Jamie’s Cryin’,
7 Atomic Punk, 8 Feel Your Love Tonight, 9 Little Dreamer, 10 Ice Cream Man, 11 On Fire

CD2) VAN HALEN II: 1 You’re No Good, 2 Dance The Night Away,
3 Somebody Get Me A Doctor, 4 Bottoms Up!, 5 Outta Love Again, 6 Light Up The Sky,
7 Spanish Fly, 8 D.O.A, 9 Women In Love, 10 Beautiful Girls,

CD3) WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST: 1 And The Cradle Will Rock,
2 Everybody Wants Some!, 3 Fools, 4 Romeo Delight, 5 Tora! Tora!, 6 Loss Of Control,
7 Take Your Whiskey Home, 8 Could This Be Magic?, 9 In A Simple Rhyme,

CD4) FAIR WARNING: 1 Mean Street, 2 Dirty Movies, 3 Sinner’s Swing!,
4 Hear About It Later, 5 Unchained, 6 Push Comes To Shove, 7 So This Is Love?,
8 Sunday Afternoon In The Park, 9 One Foot Out The Door,

CD5) DIVER DOWN: 1 Where Have All The Good Times Gone!, 2 Hang ‘Em High,
3 Cathedral, 4 Secrets, 5 Intruder, 6 (Oh) Pretty Woman, 7 Dancing In The Street,
8 Little Guitars (Intro), 9 Little Guitars, 10 Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now),
11 The Full Bug, 12 Happy Trails,

CD6) 1984: 1 1984, 2 Jump, 3 Panama, 4 Top Jimmy, 5 Drop Dead Legs, 6 Hot For Teacher, 7 I’ll Wait, 8 Girl Gone Bad, 9 House Of Pain,

Universal prep Kim Wilde reissue

Posted on February 20, 2013February 20, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

Kim Wilde / Close reissue being prepped by Universal — ‘Close’ contains three UK top 10 hit singles

Universal Music have chosen not to licence out Kim Wilde‘s 1988 album Close and are planning to put out a 25th anniversary deluxe reissue at some point this year.

Cherry Red Records hoped to release this album on their Cherry Pop imprint as a 2CD deluxe edition – as they had done for Wilde’s first five albums released in the 1980s – but Universal apparently see enough appeal for Close to keep it for themselves. The album contains four top 40 UK hit singles, three of which (You Came, Never Trust A Stranger, Four Letter Word) reached the top 10. You Came also broke into the US top 50.

Kim Wilde tweeted the following last month: “Great to hear various Close re-mixes for Mey Mr Heartache, You Came, Never trust a strange, Four Letter Word, Love In A Natural Way” so it is clear she is involved in the process.

If Universal are feeling lazy they can just re-use the track listing submitted by Cherry Red two years ago (see below). The reissue seems unlikely to be anything other than a two-CD deluxe edition, after all, and what was suggested by Cherry Red looks comprehensive enough.

How a Close deluxe edition might look:
Below is the track listing that Cherry Red were hoping to release. Time will tell if this becomes the final track listing of the Universal release.

CD1

Original Album tracks 1 – 10 (Total Time: 43’10)

1. Hey Mister Heartache
2. You Came
3. Four Letter Word
4. Love In The Natural Way
5. Love’s A No
6. Never Trust A Stranger
7. You’ll Be The One Who’ll Lose
8. European Soul
9. Stone
10. Lucky Guy

Bonus Tracks

11. Tell Me Where You Are (B-side of ‘Hey Mister Heartache’) – 3’10
12. Wotcha Gonna Do (B-side of ‘Never Trust A Stranger’) 4’04
13. She Hasn’t Got Time For You ’88 (B-side of ‘Four Letter Word’) 4’36
14. Hey Mister Heartache – 7″ version 3’45
15. You Came – 7″ version 3’35
16. Never Trust A Stranger – 7″ version 4’06
17. Love In The Natural Way – video edit 3’47

CD2

1. Hey Mister Heartache – 12″ version 8’10
2. Hey Mister Heartache – Kilowatt remix 6’10
3. You Came – 12″ version 6’45
4. You Came – Shep Pettibone 7″ mix 4’15
5. You Came – Shep Pettibone 12″ mix 7’36
6. You Came – Dub version #1 4’50
7. You Came – Dub version #2 4’44
8. Never Trust A Stranger – 12″ version 5’57
9. Never Trust A Stranger – Sanjazz mix 5’45
10. Four Letter Word – extended version 5’50
11. Four Letter Word – Late Night mix 3’56
12. Love In The Natural Way – extended version 6’00

Previous Cherry Red deluxe reissues…

Another Step (2CD Deluxe) > UK Order: Another Step (2cd)
Teases & Dares (2CD Deluxe) > UK Order: Teases & Dares (2cd)
Catch As Catch Can (Expanded) > UK Order: Catch As Catch Can
Kim Wilde (Expanded) > UK Order: Kim Wilde
Select (Expanded) > UK Order: Select

The Eagles / Studio Albums 1972-1979 six CD box set

Posted on February 19, 2013February 19, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

Rhino/Elektra release a six-CD box of The Eagles‘ studio albums on 19 March 2013.

The albums will come packaged in the usual vinyl-replica style wallets, held within a clamshell box and the titles included in this set are as follows: Eagles (1972), Desperado (1973), On The Border (1974), One Of These Nights (1975), Hotel California (1976) and the The Long Run (1979).

European purchasers would be advised to pre-order this from amazon Germany, where the price at the time of writing is €23 or just under £20 (see links below).

Alison Moyet / New album in May

Posted on February 19, 2013February 19, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

Alison Moyet / the minutes new album in May — Alison Moyet’s new album will be called ‘the minutes’

Alison Moyet will release a new album called the minutes in May 2013.

Her eighth solo long player was recorded with composer /producer Guy Sigsworth and according to Alison, “We have made an album mindless of industry mores that apply to middle-aged women and have shunned all talk of audiences, demographics and advert jazz covers”.

More details around this release – artwork and formats etc. – coming soon, but in the meantime to get a feel for the sound of the new record you can listen to Changeling – the first track issued from the album – below.

• UK Pre-order: the minutes

Breathe / All That Jazz 2CD deluxe

Posted on February 19, 2013February 19, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

British pop band Breathe‘s blink-and-you’ll-miss-it career is all thanks to the success of the singles from their 1988 debut All That Jazz.

Hands To Heaven almost went to number one in the US (peaking at number two), and the follow-up single How Can I Fall? also went top five Stateside. A further US top ten hit from the album seemed to suggest a solid foundation for a successful career, but unfortunately for the band, sales of their second album Peace Of Mind (1990) were poor and they split soon after.

Cherry Pop are reissuing their debut as a 2CD deluxe edition, adding a selection of seven inch remixes, B-sides and extended versions. The track count is actually tripled to a generous 33 in total, and the reissue is due for release on 25 February 2013.

All That Jazz deluxe edition track listing:
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Dio / Dream Evil deluxe edition

Posted on February 19, 2013February 19, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

Dio‘s fourth album, 1987’s Dream Evil will be issued by Universal as a 2CD deluxe edition on 4 March 2013. Guitarist Craig Goldy featured on this album, but left the band soon afterwards. He would return years later for Magica (2000) and Master Of The Moon (2004).

This deluxe edition comes with a bonus disc that features most the band’s live performance at the 1987 Monsters Of Rock Donnington gig.

Dream Evil deluxe edition track listing:
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The Blow Monkeys / New album offers acoustic hits bonus disc

Posted on February 18, 2013February 18, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

The Blow Monkeys‘ forthcoming album Feels Like A New Morning is due for release on 8 April, and as well as ten new tracks from the pop band formed in way back in the early 1980s, the CD will come complete with a bonus disc of acoustic hits as performed solo by frontman and songwriter Dr. Robert.

These bonus tracks were originally made available on Dr. Robert’s website in April 2012 and the selection includes classics such as Digging Your Scene and It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way. The songs can still be previewed (in full) and are available for purchase separately in various download formats. Click here to hear the songs.

If you’d rather wait for the physical release, and of course the bonus of having a new album to enjoy, then pre-order links are below.

Out This Week / 18 February 2013

Posted on February 18, 2013February 18, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds / Push The Sky Away CD + DVD deluxe edition

Nick Cave‘s latest was recorded in Hansa Studios in Berlin. This deluxe edition comes with a DVD with some bonus tracks. A super deluxe edition and vinyl are also available.

Crosby Nash & Young / The San Francisco Broadcast

Neil Young joined Crosby and Nash on stage for this 1972 benefit concert in Winterland, San Francisco to perform four songs from Harvest.

• UK Order: The San Francisco Broadcast

Five Star / The Remix Anthology 84-91

26 remixes from Five Star at the height of their fame, including mixes that couldn’t fit on previous deluxe or expanded reissues. More here.

Status Quo / Pictures The Essential Collection

A CD+DVD combo package, featuring audio and video respectively from Status Quo live at the Montreux Festival 2009. The UK price is extremely cheap at time of writing.

Joe Cocker / Fire It Up (CD+DVD Deluxe Edition)

Joe Cocker‘s new album is available as a deluxe edition with a DVD with some bonus videos.

• UK Order: Fire It Up [CD/DVD]

Swing Out Sister / Private View deluxe souvenir edition

Posted on February 18, 2013January 15, 2021 by Paul Sinclair

Swing Out Sister have re-issued their originally self-released Private View collection in the US as a deluxe edition – upgrading the packaging to a DVD-style digi-pack and pairing the CD with a Toyko Stories, a DVD documenting a live concert they performed in Japan in 2010.
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Julia Fordham / Porcelain and Swept deluxe editions on the way

Posted on February 16, 2013March 4, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

Julia Fordham‘s second album, 1989’s Porcelain, and its follow-up Swept, from 1991, are both to be reissued by Cherry Red Records as two-CD deluxe editions in May 2013.

The British singer-songwriter is probably best-known for her 1988 UK single Happy Ever After, a memorable, but modest hit, taken from her self-titled debut (planned for reissue later in 2013).

Her second album Porcelain was issued in 1989 and actually outperformed its predecessor in the UK, a situation echoed in the US where it remains Julia Fordham’s most successful album. There were some variations of track listings with this record, notably Manhattan Skyline was not present on the UK issue.

It has to be said that in terms of singles, Fordham was only an occasional botherer of the UK top 40, but (Love Moves In) Mysterious Ways from third album Swept did reach no. 19 in 1991. The success of this song, led to the reissue of the previous single I Thought It Was You.

Between them, these deluxe reissues blow the dust off a generous selection of seven-inch mixes, B-sides, promo edits and extended remixes, looking to provide a comprehensive overview of the period in question. It is also worth noting that the original master tapes are being used for this reissue.

Full track listings for Porcelain Deluxe and Swept Deluxe below:
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Pepe Deluxe / Queen of the Wave deluxe edition to be won!

Posted on February 15, 2013February 16, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

Finnish electronic band Pepé Deluxe released Queen Of The Wave – “an esoteric pop opera in three parts” – early last year to great acclaim. Finnish producer James Spectrum and Swedish composer Paul Malmstöm are the architects behind this unique, electic mix of hip hop, break beat, ‘downtempo’ and sixties psychedelia.
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Basia / Time And Tide Deluxe Edition

Posted on February 14, 2013June 10, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

Polish-born Basia Trzetrzelewska (pronounced Basha Chechelevska) came to prominence as part of Matt Bianco in the early 1980s, and together with Mark Reilly and Danny White, contributed to the success of the band’s debut album Whose Side Are You On?

Basia and White both left Matt Bianco in 1985, and spent two years writing and recording her debut solo album Time And Tide. Released in 1987, the record was a success, especially in America where the title track was a top 30 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

In the end, six singles were released from the 10-track LP (the CD had a bonus track) across various territories. This resulted in a plethora of remixes, seven-inch edits and the odd B-side. The record became a solid foundation for a successful solo career, and only two years later in 1989, Basia had similar success, particularly in the US, with her follow-up album London Warsaw New York.

A new deluxe reissue of Time And Tide is due for release in May 2013 by Cherry Red Records, and adds 19 bonus tracks to the original album, as issued on CD. See the track listing below.

Time And Tide Deluxe Edition track listing:
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Black / Wonderful Life 2CD Deluxe

Posted on February 14, 2013February 15, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

Wonderful Life by Black (aka Colin Vearncombe) was originally released back in 1987 and was a significant success in the UK, yielding two top ten hit singles in the (reissued) title track and the single Sweetest Smile.

March 18th sees a deluxe reissue of this album in the form of a two-CD set, which comprises the full original album plus a second CD of 14 bonus tracks, including the original Ugly Man version of the Wonderful Life single plus a selection of B-sides and four songs from a 1986 Janice Long session. The album’s liner notes come complete with a specially commissioned interview with Colin.

Wonderful Life Deluxe Edition track listing:
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Paul Hardcastle / Interview

Posted on February 14, 2013February 14, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

Paul Hardcastle is a artist, songwriter and producer who has been making music for the last 30 years. He started out in the electro/dance sphere, and in recent decades, his musical journey has led to him more of an ambient, smooth jazz sound, evident on last year’s 19 Below Zero album.

There have been plenty of diversions and collaborations along the way, with Hardcastle often recording under aliases, to avoid contractual problems. He is best known outside the US for his enormous hit single 19, which reflected on the plight of veterans who served in the Vietnam War in the late 1960s. It would reach number one in 13 different countries around the world.

Demon Music Group through their Music Deluxe imprint, released Electrofied 80s: Essential Paul Hardcastle at the end of last month. This two-CD retrospective highlights some of Hardcastle’s best work with much focus on the music produced in the 1980s-era.

We recently caught up with Paul and spoke to him about this new release…

SuperDeluxeEdition: How did the new compilation come about?

Paul Hardcastle: Demon Music contacted me to say they were interested in getting together a compilation of my old electro and ’80s type of stuff, and to be honest with you, I thought that’s would be great, because number one I’d have a CD of all my stuff (laughs).
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Giorgio Moroder / On The Groove Train Volume 2: 1974 -1985

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

Repertoire records last year issued On The Groove Train Volume 1: 1975-1993, a collection of Giorgio Moroder collaborations and productions spanning two CDs.

A follow-up to this volume will be released on 4 March 2012 (UK) and On The Groove Train Volume 2: 1974 -1985 sees a further selection of rarities from the Italian producer, featuring work of artists such as Donna Summer, Chris Bennett and Roberta Kelly. The songs are culled from various international releases and take in A-sides, B-sides adn the occasional 12-inch versions.

On The Groove Train Volume 2: 1974-1985 track listing:
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FIRST PICTURES “Music & Photos” sets featuring Elvis, Dylan, Miles Davis

Posted on February 12, 2013February 13, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

Elvis Presley / Music & Photos — Large format packaging sits nicely alongside your vinyl (click to enlarge)

Sony have this week released their Music & Photos series. As previously announced these four sets – featuring Elvis, Bob Dylan, Miles Davis and Jeff Buckley – contain two CDs of music (CD+DVD for Buckley) and place them in a large format package which also contains ten quality photo prints of the artist in question.

The contents sit securely within a large gatefold wallet, which has similar dimensions to a vinyl album. The photo prints look ideal for framing, with no commercial logos or text on them whatsoever. More photos below:
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Scared To Get Happy / The Story of Indie Pop / five CD set on the way

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

Cherry Red records narrate a ten-year story of indie pop with a new mammoth five-CD box Scared To Get Happy.

This set bookends the decade of the 1980s, and takes in tracks from the likes of The Pale Fountains, Lloyd Cole, Prefab Sprout, Everything But The Girl, The Wonder Stuff, The Brilliant Corners and The Vaselines amongst many, many others. In fact the label are still tweaking the track listing at the time of writing, so don’t be surprised to find a few final tweaks applied by the time this is released, which is expected to be June 2013.

Keep up with the latest via facebook.com/scaredtogethappy

Full track listing below:
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FIRST PICTURES: A New England: The Very Best of Kirsty MacColl

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

A New England: The Very Best Of Kirsty MacColl is a 21-track hits collection due for release from Union Square Music on 25 Februrary 2013 (UK date, other territories may vary). As previously announced, Amazon.co.uk are offering an exclusive ‘deluxe’ edition of this compilation that comes with a bonus DVD containing 10 promo videos and five art cards. These cards have photos of Kirsty on one side and quotes from song lyrics on the other.

This attractive set is presented as a six-panel digi-pack, but does not come with a booklet of any description.

Out This Week / 11 Feb 2013

Posted on February 11, 2013February 12, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

Led Zeppelin / Celebration Day 3xLP

Almost three months after the original release, the Led Zeppelin live album is issued as three heavyweight LPs.

Richard Thompson / Electric (Deluxe Edition)

Songwriter and guitarist Richard Thompson recorded this new record in Nashville with Buddy Miller producing. This deluxe edition is a 2CD set with seven bonus tracks.

Yes / Original Album Series (5CD Set)

Five CD set from Yes, containing Going For The One (1977), Tormato (1978), Drama (1980), 90125 (1983) and Big Generator (1987).

• UK Order: Yes – Original Album Series
• USA Order: Yes – Original Album Series
• CANADA Order: Yes – Original Album Series
• GERMANY Order: Yes – Original Album Series

Elvis Presley / Music & Photos

Two CD hits collection from The King, in large format packaging and ten 11 x 12.5 inch photos.

Bob Dylan Music & Photos

Two CD hits collection (actually The Essential Bob Dylan) in large format packaging with ten quality 11 x 12.5 inch photos.

Bob Dylan / Blood On The Tracks (Hybrid SACD)

More Dylan, this time a numbered limited edition Hybrid SACD (Super Audio CD) from audiophile specialists Mobile Fidelity. This has been mastered from the original tapes and is presented in hi-res Stereo.

Conny Plank / Who’s That Man – A Tribute To Conny Plank

A 4CD box set highlighting the early work of legendary German Krautrock producer Conny Plank (Kraftwerk, NEU!, Harmonia, D.A.F.).

This nicely designed packaged comes with an extensive booklet and comprises two CDs of original tracks that had a Conny involvement (e.g. Le Sinistre – a track from the sessions of the Eurythmics first album In The Garden, which Plank co-produced), a further CD of remixes and rounds off with a disc featuring a previously unreleased live show featuring Plank, Dieter Möbius and Arno Steffen in Mexico 1986.

R.E.M. / Original Album Series (5CD set)

The critically acclaimed Warner albums from the early to mid-nineties are notable by their absence, but this value set could be a good catching up exercise for those who stopped buying R.E.M. records around the time of 1996’s New Adventures in Hi-Fi. This set contains Up, Reveal, Around The Sun, Accelerate and Collapse Into Now. Bonus points for quite a groovy cover design.

Bob Dylan / Bringing It All Back Home (Hybrid SACD)

Like Blood On The Tracks, Dylan’s 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home is released this week by Mobile Fidelity as a hi-res Stereo Hybrid SACD.

Jeff Buckley / Music and Photos

Another edition of Sony’s new ‘Music & Photos’ series. For this Jeff Buckley release, a CD of hits and a live DVD accompany the 10 glossy photos.

The Allman Brothers Band Hybrid SACD

As well as the Dylan releases, audiophile specialist Mobile Fidelity this week issue The Allman Brothers Band 1969 debut. This is a stereo hybrid SACD.

FIRST PICTURES: Fleetwood Mac / Rumours super deluxe edition

Posted on February 6, 2013February 12, 2013 by Paul Sinclair

Fleetwood Mac‘s Rumours was released last week as a super deluxe edition box set. A full review of the contents is coming soon, but until then we present these photos of the packaging for your viewing pleasure.

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds / Push The Sky Away CD + DVD deluxe edition

Crosby Nash & Young / The San Francisco Broadcast

Five Star / The Remix Anthology 84-91

Status Quo / Pictures The Essential Collection

Joe Cocker / Fire It Up (CD+DVD Deluxe Edition)

Led Zeppelin / Celebration Day 3xLP

Richard Thompson / Electric (Deluxe Edition)

Yes / Original Album Series (5CD Set)

Elvis Presley / Music & Photos

Bob Dylan Music & Photos

Bob Dylan / Blood On The Tracks (Hybrid SACD)

Conny Plank / Who’s That Man – A Tribute To Conny Plank

R.E.M. / Original Album Series (5CD set)

Bob Dylan / Bringing It All Back Home (Hybrid SACD)

Jeff Buckley / Music and Photos

The Allman Brothers Band Hybrid SACD