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Bernard Butler / Good Grief

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Bernard Butler has kept very busy these last 25 years, with numerous collaborative projects including two albums with folk musician Sam Lee, a second McAlmont & Butler record, The Tears (which was better than the two Suede albums it followed), an album with actor Jessie Buckley, and other projects with Bert Jansch and Ben Watt from Everything But The Girl, The Libertines, Tricky and Duffy (to name but a few). What he hasn’t done is released a solo album since 1999’s Friends and Lovers, but that is about to change with the impending release of Good Grief, Butler’s third solo record, due in May.

Butler explains: “For a good while I was scarred and I was scared. I was happily distracted and joyously involved with so much music. I realised just being there was more than I had ever hoped for. I gave a lot to other people, but realised that my story was defined but what I was, rather than what I am. I set myself a modest commercial goal, an expectant creative one: perform to 10 people without being bottled, then find 11 the next night. Thus began the undoing of my own embarrassment. I would write as I thought and sing as I wrote until the bottles fly. And so, the songs arrived“.

Bernard booked himself into a rehearsal space in Holloway every Wednesday afternoon for months, just him, a guitar and a microphone.  The first fruit of these sessions is the new single ‘Camber Sands’ – “a love song – we flee the past, the present, ourselves, to survive, to defy. The loneliest music of the resolute, the half-light and the saddest tunes” says Butler.

The 9-track album is available on CD and vinyl, with various coloured vinyl variants including an indie-exclusive silver vinyl pressing. There will also be a Dolby Atmos mix, although that will be available via streaming only.

Good Grief is released on 31 May 2024 via 355 Recordings.

Tracklisting

Bernard Butler / Good Grief (new studio album)

Good Grief Bernard Butler /

      1. Camber Sands
      2. Deep Emotions
      3. Living The Dream
      4. Preaching To The Choir
      5. Pretty D
      6. The Forty Foot
      7. London Snow
      8. Clean
      9. The Wind

Carl Palmer / Fanfare for the Common Man deluxe box set

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Released last week was this new Carl Palmer box set called Fanfare for the Common Man.

The 3CD+blu-ray career-spanning box features Carl Palmer, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Asia, Mike Oldfield and other Carl Palmer bands across the three CDs and includes a generous 200-page Fanfare For The Common Man autobiography and a booklet with extensive sleeve notes.

The blu-ray comes includes Carl Palmer audio-visual documentary called The Rhythm of Life. Fanfare for the Common Man is out now, via BMG.

Tracklisting

Carl Palmer / Fanfare for the Common Man 3CD+blu-ray box set

Fanfare for the Common Man Carl Palmer / box set

    • CD 1
      1. Concerto for Percussion (Part Rock) – Carl Palmer & Joseph Horovitz
      2. The Enemy God Dances With the Black Spirits – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
      3. Bullfrog – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
      4. Toccata – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
      5. Close But Not Touching – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
      6. LA Nights – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
      7. Canario – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
      8. Tank – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
      9. Karn Evil 9 1st Impression Part 2 – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
      10. Two Part Invention in D Minor – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
      11. Fanfare for the Common Man – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
    • CD 2
      1. I Must Be Mad – The Craig
      2. Everyone Makes a Mistake – Chris Farlowe
      3. Friday the 13th – Atomic Rooster
      4. Decline and Fall – Atomic Rooster
      5. You’ve Got Me Rockin’ – Carl Palmer’s PM
      6. Mount Teidi – Mike Oldfield
      7. Ready Mix – Mike Oldfield
      8. Heat of the Moment – Asia
      9. Wildest Dreams – Asia
      10. Time Again – Asia
      11. Tomorrow the World – Asia
      12. Desda La Vida (I. La Vista, II. Frontera, III. Sangre De Toro) – 3
      13. Eight Miles High – 3
      14. Shawnee – Carl Palmer and the Buddy Rich Orchestra
    • CD 3
      1. Bullfrog – Carl Palmer Band
      2. Canario – Carl Palmer Band
      3. Carmina Burana – Carl Palmer Band
      4. Trilogy – Carl Palmer Band
      5. Hoedown – Carl Palmer Band
      6. Romeo and Juliet – Carl Palmer Band
      7. In a Moroccan Market – Carl Palmer Band
      8. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor – Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy
      9. Jerusalem – Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy
      10. Fanfare for the Common Man/Drum Solo – Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy
    • Blu-ray

      Carl Palmer Solo and Various Band Career-spanning and Behind-the-scenes Footage – Carl Palmer

Out This Week / 12 April 2024

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Mark Knopfler / One Deep River CD, Vinyl, Blu-ray

Mark Knopfler releases his 10th studio album. Various formats including box set, 2CD and coloured vinyl. The SDE-exclusive blu-ray has SOLD OUT on pre-order.

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Oasis / Supersonic 30th anniversary 7″

Oasis’ debut single Supersonic is reissued as a special limited seven-inch single (on clear vinyl) for the 30th anniversary. The B-side is as per the original: ‘Take Me Away’.

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Emerson, Lake & Powell / Complete Albums Collection (3CD box)

Cozy Powell stepped in to replace Carl Palmer for Emerson, Lake & Powell’s 1984 self-titled studio album. This 3CD clamshell box edition includes that album (with three bonus tracks) along with Live in Concert, and The Sprocket Sessions, a CD of rehearsals (previously released as a bootleg). Audio remastered by Andy Pearce and notes from Jerry Ewing.

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The Feeling / San Vito (new album)

The Feeling’s seventh studio album was recorded in Southern Italy where the band soaked in the local culture and brought in local brass, strings and percussion players.

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Gun / Hombres

The Scottish hard rockers release their new album which is available as this signed CD edition and on coloured vinyl.

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Madness / Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da / 2CD expanded edition

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Madness’ 2012 album Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da is to be reissued as a deluxe 2CD set in May.

The Nutty Boys’ 11th studio outing followed three years after the ‘comeback’ album, that was The Liberty of Norton Folgate, and boasted cover art by Peter Blake (featuring rejected album names crossed out).

This new 2CD deluxe (a digipak presentation) features 11 bonus tracks which didn’t appear on the original CD but were included on the 3CD+DVD deluxe issued in 2013. The nine band demos and the live content from that package are also absent.

Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da will be issued on 10 May 2024 via BMG. A 2CD edition of 2016’s Can’t Touch Us Now will be released on the same day (see tracklistings below).

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Madness / Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da 2CD deluxe

Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da Madness /

    • CD 1
      1. My Girl 2
      2. Never Knew Your Name
      3. La Luna
      4. How Can I Tell You
      5. Kitchen Floor
      6. Misery
      7. Leon
      8. Circus Freaks
      9. So Alive
      10. Small World
      11. Death of a Rude Boy
      12. Powder Blue
      13. Black and Blue
      14. My Girl 2 (Clive Langer and Charlie Andrew Mix)
    • CD 2
      1. Deolali
      2. 1978
      3. My Obsession
      4. Big Time Sister
      5. Oh My Love
      6. Crying
      7. (You) Can’t Keep a Good Thing Down
      8. Never Knew Your Name (La Discotheque Mix)
      9. La Luna (Mix 6)
      10. Circus Freaks (Amy Mix)
      11. Powder Blue (Rehearsal Room Mix)

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Madness / Can't Touch Us Now 2CD deluxe

Can’t Touch Us Now Madness /

    • CD 1
      1. Can’t Touch Us Now
      2. Good Times
      3. Mr. Apples
      4. I Believe
      5. Grandslam
      6. Blackbird
      7. You Are My Everything
      8. Another Version of Me
      9. Mumbo Jumbo
      10. Herbert
      11. Don’t Leave the Past Behind You
      12. (Don’t Let Them) Catch You Crying
      13. Pam the Hawk
      14. Given the Opportunity
      15. Soul Denying
      16. Whistle in the Dark
    • CD 2
      1. Mr. Apples
      2. Grandslam (Instrumental Demo Version)
      3. Mumbo Jumbo
      4. Good Times
      5. You Are My Everything
      6. Another Version of Me
      7. Blackbird (Instrumental Demo Version)
      8. Herbert
      9. I Believe
      10. (Don’t Let Them) Catch You Crying
      11. Pam the Hawk
      12. Soul Denying
      13. Whistle in the Dark
      14. The Last Rag and Bone Man

Hear Pet Shop Boys new single ‘Dancing Star’

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Pet Shop Boys new single ‘Dancing Star’ has been released digitally today, and you can listen to it below. The song was “inspired by the life of Rudolf Nureyev, the ballet dancer who defected from the Soviet Union and became a global star”.

A 6-track CD single of ‘Dancing Star’, featuring two remixes of the song, will be released on 3 May and a Dolby Atmos and 96/24 hi-res stereo version is featured on the blu-ray audio of Nonetheless, along with the nine other album tracks. This is released on 26 April and can be ordered via the SDE shop using this link or the pre-order buttons below.

What do you think of ‘Dancing Star’? Leave your feedback in the comments.

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Pet Shop Boys / New single Dancing Star

Dancing Star Pet Shop Boys / CD single

      1. Dancing star
      2. Sense of time
      3. If Jesus had a sister
      4. Dancing star (Solomun extended remix)
      5. Party in the Blitz (Superchumbo remix)
      6. Dancing star (Solomun remix)

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Nonetheless Pet Shop Boys / Blu-ray Audio

    • Dolby Atmos Mix of Nonetheless
      1. Loneliness
      2. Feel
      3. Why am I dancing?
      4. New London boy
      5. Dancing star
      6. A new bohemia
      7. The schlager hit parade
      8. The secret of happiness
      9. Bullet for Narcissus
      10. Love is the law
      96/24 stereo mix of Nonetheless
      1. Loneliness
      2. Feel
      3. Why am I dancing?
      4. New London boy
      5. Dancing star
      6. A new bohemia
      7. The schlager hit parade
      8. The secret of happiness
      9. Bullet for Narcissus
      10. Love is the law
      Video to Loneliness (directed by Alasdair McLellan)

ABBA / Waterloo 50th anniversary – unboxed

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Watch as SDEtv unboxes the ABBA Waterloo seven-inch box as well as looking at the 2LP half-speed master and the special Waterloo 10-inch single. All formats are released on 5 April 2024.

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Waterloo ABBA / 50th anniversary edition

    • LP 1
      Side A
      1. Waterloo – Swedish Version
      2. Sitting In The Palmtree
      3. King Kong Song
      Side B
      1. Hasta Manana
      2. My Mama Said
      3. Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)
    • LP 2
      Side C
      1. Honey, Honey
      2. Watch Out
      3. What About Livingstone
      Side D
      1. Gonna Sing You My Love Song
      2. Suzy-Hang-Around
      3. Waterloo

Box Set and Reissue Deals for April 2024

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Cat Stevens / Teaser & The Fire Cat 5CD box 5CD super deluxe edition

£50 was £95

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£50 if you click on the voucher on the product page on Amazon UK

Duran Duran / Pop Trash 2LP 2LP vinyl

£18

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From Duran Duran’s ‘wilderness years’ Pop Trash has more than enough going for it that this 2LP vinyl package is worth £12 of your hard earned…

Cat Stevens / Mona Bone Jakon super deluxe edition 4CD+2LP+blu-ray

£37 was £150

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Crazy price for a very impressive super deluxe box set which features four CDs, a blu-ray and two vinyl records – plus a load of other ‘stuff’.

The Beatles / Let It Be 5CD+blu-ray super deluxe box set

The Beatles / Let It Be 5CD+blu-ray 5CD+blu-ray

£31

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The last Beatles box set to have a blu-ray with a Dolby Atmos Mix. It may not be the perfect package, but at  £31 this is a giveaway!

Sade / Stronger Than Pride vinyl LP Remastered vinyl LP

£21

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Sony are breaking out the ‘So Far’ box set in June and Stronger Than Pride is quite cheap on Amazon UK!

ABC / Lexicon of Love SDE blu-ray Region-free blu-ray

£23

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Some of the ABC blu-rays – with minor packaging imperfections – are now available at the SDE shop at the original price of £23. ONE copy per customer, please…

The Rolling Stones / Hackney Diamonds CD+blu-ray CD+Blu-ray

£24 was £50

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Very good price for the CD+blu-ray box set with the blu-ray featuring a Dolby Atmos Mix of the album. You can watch the SDEtv unboxing video here.

 

Various Artists / Steven Wilson Presents: Intrigue – Progressive Sounds In UK Alternative Music 1979–89 2LP vinyl

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Nirvana / In Utero 5CD super deluxe 5CD box

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Duran Duran / Future Past (Complete Edition) 2LP coloured vinyl 2LP coloured vinyl

£15

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GIVEAWAY price for this fantastic version of the excellent Future Past album which contains 15 tracks including all the extra tracks from the deluxe CD plus Duran Duran’s cover of Bowie’s ‘Five Years’ (which prior to this was only available on the Japanese CD version of this album). This is a gatefold with RED and GREEN vinyl records and TWO excellent booklets (‘Future’ and ‘Past’).

Bob Dylan / The Original Mono Recordings 9CD box set

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David Bowie / Pin Ups half-speed mastered vinyl Half-speed mastered vinyl LP

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ABBA / The Visitors 2LP half-speed 2LP half-speed mastered

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Toyah / Warrior Rock: Toyah On Tour

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Warrior Rock: Toyah on Tour was the second live album by the band Toyah. It was originally released in November 1982 by Safari Records and is the next release in Cherry Red’s comprehensive reissue campaign.

The 15-track double album featured material recorded on 17 and 18 July 1982 at Hammersmith Odeon at the end of The Changeling UK tour. A new 3CD set (compiled by Craig Astley and Joel Bogen) sees the album remastered and expanded to 41 tracks featuring 26 previously unreleased bonus tracks, with a total of 19 different songs from 11 gigs, at nine different locations!

These means that for the first time all four sides of the original vinyl live album are included on CD – unabridged and uncut. The first CD offers 12 of the 15 tracks while CD 2 starts with the last three songs from the concert. After that follows ‘Street Creature’ a mixed and mastered outtake from Hammersmith, soundcheck recordings, and rehearsals from Brixton Fair Deal (now known as Brixton Academy).

The third CD offers an alternate version of the Warriors Rock album by cherrypicking 14 songs from recordings at concerts in Newcastle, Bristol, Portsmouth, Sheffield, Liverpool, Birmingham, London and Brighton.

As well as the 3CD set, there’s a 2LP green vinyl edition that features the original release, remastered. Talking of which, Nick Watson at Fluid Mastering has remastered the package from the original master tapes and archive sources, overseen by Joel Bogen.

Warrior Rock: Toyah On Tour will be reissued on 17 May 2024 via Cherry Red.

Tracklisting

Warrior Rock: Toyah On Tour Toyah /

    • CD 1
      HAMMERSMITH ODEON
      1. Good Morning Universe
      2. Warrior Rock
      3. Danced
      4. Jungles Of Jupiter
      5. It’s A Mystery
      6. Castaways
      7. Angel & Me
      8. Brave New World
      9. The Packt
      10. Thunder In The Mountains
      11. We Are
      12. I Want To Be Free
    • CD 2
      Hammersmith Odeon
      1. Dawn Chorus
      2. War Boys
      3. Ieya Hammersmith Odeon 18/07/82*
      4. Street Creature (Live Outtake)
      5. Hammersmith Jam (Soundcheck)
      6. Good Morning Universe (Soundcheck)
      Rehearsal | Brixton Fair Deal 15/06/82*
      1. Life In The Trees (Rehearsal)
      2. Castaways (Rehearsal)
      3. Warrior Rock (Rehearsal)
      4.  Jungles Of Jupiter (Rehearsal)
      5. Bird In Flight (Rehearsal)
      Toyah On Tour Summer 82*
      1. It’s A Mystery (Preston Guild Hall 07/07/82)
      2. Street Creature (Newcastle City Hall 12/07/82)
      3. Dawn Chorus (Liverpool Empire 14/07/82)
      4. War Boys (Liverpool Empire 14/07/82)
      * Previously Unreleased
    • CD 3
      Toyah On Tour | Summer 82 *
      1. Good Morning Universe (Newcastle City Hall 12/07/82)
      2. Neon Womb (Bristol Hall 04/07/82)
      3. Warrior Rock (Hammersmith Odeon 26/06/82)
      4. Danced (Newcastle City Hall 12/07/82)
      5. Jungles Of Jupiter (Portsmouth Guildhall 30/06/82)
      6. Castaways (Sheffield City Hall 19/06/82)
      7. Brave New World (Newcastle City Hall 12/07/82)
      8. The Packt (Birmingham Odeon 15/07/82)
      9. Thunder In The Mountains (Liverpool Empire 14/07/82)
      10. Bird in Flight (Hammersmith Odeon 26/06/82)
      11. Angel & Me (Newcastle City Hall 12/07/82)
      12. We Are (Newcastle City Hall 12/07/82)
      13. I Want To Be Free (Newcastle City Hall 12/07/82)
      14. Ieya (Brighton Centre 29/06/82)
      * Previously Unreleased

Out This Week / on 5 April 2024

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ABBA / Waterloo Vinyl

ABBA’s second album Waterloo is reissued for its 50th anniversary. Formats include 2LP 45RPM vinyl edition and a seven-inch box set.

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NOW 17 (2CD set)

Now That’s What I Call Music are continuing with reissuing the original compilations on CD and this week sees Now 17 reissued. This features 29 hits, three less than the original. The missing tracks are Beats International’s ‘Dub Be Good to Me’, Phil Collins’ ‘I Wish It Would Rain Down’ and Depeche Mode’s ‘Enjoy The Silence’.


Vampire Weekend / Only God Was Above Us (new album)

Vampire Weekend release their fifth studio album and first in five years. Frontman Ezra Koenig is surely asking for trouble by calling it their “Dark Side of the Moon meets Paul’s Boutique”, but we shall see!

Metallica / Garage Inc. (3LP coloured vinyl)

Metallica’s eighth album, Garage Inc. (released in 1998), is reissued as a 3LP set pressed in ‘Fade To Blue’ coloured vinyl.

Yes / Talk 30th anniversary reissue

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Talk, the 1994 studio album released by progressive rock band Yes, is being reissued across three physical formats in May, including as a 4CD deluxe box set.

The album followed a troubled and confusing period for Yes (and fans!) with all sorts of shenanigans after 1987’s Big Generator, including the departure of lead singer Jon Anderson, the formation of  Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (who released one album in June 1989) and then the Union album (1991) and tour which was a fusion of two groups (Yes and Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe).

From all this, a new Yes emerged: Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Chris Squire, Alan White & Rick Wakeman. Due to managerial reasons, Wakeman could not participate, so enter Tony Kaye on keyboards once more and the commercially successful 90125 line up was back together!

Talk 4CD box set (click image to enlarge)

The writing and recording saw Trevor Rabin and Jon Anderson work together closely, mainly in Rabin’s home studio in Hollywood, California using, at the time, cutting edge digital technology with a number of Apple Mac computers linked together running an early Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) called ‘Digital Performer’. This setup captured live performances from the band and the editing and mixing was done digitally. In its unedited form, Talk took up 34GB of memory, which gives you a feel for the limitations of the technology when compared to today!

The whole enterprise was bankrolled by Victory Music and as Tin Machine II fans may recall, they went bust which likely impacted the fortunes of Talk when it was eventually released in March 1994 (it reached #20 in the UK and #33 in America).

This 30th anniversary reissue comes as a 4CD deluxe box set with bonus studio material and a previously unreleased live show from New York. There’s also a booklet with a new interview with the principal players by Prog magazine editor, Jerry Ewing.

The album is finally back in print on vinyl, with a 2LP set is pressed on white vinyl and featuring ‘The Calling (Special Version)’ as a bonus track. An album-only single CD is also available.

Talk will be reissued on 24 May 2024 via Spirit of Unicorn Music.

Tracklisting

Yes / TALK reissue

Talk Yes / 30th anniversary reissue

    • CD 1: Original Album
      1. The Calling
      2. I Am Waiting
      3. Real Love
      4. State Of Play
      5. Walls
      6. Where Will You Be
      7. Endless Dream
      8. a) Silent Spring (Instrumental)
      9. b) Talk
      10. c) Endless Dream
    • CD 2: Talk Versions
      1. The Calling (Special Version)
      2. The Calling (Single Edit)
      3. The Calling (Radio Edit)
      4. Untitled – Trevor Rabin Instrumental
      5. Endless Dream (Demo)
      6. Where Will You Be (Instrumental)
      7. Walls (Instrumental)
      8. Endless Dream (Excerpt) (Instrumental)
    • CD 3: LIVE CANANDAIGUA, NEW YORK 19/06/94
      1. I Am Waiting*
      2. The Calling*
      3. Rhythm Of Love*
      4. Hearts*
      5. Real Love*
      6. Changes*
      7. Heart Of The Sunrise
      8. Roundabout
      *Previously unreleased
    • CD 4: CD4 LIVE CANANDAIGUA, NEW YORK 19/06/94
      1. Cinema*
      2. City Of Love*
      3. Make It Easy*
      4. Owner Of A Lonely Heart*
      5. Trevor Rabin Piano Solo/And You And I*
      6. I’ve Seen All Good People*
      7. Walls*
      8. Endless Dream*
      *Previously unreleased

Falco / Junge Roemer 40th anniversary reissue

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Falco’s 1984 album Junge Roemer will be reissued next month for its 40th anniversary.

Junge Roemer was Falco’s second album and the one before international success beckoned with Falco 3‘s ‘Rock Me Amadeus’. However the title track was a top 10 hit in Austria consolidating his success there after his debut Einzelhaft which contained the chart-topping ‘Der Kommissar’.

The reissue is available as a 2CD set, a double vinyl (which comes in a lift-off lid box) and a cassette. All formats have bonus tracks, with the CD offering a comprehensive collection of remixes of the album’s title track (including those by DJ John Luongo), along with some live selections and an interview with Falco by the music journalist Ingeborg Schober (in German). The 2LP vinyl mirrors these bonus tracks on its second LP, but omits the interview and the cassette includes most of the bonus content as well (no interview and the 7″ edit of ‘Junge Roemer’ is dropped).

The album was remastered by Robert Ponger, who originally produced it back in 1984 and there’s new sleeve notes by Michael Rager and full lyrics to the songs in the booklet.

Junge Roemer will be reissued on 19 April 2024 via Sony Austria.

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2LP vinyl box set of Junge Roemer (click to enlarge)

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Falco / Junge Roemer 40th anniversary reissue

Junge Roemer Falco / 40th anniversary reissue

    • CD 1
      1. Junge Roemer 4:30
      2. Tut-Ench-Amon (Tutankhamen) 4:28
      3. Brillantin’ Brutal 3:48
      4. Ihre Tochter 4:26
      5. No Answer (Hallo Deutschland) 3:37
      6. Nur Mit Dir 4:27
      7. Hoch Wie Nie 4:21
      8. Steuermann 3:44
      9. Kann Es Liebe Sein? 4:06
    • CD 2
      1. Junge Roemer (Specially Remixed 12″ Version) 7:42
      2. Junge Roemer (Extended Version) 6:34
      3. Junge Roemer (Specially Remixed 7″ Version) 4:21 *
      4. Junge Roemer (Single Edit) 4:02
      5. Junge Roemer (Dub Version) 6:02
      6. Kann Es Liebe Sein? (Single Version with Désirée) 3:50
      7. Junge Roemer (Live 1986, Berlin) 4:40
      8. Hoch Wie Nie (Live 1986, Berlin 4:31
      9. No Answer (Hallo Deutschland) (Live 1986, Berlin) 3:40
      10. Promotional-Cassette (Interview with Ingeborg Schober, 1984) 27:36 */**
      * First time on CD
      ** CD only

Keane / Hopes and Fears SDE-exclusive blu-ray

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Blu-ray with Atmos, 5.1 & hi-res stereo • 2,500 units • Quick Pre-order

Keane’s debut Hopes and Fears will be issued as an SDE-exclusive blu-ray in May and is #21 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series.

The 2004 album features three UK top 10 singles in ‘Somewhere Only We Know’, ‘Everybody’s Changing’ and ‘Bedshaped’ and was a massive success. It has since gone on to sell more than 2.7m copies in the UK alone, a million copies in America and 6m worldwide.

The SDE blu-ray features a brand new Dolby Atmos Mix by David Kosten (David actually produced Keane’s last studio album Cause and Effect, and created the Atmos Mixes for Tubular Bells and No Parlez) as well as a new 5.1 mix and a 96/24 stereo mix.

I’ve mixed the whole album in Dolby Atmos, going back to the original multi-track parts to recreate the complex and multi-layered productions. It’s such an emotionally direct and deceptively simple sounding set of recordings – who knew that there were two dozen or more keyboard parts on many of the songs – synths, CP70, acoustic and electric pianos, pianettes, etc – all lovingly crafted and blended together with ridiculously fine vocals and drums”

David Kosten
Keane’s Hopes and Fears is #21 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series

Additionally, the SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio features a bonus track, the ‘lost’ song ‘Love Actually’, which was written and recorded while Keane were an unsigned band with a view to persuading Richard Curtis to use it in his 2003 romantic comedy (the band’s friend and manager Adam was working for the producer of the film). Sadly, the song was never used, with Richard Curtis recently commenting that “Everyone makes mistakes… I thought it was beautiful. I tried really hard to put it in the film – but in the end it was a little melancholy and, dare I say, a bit DEEP for the film I’d made”.

‘Love Actually’, is included in all three audio streams: Atmos, 5.1 and hi-res stereo. The region-free blu-ray audio will ship with a free SDE Surround Series slipcase.

The Hopes and Fears SDE-exclusive blu-ray will be limited to 2,500 units worldwide and will be released on 10 May 2024, alongside the other physical formats. It is only available via the SDE shop and can be pre-ordered using this link or the buttons below.

SDE has also secured some of the limited ‘galaxy’ coloured vinyl edition and the 3CD deluxe with unreleased demos and rarities. Various cost-saving bundles are available!

Tracklisting

Hopes and Fears Keane / 20th anniversary

    • Hopes and Fears in Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD 5.1 Surround (48/24)  and 96/24 hi-res stereo
      1. Somewhere Only We Know
      2. Bend And Break
      3. We Might As Well Be Strangers
      4. Everybody’s Changing
      5. Your Eyes Open
      6. She Has No Time
      7. Can’t Stop Now
      8. Sunshine
      9. This Is The Last Time
      10. On a Day Like Today
      11. Untitled 1
      12. Bedshaped
      Bonus track in Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD 5.1 Surround (48/24)  and 96/24 hi-res stereo
      1. Love Actually

1 Tears For Fears / The Tipping Point

2 xPropaganda / The Heart is Strange

3 Gilbert O’Sullivan / Driven

4 Shakespears Sister / Hormonally Yours

5 Brian Eno / ForeverAndEverNoMore

6. Orbital / Optical Delusion

6.5 Various Artists / Concert For George

7 Ten Years After / A Space in Time

8 Bob Dylan / Time Out Of Mind (2022 Remix)

9 Tears For Fears / The Hurting

10 Mike Oldfield / Tubular Bells

11 Suede

12 ABC / The Lexicon of Love

13 Duran Duran / Danse Macabre

14 Trevor Horn / Echoes – Ancient and Modern

15 Soft Cell / Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

16 Def Leppard / Diamond Star Halos

17 Paul Young / No Parlez

18 Mark Knopfler / One Deep River

19 Wham! / Fantastic

20 Wham! / Make It Big

21 Keane / Hopes and Fears

22 Luther Vandross / Never Too Much

Out This Week / on 29 March 2024

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Deep Purple / Machine Head CD, Vinyl, Blu-ray

Deep Purple’s 1972 album Machine Head is reissued as a 3CD+Blu-ray+LP super deluxe edition. SDE interview with Ian Gillan is incoming, but for now, check out the SDEtv unboxing video.

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Madness / The Liberty of Norton Folgate (2CD deluxe)

This expanded version of Madness’ 2009 album features nine bonus tracks, including two cover tracks (‘Bittersweet’ and ‘The Roadette Song’).

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David Bowie / Rock ‘n’ Roll Star!

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The next in the series of David Bowie CD-based deluxe sets will be called Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! and charts Bowie’s journey from February 1971 through to the creation of Ziggy Stardust and the recording of 1972’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars album.

The 5CD+blu-ray set features demos, BBC radio sessions, singles, live tracks, outtakes and more and offers 29 unreleased tracks. Unreleased highlights include an alternative version of ‘Lady Stardust’, an unheard version of ‘Shadow Man’ and an up-tempo take of The Who’s ‘I Can’t Explain’, which Bowie would later slow down for the Pin Ups album.

The blu-ray includes the 2003 5.1 mix, a 96/24 stereo version, Waiting in the Sky (Before the Starman Came to Earth) (which is being issued on vinyl for Record Store Day) along with a selection of singles and outtakes.

The 5CD+blu-ray deluxe of Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! (click image to enlarge)

Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! also contains two books. The first, an extensive 112-page tome with detailed sleeve notes, memorabilia, contemporary reviews and articles, rare photographs from Barrie Wentzel, Michael Putland, Mick Rock, Sukita and Alec Byrne, as well as new notes and interviews with Ken Scott, Mark Carr Pritchett and David’s plugger from the time, Anya Wilson. Accompanying the main book is a 36-page compiled reproduction of David’s personal Ziggy Stardust era notebooks.

There’s also a single LP black vinyl version of Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! that has been mastered at half-speed and features 14 alternates/session tracks. These are all on the 5CD+blu-ray version, in case you are wondering.

Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! will be released on 14 June 2024, via Parlophone.

Tracklisting

David Bowie / Rock 'n' Roll Star! 5CD+blu-ray deluxe set

Rock ‘n’ Roll Star David Bowie / 5CD+blu-ray

    • CD 1
      1. So Long 60s (San Francisco Hotel recording) *
      2. Hang On To Yourself (early demo) *
      3. Lady Stardust (demo)
      4. Ziggy Stardust (demo)
      5. Star (Aka Stars) (demo) *
      6. Soul Love (demo and DB spoken notes) *
      7. Starman (demo 1 excerpt) *
      8. Starman (demo 2) *
      9. Moonage Daydream (The Arnold Corns version)
      10. Hang On To Yourself (The Arnold Corns version)
      11. Looking For A Friend (The Arnold Corns version – rough mix) *
      12. Haddon Hall Rehearsals Segue: Ziggy Stardust / Holy Holy / Soul Love *
      13. Star (Aka Stars) (Haddon Hall rehearsal) *
      14. Sweet Head (Haddon Hall rehearsal) *
      *Previously unreleased
    • CD 2
      Sounds Of The 70s: John Peel
      Session recorded on 11th January, 1972 and broadcast on 28th January, 1972
      1. Ziggy Stardust *
      2. Queen Bitch *
      3. Waiting For The Man *
      4. Lady Stardust *
      Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris
      Session recorded on 18th January, 1972 and broadcast on 7th February, 1972
      1. Hang On To Yourself
      2. Ziggy Stardust
      3. Queen Bitch
      4. Waiting For The Man
      5. Five Years
      Old Grey Whistle Test Performance
      Filmed on 7th February, 1972 and broadcast on 8th February, 1972 except ‘Oh! You Pretty Things’ which was not broadcast until 1982.
      1. Oh! You Pretty Things (take 1)
      2. Queen Bitch
      3. Five Years
      *Previously unreleased
    • CD 3
      Sounds Of The 70s: John Peel
      Session recorded on 16th May, 1972 and broadcast on 23rd May, 1972
      1. White Light/White Heat
      2. Moonage Daydream
      3. Hang On To Yourself
      4. Suffragette City
      5. Ziggy Stardust
      Johnnie Walker Lunchtime Show
      Session recorded on 22nd May, 1972 and broadcast from 5th – 9th June, 1972
      1. Starman
      2. Space Oddity
      3. Changes
      4. Oh! You Pretty Things
      Sounds Of The 70s: Bob Harris
      Session recorded on 23rd May, 1972 and broadcast On 19th June, 1972
      1. Andy Warhol
      2. Lady Stardust
      3. White Light/White Heat
      4. Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide
      Top Of The Pops Performance
      Filmed on 5th July, 1972 and broadcast on 6th July, 1972
      1. Starman
      *Previously unreleased
    • CD 4
      1. Round And Round
      2. The Supermen (Ziggy session version)
      3. Holy Holy (Ziggy session version)
      4. Velvet Goldmine (Ziggy session outtake)
      5. Starman (original single mix)
      6. John, I’m Only Dancing (original single version)
      Recorded Live At The Music Hall, Boston.
      Recorded on 1st October, 1972
      1. The Supermen
      2. Changes
      3. Life On Mars?
      4. My Death *
      5. John, I’m Only Dancing
      *Previously unreleased
    • CD 5
      1. Looking For A Friend (The Arnold Corns version 2022 mix) *
      2. Hang On To Yourself (early Ziggy session take) *
      3. Star (take 5 alternative version) *
      4. Lady Stardust (take 1 alternative version) *
      5. Shadow Man (Ziggy session version) *
      6. The Supermen (Ziggy session version 2023 Mix) *
      7. Holy Holy (Ziggy session version alternative mix) *
      8. Round And Round (alternative mix)
      9. It’s Gonna Rain Again (Ziggy session outtake) *
      10. Looking For A Friend (Ziggy session version) *
      11. Velvet Goldmine (Ziggy sessions outtake 2022 mix) *
      12. Sweet Head (Ziggy sessions outtake 2022 mix) *
      13. Starman (Top Of The Pops version 2022 mix)
      14. John, I’m Only Dancing (alternative Trident Studios version) *
      15. I Can’t Explain (Trident Studios version) *
      Bonus Mix
      1. Moonage Daydream (2003 instrumental mix)
      *Previously unreleased
    • Blu-ray
      THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS
      1. Original album mix (96khz/24bit Stereo)
      THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS AND EXTRAS
      1. 2003 5.1 Mixes (DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 – 96khz/24bit)
      WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH)
      1. Early Ziggy Stardust album tracklisting – December 1971 (96khz/24bit PCM stereo)
      THE SINGLES
      1. (96khz/24bit PCM stereo)
      OUTTAKES AND ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS
      1. (96khz/24bit PCM stereo)

       

NOW Yearbook 1974

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Now That’s What I Call Music continue with their popular Yearbook series with an edition focused on 1974.

NOW Yearbook 1974 is available in the usual formats with deluxe casebound book and standard 4CD editions and a 3LP coloured vinyl package, which this time around is green. The CD sets offer 82 tracks whereas the vinyl delivers 48.

1974 was a great year, mixing up classic rock (Queen, Lennon, McCartney, Elton John, Bachman-Turner Overdrive) with glam rock (The Sweet, Slade, Mud), teen pop (Bay City Rollers, David Essex), retro-pop (Showaddywaddy and Alvin Stardust), soft rock (Andy Kim, Ace and The Hollies) and even the odd novelty (The Wombles and ‘Kung Fu Fighting’!).

Deluxe casebound book version of NOW Yearbook 1974

Mike Oldfield’s ‘Theme From Tubular Bells’ makes an appearance, as does Leo Sayer’s excellent UK No 2 hit ‘The Show Must Go On’ along with the transatlantic top 10 ‘Long Tall Glasses’, while 10cc’s ‘The Wall Street Shuffle’ and Sparks’ ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both of Us’ deliver some cool, quirky art-rock.

Soul selections include songs fro Barry White, Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin and The Stylistics while Bryan Ferry appears both as part of Roxy Music and as a solo artist. Mud’s ‘Lonely This Christmas’ appropriately ends CD 4, since it was the Christmas number one in 1974.

NOW Yearbook 1974 will be released on 3 May 2024.

Tracklisting

NOW Yearbook 1974

NOW Yearbook 1974 Various Artists /

    • CD 1
      1. Queen – Killer Queen  
      2. Paul McCartney & Wings – Jet  
      3. Sparks – This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us 
      4. Sweet – Teenage Rampage 
      5. Suzi Quatro – Devil Gate Drive 
      6. Mud – Tiger Feet 
      7. Slade – Far Far Away 
      8. Pilot – Magic 
      9. David Essex – Gonna Make You A Star 
      10. Alvin Stardust – Jealous Mind 
      11. The Rubettes – Sugar Baby Love 
      12. Bay City Rollers – Shang-A-Lang 
      13. Paper Lace – Billy, Don’t Be A Hero 
      14. Leo Sayer – The Show Must Go On 
      15. The Wombles – The Wombling Song 
      16. Carl Douglas – Kung Fu Fighting  
      17. Barry White – Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe 
      18. Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – You Are Everything 
      19. The Stylistics – You Make Me Feel Brand New 
      20. The Three Degrees – When Will I See You Again 
      21. Sweet Sensation – Sad Sweet Dreamer 
    • CD 2
      1. Elton John – Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me 
      2. John Lennon – Whatever Gets You Thru The Night 
      3. Bachman-Turner Overdrive – You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet 
      4. Golden Earring – Radar Love  
      5. Cozy Powell – Dance With The Devil  
      6. Electric Light Orchestra – Ma-Ma-Ma Belle 
      7. Faces – Pool Hall Richard  
      8. Mike Oldfield – Mike Oldfield’s Single (Theme From Tubular Bells) 
      9. Cher – Dark Lady 
      10. Lulu – The Man Who Sold The World 
      11. Bryan Ferry – The ‘In’ Crowd  
      12. The Arrows – Touch Too Much 
      13. Hello – Tell Him 
      14. Mud – The Cat Crept In 
      15. 10cc – The Wall Street Shuffle 
      16. Rod Stewart – Farewell 
      17. Slade – Everyday  
      18. Andy Kim – Rock Me Gently  
      19. Ace – How Long 
      20. The Hollies – The Air That I Breathe  
    • CD 3
      1. Barry White – You’re The First, The Last, My Everything  
      2. Disco Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes – Get Dancin’ 
      3. George McCrae – Rock Your Baby      
      4. The Hues Corporation – Rock The Boat 
      5. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes feat. Teddy Pendergrass – The Love I Lost  
      6. Johnny Bristol – Hang On In There Baby 
      7. The Drifters – Kissin’ In The Back Row Of The Movies 
      8. Robert Knight – Love On A Mountain Top 
      9. The Intruders – (Win, Place Or Show) She’s A Winner  
      10. Limmie & Family Cookin’ – A Walkin’ Miracle 
      11. Hot Chocolate – Emma         
      12. Eddie Holman – Hey There Lonely Girl 
      13. The Isley Brothers – Summer Breeze, Pt. 1 
      14. Aretha Franklin – Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)   
      15. Ken Boothe – Everything I Own  
      16. First Class – Beach Baby 
      17. The Rubettes – Juke Box Jive 
      18. Showaddywaddy – Hey Rock ‘n’ Roll 
      19. Wizzard – Rock ‘n’ Roll Winter (Loony’s Tune) 
      20. Alvin Stardust – You You You                        
      21. T-Rex – Teenage Dream 
    • CD 4
      1. Paul McCartney & Wings – Band On The Run 
      2. Elton John – Candle In The Wind  
      3. Olivia Newton-John – I Honestly Love You 
      4. Terry Jacks – Seasons In The Sun 
      5. Bay City Rollers – Summerlove Sensation 
      6. Sweet Dreams – Honey Honey  
      7. Stephanie De Sykes – Born With A Smile On My Face 
      8. The New Seekers – You Won’t Find Another Fool Like Me 
      9. Mouth & MacNeal – I See A Star 
      10. Leo Sayer – Long Tall Glasses 
      11. Sparks – Amateur Hour 
      12. Cockney Rebel – Mr. Soft 
      13. Roxy Music – All I Want Is You  
      14. Sweet – The Six Teens 
      15. Drupi – Vado Via 
      16. Gigliola Cinquetti – Go (Before You Break My Heart)  
      17. John Denver – Annie’s Song 
      18. Charlie Rich – The Most Beautiful Girl 
      19. Charles Aznavour – She (Tous Les Visages De L’amour) 
      20. Mud – Lonely This Christmas

Pet Shop Boys / Dancing Star

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The second single off the Pet Shop Boys forthcoming album Nonetheless will be ‘Dancing Star’, and as with ‘Loneliness’ there will be a CD single available.

The physical product is rather more generous this time around with a total of six tracks: two previously unreleased non-album tracks and three remixes, one of ‘Party in the Blitz’ (a Loneliness bonus track) and two of ‘Dancing Star’.

‘Dancing Star’ comes in a gatefold card sleeve and will be released on 3 May 2024, via Parlophone. The blu-ray audio of Nonetheless featuring a Dolby Atmos Mix of ‘Dancing Star’, along with the rest of the album, can be pre-ordered via the SDE shop.

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Tracklisting

Pet Shop Boys / New single Dancing Star

Dancing Star Pet Shop Boys / CD single

      1. Dancing star
      2. Sense of time
      3. If Jesus had a sister
      4. Dancing star (Solomun extended remix)
      5. Party in the Blitz (Superchumbo remix)
      6. Dancing star (Solomun remix)

Deep Purple / Machine Head deluxe unboxed

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SDEtv explores the new Deep Purple Machine Head 50th anniversary deluxe edition. It’s released on 29 March 2024.

Tracklisting

Deep Purple / Machine Head super deluxe edition

Machine Head Deep Purple / super deluxe edition

    • CD 1: Machine Head
      Dweezil Zappa 2024 Remix
      1. “Highway Star”*
      2. “Maybe I’m A Leo”*
      3. “Pictures Of Home”*
      4. “Never Before”*
      5. “Smoke On The Water”*
      6. “Lazy”*
      7. “Space Truckin’”*
      8. “When A Blind Man Cries” – B-side*
      2024 Remaster
      1. “Highway Star”
      2. “Maybe I’m A Leo”
      3. “Pictures Of Home”
      4. “Never Before”
      5. “Smoke On The Water”
      6. “Lazy”
      7. “Space Truckin’”
      * previously unreleased

    • CD 2: In Concert ’72
      1. Introduction
      2. “Highway Star”
      3. “Strange Kind Of Woman”
      4. “Maybe I’m A Leo”
      5. “Smoke On The Water”
      6. “Never Before”
      7. “Lazy”
      8. “Space Truckin’”
      9. “Lucille”
      10. “Maybe I’m A Leo” – soundcheck

    • CD 3: Montreux ’71

      1. “Swiss Yodel” *
      2. “Speed King” *
      3. “Strange Kind Of Woman” *
      4. “Into The Fire” *
      5. “Child In Time” *
      6. “Paint It Black” *
      7. “Wring That Neck (Hard Road)” *
      8. “Black Night” *
      9. “Lucille” *
      * previously unreleased

    • Blu-ray Audio
      Dweezil Zappa 2024 Atmos Remix
      1. “Highway Star” *
      2. “Maybe I’m A Leo” *
      3. “Pictures Of Home” *
      4. “Never Before” *
      5. “Smoke On The Water” *
      6. “Lazy” *
      7. “Space Truckin’” *
      8. “When A Blind Man Cries” – B-side *
      1974 U.S. Quad Mix
      1. “Highway Star”
      2. “Maybe I’m A Leo”
      3. “Pictures Of Home”
      4. “Never Before”
      5. “Smoke On The Water”
      6. “Lazy”
      7. “Space Truckin’”
      Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound Mixes
      1. “When A Blind Man Cries” – B-side
      2. “Maybe I’m A Leo”
      3. “Lazy”
      * previously unreleased
    • Vinyl LP

      Side One

      1. “Highway Star”
      2. “Maybe I’m A Leo”
      3. “Pictures Of Home”
      4. “Never Before”
      Side Two
      1. “Smoke On The Water”
      2. “Lazy”
      3. “When A Blind Man Cries” B-side
      4. “Space Truckin’”

Marc Almond / New album, I’m Not Anyone

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Marc Almond will release I’m Not Anyone, a new album of cover versions, in July.

Always adept at taking a song and making it his own, Almond has already make his Marc (sorry) with classic covers from ‘Tainted Love’ to ‘The Days Of Pearly Spencer’, from ‘Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart’ to ‘Jacky’.

For his latest solo outing ‘I’m Not Anyone’ Marc offers interpretations of gems from the likes of Don McLean, King Crimson, Paul Anka, Colin Blunstone and Mahalia Jackson.


As Marc says of I’m Not Anyone: “There is an underlying spirituality to this record, a thread of mystery and wonder, and sweetness. The elemental references nod to my interest in all things Druid and Pagan, that spectrum between them, a closeness to the earth, to living things. I find comfort in the living world, in trees and animals, away from the insanity that engulfs and threatens us.”

The formats are 140g black vinyl and CD, but Marc’s artist shop offers bundles with signed prints and pre-sale ticket access to Almonds upcoming tour. By the way, note the relatively cheap prices, below! It seems that record labels can price things competitively, when it suits them.

I’m Not Anyone will be released on BMG on 12 July 2024 via BMG.

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Tracklisting

Marc Almond / I'm Not Anyone

I’m Not Anyone Marc Almond /

      1. I’m the Light
      2. Reflections of My Life
      3. Gone With the Wind (Is My Love)
      4. I Talk To the Wind (feat. Ian Anderson)
      5. Elusive Butterfly
      6. I’m Not Anyone
      7. Smokey Day (with Bryan Chambers)
      8. Trouble of the World (with Bryan Chambers)
      9. Look To Your Soul (with Louise Marshall)
      10. Chain Lightning
      11. Lonely Looking Sky

More Mark Knopfler ‘One Deep River’ blu-rays now available

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Due to incredible demand, and at the request of fans who were caught out with the speed in which it sold out in January, we are making a further 500 copies of the SDE-exclusive Mark Knopfler One Deep River blu-ray available.

Issued on his own British Grove label via EMI, One Deep River features 12 elegant new Knopfler songs, with his warm Geordie vocal tone, his poetic storytelling lyrics and deft, richly melodic guitar playing are all present and correct and as dazzling as ever.

The SDE-exclusive blu-ray is only available via the SDE shop and features the album plus five bonus tracks. All 17 tracks are mixed in immersive Dolby Atmos and available in the highest resolution stereo: 192 kHz / 24 bit. Neither audio streams are available anywhere else on a physical product.

One Deep River will be released on 12 April 2024 via British Grove/EMI. There’s a chance this further quantity will ship a little later than release date, but I’m told if this does happen, we’re talking days, not weeks.

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Tracklisting

One Deep River Mark Knopfler / New studio album

    • One Deep River in Dolby Atmos and 192/24 stereo
      1. Two Pairs Of Hands
      2. Ahead Of The Game
      3. Smart Money
      4. Scavengers Yard
      5. Black Tie Jobs
      6. Tunnel 13
      7. Janine
      8. Watch Me Gone
      9. Sweeter Than The Rain
      10. Before My Train Comes
      11. This One’s Not Going To End Well
      12. One Deep River
      Bonus tracks in Dolby Atmos and 192/24 stereo
      1. The Living End
      2. Fat Chance Dupree
      3. Along A Foreign Coast
      4. What I’m Gonna Need
      5. Nothing But Rain

Gentle Giant / Front Row Center 10LP vinyl box with exclusive signed print

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SDE is delighted to have secured a great exclusive. The recent-ish Gentle Giant vinyl box set, called Front Row Center (US Dates 1976-1980) is available to order via the SDE shop with a print of the cover art SIGNED & numbered by artist Bob Venables!

This is a limited edition of just 100 and the massive 10LP box set that the print accompanies, celebrates four classic years of Gentle Giant touring throughout the USA! It comprises two 3LP sets (Hempstead, New York on 13 July 1976 and 16 Nov 1977) and two 2LP sets (Chester, Pennsylvania 18 Nov, 1977 and Atlanta, Georgia 29 May 1980)

The Front Row Center 10LP vinyl box set (click image to enlarge)

In addition to the recordings, the set will come with a 60 page book written by GG authority Alan Kinsman concentrating on their live experiences and memorabilia. The set will also include a numbered Limited Edition certificate.

The Front Row Center (US Dates 1976-1980) vinyl box with this exclusive signed print is available now via the SDE shop. Use this link or the button below to place your order.

Cover print signed and numbered by artist Bob Venables (100-only)

Tracklisting

Front Row Center Gentle Giant /

    • HEMPSTEAD, NY – CALDERONE CONCERT HALL – JULY 13, 1976 (Broadcast on WLIR)
      SIDE A
      1. Intro/Just The Same 7:40
      2. Proclamation/Valedictory 6:19

      SIDE B

      1. On Reflection 5:54
      2. Interview 7:53
      SIDE C
      1. The Runaway/Experience 10:37
      2. So Sincere 11:14
      SIDE D
      1. Excerpts From Octopus 17:42
      SIDE E
      1. Give It Back 5:26
      2. Timing 13:34
      SIDE F
      1. Free Hand 7:36
    • HEMPSTEAD, NY – CALDERONE CONCERT HALL – NOVEMBER 16, 1977 – 3LP
      SIDE A
      1. Two Weeks In Spain 2:58
      2. Free Hand 6:46
      SIDE B
      1. On Reflection 7:12
      2. I’m Turning Around 4:10
      SIDE C
      1. Just The Same/Playing The Game 10:11
      2. Memories Of Old Days 7:27
      SIDE D
      1. Betcha Thought We Couldn’t Do It 6:27
      2. Funny Ways 7:59
      SIDE E
      1. The Face 16:13
      2. For Nobody 4:31

      SIDE F

      1. Excerpts From Octopus 17:34
      2. Mountain Time 1:36
    • CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA – WIDENER COLLEGE – NOVEMBER 18, 1977 – 2LP
      SIDE A
      1. Two Weeks In Spain 3.00
      2. Free Hand 7:49
      3. On Reflection 6:09
      SIDE B
      1. I’m Turning Around 4.08
      2. Just The Same/Playing The Game 9.51
      3. Memories Of Old Days 7.29
      SIDE C
      1. Betcha Thought We Couldn’t Do It 4.20
      2. The Face 13:31
      SIDE D
      1. For Nobody 5:25
      2. Excerpts From Octopus – Part 1 6.05
      3. Excerpts From Octopus – Part 2 9.45