=1 is the new album from Deep Purple. The 13-track record has been produced by Bob Ezrin. The CD+DVD edition includes a 60min documentary called ‘Access All Areas’, while the big box set includes the 2LP vinyl, the CD+DVD, three exclusive 10-inch vinyl records (with live recordings) plus T-shirt, art print etc.
Phil Collins’ 1993 album Both Sides will be reissued as Both Sides (All The Sides) a new 5LP deluxe vinyl edition in September.
This expanded set is the features the original artwork (not the ‘Take A Look at Me Now’ 2016 updated version) and a remastered version of the album, cut at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road.
The other three vinyl records feature early demos, rarities from singles and live recordings from the era, including from Collins’ MTV Unplugged performance.
There are 20 bonus tracks in total. All 10 from CD 2 of the 2016 deluxe edition are included, plus these:
Both Sides of the Demo (Early Demo) [from ‘Both Sides of the Story’ CD single]
Everyday (Early Demo) [from ‘Everyday’ CD single]
Don’t Call Me Ashley [from ‘Everyday’ CD single]
Rad Dudeski [from ‘Both Sides of the Story’ CD single]
For a Friend [from ‘We Wait and Wonder’ CD single)
Hang in Long Enough (Live)
Hand in Hand (Live)
Doesn’t Anybody Stay Together Anymore (Live) [from ‘Everyday’ CD single]
Always (Live) [‘from Both Sides of the Story’ CD single]
Stevies Blues (There’s a Place for Us Instrumental) [from ‘We Wait and Wonder’ CD single)
Some of these are new to vinyl, but nothing appears unreleased, and as you can see by the above list they are mostly pulled from CD singles at the time. Why these are okay for a vinyl reissue but not the CD reissue back in 2016 is a fair question and fans should be aware that there’s no CD edition this time around. The vinyl records are housed in a slipcase and come with a 16-page booklet with sleeve notes by Michael Hann.
Additionally, Live From the Board: Official Bootleg gets a standalone 10-inch release for this year’s Black Friday Record Store Day. This four-track EP was originally a bonus CD included as part of the 1995 Gold Souvenir Tour Edition of the album. It features the tracks ‘Sussudio’, ‘Easy Lover’, ‘Separate Lives’ and ‘My Girl’.
Both Sides (All The Sides) will be released on 20 September 2024. It’s the first Collins’ reissue since he sold his rights to his solo material to Concord in September 2022.
#25 in the Series • Limited to 2,500 units • Quick pre-order
Tori Amos’ 2014 album Unrepentant Geraldines is is being reissued for its 10th anniversary and is #25 in the SDE Surround Series of blu-ray audios with Dolby Atmos Mixes.
The album was well received at the time and regarded as something of a return to form, with Tori making heavy use of the piano and delivering some sprightly pop arrangements. Amos produced the album, working with a small team including her husband Mark Hawley (who played guitar as ‘Mac Aladdin’) and Marcel van Limbeek. In short, there was a feeling that ‘classic’ Tori had returned, after a period of dense, conceptual ‘song-cycles’, orchestral projects and so on.
Album highlights include opener ‘America‘, the title track with its rocky, driving chorus; the beautiful piano ballads ‘Weatherman‘ and ‘Oysters‘; the Americana-vibed ‘Trouble’s Lament‘ (the lead promo single at the time) and ‘Wedding Day‘. Tori also duets with her daughter on the inter-generational reflections of ‘Promise‘ and addresses the subject of ageing on ‘16 Shades of Blue‘ as Tori discussed at the time:
“I turned 50 this year – and certain people really helped me to see it in a different way and grab it with both hands. The song ‘16 Shades of Blue’ talks about aging from many points of view. And as I started to dive into it, I started to learn from women of all ages that age was a difficult thing for them”
Tori Amos speaking in 2014
The SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio of Unrepentant Geraldines is packed with content. It includes the 14 album tracks, plus all three bonus songs which were available via different methods at the time (only one being available physically). They are:
Dixie (Amazon download bonus track)
White Telephone To God (iTunes bonus track)
Forest Of Glass (deluxe CD bonus track)
All 17 tracks are on the blu-ray and are available in Dolby Atmos, and exclusively in 5.1 and as instrumentals. There’s also a hi-res stereo version. The Atmos Mix was created by Adrian Hall, who did the Atmos Mix of Tori’s last album Ocean to Ocean (available on streaming services). Here’s a summary of the content:
Unrepentant Geraldines + bonus tracks in Dolby Atmos (48/24)
Unrepentant Geraldines + bonus tracks in 5.1 Surround Sound (48/24)
SDE can confirm that this album was originally mastered at 24/44.1 so there is no higher quality version available. Any 24/96 digital files available now or at the time would have been upsampled.
The blu-ray is region-free and will ship with a free collectible SDE slipcase. In terms of the other formats, there’s a 2LP vinyl edition and a new CD version. Both feature the album plus the three bonus tracks, in stereo.
SDE editor Paul Sinclair on #25 in the SDE Surround Series
The SDE-exclusive blu-ray is limited to 2500 units worldwide. It’s exclusive to the SDE shop and is available to pre-order now, via this link or the buttons below.
Unrepentant Geraldines is released on 13 September 2024 (was 6 Sep), via Decca.
This 3CD companion set features 57 tracks from 1993 including Pet Shop Boys ‘I Wouldn’t Normally Do This Kind Of Thing’, New Order’s ‘Ruined In A Day’, Duran Duran’s ‘Too Much Information’, Annie Lennox’s ‘Little Bird’, Sting’s ‘If I Ever Lose My Faith In You’, R.E.M.’s ‘Nightswimming’ and many more.
Terence Trent D’Arby (now Sananda Maitreya) is represented by two tracks – ‘Let Her Down Easy’ and ‘Do You Love Me Like You Say?’ (both from the brilliant Symphony or Damn album) and there’s many other numbers from the likes of Paul Weller, Nick Heyward, Saint Etienne, Sade, Go West, SNAP!, M People, Stereo MCs and others.
NOW Yearbook 1993 – Extra will be released on 9 August 2024.
417 previously unreleased live performances! • “Very limited”
Sony are to release The 1974 Live Recordings a massive 27-disc box set that features all professionally recorded shows from Bob Dylan and The Band’s 1974 tour.
The box set offers fans 417 previously unreleased live tracks – including 133 recordings newly mixed from 16-track tape, and every single surviving soundboard recording.
In 1974 Dylan toured live for the first time in eight years and reunited with The Band, who since they last performed live together (in 1966) had released six albums and played Woodstock and recorded with Bob (The Basement Tapes, Planet Waves).
The 1974 Live Recordings (click image to enlarge)
Dylan and The Band performed 30 dates in 42 days (often playing two sets per day) and recordings were captured on a stereo soundboard mix, on both quarter-inch tape and cassette. By tour’s end, Asylum Records’ David Geffen had commissioned recordings on multi-track tape, for eventual release on Before the Flood. The 1974 Live Recordings includes it all of these and the shows that were recorded on 16-track tape are newly-mixed for this box set, which comes with with new sleeve notes by Elizabeth Nelson.
There’s no standard vinyl version, but Third Man Records are doing a special 3LP+7″ green vinyl package with souvenir tour programme. The catch is that it’s only available via their ‘Vault’ subscription programme, so you need to sign up to receive this.
The 1974 Live Recordings will be released on 20 September 2024, via Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings
In a new video feature, SDE editor Paul Sinclair takes you through some recent – and future – box sets and reissues, including The PoliceSynchronicity, Paul McCartney’sOne Hand Clapping, Pete Townshend’sLive in Concert CD box, The Alan Parsons Project’sPyramid super deluxe and more…
Travis return with L.A. Times, their 10th studio album. It has been produced by Tony Hoffer and Fran Healy says it’s the band’s “most personal album since The Man Who“. The 2CD deluxe includes a stripped back version of L.A. Times.
Thanks for all the enthusiasm for the forthcoming UltravoxLament SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio, number 24 in the SDE Surround Series. The pre-order window officially closes after this weekend, so this is your last chance to guarantee a copy of this fantastic album, as mixed by Steven Wilson in Dolby Atmos and 5.1 Surround Sound!
The blu-ray is region-free and is exclusively available via the SDE shop. As well as the Atmos and 5.1 mixes, the disc also includes a brand new stereo mix, the original stereo mix and four 80s-style extended remixes (both also by Steven Wilson).
Don’t miss out! Place your pre-order by either heading off to the SDE shop using this link, or alternatively use the buy button(s) below.
The Lament blu-ray audio will be released on 6 September 2024, via Chrysalis, and ships with a FREE collectors’ edition SDE Surround Series slipcase
Tracklisting
LamentUltravox/SDE exclusive blu-ray audio
Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos, Steven Wilson 5.1 Surround (96/24), Steven Wilson Stereo Mix (96/24) and Original 1984 stereo mix (96/24)
White China
One Small Day
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
Lament
Man of Two Worlds
Heart of The Country
When The Time Comes
A Friend I Call Desire
Extra tracks
Easterly
Building
Love’s Great Adventure
Bonus Audio (Steven Wilson 96/24 stereo only)
White China [Steven Wilson 12” Re-Mix] 7.49
Man of Two Worlds [Steven Wilson 12” Re-Mix] 8.49
When The Time Comes [StevenWilson 12” Re-Mix] 7.16
A Friend I Call Desire [Steven Wilson 12” Re-Mix] 8.11
The Beastie Boys 1994 album Ill Communication is to be reissued as a 3LP set later this month, marking the record’s 30th anniversary.
The album topped the US album charts and featured the singles ‘Sabotage’, ‘Get It Together’, ‘Sure Shot’ and ‘Root Down’.
The 2024 reissue of the 2009 version of a 1994 album (click image to enlarge)
The new vinyl reissue is the same as the 1500 run limited edition, issued only in the US, in 2009. It features lenticular cover art and the addition vinyl LP includes 12 bonus tracks (remixes, B-sides and rarities). The three records reside in an outer rigid slipcase. The vinyl is all 180g vinyl.
While this is great news for fans – because the original goes for massive money these days – this reissue is £100+ which seems crazily expensive, even if the packaging is ‘deluxe’.
This 3LP version of Ill Communication will be reissued on 26 July 2024, via Capitol.
The three albums Kim Wilde released in the 1990s are all set to be reissued as deluxe CD box sets and on vinyl, in September.
Love Moves (1990) will be reissued as a 2CD+DVD deluxe set, on orange vinyl and as a vinyl picture disc. Kim’s follow-up album, Love Is (1992) gets an even more expanded reissue – a 3CD+DVD deluxe set – and is also released on coloured and vinyl picture disc. Finally, 1995’s Now and Foreveris reissued as a 3CD+DVD deluxe set and is available on vinyl for the very first time, as a 2LP white vinyl package.
1995’s Now and Forever is released on vinyl for the first time
These were Kim’s last albums for MCA. Each CD box comes with a 24-page booklet with lyrics and new sleeve notes. The CDs are largely packed with remixes and the DVDs look generous, with promo videos, BBC TV performances and ad hoc extra material, where available.
All three albums are reissued across all formats on 27 September 2024, with Cherry Red handling the CD boxes and Demon Music doing the vinyl.
At £1350, the super deluxe edition of John Lennon’s 1973 album Mind Games is one of the most expensive music box sets issued since SDE was founded back in 2011.
Just what could possibly justify that price tag? Is it art? Is it music? Is a ‘Citizen of Nutopian’ just having a laugh? You decide, because in this 22 minute video, SDEtv explores the packaging, the box, the contents in great detail. Watch the video and leave a comment with your thoughts.
This set appears to be all but sold out, but more affordable options are available to pre-order including the 6CD+2xblu-ray deluxe edition and 2LP and 2CD sets. It’s out on 12 July 2024.
Sony Music in Japan are celebrating the 40th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s 1984 album Born in the USA as a special 4CD deluxe edition unavailable anywhere else!
The 4CD set features the original album on CD 1 (the 2014 remastering) and the a full live show at the Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey on 22 August 1985, on the three bonus CDs.
The classic Live 1975–85 album featured a couple of Born in the USA songs from 19 and 21 August 1985 Giants Stadium shows but none from 22 August, and while this whole show has technically been available as a download and on CD-R via the ‘Live Bruce Springsteen’ Official Live Archive Series, this is the first time it’s been released ‘properly’ on CD anywhere in the world.
The four CDs are actually ‘Blu-spec CD2’ discs but rest assured these are fully compatible with standard CD players. This release is presented as a deluxe seven-inch Features cardboard with a photo book and a booklet (see image above).
his Japan-only Born in the USA 40th anniversary 4CD set will be released on 25 September 2024 via Sony Music Japan.
TheSmashing Pumpkins’2001 Greatest Hits aka ‘Rotten Apples’ was only ever officially issued on CD and cassette but now gets a vinyl release for the first time.
This of course features many of the band’s hit singles, including ‘Today’, ‘Bullet with Butterfly Wings’, ‘1979’, ‘Tonight, Tonight’ and others.
As 2CD set, this was a 34-track compilation, but the forthcoming 2LP edition features 18 tracks which is similar, but not identical to, the single CD offering at the time. The vinyl includes ‘Landslide’ (not on the single CD) and but omits ‘Try Try Try’ (which was).
This 2LP set of Greatest Hits will be released on 16 August 2024 (was 9 August), via UME.
Graham Gouldman of 10cc and Wax fame releases a new solo album called I Have Notes, which features contributions from no less than Brian May, Hank Marvin, Albert Lee and Ringo Starr. And SDE interview with Graham is imminent, in the meantime, check out ‘We’re Alive’, below.
Dutch progressive rockers Focus return with their 12th studio album, recorded in Wisseloord Studio in the Netherlands (where Frankie Goes To Hollywood recorded Liverpool, fact-fans). The group still features founding member Thijs van Leer and drummer Pierre van der Linden, who first joined the band back in 1971.
Sony’s 2012 box set is reissued by Music On CDs. The 7CD set offers the first five studio albums from Weather Report and 1972’s Live in Tokyo. Sleeve notes courtesy of Bill Milkowski.
Now That’s What I Call Music are continuing to put out the original UK NOW releases on CD and next month will reissue 1990’s NOW 18 as a 2CD set.
Volume 18 suffers from the same unfortunate cover art that dogged 17. The era of wonderfully creative art direction that really lifted these compilations, by this point, was well and truly over. Terrible typography with a horrible drop-shadow, this two-colour monstrosity is enough to put you off buying it.
Naturally, there are some good songs on here, including Pet Shop Boys’ ‘So Hard’, The Beautiful South’s, ‘A Little Time’, Roxette’s ‘It Must Have Been Love’, Talk Talk’s ‘It’s My Life’, The Las’ ‘There She Goes’, the remixed versions of Sting’s ‘Englishman in New York’ and Suzanne Vega’s Tom’s Diner, plus Kylie’s ‘Step Back in Time’, to name a few… but as usual we are now missing some tracks, ‘thanks’ to licensing restrictions.
The four tracks absent are:
Steve Miller Band / The Joker
Phil Collins / Something Happened on the Way to Heaven
Ultravox’s 1984 studio album Lament is being reissued for its 40th anniversary in September and amongst the formats is an SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio with a Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos Mix (and other content) and will be available exclusively from SDE, via theSDEshop.com.
Lament was the band’s seventh album and the fourth with Midge Ure on vocals. After the George Martin polish of Quartet, the band produced Lament themselves reclaiming their new wave sound, with songs like ‘Heart of the Country’ and the title track. The album includes the UK top 10 hit ‘Dancing With Tears In My Eyes’ and Lament and One Small Day were both top 30 singles in Britain.
‘Heart of the Country’ from Lament
The new SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio features the following audio streams of the album
Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos Mix
Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix (96/24)
Steven Wilson Stereo Mix (96/24)
1984 Original Stereo Mix (96/24)
Additionally the blu-ray features three non-album B-sides (and an A-side!) in all four audio streams listed above. They are:
Easterly (B-side to ‘One Small Day’)
Building (B-side to ‘Dancing With Tears In My Eyes’)
Love’s Great Adventure (single from Oct 84)
Finally, the blu-ray includes four bonus 1980s style extended remixes (in 96/24 stereo, only) created by Steven Wilson, for the RSD vinyl release in April. Two of these are in a 7CD+DVD box set – which is being released at the same time – but two are not (denoted by *).
White China [Steven Wilson 12” Re-Mix]* 7.49
Man of Two Worlds [Steven Wilson 12” Re-Mix]* 8.49
When The Time Comes [StevenWilson 12” Re-Mix] 7.16
A Friend I Call Desire [Steven Wilson 12” Re-Mix] 8.11
The Lament blu-ray features Steven Wilson Atmos, 5.1 and stereo mixes
This Ultravox Lament SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio is #24 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series and will be packaged in the ‘High Fidelity Pure Audio’ amaray and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.
Other formats being reissued are a 7CD+DVD box set which pulls together a newly remastered version of the album, all the single versions, B-sides, 12-inch remixes and rarities, along with 45 previously unreleased tracks, including a brand new 1980s style extended remix of every track on the album by Moby, Steve Wilson and Blank & Jones and Midge Ure, a newly mixed full concert from Hammersmith Odeon 1984, a handful of work in progress mixes and Steven Wilson’s 5.1 mix on the DVD.
A 34-track 5LP clear vinyl box set pulls together the newly remastered version of the album, the 1980s style extended remix album (across two LPs) and the newly mixed full concert from Hammersmith Odeon 1984.
Both box sets are also available on the SDE shop alongside the exclusive blu-ray audio.
Lament will be released on 6 September 2024, via Chrysalis.
The blu-ray is a limited edition and the pre-order window will close in 10 days on 6 July 2024. Secure your copy now to avoid disappointment.
Order the blu-ray and/or other editions via the SDE shop using this link or the buttons below. Having to shop in your local currency on the SDE shop has been turned off for this announcement/campaign as a trial, in response to customer feedback.
The 7CD+DVD box is beautifully packaged with spot varnishing throughout (click image to enlarge)
Tracklisting
LamentUltravox/SDE exclusive blu-ray audio
Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos, Steven Wilson 5.1 Surround (96/24), Steven Wilson Stereo Mix (96/24) and Original 1984 stereo mix (96/24)
White China
One Small Day
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
Lament
Man of Two Worlds
Heart of The Country
When The Time Comes
A Friend I Call Desire
Extra tracks
Easterly
Building
Love’s Great Adventure
Bonus Audio (Steven Wilson 96/24 stereo only)
White China [Steven Wilson 12” Re-Mix] 7.49
Man of Two Worlds [Steven Wilson 12” Re-Mix] 8.49
When The Time Comes [StevenWilson 12” Re-Mix] 7.16
A Friend I Call Desire [Steven Wilson 12” Re-Mix] 8.11
Tracklisting
LamentUltravox/7CD+DVD box set
CD 1: Lament 1984 Analog Master
White China
One Small Day
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
Lament
Man of Two Worlds
Heart of The Country
When The Time Comes
A Friend I Call Desire
CD 2: Lament Steven Wilson Stereo Mix
White China
One Small Day
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
Lament
Man of Two Worlds
Heart of The Country
When The Time Comes
A Friend I Call Desire
Easterly
Building
Love’s Great Adventure
CD 3: Lament Extended Remix Album
White China [Extended Re-Mix] 9.02
One Small Day [Extended Re-Mix] 8.46
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [Blank & Jones so8os Reconstruction] 6.00
Lament [Moby Remix] 4.26
Man of Two Worlds [Extended Re-Mix] 8.05
Heart of The Country [Extended Re-Mix] 8.14
When The Time Comes [Steven Wilson 12” Re-Mix] 7.20
A Friend I Call Desire [Steven Wilson 12” Re-Mix] 8.12
CD 4: Single Mixes/B-sides/Rarities
One Small Day [U.S. Single Edit] 4.39
Easterly 3.48
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [Single Version] 4.10
Building 3.11
One Small Day [U.S. Club Version] 7.44
Lament [Single Version] 4.18
Heart of The Country [Instrumental] 4.26
Love’s Great Adventure 3.06
White China [Live at Hammersmith Odeon June 1984] 3.46
Man of Two Worlds [Instrumental] 4.31
White China [Rough Mix, Sep ’83]* 3.51
Lament [Backing Track, Sep ’83]* 5.18
Man of Two Worlds [Monitor Mix, Aug ’83]* 4.45
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [Piano Version]* 3.20
Love’s Great Adventure [Work In Progress]* 3.09
Threads [Version 1] 1.04
Threads [Version 2: Love’s Great Adventure Theme] 1.11
Rivets 0.57
CD 5: Lament – The 1984 Extended Remixes
One Small Day [Special Re-Mix]
One Small Day [Special Extra Re-Mix Extra]
White China [Special Re-Mix]
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [Special Re-Mix]
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [Extended]
Lament [Extended Version]
Heart of The Country [Unedited Special Re-Mix]*
Love’s Great Adventure [Extended Version]
One Small Day [Final Mix]
CD 6: SET MOVEMENTS: Hammersmith 1984 [Pt.I]
Man of Two Worlds*
Passing Strangers*
We Stand Alone*
New Europeans*
I Remember (Death In The Afternoon)*
Visions In Blue*
Heart of The Country*
Western Promise*
Vienna*
CD 7: SET MOVEMENTS: Hammersmith 1984 [Pt.II]
Reap The Wild Wind*
We Came to Dance*
White China*
One Small Day*
Hymn*
The Voice*
Lament*
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes*
All Stood Still*
DVD (Audio only)
Lament/B-sides: Steven Wilson Mixes
DTS 24/96 5.1 Surround Mix
DOLBY AC3 5.1 Surround Mix
24/96 LPCM Stereo
Lament/B-Sides
Original 1984 Mixes: 24/96 LPCM Stereo Mix.
Tracklisting
LamentUltravox/5LP box set
LP 1: Lament 1984 Analog Master
White China
One Small Day
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
Lament
Man of Two Worlds
Heart of The Country
When The Time Comes
A Friend I Call Desire
LP 2: LAMENT [Extended Album Re-Mix] Pt.I:
White China [Extended Re-Mix]
One Small Day [Extended Re-Mix]
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [Blank & Jones so8os
Reconstruction]
Last year, when Soft Cell reissued their classic 1981 album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, there were a number of editions, including a 6CD super deluxe edition, an SDE exclusive blu-ray and various vinyl versions. A 2CD softpack/digisleeve version appeared briefly but was withdrawn (rarity, ahoy!), but now a higher quality presentation (hardcover casebound book edition) is due to be officially released, tomorrow.
The band are not pointing fingers, but are calling this edition “the only one approved by Soft Cell” and make clear that the deluxe packaging is “identical to 2021’s *Happiness not included and 2020’s Cruelty Without Beauty reissues”. They also stress that all the upcoming re-issues will also be released in this format to make “a complete set”, which they hint “we might even put in a box one day”.
Not confirmed by SDE, but there’s a suggestion that a few tracks on the 2CD set aren’t quite the same as the equivalent tracks in the box set (thanks to SDE reader ‘bertielego’ for pointing this out).
‘Say Hello, Wave Goodbye’ (Instrumental) original 7″ B-side is 5:15 [3:54 new instrumental version on the box set]
‘Seedy Films’ (2023 Extended Version) full lengthversion7:02 [5:16 unnamed edit on the box set]
‘Sex Dwarf’ (2023 Extended Version) full length version 7:36 [5:45 unnamed edit on the box set]
This 2CD deluxe edition contains a 24-page book with an essay by music journalist, Adrian Thrills. It’s released on 28 June 2024.
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Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret - 2CD casebound book deluxe
a-ha’s 2016 compilation Time and Again: The Ultimate a-ha, is being made available on vinyl for the first time.
What was a 19-track collection is now expanded to 21 tracks and making this the only a-ha compilation to include songs from all 11 original studio albums.
The bonus tracks are ‘This Is Our Home’ from 2017’s MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice and ‘I’m In’ from 2022’s True North. The album was originally issued as a 2CD set (with bonus remixes on disc two) and has subsequently been made available on streaming platforms.
Time and Again: The Ultimate a-ha is released as a 2LP vinyl package on 9 August 2024, via Rhino.
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, Alanis Morissette’s second international album (fourth overall), is being reissued on vinyl in September.
The album features the hit ‘Thank U’ and was originally released in 1998, three years after Jagged Little Pill’s enormous success.
Although Alanis announced this reissue by saying she is “honoring this chapter with five new bonus tracks, including an amazing remix of ‘Uninvited’ by Freemasons”, those tracks will not appear on any physical product because a) the vinyl features the same tracks as the original and b) there is no CD reissue (‘Uninvited’ was a non-album single featured on the soundtrack to the Brad Silberling film City of Angels and issued early in 1998). However, remix aside, they’ve all been out before somewhere or other because the streaming-only, bonus tracks are:
Pollyanna Flower
These are the Thoughts
Death of Cinderella
Uninvited (demo)
Uninvited (Freemasons remix)
‘Pollyanna Flower’ was on on the ‘Thank U’ CD single, along with the demo of ‘Uninvited’. ‘These are the Thoughts’ was on the ‘Joining U’ CD single and ‘Death of Cinderella’ was a bonus demo on the 2015 Jagged Little Pill reissue.
The new vinyl version does feature new, ‘reimagined’ artwork and is available as a 2LP black vinyl or 2LP clear vinyl package. It’s not cheap, mind, hovering below or above the £50 mark in the UK, depending on which product you go for and where you buy it. In America the black vinyl is under £30 (rip off Britain, ahoy!).
What’s being called the ‘Thank U Edition’ of Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie will be reissued on vinyl on 6 September 2024, via Rhino.
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Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (Thank U Edition) [VINYL]
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