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Blancmange / Everything is Connected: The Best Of 1979-2024

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Blancmange will release a new ‘best of’ in May called Everything is Connected.

Curated by Neil Arthur, and spanning 45 years, the compilation features 38 tracks in its 2CD edition, including the UK top 10 hits ‘Living On The Ceiling’, ‘Blind Vision’ and ‘Don’t Tell Me’ and well as some of Arthur’s personal favourites.

The 2CD version of Everything Connected also includes two previously unreleased tracks ‘Again, I Wait For The World’ and ‘Wish’. The vinyl is a tight 10-track affair.

Everything Connected will be released on 10 May 2024, via London Records.

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Everything is Connected Blancmange /

    • CD1
      1. ‘Sad Day’ (original version)
      2. ‘I’ve Seen The Word’
      3. ‘God’s Kitchen’
      4. ‘Feel Me’
      5. ‘Living On The Ceiling’
      6. ‘Waves’
      7. ‘Game Above My Head’ (12” version)
      8. ‘Blind Vision’
      9. ‘That’s Love, That It Is’
      10. ‘Vishnu’
      11. ‘Don’t Tell Me’
      12. ‘The Day Before You Came’
      13. ‘What’s Your Problem’
      14. ‘Lose Your Love’
      15. ‘Why Don’t They Leave Things Alone’
      16. ‘Drive Me’
      17. ‘I’m Having A Coffee’
      18. ‘The Western’
      19. ‘Just Another Spectre’
    • CD 2
      1. ‘The Fall’
      2. ‘Last Night (I Dreamt I Had A Job)’
      3. ‘Jack Knife’
      4. ‘What’s The Time?’
      5. ‘We Are The Chemicals’
      6. ‘Anna Dine’
      7. ‘Distant Storm’
      8. ‘I Smashed Your Phone’
      9. ‘Not A Priority’
      10. ‘Mindset’
      11. ‘This Is Bliss’
      12. ‘Clean Your House’
      13. ‘Commercial Break’
      14. ‘Some Times These’
      15. ‘Reduced Voltage’
      16. ‘Take Me’
      17. ‘Again, I Wait For The World’
      18. ‘Wish’
      19. ‘Empty Street’

Pre-order a signed CD of Norah Jones’ new album

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Norah Jones’ brand new album Visions will be released next week and you can now secure a signed copy of the CD from Amazon in the UK.

The songwriter and pianist has collaborated with producer and multi-instrumentalist Leon Michels for this new record, with eight of the album’s dozen tracks composed with him. Check out ‘Running’ from Visions, below. This song features Norah on vocals, piano, guitar, and bass with Leon on drums and baritone saxophone.

Visions is released on 8 March 2024, via Capitol/EMI. The CD comes with a signed artcard.

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Visions Norah Jones /

      1. All This Time (Norah Jones/Leon Michels)
      2. Staring at the Wall (Norah Jones/Leon Michels)
      3. Paradise (Norah Jones/Leon Michels)
      4. Queen of the Sea (Norah Jones)
      5. Visions (Norah Jones)
      6. Running (Norah Jones/Leon Michels)
      7. I Just Wanna Dance (Norah Jones/Leon Michels/Homer Steinweiss)
      8. I’m Awake (Norah Jones)
      9. Swept Up in the Night (Norah Jones/Leon Michels)
      10. On My Way (Norah Jones/Pete Remm)
      11. Alone With My Thoughts (Norah Jones/Leon Michels)
      12. That’s Life (Norah Jones/Leon Michels)

Luther Vandross / ‘Luther’ reissues

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Before Luther Vandross’ solo career started in 1981 with the magnificent Never Too Much, he headed a group called ‘Luther’ who released two albums: their self titled 1976 debut and the 1977 follow-up This Close To You. Both records were released on Cotillion Records at the time and have never been issued on CD, or reissued at all come to that. This will change in June as both albums are re-released on CD and vinyl formats.

Luther were a quintet and in addition to Vandross, the band members were Anthony Hinton, Diane Sumler, Theresa V. Reed and Christine Wiltshire. The first album, Luther, features seven songs, all written and produced by Luther Vandross including the hit ‘Funky Music (Is A Part of Me)’, which Vandross and David Bowie reimagined into ‘Fascination’ for Bowie’s Young Americans album (before ‘Funky Music’ had been officially released).

‘Funky Music (Is A Part of Me)’ from the Luther album

It also includes ‘Everybody Rejoice (A Brand New Day)’ from the musical ‘The Wiz’, marking the only recording of Vandross’s rendition of the song. The CD version of the reissue features a bonus instrumental version of the album track ‘The 2nd Time Around’, although disappointingly, ‘At Christmas Time’, the group’s 1976 single with two festive tracks penned by Vandross (‘At Christmas Time’ and ‘May Christmas Bring You Happiness’) is nowhere to be found.

Luther is released on CD for the first time in June

This Close To You features another nine Luther Vandross songs, which he again self-produced and it’s notable that a certain Nile Rodgers plays guitar on every song. The CD reissue features three bonus tracks. Both Luther albums are reissued on vinyl with the standard album-only tracklistings.

Luther will be reissued on 19 April while This Close To You follows on 7 June 2024, both via Sony’s Legacy Recordings.

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Luther Luther /

      1. Funky Music (Is A Part Of Me)
      2. The 2nd Time Around
      3. I’ll Get Along Fine
      4. Everybody Rejoice (From the Tony Award Winning Musical, “THE WIZ”)
      5. Emotion Eyes
      6. This Strange Feeling
      7. It’s Good For The Soul (Parts I And II)
      CD-only bonus track
      1. The 2nd Time Around (Instrumental)

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This Close to You Luther /

      1. This Is For Real
      2. A Lover’s Change
      3. Don’t Take The Time
      4. Jealousy Is In Me
      5. I’m Not Satisfied
      6. This Close To You
      7. Don’t Wanna Be A Fool
      8. Come Back To Love
      9. Follow My Love
      CD-only bonus tracks
      1. Can’t Get Enough Good Loving
      2. Come Back To Love (Instrumental)
      3. Don’t Wanna Be A Fool (Instrumental

Out This Week / on 1 March 2024

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Madonna / Celebration Vinyl

Madonna’s 2009 ‘best of’ gets a limited repress on 4LP vinyl.

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Liam Gallagher John Squire

New album bringing together the talents of Oasis’ Liam Gallagher and The Stone Roses’ John Squire

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The Who / Live at Shea Stadium 1982

The Who’s 1982 tour was promoting the It’s Hard album and was their last to feature Kenney Jones on drums. This release features the show from the second of their two nights at New York’s Shea Stadium and was recorded on 13 October 1982. This is the first official release of the audio from the full show.


Violet Femmes 40th anniversary vinyl box

Vinyl version of the expanded 40th anniversary edition of Violent Femmes’ self-titled debut features the remastered album, B-sides, live sessions and rare demos. Housed in a lift-top box with die-cut “darkened window detail” revealing the box contents, the set includes three vinyl LPs, a replica seven-inch single (‘Ugly’ b/w ‘Gimme The Car’) and a 40-page book featuring new sleeve notes by journalist David Fricke and interviews with the band.

The Waterboys / 1985 unboxing video

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Out today is The Waterboys’ 1985 box set, a massively expanded version of the band’s This Is The Sea album featuring 95 tracks. Watch as SDEtv unboxes the new deluxe edition and also looks at the new vinyl version of the album.

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1985 The Waterboys / 6CD deluxe

    • CD 1: Towers Open Fire:
      1. Trumpets (Session)
      2. Be My Enemy (Prototype 3)
      3. The Ways Of Men (Session)
      4. The Waves #1
      5. Old England (Demo)
      6. Towers Open Fire
      7. Down Through The Town
      8. Ribbon Of Steel (Live)
      9. Bury My Heart (Live)
      10. The Three Day Man (Live)
      11. Medicine Bow (Session)
      12. This Is The Sea (Live)
      13. A Door For My Soul Home (Demo)
      14. Son Of Rags
      15. In My Bed
      16. The Pan Within (Inst Demo)
      17. Even The Trees Are Dancing (Full Length)
      18. Theme
      19. Fuzz Guitar Vamp
      20. Death Is Not The End
    • CD 2: The Black Book:
      1. Beverly Penn (Piano Demo)
      2. Don’t Bang The Drum (Piano Demo)
      3. Be My Enemy (Piano Demo)
      4. The Day I Ran Out Of People
      5. Winter Blows
      6. The Mercenary And The Samaritan
      7. Looking For Dickon
      8. Spirit (Piano Demo)
      9. All The Bright Horses
      10. Custer’s Blues (Piano Demo) / The Woman In Me
      11. Paris In The Rain
      12. The Song Of Sitting Bull
      13. Talk About Wings
      14. The Whole of The Moon (Writing of)
      15. The Pan Within (Piano Demo)
      16. No Sun In The Sky
      17. Winter In The Blood
      18. We Belong To The World
      19. The Whole of The Moon (Piano Demo)
    • CD 3: A Sky Full Of Crows:
      1. Medicine Jack
      2. Medicine Jack Boogie-Woogie
      3. The Sound Of Snow
      4. The Pan Within (Inst)
      5. It Should Have Been You, Guitar Play
      6. Old England (Early Take)
      7. Old Macmichael Had A Band / Sweet Thing
      8. Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town
      9. Spirit (Full Length)
      10. Then You Hold Me
      11. Trumpets (Instr #1)
      12. Rain Come Down
      13. Son of Dirt
      14. This Is The Sea (Drumatix Version)
    • CD 4: The Ladder
      1. Medicine Bow (Elemental Rough Mix)
      2. Trumpets (Inst #2)
      3. Be My Enemy (Rough Mix)
      4. Sleek White Schooner
      5. Sweetheart Like You
      6. This Is The Sea (Fast with Mike Lead Guitar Demo)
      7. Adrian And The Piano Storm
      8. Beverly Penn (Synth Version)
      9. This Is The Sea (Fast with Tom Verlaine Lead Guitar Version)
      10. The Waves #2
      11. The Ladder (Demo)
      12. Beverly Penn
      13. Don’t Bang The Drum (Livingston Mix)
      14. Ribbon of Steel Slide Guitar
      15. Paisley Park
    • CD 5: Mountaintop:
      1. The Whole of The Moon (Livingston Mix)
      2. High Far Soon
      3. This Is The Sea (Livingston Mix)
      4. Medicine Bow (Full Length)
      5. The Pan Within (Wickham’s First Play)
      6. Miracle / World Party (Demo)
      7. I Am Not Here
      8. Born To Be Together (Session)
      9. Higher In Time (Session)
      10. The Whole of The Moon (Video Version)
      11. Meridian West
      12. Don’t Bang The Drum (Session)
      13. Medicine Bow (Session)
      14. Behold The Sea
      15. Beverly Penn 2023
    • CD 6: This Is The Sea (The Album)
      1. Don’t Bang The Drum
      2. The Whole of The Moon
      3. Spirit
      4. The Pan Within
      5. Medicine Bow
      6. Old England
      7. Be My Enemy
      8. Trumpets
      9. This Is The Sea

Paul Weller / 66

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Paul Weller will release a new studio album in May called, simply, 66.

The 12 songs on 66 were worked up in Weller’s Black Barn studio over the course of three years with various guest musicians, including Dr Robert, Richard Hawley, Steve Brooks and Max Beesley

There are lyrical contributions from Suggs, Noel Gallagher and Bobby Gillespie (‘Ship Of Fools’, ‘Jumble Queen’ and ‘Soul Wondering’ respectively) and Weller shares production duties on a few tracks with Christophe Vaillant, White Label and Charles Rees. String arrangements are by Hannah Peel.

You can preview ‘Soul Wandering’, above, although apparently “the first proper single” will be ‘Rise Up Singing’ which will be made available on 5 April.

As well as vinyl and CD there’s a 2CD set packaged in deluxe hardcover book format, with four extra tracks on the second disc. As you’d expect there’s various coloured vinyl editions which all come with a 12-page booklet and foldout poster.

66 will be released on 24 May 2024, via Polydor.

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66 Paul Weller /

    • CD 1
      1. Ship of Fools
      2. Flying Fish
      3. Jumble Queen
      4. Nothing
      5. My Best Friend’s Coat
      6. Rise Up Singing
      7. I Woke Up
      8. A Glimpse of You
      9. Sleepy Hollow
      10. In Full Flight
      11. Soul Wandering
      12. Burn Out
    • CD 2 (deluxe only)
      1. Wheel of Fortune
      2. In A Silent World
      3. Now is Here
      4. Gotta Get On

Last chance to order the SDE-exclusive Wham! blu-rays

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Thank you for all your enthusiasm for the forthcoming Wham! Fantastic and Make It Big SDE-exclusive blu-ray audios, numbers 19 and 20 in the SDE Surround Series. The pre-order window officially closes today, so this is your last chance to guarantee a copies of these 80s-tastic releases, although we’ll extend it for another couple of days until we reach the weekend!

Both blu-rays are region-free and are only available via the SDE shop and include Dolby Atmos Mixes of the album, 96/24 hi-res stereo mixes and then a bevy of bonus tracks in stereo and Atmos including remixes, B-sides, instrumentals and more!

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 (‘add to cart’) below. There’s a specially-priced two blu-ray bundle, we ship worldwide and there’s no extra import charges for EU customers (for orders below €150). We’ve recently added India to the list of countries we ship to.

The Fantastic and Make It Big blu-ray audios is a collaboration between Sony Music and SDE and will be released on 22 March 2023. Both blu-ray will ship with a FREE collectors’ edition SDE Surround Series slipcase!

TECHNICAL NOTES: This blu-ray audio requires a blu-ray player. Decoding the Dolby Atmos mix requires a Dolby Atmos-certified soundbar or a Dolby Atmos-compatible AV Receiver/Amp. The Dolby Atmos mix will ‘fold down’ to 5.1 or stereo if a Dolby Atmos decoder is not detected.

A blu-ray audio is a blu-ray disc with no video content. It is region-free and compatible with ALL blu-ray players. Any stereo content can be played via two speakers or a soundbar, in the normal way, but to enjoy the surround sound/spatial audio element such as 5.1 mixes and Dolby Atmos Mixes you will need to connect to an appropriate amplifier/receiver with speaker set-up or a Atmos/5.1 certified soundbar

Tracklisting

Fantastic Wham! / SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio

    • Dolby Atmos & 96/24 Stereo
      1. Bad Boys
      2. A Ray of Sunshine
      3. Love Machine
      4. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)
      5. A Ray of Sunshine (Instrumental Remix)
      6. Love Machine (Instrumental Remix)
      7. Club Tropicana
      8. Nothing Looks The Same in the Light
      9. Come On
      10. Young Guns (Go For It!)
      11. Nothing Looks The Same in the Light (Instrumental Remix)
      Bonus tracks in Dolby Atmos & Stereo
      1. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) – single version 3.32
      2. Young Guns (Go For It) – single version 3.43
      3. Young Guns (Go For It) UK 12” mix 5.11
      4. Blue (Armed With Love) 3.56
       Bonus tracks in Stereo-only
      1. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) [Club Mix] 4.20
      2. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) [Social Mix] 6.45
      3. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) [Unsocial Mix] 6.38
      4. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) [Special Club Remix] 3.05
      5. Young Guns (For For It) – Special US 12” Remix 6.53
      6. Going For It 4.39
      7. Bad Boys (12” Extended Club Mix) 4.58
      8. Bad Boys (instrumental) 3.21
      9. Club Tropicana (instrumental) 3.31
      10. Club Fantastic Megamix 3.57

Tracklisting

Make It Big Wham! / SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio

    • Dolby Atmos & 96/24 Stereo
      1. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go 3.51
      2. Everything She Wants 5.03
      3. Heartbeat 4.44
      4. Like A Baby 4.15
      5. Freedom 5.02
      6. If You Were There 3.39
      7. Credit Card Baby 5.10
      8. Careless Whisper 6.32
      Bonus tracks in Dolby Atmos & Stereo
      1. Careless Whisper (Single Version) 5.03
      2. Freedom (version from The Final) 5.20
      3. Last Christmas 4.26
      4. Everything She Wants (Remix edit) 5.30
      5. Freedom (Long Version) 7.09
      6. Last Christmas (Pudding Mix) 6.45
      7. Everything She Wants (Remix) 6.30
      8. I’m Your Man 4.07
      9. The Edge of Heaven 4.37
      10. Battlestations 5.31
      11. Where Did Your Heart Go? 5.50
       Bonus tracks in Stereo-only
      1. A Ray of Sunshine (specially recorded for ‘The Tube’)
      2. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (instrumental) 4.02
      3. Freedom (instrumental) 5.10
      4. Last Christmas (Pudding Mix Edit) 4.47
      5. I’m Your Man (Extended Stimulation)
      6. Do It Right (Instrumental)
      7. I’m Your Man (Acappella)
      8. Blue (Recorded Live in China)
      9. I’m Your Man (version from Music From The Edge Of Heaven version)
      10. Wham! Rap ’86

The SDE Surround Series so far is:

#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 Arists: 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

Madonna / Celebration 4LP repress

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Celebration, Madonna’s 2009 ‘best of’ is having a limited repress, as a 4LP vinyl set, next month.

The collection was originally released as an 18-track single CD, a 36-track 2CD set and there was also a 2xDVD edition with 47 videos. The original 4LP version was issued in America and Europe and featured the same 36 tracks on the double-CD edition (see full tracklisting below).

The vinyl repress is actually being released very quickly, it’s out on 1 March 2024 via Rhino. There’s no indication as how many are being made but it’s described as “limited”. You can pre-order this via the SDE shop (we have a guaranteed stock allocation) using this link or the button / widget below.

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Celebration Madonna / 4LP vinyl

    • LP 1
      Side A
      1. Hung Up – 5:38
      2. Music – 3:45
      3. Vogue – 5:16
      4. 4 Minutes – 3:09
      Side B
      1. Holiday – 6:08
      2. Everybody – 4:10
      3. Like A Virgin – 3:09
      4. Into The Groove – 4:45
    • LP 2
      Side C
      1. Like A Prayer – 5:42
      2. Ray Of Light
      3. Sorry – 3:58
      4. Express Yourself – 4:00
      5. Open Your Heart – 3:49
      Side D
      1. Borderline – 3:59
      2. Secret – 4:28
      3. Erotica – 4:30
      4. Justify My Love – 4:54
      5. Revolver – 3:40
    • LP 3
      Side E
      1. Dress You Up – 4:02
      2. Material Girl – 4:00
      3. La Isla Bonita – 4:04
      4. Papa Don’t Preach – 4:29
      5. Lucky Star – 3:38
      Side F
      1. Burning Up – 3:44
      2. Crazy For You – 3:44
      3. Who’s That Girl – 4:00
      4. Frozen – 6:18
    • LP 4
      Side G
      1. Miles Away – 3:45
      2. Take A Bow – 5:20
      3. Live To Tell – 5:51
      4. Beautiful Stranger – 4:22
      Side H
      1. Hollywood – 4:23
      2. Die Another Day – 4:36
      3. Don’t Tell Me – 4:11
      4. Cherish – 3:51
      5. Celebration

Bat For Lashes / The Dream of Delphi

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Natasha Khan’s Bat For Lashes releases a sixth studio album, The Dream of Delphi, in May.

Described as an “ode to motherhood” the record was created in LA during COVID-19 when Khan had given birth to her daughter Delphi.

The record weaves together 10 song poems, “documenting the polarity of navigating both an exterior world what was seemingly turning upside down, whilst also experiencing the profoundly personal and transformational early moments of mothering Delphi, named after the Greek Oracle, the ancient future teller”.

A couple of tracks from this record were debuted live last summer (notably at Christine and the Queens‘ Meltdown Festival at the Southbank – SDE was there!) and we are told the songs have a personal intimacy and a diary-like quality to these compositions from ‘The Midwives Have Left‘  to writing a ‘Letter To My Daughter‘ and ‘Waking Up‘. You can preview the title track, above.

Natasha has worked with Brad Oberhofer, Mary Lattimore and Jack Falby on this album which will be available on 31 May 2024, via Decca. Unlike the previous two Bat For Lashes albums (Lost Girls and The Bride), there is no box set edition of The Dream of Delphi, but some coloured vinyl editions are available.

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Bat For Lashes / The Dream of Delphi new album

The Dream of Delphi Bat For Lashes /

      1. The Dream Of Delphi
      2. Christmas Day
      3. Letter To My Daughter
      4. At Your Feet
      5. The Midwives Have Left
      6. Home
      7. Breaking Up
      8. Delphi Dancing
      9. Her First Morning
      10. Waking Up
      11. The Dream Of Delphi (Extended Strings Version)

Portishead / Roseland NYC Live

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Portishead’s Roseland NYC Live concert – recorded and filmed at New York’s Roseland Ballroom with a 28-piece orchestra back in 1997 – is being reissued on CD and coloured vinyl.

The album, which was issued originally in 1998, has been “newly remastered” and also expanded; the tracklisting now includes ‘Undenied’ and ‘Numb’ from the concert film, and the full length performance of ‘Western Eyes’, which was played in part over the credits of the film. Also, ‘Sour Times’ and ‘Roads’ are also now the actual Roseland versions, since previously these were substituted on the album release with recordings from other performances. All five of these tracks will be on CD and vinyl for the first time.

Gatefold 2LP red vinyl with poster and backstage pass

The 2LP edition is pressed on red vinyl, comes in a gatefold sleeve and includes a recreation of the sticky backstage pass used for the concert. The CD edition also comes with this pass and has a 12-page booklet.

These two physical 25th anniversary editions of Roseland NYC Live are released on 26 April 2024, via UMR/Island.

CD edition with backstage pass

Tracklisting

Roseland NYC Live Portishead / 25th anniversary edition

    • LP 1
      Side A
      1. Humming
      2. Cowboys
      3. All Mine
      Side B
      1. Mysterons
      2. Only You
      3. Half Day Closing
      4. Over
    • LP 2
      Side A
      1. Glory Box
      2. Sour Times
      3. Roads
      Side B
      1. Strangers
      2. Undenied
      3. Numb
      4. Western Eyes

Buzzcocks / Singles: Going Steady coloured vinyl

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Domino will release the Buzzcocks’ compilation Singles: Going Steady on coloured vinyl next month.

Originally released in 1979 in the USA on the cusp of the band’s first American tour this collection got an official release in the UK in 1981 (and later CD).

This album was reissued only five years ago on black and indie-exclusive violet vinyl and one presumes this new edition uses the same “restored and re-mastered” audio from the original quarter-inch tapes.

The 45th anniversary orange vinyl edition is a “one-off” pressing and it comes with a numbered sticker and an 8-page booklet. It is limited to 2,000 units.

Singles Going Steady will be released on vinyl on 8 March 2024 via Domino Recordings.

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Singles Going Steady Buzzcocks / Orange vinyl LP

    • Side A
      1. Orgasm Addict
      2. What Do I Get?
      3. I Don’t Mind
      4. Love You More
      5. Ever Fallen in Love
      6. Promises
      7. Everybody’s Happy Nowadays
      8. Harmony in My Head
      Side B
      1. Whatever Happened To?
      2. Oh Shit!
      3. Autonomy
      4. Noise Annoys
      5. Just Lust
      6. Lipstick
      7. Why Can’t I Touch It?
      8. Something’s Gone Wrong Again

Paul McCartney & Wings / Band on the Run 50th anniversary edition – unboxed

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SDEtv takes a look at the recent 50th anniversary reissue of Paul McCartney and Wings’ 1973 album Band on the Run. This is the 2LP deluxe set which comprises the half-speed mastered version of the original album and a vinyl LP of the ‘Underdubbed Mix’.

The 50th anniversary of Band on the Run is out now via MPL/UMe. The 2LP is D2C only, but that is not the case for the 2CD and the standalone half-speed vinyl.

Tracklisting

Band on the Run Paul McCartney and Wings / 50th anniversary edition

    • LP 1 or CD 1: Band on the Run (US version)
      1. Band on the Run
      2. Jet
      3. Bluebird
      4. Mrs. Vandebilt
      5. Let Me Roll It
      6. Mamunia
      7. No Words
      8. Helen Wheels
      9. Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)
      10. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five
    • LP 2 or CD 2: Underdubbed MIxes
      1. Band on the Run
      2. Mamunia
      3. No Words
      4. Jet
      5. Bluebird
      6. Mrs. Vandebilt
      7. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five
      8. Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)
      9. Let Me Roll It

Out This Week / on 23 February 2024

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The Dream Academy / Religon, Revolution & Railways: The Complete Recordings

The Dream Academy / Religion, Revolution & Railways: The Complete Recordings CD

Religion, Revolution & Railways is a 7CD box set featuring ‘The Complete Recordings’ of The Dream Academy. SDE interview with Nick Laird-Clowes discussing this box is coming during this week.

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Air’s Moon Safari deluxe tracklisting officially confirmed

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After much speculation, the tracklisting of the 2CD+blu-ray 25th anniversary reissue of Air’s 1998 album Moon Safari – specifically the content of CD 2 – has been confirmed by the record label.

The second disc will feature the following tracks:

  • 01 Neneh Cherry – ‘Kootchi’ (Air Remix)
  • 02 Crustation – ‘Purple’ (La Femme D’argent Mix)
  • 03 Dirty Hiroshima (Demo)
  • 04 New Star in the Sky (Demo)
  • 05 Ce Matin Lá (Demo)
  • 06 Maggot Brain (Live)
  • 07 J’ai Dormi Sous L’eau (BBC live session)
  • 08 SEXY BOY (BBC live session)
  • 09 Kelly Watch The Stars (BBC live session)
  • 10 Kelly Watch The Stars (Extended Version)
  • 11 Remember (David Whitaker Version)

The first thing to make clear is that it is not the same as the second CD in the previously released 10th anniversary edition, although there is some overlap, namely the three BBC live tracks and the David Whitaker version of ‘Remember’. In terms of the other selections, the Air remix of Neneh Cherry’s Kootchi was previously featured on CD 3 of the Twentyears deluxe edition in 2016, as was the ‘La Femme D’Argent Mix’ of Crustation’s ‘Purple’. The demos appear to be previously unreleased and the Extended Version of ‘Kelly Watch The Stars’ has never been issued on CD before.

The other new info is that David Whitaker’s version of ‘Remember’ is also available in Dolby Atmos on the blu-ray as a bonus track. Also, the hi-res stereo version of the album on the blu-ray, along with that bonus track, is in super high resolution: 192 kHz / 24 bit.

Moon Safari will be reissued on 8 March 2024 via Rhino. This is available via the SDE shop should you choose to support SDE. Use this link or the button below, if you want to do that.

The 25th anniversary version of Moon Safari includes 2CDs and a blu-ray

Tracklisting

Moon Safari Air /

    • CD 1
      1. La femme d’argent
      2. Sexy Boy
      3. All I Need (feat. Beth Hirsch)
      4. Kelly Watch the Stars
      5. Talisman
      6. Remember
      7. You Make It Easy (feat. Beth Hirsch)
      8. Ce matin là
      9. New Star in the Sky (Chanson pour Solal)
      10. Le voyage de Pénélope
    • CD 2
      1. Neneh Cherry – ‘Kootchi’ (Air Remix)
      2. Crustation – ‘Purple’ (La Femme D’argent Mix)
      3. Dirty Hiroshima (Demo)
      4. New Star in the Sky (Demo)
      5. Ce Matin Lá (Demo)
      6. Maggot Brain (Live)
      7. J’ai Dormi Sous L’eau (BBC live session)
      8. Sexy Boy (BBC live session)
      9. Kelly Watch The Stars (BBC live session)
      10. Kelly Watch The Stars (Extended Version)
      11. Remember (David Whitaker Version)
    • Blu-ray
      “Moon Safari” Dolby Atmos Album
      1. La femme d’argent
      2. Sexy Boy
      3. All I Need (feat. Beth Hirsch)
      4. Kelly Watch the Stars
      5. Talisman
      6. Remember
      7. You Make It Easy (feat. Beth Hirsch)
      8. Ce matin là
      9. New Star in the Sky (Chanson pour Solal)
      10. Le voyage de Pénélope
      Bonus track
      1. Remember (David Whitaker Version)
      Official Videos in HD
      1. Sexy Boy
      2. Kelly Watch The Stars
      3. All I Need
      4. Le Soleil Est Prés De Moi
      Eating Sleeping, Waiting and Playing – Documentary by director Mike Mills


ABBA / Waterloo 50th anniversary reissue

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A 50th anniversary celebration of ABBA’s second album Waterloo will be released in April.

The formats follow the familiar pattern of a 2LP 45RPM half-speed mastered vinyl edition, a seven-inch box set with three coloured vinyl singles (‘Honey Honey’, ‘Waterloo’ and ‘Waterloo (Swedish Version)’) and then the same three singles available as individual seven-inch picture discs.

2LP half-speed mastered edition of Waterloo

There is an additional physical product this time around, however; a special 10-inch single of ‘Waterloo’ that features alll four versions of the song: Swedish, English, German and French language versions. A picture disc version of the album is also available.

Waterloo will be reissued on 5 April 2024 via UMR/Polydor.

Tracklisting

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

Keane / Hopes and Fears 20

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Keane’s 2004 debut Hopes and Fears will be reissued for its 20th anniversary in May.

The 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.

Founding band member and songwriter Tim Rice-Oxley said: “When I think about these songs, I still picture us playing them in little rooms in pubs around the UK. I remember how exciting it was watching the crowds start to grow. Those songs opened the door to another dimension for us; everything that has happened in our lives since then was born out of that moment. It’s an incredible privilege for us that people are still listening after all this time.”

The reissue is available as a 3CD deluxe set which offers B-sides, rarities and a host of unreleased demos and an expanded 2LP coloured vinyl delivers the remastered album on LP 1 and B-sides and rarities on LP 2. There’s also a single ‘galaxy’ coloured vinyl LP which is album-only and a D2C box set that includes the 3CD, a seven-inch single and a whole load of ‘stuff’ (numbered commemorative ticket, Hopes And Fears notebook, postcards etc).

Hopes and Fears 20 will be released on 20 May 2024 via UMR/Island.

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Tracklisting

Hopes and Fears Keane / 20th anniversary edition

    • CD 1: Remastered Album
      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
    • CD 2: B-sides and Rarities
      1. Snowed Under
      2. Fly To Me
      3. Something In Me Was Dying
      4. She Opens Her Eyes
      5. To The End Of the Earth
      6. The Way You Want It
      7. Allemande
      8. Walnut Tree
      9. Love Actually
      10. Wonderful River
      11. More Matey
      12. Get Away From Yourself
    • CD 3: Demos
      1. Somewhere Only We Know (Tim demo, September 2002)
      2. Somewhere Only We Know (Demo, December 2002)
      3. Bend and Break (Demo, April 2002)
      4. We Might As Well Be Strangers (Tim demo, September 2003)
      5. Everybody’s Changing (Demo, July 2002)
      6. Your Eyes Open (Demo, April 2002)
      7. She Has No Time (Demo, October 2002)
      8. Can’t Stop Now (Demo, January 2003)
      9. Sunshine (Demo, February 2002)
      10. This Is The Last Time (Demo, May 2002)
      11. On A Day Like Today (Tim demo, September 2003)
      12. Untitled 1 (Tim demo, May 2002)
      13. Bedshaped (Demo, October 2002)

David Bowie / Diamond Dogs 50th anniversary vinyl editions

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David Bowie’s 1974 album Diamond Dogs will be reissued for its 50th anniversary as two different vinyl pressings.

The conceptual album features the single ‘Rebel Rebel’ and highlights include the ‘Sweet Thing / Candidate / Sweet Thing (Reprise)’ sequence on side one and ‘1984’ and ‘Big Brother’ on side two (Bowie had plans – subsequently scrapped – for a musical based on George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four).

The picture disc version of Diamond Dogs (click image to enlarge)

The album was notable for being produced by Bowie, who also handled lead guitar duties. Tony Visconti returned for string arrangements and to help mix the long-player.

Consistent with previous Bowie 50th anniversary celebrations, there’s two vinyl editions: a half-speed mastered black vinyl version and a picture disc LP with poster.

Diamond Dogs will be reissued on 24 May 2024, via Parlophone.

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Diamond Dogs David Bowie / 50th anniversary edition

    • SIDE ONE
      1. Future Legend
      2. Diamond Dogs
      3. Sweet Thing
      4. Candidate
      5. Sweet Thing (Reprise)
      6. Rebel Rebel
      SIDE TWO
      1. Rock ’n’ Roll With Me
      2. We Are The Dead
      3. 1984
      4. Big Brother
      5. Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family

Crowded House / Gravity Stairs

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Crowded House will release Gravity Stairs, their new studio album in May.

Produced by the band with Steven Schram, the 11-track long-player follows 2021’s Dreamers are Waiting and is the second with the current line-up of Neil Finn, Nick Seymour, Mitchell Froom and Neil’s sons Elroy and Liam Finn.

The title ‘Gravity Stairs’ was inspired by a heavy stone staircase near where Finn goes on holiday: “It’s a metaphor for getting a little older and becoming aware of your own mortality, your own physicality,” Finn explains. “Things are getting a little harder, and there’s more determination needed to get to the top, but there’s still the same compulsion to climb them.”

The album features the new single ‘Oh Hi’ and the cover art is, of course, a pastiche of The Beatles‘ Revolver. Signed prints come free with a well-priced CD+blue vinyl bundle on the band’s shop.

Gravity Stairs will be released on 31 May 2024, via BMG.

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Tracklisting

Gravity Stairs Crowded House /

      1. Magic Piano
      2. Life’s Imitation
      3. The Howl
      4. All That I Can Ever Own
      5. Oh Hi
      6. Some Greater Plan (for Claire)
      7. Black Water, White Circle
      8. Blurry Grass
      9. I Can’t Keep Up With You
      10. Thirsty
      11. Night Song

Tina Turner / What’s Love Got To Do With It reissue

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What’s Love Got To Do With It was the 1993 Tina Turner soundtrack to the biographical film of the same name and it will be reissued across three physical editions, in April.

The album featured five new songs, including ‘I Don’t Wanna Fight’ (co-written by Lulu), along with old songs such as ‘Private Dancer’, a remixed version of ‘I Might Have Been Queen’ and Turner’s cover of The Trammps’ disco classic ‘Disco Inferno’.

Top of the range is a 4CD+DVD edition of What’s Love Got To Do With It that includes various remixes, edits, instrumental and acapella versions along with Tina’s live show from the Blockbuster Pavillion which is offered across two CDs and on DVD. The packaging looks similar to Turner’s previous deluxe editions and includes a poster and a 24-page booklet.

The 2CD version simply features the first two discs from the box, so you get all 16 of those edits/remixes from CD 2. A single vinyl LP edition is also available.

What’s Love Got To Do With It will be reissued on 26 April 2024 via Rhino.

Tracklisting

What’s Love Got To Do With It Tina Turner /

    • CD 1: What’s Love Got To Do With It
      1. I Don’t Wanna Fight
      2. Rock Me Baby
      3. Disco Inferno
      4. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight?
      5. Stay Awhile
      6. Nutbush City Limits
      7. (Darlin’) You Know I Love You
      8. Proud Mary
      9. A Fool In Love
      10. It’s Gonna Work Out Fine
      11. Shake A Tail Feather
      12. I Might Have Been Queen
      13. What’s Love Got To Do With It
      14. Tina’s Wish
    • CD 2: Single Edits, Remixes And Rarities
      1. I Don’t Wanna Fight (Single Edit) 4:25
      2. Disco Inferno (7” Edit) 3:50*
      3. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? (7" Single Edit)
        – 4:30
      4. Proud Mary (Edit) – 4:10
      5. I Don't Wanna Fight (Urban Mix) – 5:17
      6. Disco Inferno (12" Version) – 5:33
      7. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? (Tony Dofat
        Remix) – 5:23
      8. I Don’t Wanna Fight (Holiday Inn Lounge Mix) –
        5:43
      9. I Don’t Wanna Fight (Clubhouse Mix) – 5:26
      10. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? (Tony Dofat 7″
        Edit) – 4:12*
      11. I Don’t Wanna Fight (Jerry Moran Dance Mix) –
        4:39
      12. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? (Instrumental)
        – 5:20
      13. I Don’t Wanna Fight (Urban Radio Instrumental) –
        4:02
      14. Disco Inferno (12″ Dub) – 6:57
      15. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? (Acapella) –
        4:28
      16. Proud Mary (Acapella) – 4.44*
      *previously unreleased
    • CD 3: What’s Love, Live – I
      1. Steamy Windows – 04:42
      2. Typical Male – 04:19
      3. Foreign Affair – 03:50
      4. Undercover Agent For The Blues – 05:00
      5. Private Dancer – 08:23
      6. We Don’t Need Another Hero – 04:20
      7. I Can’t Stand The Rain – 03:03
      8. Nutbush City Limits – 04:00
      9. Addicted To Love – 05:12
      10. The Best – 04:50
    • CD 4: What’s Love, Live – II

      1. I Don’t Wanna Fight – 04:27
      2. Let’s Stay Together – 04:48
      3. What’s Love Got To Do With It – 08:08
      4. Proud Mary – 09:55
      5. Legs – 04:41
      6. Better Be Good To Me – 10:13
      Encore
      7. Disco Inferno – 04:03
      8. (Darlin’) You Know I Love You – 04:27
      9. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight – 04:20

    • DVD: What’s Love, Live
      Live From The Blockbuster Pavilion San Bernardino, California On September 15, 1993
      1. Steamy Windows
      2. Typical Male
      3. Foreign Affair
      4. Undercover Agent For The Blues
      5. Private Dancer
      6. We Don’t Need Another Hero
      7. I Can’t Stand The Rain
      8. Nutbush City Limits
      9. Addicted To Love
      10. The Best
      11. I Don't Wanna Fight
      12. Let’s Stay Together
      13. What’s Love Got To Do With It
      14. Proud Mary
      15. Legs
      16. Better Be Good To Me
        Encore
      17. Disco Inferno
      18. (Darlin’) You Know I Love You
      19. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight

Tracklisting

What’s Love Got To Do With It Tina Turner /

    • CD 1: What’s Love Got To Do With It
      1. I Don’t Wanna Fight
      2. Rock Me Baby
      3. Disco Inferno
      4. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight?
      5. Stay Awhile
      6. Nutbush City Limits
      7. (Darlin’) You Know I Love You
      8. Proud Mary
      9. A Fool In Love
      10. It’s Gonna Work Out Fine
      11. Shake A Tail Feather
      12. I Might Have Been Queen
      13. What’s Love Got To Do With It
      14. Tina’s Wish
    • CD 2: Single Edits, Remixes And Rarities
      1. I Don’t Wanna Fight (Single Edit) 4:25
      2. Disco Inferno (7” Edit) 3:50*
      3. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? (7" Single Edit)
        – 4:30
      4. Proud Mary (Edit) – 4:10
      5. I Don't Wanna Fight (Urban Mix) – 5:17
      6. Disco Inferno (12" Version) – 5:33
      7. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? (Tony Dofat
        Remix) – 5:23
      8. I Don’t Wanna Fight (Holiday Inn Lounge Mix) –
        5:43
      9. I Don’t Wanna Fight (Clubhouse Mix) – 5:26
      10. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? (Tony Dofat 7″
        Edit) – 4:12*
      11. I Don’t Wanna Fight (Jerry Moran Dance Mix) –
        4:39
      12. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? (Instrumental)
        – 5:20
      13. I Don’t Wanna Fight (Urban Radio Instrumental) –
        4:02
      14. Disco Inferno (12″ Dub) – 6:57
      15. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? (Acapella) –
        4:28
      16. Proud Mary (Acapella) – 4.44*
      *previously unreleased

Pearl Jam / Dark Matter

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Pearl Jam have announced Dark Matter their 12th full length studio album.

The album has been produced by Andrew Watt and was recorded in 2023 in Shangri-La Studios in Malibu during a productive three week period.

Dark Matter’s artwork features light painting art by Alexandr Gnezdilov. The album cover art was crafted using a large self-made kaleidoscope. Each letter visible on the cover was individually captured and handwritten midair with a specially designed flashlight to create the pearlescent effect. 

The 12-track album is available in a variety of formats, including coloured vinyl etc. but notable is a is CD+blu-ray combo that features an immersive Dolby Atmos Mix on the blu-ray element along with hi-res stereo audio (the Atmos Mix is by Nick Rives and Josh Evans).

Dark Matter is released on 19 April 2024 via EMI. This isn’t an SDE-exclusive but it is available via the SDE shop should you choose to support SDE. Use this link or the button below, if you want to do that.

Tracklisting

Dark Matter Pearl Jam /

    • CD
      1. Sacred Of Fear
      2. React, Respond
      3. Wreckage
      4. Dark Matter
      5. Won’t Tell
      6. Upper Hand
      7. Waiting For Stevie
      8. Running
      9. Something Special
      10. Got To Give
      11. Setting Sun
    • Blu-ray
      Immersive Dolby Atmos Mix and hi-res stereo
      1. Sacred Of Fear
      2. React, Respond
      3. Wreckage
      4. Dark Matter
      5. Won’t Tell
      6. Upper Hand
      7. Waiting For Stevie
      8. Running
      9. Something Special
      10. Got To Give
      11. Setting Sun