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Seal’s debut album reissued

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4CD+2LP deluxe • No other physical formats • Trevor Horn’s Atmos Mix consigned to streaming

Seal’s self-titled debut album from 1991 will be reissued in November.

The Trevor Horn-produced long-player launched Seal to international success with songs like ‘Crazy’ (a transatlantic top 10 hit), ‘Future Love Paradise’ and his remake of ‘Killer’ (which he’d originally written and recorded with Adamski).

The album has been remastered for the reissue and Trevor Horn has created a Dolby Atmos Mix (his first, as far as I am aware). Sadly, Warner Music has chosen not to issue the Atmos Mix physically, which is rather frustrating. What they are offering is one big 4CD+2LP deluxe set; there is no other physical format.

The Seal 4CD+2LP deluxe edition (click image to enlarge)

The first CD in this large format set offers the remastered album, while the second and third discs deliver remixes and alternate versions from the various singles along with the so-called ‘Premix’ versions. These versions are early mixes that were available briefly on early pressings before they were replaced by Horn’s final mixes. CD 4 features the only unreleased content, a previously unreleased 13-track concert performance from Dublin in December 1991. The 2LP vinyl is not available separately and is part of this deluxe. It repeats the remastered album and side 4 is blank, so they’ve put an ‘etching’ on it…

It’s worth remembering that the Seal album has never been reissued in the UK. A CD+DVD deluxe was released in 2005 which included a 5.1 surround sound mix, but that was a US-only release. That mix remains unique to that 17-year old release. The non-physical Atmos Mix, effectively supersedes something that was never available in Britain in the first place!

The Seal 4CD+2LP deluxe is released on 4 November 2022, via Warner Music. I’d encourage you to ‘rate’ this Seal offering by using the widget at the top of this page.

Tracklisting

Seal Seal /

    • CD 1: Original album remastered
      1. “The Beginning”
      2. “Deep Water”
      3. “Crazy”
      4. “Killer”
      5. “Whirlpool”
      6. “Future Love Paradise”
      7. “Wild”
      8. “Show Me”
      9. “Violet”
    • CD 2: Rare
      1. “Crazy” – Acoustic/Instrumental
      2. “Crazy” – Premix Version
      3. “Killer” – Premix Version
      4. “Violet” – Premix Version
      5. “Wild” – Premix Version
      6. “Deep Water” – Premix Version
      7. “Whirlpool” – Premix Version
      8. “Future Love Paradise” – Reprise
      9. “A Minor Groove”
      10. “Sparkle” – Extended Version
      11. “Deep Water” – Acoustic
    • CD 3: Remixes
      1. “Killer” – Single Edit
      2. “Killer” – William Orbit Remix
      3. “Killer” – William Orbit Dub
      4. “The Beginning” – Single Remix
      5. “The Beginning” – Giro E Giro Mix
      6. “The Beginning” – Round the Underground Dub
      7. “The Beginning” – Round the Underground Mix
      8. “The Beginning” – Roundabout Mix
      9. “Crazy” – Single Mix
      10. “Crazy” – Acapella
      11. “Crazy” – Do You Know the Way to L.A. Mix
      12. “Crazy” – Chick On My Tip Mix
      13. “Krazy”
    • CD 4: Live at The Point, Dublin (December 16, 1991)
      1. “Deep Water” *
      2. “The Beginning” *
      3. “Future Love Paradise” *
      4. “Violet” *
      5. “Show Me” *
      6. “Hey Joe” *
      7. “Killer” *
      8. “Whirlpool” *
      9. “A Minor Groove” *
      10. “Crazy” *
      11. “Wild” *
      12. “Hide” *
      * previously unreleased
    • LP 1
      Side 1
      1. “The Beginning”
      2. “Deep Water”
      3. “Crazy”
      Side 2
      1. “Killer”
      2. “Whirlpool”
      3. “Future Love Paradise”
    • LP 2
      Side 1
      1. “Wild”
      2. “Show Me”
      3. “Violet”
      Side 4
      1. Blank side / Etching

       

Guns N’ Roses / Use Your Illusion box sets

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Expensive box sets • No Atmos Mixes of the studio albums • Live concerts remixed • Lots of ‘stuff’ in the boxes • 2CD sets with exclusive audio

Guns N’ Roses are to reissue their 1991 albums Use Your Illusion I & Use Your Illusion II across nine different physical formats in November, including 7CD+blu-ray and 12LP vinyl+blu-ray super deluxe editions.

Both albums have been “fully remastered for the first-time ever”, from hi-res 96/24 transfers from the original stereo 1/2-inch analog masters. Use Your Illusion I includes an updated version of the single ‘November Rain’ which features a newly recorded 50-piece orchestra (this has been mixed by Steven Wilson, incidentally).

The Use Your Illusion 7CD+blu-ray super deluxe edition (click to enlarge)

The 7CD+blu-ray super deluxe features both remastered albums, Live in New York (from the Ritz Theatre in May ’91) across two CDs, Live in Las Vegas (from the Thomas & Mack Center in January ’92) across three CDs. Both have been newly mixed from the multi-track tapes.

The bonus blu-ray video disc features the complete Live In New York concert film, “newly transferred from 35mm film prints to 4K UHD”. Boasting of a 4K transfer and then putting it on a standard 1080p HD blu-ray (which is effectively a 2K medium) is confusing and disappointing. A 4K UHD blu-ray and this standard blu-ray should have been included for the price being asked –  after all this happens all the time in £25 retail 4K film blu-ray releases and this CD box costs ten times that. The concert soundtrack offers Dolby Atmos, 5.1, and 48/24 stereo.

Double-sided lithos slide in to the red and blue ‘reveal sleeves’ at the front and back of the super deluxe box sets

Talking of Atmos, notable by omission are any spatial audio mixes of the studio albums themselves. No Atmos, 5.1 or even hi-res stereo versions are included on the blu-ray. Also, there is no studio outtakes, demos on any of the formats.

The 12LP black vinyl box set features exactly the same audio content as the 7CD+blu-ray. Both studio albums are 2LP sets and Live in New York and Live in Las Vegas are both 4LP sets. The blu-ray is included with this vinyl package and is identical to the one in the CD box set.

The super deluxe editions are housed with a 100-page hardcover book and are designed with fancy red & blue ‘reveal sleeves’. These sets come with lots of ‘stuff’ like Conspiracy Inc. replica fan club folder (with membership card!), four Conspiracy Inc. 1991/1992 Use Your Illusion era replica fan club newsletters, 10 double-design lithos that reveals one of two unique images when inserted into the red & blue ‘reveal sleeves’, 8” x 10” photo prints (x7), four Use Your Illusion tour replica cloth sticky backstage passes (x4), a Ritz Theatre 5/16/1991 replica concert ticket (with the original misprinted date of 5/15/1991) and a 24”x36” band poster.

The 12LP+blu-ray Use Your Illusion super deluxe edition (click image to enlarge)

Despite the 12LP vinyl and 7CD sets costing over £400 and £250 respectively, the much cheaper 2CD editions of each album feature exclusive live audio not included in the bigger boxes. This is in the form of bonus discs with live highlights from the Use Your Illusion 1991 / 1992 tour including dates in Paris, London and Rio de Janeiro. So for example, if you are a CD collector and want ‘everything’ (in terms of audio) you have to buy three products: the 7CD+blu-ray super deluxe and both 2CD deluxe editions! That situation is unlikely to impress fans. The 2CD sets come with 24-page booklets.

Other formats are both albums remastered on 2LP black vinyl, a 4LP vinyl box set (D2C-only) and single CD remasters of Use Your Illusion I & II.

Use Your Illusion I & II will be reissued on 11 November 2022, via UMe/Geffen.

Tracklisting

Use Your Illusion reissue Guns N’ Roses /

    • CD 1 or LPs 1 & 2: Use Your Illusion I (remastered)
      1. RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HELL
      2. DUST N’ BONES
      3. LIVE AND LET DIE
      4. DON’T CRY (ORIGINAL)
      5. PERFECT CRIME
      6. YOU AIN’T THE FIRST
      7. BAD OBSESSION
      8. BACK OFF BITCH
      9. DOUBLE TALKIN’ JIVE
      10. NOVEMBER RAIN*
      11. THE GARDEN
      12. GARDEN OF EDEN
      13. DON’T DAMN ME
      14. BAD APPLES
      15. DEAD HORSE
      16. COMA
      * Previously unreleased
    • CD 2 or LPs 3&4: Use Your Illusion II (remastered)
      1. CIVIL WAR
      2. 14 YEARS
      3. YESTERDAYS
      4. KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR
      5. GET IN THE RING
      6. SHOTGUN BLUES
      7. BREAKDOWN
      8. PRETTY TIED UP
      9. LOCOMOTIVE
      10. SO FINE
      11. ESTRANGED
      12. YOU COULD BE MINE
      13. DON’T CRY (ALT. LYRICS)
      14. MY WORLD
      * Previously unreleased
    • CD 3 / LPs 5&6: Live in New York (Ritz Theatre 16 May ’91)
      1. PRETTY TIED UP*
      2. BAD OBSESSION*
      3. RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HELL*
      4. BROWNSTONE*
      5. DUST N’ BONES
      6. LIVE AND LET DIE*
      7. PARADISE CITY*
      8. VOODOO CHILD (SLIGHT RETURN) / CIVIL WAR*
      9. DRUM SOLO*
      10. SLASH SOLO*
      11. YOU COULD BE MINE*
      * Previously unreleased
    • CD 4 / LPs 7&8: Live in New York (continued))
      1. I WAS ONLY JOKING / PATIENCE*
      2. ONLY WOMEN BLEED / KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR*
      3. DON’T CRY (ORIGINAL)* [features Shannon Hoon on vocals]
      4. YOU AIN’T THE FIRST* [features Shannon Hoon on vocals]
      5. MY MICHELLE*
      6. ESTRANGED*
      7. DOUBLE TALKIN’ JIVE*
      8. SWEET CHILD O’ MINE*
      9. WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE*
      * Previously unreleased
    • CD 5 / LPs 9&10: Live in Las Vegas (Thomas & Mack Center 25 Jan ’92)
      1. NIGHTRAIN
      2. BROWNSTONE*
      3. LIVE AND LET DIE*
      4. ATTITUDE*
      5. IT’S SO EASY*
      6. BAD OBSESSION*
      7. WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE*
      8. DOUBLE TALKIN’ JIVE*
      9. VOODOO CHILD (SLIGHT RETURN) / CIVIL WAR / VOODOO CHILD (SLIGHT RETURN)*
      * Previously unreleased
    • CD 6 / LP 11: Live in Las Vegas (continued)
      1. DON’T CRY (ORIGINAL)*
      2. WILD HORSES*
      3. PATIENCE*
      4. YOU COULD BE MINE*
      5. SO FINE*
      6. NOVEMBER RAIN*
      7. INTROS / DRUM SOLO*
      8. SLASH SOLO*
      9. SPEAK SOFTLY, LOVE (LOVE THEME FROMTHE GODFATHER)*
      * Previously unreleased
    • CD 7 / LP 12: Live in Las Vegas (continued)
      1. SAIL AWAY SWEET SISTER*
      2. SWEET CHILD O’ MINE*
      3. MOVE TO THE CITY*
      4. HOTEL CALIFORNIA / ONLY WOMEN BLEED / KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR*
      5. YESTERDAYS
      6. MY MICHELLE*
      7. ESTRANGED*
      8. MOTHER* / PARADISE CITY
      * Previously unreleased
    • Blu-ray Video: Live in New York (Ritz Theatre 16 May ’91)
      1. PRETTY TIED UP*
      2. BAD OBSESSION*
      3. RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HELL*
      4. BROWNSTONE*
      5. DUST N’ BONES*
      6. LIVE AND LET DIE*
      7. PARADISE CITY*
      8. VOODOO CHILD (SLIGHT RETURN) / CIVIL WAR*
      9. DRUM SOLO*
      10. SLASH SOLO*
      11. YOU COULD BE MINE*
      12. I WAS ONLY JOKING / PATIENCE*
      13. ONLY WOMEN BLEED / KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR*
      14. DON’T CRY (ORIGINAL)* [features Shannon Hoon on vocals]
      15. YOU AIN’T THE FIRST* [features Shannon Hoon on vocals]
      16. MY MICHELLE*
      17. ESTRANGED*
      18. DOUBLE TALKIN’ JIVE*
      19. SWEET CHILD O’ MINE*
      20. WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE*
      * Previously unreleased
      Audio: Dolby Atmos 48kHz 24-bit / Dolby TrueHD 5.1 96kHz 24-bit / PCM Stereo 48kHz 24-bit
      Regions: All
      Run Time: 2hr 6min

The Human League / The Virgin Years

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A new Human League vinyl box set called The Virgin Years will be issued in October.

This box features four albums – Dare (1981), Hysteria (1984), Crash (1988) and Romantic? (1990) – plus the extended EP Fascination, all pressed on 180g coloured vinyl.

SDEtv has a special sneak preview unboxing video of The Virgin Years, which you can watch below.

This vinyl box is released on 11 November 2022 via UMC/Virgin (was 21 October).

Echo & The Bunnymen’s ‘Evergreen’ issued on vinyl for the first time

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SDE Shop exclusive offers Peel Session CD free with all Evergreen pre-orders

London Records are to reissue Echo & The Bunnymen’s triumphant 1997 ‘comeback’ album Evergreen, which was notable for featuring the UK top 10 hit ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’.

The album has been remastered and will be issued on vinyl for the very first time. It will also be available as an expanded 2CD deluxe edition with 21 bonus tracks. Exclusive to the SDE shop is a 4-track CD EP called Peel Session 1997. This features four tracks recorded at Maida Vale and broadcast on 16 September 1997, three of which are previously unreleased (‘Rescue’ was on CD 2 of the of 1997 2CD special edition).

‘Nothing Lasts Forever’ was the band’s first top 10 hit in the UK since 1984’s ‘The Killing Moon’

Evergreen marked a critical and commercial renaissance for the band after more than half a decade’s hiatus. In January 1997 Will Sergeant, Les Pattinson and Ian McCulloch came back together in a recording studio for the first time in ten years. The band entered Doghouse studios in Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, as fate would have it at the same time as Oasis, leading to ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’ featuring a 24-year-old Liam Gallagher on backing “yeah, yeah, yeah!”s and tambourine shakes. 

The album entered the UK chart at number eight, in July 1997 and while the two further singles may not have repeated the success of the first, they were certainly popular enough and well played on the radio at the time (they were ‘I Want To Be There (When You Come)’ (#30) and ‘Don’t Let It Get You Down’ (#50)).

‘Just A Touch Away’ is highlighted by Ian McCulloch as one of the best songs on the album

This was the era in the UK of releasing two CD singles (CD 1 & CD 2) and so there were plenty of bonus tracks to go around. In fact remarkably, ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’ had six new studio recordings across the seven-inch vinyl and both CD singles. All six of those tracks are appended to the album on the first disc in the forthcoming 2CD deluxe edition. The second disc consists of live tracks and some radio sessions (mostly acoustic).

Speaking about the album today, Ian McCulloch is modest enough. He says it contains “at least three great songs, which is three more than most bands have in their entire catalogue”. He’s referring to ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’, ‘Forgiven’ and ‘Just A Touch Away’.

Evergreen will be reissued on 9 December 2022 (was 18 November), via London Records. The SDE-exclusive Peel Session 1997 CD is limited and numbered and is supplied FREE with any order of the 2CD, vinyl or the bundle.

Order via the SDE shop using this link or the buttons below.

EU SHIPPING NOTES: If you are ordering from the EU please be aware that that goods may be subject to import VAT when they arrive from the UK. The prices the SDE shop charge you do not include VAT

Tracklisting

Evergreen Echo & The Bunnymen /

    • CD 1
      1. Don’t Let It Get You Down
      2. In My Time
      3. I Want To Be There (When You Come)
      4. Evergreen
      5. I’ll Fly Tonight
      6. Nothing Lasts Forever
      7. Baseball Bill
      8. Altamont
      9. Just A Touch Away
      10. Empire State Halo
      11. Too Young To Kneel
      12. Forgiven
      13. Watchtower
      14. Polly
      15. Hurracaine
      16. Colour Me In
      17. Antelope
      18. Jonny
    • CD 2
      1. I Want To Be There (When You Come)  (Live At The Improv Theatre, 1999)
      2. Rescue (Live At The Improv Theatre, 1999)
      3. Lips Like Sugar (Live At The Improv Theatre, 1999)
      4. Bedbugs And Ballyhoo (Live At The Improv Theatre, 1999)
      5. Nothing Lasts Forever (Radio One Jo Whiley Session, 1997)
      6. The Killing Moon (Radio One Jo Whiley Session, 1997)
      7. Baseball Bill (Live At The Kilburn National, 1997)+
      8. Just A Touch Away (Live At The Kilburn National, 1997)+
      9. I’ll Fly Tonight (Live At The Kilburn National, 1997)+
      10. Altamont (Live At The Kilburn National, 1997)+
      11. Lips Like Sugar (Whyt Radio Acoustic Version, 1997)
      12. I Want To Be There (When You Come) (Whyt Radio Acoustic Version, 1997)
      13. The Killing Moon (Whyt Radio Acoustic Version, 1997)
      14. Forgiven (GLR Robert Elms Acoustic Session, 1997)
      15. Nothing Lasts Forever (Radio One Live Lounge Session, 1999)
      +Previously unreleased

Toyah / Live at the Rainbow

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Toyah Live at the Rainbow was issued on VHS back in 1981 (and later on laserdisc) but now gets the full reissue treatment with remixed and remastered audio on vinyl and CD as well as a DVD with restored visuals.

The concert was in February 1981 at London’s iconic Rainbow Theatre and includes a performance of ‘It’s A Mystery’. Such was that single’s success (it reached number four as part of the ‘Four From Toyah’ EP) it prompted a gig upgrade from the Lyceum Theatre to The Rainbow.

Live at the Rainbow was originally a 12-song video, but on CD it has been expanded with with seven additional tracks, all previously unheard and unreleased; restored exclusively for this release. These include ‘Bird In Flight’, ‘Mummies’, ‘Computer’ and ‘Love Me’. Three of these seven songs are in mono because the original multi-track masters could not be found. The coloured blue vinyl edition doesn’t include the mono tracks and is therefore a 16-song offering.

For this release, the original multitrack reels have been revisited and remixed by Nick Watson at Fluid Mastering to create a new full stereo mix of the gig for the first time. The video runs for 53 minutes and features restored pictures sync’d to the newly remixed/remastered audio. The DVD is region-free, NTSC and is paired with the CD for a two-disc combo-pack.

All audio remastering was approved by Joel Bogen and Toyah Willcox provides a new introduction in the 24-page booklet which contains live photography by Barry Plummer and new notes by Craig Astley, Toyah’s official archivist.

Live at the Rainbow will be released on 25 November 2022, via Cherry Red.

Tracklisting

Live at the Rainbow Toyah /

    • CD 1

      1. WAR BOYS
      2. NEON WOMB
      3. WAITING
      4. RACE THROUGH SPACE
      5. ANGELS & DEMONS
      6. LOVE ME
      7. MUMMIES
      8. INSECTS
      9. IT’S A MYSTERY
      10. COMPUTER
      11. TRIBAL LOOK
      12. GHOSTS
      13. BIRD IN FLIGHT
      14. VICTIMS OF THE RIDDLE
      15. DANCED
      16. IEYA
      BONUS TRACKS
      1. OUR MOVIE*
      2. REVELATIONS*
      3. INDECISION*
      * mono-only
    • DVD
      1. WAR BOYS
      2. NEON WOMB
      3. WAITING
      4. TRIBAL LOOK
      5. GHOSTS
      6. VICTIMS OF THE RIDDLE
      7. RACE THROUGH SPACE
      8. ANGELS & DEMONS
      9. INSECTS
      10. IT’S A MYSTERY
      11. DANCED
      12. IEYA

Out This Week / on 23 September 2022

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Alphaville / Eternally Yours CD, Vinyl, Box Set

German synth-pop band Alphaville issue a ‘symphonic’ greatest hits collection called Eternally Yours. All the songs have been rearranged and recorded with the German Film Orchestra Bablsberg. CD, coloured vinyl and box set available.

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Motörhead / Iron Fist (reissue)

Motörhead’s fifth studio album from 1982 is reissued for its 40th anniversary. 2CD deluxe and 3LP vinyl offer book-style packaging and a full live show from Glasgow Apollo released for the first time, plus previously unreleased album demos.

Grateful Dead / Madison Square Garden 3/9/81 (3CD set)

Triple disc live recording of the Grateful Dead at Madison Square Garden in 1981. The band ultimately played 52 shows there. By the way, are there any shows the Dead didn’t record!?

Joe Strummer / 002: The Mescaleros Years unboxed

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Released this week is a lavish exploration of Joe Strummer’s years with backing group The Mescaleros. They released three studio albums (one posthumous) all of which are remastered and included in the 7LP and 4CD box sets with an album of rarities and demos. SDEtv explores with this video.

Tracklisting

002: The Mescaleros Years Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros /

    • LP 1: Rock Art and the X-Ray Style
      SIDE A
      1. Tony Adams
      2. Sandpaper Blues
      SIDE B
      1. X-Ray Style
      2. Techno D-Day
      3. The Road to Rock ’N’ Roll
    • LP 2: Rock Art and the X-Ray Style
      SIDE C
      1. Diggin’ The New
      2. Nitcomb
      3. Forbidden City
      SIDE D
      1. Yalla Yalla
      2. Willesden To Cricklewood
    • LP 3: Global A-Go-Go
      SIDE A
      1. Johnny Appleseed
      2. Cool ’N’ Out
      3. Global A Go-Go
      4. Bhindi Bhagee
      SIDE B
      1. Gamma Ray
      2. Mega Bottle Ride
      3. Shaktar Donetsk
    • LP 4: Global A-Go-Go
      SIDE C
      1. Mondo Bongo
      2. Bummed Out City
      3. At The Border, Guy
      SIDE D
      1. Minstrel Boy
    • LP 5: Streetcore
      SIDE A
      1. Coma Girl
      2. Get Down Moses
      3. Long Shadow
      4. Arms Aloft
      5. Ramshackle Day Parade
      SIDE B
      1. Redemption Song
      2. All In A Day
      3. Burnin’ Streets
      4. Midnight Jam
      5. Silver and Gold
    • LP 6: Vibes Compass (rarities & demos)
      SIDE A
      1. Time And The Tide
      2. Techno D-Day (Demo)
      3. Ocean Of Dreams
      4. Forbidden City (Demo)
      SIDE B
      1. X-Ray Style (Demo)
      2. Road To Rock ’N’ Roll (Demo)
      3. Tony Adams (Demo)
      4. Cool ’N’ Out (Demo)
    • LP 7: Vibes Compass (rarities & demos)
      SIDE C
      1. Global A Go-Go (Demo)
      2. Secret Agent Man
      3. All in A Day (Demo)
      4. London Is Burning
      SIDE D
      1. Get Down Moses (Outtake)
      2. Fantastic
      3. Coma Girl (Outtake)

This Week’s Box Set and Reissue Deals

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Pink Floyd / Animals LP+CD+DVD+Blu-ray deluxe LP+CD+DVD+Blu-ray deluxe

$61 was $104

Deal Over!

Excellent reduction on the deluxe Pink Floyd Animals package which is released on 9 October 2022.

The Beatles / Revolver 5CD super deluxe 5CD super deluxe

$109 was $140

Deal Over!

The Beatles Revolver 5CD box discounted in the USA.

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

$79 was $140

Deal Over!

Another Beatles reduction, this time last year’s Let It Be box which includes five CDs and a blu-ray, plus book etc.

George Michael / Older 3LP+5CD box 3LP+5CD super deluxe

$127 was $215

Deal Over!

The George Michael Older box can’t be doing too well if it’s being discounted this heavily before the thrice-delayed release date. This Amazon US deal represents a 41 percent reduction and it’s not even out yet! Not worth it for UK fans since this represents a price of £112 and once shipping and import duties are taken care of you end up spending more than the £140 UK price.

David Bowie / A Divine Symmetry: The Journey to Hunky Dory 4CD+blu-ray

$69

Deal Over!

Fantastic price via Amazon US for the newly announced David Bowie Hunky Dory box set. In the UK, it’s £122 which is $132!

R.E.M. / New Adventures in Hi-Fi 2CD+blu-ray 2CD+Blu-ray deluxe

£19

Deal Over!

Superb price in Italy for the 25th anniversary deluxe edition of R.E.M.’s 1996 album which features the remastered album, B-sides and rarities and a 5.1 mix set in a 52-page hardcover book

Black Sabbath / Sabotage 4LP+7″ single 4LP+7″ super deluxe

$67 was $110

Deal Over!
David Bowie / Brilliant Adventure [1992-2001] 11CD box set

David Bowie / Brilliant Adventure 11CD box 11CD box set

£65 was £100

Deal Over!

Lowest price to date in the UK for this 11CD David Bowie which covers the 1990s.

Roxy Music / The Best of Roxy Music 2LP vinyl

£16 was £35

Deal Over!

Superb discount for the recent half-speed mastered 2LP Roxy Music best of. This is the black vinyl version, but you can watch the SDEtv unboxing of the yellow vinyl here.

Hall & Oates / Live at the Troubadour 3LP vinyl 3LP vinyl

£17

Deal Over!

Japan / Exorcising Ghosts 2LP set 2LP half-speed mastered

£15 was £38

Deal Over!

Amazing price for the 2LP half-speed mastered Japan set which isn’t released until early October. If you’ve already pre-ordered from Amazon UK, then no action required.

Brian Eno’s new album is #5 in the SDE Surround Series

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(Quick link to pre-order)

A Dolby Atmos Mix of FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE, the forthcoming album from Brian Eno, will be released exclusively via SDE as a limited edition blu-ray audio.

Eno needs no introduction. Musician, producer, visual artist and activist, he first came to international prominence in the early Seventies as a founding member of Roxy Music, followed by a series of solo albums and collaborations. His work as producer includes albums with Talking Heads (such as Fear of Music and Remain in Light), Devo, U2 (The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby et al), Laurie Anderson and Coldplay, while his long list of collaborations include recordings with David Bowie (Low, Heroes, Lodger & Outside), Jon Hassell, Harold Budd, John Cale, David Byrne, Grace Jones and most recently with his brother, Roger, on Mixing Colours. In August 2021, they performed together for the very first time at the Acropolis in Athens. 

Brian Eno’s visual experiments with light and video continue to parallel his musical career, with exhibitions and installations all over the globe. To date, he has released over forty solo albums including Here Come The Warm Jets, Another Green World, Ambient 1: Music for Airports, Apollo: Atmosphere and Soundtracks, Small Craft On A Milk Sea and Lux to name just a few. In April 2021, he launched EarthPercent, which raises money from the music industry for some of the most impactful environmental charities working on the climate emergency.

About the new album

FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE is Eno’s 22nd studio album and was recorded in his West London and Norfolk studios. The long-player sees Brian sing on the majority of tracks for the first time on an album since 2005’s Another Day On Earth.

It includes the song ‘There Were Bells’ which concerns the current climate emergency, a theme that is explored throughout the album and ‘We Let It In’, a haunting hymnal in which Eno’s daughter Darla sings an angelic counterpoint to Brian’s vocal. 

The album is made up of 10 distinct songs and Brian has experimented on the record using tonal over major chord changes. Of it, he says, “My voice has changed, it’s lowered, it’s become a different personality I can sing from. I don’t want to sing like a teenager, it can be melancholic, a bit regretful. As for writing songs again –  it’s more landscapes, but this time with humans in them.

I like creating worlds, that’s what I do as an artist. Now after quite a long absence of humans in those worlds I have tried putting one in and seeing how they feel in the world I’ve made.”

‘We Let It In’ from FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE. This sounds wonderful mixed in Dolby Atmos.
What is the SDE Surround Series?

For the uninitiated, The SDE Surround Series is an ongoing collaboration between SuperDeluxeEdition.com and likeminded artists and record labels, where we deliver spatial audio via physical product. The products are available exclusively via theSDEshop.com and the programme started in January this year, with a blu-ray audio of Tears For Fears’ acclaimed album The Tipping Point. That was quickly followed by xPropaganda’s The Heart Is Strange, Gilbert O’Sullivan’s Driven and most recently Shakespears Sister’s Hormonally Yours (due later this month). SDE is proud to announce FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE as the fifth release in this series – thank you for your continued enthusiasm and support for these products.

The SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio of FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE will be available to pre-order for two weeks only and will feature the following audio streams:

  • Dolby Atmos Mix
  • Stereo Mix (48 kHz / 24 bit)

Naturally, the Atmos Mix was created by Brian Eno himself. He pushed the boundaries with this spatial audio version (would you have expected anything less?). This is what the mix engineer, Emre Ramazanoglu, had to say about Brian’s work on the Atmos Mix of FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE:

It was fascinating approaching this Atmos mix with Brian in the room. He approached the mix in an extremely unorthodox fashion, removing the concept of a ‘front’ in the mix stage. It’s a fully immersive experience unlike others I have mixed. The song was still kept at the heart of the Atmos transformation though and he paid enormous attention to the position of each element and how that supported the piece as a whole. There will be also be differences from the stereo mix other than the spatial reimagining, due to the creative process that involved certain elements being subtly different from the original stereo masters.

Emre Ramazanoglu, Mix Engineer for the album

I have heard the Atmos Mix and concur with Emre. It’s spectacular spatial audio mix of a wonderfully atmospheric album. This is one you do not want to miss!

The SDE-exclusive blur-ray order of the album comes with a numbered (#5) SDE slipcase (click to enlarge)
The benefits of spatial audio via physical product

Reasons you should own this blu-ray:

  • It’s the only way to enjoy the Dolby Atmos mix of the album via a physical product
  • You don’t need to sign-up to a streaming service such as Tidal or Apple Music to hear the spatial audio mix
  • The Atmos Mix on the blu-ray is not compressed, whereas it is on streaming due to bandwidth restrictions
  • You own the product, you are not renting it from a digital service provider
  • The blu-ray audio is an excellent format for music and you don’t want to see it die off
  • Supporting SDE with these initiatives leads to similar collaborations with labels/artists and we are keen to bring your more in the near future

The pre-order window for this limited edition blu-ray audio opens today and will close in 14 days’ time on 29 September. Numbers manufactured will be published at a later date, so you will know just how limited this physical product is. Additionally, this blu-ray will ship with a numbered SDE collectors’ slipcase.

FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE on SDE-exclusive blu-ray will be released on 14 October 2022 in collaboration with UMC. Pre-order the blu-ray by using this link to the SDE shop or the button below. For more spatial audio on the SDE shop, go here.

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.
EU SHIPPING NOTES: If you are ordering from the EU please be aware that that goods may be subject to import VAT when they arrive from the UK. The prices the SDE shop charge you do not include VAT

Now Yearbook Extra 1979

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

Next month, the Now That’s What I Call Music Team are to release NOW Yearbook ’79 Extra, a 3CD companion to the original NOW Yearbook ’79 that was issued last week.

This triple-disc package features 67 hits from 1979 and includes a decent selection of big names and some less predictable offerings.

Queen’s ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ kicks things off and a strong CD 1 also includes The Police, Blondie, Pretenders, ELO, Roxy Music, Kate Bush (the Live On Stage version of ‘Them Heavy People’), Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Madness, Sparks and more.

Now Yearbook ’79 is a 3CD set (click image to enlarge)

CD 2 has more of a post-punk/new wave vibe going on and includes ‘The Sound Of The Suburbs’ from The Members, ‘Babylon’s Burning’ from The Ruts, songs from The Jam, The Clash, The Stranglers, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Sex Pistols and Japan, OMD and the band Eurythmics could have been, The Tourists.

The final disc sees a reprise from Blondie (‘Sunday Girl’) and runs the gamut from Boney M.‘s ‘Painter Man’ to BA Robertson’s ‘Knocked It Off’! You’ll find music from Earth, Wind & Fire, Barry White, Commodores, Toto, Thin Lizzy and Status Quo. It signs off with Macca’s Wonderful Christmastime, the Christmas song everyone pretends to hate.

NOW Yearbook Extra 1979 will be released on 21 October 2022.

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Tracklisting

Now Yearbook ’79 Extra Various Artists /

    • CD 1
      1. Queen – Crazy Little Thing Called Love
      2. The Police – Message In A Bottle
      3. Blondie – Union City Blue
      4. Pretenders – Kid
      5. Electric Light Orchestra – Last Train To London
      6. Roxy Music – Angel Eyes
      7. Kate Bush – Them Heavy People
      8. Squeeze – Up The Junction
      9. The Boomtown Rats – Diamond Smiles
      10. Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Reasons To Be Cheerful (Pt. 3)
      11. Sparks – The Number One Song In Heaven
      12. The Three Degrees – The Runner
      13. Donna Summer – Dim All The Lights
      14. Sister Sledge – Lost In Music
      15. Chic – My Feet Keep Dancing
      16. Rose Royce – Is It Love You’re After
      17. Boney M. – Gotta Go Home
      18. Voyage – Lets Fly Away
      19. Madness – The Prince
      20. Darts – Duke Of Earl
      21. Mike Oldfield – Blue Peter
      22. Fiddler’s Dram – Daytrip To Bangor (Didn’t We Have A Lovely Time)
    • CD 2
      1. The Members – The Sound Of The Suburbs
      2. The Ruts – Babylon’s Burning
      3. The Jam – Strange Town
      4. The Clash – English Civil War
      5. The Stranglers – Duchess
      6. Siouxsie And The Banshees – Playground Twist
      7. Public Image Limited – Death Disco
      8. Skids – Working For The Yankee Dollar
      9. The Undertones – Jimmy Jimmy
      10. Sex Pistols – C’Mon Everybody
      11. Feelgood – Milk And Alcohol
      12. The Dickies – Banana Splits
      13. Secret Affair – Time For Action
      14. Jags – Back Of My Hand
      15. The Tourists – The Loneliest Man In The World
      16. Japan – Life In Tokyo
      17. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Electricity
      18. Shalamar – Take That To The Bank
      19. Dan Hartman – This Is It
      20. Edwin Starr – H.A.P.P.Y. Radio
      21. The Isley Brothers – It’s A Disco Night (Rock Don’t Stop)
      22. Chic – My Forbidden Lover
      23. Diana Ross – The Boss
      24. Cher – Take Me Home
    • CD 3
      1. Blondie – Sunday Girl
      2. Boney M. – Painter Man
      3. The Three Degrees – My Simple Heart
      4. Commodores – Sail On
      5. Earth, Wind & Fire – After The Love Has Gone
      6. Barry White – Just The Way You Are
      7. Billy Joel – Honesty
      8. Marianne Faithfull – The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan
      9. Gerry Rafferty – Get It Right Next Time
      10. Toto – Hold the Line
      11. Status Quo – Whatever You Want
      12. Thin Lizzy – Waiting For An Alibi
      13. Driver 67 – Car 67
      14. BA Robertson – Knocked It Off
      15. Cats U.K. – Luton Airport
      16. Racey – Some Girls
      17. Darts – Get It
      18. Dollar – Who Were You With In The Moonlight
      19. Sally Oldfield – Mirrors
      20. Lena Martell – One Day At A Time
      21. Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmastime

Duran Duran CD reissues unboxed

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

SDEtv takes a look at the recent CD reissues of Duran Duran’s Pop Trash, Astronaut, Red Carpet Massacre and All You Need Is Now albums. How do these new BMG re-releases compare to the originals in terms of track listing and presentation? Watch the unboxing video!

Madonna / Erotica 30th anniversary 12-inch picture disc

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Warner Music will finally issue the 12-inch picture disc version of Madonna’s Erotica single for the song’s 30th anniversary.

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The picture disc, with the infamous ‘toe-sucking’ image (taken from Madge’s Sex book), was withdrawn before release back in 1992, but it will now be issued later year.

The three-track single features the album version, the instrumental and the radio edit of Erotica. It’s a ‘limited edition’ although it’s not clear just how limited this may be.

Erotica will be released on 21 October 2022, via Warner Records.

Tracklisting

Erotica Madonna /

    • Side A
      1. Album Version (5:12)
      Side B
      1. Instrumental (5:12)
      2. Radio Edit (4:31)

Voice of the Beehive / Let It Bee

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Voice of the Beehive’s 1988 debut album Let It Bee will be reissued and expanded in November.

In the late 1980s, Californian sisters Tracey Bryn and Melissa Brooke Belland escaped the American music industry in search of the vibrant British indie scene. They formed a band and signed to London Records.

Success came almost immediately. Let It Bee was a hit album and featured quite a few singles, including ‘I Say Nothing’, ‘I Walk The Earth’ and the band’s best known 45, ‘Don’t Call Me Baby’.

For the reissue there’s a 2CD edition everything is remastered and it features a massive 29 bonus tracks, including previously unreleased tracks, live versions, ‘Bee-Sides’ and demos. One of the extra songs is the rather good ‘Cartoon City’, a band favourite recently uncovered from the London Records archives. The 2CD set comes with a 30-page booklet with notes by the band’s very own Tracey Belland.

A remastered gatefold vinyl edition pressed on transparent honey yellow will also be made available. No bonus tracks on this edition but it does feature Belland’s new sleeve notes.

This reissue is being promoted initially via the band’s own official store. The coloured vinyl is available with a print signed by all members of the band and there’s also ‘The Bees Knees’ a fanzine from 1987, which includes photos, talks with the band, lyrics, anecdotes from fans and more. There are also bundles with a special 3-track promo CD, with an exclusive piano version of ‘Oh Love’.

Browse the official shop or see highlights below

Honey Yellow vinyl LP comes with a signed print

Tracklisting

Let It Bee Voice of the Beehive /

    • CD1
      1. The Beat Of Love
      2. Sorrow Floats
      3. Don’t Call Me Baby
      4. Man In The Moon
      5. What You Have Is Enough
      6. Oh Love
      7. I Walk The Earth
      8. Trust Me
      9. I Say Nothing
      10. There’s A Barbarian In The Back Of My Car
      11. Just A City City
      12. 7 Shocks
      13. D’yer Maker
      14. I Walk The Earth
      15. Independence Day
      16. Any Day Of The Week
      17. I Walk The Earth (Original Version)
      18. This Weak
      19. Jesus…
      20. No Green Blues
      21. Jump This Way
      22. Goodbye Tonight
    • CD 2
      1. Cartoon City
      2. Tattoo Song
      3. Everything I Had
      4. In The Flesh
      5. No Green Blues (BBC Session)
      6. Jump This Way (BBC Session)
      7. Independence Day (BBC Session)
      8. Jesus (BBC Session)
      9. Five Feet High And Risin’ n (Appearing As Tracey And Melissa Beehive)
      10. Oh Love (Alternate Take)
      11. I Say Nothing (Demo Version)
      12. Beat Of Love (Demo Version)
      13. 7 Shocks (Live)
      14. There’s A Barbarian In The Back Of My Car (Live)
      15. I Say Nothing (Live)
      16. Just A City (Live)
      17. Trust Me (Live)
      18. When You Don’t Have Your Gun (Live at ULU)

Duran Duran / Future Past: The Complete Edition 2LP set

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Full 16-track edition of the 2021 album on coloured vinyl

Duran Duran’s Future Past album from 2021 will be reissued in November as a double vinyl package, dubbed ‘The Complete Edition’.

You might recall that the CD edition of the album featured 12 tracks. This was widely assumed to be the ‘standard’ version of the album. However, two tracks – ‘Nothing Less’ and ‘Hammerhead’ – were missing from the vinyl edition, making that a 10-track affair.

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To further confuse matters, the deluxe CD featured three further songs – ‘Velvet Newton’, ‘Laughing Boy’ and ‘Invocation’ – so that boasted 15 tracks, and to top it all off, there was a Japanese deluxe CD that added Duran Duran’s Mike Garson-assisted cover of David Bowie’s ‘Five Years’ as the penultimate song, meaning that ‘won’ the track listing battle with 16 songs.

The new ‘Complete Edition’ offers all 16 tracks from the Japanese CD spread over two vinyl records. The first LP is red while the second is green. The gatefold package features a new silver/grey version of the cover art and also includes two 12″ x 12″ art booklets.

The 2LP ‘Complete Edition’ of Future Past (click image to enlarge)

This is of course good news for vinyl fans who felt hard done by with the 10-track edition, although there will be plenty who will think they’ve already spent enough on Future Past vinyl, what with all the coloured variants at the time. One anomaly is that ‘Five Years’ still remains officially unissued on CD, in the UK.

Future Past: The Complete Edition 2LP set will be issued on 25 November 2022.

Tracklisting

Future Past Duran Duran / The Complete Edition 2LP vinyl

    • LP 1 (RED)
      Side A
      1. INVISIBLE
      2. ALL OF YOU
      3. GIVE IT ALL UP (feat. Tove Lo)
      4. ANNIVERSARY
      Side B
      1. FUTURE PAST
      2. VELVET NEWTON
      3. BEAUTIFUL LIES
      4. TONIGHT UNITED
    • LP 2 (GREEN)
      Side C
      1. WING
      2. NOTHING LESS
      3. LAUGHING BOY
      4. HAMMERHEAD (feat. Ivorian Doll)
      Side D
      1. INVOCATION
      2. MORE JOY! (feat. CHAI)
      3. FIVE YEARS
      4. FALLING (feat. Mike Garson)

Out This Week / on 16 September 2022

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PInk Floyd / Animals 2018 mix CD, Vinyl, Box Set, Blu-ray

The deluxe edition of Pink Floyd’s Animals reissue is out this week. It’s a CD+blu-ray+DVD+LP set. The duplication of blu-ray and DVD feels a little bit ‘2018’ which makes sense because that’s when this was conceived. A reminder that you can still order the blu-ray audio edition directly from SDE.

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Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years (deluxe sets)

Best known as the frontman for The Clash, between 1999-2002 Joe Strummer recorded with The Mescaleros. Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years is the first comprehensive collection highlighting this short but intense period of creativity. It includes the albums Rock Art and the X-Ray Style (1999), Global A Go-Go (2001), the posthumous Streetcore (2003), and Vibes Compass, a brand-new compilation of 15 B-sides and rarities, including never before heard tracks like ‘Ocean of Dreams’ (featuring Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols on guitar) and early demos.

Both the 4CD and 7LP boxes include four reproduction lyric sheets and chord charts, and the LP box includes an exclusive 12”x12” art print.

The House Of Love / A State Of Grace (new album)

A State Of Grace is the long-awaited new album from The House of Love. It was written and recorded by Guy Chadwick between COVID lockdowns. Chadwick says: “It is the best set of songs I have written for years and the pandemic ironically gave me the time and space to develop and arrange the songs”.

Wilco / Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Fourth studio album by the American rock band Wilco is reissued as two enormous super deluxe editions. The 8CDs or 12LPs include demos, drafts and instrumentals, charting the making of ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’ – plus a live 2002 concert recording and a September 2001 radio performance and interview.

Duran Duran / A Diamond in the Mind (CD+DVD)

Earmusic reissue Duran Duran’s 2011 (All You Need Is Now-era) concert A Diamond in the Mind. It’s available as CD+blu-ray or a CD+DVD combo pack.

Siouxsie and the Banshees / All Souls

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Siouxsie Sioux has personally curated a new compilation of Siouxsie and the Banshees classic tracks and rarities called All Souls.

This vinyl-only release is themed as an ‘Autumnal celebration’ and opens with the 12-inch version of 1982’s ‘Fireworks’ (one of three singles) and closes with ‘Peek-A-Boo’ from 1988’s Peepshow. Other selections include B-sides ‘El Dia De Los Muertos’, ‘Something Wicked (This Way Comes)’ and ‘Supernatural Thing’.

All Souls is an ‘Autumnal Celebrations’ (click image to enlarge)

All the tracks have been remastered at Abbey Road studios (with Siouxsie overseeing the process) and the vinyl has been cut at half-speed by Miles Showell. The record is available on black or limited orange vinyl.

The cover (art directed by Siouxsie) features a marigold; the symbolic flower of the Mexican Day of the Dead/All Souls Day festivities. 

All Souls will be released on 21 October 2022. There is no CD edition.

Tracklisting

All Soul Siouxsie and the Banshees /

    • Side A
      1. Fireworks (12” Version) (Single 1982)
      2. Halloween (Juju album 1981)
      3. Supernatural Thing (Arabian Knights single 1981)
      4. El Dia De Los Muertos (Last Beat Of My Heart single 1988)
      5. The Sweetest Chill (Tinderbox album 1986)
    • Side B
      1. Spellbound (Juju album 1981)
      2. Something Wicked (This Way Comes) (The Killing Jar single 1988)
      3. Rawhead And Bloodybones (Peepshow album 1988)
      4. We Hunger (Hyæna album 1984)
      5. Peek-A-Boo (Peepshow album 1988)

The Police / Ghost in the Machine vinyl picture disc

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The Police’s fourth album, 1981’s Ghost in the Machine, will be reissued as a vinyl picture disc with a rejigged track listing, in November.

This alternate track listing was apparently genuinely considered for release (a production master was created) and the sequencing features three additional tracks: ‘I Burn For You’ (the single mix from the ‘Brimstone and Treacle’ soundtrack), ‘Once Upon A Daydream’ (ultimately saved for the flipside of 1983’s ‘Synchronicity II’ and ‘Shambelle’ (which ended up as the B-side to ‘Invisible Sun’).

The single mix of ‘I Burn For You’ features on the vinyl picture disc of Ghost in the Machine.

There is another change. The songs ‘Spirits In The Material World’, ‘Rehumanise Yourself’, ‘One World (Not Three)’ and ‘Hungry For You’ all feature Stewart Copeland counting in the tracks. This audio does not feature on the 1981 release.

Side A of this picture disc features the logo image from the front cover and side B features the inner sleeve image.

A curious release, for sure, this vinyl picture disc will be issued on 4 November 2022, via UMC/Polydor. No other formats are available.

Tracklisting

The Police / Ghost in the Machine vinyl picture disc

Ghost in the Machine The Police /

    • Side A
      1. Invisible Sun
      2. Demolition Man
      3. Secret Journey
      4. Darkness
      5. Spirits In The Material World
      6. Too Much Information
      7. Omegaman
    • Side B
      1. One World (Not Three)
      2. Rehumanise Yourself
      3. I Burn For You
      4. Hungry For You (j’aurais toujours faim de toi)
      5. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
      6. Once Upon A Daydream
      7. Shambelle

Depeche Mode / Playing The Angel: The 12″ Singles

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The next in the series of Depeche Mode 12-inch singles boxes will be issued in November. Playing The Angel: The 12″ Singles spotlights the remixes from the band’s 11th studio album, originally issued back in 2005.

The four singles were ‘Precious’, ‘A Pain That I’m Used To’, ‘Suffer Well‘, and ‘John The Revelator/Lilian‘. This new box set contains ten 12-inch singles which equals the record of the Violator box from 2020.

The Playing The Angel: The 12″ Singles (click image to enlarge)

This box actually does something new, in that it features replicates both 12-inch singles for each single from the original era (plus limited edition single ‘The Darkest Star’) and then adds something called ‘Playing The Angel Promotional Collection’ on a final 12-inch, which gathers single versions, B-sides and other remixes. This is probably because some of this content was issued on CD at the time but not on 12-inch vinyl.

Playing The Angel: The 12″ Singles will be released on 11 November 2022. As usual the set comes with a poster and a download card.

Tracklisting

Playing The Angel: The 12″ Singles Depeche Mode / Vinyl box set

    • #1 – Precious (12BONG 35)
      Side A1
      1. Precious (Sasha’s Spooky Mix -Full Length)
      Side A2
      1. Precious (Sasha’s Gargantuan Vocal Mix -Full Length)
    • #2 – Precious (LP12BONG 35)
      Side A
      1. Precious (Misc. Full Vocal Mix)
      2. Precious (Michael Mayer Balearic Mix)
      Side B
      1. Precious (Motor Remix)
      2. Precious (Misc. Crunch Mix)
    • #3 A Pain That I’m Used To (12BONG 36)
      Side A1
      1. A Pain That I’m Used To (Jacques Lu ContRemix)
      SideAA1
      1. A Pain That I’m Used To (Jacques Lu ContDub)
    • #4 A Pain That I’m Used To (L12BONG 36)
      Side A1
      1. A Pain That I’m Used To (Bitstream Threshold Mix)
      Side AA1
      1. A Pain That I’m Used To (Bitstream SpansuleMix)
    • #5 Suffer Well (12BONG 37)
      Side A
      1. Suffer Well (TigaRemix)
      2. Suffer Well (TigaDub)
      Side B
      1. Suffer Well (Narcotic Thrust Vocal Dub)
    • #6 Suffer Well (L12BONG 37)
      Side A
      1. Suffer Well (Metope Remix)
      2. Suffer Well (Metope Vocal Remix)
      Side B
      1. Suffer Well (M83 Remix)
      2. Better Days (Basteroid’Dance Is Gone’ Vocal Mix)
    • #7 The Darkest Star (XL12BONG 37)
      Side A
      1. The Darkest Star (Holden Remix)
      Side AA
      1. The Darkest Star (Holden Dub)
    • #8 John The Revelator / Lilian (12BONG 38)
      Side A
      1. John The Revelator(‘Dave Is In The Disco’ TiefschwarzRemix)
      Side AA
      1. John The Revelator(TiefschwarzDub)
      2. Lilian (ChabDub)
    • #9 John The Revelator / Lilian (L12BONG38)
      Side A
      1. John The Revelator(Murk Mode Dub)
      Side AA
      1. John The Revelator(BoostaClub Remix)
      2. Lilian (ChabVocal Remix)
    • #10 Playing The Angel Promotional Collection (PSTUMM260)
      Side A
      1. Free
      2. Better Days
      3. Newborn
      4. John The Revelator (Single Version)
      5. Lilian (Single Version)
      Side B
      1. Precious (Michael Mayer Ambient Mix)
      2. Suffer Well (Alter Ego Remix)
      3. Lilian (RobagWruhmeSlomoschenKikker)
      4. A Pain That I’m Used To (GoldfrappRemix)
      5. A Pain That I’m Used To (Telex Remix)

The Best Of Roxy Music 2LP unboxed

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SDEtv examines the new Roxy Music ‘Best of’ that was originally issued back in 2001 but is now available on vinyl for the first time.

Tracklisting

The Best of Roxy Music Roxy Music / vinyl reissue

      1. Avalon
      2. More Than This
      3. Jealous Guy
      4. Over You
      5. Same Old Scene
      6. Oh Yeah!
      7. Angel Eyes
      8. Dance Away
      9. Both Ends Burning
      10. Love Is the Drug
      11. Out of the Blue
      12. All I Want Is You
      13. Mother of Pearl
      14. Street Life
      15. Do the Strand
      16. Pyjamarama
      17. Virginia Plain
      18. Re-Make/Re-Model