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Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall

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Legendary 1970 live performance unearthed, restored and newly mixed. Limited edition box set includes new documentary and Dolby Atmos Mix.

Creedence Clearwater Revival’s legendary performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 1970 is finally officially released as CCR at the Royal Albert Hall in September. Featuring the fabled performance in its entirety, the recording includes such enduring hits as ‘Fortunate Son’, ‘Proud Mary’ and ‘Bad Moon Rising’.

The audio for this release has been restored and mixed by Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell. The album will be released alongside the documentary concert film Travelin’ Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall, narrated by Jeff Bridges and directed by Bob Smeaton (he directed The Beatles Anthology, you may remember). The film takes viewers from the band’s earliest years together in El Cerrito, CA through their meteoric rise to fame. Featuring a wealth of unseen footage, Travelin’ Band culminates with the band’s show at the Royal Albert Hall—marking the only concert footage of the original CCR lineup to be released in its entirety.

The limited edition box set features all manner of exclusive content (click image to pre-order)

The Royal Albert Hall shows were on 14 & 15 April 1970 – just days after the Beatles announced their breakup – and were part of the four-piece’s first European tour – an eight-show run that included stops in Holland, Germany, France, and Denmark. The group were at the height of their powers, having enjoyed five top 10 singles in America in the previous year along with a trio of top 10 albums (Bayou Country, Green River, Willy and the Poor Boys). They’d played to over a million people across the US, including at the Woodstock Festival and a triumphant hometown show at Oakland Coliseum early in 1970.

Confusingly, a decade later in 1980, Fantasy Records released a live album by the band, titled The Royal Albert Hall Concert. However it was quickly discovered that the audio was, in fact, from the aforementioned Oakland Coliseum show. The label did rush to sticker the album to correct the error – and properly renamed the January 1970 performance as The Concert for later production runs – but it was a messy episode. Actual footage and audio from the Royal Albert Hall show has never been issued, until now.

Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall will be released on CD and vinyl (and even a limited cassette) in September, however SDE readers should be aware that there is a limited edition box set version which has quite a lot going for it. It includes the 12-track live album, in full, across two vinyl records, pressed at 45RPM (the standard single vinyl is 33RPM).It also includes a bonus CD featuring music from the film, including formative recordings from the band’s earliest incarnations and probably most interestingly it is the only format that includes a the Travelin’ Band documentary and a Dolby Atmos Mix of the live album (along with a hi-res stereo version). These reside on a blu-ray disc.

Limited to 5,000 copies worldwide, each individually numbered set is housed in a 12” x 12” box, with embossed gold foil detail, and includes a reproduction of the original 1970 tour program, a 17” x 24” poster, and a 16-page booklet, featuring an excerpt from Bridges’ voice-over script, which offers background on the band’s path to the London show.

The box set is exclusive to Craft Recordings’ websites in the UK and in the USA

Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall is released on CD, vinyl and cassette on 16 September 2022, via Craft Recordings. However the box set doesn’t ship until 18 November. The documentary film will ‘rollout’ internationally on 16 September although there’s no details at present as to how that will happen.

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At The Royal Albert Hall Creedence Clearwater Revival /

    • 33RPM vinyl LP / CD / Cassette
      1. Born on the Bayou
      2. Green River
      3. Tombstone Shadow
      4. Travelin’ Band
      5. Fortunate Son
      6. Commotion
      7. Midnight Special
      8. Bad Moon Rising
      9. Proud Mary
      10. The Night Time Is the Right Time
      11. Good Golly Miss Molly
      12. Keep on Chooglin’
    • Bonus CD in the box
      1. Tommy Fogerty and the Blue Velvets – Come On Baby
      2. The Golliwogs – Brown-Eyed Girl
      3. The Golliwogs – Porterville
      4. Susie Q.
      5. I Put A Spell On You
      6. Proud Mary
      7. Born On The Bayou
      8. Bad Moon Rising
      9. Green River
      10. The Night Time Is The Right Time
      11. Down On The Corner
      12. Who’ll Stop The Rain
    • 45 RPM 2LP in the box
      LP 1
      Side A
      1. Born on the Bayou
      2. Green River
      3. Tombstone Shadow
      Side B
      1. Travelin’ Band
      2. Fortunate Son
      3. Commotion
      4. Midnight Special
      LP 2
      Side C
      1. Bad Moon Rising
      2. Proud Mary
      3. Night Time Is The Right Time
      Side D
      1. Good Golly Miss Molly
      2. Keep on Chooglin’

The Cure / Wish 30th anniversary reissue

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The Cure’s 1992 album Wish is to be reissued for its 30th anniversary in October. The album topped the charts in the UK and reached #2 in the USA. It features the single ‘Friday I’m In Love’, arguably one of the group’s best-loved songs.

The album is being reissued as a 2LP set with the audio remastered by Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. While that’s great news, the real interest will be in the 3CD deluxe edition which offers 45 audio tracks with 24 previously unreleased and a further four that are new to CD. The triple disc set contains

  • CD 1: Original ‘Wish’ album newly remastered by Robert Smith and Miles Showell
  • CD 2: Previously unreleased demos, including four studio vocal demos from 1990 and seventeen instrumental demos from 1991, nine of which are previously unreleased songs.
  • CD 3: Features the four tracks from the mail-order only cassette ‘Lost Wishes’ released in 1993, which have never appeared on CD (or digitally) along with various studio outtakes and rarities. This includes the previously unreleased song ‘A Wendy Band’ from the 1992 Manor Studio sessions, a previously unheard mix of the epic live favourite ‘From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea’, as well as five rare 12” mixes. Finally, closing the set is an unheard live version of ‘End’ from Paris Bercy in October 1992.
The forthcoming 3CD deluxe of Wish (click image to enlarge)

Listening back to the album in 2022, Robert Smith has said, “There’s a side to the album which I had kind of forgotten, a very gentle, yearning thing which is quite beautiful. ‘Trust’ is one of the best things we’ve ever done I think, it’s played with great feeling, and ‘To Wish Impossible Things’ is another gorgeous, melancholic piece… in fact it could well be my favourite song on the record.”

Smith was never happy with the album’s final mastering. He says: “In the studio control room it all sounded excellent, but I got too busy sorting out our upcoming concerts to properly oversee the mastering. It was too late to do anything about it; the album was out, and we were off around the world again. It has really bugged for me for a very long time”. But now this has been address with this new remaster.

All formats of Wish will be reissued on 25 November 2022, via UMC/Polydor (the 3CD was originally 7 October).

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The Wish The Cure /

    • CD 1: Original Album Remastered by Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios
      1. Open (6:51)
      2. High (3:37)
      3. Apart (6:38)
      4. From The Edge of The Deep Green Sea (7:44)
      5. Wendy Time (5:13)
      6. Doing The Unstuck (4:24)
      7. Friday I’m In Love (3:38)
      8. Trust (5:32)
      9. A Letter To Elise (5:14)
      10. Cut (5:55)
      11. To Wish Impossible Things (4:43)
      12. End (6:45)
    • CD 2: Demos (all previously unreleased)
      1. The Big Hand [1990 Demo] (4:38) [final version on B-side to A Letter To Elise 7”]
      2. Cut [1990 Demo] aka “Away” (3:31) [final version appears on WISH]
      3. A Letter To Elise [1990 Demo] aka “Cut” (5:01) [final version appears on WISH]
      4. Wendy Time [1990 Demo] (5:13) [final version appears on WISH]
      5. This Twilight Garden [Instrumental Demo] (3:25) [final version on B-side to High 7″]
      6. Scared As You [Instrumental Demo] (2:33) [final version on B-side to Friday I’m In Love 12″]
      7. To Wish Impossible Things [Instrumental Demo] (3:33) [final version appears on WISH]
      8. Apart [Instrumental Demo] (3:38) [final version appears on WISH]
      9. T7 [Instrumental Demo] (2:40) *
      10. Now Is The Time [Instrumental demo] (2:20) *
      11. Miss van Gogh [Instrumental demo] (2:48) *
      12. T6 [Instrumental Demo] (3:14) *
      13. Play [Instrumental Demo] (2:28) [final version on B-side to High 12″]
      14. A Foolish Arrangement [Instrumental Demo] (2:28) [final version on B-side to A Letter To Elise 12″]
      15. Halo [Instrumental Demo] (3:06) [final version on B-side to Friday I’m In Love 7″]
      16. Trust [Instrumental Demo] (4:02) [final version appears on WISH]
      17. Abetabw [Instrumental Demo] (2:26) *
      18. T8 [Instrumental Demo] (2:17) *
      19. Heart Attack [Instrumental Demo] (2:41) *
      20. Swing Change [Instrumental Demo] (2:10) *
      21. Frogfish [Instrumental Demo] (2:35) *
      *Unreleased track.
    • CD 3: ’Lost Wishes’ / Studio Out-Takes / 12” Remixes / Live / Rare / Previously Unreleased
      1. Uyea Sound [Dim-D Mix] (5:28 [from Lost Wishes MC 1993]
      2. Cloudberry [Dim-D Mix] (5:22) [from Lost Wishes MC 1993]
      3. Off To Sleep… [Dim-D Mix] (3:47) [from Lost Wishes MC 1993]
      4. The Three Sisters [Dim-D Mix] (4:12) [from Lost Wishes MC 1993]
      5. A Wendy Band [Instrumental] (3:47) *
      6. From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea [Partscheckruf Mix] (7:36) **
      7. Open [Fix Mix] (6:51) [B-side to High 12″]
      8. High [Higher Mix] (7:15) [High 12″]
      9. Doing The Unstuck [Extended 12” Mix] (5:54)
      10. Friday I’m In Love [Strangelove Mix] (5:29 [Friday I’m In Love 12″]
      11. A Letter To Elise [Blue Mix] (6:36) [A Letter To Elise 12″]
      12. End [Paris Live 92] (8:38) **
      *Unreleased track **Unreleased version

Life Moves Pretty Fast: The John Hughes Mixtapes

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Music was a huge part of filmmaking for him, it was a thing he seemed to like the most

Matthew Broderick

Later this year Demon Music will release Life Moves Pretty Fast: The John Hughes Mixtapes, the first official compilation of music from the movies of the legendary filmmaker, John Hughes.

The collections are issued in conjunction with the Hughes family and have been curated by Hughes’ music supervisor Tarquin Gotch, covering the classic eighties period 1983 – 1989.

A 4CD boxset offers 74 tracks and features music from Pretty In Pink, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, National Lampoon’s Vacation, Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, Some Kind Of Wonderful, Planes, Trains And Automobiles, She’s Having A Baby, The Great Outdoors and Uncle Buck.

The 4CD deluxe edition of Life Moves Pretty Fast includes a seven-inch single and a cassette (click image to enlarge)

In limited edition deluxe edition form the 4CD set comes in a larger outer box with a 14-track cassette and re-issue of the 7” single ‘Beat City’ / ‘I’m Afraid’, originally distributed to the John Hughes fan club mailing list upon the release of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. The cassette is very much a nod to the way that John Hughes and his music supervisor Tarquin Gotch would send music to each other in the pre-internet era of the 1980s and indeed the cover artwork for all variants features actual John Hughes cassettes and not photoshopped mock-ups!

Back when we were working on these movie soundtracks, the best way to send music around the world was cassettes by Fedex. We sent John cassettes of newly released music, of demos, of just finished mixes and in return he would send VHS videos of the scenes that needed music. John said he only made movies so he could choose what music to put in them, so as his success at the Box Office grew, and thus his power with the studios, the number of tracks in his films, by up-and-coming UK bands, steadily grew

Music supervisor, Tarquin Gotch
The 6LP edition of Life Moves Pretty Fast is pressed on 6 red vinyl LPs (click image to enlarge)

In addition to the deluxe 4CD edition there is a standard 4CD bookset which obviously doesn’t include the extras from the deluxe and in terms of vinyl you can choose from a 73-track red vinyl 6LP box set or a 2LP black vinyl summary. Full track listings for all formats are below.

Life Moves Pretty Fast will be issued on 11 November 2022, via Demon Music.

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Life Moves Pretty Fast Various Artists / The John Hughes Mixtapes

    • CD 1
      1.    Kajagoogoo – Kajagoogoo (Instrumental) – From The 1984 Movie ‘From The 1984 Movie Sixteen Candles’
      2. Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me) – From The 1985 Movie The Breakfast Club
      3. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – If You Leave – From The 1986 Movie Pretty In Pink
      4. Oingo Boingo – Weird Science – From The 1985 Movie Weird Science
      5. Furniture – Brilliant Mind – From The 1987 Movie Some Kind Of Wonderful
      6. Dave Wakeling – She’s Having A Baby – From The 1988 Movie She’s Having A Baby
      7. The Flowerpot Men – Beat City – From The 1986 Movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
      8. The Psychedelic Furs – Pretty In Pink – From The 1986 Movie Pretty In Pink
      9. Flesh For Lulu – I Go Crazy – From The 1987 Movie Some Kind Of Wonderful
      10. Dr. Calculus – Full Of Love – From The 1988 Movie She’s Having A Baby
      11. Lick The Tins – Can’t Help Falling In Love – From The 1987 Movie Some Kind Of Wonderful
      12. Steve Earle & The Dukes – Six Days On The Road (Album Version) – From The 1987 Movie Planes, Trains And Automobiles
      13. Kirsty MacColl – You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet Baby (Soundtrack Version) – From The 1988 Movie She’s Having A Baby
      14. Suzanne Vega & Joe Jackson – Left Of Center – From The 1986 Movie Pretty In Pink
      15. Pete Shelley – Do Anything (Soundtrack Version) – From The 1987 Movie Some Kind Of Wonderful
      16. Carmel – It’s All In The Game – From The 1988 Movie She’s Having A Baby
      17. The Dream Academy – Power To Believe (Instrumental) – From The 1987 Movie Planes, Trains And Automobiles
      18. Kate Bush – This Woman’s Work – From The 1988 Movie She’s Having A Baby
      19. New Order – Elegia (2015 Remaster) – From The 1986 Movie Pretty In Pink
    • CD 2
      1. The Beat – March Of The Swivelheads (Rotating Heads – Dub Version)
      2. Nick Heyward – When It Started To Begin
      3. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Tesla Girls
      4. Big Audio Dynamite – BAD
      5. Killing Joke – Eighties
      6. The Specials – Little Bitch
      7. Gene Loves Jezebel – Desire (Come and Get It) (US Club Mix)
      8. Flesh For Lulu – Slide
      9. Love And Rockets – Haunted When The Minutes Drag
      10. Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Love Missile F1-11 (Ultraviolence Mix)
      11. Lords Of The New Church – Method To My Madness
      12. The Jesus And Mary Chain – The Hardest Walk (Single Version)
      13. Echo & The Bunnymen – Bring On The Dancing Horses
      14. General Public – Tenderness
      15. The Blue Room – I’m Afraid
      16. Belouis Some – Round, Round
      17. Thompson Twins – If You Were Here
      18. The Dream Academy – Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (Instrumental) 3.07
    • CD 3
      1. Yello – Oh Yeah
      2. Book Of Love – Modigliani (Lost In Your Eyes)
      3. Otis Redding – Try A Little Tenderness
      4. Patti Smith – Gloria: In Excelsis Deo
      5. Westworld – Ba-Na-Na-Bam-Boo
      6. Divinyls – Ring Me Up
      7. Topper Headon – Drummin’ Man
      8. Billy Idol – Catch My Fall
      9. The Association – Cherish
      10. Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Music For A Found Harmonium
      11. Zapp – Radio People
      12. The Blue Room – Cry Like This
      13. Ray Charles – Mess Around
      14. Joe Turner – Lipstick, Powder and Paint
      15. Darlene Love – (Today I Met) The Boy I’m Gonna Marry
      16. Marvin Gaye – How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
      17. Perry Como With Mitchell Ayres And His Orchestra And The Ray Charles Singers – Juke Box Baby
      18. The Chordettes – Mr. Sandman
      19. Ray Anthony And His Orchestra – The Peter Gunn Theme
    • CD 4
      1. Lindsey Buckingham – Holiday Road
      2. Emmylou Harris – Back in Baby’s Arms
      3. Hugh Harris – Rhythm Of Life
      4. Spandau Ballet – True
      5. Propaganda – Abuse – Here
      6. The Dream Academy – The Edge of Forever
      7. Yello – Lost Again (Album Version)
      8. Bryan Ferry – Crazy Love
      9. The Rave-Ups – Positively Lost Me
      10. Los Lobos – Don’t Worry Baby
      11. Steve Earle – Continental Trailways Blues (Album Version)
      12. The Revillos – Rev Up!
      13. Boston – More Than A Feeling
      14. Balaam And The Angel – I’ll Show You Something Special
      15. The Rave-Ups – Rave Up/Shut Up
      16. Pop Will Eat Itself – Beaver Patrol
      17. The Vapors – Turning Japanese
      18. Silicon Teens – Red River Rock
    • Cassette
      Side A
      1. Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me)
      2. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – If You Leave 3. Oingo Boingo – Weird Science
      3. Yello – Oh Yeah
      4. Dave Wakeling – She’s Having A Baby
      5. Lick The Tins – Can’t Help Falling In Love
      6. The Flowerpot Men – Beat City
      7. Steve Earle & The Dukes – Six Days On The Road (Album Version)
      8. Kate Bush – This Woman’s Work
      Side B
      1. The Psychedelic Furs – Pretty In Pink
      2. Furniture – Brilliant Mind
      3. Killing Joke – Eighties
      4. Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Love Missile F1-11 (Ultraviolence Mix)
      5. Flesh For Lulu – I Go Crazy
      6. Echo & The Bunnymen – Bring On The Dancing Horses
      7. General Public – Tenderness
      8. Kirsty MacColl – You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet Baby
      9. The Dream Academy – Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (Instrumental)
    • 7″ single
      Side A
      1. The Flowerpot Men – Beat City
      Side B
      1. The Blue Room – I’m Afraid

Out This Week / on 5 August 2022

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David Bowie / Standalone 'Brilliant Adventure' album reissues CD, Vinyl

The six studio albums inside Parlophone’s fifth David Bowie ‘era’ box, 2021’s Brilliant Adventure [1992-2001], are issued separately on vinyl and CD.

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Bobbie Gentry / The Girl From Chickasaw County – Highlights

This is a 2LP vinyl release that offers highlights from the much-admired Bobbie Gentry box set – released in 2018 – is out this week. There’s a 2CD version too. The vinyl has 33 tracks, the double CD contains 46.

Suede / Love and Poison (2LP vinyl)

The soundtrack to Suede’s first concert video, recorded at Brixton Academy on 16 May 1993, only a month after the release of their debut album. Previously a coloured vinyl RSD release, this is now on 140g black vinyl and includes stunning versions of nine album tracks, including the singles ‘Animal Nitrate’, ‘Metal Mickey’, ‘The Drowners’, ‘To The Birds, and others.

Def Leppard / Euphoria

Def Leppard’s 1999 album Euphoria is released on vinyl for the first time. The double LP set features the UK singles ‘Promises’ and ‘Goodbye’. 1992’s Adrenalize is also reissued on vinyl, although unlike Euphoria, that has been issued on the format before.

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Saturday Deluxe / 30 July 2022

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Sananda Maitreya playback event at Dolby

I was at a special playback of the Dolby Atmos Mix of Terence Trent D’Arby’s first album on Thursday night. Sananda was on the big screen ‘Zooming’ in from Milan and Martyn Ware (who produced the album and has created the Atmos Mix) attended in person, for a very interesting pre-playback chat. The pair discussed recording the album and a whole lot more. Sananda looked great, the glint in his eye remains and he was as articulate, and as charming, as ever.

Matt Everitt talks to Martyn Ware and Sananda Maitreya before the Atmos playback on Thursday (click to enlarge)

One of the questions to Sananda was whether he would come and play in London again. His answer was that he had a ‘difficult’ relationship with London but if it was done in the right way, then it could happen. I was at his last London show, incidentally, when he was promoting ‘The Joker’s Edition’ of his 2001 WildCard album. That was in November 2002 (at the Forum). Twenty years. Wow. It was a great show but it wasn’t even full, which I found depressing.

There’s no news on a physical reissue campaign for Introducing The Hardline According To... but it must be happening. Most likely next year at some point. I had a chat with Martyn Ware after the playback. He’s very enthusiastic about Atmos and I told him he should try and ‘Atmos’ some of those classic Heaven 17 albums.

If you would like a physical version of the Atmos Mix of Introducing The Hardline According To…, you can vote for it in the poll below!

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George Michael / Older Japanese 2CD reissue

George Michael delayed again

George Michael’s Older reissue has gone back for a second time. The 1996 album was originally due to be re-released on 8 July. That went back to 12 August and the new date is now 16 September!

The official GM account put this down to “unexpected demand” and the full statement is below:

“The ‘Older’ release across all formats will now move for a final time to Friday 16th September 2022 to allow the unexpected demand to be met from fans across the world. We sincerely apologise for the delay and appreciate the patience, love and all the support you have shown”.

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Shakespears Sister pre-order window is now closed

Thanks for the positive response to the Shakespears Sister Hormonally Yours blu-ray, which is #4 in the SDE Surround Series. The pre-order window is now closed, so this item is no longer available. I can confirm that this will be limited to 1500 units worldwide. There may be some further availability towards the end of September due to cancellations/contingency, but nothing is guaranteed.

Your ongoing support is appreciated and allows this series to continue. I can confirm that #5 in the SDE Surround Series will be announced in less than 3 weeks, so stay tuned!

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Nik Kershaw Extended Mixes on streaming

This isn’t a physical release, but I thought it was worth mentioning that UMC have uploaded a 30-track Nik Kershaw ‘Extended Versions’ collection on Spotify. It’s got extended mixes, edited mixes, the lot… and covers the first four albums. It even includes the Extended Mix of ‘Wild Horses’ which Kershaw refused to allow to be included on the 2CD physical reissue of The Riddle in 2013. He may not have noticed this, because yesterday he said on twitter “Fill your boots, folks!”, while confirming he knew nothing about this initiative. There’s also a B-sides collection.

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Everything you've always wanted to know about Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' but were afraid to ask
The cover to Kate Bush’s 1985 single ‘Running Up That Hill’

Kate Bush

Finally, SDE would like to wish Kate Bush a very happy birthday! She has good reason to celebrate this year, with the phenomenal success of ‘Running Up That Hill’. The song is still in the UK top 10 after nine weeks (beating the seven-week run of ‘Wuthering Heights’ in 1978) and is currently #3 in the US singles chart, as America radio starts to get behind the song. Amazing!

Now Yearbook ’80 – Extra

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As sure as night follows day, a welcome NOW Yearbook ‘Extra’ follows an original Yearbook release. The latest to be announced is a companion to the excellent Now Yearbook ’80 4CD/3LP set. The bread, if you will, dipped in a gravy of hits, mopping up big singles and other gems, from the beginning of a new decade.

This new set presents much to enjoy, including two – count ’em – singles from Kate Bush’s Never For Ever album (‘Army Dreamers’ and ‘Breathing’), Robert Palmer’s sublime ‘Johnny and Mary’, which wasn’t really a hit, but deserves its inclusion just for being really good. Familiar 45s of the era include Blondie’s ‘Call Me’, The Police’s ‘De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da’, Queen’s ‘Flash’ and Cliff Richard’s ‘Carrie’.

There’s too many great songs to mention, so check out the track listing below, but any compilation that has Dennis Waterman’s ‘I Could Be So Good For You’, Chas & Dave’s ‘Rabbit’ and Barbara Dickson’s ‘January, February’ is alright with me.

This is a 3CD set in a six-panel card sleeve. As always there’s no ‘deluxe’ option (that only applies to the full 4CD Yearbooks) and there’s no vinyl.

Now Yearbook ’80 – Extra is released on 26 August 2022.

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Now Yearbook ’80 Various Artists / 3CD edition

    • CD 1
      1. Queen – Flash
      2. Blondie – Call Me
      3. Kate Bush – Army Dreamers
      4. The Police – De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
      5. Madness – Embarrassment
      6. Dexys Midnight Runners – There There My Dear
      7. The Boomtown Rats – Someone’s Looking At You
      8. U2 – I Will Follow
      9. Elvis Costello & The Attractions – High Fidelity
      10. The Undertones – My Perfect Cousin
      11. Bow Wow Wow – C30 C60 C90 Go
      12. Devo – Whip It
      13. Siouxsie And The Banshees – Christine
      14. The Clash – Bankrobber
      15. UB40 – King
      16. Grace Jones – Private Life
      17. Diana Ross – I’m Coming Out
      18. Change – The Glow Of Love
      19. Roberta Flack feat. Donny Hathaway – Back Together Again
      20. George Benson – Give Me The Night
      21. Odyssey – If You’re Lookin’ For A Way Out
      22. Elton John – Little Jeannie

       

    • CD 2
      1. Sheena Easton – Modern Girl
      2. Cliff Richard – Carrie
      3. David Essex – Silver Dream Machine
      4. Jona Lewie – You’ll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties
      5. The Nolans – Gotta Pull Myself Together
      6. Donna Summer – The Wanderer
      7. Coffee – Casanova
      8. Sister Sledge – Got To Love Somebody
      9. Change – A Lovers Holiday
      10. Shalamar – I Owe You One
      11. The S.O.S Band – Take Your Time (Do It Right) – Pt. 1
      12. Narada Michael Walden – I Shoulda Loved You
      13. Gladys Knight & The Pips – Taste Of Bitter Love
      14. Average White Band – Let’s Go Round Again
      15. The Spinners – Cupid / I’ve Loved You For A Long Time
      16. Darts – Let’s Hang On
      17. Matchbox – Midnight Dynamos
      18. Shakin’ Stevens – Marie, Marie
      19. Leo Sayer – More Than I Can Say
      20. Hook – Sexy Eyes
      21. Barbara Dickson – January, February
      22. Sweet People – And The Birds Were Singing (…Et les oiseaux chantaient) – Instrumental
      23. St Winifreds School Choir – There’s No One Quite Like Grandma
    • CD 3
      1. Kate Bush – Breathing
      2. The Cure – A Forest
      3. Roxy Music – Same Old Scene
      4. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Messages
      5. John Foxx – Underpass
      6. Japan – Gentlemen Take Polaroids
      7. The Human League – Empire State Human
      8. The Buggles – The Plastic Age
      9. Split Enz – I Got You
      10. Marianne Faithfull – Broken English
      11. Robert Palmer – Johnny And Mary
      12. Sky – Toccata
      13. Rush – The Spirit Of Radio
      14. Judas Priest – Living After Midnight
      15. Pat Benatar – Hit Me With Your Best Shot
      16. Daryl Hall & John Oates – Kiss On My List
      17. Billy Joel – All For Leyna
      18. Dennis Waterman – I Could Be So Good For You
      19. Chas & Dave – Rabbit
      20. The Barracudas – Summer Fun
      21. Madness – Night Boat To Cairo

Blondie / Against The Odds 1974-1982 unboxed

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Today, SDEtv takes a deep dive with all four formats of the Blondie Against The Odds 1974-1982 box set. The different editions are 10LP vinyl, 4LP vinyl, 8CD and 3CD and these are all released on 26 August 2022.

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Ultravox / Rage in Eden deluxe reissue

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Utravox’s 1981 album Rage In Eden is expanded and reissued across a number of formats in September, including a 5CD+DVD box with a Steven Wilson spatial audio mix.

Originally released in October 1981, as with the bands previous two albums, Rage In Eden was produced by Conny Plank at his studio in Cologne during the summer of that year. The band decided to enter the studio with nothing prepared, challenging themselves to take advantage of the studio as an instrument as much as possible.

The recording process lasted three months and while the band continued with the electronic new wave style they developed on their previous album, Vienna, this time they strove to create a more complex and introspective sound.

The 5CD+DVD deluxe edition of Rage in Eden (click image to enlarge)

On release, Rage in Eden was another top 5 album for Ultravox (in Britain), hitting #4, a position below the #3 peak of Vienna. The two singles ‘The Thin Wall’ and ‘The Voice’ were both top 20 hits in the UK. The album’s artwork was designed by Peter Saville.

The new reissue of Rage in Eden echoes the formats of the 2020 Vienna re-release. A large format 5CD+DVD deluxe edition features the original version of the album, a new Steven Wilson stereo remix, a disc of singles/remixes/b-sides/rehearsals and then two more CDs with a newly-mixed and previously unreleased concert recorded at Hammersmith Odeon in October 1981. The audio-only DVD contains a new 5.1 Surround Sound Mix of the album and B-sides by Steven Wilson, along with 24/96 hi-tes audio of the new mixes and the original 1981 album/B-sides audio.

A 4LP clear vinyl box set offers the original version of the album, singles and B-sides and the full Hammersmith concert, while a 2LP half-speed mastered black vinyl edition features the original album plus singles/B-sides on the second record. A third vinyl variant – a picture disc – is available, only via the official Ultravox shop.

Rage in Eden is released on 30 September 2022 via Chrysalis Records.

The 4LP clear vinyl box set of Rage in Eden (click to enlarge)

Tracklisting

Rage in Eden Ultravox / reissue

    • CD 1: Rage In Eden [Original 1981 Analog Master]
      1. The Voice
      2. We Stand Alone
      3. Rage In Eden
      4. I Remember (Death In The Afternoon)
      5. The Thin Wall
      6. Stranger Within
      7. Accent On Youth
      8. The Ascent
      9. Your Name (Has Slipped My Mind Again)
    • CD 2: Rage In Eden [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix] – Previously Unreleased
      1. We Stand Alone
      2. Rage In Eden
      3. The Thin Wall
      4. Stranger Within (Full Length Version)
      5. Accent On Youth
      6. The Ascent
      7. Your Name (Has Slipped My Mind).
      8. I Never Wanted To Begin
      9. Paths And Angles
      10. I Remember (Death In The Afternoon) [Steven Wilson Work In Progress Mix]
      11. Your Name (Has Slipped My Mind) [Steven Wilson Work In Progress Mix]
    • CD 3: Rarities: Singles/B-Sides/Rehearsals
      1. The Thin Wall [Single Version]
      2. I Never Wanted To Begin [7” Version]
      3. I Never Wanted To Begin [Extended Version]
      4. The Voice [Single Version]
      5. Paths & Angles
      6. Private Lives [Live at Crystal Palace 13/6/81]
      7. All Stood Still [Live at Crystal Palace 13/6/81]
      8. I Remember (Death In The Afternoon) [Instrumental Cassette Rehearsal] – Previously Unreleased
      9. Accent On Youth [Instrumental Cassette Rehearsal] – Previously Unreleased
      10. Paths & Angles/The Thin Wall [Instrumental Cassette Rehearsal] – Previously Unreleased
      11. Untitled I [Cassette Rehearsal] – Previously Unreleased
      12. Untitled II [Cassette Rehearsal] – Previously Unreleased
      13. The Thin Wall [Work In Progress Mix]
      14. Stranger Within [Work In Progress Mix]
      15. The Voice [Work In Progress Mix] – Previously Unreleased
      16. We Stand Alone [Work In Progress Mix] – Previously Unreleased
    • CD 4: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 16/10/1981 [Part I] – Previously Unreleased
      1. The Thin Wall
      2. New Europeans
      3. Sleepwalk
      4. I Remember (Death In The Afternoon)
      5. Stranger Within
      6. X
      7. Rage In Eden
    • CD 5: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 16/10/1981 [Part II] – Previously Unreleased
      1. Accent On Youth
      2. The Ascent
      3. Your Name (Has Slipped My Mind Again)
      4. Vienna
      5. Passionate Reply
      6. Passing Strangers
      7. We Stand Alone
      8. All Stood Still
      9. The Voice.
    • DVD (Audio only)
      1. ‘Rage In Eden’ Album and B-Sides
        Steven Wilson Mixes [24/96 5.1 Surround Mix * / DTS 96/24 5.1 Surround Mix / DOLBY AC3 5.1 Surround Mix / 9624 LPCM Stereo Mix]
      2. ‘Rage In Eden’ album and B-Sides – Original 1980 Production
      Masters: [96/24 LPCM Stereo Mix]
      * Previously Unreleased

Brian Eno / FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE

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Roxy Music and ambient music legend Brian Eno will release his 22nd studio album, FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE in October.

Eno sings on the majority of the songs on this 10-track album, the first time he’s done this since 2005’s Another Day On Earth. The title alludes to the current climate emergency with the music being inspired by what Eno describes as “our narrowing, precarious future” and how “the world is changing at a super-rapid rate” with “large parts of it disappearing forever”.

Brian says: “These aren’t propaganda songs to tell you what to believe and how to act. Instead they’re my own exploration of my own feelings. The hope is that they will invite you, the listener, to share those experiences and explorations. It took me a long time to embrace the idea that we artists are actually feelings-merchants. Feelings are subjective. Science avoids them because they’re hard to quantify and compare. But ‘feelings’ are the beginnings of thoughts, and the long term attendants of them too. Feelings are the whole body reacting, often before the conscious brain has got into gear, and often with a wide lens that encompasses more than the brain is consciously aware of”.

One of the songs on the record, ‘There Were Bells’ was written by Brian for a performance by him and his brother Roger at UNESCO World Heritage site, the Acropolis in August 2021. It was 45 degrees in Athens on the day of the concert with wildfires raging just outside the city, prompting his introductory comment “I thought, here we are at the birthplace of Western civilisation, probably witnessing the end of it”. You can preview the track via this special live performance, below.

Expanding on his thoughts about ‘feelings’, Brian Eno says the following: “I’m more and more convinced that our only hope of saving our planet is if we begin to have different feelings about it: perhaps if we became re-enchanted by the amazing improbability of life; perhaps if we suffered regret and even shame at what we’ve already lost; perhaps if we felt exhilarated by the challenges we face and what might yet become possible. Briefly, we need to fall in love again, but this time with Nature, with Civilisation and with our hopes for the future”.

FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE will be released on CD and vinyl on 14 October. Brian Eno has created a spatial audio Dolby Atmos Mix which will also be available via streaming platforms.

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Tracklisting

FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE Brian Eno /

    • Side A
      1. Who Gives a Thought
      2. We Let It In
      3. Icarus or Blériot
      4. Garden of Stars
      5. Inclusion
    • Side B
      1. There Were Bells
      2. Sherry
      3. I’m Hardly Me
      4. These Small Noises
      5. Making Gardens Out of Silence

Jesus Jones / Some of the Answers 15CD box set

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Big CD box set, plus extensive vinyl reissue campaign

Demon Music will issue a 15CD Jesus Jones box set called Some of the Answers in October that brings together all six studio albums with an enormous amount of bonus material. A limited edition of 750 copies come with a signed print.

Formed in London in 1988, Jesus Jones blended rock with technology and dance music and enjoyed eight top 40 hits in the UK including ‘Real, Real, Real’, ‘Right Here, Right Now’, ‘International Bright Young Thing’ (all 1990) and ‘The Devil You Know’ (1992). The band were signed to David Balfe’s Food Records, future home to Blur.

Remarkably, the USA embraced Jesus Jones even more than their home country and while ‘Right Here, Right Now’ rather underperformed in the UK at the time (stalling, initially, at #31) in America it was a whisker away from topping the Billboard Hot 100, peaking a number two! Before that ‘Real, Real, Real’ had reached number four.

‘Right Here, Right Now’ was an enormous hit single in America

The four albums of the original era (issued on Food) were: Liquidizer (1989), Doubt (1991), Perverse (1993) and Already (1997). 2001’s London was the last album for 17 years before the band returned in 2018 with Passages (there was also an EP in 2004 called ‘Culture Vulture!’).

All of the above feature in Some of the Answers but it’s the depth and breadth of the bonus material that is the calling card of this large deluxe set. There’s 131 bonus tracks featuring mixes, unheard demos, b-sides, oddities, band-selected favourites and more. All the Food albums have at least two bonus CDs, with Doubt offering three!

Some of the Answers is a 15CD, large format box set (click image to enlarge)

This large format package comes with a 12″ x 12″ booklet and keyboard player (now the band’s manager) Iain Baker provides revealing track-by-track annotation. There’s also in-depth essays for each of the band’s albums and loads of artwork from the band’s long-time collaborators Stylorouge, who fashioned so much of their original identity.

In addition to this 15CD box set, all six albums are issued on limited edition coloured vinyl LP and a new greatest hits – Zeroes And Ones: The Best Of Jesus Jones – will be put out as a 2CD and 2LP gold-coloured vinyl set. The double CD has 35 tracks while the vinyl has 27 (compiled by the band).

Some of the Answers (along with all the vinyl and best of) is released on 28 October 2022 via Edsel/Demon Records. Get in quick for the limited edition which comes with a signed print. This is exclusive to Amazon in the UK in the UK (550 copies) with a further few hundred available internationally.

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Tracklisting

Some of the Answers Jesus Jones / 15CD box set

    • CD 1: LIQUIDIZER
      1. Move Mountains
      2. Never Enough
      3. The Real World
      4. All The Answers
      5. What’s Going On
      6. Song 13
      7. Info Freako
      8. Bring It On Down
      9. Too Much To Learn
      10. What Would You Know?
      11. One For The Money
      12. Someone To Blame
    • CD 2: LIQUIDIZER BONUS TRACKS #1
      1. Broken Bones
      2. Info Sicko
      3. Info Psycho (Dance Extravaganza)
      4. Enough – Never Enough
      5. It’s The Winning That Counts
      6. What’s Going On [Demo]
      7. Cut And Dried
      8. Bring It On Down [Liquidised Mix]
      9. Info Freako [withdrawn PWL Remix]
    • CD 3: LIQUIDIZER BONUS TRACKS #2
      1. I Don’t Want That Kind Of Love
      2. Move Mountains [Ben Chapman 7” Mix]
      3. Move Mountains [Ben Chapman 12” Mix]
      4. None Of The Answers [BPM122]
      5. Beat It Down [BPM110]
      6. Bring It On Down [David Motion version]
      7. All The Answers In Three And A Half Minutes [David Motion version]
      8. What’s Going On [Rough Mix]
      9. The Real World [Monitor Mix]
      10. Info Freako [Demo 3]
      11. Burning Up For You [Demo]
      12. Metal House [Instrumental Demo]
    • CD 4: DOUBT
      1. Trust Me
      2. Who? Where? Why?
      3. International Bright Young Thing
      4. I’m Burning
      5. Right Here, Right Now
      6. Nothing To Hold Me
      7. Real, Real, Real
      8. Welcome Back Victoria
      9. Two And Two
      10. Stripped
      11. Blissed
    • CD 5: DOUBT BONUS TRACKS #1
      1. Move Me
      2. Are You Satisfied?
      3. Real Real Real [‘Raw’ 12″ Mix Rhythm 1]
      4. Right Here, Right Now [Martyn Phillips Mix]
      5. IBYT 12 [International Bright Young Thing]
      6. Who? Where? Why? [12 Foot Mix]
      7. Welcome Back Victoria [DNA Orchestral Mix]
      8. Dead People’s Lives
      9. Barry D Next To Cleanliness
      10. International Bright Young Thing [Phil Harding 12″ Mix]
      11. Who? Where? Why? [The Crisis 12″ Mix]
      12. Right Here, Right Now [Dean Krexa Mix]
      13. Damn Good At This
      14. Maryland
    • CD 6: DOUBT BONUS TRACKS #2
      1. International Bright Young Thing [The Chaos Mix]
      2. Who? Where? Why? [The Chaos Mix]
      3. Need To Know
      4. Caricature
      5. Kill Today
      6. Who? Where? Why? [1997 remix]
      7. Welcome Back Victoria [CHR Mix]
      8. Who? Where? Why? [The Crisis Instrumental Mix]
      9. Who? Where? Why? [The Crisis 7″ Mix]
      10. Right Here, Right Now [Hit Radio Mix – US promo]
      11. Right Here, Right Now [Righteous Radio Mix – US promo]
      12. Right Here, Right Now [Rock Band Mix]
      13. Real Real Real [The Real Pop Mix] (US)
      14. Real Real Real [The Real Hot Crossover Mix] (US)
      15. Real Real Real [The Real Dance Hall Mix] (US)
      16. Real Real Real [The Real Rock Mix] (US)
      17. Real Real Real [The Real Dub Mix] (US)
    • CD 7: DOUBT BONUS TRACKS #3
      1. Real Real Real [7″ Mix – Rhythm (2)]
      2. Real Real Real [Ben Chapman ‘Spaced’ 12″ Mix – Rhythm (3)]
      3. Real Real Real [Raw 7″ Mix – Rhythm (1)]
      4. Real Real Real [Phil Harding ‘Luxury’ 12″ Mix – Rhythm (2)]
      5. Barry D #2 [Demo]
      6. Janet [First Real Real Real Demo]
      7. Real, Real, Real [Ben Chapman 7” Mix]
      8. Crispin [12-Track Demo]
      9. Voodoo Chile [from NME “Ruby Trax” 1992]
      10. 15-11-91 – Meteor Boy [Demo]
      11. Zeroes & Ones [Demo]
      12. Don’t Believe It [Demo]
      13. As Good As It Gets [Demo]
      14. Time Of Our Own [Demo for “Devil You Know”]
      15. Every Little Bit [Version 2 Demo]
    • CD 8: PERVERSE
      1. Zeroes And Ones
      2. The Devil You Know
      3. Get A Good Thing
      4. From Love To War
      5. Yellow Brown
      6. Magazine
      7. The Right Decision
      8. Your Crusade
      9. Don’t Believe It
      10. Tongue Tied
      11. Spiral
      12. Idiot Stare
    • CD 9: PERVERSE BONUS TRACKS #1
      1. Zeroes And Ones [The Prodigy Versus Jesus Jones Mix]
      2. The Devil You Know [Kidney Mix]
      3. The Right Decision [Klanger Mix]
      4. Phoenix
      5. Zeroes And Ones [Aphex Twin Reconstruction (1) Mix]
      6. Zeroes And Ones [Aphex Twin Reconstruction (2) Mix]
      7. The Right Decision [Edit]
      8. Want To Know [Knowledge Mix]
      9. Zeroes And Ones [Central Nervous System Mix]
      10. The Right Decision [Moody Reconstruction Mix]
      11. The Devil You Know [Satellite Over Tehran Mix]
      12. Starting From Scratch
      13. The Right Decision [Acid Confusion Mix]
    • CD 10: : PERVERSE BONUS TRACKS #2
      1. Don’t Believe It [Top 40 edit]
      2. Machine Drug [remix, “Volume 7” Japanese compilation 1993]
      3. Come On Home [from “Never Enough” compilation]
      4. Magazine [Demo]
      5. Get A Good Thing [Demo]
      6. St Louis
      7. Krexa
      8. Miss Universe [Demo 1995]
      9. Cartoon Creature [Demo 1995]
      10. Freaky People [Demo 1996]
      11. Metambient [Instrumental Demo for “February” 1996]
      12. Saviour [Demo 1996]
      13. Friend [Demo 1996]
      14. Set The Scene [Demo 1996]
    • CD 11: ALREADY
      1. The Next Big Thing
      2. Run On Empty
      3. Look Out Tomorrow
      4. Top Of The World
      5. Rails
      6. Wishing It Away
      7. Chemical #1
      8. Motion
      9. They’re Out There
      10. For A Moment
      11. Addiction, Obsession & Me
      12. February
    • CD 12: ALREADY BONUS TRACKS #1
      1. Together
      2. Man On The Moon
      3. Far Out In Nowhere
      4. The Next Big Thing [Ian And Nick Version]
      5. Nothing Out There At All
      6. Chemical #1 [Optical Remix]
      7. Natural State Of Grey
      8. Change Of Season
      9. Chemical #1 [Scandal Vocal Mix]
      10. Chemical #1 [Kris and Dave’s Voodoo Mix]
      11. Top Of The World [Hiroshi Morohashi remix]
      12. We Are So Fragile [from “Random” Gary Numan covers 1997]
      13. Go Buddy Go [from “Interpretations, 1998]
    • CD 13: ALREADY BONUS TRACKS #2
      “Here’s The Damn Album Already” [The ‘Lost’ Demos]
      1. Top Of The World
      2. The Next Big Thing
      3. Man On The Moon
      4. Rails
      5. Chemical #1
      6. Together
      7. For A Moment
      8. Run On Empty
      9. They’re Out There
      10. No Explaining
      11. For A Moment [Iain’s Remix]
      12. Addiction, Obsession & Me [“Shopping” demo 1993]
      13. Cowfloor [“Shopping” demo 1993]
      14. Business & Bodybuilding [“Shopping” demo 1994]
      15. Fairmode [“Shopping” demo 1993]
      16. Together [Hotei “Guitar” version]
    • CD 14: LONDON
      1. Message
      2. Stranger
      3. The Rocket Ships Of La Jolla
      4. Asleep On The Motorway
      5. Hello Neon!
      6. The A Team
      7. Half Up The Hill
      8. The Princess Of My Heart
      9. Getaway Car
      10. To Get There
      11. Nowhere Slow
      12. In The Face Of All This
      B-SIDES
      1. Nowhere Slow [One Armed Bandit Mix]
      2. Wired And Windburned
      CULTURE VULTURE!
      1. Culture Vulture
      2. Find The Dial
      3. Head In The Sand
      4. Halfway House
    • CD 15: PASSAGES
      1. Where Are All The Dreams?
      2. Suck It Up
      3. Chemistry
      4. Fall
      5. Rounding Out The Square Holes
      6. How’s This Even Going Down?
      7. So Welcome
      8. Grateful
      9. One Day At A Time
      10. Stripped
      BONUS TRACKS
      1. Suck It Up [radio remix]
      2. Where Are All The Dreams? [radio remix]

Tracklisting

Zeroes and Ones: The Best of Jesus Jones Jesus Jones /

    • LP 1
      1. Right Here, Right Now
      2. The Devil You Know
      3. All the Answers
      4. Caricature
      5. The Next Big Thing
      6. Trust Me
      7. Chemistry
      8. Info Freako
      9. International Bright Young Thing
      10. Get a Good Thing
      11. Who? Where? Why?
      12. Never Enough
      13. Culture Vulture
      14. Idiot Stare
    • LP 2
      1. Real, Real, Real
      2. The Right Decision
      3. Move Mountains
      4. Suck It Up
      5. Blissed
      6. Motion
      7. Zeroes and Ones
      8. Bring It on Down
      9. Where Are All the Dreams
      10. Chemical #1
      11. Song 13
      12. Welcome Back Victoria
        13 Run on Empty

This Week’s Box Set and Reissue Deals

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The Beach Boys / Feel Flows: The Sunflower & Surfs Up Sessions 5CD 5CD set

£47 was £70

Deal Over!

Great reduction on the 5CD set from 2021 which comes in large format book-style packaging.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds / B-Sides & Rarities 3CD set 3CD set

£7

Deal Over!
Elton John / Madman Across The Water 50th anniversary 4LP vinyl box set

Elton John / Madman Across The Water 4LP vinyl 4LP box set

$75 was $198

Deal Over!

Enormous reduction on the 4LP vinyl box set edition of Elton John’s Madman Across The Water. Comes with a 40-page booklet and contains the following content: LP 1: album. LP 2 & 3: Piano demo version of the album + live and alternate versions. LP 4: BBC Sounds for Saturday concert, first aired in 1972.

Rush / Moving Pictures 5LP box

Rush / Moving Pictures 5LP set 5LP box set

$64 was $100

Deal Over!

This year’s 40th anniversary Rush vinyl box set. All vinyl has been cut at half-speed. LP1 features the original album, while the remaining LPs present the complete, unreleased Toronto concert from March 25, 1981. Includes a booklet.

David Bowie / Ziggy Stardust 50th anniversary vinyl picture disc

David Bowie / Ziggy Stardust vinyl picture disc 50th anniversary vinyl pic disc

£25 was £40

Deal Over!

Good reduction for the Ziggy Stardust vinyl picture disc that was issued earlier this year.

George Harrison / All Things Must Pass 50th anniversary super deluxe edition 5CD+blu-ray

George Harrison / All Things Must Pass 5CD+blu-ray 5CD+blu-ray super deluxe

£48 was £108

Deal Over!

This George Harrison super deluxe always felt somewhat overpriced, especially for the small-ish size of the box set (seven-inch, approximately). However at this new low price, it’s a great deal! It features the original album, plus  three CDs of demos and outtakes, plus a blu-ray with a Dolby Atmos and 5.1 mixes.

Wilco / Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 11LP+CD super deluxe 11LP+CD super deluxe

$146 was $250

Deal Over!

This massive Wilco super deluxe isn’t even out yet, but is discounted by over 40 percent in the USA right now.

Guns N' Roses / Appetite For Destruction super deluxe edition

Guns N’ Roses / Appetite For Destruction 4CD+blu-ray 4CD+blu-ray super deluxe edition

$62 was $180

Deal Over!

Very low price to date for rather excellent Guns N’ Roses super deluxe edition which was overshadowed by the ridiculous wooden cabinet ‘locked and loaded’ version. 73 tracks, 49 unreleased and an Elliot Scheiner 5.1 mix on the blu-ray.

Norah Jones / Come Away With Me 4LP super deluxe

Norah Jones / Come Away With Me 4LP super deluxe 4LP super deluxe

$103 was $180

Deal Over!

Issued back in February, this super deluxe of Norah Jones’ first album features Come Away With Me remastered, plus 22 previously unreleased tracks, including early demos and an unheard first version of the album.

Wilco / Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 8CD set 8CD box set

$68 was $120

Deal Over!

The CD edition of the Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot super deluxe.

The Rolling Stones / Tattoo You 40th anniversary reissue

The Rolling Stones / Tattoo You 4CD+vinyl picture disc 4CD+vinyl picture disc

£37 was £70

Deal Over!

Total bargain for the 2021 Rolling Stones Tattoo You super deluxe!

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

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

£69 was £110

Deal Over!

Lowest price to date in the UK for The Beatles Let It Be box set. Features the 1969 Glyn Johns ‘Get Back LP’ mix, two CDs of alternate takes/jams, new mixes of the original Phil Spector version of the album (and a-sides/b-sides) and a new Dolby Atmos and 5.1 mix of Let It Be.

Black Sabbath / Paranoid 4CD super deluxe 4CD super deluxe

£36 was £80

Deal Over!

Admittedly overpriced originally, this is still a great deal for the Black Sabbath box. It features the 1970 album, the 1974 Quad Mix folded down to stereo, plus two concerts from 1970: Brussels and Montreux.

Sex Pistols / 76/77 4CD box set

Sex Pistols / 76-77 4CD box set 4CD set

£19 was £48

Deal Over!

Very cheap price for last year’s Sex Pistols box which features 80 alternate versions of tracks recorded between May 1976 and Sept 1977.

The Tragically Hip / Road Apples 4CD+blu-ray box 4CD+blu-ray 30th anniversary

£44 was £80

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30th anniversary box set features an atmos mix of the 2021 remastered album on blu-ray plus extra CDs of outtakes, alternates, demos and live etc.

Pink Floyd / A Momentary Lapse of Reason CD+DVD CD+DVD

£16 was £40

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Not the blu-ray version, but still cracking value for this ‘Remixed & Updated’ version of Pink Floyd’s A Momentary Lapse of Reason. The DVD includes a 5.1 surround mix, music videos, concert screen films, a documentary and some bonus live tracks. The surround mix is 5.1 Dolby Digital (48/16) and DTS (48/16). Comes with a 40-page booklet.

Paul Weller / Illumination vinyl reissue

Paul Weller / Illumination vinyl reissue Vinyl reissue

£23 was £43

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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!

Eric Clapton / Eric Clapton vinyl LP vinyl reissue

£11 was £20

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Great deal on the Eric Clapton reissue. You need to click on the £7.50 discount ‘voucher’ on the product page to get the discount.

Depeche Mode / 101 box spread

Depeche Mode / 101 blu-ray+2CD+2DVD box set Blu-ray 2CD+2DVD box set

£80 was £120

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Great reduction on the Depeche Mode 101 box. The box set includes the blu-ray, two DVDs and two CDs. The CDs feature the original 20-track album release of 101 while the two DVDs in the set contain the original extras from the 2003 DVD release of 101 (commentaries, interviews etc.). The DVD set doesn’t include the three bonus performances, but does include the upgraded version of the film. The standalone blu-ray does include the three bonus performances. Watch the SDEtv unboxing video.

Tina Turner / Foreign Affair reissued as 4CD+DVD deluxe edition

Tina Turner / Foreign Affair 4CD+DVD deluxe 4CD+DVD deluxe

£18 was £26

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This Turner Tuner box set was already fantastic value at full price, but is a steal at the £18 mark. It features the album remastered on CD 1, a collection of B-sides, remixes on CD 2 and then a live show from Barcelona (from 1990) on CDs 4 & 5. The region-free NTSC DVD, features the same concert as well as the six music videos from the album’s singles fully restored to HD!

U2 / All That You Can’t Leave Behind 5CD box set 5CD super deluxe

£48 was £80

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Five-disc set. CD 1: Original studio album, remastered. CD2: B-sides, outtakes and alternate. CD 3 and CD 4: Elevation Live From Boston, 19 track set. CD 5: Remixes.

Bob Dylan / Springtime in New York (1980-1985) 5CD deluxe set 5CD deluxe of Bootleg Series 15

£65 was £95

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This 5CD deluxe edition presents 57 rare Bob Dylan recordings from 1980 to 1985, 54 of them previously unreleased in any format! Includes two books.

Rory Gallagher / Rory Gallagher 4CD+DVD 4CD+DVD 50th anniversary box

£39 was £70

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The 50th anniversary deluxe of Rory Gallagher’s eponymous solo debut includes a brand-new mix of the original album, 30 previously unreleased alternate takes, a six-song 1971 BBC Radio John Peel Sunday Concert and four 1971 BBC Radio Sounds of the Seventies session tracks, all mastered at Abbey Road Studios. And you get a previously unreleased 50-minute DVD of Rory’s first solo concert for the ‘Pop Deux’ television show, a poster and 32-page hardback book! Not bad for under £40!

Nirvana / Nevermind 30 – 5CD+blu-ray super deluxe 5CD+blu-ray super deluxe

£49 was £85

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Lowest price to date in the UK for the 30th anniversary 5CD+blu-ray set of Nirvana’s seminal Nevermind album.

Eric Clapton / Eric Clapton 4CD deluxe 4CD deluxe edition

£16 was £33

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Superb price for the 4CD deluxe of Eric Clapton’s 1970 debut album. The 4CD set features three mixes of the album (including the unreleased Eric Clapton mix) and a disc of outtakes and alternates.

Various Artists / Almost Famous 5CD super deluixe 5CD super deluxe

£54 was £115

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Finally, a sensible and attractive price for the always expensive Almost Famous super deluxe reissue.

Elton John / Madman Across The Water 50th anniversary 3CD+blu-ray super deluxe edition

Elton John / Madman Across The Water 3CD+blu-ray 3CD+blu-ray super deluxe

£47 was £62

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Excellent price for the very good Elton John box set. Bear in mind that if you buy this you’ll need to request a corrected blu-ray to be sent to you (for free). Watch the SDEtv unboxing video.

Pretenders / Pretenders 3CD deluxe 3CD deluxe

£18 was £26

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Decent saving on the 2021 large format deluxe of the Pretenders debut album.

Bill Bruford / Making a Song and Dance: A Complete-Career Collection 6CD 6CD box set

£26 was £50

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Almost half-price for the 6CD Bill Bruford set that was issued back in April.

Nirvana / Nevermind 30 vinyl LP + 7" single

Nirvana / Nevermind vinyl LP + 7″ Vinyl LP + 7″

£18 was £33

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Excellent price in the UK for a quality vinyl reissue. Nirvana’s Nevermind has been newly remastered from the original analog tapes and packaged in a premium ‘tip-on’ gatefold jacket for the first time. This comes with a bonus 7″ single featuring ‘Endless, Nameless’, ‘Even in His Youth’ and Aneurysm.

Super Furry Animals / Rings Around The World 3CD reissue

Super Furry Animals / Rings Around The World 3CD 3CD deluxe

£6 was £18

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Ludicrously good price for the 2021 deluxe reissue, especially when you consider it features 33 previously unreleased tracks including remixes, demos, and outtakes.

David Sylvian / vinyl reissues

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David Sylvian is to reissue his Blemish and Manafon albums on vinyl, in September.

Blemish was Sylvian’s first album post his split with Virgin Records and was issued on his own Samadhisound label. Initially it was issued online (in 2003) but a year later a limited vinyl pressing was put out. The compositions were crafted from improvisational sessions by Sylvian and the free-jazz guitarist Derek Bailey on three tracks and Austrian guitarist & producer Christian Fennesz on A Fire In A Forest.

Sylvian said about the album at the time, “I wanted to get into those difficult emotions, and penetrate them as deeply as I felt I was capable of doing, in the security of that working space. So, although there were elements of my life that were bringing all these negative emotions to the fore, what I was doing in the studio was taking them further – whereas in life we try to restrain them, we hold them back. We don’t allow ourselves to go too far with it because they feel dangerous, they feel threatening. Living through these emotions was very difficult, but finding a voice for them was so cathartic. After that six-week period, I’d felt I’d worked through some very difficult emotions. I felt an enormous amount of release”.

Manafon was originally released back in 2009 and was very much about improvisation. It featured musicians such as Evan Parker, Keith Rowe, Christian Fennesz, Sachiko M, Otomo Yoshihide, John Tilbury and members of Polwechsel working in small ensembles. The work is described by Sylvian as “a modern kind of chamber music. Intimate, dynamic, emotive, democratic, economical”. 

It’s worth pointing out that the original Blemish pressing was half-speed mastered and that does not appear to be the case for the vinyl reissue, although both records have been recut for vinyl by engineer Tony Cousins at Metropolis studios. Blemish on vinyl was originally limited to 2,000 units while Manafon was just 1200, so there is undoubtedly demand for some new pressings.

Blemish and Manafon will be reissued on vinyl on 21 October 2022 (was 2 September) via UMC and Samadhisound.

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Blemish David Sylvian / Vinyl reissue

    • Side A
      1. Blemish (13:42)
      2. The Good Son (5:25)
      3. The Only Daughter (5:28)
      Side B
      1. The Heart Knows Better (7:52)
      2. She Is Not (0:45)
      3. Late Night Shopping (2:54)
      4. How Little We Need To Be Happy (3:22)
      5. A Fire In The Forest (4:14)
      6. Trauma (5:42)

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Manafon David Sylvian / Vinyl reissue

    • LP1
      Side A
      1. Small Metal Gods (5:49)
      2. The Rabbit Skinner (4:42)
      3. Random Acts if Senseless
      4. Violence (7:06)
      Side B
      1. The Greatest Living Englishman (10:55)
      2. 125 Spheres (0:29)
    • LP 2
      Side C
      1. Snow White in Appalachia (6:36)
      2. Emily Dickinson (6:25)
      3. The Department of Dead Letters (2:26)
      Side D
      1. Manafon (5:23)
      2. Random Acts of Senseless
      3. Violence – Dai Fujikura Remix (6:24)

Out This Week / on 29 July 2022

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Neil and Tim Finn / FINN 2LP vinyl

Neil and Tim Finn / FINN Vinyl

Neil Finn and Tim Finn’s 1995 album Finn is reissued by Needle Mythology as a 2LP set. This wonderful album deserves to be in your collection and it is now expanded with 10 original demos on the second vinyl record. An expanded CD edition has been promised for later this year.

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Jethro Tull / Thick As A Brick (vinyl reissue)

50th anniversary vinyl reissue of Jethro Tull’s 1972 album. This uses the 2012 Steven Wilson stereo mix and is half-speed mastered. Most importantly of all, the packaging replicates the original broadsheet newspaper, ‘The St. Cleve Chronicle & Linwell Advertiser’ which includes many news articles packed full of continuing jokes, a crossword, connect-the-dots and much more. 2,000 units only but it has to be said the difference in pricing between the USA and the UK is shocking. A CD+DVD reissue is coming in October.

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Orbital / 30 Something

30 Something is a ‘best of’ that album contains reworks, remakes, remixes and re-imaginings of landmark Orbital tracks based on the duo’s unrivalled live show.

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Shakespears Sister’s Hormonally Yours is the next SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio

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In January this year, SDE launched the SDE Surround Series, a long-term collaborative initiative that involves us partnering with like-minded labels to bring you exclusive physical blu-ray audio editions of albums with spatial audio mixes (Dolby Atmos, 5.1 etc.). So far we have delivered a trio of new albums: Tears For Fears’ The Tipping Point (via Concord Records), xPropaganda’s The Heart Is Strange (via UMC/ZTT) and Gilbert O’Sullivan’s latest album Driven (released today!)

Your enthusiasm and support for this venture has allowed us to continue and today I am thrilled to announce the first album reissue – #4 in the SDE Surround Series – which is Shakespears Sister’s 1992 album Hormonally Yours!

This is a record that will need no introduction. It went double-platinum in Britain and Siobhan Fahey and Marcella Detroit enjoyed incredible success with the number one single Stay, which took up residence at the top of the UK chart for eight full weeks in February/March/April of 1992! The song connected with music fans around the globe and it reached #4 in America and was a top ten single in Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and beyond.

Of course, the album is so much more than just that one song and there was further chart success in the UK as ‘I Don’t Care’ followed ‘Stay’ into the UK top 10 and ‘Hello (Turn Your Radio On)’ was a top 20 single in November 1992.

The SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio of Hormonally Yours will feature the following audio streams:

  • Dolby Atmos Mix
  • 5.1 Surround Mix (DTS HD Master Audio)
  • Hi-res Stereo Mix (96/24)

The two spatial audio mixes have been created by Grammy-winning mixer, engineer and producer Caesar Edmunds in association with the original album’s producer Alan Moulder (acting as executive mixer).

This will be the only way to enjoy these mixes via a physical product and to ‘hold the music in your hands’.

Reasons you should own this blu-ray:

  • It’s the only way to enjoy these spatial audio mixes of Hormonally Yours via a physical product
  • The DTS HD 5.1 mix of the album is totally exclusive
  • You don’t have to subscribe to a streaming service like Tidal or Apple Music to hear the spatial audio mixes
  • It’s yours to keep forever. You own the product, you are not renting it from a ‘DSP’ (digital service provider)
  • You love ‘Holding the Music in Your Hands’, so here’s your chance!
  • The blu-ray audio is a great format for audio and you don’t want to see it die off
  • Supporting SDE with these initiatives is indeed leading to similar collaborations with labels/artists and we are keen to bring your more in 2022

Hormonally Yours on SDE-exclusive blu-ray will be released on 30 September 2022 in collaboration with London Records. Pre-order the SDE-exclusive blu-ray by using this link to the SDE shop or the button below.

The pre-order window for this limited edition blu-ray audio opens today and will close in 7 days’ time. You will not be able to order this product after the morning of 29 July 2022. This is a one-time production run and numbers manufactured will be published at a later date, so you will know how limited this physical product is.

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.

Tracklisting

Hormonally Yours Shakespears Sister /

    • Dolby Atmos Mix
      1. Goodbye Cruel World 4:05
      2. I Don’t Care 4:15
      3. My 16th Apology 4:16
      4. Are We in Love Yet 3:45
      5. Emotional Thing 3:48
      6. Stay 3:48
      7. Black Sky 4:08
      8. The Trouble with Andre 4:38
      9. Moonchild 4:27
      10. Catwoman 3:59
      11. Let Me Entertain You 4:44
      12. Hello (Turn Your Radio On) 4:12
      HD-Master Audio 5.1 Mix
      1. Goodbye Cruel World 4:05
      2. I Don’t Care 4:15
      3. My 16th Apology 4:16
      4. Are We in Love Yet 3:45
      5. Emotional Thing 3:48
      6. Stay 3:48
      7. Black Sky 4:08
      8. The Trouble with Andre 4:38
      9. Moonchild 4:27
      10. Catwoman 3:59
      11. Let Me Entertain You 4:44
      12. Hello (Turn Your Radio On) 4:12
      Hi-res Stereo Mix (96/24)
      1. Goodbye Cruel World 4:05
      2. I Don’t Care 4:15
      3. My 16th Apology 4:16
      4. Are We in Love Yet 3:45
      5. Emotional Thing 3:48
      6. Stay 3:48
      7. Black Sky 4:08
      8. The Trouble with Andre 4:38
      9. Moonchild 4:27
      10. Catwoman 3:59
      11. Let Me Entertain You 4:44
      12. Hello (Turn Your Radio On) 4:12

Manic Street Preachers / Know Your Enemy reissue

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When 1 becomes 2: the Manics sixth album is reconstructed as two albums

The Manic Street Preachers will reissue their 2001 album Know Your Enemy this September with CD and vinyl formats offering ‘remixed and reconstructed’ editions to form two separate albums, as was the original plan.

After the success of 1998’s This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours the band planned to follow up with two distinct long-players: an aggressive, rapid fire return to their roots called Solidarity and Door To The River, a more conciliatory,
reflective collection. They got cold feet and ultimately issued Know Your Enemy which was commercially a successful album (reaching #2 in the UK and delivering four top 20 singles), but something of a fudge creatively, forcing often conflicting ideas to sit side by side on the same record.

Reissuing the album gave the band the opportunity to revisit the original concept and indeed Nicky Wire found the original tapes of Solidarity and Door To The River that he’d made up in the studio during recording. He put forward the idea of recreating them and James Dean Bradfield agreed on the condition that he could remix the entire record with the band’s longtime studio partner Dave Eringa. The new mixes lose extraneous studio effects and digital noise from the Solidarity songs and strip away orchestration and embellishment from the tracks that made up Door To The River.

The 3CD deluxe of Know Your Enemy offers both ‘remixed & reconstructed’ albums, bonus tracks and demos (click image to enlarge)

The reissue now offers both albums, as originally conceived. On the 3CD deluxe edition they are appended with bonus outtakes, unused mixes by Tom Lord-Alge and tracks featured on the original Know Your Enemy that aren’t on the two restructured albums. There is also a bonus CD full of demos. The 2CD edition features the same audio on discs one and two, but loses the demos CD

The 2LP vinyl edition offers the two albums with no bonus tracks (Door To The River is a 10-track record while Solidarity is 12 tracks). All formats feature previously unseen photos from the recording sessions taken by regular collaborator Mitch Ikeda.

This remixed and reconstructed edition of Know Your Enemy will be released on 9 September 2022. Some signed editions are available via the band’s store but only if you buy a bundle.

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Tracklisting

Manic Street Preachers / Know Your Enemy reissue

Know Your Enemy Manic Street Preachers / reissue

    • CD 1: Door to the River
      1. The Year of Purification
      2. Ocean Spray
      3. So Why So Sad (Avalanches Sean Penn Mix)
      4. Door To The River
      5. Rosebud
      6. Just a Kid
      7. His Last Painting
      8. Let Robeson Sing
      9. Groundhog Days
      10. Epicentre
      Bonus tracks
      1. His Last Painting (LA Mix)
        Epicentre (TLA Mix)
      2. So Why So Sad (Original KYE Version)
      3. Royal Correspondent
    • CD 2: Solidarity
      1. Intravenous Agnostic
      2. Found That Soul (TLA Mix)
      3. We Are All Bourgeois Now
      4. Freedom of Speech Won’t Feed My Children
      5. The Convalescent
      6. Baby Elian
      7. Masses Against The Classes
      8. My Guernica
      9. Studies In Paralysis
      10. Dead Martyrs
      11. Wattsville Blues
      12. Miss Europa Disco Dancer
      Bonus tracks
      1. Fear Of Motion
      2. Pedestal
      3. Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel
      4. Locust Valley
      5. Masking Tape
      6. Ballad of the Bangkok Novotel
    • CD 3: Demos
      1. Ocean Spray (Studio Demo)
      2. So Why So Sad (Cassette Demo)
      3. Door To The River (Cassette Demo)
      4. His Last Painting (Air Version Home Cassette Demo)
      5. Let Robeson Sing (Home Cassette Demo)
      6. Groundhog Days (Home Cassette Demo)
      7. Epicentre (Cassette Demo)
      8. Intravenous Agnostic (Home Cassette Demo)
      9. Freedom Of Speech Won’t Feed
      10. My Children (Studio Demo)
      11. The Convalescent (Studio Rehearsal Demo)
      12. His Last Painting Baby Elian (Studio Demo)
      13. Masses Against The Classes (Studio Demo)
      14. My Guernica No 1 (Home Acoustic Demo)
      15. My Guernica (Studio Demo)
      16. Dead Martyrs (Home Cassette Demo)
      17. Wattsville Blues (Home Cassette Demo)

Marillion / Holidays in Eden

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3CD+blu-ray deluxe edition features a very impressive blu-ray with a wealth of content

Marillion’s 1991 album Holidays in Eden will be reissued as a deluxe edition in September across 3CD+blu-ray and 4LP vinyl formats.

The band’s sixth album was the second with vocalist Steve Hogarth and the first to be recorded from scratch without any involvement from Fish. The album was produced by Christopher Neil, who had previously worked with Mike and the Mechanics and in 1990 co-produced a-ha’s fourth album East of the Sun West of the Moon. Three singles all hit the low reaches of the UK top 40.

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Cover My Eyes (Pain & Heaven) was the first single from Holidays in Eden

The 2022 3CD+blu-ray deluxe reissue features a new 2022 stereo mix of Holidays in Eden by Stephen W. Tayler and a full live show (Live Hammersmith, 30th September 1991, across CDs two and three). The blu-ray is the jewel in the crown of this particular edition since it includes an enormous amount of content, including a 5.1 surround sound mix (as well as hi-res stereo), 13 B-sides and rarities (including The Moles Club demos), a brand new 80-minute documentary, HD-upgraded promo videos and video of a live concert from Rockpalast from German TV!

The 3CD+blu-ray edition of Holidays in Eden (click image to enlarge)

The 4LP vinyl box set includes the new 2022 mix of the album and the Hammersmith show across the remaining three vinyl records.

Holidays in Eden will be reissued on 16 September 2022, via Parlophone.

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The 4LP vinyl edition of Holidays in Eden (click image to enlarge)

Tracklisting

Holidays in Eden Marillion / 3CD+blu-ray deluxe edition

    • CD 1: Holidays in Eden (2022 mix)
      1. Splintering Heart [6:44]
      2. Cover My Eyes (Pain & Heaven) [4:04]
      3. The Party [5:37]
      4. No-One Can [4:45]
      5. Holidays In Eden [5:23]
      6. Dry Land [4:45]
      7. Waiting to Happen [4:55]
      8. This Town [3:19]
      9. The Rake’s Progress [1:54]
      10. 100 Nights [8:07]
    • CD 2: Live Hammersmith, 30th September 1991 (Pt.1)
      1. Splintering Heart [6:55]
      2. Garden Party [7:05]
      3. Dry Land [4:40]
      4. The King of Sunset Town [8:23]
      5. The Party [6:07]
      6. Easter [6:34]
      7. The Space… [7:49]
      8. Holloway Girl [4:03]
      9. A Collection [3:14]
      10. Waiting to Happen [5:08]
    • CD 3: Live Hammersmith, 30th September 1991 (Pt. 2)
      1. Cover My Eyes (Pain & Heaven) [3:55]
      2. Lords of the Backstage [1:51]
      3. Blind Curve [4:27]
      4. The Uninvited Guest [4:06]
      5. This Town [3:49]
      6. The Rake’s Progress [2:15]
      7. 100 Nights [4:46]
      8. Slàinte Mhath [4:44]
      9. Holidays in Eden [5:11]
      10. Hooks In You [3:15]
      11. No One Can [4:52]
      12. Berlin [8:17]
      13. 13 Kayleigh [3:53]
      14. 14 Incommunicado [5:10]
    • Blu-ray
      Holidays In Eden (2022 Remix)
      1. 96/24 Stereo LPCM
      2. DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
      3. 96/24 5.1 LPCM
      B-Sides & Bonus Tracks
      1. Sympathy
      2. How Can It Hurt
      3. A Collection
      4. Sympathy (Acoustic Version)
      5. I Will Walk On Water (Alternative Mix)
      6. Splintering Heart (Live at The Moles Club)
      7. You Don’t Need Anyone (Moles Club Demo)
      8. No One Can (Moles Club Demo)
      9. The Party (Moles Club Demo)
      10. This Town (Moles Club Demo)
      11. Waiting To Happen (Moles Club Demo)
      12. Eric
      13. The Epic (Fairground) (Mushroom Farm Demo)
      Blu-ray Video Content:
      1. PAIN AND HEAVEN: The Story of Holidays in Eden (Documentary) 85mins
      2. COVER MY EYES – Promo Video
      3. NO ONE CAN – Promo Video
      4. DRY LAND – Promo Video
      5. THIS TOWN (Demo – Stanbridge Studios)
      Rockpalast In Concert (German TV)
      1. Splintering Heart
      2. Cover My Eyes (Pain And Heaven)
      3. Slàinte Mhath
      4. The Uninvited Guest
      5. The Party
      6. Easter
      7. No One Can
      8. This Town
      9. The Rake’s Progress
      10. Kayleigh
      11. The King Of Sunset Town
      12. Holidays In Eden
      13. Hooks In You
      14. Freaks
      15. Incommunicado
      16. Garden Party
      17. Sugar Mice
      18. Script For A Jester’s Tear

Tracklisting

Holidays in Eden Marillion / 4LP vinyl deluxe edition

    • LP 1: Holidays in Eden (2022 mix)
      Side A
      1. Splintering Heart [6:44]
      2. Cover My Eyes (Pain & Heaven) [4:04]
      3. The Party [5:37]
      4. No-One Can [4:45]
      Side B
      1. Holidays In Eden [5:23]
      2. Dry Land [4:45]
      3. Waiting to Happen [4:55]
      4. This Town [3:19]
      5. The Rake’s Progress [1:54]
      6. 100 Nights [8:07]
    • LP 2: Live Hammersmith, 30th September 1991 (Pt.1)
      Side C
      1. Splintering Heart [7:06]
      2. Dry Land [4:40]
      3. The King Of Sunset Town [8:00]
      Side D
      1. Garden Party [7:23]
      2. The Party [6:09]
      3. Easter [6:26]
    • LP 2: Live Hammersmith, 30th September 1991 (Pt. 2)
      Side E
      1. The Space… [8:02]
      2. Holloway Girl [4:03]
      3. A Collection [3:14]
      4. Waiting to Happen [5:08]

      Side F

      1. Cover My Eyes (Pain & Heaven) [3:55]
      2. Lords of the Backstage [1:51]
      3. Blind Curve [4:28]
      4. The Uninvited Guest [4:15]
      5. No One Can [4:51]
    • LP 3: LP 2: Live Hammersmith, 30th September 1991 (Pt. 3)
      Side G
      1. This Town [3:50]
      2. Rake’s Progress [2:15]
      3. 100 Nights [4:46]
      4. Slàinte Mhath [4:42]
      5. Holidays in Eden [5:30]
      Side H
      1. Hooks In You [3:17]
      2. Berlin [8:20]
      3. Kayleigh [3:53]
      4. Incommunicado [5:10]

Slade / All The World Is A Stage

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In September BMG will issue All The World Is A Stage, a new 5CD box set of Slade live albums, including three previously unreleased shows.

The trio of previously unreleased gigs is as follows:

Live At The New Victoria recorded on April 24 1975, captures the band before they went around the UK to promote their feature film, In Flame.

Live At The Hucknall Miner’s Welfare Club recorded on June 26 1980, features songs from their new studio album at the time We’ll Bring The House Down, along with classics ‘Take Me Bak ’Ome’, ‘Gudbuy T’Jane’, ‘Everyday’ and the perennial ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’

All The World Is A Stage – 5CD Slade box set (click image to enlarge)

Alive! At Reading the third unreleased full live set, captures the band delivering a sensational live performance to over 80,000 people in 1980. As last minute replacements for Ozzy Osbourne, their set was arguably the highlight of the festival and led to Slade enjoying a renaissance in the Eighties. A 3-track EP was issued from this performance at the time.

Completing this box are Slade Alive!, the classic 1972 live album and Slade On Stage which documents their 18 December 1981 Newcastle City Hall show (the album was issued a year later in December 1982).

All The World Is A Stage comes in a clamshell box with a 16-page booklet. It will be released on 9 September 2022, via BMG.

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All The World Is A Stage Slade / 5CD box set

    • CD 1: Live At The New Victoria (new audio)
      1. Them Kinda Monkeys Can’t Swing
      2. The Bangin’ Man
      3. Gudbuy T’Jane
      4. Far Far Away
      5. Thanks For The Memory (Wham Bam Thank You Mam)
      6. How Does It Feel
      7. Just A Little Bit
      8. Everyday
      9. OK Yesterday Was Yesterday
      10. Raining In My Champagne
      11. Let The Good Times Roll
      12. Mama Weer All Crazee Now
    • CD 2: Live At The Hucknall Miner’s Welfare Club (New Audio)
      1. Dizzy Mamma
      2. Night Starvation
      3. Take Me Bak ‘Ome
      4. Wheels Ain’t Coming Down
      5. Lemme Love Into Ya
      6. Everyday
      7. Somethin’ Else
      8. Purple Haze
      9. Pistol Packin’ Mama
      10. Keep A Rollin’
      11. When I’m Dancin’ I Ain’t Fightin’
      12. Gudbuy T’Jane
      13. Get Down And Get With It
      14. You’ll Never Walk Alone
      15. Mama Weer All Crazee Now
      16. Merry Xmas Everybody
      17. I’m A Rocker
      18. Born To Be Wild
    • CD 3: Slade Alive!
      1. Hear Me Calling
      2. In Like A Shot From My Gun
      3. Darling Be Home Soon
      4. Know Who You Are
      5. Keep On Rocking
      6. Get Down And Get With It
      7. Born To Be Wild
    • CD 4: Slade On Stage
      1. Rock ‘n’ Roll Preacher
      2. When I’m Dancin’ I Ain’t Fightin’
      3. Take Me Bak ‘Ome
      4. Everyday
      5. Lock Up Your Daughters
      6. We’ll Bring The House Down
      7. A Night To Remember
      8. Gudbuy T’Jane
      9. Mama Weer All Crazee Now
      10. You’ll Never Walk Alone
    • CD 5: Alive! at Reading (new audio)
      1. Take Me Bak ‘Ome
      2. When I’m Dancin’ I Ain’t Fightin’
      3. Wheels Ain’t Coming Down
      4. Somethin’ Else Medley
      5. Bass & Violin Medley
      6. You’ll Never Walk Alone
      7. Mama Weer All Crazee Now
      8. Get Down And Get With It
      9. Merry Xmas Everybody
      10. Cum On Feel The Noize
      11. Born To Be Wild

Pre-order a signed CD of The Lightning Seeds new album

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The Lightning Seeds’ new album, See You In The Stars, can now be pre-ordered as a signed CD from Amazon in the UK.

The band’s seventh studio album was announced last month. The 10-song collection features collaborations with Terry Hall and the Coral’s James Skelly.

The official shop has bundles with signed prints, but there isn’t a standalone signed CD option, so this Amazon listing plugs that gap.

See You In The Stars will be released on 14 October via BMG.

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See You In The Stars Lightning Seeds /

      1. Losing You
      2. Emily Smiles
      3. Green Eyes
      4. Great To Be Alive
      5. Sunshine
      6. Fit For Purpose
      7. Live To Love You
      8. Permanent Danger
      9. Walk Another Mile
      10. See You In The Stars

Neil Young / Time Fades Away and the Eldorado EP get standalone releases

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

Time Fades Away was recorded on tour with the Stray Gators, following the success of the 1972 album Harvest. It consists of what was unreleased material at the time and was issued on vinyl in October ’73. It more or less disappeared from Young’s catalogue for decades due to his general dissatisfaction with the rather erratic tour. Much bootlegged, but not officially reissued until the Official Release Series, Discs 5-8 vinyl box set in RSD 2014, it eventually took 43 years for it to come out on CD when the same box set was issued as a 4CD set back in 2017.

However, that CD box set is already out-of-print meaning that once again Time Fades Away is a tricky album to pick up on CD! Undoubtedly, this will be the reason behind this standalone CD release, which uses the same mastering as the 2017 CD.

The cover art for Eldorado EP

The five-track Eldorado EP was originally only issued in Japan and Australia, and sees Neil Young backed by The Restless, which consisted of Chad Cromwell and Rick Rosas.

It contains different mixes of three songs that subsequently appeared on Young’s 1989 album Freedom: ‘Don’t Cry’, ‘On Broadway’ and ‘Eldorado’ and two tracks not available on any other recording, ‘Cocaine Eyes’ and ‘Heavy Love’. The ‘Don’t Cry’ track on Eldorado is longer than the later version published on Freedom, for which some of the more free-form guitar work was edited out (at the insistence of co-producers Niko Bolas and Frank Sampedro).

Eldorado was included in the Official Release Series Vol 4 box set that was released in April this year, but you can now buy it on its own.

Both Eldorado and Time Fades Away are reissued on 12 August 2022, via Reprise Records.

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Time Fades Away Neil Young /

      1. Time Fades Away
      2. Journey Through The Past
      3. Yonder Stands The Sinner
      4. L.A.
      5. Love In Mind
      6. Don’t Be Denied
      7. The Bridge
      8. Last Dance

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Eldorado Neil Young /

      1. Cocaine Eyes
      2. Don’t Cry
      3. Heavy Love
      4. On Broadway
      5. Eldorado

The Wedding Present / The Hit Parade 30th anniversary reissue

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Sony are to reissue The Wedding Present’s The Hit Parade album(s) on vinyl and CD in September.

During 1992, the band issued a limited edition single every month (something they have been doing this year as well). Each single featured an original track on the A-side and a cover on the B-side. At the time you could buy a limited box to keep all your singles in.

The Hit Parade – 2022 2LP vinyl edition (click image to enlarge)

CD reissues followed around a decade later and there have been various vinyl iterations over the years (including an RSD quadruple 10″ vinyl set in 2016).

Now a newly artworked 2LP vinyl set and a 2CD editions will be issued, with both featuring all 24 songs. The vinyl package actually comes with the two CDs as a freebie bonus, which is probably better than a download code. Waiting for more 2CD pre-order links to come through, but you can pre-order at Rough Trade in the UK.

The Hit Parade will be released on 23 September 2022 (was 2 September), via Sony Music.

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The Hit Parade The Wedding Present / 30th anniversary reissue

    • Side A
      1. Blue Eyes
      2. Go-Go Dancer
      3. Three
      4. Silver Shorts
      5. Come Play With Me
      6. California
    • Side B

      1. Cattle and Cane
      2. Don’t Cry No Tears
      3. Think That It Might
      4. Falling
      5. Pleasant Valley Sunday
      6. Let’s Make Some Plans

    • Side C
      1. Flying Saucer
      2. Boing!
      3. Love Slave
      4. Sticky
      5. The Queen of Outer Space
      6. No Christmas
    • Side D

      1. Rocket
      2. Theme from Shaft
      3. Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family
      4. Go Wild in the Country
      5. U.F.O.
      6. Step Into Christmas