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Christmas Advent Competition / Day Six: The Prize

Posted on December 8, 2012December 7, 2012 by Paul Sinclair

It may be Saturday, but we are still working hard to bring you the best prizes in our Christmas Advent Giveaway competition. Today we are giving away a brand new release only out this week – Blur‘s Parklive album, which is a recording of their gig in Hyde Park this past summer.

This two-CD set is packed with live hits including Girls & Boys, Parklife, Beetlebum, Tender, For Tomorrow and Under The Westway. 25 tracks in total.

The winner will be announced at 8pm (GMT) tonight. Check back here tonight to see if you’ve been lucky. If you haven’t entered to be in the prize draw yet, you can do so here. Good luck to everyone.

Christmas Advent Competition / Day Five: The Winner

Posted on December 7, 2012December 7, 2012 by Paul Sinclair

Congratulations to Michael Howe who has been randomly selected as the winner of today’s prize in our Christmas Advent Giveaway. Michael wins the Sugar Copper Blue deluxe reissue. Michael, we will contact you via email for shipping details!

Many more prizes to be won – remember a prize to be won every day until Christmas Day! We will announce tomorrow’s prize (Day 6) here at 8am…

If you haven’t entered yet, you can do so by following the instructions here.

Steve Winwood / Arc Of A Diver replacement booklet

Posted on December 7, 2012December 7, 2012 by Paul Sinclair

Steve Winwood / Arc Of A Diver reissue booklet problem — Original booklets (right) had a printing error

Anyone who purchased Steve Winwood‘s Arc Of A Diver two-CD reissue back in October, may have noticed an error in the accompanying 12-page booklet.

Page seven was repeated on page nine, meaning that the lyrics to the end of Arc Of A Diver, all of Second Hand Woman and most of Slowdown Sundown are missing.

A sloppy error that should never have happened. Thankfully, it seems that Universal have re-printed these, and anyone looking for a replacement should email customer services at the following address [email protected], being sure to give them a mailing address for your replacement booklet.

We did this on Monday, and our new booklet arrived this morning. Thanks to SuperDeluxeEdition reader Julian Crook for giving us this information.

Christmas Advent Competition / Day Five: The Prize

Posted on December 7, 2012December 7, 2012 by Paul Sinclair

Our Christmas Advent Giveaway competition continues. We are giving away a prize every day until Christmas Day. Today’s gift is a nineties classic – Copper Blue by Sugar.

This is the 2012 three-disc reissue with all the B-sides, a BBC radio session and a whole disc devoted to a live performance at The Cabaret Metro in Chicago. It also comes with a DVD with promo videos and TV appearances.

RAM and Smile Sessions compete for Best Historical Album Grammy

Posted on December 6, 2012December 6, 2012 by Paul Sinclair

Paul McCartney / RAM Deluxe Edition — Paul and Linda McCartney’s RAM deluxe box set

The friendly rivalry between Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson continues, 45 years on from Pet Sounds and Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, with the news that Paul and Linda’s 1971 album RAM, and The Beach Boys’ The Smile Sessions are amongst the nominations for ‘Best Historical Album’ in the 55th Annual Grammy Awards.

Both albums are nominated for their deluxe box editions – RAM from May 2012 and The Smile Sessions from October 2011.

Our money would be on McCartney to win this. Not only is RAM a sublime set, it could be the third year in a row for him, with his 1973 Band On The Run deluxe reissue winning this category last year, and The Beatles remastered CDs winning in 2010.

Our review of the RAM deluxe set can be found here.

Christmas Advent Competition / Day Four: The Winner

Posted on December 6, 2012December 6, 2012 by Paul Sinclair

Congratulations to David McCormack who has been randomly selected as the winner of today’s prize in our Christmas Advent Giveaway. David wins the Kirsty MacColl Kite deluxe reissue. David, we will contact you via email for shipping details!

Many more prizes to be won – remember a prize to be won every day until Christmas Day! We will announce tomorrow’s prize (Day 5) here at 8am…

If you haven’t entered yet, you can do so by following the instructions here.

The Rolling Stones / GRRR! European Blu-ray-audio photos

Posted on December 6, 2012December 6, 2012 by Paul Sinclair

The Rolling Stones / GRRR! European Blu-ray release — High Quality Audio “in its purest form”! (click to enlarge)

As we revealed the other day The Rolling Stones GRRR! hits compilation has been released as a Blu-ray audio disc in Europe. To recap, you get the 50-track version with three audio options, all 24-bit/96Khz. Here are some photos of the Blu-ray to give you an idea of the packaging and presentation.

The Blow Monkeys / Deluxe reissues of the first two albums reviewed

Posted on December 6, 2012December 6, 2012 by Paul Sinclair

Cherry Red have this week reissued the first two albums from British pop band The Blow Monkeys, best known for their 1986 international hit Digging Your Scene.

The band, who reformed in 2008 after nearly two decades apart, are fronted by Dr. Robert (Robert Howard), who writes all the songs and plays guitar. Their 1984 debut, Limping For A Generation, saw them garner some positive reviews for their rather individual ‘jazz-punk’ sound, and while early singles such as Go Public, Atomic Lullaby and Man From Russia didn’t trouble the charts, RCA saw enough promise to allow them to record a second album – 1986’s Animal Magic.
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An interview with Dr. Robert of The Blow Monkeys

Posted on December 6, 2012December 11, 2012 by Paul Sinclair

Dr Robert / The Blow Monkeys — Dr. Robert and the rest of the band photographed this year

We recently put some questions to Dr. Robert (aka Robert Howard) about the reissue of the first two Blow Monkeys albums.

Responding via email, here’s what he had to say…

Robert on… Limping For A Generation

SDE: What are you thoughts on listening back to Limping For A Generation nearly 30 years on?

I couldn’t listen to it for years.. I was wrong. Its our finest hour in some ways. Untutored and rootless it floats in its own space…baby
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Christmas Advent Competition / Day Four: The Prize

Posted on December 6, 2012December 6, 2012 by Paul Sinclair

Our Christmas Advent Giveaway competition continues. We are giving away a prize every day until Christmas Day. Today’s gift to someone is Kite by Kirsty MacColl. This is the 2CD deluxe edition released back in October 2012.

This reissue contains a bonus disc packed with B-sides, remixes and other non-album tracks. A full review of all Kirsty’s reissues can be found here.

Christmas Advent Competition / Day Three: The Winner

Posted on December 5, 2012December 5, 2012 by Paul Sinclair

Congratulations to Tom McNamara who has been randomly selected as the winner of today’s prize in our Christmas Advent Giveaway. Tom wins The Monkees’ Music Box 4CD set. Tom, we will contact you via email for shipping details!

Many more prizes to be won – remember a prize to be won every day until Christmas Day! We will announce tomorrow’s prize (Day 4) here at 8am…

If you haven’t entered yet, you can do so by following the instructions here.

Nick Drake / Pink Moon boxed vinyl

Posted on December 5, 2012December 7, 2012 by Paul Sinclair

Nick Drake’s seminal third and final album Pink Moon (1972) is now available in remastered vinyl form as a limited edition deluxe box from Universal Music Strategic Marketing (UMSM).

The album has been remastered by the original co-producer and engineer; John Wood at Abbey Road and pressed on audiophile virgin vinyl with the original gatefold sleeve, inner sleeve, paper labels, the promotional shop-poster and a facsimile of Nick’s handwritten lyrics to four of the songs, all gathered together in a box showing the original master tape box from which the vinyl was mastered.

This set also comes with a card with a code for a 24-bit download. Interestingly you get the album in three different file formats – hi-res FLAC files and standard MP3 (both of the remastered version) or ‘dubbed from disc’ MP3s – in other words a vinyl rip – of Nick Drake’s own copy of Pink Moon “played on a period record player for added authenticity”. Remarkably, as well as Pink Moon, the download code provides all three of Nick’s albums in digital form. So you get FIVE LEAVES LEFT, BRYTER LAYTER and PINK MOON as 24/96 FLAC, MP3 derived from 24/96 and the “dubbed from disc” MP3 sets!

This box set release will be followed in next year by Bryter Layter and Five Leaves Left in much the same formats.

Summary:

• Audiophile virgin vinyl
• Gatefold sleeve, inner sleeve, paper labels
• Original promotional shop-poster
• Facsimile of Nick’s handwritten lyrics to four of the songs
• Box showing the original master tape box from which the vinyl was mastered
• Digital download card
• Original Engineer/Producer John Wood
• Mastered from original 40 year old analogue master tapes

Christmas Advent Competition / Day Three: The Prize

Posted on December 5, 2012December 5, 2012 by Paul Sinclair

Our Christmas Advent Giveaway competition continues. We are giving away a prize every day until Christmas Day. Today’s gift to someone is The Monkees Music Box 4CD box set.

This repackaged version of the classic box set was released by Rhino back in October and offers 99 tracks across four discs, including all the hits, plus numerous rarities, alternates and single versions of some tracks. Photos and more information on this box can be found here.

Christmas Advent Competition / Day Two: The Winner

Posted on December 4, 2012December 4, 2012 by Paul Sinclair

Congratulations to Alice Beaumont who has been randomly selected as the winner of today’s prize in our Christmas Advent Giveaway. Alice wins The Art of the 12″, Volume Two double CD compilation. Alice, we will be be in touch via email for shipping details!

Many more prizes to be won – remember a prize to be won every day until Christmas Day! We will announce tomorrow’s prize (Day 3) here at 8am…

If you haven’t entered yet, you can do so by following the instructions here.

The Rolling Stones / GRRR! Blu-ray audio-only release

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Paul Sinclair

Whilst the expensive Super Deluxe Edition box set version of The Rolling Stones’ GRRR! hits compilation was horrible, the band have recently put out a Blu-ray audio edition which dispenses with the giant boxes and useless books, and concentrates on the important stuff, like the music.

The blu-ray offers the 50-track version of the compilation as used on the three-CD editions.

There is no video at all – this is an audio-only release – but the music is offered in three different audio formats:

2.0 PCM 24-bit/96Khz
2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio 24-bit/96KHz
2.0 Dolby True HD 24-bit/96KHz

All of those represent lossless hi-res audio and although the “2.0” indicates just stereo and no surround sound, the blu-ray can be bought for less than the price of the three-CD version on amazon.co.uk at the time of writing (£11.20) – that’s only about a pound more than the 2CD version!

If sound quality is your main priority, rather than gimmicks and packaging, and you have the appropriate set-up at home, this could be well worth picking up.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds / Push The Sky Away super deluxe edition

Posted on December 4, 2012December 5, 2012 by Paul Sinclair

Nick Cave’s new album with the Bad Seeds is due in February 2013 and will be called Push The Sky Away.
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FIRST PICTURES / Can: The Lost Tapes vinyl box set

Posted on December 4, 2012December 5, 2012 by Paul Sinclair

Can: The Lost Tapes was released as a 5LP vinyl box set this week. Here we bring you first pictures of this set, which was also released on CD earlier this year.

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Christmas Advent Competition / Day Two: The Prize

Posted on December 4, 2012December 4, 2012 by Paul Sinclair

Our Christmas Advent Giveaway competition continues. We are giving away a prize every day until Christmas Day. Today’s gift to someone is a copy of the ’80s two-CD remix compilation The Art of the 12″, Volume Two.

This treasure trove of remixes was released by Salvo Music in February 2012 when this blog described it as “an essential document of ’80s musical (re)invention”. It includes rare and acclaimed period remixes from Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Art of Noise, Propaganda, Scritti Politti and many more. Full review can be found here.

The winner will be announced at 8pm (GMT) tonight. Check back here tonight to see if you’ve been lucky. If you haven’t entered to be in the prize draw yet, you can do so here. Good luck to everyone.

Christmas Advent Competition / Day One: The Winner

Posted on December 3, 2012December 3, 2012 by Paul Sinclair

Congratulations to Lar Duffy who has been randomly selected as the winner of the first prize in our Christmas Advent Giveaway. Lar wins the Doors CD. Will be be in touch via email for shipping details!

Many more prizes to be won – let’s do this all over again! We will announce tomorrow’s prize (Day 2) here at 8am…

If you haven’t entered yet, you can do so by following the instructions here.

WIN a limited edition Fairytale of New York seven-inch vinyl

Posted on December 3, 2012December 3, 2012 by Paul Sinclair

The greatest greatest Christmas song never to get to number one? Quite probably. The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl peaked at number two in the UK in 1987 with Fairytale Of New York, kept of the top spot by the Pet Shop Boys massive selling Always On My Mind single.

Rhino are celebrating what is the 25th anniversary of the record by reissuing it, but as well as the usual digital versions (single, instrumental and video) they have also issued physical version in the shape of a limited edition seven-inch vinyl, with some fine new artwork and the physical debut of the instrumental version of the track on the B-side.

This seven-inch is limited to just 2000 copies and is out today available from Rough Trade Records. The digital versions can be found on iTunes.

We have a copy of the vinyl to give away – leave a comment to enter and we’ll pick a winner on Monday 10th December.

In the meantime, why not join the Facebook campaign to get Fairytale of New York to number one this Christmas.

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Robert on… Limping For A Generation