Rhino recently reissued The Monkees’ Music Box compilation which was first compiled and released back in 2001.
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Donald Fagen / Sunken Condos 2xLP vinyl review
Sunken Condos (out this week) is Donald Fagen‘s first solo album since 2006’s Morph The Cat, and Warner Music have issued the album as an exquisitely packaged double LP, pressed on heavy, clear vinyl.
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Manic Street Preachers / Generation Terrorists packshot
Here is an early look at the packaging for the 2CD+DVD ‘Legacy Edition’ of the Manic Street Preachers Generation Terrorists reissue.
Fans will note that the packaging is consistent with the tenth anniversary editions of both The Holy Bible and Everything Must Go with the folding ten panel digipak slotting into an outer slipcase. Like those previous issues this Legacy Edition will have two booklets glued in place to the end panels. If you haven’t seen the track listing there are details here.
In addition to the Legacy Edition the reissue is also available as an expanded Collector’s Edition box set. Both sets are out on 5th November 2012.
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FIRST PICTURES: Chicago / The Studio Albums 1969-1978 box set
OUT TODAY from Rhino, Chicago: The Studio Albums 1969-1978. Ten albums from the American rock band presented in simple card sleeves (no gatefolds) in a rigid clam-shell style box.
The contents and track listing can be viewed on the photo below.
The Who / My Generation mono CD
On 19 November 2012 The Who will issue a single disc MONO CD of their 1965 debut My Generation.
The mono version has been issued a few times over the last few years, on various reissues (mainly in Japan), but this release will see the original mono mix widely available to all, at a low price.
The original Mono version is though to be as close as possible to how the band envisaged it sounding in the studio and contains overdubs which were lost in previous Stereo masterings.
This CD completes a busy autumn release schedule for the band, with the Live in Texas DVD already out, and the Live In Hull and Studio Albums vinyl box due soon.
Track listing:
- 1. Out In The Street
- 2. I Don’t Mind
- 3. The Good’s Gone
- 4. La La La Lies
- 5. Much Too Much
- 6. My Generation
- 7. The Kids Are Alright
- 8. Please, Please, Please
- 9. It’s Not True
- 10. I’m A Man
- 11. A Legal Matter
- 12. The Ox
Genesis / 1976-1982 Vinyl box set
Virgin Records will release a vinyl box set of the Genesis 1976-1982 studio albums collection on 5 November 2012. The five albums will all be pressed on heavyweight vinyl with the original artwork being replicated.
Albums in the box are A Trick Of A Tail (1976), Wind & Wuthering (1976), And Then There Were Three (1978), Duke (1980) and Abacab (1981).
Pre-order links are below. We’d advise checking out the German amazon link, which at the time of writing is a full £50 cheaper than the UK site, offering the box for a very attractive £70 price tag (€88).
Eric Clapton / Slowhand: 35th Anniversary super deluxe edition
Eric Clapton‘s 1977 album Slowhand is being released as a super deluxe edition box set (and other formats) on 19 November to celebrate its 35th anniversary.
The album includes of two of Clapton’s best known songs Wonderful Tonight, and the cover of J.J. Cale’s Cocaine.
The Super Deluxe box set includes three previously unreleased session outtakes (four in total) and two CDs are devoted to presenting the complete 14-track performance of the Hammersmith Odeon concert on 27 April 1977.
The record has been remastered from the original Olympic Studios 1/4″ flat analog master tapes and the session tracks and live performances are newly mixed from the original two-inch analogue tapes. This all sounds very promising from a sound perspective.
Probably the most exciting aspect is the audio-only DVD that comes only with this super deluxe box. This disc offers the album in 5.1 surround sound (not hi-res) and a hi-res stereo version.
Finally, included with the super deluxe edition, is a LP version of the remastered album, pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl, three replica tour programmes from the period and a book featuring a behind-the-scene look at the recording.
Track Listings, pre-order links and details below:
Super Deluxe Edition Box Set
- • UK Pre-order: Slowhand Super Deluxe Box
- • USA Pre-order: Slowhand Super Deluxe Box
- • CANADA: Slowhand Super Deluxe Box
- • GERMANY Pre-order: Slowhand Super Deluxe Box
Disc 1 – Slowhand Remastered and Expanded
- Cocaine
- Wonderful Tonight
- Lay Down Sally
- Next Time You See Her
- We’re All the Way
- The Core
- May You Never
- Mean Old Frisco
- Peaches and Diesel
- Looking at the Rain (Bonus track)
- Alberta (Bonus track)
- Greyhound Bus (Bonus track)
- Stars, Strays and Ashtrays (Bonus track)
Disc 2 – Slowhand Hi-Res Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound Audio DVD
- Cocaine
- Wonderful Tonight
- Lay Down Sally
- Next Time You See Her
- We’re All the Way
- The Core
- May You Never
- Mean Old Frisco
- Peaches and Diesel
Disc 3 – Live at the Hammersmith Odeon April 27, 1977 (Part 1)
- Hello Old Friend
- Sign Language
- Alberta
- Tell the Truth
- Knockin’ on Heavens Door
- Steady Rolling Man
- Can’t Find My Way Home
- Further On Up the Road
- Stormy Monday
Disc 4 – Live at the Hammersmith Odeon April 27, 1977 (Part 2)
- Badge
- Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
- I Shot the Sheriff
- Layla
- Key to the Highway
Vinyl LP
Side 1
- Cocaine
- Wonderful Tonight
- Lay Down Sally
- Next Time You See Her
- We’re All the Way
Side 2
- The Core
- May You Never
- Mean Old Frisco
- Peaches and Diesel
- Deluxe Edition
2CD Deluxe Edition
Disc 1 – Slowhand Remastered and Expanded
- • UK Pre-order: Slowhand 2CD Deluxe
- • USA Pre-order: Slowhand 2CD Deluxe
- • CANADA Pre-order: Slowhand 2CD Deluxe
- Cocaine
- Wonderful Tonight
- Lay Down Sally
- Next Time You See Her
- We’re All the Way
- The Core
- May You Never
- Mean Old Frisco
- Peaches and Diesel
- Looking at the Rain (Bonus track)
- Alberta (Bonus track)
- Greyhound Bus (Bonus track)
- Stars, Strays and Ashtrays (Bonus track)
Disc 2 – Live at the Hammersmith Odeon April 27, 1977 (Highlights)
- Tell the Truth
- Knockin’ on Heavens Door
- Steady Rolling Man
- Can’t Find My Way Home
- Further On Up the Road
- Stormy Monday
- Badge
- I Shot the Sheriff
- Layla
WIN a copy of the Atlantic Soul Legends 20CD box set
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With that in mind we are giving away a superb 20CD Atlantic Soul Legends box set. Only 3000 of these are being produced and it includes classic albums from Otis Redding, Ben E. King, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin and many more. Full review here.
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The Who / The Studio Albums: box set featuring 11LP vinyl collection
All of The Who‘s studio albums will be collected in a special ‘strictly limited’ vinyl box set, due for release on 19 November.
The records will be pressed on heavyweight vinyl and feature a new remastering by Jon Astley and Miles Showell. This was created at Close to the Edge and Metropolis Studios and, for the audiophiles out there, it is understood that these have been DSD mastered to 192/24 or 96/24 using analogue EQ ‘where needed’.
Original issue artwork will be meticulously replicated with Tommy boasting the six-panel fold out and 12-page colour booklet; Face Dances comes with the 24″ x 24″ poster of the album cover and Sell Out likewise comes with the 20″ x 30″ poster found in the original pressings.
The box itself is a solid rigid box, presented with matt lamination and spott-gloss varnish and this vinyl set is described by the label as ‘strictly limited’.
- • UK Pre-order: The Studio Albums [VINYL]
- • USA Pre-order: The Studio Albums [VINYL]
- • CANADA Pre-order: Studio Albums [VINYL]
- • GERMANY Pre-order: The Studio Albums [VINYL]
Box Contents:
- 1. My Generation (1965)
- 2. A Quick One (1966)
- 3. The Who Sell Out (1967)
- 4. Tommy (double album) (1969)
- 5. Who’s Next (1971)
- 6. Quadrophenia (double album) (1973)
- 7. The Who By Numbers (1975)
- 8. Who Are You (1978)
- 9. Face Dances (1981)
- 10. It’s Hard (1982)
- 11. Endless Wire (double album) (2006)
Rage Against The Machine XX : 20th Anniversary Editions
American ‘alt-rock’ band Rage Against the Machine see their 1992 debut reissued in a variety of formats on 26 November 2012, including a lavish 20th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set.
Newly remastered for this anniversary release, Rage Against the Machine – XX will be available as a CD in three configurations
- 1) 20th Anniversary Edition Deluxe Box Set housing two CDs, two DVDs, one twelve-inch 180gm vinyl LP, one 40 page booklet and two-sided poster;
- 2) 20th Anniversary Special Edition featuring two CDs and a bonus DVD featuring six tracks in an oversized softpack; and
- 3) 20th Anniversary Edition single compact disc (with three bonus tracks).
180gm vinyl editions – a picture disc and a facsimile reproduction – of the original LP, remastered (no bonus tracks) will also be available.
Bonus audio material within these sets will include B-sides from the era (appended to remastered CD) and the original Rage Against the Machine demo tape (CD 2). The DVDs will feature the band’s free concert in Finsbury Park on June 2010, as well as other live performances and promo videos.
Details, track listings and pre-order links below.
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Manic Street Preachers / Box set affordably priced for fans
The Manic Street Preachers’ Generation Terrorists Collector’s box will be available for the relatively low price of £45 and is available exclusively through the band’s website.
This 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition Boxset contains:
- CD1: The Album
- CD2: The Demos
- CD3: B-sides & rarities
- DVD: Includes 76 min film ‘Culture, Alienation, Boredom and Despair’, plus TV performances, home movies, and 11 promo videos
- BOOK: 28 page booklet featuring new liner notes and previously unseen images from Nicky Wires personal archive
- 10” Photographic Print: ‘You Love Us’ Collage by Richard Edwards
- 10” LP: Rare BBC Rock show sessions from Jan 1992
- VIP Lanyard Pass: replica of 1992 Generation Terrorists Tour pass
Fans will be delighted that this set is reasonably affordable, having been stung with some very expensive sets in the past, such as the National Treasures single box which originally retailed at £160.
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Full track listing:
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Karl Wallinger talks World Party and the Arkeology five-disc box
World Party will be touring the UK very shortly including a date at the Royal Albert Hall on 1st November. Front man, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Karl Wallinger will be performing the hits and tracks from the excellent, career-spanning Arkeology, a five-CD set that was released in June (April in the US) and is being now being re-promoted to coincide with the gigs.
Here’s a reminder of who World Party are, and what Karl Wallinger himself had to say about Arkeology when we talked to him earlier in the year…
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T. Rex / “The Slider” anniversary box
Following on from last year’s Electric Warrior reissue, T. Rex’s seventh album, The Slider will be released on 26 November, to coincide with its 40th Anniversary.
The album is celebrated with The Slider 40th Anniversary Box Set, which will come full of audio, video, books and various memorabilia. Highlights include a new remaster by producer Toni Visconti, B-sides, outtakes and an unheard demo of the title track taken from Visconti’s private collection.
The set contains two CDs worth of content, and a 180g pressing of the newly remastered album. In addition the three singles also get vinyl pressings. A DVD will include a 105 minute interview with Toni Visconti, by Bolan expert Mark Paytress, along with archive interview clips and TV footage.
As well as the obligatory hard back book, this set also comes with a 40-page book of sheet music for every song on the record as well as a mass of reproduction memorabilia, which will either delight or disgust fans depending on whether you like fripperies in these box sets.
- • UK Pre-order: The Slider 40th Anniversary Boxset
- • USA Pre-order: The Slider-40th Anniversary Box Set
- • CANADA Pre-order: Slider-40th Anniversary Box Set
- • GERMAN Pre-order: The Slider 40th Anniversary Box Set
Contents
- • 2CDS
- • DVD
- • 180g vinyl pressing of The Slider
- • 180g vinyl 7″ pressings of Telegram Sam, Metal Guru and Chariot Choogle
- • Hard back book
- • Sheet music book
- • A2 Poster
- • Ad hoc memorabilia including sticker, plastic carrier bag, sew-on patch, facsimiles of Bolan fan club letter, membership card and concert ticket
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The Rolling Stones release early demos on GRRR! super deluxe box
The Rolling Stones have announced the track listings to their forthcoming career-spanning ‘best of’, GRRR!.
As previously reported, this release comes as a three-CD set (in standard and deluxe variants) with 50 tracks; a vinyl version with 50 tracks; and a super deluxe edition box set with 80 tracks, plus bonus audio. Apart from the two new tracks present on all formats (Doom And Gloom and One More Shot) there appear to be no real surprises as far as the hits go, but purchasers of the super deluxe box set do get a bonus CD with previously unreleased ‘first ever studio recordings’. These consist of five tracks (all covers) recorded at IBC studios in London on 11 March 1963.
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Atlantic Soul Legends / 20CD box set
Atlantic Soul Legends is a 20CD box set (released last week by Warner Music) that celebrates the integral role that Atlantic Records played in the golden age of soul music.
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The Blue Nile deluxe reissues
Virgin Records will reissue the first two critically albums from The Blue Nile on 19 November 2012.
A Walk Across The Rooftops (1984) and Hats (1989) have both been remastered by band members Paul Buchanan and Robert Bell, alongside the original engineer Calum Malcolm.
They will be released as two-CD sets with bonus discs containing rarities, live recordings, previously unreleased tracks and B-sides. See below for full track listings.
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The Who / Live at Hull 1970
The Who‘s Live at Hull set – previously only available as part of the expensive 2010 Live At Leeds super deluxe edition box – is to be released as a standalone two-CD set on 19 November 2012.
The gig was originally recorded on 15 February 1970, the very next night after the celebrated Leeds performance. Apart from Magic Bus which wasn’t played in Hull, the set lists are identical.
- • UK Pre-order: Live At Hull
- • USA Pre-order: Live at Hull 1970
- • CANADA Pre-order: Live at Hull
- • GERMANY Pre-order: Live at Hull
Track listing
FIRST PICTURES: The Beatles / Magical Mystery Tour Deluxe box
The Beatles‘ Magical Mystery Tour box set is out today! (tomorrow if you’re in the US). It contains the film on Blu-ray and DVD; a book; and a reproduction of the original UK EP complete with booklet and double 7″ vinyl. See our exclusive photos below, including comparison pictures of the original EP versus the 2012 repro version!
- • UK Order: Magical Mystery Tour Deluxe Box Set
- • USA Order: Magical Mystery Tour Deluxe Box Set
- • CANADA Order: The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour Deluxe Box Set
- • GERMANY Order: The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Deluxe Box Set
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Sony Legacy suggestion box
Sony’s reissue imprint Legacy Recordings have launched a new website to encourage fans to tell them what they want to see released.
Visit the website and leave a comment about what you’d like to see issued on CD or vinyl – you might have an influence on future release schedules.
You can create your own suggestion, leave comments for others and also ‘vote’ for ideas fellow music enthusiastics put forward. In some cases the Legacy ‘webmaster’ will leave additional notes telling you if your suggestion is ‘under review’ or ‘planned’.
Manic Street Preachers / Generation Terrorists bonus disc
The Manic Street Preachers will release a 20th Anniversary edition of their debut Generation Terrorists on 5 November.
We have already revealed the track listing for the 2CD+DVD ‘Legacy Edition’ but the Limited Edition Collector’s Edition adds an extra CD to that content, which is exclusive to that set. Below is the track listing:
Remastered B-sides & Rarities (CD3 – only available with the Collector’s Edition)
- Motorcycle Emptiness (South Wales Demo) 3.15
- Generation Terrorists (South Wales Demo) 2/58
- Poleaxed (South Wales Demo) 2.49
- Faceless Sense Of Void (London demo) 3.27
- UK Channel Boredom (Flexi Disc) 3.29
- Colt 45 (South Wales Demo) 4.37
- Crucifix Kiss (House In The Woods demo) 4.27
- Natwest-Barclays-Midlands (House In The Woods demo) 4.36
- Spent All Summer (South Wales demo remastered) 3.15
- Behave Yourself Baby (Home demo remastered) 2.34
- Sorrow Sixteen 4.02
- We Her Majesty’s Prisoners 5.16
- Spectators Of Suicide 5.05
- Starlover 2.39
- R.P. Murphy 4.04
- Soul Contamination 2.47
- A Vision Of Dead Desire 3.15
- Ain’t Going Down 3.07
- Bored Out Of My Mind 2.54
- Never Want Again 3.35
- Dead Yankee Drawl 3.44
- Democracy Coma 3.47
This track listing is confirmed. The Limited Edition Collector’s Edition is only available via the Manic Street Preachers webstore, although it is not available there at the moment. There is also a 10-inch vinyl with this set, but at the time of writing it is not clear what tracks are on this.
2CD+DVD Legacy Edition is available from amazon:
- • UK Pre-order: 2CD+DVD Generation Terrorists
- • USA Pre-order: Generation Terrorists
- • GERMANY Pre-order 2CD+DVD Generation Terrorists
