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Vince Guaraldi / A Charlie Brown Christmas

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Vince Guaraldi’s score from the classic 1965 animated Peanuts special, A Charlie Brown Christmas, is subject of a major reissue campaign from Craft Recordings.

One the the best selling jazz albums of all time is explored across a number of formats, including a comprehensive 4CD+blu-ray super deluxe edition, which features hours of newly unearthed session tapes from Fantasy Records’ vaults. This set also offers a blu-ray audio with a Dolby Atmos Mix and hi-res stereo mixes.

The 5CD+blu-ray super deluxe edition of A Charlie Brown Christmas

In fact, the standard version of the album has now been upgraded with a new stereo mix from engineer, Paul Blakemore. This features on a special 2LP deluxe vinyl which offers 13 bonus alternates. An expanded CD edition mirrors this content.

A single LP vinyl edition maintains the original 1965 mix but for this reissue is offered in gold foil sleeved with embossing details. So the outside cover is gold, but the actual vinyl is available in a number of coloured vinyl variants, depending on retailer.

The ‘gold foil’ vinyl edition of A Charlie Brown Christmas also has an embossed sleeve

The super deluxe offers more than 50 never-before-heard outtakes from five recording sessions and features both mixes of the album on CD 1. It is housed in a hardcover book which helps to guide fans through the entire recording process, via new, in-depth sleeve notes by Derrick Bang – a Peanuts expert.

The single LP vinyl editions of A Charlie Brown Christmas are released on 16 September 2022. The super deluxe, 2LP and single CD editions follow on 2 December (was 14 October), via Craft Recordings.

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A Charlie Brown Christmas Vince Guaraldi /

    • Side 1
      1. O Tannenbaum
      2. What Child Is This
      3. My Little Drum
      4. Linus & Lucy
      5. Christmas Time Is Here (instrumental)
    • Side 2
      1. Christmas Time Is Here (vocal)
      2. Skating
      3. Hark, The Herald Angels Sing
      4. Christmas Is Coming
      5. Für Elise
      6. The Christmas Song

Alphaville / Eternally Yours

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German synth-pop band Alphaville are issuing a ‘symphonic’ greatest hits collection called Eternally Yours. All the songs have been rearranged and recorded with the German Film Orchestra Bablsberg.

Alphaville are best known for their 1984 international hit single ‘Big in Japan’ and enjoyed success in Europe at the time with singles such as ‘Forever Young’, ‘Sounds Like A Melody’ and ‘Jet Set’.

The new orchestral recordings are described as a “symbiosis between [lead singer] Marian Gold’s unique vocal abilities, the original Alphaville sound and the majestically powerful multifaceted nature of the large German Film Orchestra Babelsberg”.

The album is being issued in three physical formats. A 2CD set offers 23 tracks including some bonus single edits and alternate versions. A 3LP vinyl edition (available in yellow and black versions) delivers 26 tracks, with three bonus cuts on side F.

The box set edition of Eternally Yours includes a Dolby Atmos mix on a USB stick (click image to pre-order)

Finally, there is an all singing and dancing super deluxe edition collector’s box set that’s exclusive to German retailer JPC. This includes the 2CD set, the 3LP gold vinyl, a (gold) cassette edition and a USB stick with a Dolby Atmos version of Eternally Yours along with a hand-signed art print, large format booklet with a track-by-track annotation by Marian Gold and “photographic insights” into the recording history of Alphaville. The box even comes with a tote bag!

Eternally Yours is due to be released on 23 September 2022, via Edel’s ‘New Masters’ imprint.

Tracklisting

Eternally Yours Alphaville /

    • CD 1
      1. Dream Machine
      2. Summer in Berlin
      3. Big in Japan
      4. Dance With Me
      5. Summer Rain
      6. Apollo
      7. Elegy
      8. Lassie Come Home
      9. Moon Girl
      10. Welcome to the Sun
    • CD 2
      1. A Victory of Love
      2. Sounds Like a Melody
      3. Around the Universe
      4. Eternally Yours
      5. Diamonds Are forever
      6. Flame
      7. Forever Young
      8. Big in Japan (Bass Roque Version)
      9. Sounds like a Melody (Chamber Version)
      10. Forever Young (“Petite”)
      11. Big in Japan (single edit)
      12. Sounds like a Melody (Single Edit)
      13. Forever Young (Single Edit)

Out This Week / on 26 August 2022

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Blondie / Against The Odds 1974-1982 CD, Vinyl, Box Set

Almost four years since it was announced, Blondie’s box set is finally here. And there really is a format for everyone. Check out the very thorough SDEtv unboxing video.

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Heather Nova / Other Shores

Heather Nova releases an acoustic covers album which takes in such songs as Rick Astley’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ (!), Sting’s ‘Fragile’, Neil Young’s ‘Like A Hurricane’ and Foreigner’s ‘Waiting For A Girl Like You’.

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Bret McKenzie / Songs Without Jokes

Flight of the Conchords‘ Bret McKenzie (an ‘Best Song’ Oscar-winner, no less) is releasing a record not filled with comedy songs! The 11-track album is available on CD and blue/white smoke-coloured vinyl. If you aren’t sure what to expect, we are promised songs “reminiscent of the finest work of Harry Nilsson, Randy Newman, and even a touch of Elvis Costello”.

Blur / Bustin’ + Dronin’

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Blur’s Japan-only remix album, Bustin’+Dronin’, will be issued on CD and black vinyl next month.

Originally released in 1998 as a 2CD set, the compilation featured remixes of tracks from their 1997 self-titled album and live performances from ‘Peel Acres’.

It was released outside Japan – and on vinyl – for the first time earlier this year, when a blue/green 2LP set was put out for Record Store Day in April. But there was a significant omission: no live Peel tracks.

Dustin’ + Dronin’ is reissued on CD. It’s remixes-only this time. (click image to enlarge)

Now Parlophone are giving it a wider release. A 2LP black vinyl edition and a single CD edition are coming soon, but like the RSD version, neither feature the John Peel live performances.

In terms of packaging the black vinyl doesn’t have the OBI strip that came with the Record Store Day version. The CD is in a standard jewel case but does at least include a Blur sticker sheet.

Bustin’ + Dronin’ will be reissued on 23 September 2022 via Parlophone.

Tracklisting

Blur / Bustin' + Dronin' black vinyl and CD reissue

Bustin’ + Dronin’ Blur /

    • LP 1
      Side A
      1. Movin’ On (William Orbit Mix) – 08:00
      2. Death Of A Party (Well Blurred Remix) – 06:46
      3. On Your Own (Crouch End Broadway Mix) – 03:32
      Side B
      1. Beetlebum (Moby’s Mix) – 06:43
      2. Essex Dogs (Thurston Moore’s Mix) – 09:01
    • LP 1
      Side C
      1. Death Of A Party (Billy Whiskers Mix) – 04:47
      2. Theme From Retro (John McEntire’s Mix) – 05:43
      3. Death Of A Party (12” Death) – 07:08
      Side D
      1. On Your Own (Walter Wall Mix) – 15:00

       

Elvis Presley / Elvis On Tour

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Sony are to release a new Elvis Presley box set called Elvis On Tour. This 6CD+blu-ray package follows The King on his 1972 North American tour and includes audio from four of the shows, two rehearsals and the concert film on blu-ray.

The first three CDs in this set feature performances from 9th, 10th and 14th April 1972 respectively; that’s Hampton Roads Coliseum, Virginia; Richmond Coliseum, Virginia; and Greensboro Coliseum, North Carolina. All three are previously unreleased. The fourth CD features the 18th April gig at the Convention Center Arena, San Antonio, Texas, and includes material that was part of 2003’s Elvis: Close-Up box set, however it has been newly remixed for this release.

Tour rehearsals constitute CDs five and six. CD 5 has audio recorded live at RCA Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, on 30th and 31st March 1972. This is mostly unreleased, although some were issued on a couple of the specialist ‘Follow That Dream’ releases in 2001 and 2004 (Elvis On Tour – The Rehearsals and Sunset Boulevard, respectively).

CD 6 is all completely unreleased and offers more of the 31 March rehearsals at RCA and includes unreleased takes on Kris Kristofferson’s ‘For The Good Times’. In total, this Elvis On Tour box set features a total of 145 audio tracks, 91 of which are previously unreleased.

The documentary on the blu-ray exists because filmmakers Pierre Adidge and Robert Abel went on the road with Elvis Presley to chronicle this tour. As well as the on-stage performances, the film includes backstage footage, with the original press release boasting that Elvis On Tour offered “the first intimate look at the enigmatic country boy who became the world’s most celebrated musician”. The MGM film would go on to win ‘Best Documentary Film’ at the 30th Golden Globes Awards, in 1973. This was released on VHS/Laserdisc in the early 1980s and was issued by Warner Home Video in 2010 on DVD and blu-ray.

The Elvis On Tour box set will be released on 27 January 2023 (was 2 December 2022) via RCA/Legacy Recordings

Tracklisting

Elvis On Tour Elvis Presley /

    • CD 1: April 9, 1972 – Hampton Roads
      1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme From  2001: A Space Odyssey) 1:20
      2. See See Rider 3:12
      3. I Got A Woman / Amen 2:59
      4. Never Been To Spain 3:34
      5. You Gave Me A Mountain 3:14
      6. Until It’s Time For You To Go 2:30
      7. Polk Salad Annie 3:03
      8. Love Me 1:38
      9. All Shook Up 1:06
      10. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel 2:11
      11. Are You Lonesome Tonight? 2:42
      12. I Can’t Stop Loving You 2:26
      13. Hound Dog 1:29
      14. Bridge Over Troubled Water 4:08
      15. Suspicious Minds 5:19
      16. For The Good Times 3:08
      17. Introductions 1:29
      18. American Trilogy 4:54
      19. Love Me Tender 2:41
      20. A Big Hunk O’ Love 2:05
      21. How Great Thou Art 2:54
      22. Sweet, Sweet Spirit 2:46
      23. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy 2:11
      24. Can’t Help Falling In Love 1:42
      25. Closing
    • CD 2: April 10, 1972 – Richmond
      1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) 1:17
      2. See See Rider 3:00
      3. Proud Mary 2:44
      4. Never Been To Spain 3:37
      5. You Gave Me A Mountain 3:14
      6. Until It’s Time For You To Go 2:32
      7. Polk Salad Annie 2:51
      8. Love Me 2:00
      9. All Shook Up 1:01
      10. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel 1:49
      11. Heartbreak Hotel 2:05
      12. Hound Dog 1:21
      13. Bridge Over Troubled Water 4:12
      14. Love Me Tender 1:43
      15. It’s Over 2:18
      16. Suspicious Minds 4:47
      17. Introductions 1:59
      18. For The Good Times 3:06
      19. I Can’t Stop Loving You 2:24
      20. American Trilogy 4:17
      21. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy 2:41
      22. Funny How Time Slips Away 2:41
      23. Can’t Help Falling In Love 1:41
      24. Closing Vamp 1:50
    • CD 3: April 14, 1972 – Greensboro
      1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) 1:14
      2. See See Rider 3:09
      3. Proud Mary 2:44
      4. Never Been To Spain 3:37
      5. You Gave Me A Mountain 3:15
      6. Until It’s Time For You To Go 2:37
      7. Polk Salad Annie 3:15
      8. Love Me 1:36
      9. All Shook Up 1:01
      10. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel 2:27
      11. Hound Dog 1:31
      12. Heartbreak Hotel 1:50
      13. A Big Hunk O’ Love 2:00
      14. Bridge Over Troubled Water 4:14
      15. Suspicious Minds 4:46
      16. Love Me Tender 1:38
      17. Introductions 1:23
      18. For The Good Times 3:05
      19. American Trilogy 4:45
      20. Burning Love 2:46
      21. Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) 3:04
      22. Funny How Time Slips Away 2:50
      23. Can’t Help Falling In Love 1:40
      24. Closing Vamp 1:49
    • CD 4: April 18, 1972 – San Antonio
      1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) 1:20
      2. See See Rider 2:52
      3. Proud Mary 2:32
      4. Never Been To Spain 3:36
      5. You Gave Me A Mountain 3:13
      6. Until It’s Time For You To Go 2:29
      7. Polk Salad Annie 3:05
      8. Love Me 1:38
      9. All Shook Up 1:01
      10. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel 1:46
      11. Heartbreak Hotel 1:45
      12. Hound Dog 1:25
      13. How Great Thou Art 2:54
      14. I Can’t Stop Loving You 2:28
      15. Love Me Tender 1:39
      16. Suspicious Minds 4:21
      17. Introductions 1:17
      18. For The Good Times 3:23
      19. Burning Love 2:02
      20. American Trilogy 4:44
      21. Funny How Time Slips Away 3:09
      22. Can’t Help Falling In Love 1:46
      23. Closing Vamp 1:22
    • CD 5: March 30 & 31, 1972. Rehearsals at RCA’s studio
      1. Burning Love (incomplete) 2:14
      2. Burning Love 3:34
      3. Burning Love 3:36
      4. For The Good Times (incomplete) 1:12
      5. For The Good Times (incomplete) 3:00
      6. For The Good Times 4:39
      7. For The Good Times 4:03
      8. For The Good Times 4:34
      9. El Paso (fragment) 0:52
      10. For The Good Times (incomplete) 3:04
      11. For The Good Times 3:29
      12. Johnny B. Goode 4:56
      13. Always On My Mind (incomplete) 1:46
      14. Always On My Mind (incomplete) 2:15
      15. Always On My Mind 4:25
      16. Separate Ways 3:26
      17. Separate Ways 4:34
      18. Proud Mary 2:52
      19. Never Been To Spain 3:57
      20. You Gave Me A Mountain (incomplete) 1:21
      21. Until It’s Time For Me To Go 3:59
      22. Polk Salad Annie 2:51
      23. Love Me 2:37
    • CD 6: March 31, 1972. Rehearsals at RCA’s studio
      1. All Shook Up 1:12
      2. Heartbreak Hotel 2:13
      3. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel 1:57
      4. Hound Dog 1:26
      5. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 5:27
      6. A Big Hunk O’Love 2:09
      7. A Big Hunk O’Love 2:30
      8. See See Rider 3:03
      9. For The Good Times 3:22
      10. For The Good Times (incomplete) 1:30
      11. For The Good Times 3:37
      12. Funny How Time Slips Away 3:41
      13. Burning Love 6:11
      14. Help Me Make It Through The Night 2:57
      15. Can’t Help Falling In Love 2:08
      16. Young And Beautiful 3:16
      17. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy 2:28
      18. Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) 2:38
      19. See See Rider 2:31
      20. Proud Mary 2:45
      21. Never Been To Spain 3:46
      22. I, John 2:22
      23. Bosom Of Abraham 0:53
      24. You Better Run 2:06
      25. Lead Me, Guide Me 2:39
      26. Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus/Nearer My God To Thee 3:59
    • Blu-ray
      1. Elvis On Tour, 1972 documentary

Howard Jones / Live in Japan

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Cherry Red continue their Howard Jones reissue programme with Live in Japan which showcases a live Jones performance at the NHK Hall, Tokyo in 1984.

This was issued on VHS at the time and in 2018 it appeared on DVD in the now out-of-print Human’s Lib super deluxe edition box set (watch the unboxing video of that set, if you are interested)

The CD+DVD version of Live in Japan (click image to enlarge)

This standalone release sees the soundtrack from this concert issued for the first time, with the audio remastered from the original tapes. There are two formats: a CD+DVD (NTSC, region-free) deluxe set and a 2LP coloured vinyl offering.

Both the CD and 2LP features restore the concert to its original running order and also includes Howard’s version of The Beatles’ ‘Hey Jude’, which is previously unreleased (there is no video version of this performance).

Live in Japan is released on 21 October 2022.

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The 2LP coloured vinyl edition of Live in Japan (click image to enlarge)

Tracklisting

Howard Jones / Live in Japan

Live in Japan Howard Jones /

    • CD
      1. Intro – Tao Te Ching
      2. Hunt The Self
      3. Pearl In The Shell
      4. Bounce Right Back
      5. Hide And Seek
      6. Always Asking Questions
      7. Dreams Of A Better Place
      8. Like To Get To Know You Well.
      9. Equality
      10. Natural
      11. Hey Jude
      12. Conditioning
      13. What Is Love?
      14. Don’t Always Look At The Rain
      15. New Song
    • DVD
      1. New Song
      2. Tao Te Ching
      3. Hunt The Self
      4. Pearl In The Shell.
      5. Bounce Right Back
      6. Hide And Seek
      7. Always Asking Questions
      8. Dreams Of A Better Place
      9. Like To Get To Know You Well
      10. Equality
      11. Natural
      12. Conditioning
      13. Don’t Always Look At The Rain
      14. What Is Love?

Joni Mitchell / The Asylum Albums 1972-75

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Rhino will release the next instalment of their ongoing Joni Mitchell archive series next month. The Asylum Years 1972-75 is a 4CD or 5LP vinyl box set that features newly remastered versions of four albums.

Mitchell left Reprise Records after 1971’s Blue and in 1972 joined the new label Asylum Records. This box explores the start of that era and the four long-players within are For the Roses (1972), Court and Spark (1974), the double live album Miles of Aisles (1974), and The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975). Bernie Grundman has handled the remastering.

This box set is being released on CD and vinyl. The 5LP vinyl box is ‘limited’ to 20,000 units, although no numbers have been given for the 4CD set. The cover art for the box set features a a previously unseen painting by Mitchell and The Asylum Albums comes with an essay by fellow Canadian Neil Young.

The Asylum Years 1972-75 will be released on 23 September via Rhino.

Tracklisting

The Asylum Albums (1972-1975) Joni Mitchell /

    • CD 1 or LP 1: For The Roses (1972)
      1. Banquet (2022 Remaster)
      2. Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire (2022 Remaster)
      3. Barangrill (2022 Remaster)
      4. Lesson In Survival (2022 Remaster)
      5. Let The Wind Carry Me (2022 Remaster)
      6. For The Roses (2022 Remaster)
      7. See You Sometime (2022 Remaster)
      8. Electricity (2022 Remaster)
      9. You Turn Me On I’m A Radio (2022 Remaster)
      10. Blonde In The Bleachers (2022 Remaster)
      11. Woman Of Heart And Mind (2022 Remaster)
      12. Judgement Of The Moon And Stars (Ludwig’s Tune) [2022 Remaster]
    • CD 2 or LP 2: Court And Spark (1974)
      1. Court And Spark (2022 Remaster)
      2. Help Me (2022 Remaster)
      3. Free Man In Paris (2022 Remaster)
      4. People’s Parties (2022 Remaster)
      5. Same Situation (2022 Remaster)
      6. Car On A Hill (2022 Remaster)
      7. Down To You (2022 Remaster)
      8. Just Like This Train (2022 Remaster)
      9. Raised On Robbery (2022 Remaster)
      10. Trouble Child (2022 Remaster)
      11. Twisted (2022 Remaster)
    • CD 3 or LPs 3 & 4: Miles Of Aisles (1974)
      1. You Turn Me On I’m A Radio (Live) [2022 Remaster]
      2. Big Yellow Taxi (Live) [2022 Remaster]
      3. Rainy Night House (Live) [2022 Remaster]
      4. Woodstock (Live) [2022 Remaster]
      5. Cactus Tree (Live) [2022 Remaster]
      6. Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire (Live) [2022 Remaster]
      7. Woman Of Heart And Mind (Live) [2022 Remaster]
      8. A Case Of You (Live) [2022 Remaster]
      9. Blue (Live) [2022 Remaster]
      10. Circle Game (Live) [2022 Remaster]
      11. People’s Parties (Live) [2022 Remaster]
      12. All I Want (Live) [2022 Remaster]
      13. Real Good For Free (Live) [2022 Remaster]
      14. Both Sides Now (Live) [2022 Remaster]
      15. Carey (Live) [2022 Remaster]
      16. The Last Time I Saw Richard (Live) [2022 Remaster]
      17. Jericho (Live) [2022 Remaster]
      18. Love Or Money (Live) [2022 Remaster]
    • CD 4 or LP 5: The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (1975)
      1. In France They Kiss On Main Street (2022 Remaster)
      2. The Jungle Line (2022 Remaster)
      3. Edith And The Kingpin (2022 Remaster)
      4. Don’t Interrupt The Sorrow (2022 Remaster)
      5. Shades Of Scarlett Conquering (2022 Remaster)
      6. The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (2022 Remaster)
      7. The Boho Dance (2022 Remaster)
      8. Harry’s House/Centerpiece (2022 Remaster)
      9. Sweet Bird (2022 Remaster)
      10. Shadows And Light (2022 Remaster)

Paul Weller / Modern Classics 2LP reissue

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As mentioned on SDE a while back, Paul Weller’s 1998 ‘best of’, Modern Classics: The Greatest Hits, will be reissued on vinyl later this year.

This collection features most of Weller’s solo singles from 1991-1998, including early classics like ‘Into Tomorrow’ and ‘Uh Huh Oh Yeh’ through his vaguely ‘imperial’ period (‘The Changingman, ‘You Do Something To Me’) to songs like ‘Mermaids’ from 1997’s Heavy Soul.

Modern Classics is released as a double vinyl set

This reissue comes as a 2LP set featuring a bonus LP dubbed ‘Live Classics’ which was recorded live at Victoria Park in Hackney, London. Good as that sounds, this was also part of the original release and so it’s not bonus material for this reissue, per se.

Modern Classics: The Greatest Hits is released on vinyl on 14 October 2022, via UMC/Island (the date on Amazon at the time of writing is wrong).

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Paul Weller / Illumination vinyl reissue

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A massive £43 was required to obtain the vinyl reissue of Paul Weller’s Illumination album – rounded corners and all – back in October last year. It’s now available for a cool £20 cheaper!

Tracklisting

Paul Weller / Modern Classics 2LP set

Modern Classics Paul Weller /

    • LP 1: Modern Classics

      Side 1

      1. Out Of The Sinking
      2. Peacock Suit
      3. Sunflower
      4. The Weaver
      5. Wild Wood
      6. Above The Clouds
      7. Uh-Huh Oh-Yeh
      8. Brushed
      Side 2
      1. The Changing Man
      2. Friday Street
      3. You Do Something To Me
      4. Brand New Start
      5. Hung Up
      6. Mermaids
      7. Broken Stones
      8. Into Tomorrow

       

    • LP 2: Live Classics recorded live at Victoria Park, Hackney, London, 8/8/98
      Side 1
      1. Into Tomorrow (Live)
      2. Peacock Suit (Live)
      3. Friday Street (Live)
      4. Mermaids (Live)
      5. Out Of The Sinking (Live)
      6. Heavy Soul (Live)
      7. Wild Wood (Live)
      Side 2
      1. Up In Suze’s Room (Live)
      2. (Can You Hear Us) Holy Man? (Live)
      3. Changing Man (Live)
      4. Porcelain Gods (Live)
      5. Sunflower (Live)
      6. Broken Stones (Live)

Rory Gallagher / Deuce reissue

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Rory Gallagher’s second album Deuce will be reissued as a 50th anniversary edition across a number of formats, next month.

All formats offer a new stereo mix of the 1971 album and the 4CD deluxe edition offers 28 previously unreleased alternate takes, a six-song 1972 BBC Radio ‘In Concert’, and seven Radio Bremen radio session tracks. This set comes with a 64-page hardcover book which features a foreword by Johnny Marr and the usual essays, unseen images etc. The book and discs folio slot into an outer slipcase (see below).

The 4CD deluxe edition of Deuce

There’s also a 2CD set which offers the new stereo mix and a ‘highlights’ second CD which offers selected alternate takes and some of the Radio Bremen tracks. Vinyl fans aren’t left out and a 3LP deluxe edition mirrors the content offered on the double CD edition.

Deuce will be reissued for its 50th anniversary on 30 September 2022, via Polydor/UMC.

Tracklisting

Deuce Rory Gallagher / 50th anniversary reissue

    • CD 1
      1. Used to Be – 50th Anniversary stereo mix
      2. I’m Not Awake Yet – 50th Anniversary stereo mix
      3. Don’t Know Where I’m Going – 50th Anniversary stereo mix
      4. Maybe I Will – 50th Anniversary stereo mix
      5. Whole Lot of People – 50th Anniversary stereo mix
      6. In Your Town – 50th Anniversary stereo mix
      7. Should’ve Learnt My Lesson – 50th Anniversary stereo mix
      8. There’s a Light – 50th Anniversary stereo mix
      9. Out of My Mind – 50th Anniversary stereo mix
      10. Crest of a Wave – 50th Anniversary stereo mix
    • CD 2
      1. Used to Be – Alternate Take 1
      2. Used to Be – Alternate Take 2
      3. I’m Not Awake Yet – Alternate Take 1
      4. Don’t Know Where I’m Going – Alternate Take 1
      5. Maybe I Will – Alternate Take 1
      6. Maybe I Will – Alternate Take 2
      7. Maybe I Will – Alternate Take 3
      8. Maybe I Will – Alternate Take 4
      9. Maybe I Will – Alternate Take 5
      10. Whole Lot of People – Electric Alternate Take 1
      11. Whole Lot of People – 6 String Acoustic Alternate Take 1
      12. Whole Lot Of People – Deuce Album Session / Alternative Acoustic Take / 1971 *
      13. Whole Lot of People – 12 String Acoustic Alternate Take 1
      14. In Your Town – Alternate Take 1
      15. In Your Town – Alternate Take 2
      16. In Your Town – Alternate Take 3
    • CD 3
      1. In Your Town – Alternate Take 4
      2. Should’ve Learnt My Lesson – Deuce Album Session / Alternative Acoustic Take / 1971*
      3. Should’ve Learnt My Lesson – Deuce Album Session Outtake / 1971*
      4. Should’ve Learnt My Lesson – Alternate Take 2
      5. Should’ve Learnt My Lesson – Alternate Take 3
      6. There’s A Light – Alternate Take 1
      7. There’s A Light – Alternate Take 2
      8. There’s A Light – Alternate Take 3
      9. Out of My Mind – Alternate Take 1
      10. Out of My Mind – Alternate Take 2
      11. Out of My Mind – Alternate Take 3
      12. Crest of a Wave – Alternate Take 1
      13. Crest of a Wave – Alternate Take 2
      14. Don’t Know Where I’m Going – Home Demo
      15. Maybe I Will – Home Demo
      16. Should’ve Learnt My Lesson – Home Demo
    • CD 4
      1. Should’ve Learnt My Lesson – Radio Bremen 21/12/1971
      2. Crest of a Wave – Radio Bremen 21/12/1971
      3. I Could’ve Had Religion – Radio Bremen 21/12/1971
      4. For The Last Time – Radio Bremen 21/12/1971
      5. Messin’ With The Kid – Radio Bremen 21/12/1971
      6. Don’t Know Where I’m Going – Radio Bremen 21/12/1971
      7. Pistol Slapper Blues – Radio Bremen 21/12/1971
      8. Used To Be – BBC In Concert – Live at The Paris Theatre, 13 January 1972
      9. Should’ve Learnt My Lesson – BBC In Concert – Live at The Paris Theatre, 13 January 1972
      10. Out Of My Mind – BBC In Concert – Live at The Paris Theatre, 13 January 1972
      11. I Could’ve Had Religion – BBC In Concert – Live at The Paris Theatre, 13 January 1972
      12. Crest Of A Wave – BBC In Concert – Live at The Paris Theatre, 13 January 1972
      13. Messin’ With The Kid – BBC In Concert – Live at The Paris Theatre, 13 January 1972

David Bowie’s ‘Brilliant Live Adventures’ CD and vinyl available again

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17 months after apologising to David Bowie fans for the Brilliant Live Adventures debacle (“a poor shopping experience”, Parlophone admitted) and 15 months after asking the same fans to register their interest in represses of the live albums in question, the label have finally confirmed that second pressings are coming.

All six albums are available to pre-order, on both vinyl and CD and both empty boxes (yep, they are sticking with that) are also available. This link will offer you the option of purchasing via the David Bowie shop or Warner’s Dig store. 28 Nov update: Only the empty boxes on Dig! but the David Bowie store still has some of the individual albums.

Note that these are not shipping just yet. The release date has been set to 2 December 2022.

Janet Jackson / Japanese Singles Collection – Greatest Hits

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The occasionally Japanese Singles Collection releases, which have included Wham!, a-ha, Paul Young and others, continues next month with a focus on Janet Jackson.

These sets combine a ‘greatest hits’ on CD and a DVD of videos on the second disc. The CDs are pressed on the Japanese SHM-CD format (compatible with all CD players) and these often boast unique masterings and sometimes offer some rarities, for example, the debut of a seven-inch edit on CD.

These are normally CD+DVD sets but with the Janet Jackson collection the format has been expanded to 2CD+DVD. The first disc offers 19 tracks included those massive early hits from Control, while there’s another 19 singles on the second CD. The DVD is packed with an impressive 44 promo videos.

These are never particularly cheap to pick up but they are limited and collectible. This Janet Jackson set is arguably better value than previous editions given the extra CD. You can choose to pay extra for the convenience of shopping locally or import from Japan. Certainly in the UK there’s not a great deal in it, once you’ve paid for shipping/duties from Japan.

The Janet Jackson Japanese Singles Collection: Greatest Hits triple-disc set is released on 24 August 2022 in Japan, but internationally this is being offered on 2 Sep or 16 Sep, depending on where you live.

Tracklisting

Janet Jackson / Japanese Singles Collection: Greatest Hits 2CD+DVD

Japanese Singles Collection Janet Jackson /

    • CD 1
      1. Young Love (Edited Version)
      2. Don’t Stand Another Chance
      3. Two To The Power Of Love
      4. Start Anew
      5. What Have You Done For Me Lately
      6. Nasty
      7. When I Think Of You
      8. Control
      9. Let’s Wait Awhile
      10. The Pleasure Principle
      11. Miss You Much (7″ Edit)
      12. Rhythm Nation (7″ Edit)
      13. Escapade
      14. Alright (7″ R&B Remix)
      15. Come Back To Me (7″ I’m Beggin You Mix)
      16. Black Cat (Video Mix / Short Solo)
      17. Love Will Never Do (Without You) (Single Version)
      18. State Of The World (United Nations 7″)
      19. That’s The Way Love Goes
    • CD 2
      1. If (Radio Edit)
      2. Again
      3. Because Of Love
      4. Any Time, Any Place (R. Kelly Mix)
      5. You Want This (Remix)
      6. What’ll I Do (Dave Navarro Mix)
      7. Runaway
      8. Twenty Foreplay (Slow Jam International Edit)
      9. Got ‘Til It’s Gone feat. Q-Tip & Joni Mitchell (Radio Edit)
      10. Together Again (Radio Edit)
      11. Every Time
      12. Go Deep
      13. You
      14. Doesn’t Really Matter (Radio Edit)
      15. All For You (Radio Edit)
      16. Someone To Call My Lover (Single Edit)
      17. Son Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You) feat. Carly Simon, Missy Elliott (The Original Flyte Tyme Remix))
      18. Just A Little While (Single Radio Edit)
      19. All Nite (Don’t Stop)
    • DVD
      1. Dream Street
      2. What Have You Done For Me Lately
      3. Nasty
      4. When I Think of You
      5. Control
      6. Let’s Wait Awhile
      7. The Pleasure Principle
      8. Miss You Much
      9. Rhythm Nation
      10. Escapade
      11. Alright
      12. Come Back To Me
      13. Black Cat
      14. Love Will Never Do (Without You)
      15. The Knowledge
      16. That’s The Way Love Goes
      17. If
      18. If (All Dance Version)
      19. Again
      20. Because Of Love
      21. Any Time, Any Place
      22. You Want This
      23. Whoops Now
      24. What’ll I Do
      25. Runaway
      26. Twenty Foreplay
      27. Got ‘Til It’s Gone
      28. Together Again
      29. I Get Lonely
      30. Every Time
      31. Go Deep
      32. You
      33. Doesn’t Really Matter
      34. All For You
      35. Someone To Call My Lover
      36. Son Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)
      37. Just A Little While
      38. I Want You
      39. All Nite (Don’t Stop)
      40. Call On Me
      41. So Excited
      42. Feedback
      43. Rock with U
      44. Make Me

Elvis Costello / Kojak Variety coloured vinyl

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Elvis Costello’s 1995 album Kojak Variety will be reissued as a limited edition coloured vinyl pressing next month.

This is a continuation of the Music On Vinyl reissue series and this long-player consists entirely of cover versions as Costello tackles songs by artists like Little Richard, The Kinks, Aretha Franklin, Willie Dixon, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and more.

Players on the album include James Burton, Jim Keltner, Larry Knechtel, Marc Ribot, Jerry Scheff and Pete Thomas.

This new numbered pressing is limited to 2500 units worldwide and is pressed on 180g turquoise-coloured vinyl. It will be released on 23 September by MOV. Order your copy from the SDE shop via this link or the button below.

Tracklisting

Elvis Costello / Kojak Variety coloured vinyl LP

Kojak Variety Elvis Costello / Limited edition coloured vinyl LP

    • Side A
      1. Strange
      2. Hidden Charms
      3. Remove This Doubt
      4. I Threw It All Away
      5. Leave My Kitten Alone
      6. Everybody´s Crying Mercy
      7. I’ve Been Wrong Before
      8. Bama Lama Bama Loo
      Side B
      1. Must You Throw Dirt In My Face
      2. Pouring Water On A Drowning Man
      3. The Very Thought Of You
      4. Payday
      5. Please Stay
      6. Running Out Of Fools
      7. Days

Eric Clapton / The Complete Reprise Studio Albums Volume 1

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Next month Warners will release a new Eric Clapton vinyl box set called The Complete Reprise Studio Albums Volume 1.

The 12LP vinyl box contains six newly remastered studio albums issued between 1983 and 1998. They are:

  • Money & Cigarettes (1983)
  • Behind The Sun (1985) 2LP gatefold
  • August (1986) 2LP gatefold
  • Journeyman (1989) 2LP gatefold
  • From The Cradle (1994) 2LP gatefold
  • Pilgrim (1998) – 2LP gatefold

Additionally, a bonus LP, Rarities Volume 1 (1983-1998) brings together eight rare recordings from this era. Two of these are previously unreleased including a Simon Climie remix of ‘Pilgrim’. Other tracks include live versions of ‘White Room’ and ‘Crossroads’ (from the B-side on the 1987 single ‘Behind The Mask’ and ‘Theme From A Movie That Never Happened’ (Orchestral)’ which was the B-side to ‘My Father’s Eyes’ from 1998.

All the music included in this set was mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering and the lacquers for the LPs were cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.

The 12LP vinyl box set The Complete Reprise Studio Albums Volume 1 (click image to enlarge)

You’ll notice there are a lot of 2LP sets in this box. Behind The Sun and August were originally released as single vinyl records but are both are now 2LP sets (“to maximise the audio quality”), although the label have done that annoying thing of making both of them 3-sided double albums which means you are paying for ‘blank’ sides (it’s not clear if they are etched or not).

The vinyl is at least housed in poly-lined sleeves and the box is a two-piece construction. The Complete Reprise Studio Albums Volume 1. is released on 30 September 2022, via Warner Music Group.

Tracklisting

    • LP 1: Money and Cigarettes (1983)
      1. Everybody Oughta
      2. Make A Change
      3. The Shape You’re In
      4. Ain’t Going Down
      5. I’ve Got A Rock ’n’ Roll
      6. Heart
      7. Man Overboard
      8. Pretty Girl
      9. Man In Love
      10. Crosscut Saw
      11. Slow Down Linda
      12. Crazy Country Hop
    • LPs 2 & 3: Behind The Sun (1985)
      1. She’s Waiting
      2. See What Love Can Do
      3. Same Old Blues
      4. Knock On Wood
      5. Something’s Happening
      6. Forever Man
      7. It All Depends
      8. Tangled In Love
      9. Never Make You Cry
      10. Just Like A Prisoner
      11. Behind The Sun
    • LPs 4 & 5: August (1986)
      1. It’s In The Way That You Use It
      2. Run
      3. Tearing Us Apart
      4. Bad Influence
      5. Walk Away
      6. Hung Up On Your Love
      7. Take A Chance
      8. Hold On
      9. Miss You
      10. Holy Mother
      11. Behind the Mask
    • LPs 6 & 7: Journeyman (1989)
      1. Pretending
      2. Anything For Your Love
      3. Bad Love
      4. Running On Faith
      5. Hard Times
      6. Hound Dog
      7. No Alibis
      8. Run So Far
      9. Old Love
      10. Breaking Point
      11. Lead Me On
      12. Before You Accuse Me
    • LPs 8 & 9: From The Cradle (1994)
      1. Blues Before Sunrise
      2. Third Degree
      3. Reconsider Baby
      4. Hoochie Coochie Man
      5. Five Long Years
      6. I’m Tore Down
      7. How Long Blues
      8. Goin’ Away Baby
      9. Blues Leave Me Alone
      10. Sinner’s Prayer
      11. Motherless Child
      12. It Hurts Me Too
      13. Someday After A While
      14. Standin’ Round Crying
      15. Driftin’
      16. Groaning The Blues
    • LPs 10 & 11: Pilgrim (1998)
      1. River Of Tears
      2. Pilgrim
      3. Broken Hearted
      4. One Chance
      5. Circus
      6. Goin’ Down Slow
      7. Fall Like Rain
      8. Born In Time
      9. Sick And Tired
      10. Needs His Woman
      11. She’s Gone
      12. You Were There
      13. Inside Of Me
    • LP 12: Rarities Vol 1 (2022)
      1. Stone Free
      2. Crossroads – Live
      3. White Room – Live
      4. Theme From A Movie That Never Happened (Orchestral)
      5. Pilgrim – Remix *
      6. 32-20 Blues – Live
      7. County Jail Blues – Live
      8. Born Under A Bad Sign*

      *Previously unreleased

Out This Week / on 19 August 2022

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Madonna / Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones 3CD set

Madonna / Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones CD, Vinyl

Madonna kicks off her ‘career-spanning partnership’ with Warner Music Group with Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones. Part remix collection, part ‘best of’ this 3CD set has been curated by Madge and, as the title suggests, contains 50 tracks that have topped the Billboard dance chart over the years and decades.

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Saturday Deluxe / 13 August 2022

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The Cure alter release date of Wish 3CD set

The recently announced reissue of The Cure’s Wish has already suffered a release date alteration. Initially, the 3CD set of the 1992 album was slated for 7 October, with the 2LP vinyl version to follow on 25 November. Now both formats will be released on the November date. No specific reason has been cited, although it’s probably operational, with noises about ‘huge demand’ on the band’s socials (shades of George Michael’s Older, which we are still waiting on!).

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Toyah releases special edition of In The Court of the Crimson Queen

Toyah Willcox has recorded a cover of Grace Jones’ 1985 single ‘Slave to the Rhythm’ and added it to a new special ‘Rhythm Deluxe’ edition of her In The Court of the Crimson Queen album. ‘Slave to the Rhythm’ was written by Trevor Horn, Bruce Woolley, Simon Darlow and Stephen Lipson and to those unaware, Darlow has a very long writing/producing association with Toyah, so there’s some logic to the choose of recording, a version of which was first previewed on ‘Toyah and Robert’s Sunday Lunch’ back in July.

It seems curious to release yet another special edition of this album. It first came out in 2008, was reissued in 2013 and then remixed/reissued/expanded in 2019 (when SDE spoke to both Toyah and Simon), so this will be the fourth version! Toyah describes this new version as a “prequel” to 2021’s long-player Posh Pop and calls it the “definitive” version of the record. As well as ‘Slave to the Rhythm’ it also features three brand new remakes of the songs ‘Sensational’, ‘Heal Ourselves’ and ‘Latex Messiah’ featuring the ‘Posh Pop Three’ of Toyah, Simon Darlow and Robert Fripp.

The album is available to pre-order on 2LP translucent red vinyl and CD (both have revised artwork), although it’s not out for ages: 10 February 2023! However don’t forget that 1981’s Anthem is reissued next month, and you can read more about that, here.

Fish says ‘it doesn’t make sense’ to release pricey vinyl box sets right now

Ex-Marillion frontman Fish has postponed plans to reissue his solo albums 13th Star (2007) and A Feast of Consequences (2013) as vinyl box sets. These “relatively expensive” packages were scheduled for January 2023, but on a post on his Facebook page this week, Fish says “with everything that’s happening in the world just now and the squeeze on people’s incomes from soaring electricity and gas bills… now is not the time to go ahead and manufacture these packages”. But he added: “don’t worry they will still be released”. These are earmarked for May 2023 and Fish confirms that CD+blu-ray edition of 13th Star with a Dolby Atmos Mix will be issued at the same time. Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors and Internal Exile CD/blu-ray reissues are also in the works.

Max Q album appears on Spotify

Max Q the 1989 album/band/project that was INXS’ Michael Hutchence’s collaboration with Ollie Olsen has appeared on Spotify in ‘Remastered 2022’ guise!

Released between INXS’ Kick and X albums, the 11-track Max Q is a truly wonderful record (listen to closer ‘Ot-Ven-Rot’ below) and fans have been hankering after a reissue for a very long time. When I asked the late Chris Murphy (INXS’ manager between late 1979 and 1995) about this back in 2019, he told me that “the rights are in transit” and said the timing wasn’t right to release it. When pushed on whether a physical reissue would ever happen, he said, simply, “It has to happen”.

It’s not clear why Max Q has appeared on streaming platforms, but the fact that the album has been remastered and someone, somewhere, must have approved this, bodes well for the future.

Stream the full remastered version of Max Q via Spotify

Japan / Exorcising Ghosts

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Japan’s 1984 compilation Exorcising Ghosts will be reissued as a half-speed mastered 2LP vinyl set, in October.

The album was compiled and produced in consultation with lead singer David Sylvian, two years after Japan dissolved. It features three recordings from the band’s early career on the Hansa Records label (including 1979’s ‘Quiet Life’) but largely focuses on material from their two studio albums on Virgin Records; Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980) and Tin Drum (1981). It’s notable for a few song variations, including the 1981 remix of ‘Taking Islands in Africa’ and the extended version of ‘The Art of Parties’.

The half-speed 2LP vinyl reissue of Japan’s Exorcising Ghosts (click image to enlarge)

Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios has created the half-speed mastered vinyl. The LPs are housed in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner bags, a print of the band, the all important Abbey Road half-speed master certificate, and a cover-empathetic obi strip. 

Exorcising Ghosts is released on 7 October 2022 via UMC/EMI.

Tracklisting

Exorcising Ghosts Japan / 2LP vinyl

    • LP 1
      Side A
      1. Methods of Dance (From Gentlemen Take Polaroids)
      2. Swing  (From Gentlemen Take Polaroids)
      3. Gentlemen Take Polaroids (From Gentlemen Take Polaroids
      4. Quiet Life (From Quiet Life)
      Side B
      1. A Foreign Place (From Quiet Life single)
      2. Nightporter (From Gentlemen Take Polaroids)
      3. My New Career (From Gentlemen Take Polaroids)
      4. The Other Side of Life (From Quiet Life)
    • LP 2
      Side C
      1. Visions of China (From Tin Drum)
      2. Taking Islands in Africa (Steve Nye Remix) (Original on Gentlemen Take Polaroids)
      3. Ghosts (From Tin Drum)
      4. Sons of Pioneers (From Tin Drum)
      Side D
      1. Voices Raised in Welcome, Hands Held in Prayer (From Oil On Canvas)
      2. Life Without Buildings (From The Art of Parties Single)
      3. Talking Drum (Edit) (Original on Tin Drum)
      4. The Art of Parties (12”Version) (Original on Tin Drum)

Now Yearbook ’79

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The NOW Yearbook series continues to go ‘backwards’ with a focus on the year 1979. Now Yearbook ’79 is consistent with the other Yearbooks in that it comes in 4CD deluxe hardcover book, 3LP coloured (orange) vinyl (both limited) and standard 4CD editions, but is notable in featuring what NOW call a ‘re-imagined’ look that “reflects the era”. Whether they needed to do that is up for debate, but the fact they’ve bothered does rather suggest their will be more Yearbooks for the 1970s.

Design aside, it’s business as usual. 1979 was a great year for pop music and Now Yearbook ’79 reflects that. Queen’s ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ kicks off the first CD, which also includes number ones from The Police, The Boomtown Rats, Ian Dury & The Blockheads as well as ‘Heart Of Glass’ from Blondie, and hits from Kate Bush, Roxy Music and the Pretenders.

The 4CD deluxe hardcover book edition of Now Yearbook ’79 (click image to enlarge)

There’s a number of standard single versions of songs that appear on the recently announced 12″ 70s compilation, including Wings’ ‘Goodnight Tonight’, Cliff Richard’s ‘We Don’t Talk Anymore’ and The B-52’s ‘Rock Lobster’, but that’s hardly an issue. I don’t think anyone would have wanted them to avoid such hits just because they are on the other set in extended form.

The compilation really does illustrate the variety of the era, with ska/pop crossover hits, classic rock tracks, new wave post-punk selections, dancefloor numbers and even rap, with The Sugerhill Gang’s ‘Rapper’s Delight’. It ends with Gary Numan and The Buggles (full track listings are below).

Now Yearbook 79 will be released on 9 September 2022.

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Tracklisting

Now Yearbook ’79 Various Artists /

    • CD 1
      1. Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now
      2. The Police – Walking On The Moon
      3. The Boomtown Rats – I Don’t Like Mondays
      4. Kate Bush – Wow
      5. Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
      6. Blondie – Heart Of Glass
      7. ABBA – Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
      8. Chic – Good Times
      9. Sister Sledge – We Are Family
      10. Earth, Wind & Fire – September
      11. Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive
      12. Village People – YMCA
      13. Donna Summer – Hot Stuff
      14. Sparks – Beat The Clock
      15. Gary Numan – Cars
      16. The Flying Lizards – Money
      17. Pretenders – Stop Your Sobbing
      18. Dave Edmunds – Girls Talk
      19. Gerry Rafferty – Night Owl
      20. Billy Joel – My Life
      21. Roxy Music – Dance Away
    • CD 2
      1. Madness – One Step Beyond
      2. The Selecter – On My Radio
      3. The Specials – Gangsters
      4. Janet Kay – Silly Games
      5. Gary Moore & Phil Lynott – Parisienne Walkways
      6. Meat Loaf – Bat Out Of Hell
      7. Electric Light Orchestra – Don’t Bring Me Down
      8. Rainbow – Since You Been Gone
      9. The Charlie Daniels Band – The Devil Went Down To Georgia
      10. The Knack – My Sharona
      11. The Tourists – I Only Want To Be With You
      12. Squeeze – Cool For Cats
      13. Skids – Into The Valley
      14. Sex Pistols – Something Else
      15. The Clash – I Fought The Law
      16. The Jam – The Eton Rifles
      17. Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Accidents Will Happen
      18. XTC – Making Plans For Nigel
      19. Joe Jackson – Is She Really Going Out With Him
      20. The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
      21. Siouxsie And The Banshees – The Staircase (Mystery)
      22. Lene Lovich – Lucky Number
      23. The B-52’s – Rock Lobster
    • CD 3
      1. ABBA – Chiquitita
      2. Art Garfunkel – Bright Eyes
      3. Elton John – Song For Guy
      4. Sad Café – Every Day Hurts
      5. Eruption – One Way Ticket
      6. Amii Stewart – Knock On Wood
      7. Chic – I Want Your Love
      8. Sister Sledge – He’s The Greatest Dancer
      9. Donna Summer – Bad Girls
      10. The Crusaders – Street Life
      11. Earth, Wind & Fire With The Emotions – Boogie Wonderland
      12. McFadden & Whitehead – Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now
      13. Kool & The Gang – Ladies Night
      14. The Real Thing – Can You Feel The Force
      15. Edwin Starr – Contact
      16. Leif Garrett – I Was Made For Dancin’
      17. The Dooleys – Wanted
      18. Frantique – Strut Your Funky Stuff
      19. Dynasty – I Don’t Want To Be A Freak (But I Can’t Help Myself)
      20. The Sugarhill Gang – Rapper’s Delight
    • CD 4
      1. Cliff Richard – We Don’t Talk Anymore
      2. Neil Diamond – Forever In Blue Jeans
      3. Wings – Goodnight Tonight
      4. Electric Light Orchestra – Shine A Little Love
      5. Olivia Newton-John – A Little More Love
      6. Blondie – Dreaming
      7. Suzi Quatro – She’s In Love With You
      8. Hook – When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman
      9. The Korgis – If I Had You
      10. Dollar – Love’s Gotta Hold On Me
      11. Milk & Honey – Hallelujah
      12. The Three Degrees – Woman In Love
      13. Peaches & Herb – Reunited
      14. Commodores – Still
      15. Racey – Lay Your Love On Me
      16. BA Robertson – Bang Bang
      17. Village People – In The Navy
      18. Boney M. – Hooray! Hooray! It’s a Holi-Holiday
      19. M – Pop Muzik
      20. Tubeway Army – Are ‘Friends’ Electric?
      21. The Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star

Supergrass’ self-titled third album to be reissued

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Supergrass’ eponymous 1999 album will be reissued on vinyl and deluxe CD formats in September.

The album features the singles ‘Pumping On Your Stereo’ and ‘Moving’, the latter the band’s final top ten hit in the UK. Supergrass has been remastered for the reissue and will be available on two different vinyl editions: black and orange.

The 2CD deluxe edition of Supergrass (click image to enlarge)

The expanded 2CD version is the first Supergrass album reissue not to offer three CDs as part of a deluxe edition, but still delivers a reasonably generous 20 tracks, including new remixes, demos, rarities and some previously unreleased tracks. The 2CD set comes with a 20-page booklet with sleeve notes by Charles Shaar Murray.

Supergrass will be released on 16 September 2022, via BMG.

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Supergrass Supergrass /

    • CD 1: Supergrass 2022 remaster
      1. Moving
      2. Your Love
      3. What Went Wrong (In Your Head)
      4. Beautiful People
      5. Shotover Hill
      6. Eon
      7. Mary
      8. Jesus Came From Outta Space
      9. Pumping On Your Stereo
      10. Born Again
      11. Faraway
      12. Mama & Papa
    • CD 2: Cat Scans – Demos, B-Sides & Live Remixes
      1. Moving (2022 Remix)*
      2. Beautiful People (2022 Remix)*
      3. Pumping On Your Stereo (2022 Remix)*
      4. Born Again (2022 Remix)*
      5. Wild Wind (Demo)*
      6. Pumping On Your Stereo (T-In The Park, 2000)*
      7. Lucky (No Fear)
      8. Blockades*
      9. Sick
      10. You’ll Never Walk Again
      11. What A Shame
      12. Moving (T-In The Park, 2000)*
      13. Believer
      14. Faraway (Acoustic Version)
      15. Out Of The Blue (Monitor Mix)*
      16. Mary, The Varieties, Leeds, 2005)*
      17. Country Number*
      18. Born Again (Forum, Melbourne, 2000)*
      19. Jesus Came From Outta Space (107.7 The End)*
      20. Oracle
      *Previously unreleased

Out This Week / on 12 August 2022

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Neil Young / Time Fades Away & Eldorado EP CD, Vinyl

Two Neil Young rarities are reissued as standalone physical releases with the elusive Time Fades Away live album from 1973 back on CD and 1989’s Eldorado EP available on vinyl and CD.

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The Bluetones / Superior Quality Recording 2003-2010 (4CD signed box)

The second Bluetones CD box from Edsel contains the band’s second period of recordings, from 2003 to 2010: 50 tracks across four CDs. It includes the albums Luxembourg (2003), The Bluetones (2006) and A New Athens (2010), plus the Serenity Now EP (2005), twelve B-sides, and two previously unreleased tracks. This is the limited edition with a signed print. Coloured vinyl also available (see below).

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Erasure / Day-Glo (new album)

A new, “unexpected”, Erasure album. Perhaps you could even call it ‘recycled’, since Day-Glo has been created using elements from “The Neon universe”. Apparently the 10 new songs bear little resemblance to the 2020 album, but “echoes of The Neon can be heard from time to time”.

The New Seekers / The Albums 1976-85 (4CD box set)

4CD collection of “all of the recordings” made by The New Seekers between 1975-85. Disc one is 1977’s “comeback” album Together Again (with nine bonus tracks); the second disc is the group’s final album for CBS Records which features the hit single ‘Anthem (One Day In Every Week)’; disc three is the Russian-only (!) released 1982 album Tell Me which makes its debut here on CD, with four rare previously compilation album-only cuts; and the final CD features many non-LP singles from the era including new-to-CD cuts and even four previously unreleased recordings made with original vocalist Eve Graham. Comes with a booklet with sleeve notes.

The Bluetones / Luxembourg (coloured vinyl)

The Bluetones’ fourth album was originally issued in 2003. It features the singles ‘Fast Boy’ / ‘Liquid Lips’ and ‘Never Going Nowhere’. This vinyl reissue is pressed on translucent purple vinyl. 2006’s The Bluetones is also reissued on blue vinyl and 2010’s A New Athens on black.