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No 8 in the SDE Surround Series ships this week! This sold out a while back, but a small amount of stock will become available in the next few days. Add yourself to the waiting list by clicking the ‘Notify Me’ button the product page on the SDE shop.
Kate Bush inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Kate Bush is one of seven inductees in the 2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in the performer category. Kate has been nominated before, a number of times, but this year ‘is through to the next round’ will be inducted, no doubt in part due to her higher profile in America thanks to the success of ‘Running Up That Hill’ in 2022.
In a comment Kate said that she was “completely shocked” at the news, adding “It’s something I just never thought would happen”.
We now wait to see if Kate will accept the invitation to perform at the ceremony later this year. It seems unlikely, given that she has never played live in the US, although she performed ‘The Man With The Child In His Eyes’ on Saturday Night Live way back in 1978. It will be interesting to see who inducts her, either way.
Missing B-side confirmed as included on Quartet deluxe
A few of you noticed that ‘Monument’, the B-side to Ultravox’s 1982 single ‘Hymn’, appeared to be missing from the newly announcedQuartet deluxe edition. The other three B-sides were listed as being remixed by Steven Wilson and he clearly noticed the comments on SDE since he emailed me to say he definitely did remix this song for both stereo and 5.1.
I checked with Chrysalis who confirmed that ‘Monument’ definitely is on CD 2 in stereo and on the DVD in hi-res stereo and 5.1. Great news, and the tracklisting on Thursday’s post has been updated to reflect this.
Madonna’s Immaculate Collection remixed for Dolby Atmos
While we wait for one of Madonna’s studio albums to be given the full reissue treatment, it’s clear that plenty of archival work is going on in the background and evidence of this is a new Dolby Atmos version of her 1990 compilation The Immaculate Collection which has just appeared on Apple Music.
Madonna’s first greatest hits is said to be the best-selling ‘best of’ ever, with sales reported at over 30m units worldwide. Upon release, it featured 15 previously released singles, some of them edited and remixed, plus the new single at the time, ‘Justify My Love’, and another new track ‘Rescue Me’.
Producer Mike Dean has overseen the new mix of The Immaculate Collection. He has also created the Atmos Mix for Christine and the Queens‘ forthcoming album Paranoïa, Angels, True Love which features Madonna on three tracks. How good or ‘immersive’ this mix actually will be debated. I’ve had one listen and I’m not particularly impressed.
Madonna starts her celebration tour in July and has just announced a special Rainbow Edition of the 6LP vinyl version of Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones.
SDE Editor Paul Sinclair and Peter Cox show off a signed vinyl copy of Seaglass
Peter Cox pops in to SDE
Go West frontman Peter Cox stopped by SDE earlier this week to sign 150 copies of the clear vinyl edition of his new album Seaglass. The album is released on Friday 12 May and we’ll start shipping on Tuesday (there’s just a handful of signed copies left). Peter spent an hour or so at SDE HQ was a lovely guy; very down to earth. His UK tour starts next week and you can book tickets here.
Bob Dylan’s Time Out Of Mind blu-ray shipping is imminent
As promised in our recent SDE Surround Series update, No 8 in the series, Bob Dylan’sTime Out Of Mind (2022 Remix), will ship next week. Stock is arriving on Tuesday. This was announced back in February with an original release date of 28 April. Thanks for your patience.
As mentioned in the update, we have pressed 5,000 units of this title and a quantity has been held back which we’ll make available next week. Add yourself to the waiting list by going to the product page on the SDE shop and clicking the ‘notify me if you get some more’ button.
Ultravox’s 1982 album Quartet will be reissued in July in multi-disc CD and vinyl deluxe box sets.
Having worked with Conny Plank on Vienna and Rage, the band’s third album with Midge Ure, Quartet was produced by George Martin in AIR studios in both London and Montserrat, with Geoff Emerick engineering.
The album delivered four UK Top 20 singles, ‘Reap The Wild Wind’, ‘We Came To Dance’, ‘Visions In Blue’ and ‘Hymn’ and, as with the band’s previous two albums, Quartet features Peter Saville artwork.
The 6CD+DVD edition of Quartet (click image to enlarge)
The reissue is available as a massive 6CD+DVD large format box set. It features the original 1982 version of the album, a brand new Steven Wilson Stereo Remix, a CD of B-sides and rarities, ‘work in progress’ cassette rehearsals and two CDs of a newly mixed concert recorded at Hammersmith Odeon in December 1982. The DVD features Steven Wilson’s 5.1 surround mix of Quartet and the album’s B-sides. The new mixes and original mixes are also available in hi-res stereo. In total, there’s 70 tracks, with 47 of them previously unreleased recordings. This box comes with a 20-page booklet and a reproduction of the Quartet tour programme.
The 4LP vinyl edition is pressed on clear vinyl and offers 36 tracks, with 17 of them previously unreleased. It offers the full Hammersmith show, a truncated selection of B-sides and rarities and the original version of the album.
‘Hymn’ from Quartet
The 2LP version is pressed at half-speed and features the original 1982 mix and a specially curated second LP of A-sides, B-sides and live tracks. Finally there is a special vinyl picture disc edition which is only available via the band’s official shop.
Quartet is released on 7 July 2023, via Chrysalis.
If you were not feeling it with the recent NOW Millennium ’00-’01 release, how about a return to the good old Yearbooks with NOW Yearbook ’78 – Extra.
This 3CD companion set to the original Now Yearbook 78 features 66 tracks including the likes of Queen’s ‘Bicycle Race’ (CD 1, track one, naturally), Blondie’s Picture This, John Travolta’s ‘Greased Lightnin”, Boney M.’s Rasputin and offerings from many more artists such as Hot Chocolate, The Jam, ELO, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, The Boomtown Rats, Donna Summer, Status Quo, Chris Rea, David Soul, Public Image Limited, Leo Sayer, Andrew Gold, The Clash, Squeeze and many more.
Now Yearbook ’78 – Extra will be released on 9 June 2023.
Four CDs of Arthur Baker remixes • 6LP vinyl set • 2LP vinyl • Limited quantity of both CDs and vinyl SIGNED by Arthur Baker
Almost two years since the first instalment of Arthur Baker’s DANCE MASTERS series launched with a deep dive on the remixing exploits of a certain Mr Shep Pettibone, the second instalment sees the record producer, DJ and remixer shine the spotlight on himself!
Arthur Baker Presents DANCE MASTERS: Arthur Baker – The Classic Dance Remixes to give this release its full title offers 43 tracks via a 4CD deluxe book edition, 500 of which are signed and available via Amazon in the UK.
The limited 4CD set (exclusive to Amazon UK) comes with a signed art card [click image to enlarge]
One the most interesting inclusions is the Arthur Baker Club Vocal Remix of the Pet Shop Boys 1986 single ‘Surburbia’. Their fourth and final 45 from their debut album Please, this remix has never been commercially released only appearing on a promo 12-inch in America! Full track listings are below.
Arthur Baker says: “I’ve always felt like I was on a mission to make music from the time I heard Motown, Philly and Sly and the Family Stone. My mission started as a hobby and still feels like one now. You’ve got to keep on pushing and hustling. It can be a drag sometimes but if you really love what you’re doing, it’s worth the work. I still really love what I do.“
Arthur’s ‘Club Vocal Mix’ of PSB’s ‘Suburbia’ is issued on CD for the first time in Dance Masters
As well as the 4CD edition, there’s 1000 copies of a 6LP vinyl box set (35 remixes) and all come with a signed insert and booklet. A 2LP version reduced the track count to 14.
These editions come complete with in-depth sleeve notes by Bill Coleman, track-by-track notes by Arthur Baker himself, and previously unseen session photos from Arthur’s personal archives. All tracks remastered by Nick Robbins at Sound Mastering.
Arthur Baker Presents DANCE MASTERS: Arthur Baker – The Classic Dance Remixes will be released on 21 July 2023 (was 7 July) via Demon Music.
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Paul Young is signing these exclusively for SDE. Coloured vinyl pressing limited to 1000 units. Quick pre-order link.
Paul Young’s 1993 album,The Crossing, is being reissued for its 30th anniversary and SDE can exclusively offer a limited number of copies signed by Paul Young himself.
Originally released in October 1993, The Crossing was Young’s fifth and final album for Columbia Records. Produced largely by Don Was and featuring top musicians such as Billy Preston, The Memphis Horns, Jeff Porcaro and his older mucker Pino Palladino, the album is regarded by fans and critics as one of Paul Young’s very best solo works.
The album includes Young’s last top 20 UK hit, the excellent ‘Now I Know What Made Otis Blue’ but it’s much more than a one-trick pony and features a slickly produced series of songs including ‘Hope in a Hopeless World’, ‘The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter’ and ‘Half A Step Away’.
When interviewed for this 30th Anniversary release, Paul Young said: “If you were to ask me the albums I most enjoyed making they would be the first and the last for Columbia Records; No Parlez and The Crossing.
On The Crossing, it was the caliber of the musicians that I worked with and I was working with my musical heroes, some of which I’d admired since I was a teenager. The sessions were so relaxed and all the people in the studio were such lovely people to work with, I will remember it forever.”
This vinyl reissue of The Crossing comes in a gatefold sleeve is is pressed on 180g turquoise vinyl. A new interview with Paul Young features inside the gatefold and it comes with an insert with lyrics. The front cover of each record will be personally signed by Paul Young at SDE HQ.
It’s available to order exclusively via the SDE shop where you can also get yourself a copy of SDE’s exclusive keepsake 24-page booklet on Paul Young’s second album, The Secret of Association. Published last year, this features new interviews with Paul Young and Laurie Latham, along with features, a discography and images of memorabilia. For the very first time we can offer these SIGNED by Paul Young!
The Crossing is released by 7a Records and the SDE signed exclusive coloured vinyl will ship a week earlier than the official release on 9 June 2023 (along with any booklet orders).
Pre-order by going direct to the SDE shop using this link or via the buy buttons (with ‘pre-order on them) below.
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Donna Summer’s acclaimed 1989 studio album Another Place and Time will be reissued in June.
The album was produced by Stock Aitken Waterman and features the transatlantic top 10 single ‘This Time I Know It’s For Real’ and ‘I Don’t Wanna Get Hurt’ (which also reached the top 10 in the UK). Three further singles were issued.
A stunning looking ‘Zoetrope’ vinyl picture disc is amongst the formats (click image to enlarge)
There are three physical formats for this new reissue campaign:
A 2CD edition in deluxe seven-inch packaging (much like the newly announced Suede reissue)
A half-speed mastered black vinyl LP with OBI-strip and four-page insert
A Zoetrope vinyl picture disc that incorporates elements from the ‘This Time I Know It’s For Real’ promo video and which gives a continuous dancing effect (viewed via your smartphone with a third party stroboscope app).
This 2CD set offers two previously unreleased re-edits, as well as a brand new remix of ‘In Another Place And Time’, produced by legendary PWL Mixmaster, Pete Hammond, alongside a selection of seven-inch versions, extended mixes and two further new re-edits. It includes an eight-page booklet with lyrics and personal recollections of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman.
Another Place and Time will be reissued on 7 July 2023 via Driven By The Music.
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Back in 2021, I was lucky enough to see Duran Duran perform two ‘homecoming’ gigs in Birmingham a month or so before the release of Future Past, the band’s well received 15th studio album. Those gigs delivered a few tracks from the new record, a light sprinkling of deep cuts and hits – lots of them! 20 months on, and the group are touring the UK and playing much bigger crowds, but fundamentally not much has changed.
The muggy, sweaty environment the O2 Institute Birmingham (which has a capacity of just 2000) was replaced by the glitz and glamour afforded by the larger platform of London’s 20,000 capacity O2, which boasted some excellent projected visuals on angled screens (initially on stage with the band, before being hoisted high into the air).
Frontman Simon Le Bon looked great, echoing the ‘sailorboy’ look of his younger self back in the New Romantic days, with a sparkly silver jacket, white trousers and a blue and white stripy T-shirt, while Nick Rhodes, set back stage right in an elevated position, was equally dapper. Roger Taylor was hidden away behind a mountain of drums and cymbals while John Taylor stood to Simon’s right and guitarist Dom Brown was on the left. As in Birmingham, there were two female backing singers.
One of the highlights of the evening was the amount of songs played from Duran Duran, the band’s 1981 debut album; five tracks in total (more than any of their other albums). Granted, they almost always play ‘Girls On Film’ and ‘Planet Earth’ but early ‘flop’ single ‘Careless Memories’ rocked surprisingly hard and got the crowd on their feet while album track ‘Friends Of Mine’ hasn’t been worn down by familiarity. The early songs sound particularly good because of their more stripped-back sound, although starting the show with the relatively low-key ‘Night Boat’ perhaps illustrates the perils of going off-piste too much, because I thought it received a somewhat muted response.
But the evening was primarily about entertainment and that meant giving the capacity crowd what they’d mostly come to hear: hit singles. Duran Duran made no attempt to pretend that they’ve had a long and consistent career: 14 of the 20 songs performed were released between 1981 and 1986. They played three tracks from Future Past (‘Invisible’, ‘Anniversary’ and ‘Give It All Up’), two from 1993’s ‘The Wedding Album’ (‘Ordinary World’ and ‘Come Undone’) and their usual cover of ‘White Lines’, which still remains a ludicrous idea on paper, but always goes down very well! To put it another way, they played nothing from EIGHT ALBUMS released between 1988 and 2020, which is mildly surprising considering that BMG have been reissuing many of those records in recent times, such as the 2004 reunion album Astronaut (which features two hit singles in ‘(Reach Up For The) Sunrise’ and ‘What Happens Tomorrow’).
There’s still too much backing track/sequencer stuff going on for my liking, with songs like ‘A View To A Kill’ and ‘The Reflex’ being required on stage to sound EXACTLY like their studio counterparts. Apart from Simon’s excellent vocals, Duran Duran have a curiously ‘un-live’ sound. The show would probably benefit from an acoustic-type break in proceedings where they turn off all the computers come to the front of the stage and show us they can actually play (which we know they can).
Like many bands whose glory days were 30 or 40 years ago, Duran Duran are effectively boxed into a corner where if they want to sell out big arenas and make good money, they need to play a greatest hits shows. That rewards the casual fans who heard the hits on the radio but likely disappoints the diehards who would prefer a deeper dive into the albums for tracks like ‘A Matter Of Feeling’, ‘The Edge Of America’, ‘My Antarctica’ or ‘Still Breathing’. I mean, why not start the show with a rousing ‘Big Thing’? I think that would sound great! Sometimes the act of regularly playing songs turns them into well-received classics, even if they were not a big hit at the time (Tears For Fears’ ‘Break It Down Again’ is a good example of this).
Nick smiles from behind his keyboard rig at last night’s show (photo: Paul Sinclair)
To be fair, last night, they did play the Rio album track ‘Last Chance On The Stairway’ so that was was a nod in the right direction, but you can only play so many songs in one hour and 45 minutes and they’ve enjoyed so many hit singles. If they wanted advice from SDE (which I’m sure they don’t) I’d say they should give ‘A View To A Kill’, ‘Wild Boys’ and ‘White Lines’ a rest. I’m actually very surprised that the band haven’t thought of playing Duran Duran (from 1981) and Rio in full, back-to-back. That would still include loads of hits but deliver all the great album tracks from those first two records.
Setlist quibbles to one side, Duran Duran undoubtedly delivered an evening of fun, entertainment and nostalgia. Just in case it was not ‘eighties’ enough for the audience, when the band played ‘Save A Prayer’ in the encore, it was accompanied by filmed visuals of a slow motion dove flapping its wings with feathers flying all over the shop. I’d have expected nothing less.
Duran Duran play the O2 London again tonight and dates in the UK follow afterwards. The America tour starts on 27 May. Tour dates.
The delayed Debbie Harrydeluxe reissue features two half-speed mastered vinyl records pressing on 180g crystal clear vinyl and comes with a special lenticular sleeve and an art print.
NewPaul Young studio album that features tracks from through the years that, for whatever reason, were never commercially released. SDE has heard it and was rather impressed!
Olivia Newton-John / Just The Two Of Us: The Duets Collection – Volume One
Volume One of a planned two-volume series, this features 17 Olivia Newton-John duets, with artists such as Dolly Parton, Cliff Richard, John Travolta, Barry Gibb, Richard Marx, Mariah Carey and many more.
Music retailer HMV have announced they are returning to London’s Oxford Street later this year, after a period where they no presence at all in central London, barring the shop in the Westfield in Shepherd’s Bush.
The retailer returns to 363 Oxford Street, the location where the HMV brand (owned at the time by The Gramophone Company) started back in 1921. That original store was eventually overshadowed when HMV moved east across Regent Street and opened what was then claimed to be the larger record shop on the planet at 150-154 Oxford Street, in 1986 (that site had been a Woolworths between 1932 and 1977).
For 14 years, between 1986 to 2000, there were two very large HMV shops in Oxford Street but 363 shut its doors in 2000 and the flagship store (150-154) closed in January 2014 after the administrators were brought in the year before and HMV was bought out for an estimated £50 million in by Hilco (in April 2013). A a bullish move at the time, Hilco re-opened as HMV at 363 Oxford Street, but survived only for six years.
HMV went into administration again, in late December 2018 and in February 2019 Canadian Retailer Sunrise Records, headed by founder Doug Putman, acquired the ailing music retail chain and then promptly shut 363 Oxford Street!
The new shop at will feature an updated HMV logo and will debut a new ‘HMV Shop’ concept which will then be rolling out to existing stores (of which there are 120 in the UK) and to 24 new sites across the UK and Europe.
I think all physical music fans in London and the South East of England will be pleased with this news and wish HMV well, but you have to wonder what the medium to longterm future is for the chain. We’ve been here before, after all. But, if nothing else it will be good to be rid of that horrendous ‘American Candy’ store that currently occupies the site.
Thank you for all your enthusiasm for the Suede blu-ray audio, which is No 11 in the SDE Surround Series. The pre-order window closes tomorrow although we’ll extend it by a day so you have one last weekend to secure your copy!
The Blu-ray Audio is a global exclusive for SDE and not available via any other retailer. It features two new immersive spatial audio mixes of Suede (Dolby Atmos and 5.1) as well as a new stereo mix and the original 1993 mix in hi-res audio. Details:
2023 Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos Mix
2023 Steven Wilson 5.1 Surround Mix (96/24)
2023 Steven Wilson Stereo Mix (96/24)
1993 Definitive Original Stereo Mix (96/24)
Additionally the disc also includes the following remastered/restored HD videos, the first time these are available commercially:
The Drowners
Metal Mickey
Animal Nitrate
So Young
The Drowners (US Version)
Suede’s bass player Mat Osman went to Steven Wilson’s home studio to hear the spatial audio mixes earlier this week and he said “they are sounding amazing”.
Spent the morning at the home studio of the wonderful @StevenWilsonHQ listening to his stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos remixes of the @suedeHQ debut album and they are sounding amazing. Now available to pre-order on blu-ray exclusively from @sdeditionpic.twitter.com/9RFIwFcT5i
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’). We ship worldwide. Some of the other 30th anniversary formats are also available, although ‘The Drowners’ 7″ picture disc is now sold out!
The Suede blu-ray audio is a collaboration between Demon Music and SDE and will be released on 7 July 2023. Your 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.
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Suede – 2023 Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos Mix
Suede – 2023 Steven Wilson 5.1 Surround Mix (96/24)
Suede – 2023 Steven Wilson Stereo Mix (96/24)
Suede – 1993 Definitive Original Stereo Mix (96/24)
Madonna’sFinally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones was issued on a number of formats last year, but it was the 6LP red & black vinyl edition that proved extremely popular; so much so that it went out of print in around three days!
It was a classic case of he (or she) who hesitates… However, fans have been given a second chance, since a second edition of the 6LP vinyl version will be released in June and this time it’s it’s subtitled ‘The Rainbow Edition’ because as you can see from the image above, it’s pressed on multi-coloured vinyl.
As with the previous edition this features all 50 tracks – almost 220 minutes of remixes by top producers and DJs, including Shep Pettibone, William Orbit, Avicii and more.
If you think £130 is a little steep for this collection, it’s certainly much cheaper than trying to source the original because the median price on Discogs for the 2022 edition is almost £300!
Finally Enough Love: The Rainbow Edition will be available as a 6LP set on 23 June 2023 via Rhino.
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A1 Holiday (7″ Version) 4:20 A2 Like A Virgin (7″ Version) 3:39 A3 Material Girl (7″ Version) 4:01 A4 Into The Groove (You Can Dance Remix Edit) 4:47
B1 Open Your Heart (Video Version) 4:28 B2 Physical Attraction (You Can Dance Remix Edit) 3:45 B3 Everybody (You Can Dance Remix Edit) 4:34 B4 Like A Prayer (7″ Remix/Edit) 5:43
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C1 Express Yourself (Remix/Edit) 5:02 C2 Keep It Together (Alternate Single Remix) 4:55 C3 Vogue (Single Version) 4:21 C4 Justify My Love (Orbit Edit) 4:33
D1 Erotica (Underground Club Mix) 4:54 D2 Deeper And Deeper (David’s Radio Edit) 4:04 D3 Fever (Radio Edit) 5:09 D4 Secret (Junior’s Luscious Single Mix) 4:15
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E1 Bedtime Story (Junior’s Single Mix) 4:55 E2 Don’t Cry For Me Argentina (Miami Mix Edit) 4:30 E3 Frozen (Extended Club Mix Edit) 4:38 E4 Ray Of Light (Sasha Ultra Violet Mix Edit) 5:07
F1 Nothing Really Matters (Club 69 Radio Mix) 3:45 F2 Beautiful Stranger (Calderone Radio Mix) 4:05 F3 American Pie (Richard “Humpty” Vission Radio Mix) 4:27 F4 Music (Deep Dish Dot Com Radio Edit) 4:14
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G1 Don’t Tell Me (Thunderpuss Video Remix) 3:44 G2 What It Feels Like For A Girl (Above & Beyond Club Radio Edit) 3.44 G3 Impressive Instant (Peter Rauhofer’s Universal Radio Mixshow Mix) 5:33 G4 Die Another Day (Deepsky Radio Edit) 4:08
H1 American Life (Felix Da Housecat’s Devin Dazzle Edit) 3:22 H2 Hollywood (Calderone & Quayle Edit) 4:02 H3 Me Against The Music (Peter Rauhofer Radio Mix) 3:44 H4 Nothing Fails (Tracy Young’s Underground Radio Edit) 4:32 H5 Love Profusion (Ralphi Rosario House Vocal Edit) 3:58
LP 5
I1 Hung Up (SDP Extended Vocal Edit) 4:59 I2 Madonna– Sorry (PSB Maxi Mix Edit) 4:33 I3 Madonna– Get Together (Jacques Lu Cont Vocal Edit) 4:23 I4 Madonna– Jump (Axwell Remix Edit) 4:45
J1 4 Minutes (Bob Sinclar Space Funk Edit) 3:24 J2 Give It 2 Me (Eddie Amador Club 5 Edit) 4:56 J3 Celebration (Benny Benassi Remix Edit) 3:59 J4 Give Me All Your Luvin’ (Party Rock Remix) 4:02 J5 Madonna– Girl Gone Wild (Avicii’s UMF Mix) 5:15
LP 6
K1 Turn Up The Radio (Offer Nissim Remix Edit) 4:56 K2 Living For Love (Offer Nissim Promo Mix) 5:53 K3 Madonna– Ghosttown (Dirty Pop Intro Remix) 5:21 K4 Bitch I’m Madonna (Sander Kleinenberg Video Edit) 3:22
L1 Medellín (Offer Nissim Madame X In The Sphinx Mix) 5:29 L2 I Rise (Tracy Young’s Pride Intro Radio Remix) 3:52 L3 Crave (Tracy Young Dangerous Remix) 4:47 L4 Madonna– I Don’t Search I Find (Honey Dijon Radio Mix) 5:22
The Singles: Echoes From The Edge Of Heaven is a new Wham! release which marks the pop band’s 40th anniversary. It collects all ten singles that Wham! released in the UK (‘Careless Whisper’, as a George Michael single is not included) and will be available across five physical formats, some of which offer B-sides and remixes. The audio has all been newly remastered from the original tapes.
The most lavish and expensive edition is the seven-inch single box set. This limited edition features replicas of all ten singles in a special carry case and includes a hardcover book with notes on each single and a cassette of bonus mixes. It also includes a metal key ring, postcards and a numbered certificate of authenticity. The box actually has 12 vinyl singles in it since The Edge Of Heaven is comprised of two seven-inch singles (as per the original) and there’s a bonus 45: Interviews: Fan club gift from Wham!
The seven-inch box set edition of Wham! The Singles: Echoes From The Edge Of Heaven (click image to enlarge)
A 10CD box set version also has all ten singles but expands the A and B-side offering to add remixes. So for example, with the ‘Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)’ CD, you get six versions of Wham!’s debut single and for 1985’s ‘I’m Your Man’ you get four variants. Some singles simply didn’t have any remixes, so ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go Go’ features just the single and the instrumental version.
A single CD edition features all 10 A-sides but six bonus tracks at the end (a few remixes plus ‘Where Did Your Heart Go?’ and ‘Battlestations’) and a 2LP vinyl does the same but finds room for nine bonus tracks. The 2LP set is available on black vinyl, a limited indie-only 2LP blue vinyl and an amazon-exclusive 2LP green vinyl.
The 10CD box set edition (click image to enlarge)
This new release coincides with a new documentary, called WHAM! which is a feature length documentary directed by Chris Smith and producers John Battsek and Simon Halfon. The filmmakers have been given “unprecedented access to both George and Andrew’s personal archive” including remarkable and never-before-seen footage, alongside rare, candid and previously unheard interviews.
The documentary airs on Netflix from 5 July 2023 while Wham!The Singles: Echoes From The Edge Of Heaven will be released on 7 July 2023. The SDE shop had a limited allocation of the 10CD box and the 2LP blue vinyl but has now sold out.
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Now That’s What I Call Music are launching a new generation of Yearbook releases under the ‘Millennium’ banner.
The first volume is Now Millennium ’00-’01 which celebrates the eclectic mix of new and old music that ‘pop’ delivered in the Noughties including from acts such as U2, REM, Coldplay, All Saints, Spice Girls, Robbie Williams, LeAnn Rimes, Manics, Oasis, Kylie, Britney Spears, Steps, Dido, Atomic Kitten and many more!
4CD deluxe hardcover book edition
The physical offerings are similar to the Yearbooks. The 4CD set is offered in hardcover book deluxe edition and standard card sleeve version, both with 83 tracks. The former includes a 28-page booklet with original singles artwork and quiz etc.
A 2LP edition offers 30 tracks in total and is pressed on white and red coloured vinyl. NOW Millennium 2000 – 2001 will be released on 2 June 2023.
Alice Cooper’s 1972 album School’s Out will be reissued in June alongside the album issued before it, 1971’s Killer.
Both feature newly remastered sound and are available as expanded 3LP vinyl editions and 2CD deluxe sets with the audio content being the same across both.
Schools Out offers a previously unreleased live concert from Miami in May 1972 and a handful of ‘studio extras’ including unreleased alternates and demos. The 3LP edition features a pop-up school desk and panties – just like the original (but these ones are non-flammable, apparently!) and sleeve notes from Bill Holdship.
The packaging is pants… 3LP vinyl edition with “pop-up school desk and panties” [click image to enlarge]
The Killer reissue also includes an unreleased concert, this time from Mar Y Sol Pop Festival in Puerto Rico from April 1972. Like School’s Out this edition also contains some studio extras, in the shape of alternate versions of three songs from Killer.
Schools Out and Killer are reissued on 9 June 2023 via Rhino.
Paul McCartney and Wings’ 1973 album Red Rose Speedway has been mixed for Dolby Atmos and made available on streaming. This coincides with the album’s 50th anniversary and the physical release of the half-speed mastered vinyl for Record Store Day.
Officially the second Wings album (albeit ‘Paul McCartney & Wings’), Red Rose Speedway didn’t garner the critical acclaim McCartney might have hoped for (that would come with the next album, Band on the Run), but it did do very well commercially, with the single ‘My Love’ reaching the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in America. The album followed suit, reaching number one on the album charts in the US.
Red Rose Speedway was reissued in 2018, over a year after INXS released the first Dolby Atmos Mix of a studio album physically via the Kick 30 package (closely followed by R.E.M.’sAutomatic For The People). It’s the first Wings album to be given the Atmos treatment, although Paul’s three McCartney solo albums (I, II & III) were also issued in Dolby Atmos, again streaming-only.
You can find the Dolby Atmos Mix of Red Rose Speedway on Apple Music by searching for the “2018 Remaster”. It’s not clear who has remixed it, but it is likely to be Giles Martin and Steve Orchard who did the McCartney albums.
Little Feat’s second and third albums, Sailin’ Shoes and Dixie Chicken, will be reissued as expanded deluxe editions in June.
Both records (Sailin’ Shoes was issued in 1972 while Dixie Chicken followed in ’73) have been remastered and recut to vinyl and the expanded 2CD and 3LP editions offer previously unreleased studio outtakes and demos, and complete unreleased live shows (same content on vinyl and CD).
Sailin’ Shoes includes the classic and much covered ‘Willin”, as well as the title track which Robert Palmer recorded for his debut album Sneaking Sally Through The Alley. In fact, so smitten was Palmer with Little Feat as musicians, that they became his backing band on a few tracks on his second solo album, 1975’s Pressure Drop. Dixie Chicken features songs such as ‘Two Trains’, ‘Fat Man in the Bathtub’ and of course the brilliant title track.
These 2CD and 3LP deluxe editions of Sailin’ Shoes and Dixie Chicken will be released on 23 June 2023, via Rhino.
Clouds Across The Moon: The RAH Band Story Volume Two is a forthcoming 5CD box set that covers the period 1985-1998. It’s the follow-up to the Messages From The Stars (Volume One) box from late last year which featured music from 1977-1984.
The new set contains expanded versions of the albums Mystery (1985), Something About The Music (1987) and the previously unreleased World Keeps Turning.
Mystery is notable for delivering the UK top 10 hit ‘Clouds Across The Moon’. The final two CDs in the box set offer a selection of remixes and rarities. There’s a whopping 75 tracks in total.
Clouds Across The Moon: The RAH Band Story Volume Two will be released on 19 May 2023, via Cherry Red.
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CD 1: Mystery
Clouds Across The Moon
Night Wind
Sorry Doesn’t Make It Anymore
Float
Mystery Boy
Are You Satisfied? (Funka Nova)
Shadow Of Your Love
Out On The Edge
Bonus Tracks:
Clouds Across The Moon (7” Single Mix)*
Night Wind (7” Single Remix)*
Sorry Doesn't Make It Anymore (7” Single Remix)*
Mystery Boy (7” Single Mix)**
Are You Satisfied? (7” Single Mix)*
Clouds Across The Moon (Solar Horizon Mix)*
Clouds Across The Moon (Lunar Mix)*
* Previously unreleased on CD
** Previously unreleased
CD 2: Something About The Music
Run 4 The Sun
Something About The Music
Take Some Thyme
Nothing In This World**
A Womans Life*
Adventures Of E.Man**
Life After Love*
Jammin’ On The Byte
Across The Bay
Road Of No Return**
Bonus Tracks:
Run 4 The Sun (7” Single Mix)*
Life After Love (7” Single Mix)*
Adventures Of E.Man (7” Single Mix)
Run 4 The Sun (Alternative 12” Single Mix)**
Jammin’ On The Byte (7” Single Mix)*
* Previously unreleased on CD
** Previously unreleased
CD 3: World Keeps Turning (The Previously Unreleased Album)
Turn My Love Around**
Living For The Nitelife*
Chained To The Rhythm**
World Keeps Turning**
Beyond The Sun
Could You Be The One?*
Looks Like I’m In Love Again*
Follow Your Lucky Star**
If I Ever**
Let Your Love Shine**
Bonus Tracks:
Turn Around (La Vuelta Mix)**
World Keeps Turning (Cosmos Mix)**
Could You Be The One (Luv Akshun Mix)**
Hungry 4 Your Love (Orkestronic Mix)**
Let Your Love Shine (Gospel Stomp Mix)**
* Previously unreleased on CD
** Previously unreleased
CD 4: Remixes & Rarities Part One
Night Wind (12” Remix)**
Are You Satisfied? (12” Instrumental Mix)*
Sorry Doesn’t Make It Anymore (12” Single Mix)*
What’ll Become Of The Children (12” Single Mix)
Float (12” Remix)**
The Crunch ’85 (7” Single Mix)*
What’ll Become Of The Children (7” Single Mix)*
The Crunch ’85 (12” Single Mix)*
9. Shadow Of Your Love (7” Single Mix)**
10. The Crunch ’85 (Jazz Mix)*
11. Sweet Forbidden (7” Single Mix)*
12. Perfect Stranger (7” Single Mix)*
13. Sweet Forbidden (12” Single Mix)*
14. Perfect Stranger (12” Single Mix)*
* Previously unreleased on CD
** Previously unreleased
CD 5: Remixes & Rarities Part Two
Time Keeps Tearing Us Apart (12” Single Mix)
Nice Easy Money (7” Single Mix)*
Every Little Drop (Demo featuring Liz Hewson)**
Time Keeps Tearing Us Apart (7” Single Mix)*
Nice Easy Money (12” Single Mix)*
Close To Home (Demo featuring Liz Hewson)**
Silverbird (7” Single Mix)*
I Feel Like Love Tonight (Original Club Mix)*
Big Love Turnaround (Extended Mix)**
This Is My Time (Alternative Mix)**
It’s The Rhythm (Extended Mix)**
Hungry 4 Your Love (Vocal Remix)**
Life After Love (Remix)**
Nothing In This World (Duet Version)**
Believe In The Miracle (SNCL Club Mix)**
I Wanna Thank You (WKD Club Mix)**
* Previously unreleased on CD
** Previously unreleased
Liverpool band and 1984 chart-hoggers Frankie Goes To Hollywoodwill do something that most of their fans presumed would never happen, and that is get back together and perform on stage.
The five original members – Holly Johnson (vocals), Paul Rutherford (backing vocals), Mark O’Toole (bass), Brian ‘Nasher’ Nash (guitar), and Peter ‘Ped’ Gill (drums) – will reunite for their first performance in front of an audience since their last gig in Bordeaux, way back in late February 1987, some 36 years ago.
The occasion is the Eurovision Song Contest which is being held in Liverpool this year. Frankie will perform at the National Lottery’s ‘Big Eurovision Welcome’ outside St George’s Hall in Liverpool on 7 May (the contest itself will take place Saturday 13 May). The show is designed to “celebrate Liverpool’s incredible musicality” and will feature performances from other bands with a connection to the city including Atomic Kitten, The Real Thing and The Lightning Seeds.
Frankie’s first three singles (‘Relax’, ‘Two Tribes’ and ‘The Power of Love’) famously went to number one in the UK in 1984 but their fourth single ‘Welcome to the Pleasure Dome’ was kept off the top spot in April 1985 by Phil Collins and Phil Bailey’s ‘Easy Lover’. The band had one further top ten single in the UK, in September 1986 and six months later the band were all but over.
The Now That’s What I Call Music team move their focus back on to the late 1970s with a NOW Yearbook ’78, the ninth in the ongoing series that now spans from 1978 to 1986. 4CD deluxe and 3LP coloured vinyl are the pick of the formats.
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