Pearl Jam / Rear View Mirror (Greatest Hits) 2LP vinyl
Pearl Jam’s 2004 ‘best of’ is issued on vinyl for the first time outside the USA. This was originally a 4LP set but 18 years later, these have been split into two separate volumes. Volume 1 (“Up”) contains the band’s heavier rock songs, while the Volume 2 (“Down”) consists of slower songs and ballads. You can’t pick up the original US pressing on Discogs for less than £250, so this is great for fans.
King Rocker, the acclaimed Michael Cumming and Stewart Lee documentary film about Robert Lloyd and cult Birmingham band The Nightingales, is issued as a DVD+CD ‘bookback’ deluxe package. Includes the film, over 90-minutes of extras and the soundtrack CD. Note: the DVD is PAL, region 0.
The third in Cherry Red’s Debbie Gibson reissue series. This special 2CD edition of her 1990 album, Anything is Possible, includes a whole disc of remixes by Masters at Work, PWL and Jellybean along with some non-album tracks.
This 4CD box set from Cherry Pop features Linx’s two studio albums (Intuition and Go Ahead) – appended with bonus single mixes – plus a further two CDs featuring 29 tracks of remixes/rarities.
Doctor Who / The Pirate Planet (2LP splatter vinyl)
Demon Records presents the debut Doctor Who adventure by Douglas Adams, which stars Tom Baker as the Doctor. On the hunt for the Key to Time, the Doctor, Romana and K9 materialise on the planet Calufrax – or do they? Entangled in local events, they are caught between the bombastic Captain – half-man, half-machine – and the sinister Mentiads. Presented on ‘Sky Demon’ 2LP splatter vinyl.
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T. Rex’s classic 1971 album Electric Warrior is being reissued next month as a half-speed mastered vinyl pressing for a late in the day 50th anniversary celebration.
Released in September 1971, this album contains the singles ‘Get It On’ (#1 in the UK in July 1971) and ‘Jeepster’ (#2 in the UK in November ‘71). It was, of course, produced by Tony Visconti and was very much the beginning of Marc Bolan and T. Rex’s ‘imperial’ phase and 1972 would deliver two further number ones and The Slider album (see the details of Demon’s forthcoming box for more on 1972).
The half-speed mastered vinyl edition of Electric Warrior (click image to enlarge)
For the reissue the album has been half-speed mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road. It’s pressed on 180g vinyl and has been pressed at 33RPM so it’s still only one vinyl record. It comes with the usual Abbey Road-branded OBI strip and certificate.
This is a limited edition pressing. Don’t know what it is limited to, but the only reason we are not selling on the SDE shop is simply because Universal were unable to supply anything like a decent quantity. Buyer beware.
The Electric Warrior half-speed vinyl is released on 29 April 2021.
The eponymous debut album of Go West will be reissued in May as a 4CD+DVD box set, featuring remastered audio and a host of bonus material, including previously unreleased demos and live performances.
Originally formed in 1982, Peter Cox and Richard Drummie signed to Chrysalis Records in 1984 on the strength of the demos of ‘We Close Our Eyes’ and ‘Call Me’. The former reached number five in the UK and was one of four top 30 hits from the 1985 album.
Chrysalis made the most of the band’s success by swiftly following up Go West with Bangs & Crashes, which is primarily a remix album, although it does contain a few live tracks as well.
The 4CD+DVD large format box set of Go West (click image to enlarge)
For the new box set all the audio has been newly remastered by the original producer, Gary Stevenson, from the original production tapes. CD 1 is the album, CD 2 is a slightly expanded Bangs & Crashes, while CD 3 features 14 demos and rarities (including additional remixes). The fourth and final CD is a previously unreleasedLive at Hammersmith Odeon gig from 21 November 1985.
The DVD contains all the promo videos for the singles from the album, Top of The Pops performances, and a complete previously unseen concert from Japan 1985.
The set is packaged in a large format 12″ x 12″ box set, very similar to the UltravoxVienna deluxe set. The outer rigid card slipcase contains two 20-page large booklets featuring a track by track commentary from Peter and Richard, unseen photos, and a gatefold folio with the five discs. The album is also being reissued on crystal clear vinyl.
Both the 4CD+DVD box set and the clear vinyl are released on 6 May 2022 via Chrysalis.
The original mono mix of Pink Floyd’s second studio album, 1968’s A Saucerful of Secrets, will be reissued on vinyl next month.
It features classics like ‘Set the Controls For The Heart Of The Sun’, ‘Remember a Day’ and ‘Jugband Blues’, and is of course the only album to feature all five members: Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Nick Mason, Syd Barrett and David Gilmour.
The mono mix was remastered in 2019, by James Guthrie, Joel Plante, and Bernie Grundman using the 1968 analog tapes. At that time the mono vinyl reissue was a limited edition for Record Store Day 2019 (limited to 6500 copies).
This new full, retail version is pressed on 180g vinyl and is released on 29 April 2022.
In the coming months, BMG are to reissue five Sparks albums originally released between 2000 and 2010, on both vinyl and CD.
The albums in question are Balls (2000), Lil’ Beethoven (2002), Hello Young Lovers (2006), Exotic Creatures of the Deep (2008) and The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman (2009).
Four out of five of the Sparks album reissues are 2LP sets (click image to enlarge)
All five albums have been remastered for these reissues and with the exception of Lil’ Beethoven all are issued as 2LP vinyl packages. The vinyl is all album-only while the CDs all boast rare bonus tracks (except for The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman).
The albums will be reissued in two waves: the first three on 29 April and the final two on 27 May 2022. Once reissued, all seven Sparks albums of the new millennium (including 2017’s Hippopotamus and 2020’s A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip) will be in print.
Most of the CD reissues come with rare bonus tracks (click image to enlarge_
Tracklisting
Balls Sparks/2LP black vinyl & expanded CD
Balls
More Than A Sex Machine
Scheherazade
Aeroflot
The Calm Before The Storm
How To Get Your Ass Kicked
Bullet Train
It’s A Knockoff
Irreplaceable
It’s Educational
The Angels
CD bonus tracks
It’s A Sparks Show (Opening theme for Sparks live shows. Previously unreleased).
Calm Before The Opera (Reworking of the song ‘The Calm Before The Storm’).
The Angels (Sparks Alternative Version)
More Than A Sex Machine (Sparks Definitive Version – Radio Edit)
The Angels (Tony Visconti version)
The Oblongs (Proposed pilot theme song for the animated TV series The Oblongs. Previously released in Japan).
A Cute Candidate (Opening Theme From In Entertainment We Trust: Music From The Motion Picture A Cute Candidate by Kuntzel+Deygas).
The Race For President (From In Entertainment We Trust: Music From The Motion)
Tracklisting
Lil’ BeethovenSparks/Black vinyl LP & expanded CD
The Rhythm Thief
How Do I Get To Carnegie Hall?
What Are All These Bands So Angry About?
I Married Myself
Ride ‘Em Cowboy
My Baby’s Taking Me Home
Your Call’s Very Important To Us. Please Hold.
Ugly Guys With Beautiful Girls
Suburban Homeboy
CD bonus tracks
The Legend Of Lil’ Beethoven (The story of “Lil’ Beethoven” read by Ron Mael)
Wunderbar (Concerto In Koch Minor) (Originally commissioned for Günther Koch Revisited: Voll in den Mann by Bayerischer
Rundfunk / Hörspiel und Medienkunst. Features the sampled voice of Günther Koch)
Kakadu (Originally commissioned for one word one sound by Bayerischer Rundfunk / Hörspiel und Medienkunst Concept: a
song created from an assigned word and sound, Word: “Kakadu” (voice of Richard Huelsenbeck). Sound: papier schnippen / snip
paper. Reading by Tammy Glover)
Suburban Homeboy (Extended ‘Ron Speaks’ Version)
The Rhythm Thief (Instrumental Version)
Tracklisting
Hello Young LoversSparks/2LP black vinyl and expanded CD
Dick Around
Perfume
The Very Next Fight
(Baby, Baby) Can I Invade Your Country
Rock, Rock, Rock
Metaphor
Waterproof
Here Kitty
There’s No Such Thing as Aliens
As I Sit Down to Play the Organ at the Notre Dame Cathedral
CD bonus tracks
We Are The Clash (Originally released on White Riot, Vol.2: A Tribute to The Clash, issued by Uncut Magazine in November
2003)
(Baby, Baby) Can I Invade Your Country (Alternative Lyrics)
Tracklisting
Exotic Creatures of the DeepSparks/2LP Black vinyl and CD
Intro
Good Morning
Strange Animal
I Can’t Believe That You Would Fall for All the Crap in This Song
Let the Monkey Drive
Intro Reprise
I’ve Never Been High
(She Got Me) Pregnant
Lighten Up, Morrissey
This Is the Renaissance
The Director Never Yelled ‘Cut’
Photoshop
Likeable
CD Bonus Tracks
Brenda is Always in the Way – (B-side of the 7” single ‘Lighten Up, Morrissey)
Islington N1 (Written to commemorate the concert event Sparks Spectacular: 21 Albums in 21 Nights (May-June 2008 in
Islington, London. Originally available only for “Golden Ticket” holders).
Mr. Hulot (Unused theme song written for the documentary The Magnificent Tati)
I Am A Bookworm (End theme song of the radio show Bookworm, hosted by Michael Silverblatt, and broadcast weekly on
National Public Radio member station KCRW in Los Angeles)
Where Would We Be Without Books (Main theme song of the radio show Bookworm)
Tracklisting
The Seduction of Ingmar BergmanSparks/2LP Black vinyl and CD
Panegyric / DGM continue in their tradition of superlatively comprehensive box sets with a new Robert Fripp package called Exposures which contains 25 CDs, three DVDs and four blu-ray audios.
After King Crimson’s dissolution in 1974, Robert Fripp embarked on a lengthy sabbatical away from the public eye. His relocation from Great Britain to New York in February 1978 marked his return as a producer, solo artist, and ‘wild card’ collaborator with an impressive roster of artists including Daryl Hall, Blondie, Peter Gabriel, and David Bowie. Fripp’s first solo album, Exposure, was released in 1979 and a further two solo records, Under Heavy Manners/God Save The Queen and Let The Power Fall followed. In 1980, he formed The League Of Gentlemen. Described as “a New Wave dance band”, this led to King Crimson’s reformation in 1981.
Exposures is the ninth in the series of King Crimson/Robert Fripp material from 1969 to 2008 and it effectively features the complete collection of Fripp’s studio and live solo material from 1977-1983, starting with the first sessions for what would become the Exposure album and ending with The League of Gentlemen and final Frippertronics concerts.
It’s hard to know where to start with so much material, but suffice to say that there are Steven Wilson mixes of Exposure in (in two versions), Under Heavy Manners, The League of Gentlemen studio recordings and numerous unreleased tracks from the albums’ sessions appear, which appear in Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD 5.1 Surround and 24/96 hi-res stereo audio on Blu-Ray discs 1 and 4.
Similarly there are David Singleton mixes of God Save the Queen, Let the Power Fall and the Washington Square Church Frippertronics album which appear in DTS-HD Surround (Quad/4.1) and in hires stereo ranging from 24/48 (WSC), 24/96 GSTQ) to 24/192 (LTPF) on Blu-Ray discs 1 and 4.
Three DVDs feature the main albums in 5.1, quad and hi-res stereo and 25 CDs present material including the earliest existing master loops, all of the albums in new Steven Wilson and David Singleton mixes, plus original mixes newly mastered and a number of studio and live discs featuring previously unreleased and/or music new to disc.
The amount of content is incredible. Two of the four blu-rays feature over 68 hours (!) of Frippertronics concerts and loops archived and audio restored, with the majority of these available for the first time on disc and many heard for the first time since they were first performed and recorded between 1977 and 1983.
The full track listing can, of course, be found below. The discs are presented in a 12-inch box containing extensive notes (by Sid Smith and Al Okada) and photos from throughout this era and lots of memorabilia including tickets, posters, press releases and more.
Additionally, Exposure and the Washington Square Park concert are issued separately in CD/DVD and vinyl editions.
CD 1 – 3 comprise some of the Major Loops for Frippertronics. Disc 3 also includes the loops for the track Breathless. Discs 1 – 3 – Material previously unreleased
CD 4 NYC: Exposure Master Loops and Lost in the Bush of Ghosts The master loops for Exposure plus loops recorded for the David Byrne/Brian Eno album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
CD 4 – Previously unreleased, except. Bush of Ghosts loops previously available as a download from dgmlive.com under a later title. New to disc
CD 5 Last of the Great New York Heartthrobs, Plus: Exposure alt takes/rough mixes
Disc 5 contains the original album running order/featured vocalists/original lyrics in some instances (with the original proposed album title) as mastered in August 1978, taken from the master tape and accompanied by a selection of alternate takes and rough mixes from the album sessions.
Disc 5 – Previously unreleased, except select tracks from additional material section previously available as downloads from dgmlive.com. New to disc
CD 6 Exposure First Edition, Plus: The 2006 master/running order of the First Edition of Exposure plus loops recorded for Here Comes the Flood.
CD 6 – Previously released except Flood Loops
CD 7 Exposure Third Edition, Plus: The 2006 master/running order of the Third Edition of Exposure plus the additional material from that release – album songs with Daryl Hall/ Terre Roche vocals, plus material from Peter Gabriel II, Daryl Hall’s Sacred Songs and a previously unreleased mix of Here Comes the Flood from Exposure
CD 7 – Previously released except Here Comes the Flood mix.
CD 8 Exposure Fourth Edition, 2021 Stereo Mix, Plus: Full album newly mixed from the original multi-track tapes by Steven Wilson following the First Edition running order and all alternate vocal performances also newly mixed and included.
CD 8 – New mixes/Previously unreleased
CD 9 Breathless or How I Gradually Internalised The Social Reality Of Manhattan Until It Seemed To Be A Very Reasonable Way Of Life, Plus: Using another abandoned title for the album (as does disc 5) and following, approximately, that album running order using Steven Wilson 2021 mixes and, mostly, Daryl Hall vocal performances. Also includes a sequence of previously unheard loops.
Disc 9 – New mixes/Previously unreleased
CD 10 Frippertronics: The Kitchen, NYC, 5/2/78, Disc One CD 11 Frippertronics: The Kitchen, NYC, 5/2/78, Disc Two CD 12 Frippertronics: Wintergarden, Copenhagen, 18/5/79 and Polydor, Paris 23/5/79 CD 13 Frippertronics: Le Pretzel Enchainé, Montreal 19/8/79New masters of Frippertronics’ shows, including the legendary first NYC shows at The Kitchen and two shows from the tour to support the Exposure album release that included performances in restaurants, art galleries, record company offices, radios stations and record shops.
CDs 10 – 13 – Previously available as downloads from dgmlive.com. New to disc Disc 14 God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners 2021 remaster, Plus: GSTQ/UHM newly mastered from the original master tapes by David Singleton. Material released on disc for the first time in many years, plus a previously unreleased track from the same sessions, a single edit of UHM and God Save the King from the 1985 Fripp/LOG CD compilation.
CD 14 Material previously released in different masters/formats.
CD 15 Discotronics/UHM 2021: UHM and session tracks extended versions and newly mixed tracks from the original multi-track tapes by Steven Wilson.
CD 15 – New mixes/Previously unreleased
CD 16 Under Heavy Management/Eurotronics Previously unreleased tracks from recording sessions of the era newly mixed by Steven Wilson and compiled into the equivalent of two imaginary vinyl length albums.
Disc 16 – New mixes/Previously unreleased
CD 17 The League of Gentlemen – Paradise Club, Boston, 26/6/80 (2nd show), Plus: Recorded just one week into the band’s sole US tour. Also included are two rehearsal performances including the LOG take on Disengage.
CD 17 – Previously available as a download from dgmlive.com. New to disc.
CD 18 Thrang Thrang Gozinbulx and The League of Gentlemen (1985 CD mixes) DGM released compilation of LOG live plus the original album tracks from the 1985 CD compilation GSTK
CD 18 – Material previously released in different masters/formats.
CD 19 The League of Gentlemen – 2021 stereo mixes, Plus: Newly mixed from the original multi-track tapes by Steven Wilson, including several studio recordings previously heard on live releases only and alternate mixes of five tracks.
CD 19 – New mixes/Previously unreleased
CD 20 Let The Power Fall, 2021, Plus: Newly mastered from the original master tapes by David Singleton and on disc for the first time in many years plus a single edit and two earlier mixes of another track titled 1984 at the time of mixing.
CD 20 – Material previously released in different masters/formats and/or previously unreleased.
CD 21 Washington Square Church, August 1981, 2021 mixes Recordings drawn from a series of concerts at the New York City venue (the full series appears on Blu-Ray, Disc 27). Newly mixed and mastered from the original tapes by David Singleton to produce the finest example of Frippertronics in performance.
Disc 21 – New mixes/Previously unreleased
Disc 22 DVD Exposure – Stereo editions and DTS Surround Sound Exposure Fourth Edition – Steven Wilson mixes plus additional material in 24/96 hi-res stereo and DTS 5.1 Surround Sound. Last of the New York Heartthrobs in 24/96 hi-res stereo Exposure Third Edition plus additional material in 24/48 hi-res stereo
Disc 23 DVD God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners – expanded/The League of Gentlemen – Stereo/Quad/5.1 DTS Surround Sound GSTQ – David Singleton, 2021 master, UHM 2021 plus additional material, League of Gentlemen 2021 mixes by Steven Wilson in 24/96 hi-res stereo. GSTQ in DTS Surround Sound (quad 4.1) mixes by David Singleton GSTQ plus additional material in DTS 5.1 Surround Sound mixes by Steven Wilson League of Gentlemen studio recordings in DTS 5.1 Surround Sound mixes by Steven Wilson
Disc 24 DVD Let The Power Fall/Washington Square Church LTPF in 24/96 and WSC in 24/48 hi-res masters/mixes by David Singleton LTPF/WSC in DTS Surround Sound (quad 4.1) mixes by David Singleton.
Disc 25Exposure/Under Heavy Manners – Blu-Ray I Exposure Fourth Edition Exposure Fifth Edition (running order as per First/Fourth Edition but with the inclusion of Daryl Hall lead vocals on select tracks) Breathless or How I Gradually Internalised The Social Reality Of Manhattan Until It Seemed To Be A Very Reasonable Way Of Life Under Heavy Manners and Additional Material from the recording sessions 2021 Masters/Mixes in 24/96 in hi-res stereo, DTS-HD 5.1 Surround Sound and Dolby Atmos mixed and produced by Steven Wilson God Save the Queen 2021 Masters in 24/96 hi-res stereo and DTS-HD Surround Sound (quad) mixed and produced by David Singleton Exposure: Additional Material/Sessions/Under Heavy Management/Eurotronics Newly mixed material from the sessions in 24/96 hi-res stereo in recording date sequence and sequence as per Disc 16 mixed and produced by Steven Wilson Last of the New York Heartthrobs Exposure Second Edition Under Heavy Manners – Original Mix (David Singleton 2021 Master) Master Recordings in 24/96 hi-res stereo Exposure First Edition Exposure Third Edition plus Additional Material Master Recordings in 24/48 hi-res stereo
Disc 26 The DGM Frippertronics’ Archive Volume I – Blu-Ray II Disc 27 The DGM Frippertronics’ Archive Volume II – Blu-Ray III The Complete DGM Archive of Frippertronics loops, studio and live recordings 1977 – 1983 in 24/48 hi-res stereo
Disc 28 Let The Power Fall/Washington Square Church/The League of Gentlemen Blu-Ray IV The League of Gentlemen 2021 Masters/Mixes in 24/96 in hi-res stereo, DTS-HD 5.1 Surround Sound and Dolby Atmos, Additional Material in 24/96 hi-res stereo mixed and produced by Steven Wilson Let The Power Fall 2021 Masters in 24/192 hi-res stereo, DTS-HD Surround Sound (Quad) mixed and produced by David Singleton. Original Master plus Additional Material in 24/96 hi-res stereo Washington Square Church 2021 Masters in 24/48 hi-res stereo and DTS-HD Surround Sound (Quad) mixed and produced by David Singleton God Save the King The 1985 Robert Fripp/League of Gentlemen compilation Masters in 16/48 stereo Discs 22 – 28 – All material new to disc in these formats, mixes, audio quality
Disc 29 (CD) Resplendent in Divergence A collection of Frippertronics that appeared as individual tracks on compilations, other albums and the DGM website assembled and mastered by Alex R. Mundy at DGM.
Disc 29 (CD) – Previously released, some material new to disc Disc 30 (CD) Blasts and Blasms – Sessions, Jams and Rehearsals Disc 31 (CD) More Blasts, More Blasms – Sessions, Jams and Rehearsals Two discs of recordings and elements of recordings from various points during the Exposure sessions giving an insight into the process that led to the album. Assembled and mastered by Alex R. Mundy at DGM.
Discs 30/31 – Some material previously available as downloads at dgmlive.com, most new to disc.
Disc 32 (CD) The League of Gentlemen – Royal Exeter, Bournemouth, 21/9/80, John Peel broadcast, 17/11/80 The League of Gentlemen’s autumn tour of the UK included some of the short-lived band’s most energised performances. This newly mastered audience recording is one of the few recorded examples of that tour. Also included are recordings from LOG rehearsal tapes made by the band & first broadcast on the John Peel Show on the BBC in November 1980.
Disc 32 – Some material previously available as a download from dgmlive.com. New to disc.
Stewart Copeland has confirmed via his official website that The PoliceAround The World video will be reissued across various formats, in May.
Originally released on VHS in 1982 (and later laserdisc), Around The World is a documentary that chronicles The Police’s first world tour, as the band travel to Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, India, Egypt, France, Latin America and Los Angeles. It has never been issued on DVD or blu-ray.
Last August, Andy Summers told SDE that it was coming, saying “It’s taken forever to get it sorted, because of issues like restoring 16mm film and getting the extras up to 4K level. There are a lot of bonus tracks and footage, including film from Japan that’s never been seen. The performances in that film are really nice and I’ve very pleased it’s coming out”.
According to the Stewart Copeland post, the formats will be CD+DVD combo, CD+book and 2LP vinyl, although SDE has seen artwork that appears to confirm there’s an LP+DVD (see above) with “9 live tracks previously unavailable on LP”. No word about a blu-ray, but if indeed it has been restored to 4k levels there surely must be one.
The track listing offered by Copeland is below. Reading between the lines, the first disc must be the DVD and the second a CD. We are promised “more information and details” soon.
There are no pre-order links, as yet, but the release date is supposed to be 20 May 2022.
Track listing
CD+DVD1 / 2: 1. Around The World [115:2] 2. Menu / The Police / Around The World [04:03] 3. Walking On The Moon [04:59] 4. Next To You [02:35] 5. Message In The Bottle [05:07] 6. Born In The 50’s [03:44]
CD+DVD2 / 2: 1. Walking On The Moon [05:09] 2. Next To You [02:51] 3. Deathwish / Bo Diddley [05:22] 4. So Lonely [06:50] 5. Can’t Stand Losing You / Day-O [07:52] 6. Truth Hits Everybody [02:58] 7. Visions Of The Night [03:19] 8. Roxanne [07:06] 9. Intro [00:25] 10.Born In The 50’s [03:44] 11.Message In The Bottle [05:11] 12.Bring On The Night [05:50]
The reissues of the original Now That’s What I Call Music compilations continue with a new 2CD set of volume 11, which was originally issued in spring 1988.
This compilation charts the changing face of pop as we moved into the late 1980s, with Stock Aitken Waterman-enabled hits from Kylie Minogue, Mel & Kim and Bananarama; new bands Wet Wet Wet and Johnny Hates Jazz both offering single #3 from their debut albums and the emergence of a new dance era with groups like Bomb The Bass, The Beatmasters feat. The Cookie Crew and Coldcut feat. Yazz & The Plastic Population.
There’s also time for novelty songs (Morris Minor & The Majors), the 1987 Christmas number one (Pet Shop Boys’ ‘Always On My Mind’), Morrissey’s solo debut single (‘Suedehead’) and Sinead O’Connor’s excellent ‘Mandinka’.
You may be wondering if there are any tracks missing. The answer is ‘yes’; the original 30-track compilation is now 28 tracks since Eddy Grant’s ‘Gimme Hope Jo’Anna’ and Whitesnake’s ‘Give Me All Your Love’ are both AWOL.
This set was originally issued in full across two CDs and it’s not particularly hard to get hold of. With omissions and the probable ‘wrong’ versions of songs, it does beg the question, what’s the point in carrying on with these?
Now That’s What I Call Music 11 is reissued as a 2CD set on 8 April 2022.
Sony are to release a new 2LP coloured vinyl edition of classic Boney M compilation The Magic of Boney M.
The Magic of Boney M was originally the title of a 1980 best of, although of the “20 Golden Hits” of 42 years ago, only 14 are repeated here, with the double A-side ‘I See A Boat On The River’ / ‘My Friend Jack’ being a notable omission (even if it wasn’t a hit in the UK).
The Magic of Boney M is a gatefold coloured 2LP vinyl set with printed inner sleeves (click image to enlarge)
A few songs released after that compilation make a showing but the space is largely filled on side D of the 2LP set with some ‘modern’ remixes, for which the warning ‘approach with caution’ is normally deployed.
I actually remember my Dad buying the original compilation (on tape), believe it or not, and it was regularly blasted in the car on long journeys up the M1 motorway in the UK. So call it cheesy or a ‘guilty pleasure’, or what you will, but I like a bit of Boney M!
The Magic of Boney M is released on coloured vinyl on 18 March 2022.
Leonard Cohen / Songs of Love and Hate (vinyl reissue)
Mercuriadis’ Hipgnosis has just acquired Leonard Cohen’s song catalogue which still constantly gets reissued by Sony. This week sees the Canadian’s third studio, 1971’s Songs of Love and Hate, put out again on vinyl. Ostensibly a 50th anniversary edition, this features ‘Famous Blue Raincoat’ and ‘Last Year’s Man’ although there’s no sign of ‘Dress Rehearsal Rag (early version)’ which was a bonus track on the 2007 CD reissue. It’s also black vinyl until the white ‘Black Friday’ edition which was issued in the US last year.
Alexandre Desplat / The French Dispatch (2LP vinyl)
The CD was issued a while back, but this week sees the 2LP vinyl edition of the music to Wes Anderson‘s latest film The French Dispatch. Music by Alexandre Desplat with piano solos by Jean-Ives Thibaudet.
PJ Harvey / The Hope Six Demolition Project – Demos
Collection of unreleased demos written for the ninth PJ Harvey studio album The Hope Six Demolition Project, originally recorded in London and Dorset in 2012.
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Tears For Fears‘ new album The Tipping Point entered the UK chart at number two yesterday, after selling 24,462 copies. They were beaten to the top spot by West London rapper Central Cee, who registered 29,764 ‘sales’ although only about 20k was physical, including more than 6,000 cassettes. The key difference was in streaming, with the Shepherd Bush-born rapper clocking up 9418 ‘sales-equivalent’ streams. Roland and Curt were number one in the vinyl albums chart, and most other weeks would easily have scored a number one on the main chart with those sales (indeed, it’s the highest selling album to enter at number two in the first week in 2022). Them’s the breaks. I still think the main UK album chart is a fudge and overly rewards the ‘airplay’ of streaming, penalising heritage-type acts whose fans are willing to pay money for albums.
Elsewhere, Johnny Marr’sFever Dreams Pts 1-4 entered at number four (11k sales) but there will little going on in the album chart from a reissue point of view. Things are quiet right now.
Glastonbury line up announced
Paul McCartney will headline the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury this year as the line-ups were confirmed this week. The festival was not held in either 2020 or 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions, so ticket holders would have bought their tickets way back in 2019! Other headliners include Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Diana Ross. Of course, there’s a lot more to it than just these big names and the image above gives a list of the currently announced artists playing.
Great price for this Joni Mitchell box which offers almost six hours of unreleased home, studio, and live recordings. Content includes: Mitchell’s performance at Le Hibou Coffee House in Ottawa in 1968; a concert at the Paris Theatre in London in October, 1970; and Joni’s complete Carnegie Hall debut, recorded in February, 1969, a few months before the release of her second album, Clouds.
Various Artists/Caught Beneath the Landslide 4CD signed edition4CD signed
Tremendous 4CD set featuring lost tracks and hard to find versions from the classic Britpop era. Curated by photographer Kevin Cummins, this limited edition comes with a signed print. Amazing for just £16! Reminder of the track listing, below!
CD 1
1. Blur – Young And Lovely / 2. Suede – He’s Dead / 3. Huggy Bear – Her Jazz / 4. Cornershop – England’s Dreaming / 5. The Fall – Lost In Music / 6. New Order – Regret (New Order Mix) / 7. James – Sometimes / 8. Elastica – Pussycat / 9. The Auteurs – Lenny Valentino (Original Mix) / 10. Saint Etienne – Pale Movie (Lemonentry Mix) / 11. Inspiral Carpets featuring Mark E. Smith – ‘I Want You’ / 12. Terrorvision – The Model / 13. S*M*A*S*H – Barrabas(Piloted) / 14. Shed Seven – Dolphin / 15. Catatonia – Whale / 16. Echobelly – Today, Tomorrow, Sometime, Never (Live, Wetlands, New York) / 17. Gene – Be My Light, Be My Guide / 18. Manic Street Preachers – The Drowners(Live)
CD2
1. Primal Scream – Jailbird (Dust Brothers Remix) / 2. Paul Weller vs. Portishead – Wild Wood (Sheared Wood Remix) / 3. Radiohead – Planet Telex (Hexidecimal Mix) / 4. The Cardigans – The Boys Are Back In Town / 5. Menswear – I’ll Manage Somehow (Original Single Mix) / 6. Powder – 20th Century Gods / 7. The Lightning Seeds – Lucifer Sam / 8. Pulp – Razzmatazz (Acoustic Version) / 9. Duffy – London Girls / 11. Heavy Stereo ‘Sleep Freak’ / 12. Supergrass – Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) / 13. Feeder – Rush (Live) / 15. Northern Uproar – Rollercoaster / 16. The Wannadies – Lee Remick / 17. Kula Shaker – Tattva (Lucky 13 Mix)
CD3
1. Marion – Let’s All Go Together (Slide Mix) / 2. Dodgy – Grateful Moon / 3. Ride – Black NiteCrash / 4. Fluffy – Husband / 5. Lush – Ciao! / 6. Electrafixion – Sister Pain (Acoustic) / 7. Out Of My Hair – Safe Boy / 8. Spacehog – In The Meantime / 9. Space – Neighbourhood / 10. Whipping Boy – Fiction (Live – The Furnace In Dublin) / 11. Plastic Fantastic – Complimentary Electron / 12. Longpigs – On And On / 13. Dubstar – Elevator Song / 14. Jocasta – The Land Of Do As You Please / 15. Sleeper – Atomic / 16. Ash – Does Your Mother Know / 17. Ocean Colour Scene – Travellers Tune (Original Version) / 18. The Supernaturals – Smile
CD4
1. Super Furry Animals – Something For The Weekend (Rockfield Version) / 2. Silver Sun – There Will Never Be Another Me / 3. The Boo Radleys – What’s In The Box (See Whatcha Got) / 4. The Bluetones – Marblehead Johnson / 5. The Charlatans – The Two Of Us / 6. Me Me Me- Hanging Around / 7. Shampoo – Cars / 8. Babybird- You’re Gorgeous Too / 9. Salad – I Want You / 10. Bis – Wee Love / 11. Kenickie- In Your Car / 12. Speedy – Boy Wonder / 13. Reef – YerOld (Young Version) / 14. Electronic – All That I Need / 15. 60Ft Dolls – Pretty Horses / 16. These Animal Men – Wichita Lineman / 17. The Aloof – One Night Stand (7” Version) / 18. Oasis – Champagne Supernova (Brendan Lynch Mix)
R.E.M./New Adventures in Hi-Fi 2CD+blu-ray2CD + blu-ray edition
Rush’s 1981 album Moving Pictures is being reissued for its (belated) 40th anniversary in April.
The album was recorded in Quebec’s Le Studio and saw the band continue down the route of shorter, more radio friendly songs. Longtime producer Terry Brown was back for what was the band’s eighth studio album.
Moving Pictures features the singles ‘Tom Sawyer’, ‘Limelight’ and ‘Vital Signs’, although they weren’t all issued in all territories. As with the previous reissue, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures 40 boasts revised front cover artwork on the front of the various packages (although the vinyl albums in the box sets retain the original).
The 40th anniversary reissue is available as a 3CD deluxe, a 5LP vinyl box set and a full bells and whistles eight-disc super deluxe which combines CD, vinyl and adds a blu-ray. The sets with CDs include the 2015 remastering on CD for the first time (it was previously only available on vinyl and digital).
The 3CD edition of Moving Pictures (click image to enlarge)
The 3CD edition includes this 2015 remastering on disc one, while CDs two and three feature the complete, unreleased Toronto concert from March 25, 1981. The booklet features new Hugh Syme illustrations and sleeve notes by Kim Thayil, Les Claypool, Taylor Hawkins, Bill Kelliher and Neil Sanderson.
The 5LP vinyl version echoes the content of the 3CD set, with the bonus concert across four 180g LPs. These have been half-speed mastered with Direct-To-Metal Mastering. This vinyl set comes with a bigger version of the CD booklet.
Finally, a massive (and expensive) super deluxe edition includes all three CDs, all five vinyl records and a blu-ray audio with a Dolby Atmos and 5.1 surround album mix. The 5.1 mix is new, so not the same as what was on the 2011 CD+DVD reissue. The blu-ray also includes a brand new video for ‘YYZ’ and three more videos.
The super deluxe edition of Moving Pictures (click image to enlarge)
There is a lot of extra ‘stuff’ in this super deluxe which, depending on your point of view, is either price-inflating tat or cool items of memorabilia. These include a book, a model car, drumsticks, posters, plectrums and more.
Moving Pictures 40 will be released on 29 April 2022 (was 15 April), via UMC/Mercury.
CD 1 – Moving Pictures (2015 Remaster on CD for First Time) 1 Tom Sawyer 2 Red Barchetta 3 YYZ 4 Limelight 5 The Camera Eye 6 Witch Hunt 7 Vital Signs
CD 2 – Live In YYZ 1981* 1 2112 – Overture 2 2112 – The Temples Of Syrinx 3 Freewill 4 Limelight 5 Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres – Prelude 6 Beneath, Between & Behind 7 The Camera Eye 8 YYZ 9 Broon’s Bane 10 The Trees 11 Xanadu
CD 3 – Live In YYZ 1981 (continued)* 1 The Spirit Of Radio 2 Red Barchetta 3 Closer To The Heart 4 Tom Sawyer 5 Vital Signs 6 Natural Science 7 Working Man / Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres – Armageddon: The Battle Of Heart And Mind / By-Tor & The Snow Dog / In The End / In The Mood / 2112 – Grand Finale 8 La Villa Strangiato
LP 1 – Moving Pictures (DMM Half-Speed Mastering) 1 Tom Sawyer (Side A) 2 Red Barchetta (Side A) 3 YYZ (Side A) 4 Limelight (Side A) 5 The Camera Eye (Side B) 6 Witch Hunt (Side B) 7 Vital Signs (Side B)
LP 2 – Live in YYZ 1981* (DMM Half-Speed Mastering) 1 2112 – Overture (Side A) 2 2112 – The Temples Of Syrinx (Side A) 3 Freewill (Side A) 4 Limelight (Side A) 5 Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres – Prelude (Side B) 6 Beneath, Between & Behind (Side B) 7 The Camera Eye (Side B)
LP 3 – Live in YYZ 1981* (DMM Half-Speed Mastering – continued) 1 YYZ (Side A) 2 Broon’s Bane (Side A) 3 The Trees (Side A) 4 Xanadu (Side B) 5 The Spirit Of Radio (Side B)
LP 4 – Live in YYZ 1981* (DMM Half-Speed Mastering – continued) 1 Red Barchetta (Side A) 2 Closer To The Heart (Side A) 3 Tom Sawyer (Side A) 4 Vital Signs (Side B) 5 Natural Science (Side B
LP 5 – Live in YYZ 1981* (DMM Half-Speed Mastering – continued) 1 Working Man / Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres – Armageddon: The Battle Of Heart And Mind / By-Tor & The Snow Dog / In The End / In The Mood / 2112 – Grand Finale (Side A) 2 La Villa Strangiato (Side B)
Norah Jones’ 2002 debut album Come Away With Me is to be reissued for its 20th anniversary, in April.
The album’s blend of jazz, blues, country, folk and pop – had an enormous appeal and Come Away With Me has, to date, sold nearly 30 million copies, and has garnered multiple awards, including eight Grammys.
The 3CD deluxe 20th anniversary edition of Come Away With Me (click image to enlarge)
It will be reissued as two multi-disc deluxe editions (3CD and 4LP vinyl) that offer the following content:
Norah’s earliest demos—the tracks that got Blue Note’s attention, and the demos she recorded for the label—some of which were released on the promo-only EP First Sessions
The full previously-unreleased original version of the album—including 11 unreleased cuts—produced by Craig Street and now newly-mixed by Tony Maserati, with alternate versions of well-known tracks and unheard performances
The 4LP deluxe 20th anniversary edition of Come Away With Me (click image to enlarge)
Both deluxe versions offer “premium packaging with an extensive booklet featuring new liner notes by Norah, rare session photos and detailed track annotations”, although SDE can’t help but think there’s premium packaging, there’s premium packaging and then there’s £160 for a 4LP set!
The CD set is better value although there is no sign of the surround sound version of the album which was issued on SACD back in 2003. Admittedly, this is a rare example of an SACD that is still relatively easy to get hold of, for not much outlay, but the package seems incomplete without it.
There will also be single LP and single CD editions of the album and The Demos, First Sessions EP and the Allaire Sessions have all been mixed to Dolby Atmos, although there appears to be no physical edition, so this will be for streaming-only.
Come Away With Me is reissued on CD on 29 April 2022 via Blue Note/UMe. The 4LP vinyl follows on 20 May.
Harold Budd’s 1978 album (started in 1972 and recorded in 1976) is acknowledged as a minimalist masterpiece and was produced by Brian Eno. The man himself said: ““The Pavilion Of Dreams erased my past. I consider that to be the birth of myself as a serious artist. It was like my Magna Carta”. Among others, it features saxophonist Marion Brown and Gavin Bryars and Michael Nyman.
One of SDE’s favourite albums of 2021The Anchoress‘ second solo album The Art of Losing is being reissued with 5 bonus tracks. They are: ‘Show Your Face (Piano Version)’, ‘Let It Hurt (String Quartet Version)’, ‘All Farewells Should Be Sudden (Acoustic Version)’, ‘The Art of Losing (Acoustic Lounge Version)’ and ‘The Exchange (Solo Piano Version)’. These are new recordings, not remixes.
Brian May’s second solo album, 1998’s Another World, will get a ‘Gold Series’ reissue in April this year.
Six years on from Back to the Light, Another World failed to deliver any top 40 singles in the UK but was generally well-received at the time. The formats for the reissue echo what was delivered for Back to the Light last year, with 2CD, box set (2CD+coloured vinyl LP), and black vinyl LP available, in addition to the standard CD. Cassette and picture disc options are up for grabs via D2C channels.
This, dear Listener, is the second release in my “Brian May Gold Series” reissues.To this album, historically my second solo record,we’ve applied the same loving care that we lavished on‘Back to the Light’ – repolishing and remastering but using the exact original mixes.Originally delivered 24 years ago, ‘Another World’ is now reborn just as it was originally created.”
Brian May. 2022.
The 15-track bonus disc (dubbed ‘Another Disc’ and available only on the 2CD and in the box set) offers various remixes, rarities, live tracks and actually opens with Brian speaking a tribute to drummer Cozy Powell (recorded in ’98) who features on this album, but sadly died in a car crash before it was released.
“Let’s design a horrible logo and then put it all over the shop” – Gold Series logo highlighted by SDE in yellow (click image to enlarge)
The remastering is by Bob Ludwig, and the ‘Collector’s Edition’ box includes both CDs and a coloured, sky-blue vinyl LP in a 12-inch lift lid box, complete with 32-page booklet and enamel badge.
Sadly, despite wide derision at the awful ‘Gold Series’ logo – with manages to make the product seem tacky, rather than premium (watch this unboxing video of the previous box) – this risible design element endures and is plastered over everything!
Al Stewart’s sixty-year career in music is celebrated withThe Admiralty Lights a new career spanning, definitive collection of his work. Comprising 50 discs, this astounding set follows the legendary singer-songwriter from humble beginnings in 1964, to global stardom in the ‘70s, through to his most recent recordings in 2009.
The new deluxe box set features Al’s complete original run of 21 studio albums which have been remastered from the original tape transfers, housed in original sleeves and lovingly presented in deluxe LP style jackets. Also included are 18 discs featuring never-before-heard live concert recordings from 1970 to 2009, three discs of rare BBC Sessions from 1965 – 1972 and 8 discs of Demos, Outtakes and Rarities, offering a rare inside look into Mr Stewart’s world.
A beautiful 160-page hardback coffee table book is at the centre of this spectacular package, featuring comprehensive liner notes from author and Al Stewart expert Neville Judd and previously unseen photographs, flyers and ephemera from across his illustrious career. Vigilant fans will recognise the masterful touch of Colin Elgie, who has provided a visually striking original illustration for the outer box cover, having previously collaborated with Al on his Year of The Cat album.
The Admiralty LIghts (click image to enlarge)
As well as the massive hardcover book, this set includes
A 24-page collectors’ book detailing all the rare recordings in the set
Year of the Cat print individually SIGNED by Colin Elgie
Colin Elgie-designed print
Early Years poster
Last Days of the Century poster
This box set is strictly limited to 2,000 units worldwide (a one time pressing) and will be released on 3 June 2022 via Madfish. You can secure your copy now by ordering via the SDE shop using this link or the button below.
Al Stewart – The Admiralty Lights: Complete Studio, Live and Rare 1964-2009 CD 1 BEDSITTER IMAGES – 1967 Bedsitter Images Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres The Carmichaels Scandinavian Girl Pretty Golden Hair Denise At 16 Samuel, Oh How You’ve Changed! Cleave To Me A Long Way Down From Stephanie Ivich Beleeka Doodle Day
CD 2 LOVE CHRONICLES – 1969 In Brooklyn Old Compton Street Blues Ballad of Mary Foster Life and Life Only You Should Have Listened to Al Love Chronicles
CD 3 ZERO SHE FLIES – 1970 My Enemies Have Sweet Voices A Small Fruit Song Gethsemane, Again Burbling Electric Los Angeles Sunset Manuscript Black Hill Anna Room of Roots Zero She Flies
CD 4 THE FIRST ALBUM (BEDSITTER IMAGES) – 1970 Lover Man Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres The Carmichaels Clifton in the Rain Bed Sitter Images Denise at 16 Samuel, oh How You’ve Changed! A Long way Down from Stephanie Ivich Beleeka Doodle Day
CD 5 ORANGE – 1972 You Don’t Even Know Me Amsterdam Songs Out of Clay The News from Spain I Don’t Believe You Once an Orange, Always an Orange I’m Falling Night of the 4th of May
CD 6 PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE – 1973 Old Admirals Warren Harding Soho (Needless to Say) The Last Day of June 1934 Post World War Two Blues Roads to Moscow Terminal Eyes Nostradamus
CD 7 MODERN TIMES – 1975 Carol Sirens of Titan What’s Going On? Not the One Next Time Apple Cider Re-constitution The Dark and the Rolling Sea Modern Times
CD 8 YEAR OF THE CAT – 1976 Lord Grenville On the Border Midas Shadow Sand in Your Shoes If it Doesn’t Come Naturally, Leave it Flying Sorcery Broadway Hotel One Stage Before Year of the Cat
CD 9 TIME PASSAGES – 1978 Time Passages Valentina Way Life in Dark Water A Man for All Seasons Almost Lucy The Palace of Versailles Timeless Skies Song on the Radio End of the Day
CD 10 TIME PASSAGES LIVE (THE LIVE RADIO CONCERT ALBUM) – 1978 On the Border Time Passages Life in Dark Water Roads to Moscow Valentina Way Year of the Cat The Pink Panther Theme Song on the Radio
CD 11 24 CARROTS – 1980 Running Man Midnight Rocks Constantinople Merlin’s Time Mondo Sinistro Murmansk Run / Ellis Island Rocks in the Ocean Paint by Numbers Optical Illusion
CD 12 INDIAN SUMMER (STUDIO) – 1981 Here in Angola Indian Summer Pandora Delia’s Gone Princess Olivia
CD 13 INDIAN SUMMER (LIVE AT THE ROXY) APRIL, 1981 Running Man Time Passages Merlin’s Time If it Doesn’t Come Naturally, Leave It Roads to Moscow Nostradamus 1/ World Goes to Riyadh / Nostradamus 2 Soho (Needless to Say) On the Border Valentina Way Clarence Frogman Henry Year of the Cat
CD 14 RUSSIANS & AMERICANS – 1984 Lori, Don’t go Right Now Rumours of War The Gypsy and The Rose Accident on 3rd Street Strange Girl Russians & Americans Cafe Society 1 2 2003 The Candidate
CD 15 LAST DAYS OF THE CENTURY – 1988 Last Days Of The Century Real And Unreal King Of Portugal Red Toupee Where Are They Now? Bad Reputation Josephine Baker License To Steal Fields Of France Antarctica Ghostly Horses Of The Plain
CD 16 RHYMES IN ROOMS (LIVE) – 1992 Flying Sorcery Soho (Needless To Say) Time Passages Josephine Baker On The Border Nostradamus Fields Of France Clifton In The Rain / Small Fruit Song Broadway Hotel If It Doesn’t Come Naturally, Leave It Year Of The Cat
CD 17 FAMOUS LAST WORDS – 1993 Feel Like Angel Of Mercy Don’t Forget Me Peter On The White Sea Genie On A Table Top Trespasser Trains Necromancer Charlotte Corday Hipposong Night Rolls In
CD 18 BETWEEN THE WARS – 1995 Night Train To Munich The Age Of Rhythm Sampan Lindy Comes To Town Three Mules A League Of Notions Life Between The Wars Betty Boop’s Birthday Marion The Chatelaine Joe The Georgian Always The Cause Laughing Into 1939 The Black Danube
CD 19 DOWN IN THE CELLAR – 2000 Waiting For Margaux Tasting History Down In The Cellars Turning It Into Water SoHo The Night That The Band Got The Wine Millie Brown Under A Wine-Stained Moon Franklin’s Table House Of Clocks Sergio Toutes Les Etoiles The Shiraz Shuffle
CD 20 A BEACH FULL OF SHELLS – 2005 The Immelman Turn Mr. Lear Royal Courtship Rain Barrel Somewhere In England 1915 Katherine Of Oregon Mona Lisa Talking Class Of ’58 (edit) Out In The Snow My Egyptian Couch Gina In The Kings Road Beacon Street Anniversary
CD 21 SPARKS OF ANCIENT LIGHT – 2008 Lord Salisbury (A Child’s View Of) The Eisenhower Years The Ear Of The Night Hanno The Navigator Shah Of Shahs Angry Bird The Loneliest Place On The Map Sleepwalking Football Hero Elvis At The Wheel Silver Kettle Like William Mckinley
CD 22 FAIRFIELD HALLS, CROYDON, FEBRUARY 11th, 1970 Zero She Flies Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres Room Of Roots One Too Many Mornings Clifton In The Rain Once An Orange, Always An Orange Electric Los Angeles Sunset Nostradamus
CD 23 WARWICK UNIVERSITY, NOVEMBER 8th, 1970 Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres Zero She Flies Electric Los Angeles Sunset Songs Out Of Clay In Brooklyn Samuel, Oh How You’ve Changed! Room Of Roots Old Compton Street Blues Elvaston Place Manuscript Love Chronicles
CD 24 MEDWAY FOLK CENTRE, KENT, JULY, 1971 You Don’t Even Know Me Electric Los Angeles Sunset A Small Fruit Song Dance Of The Prunes Night Of The 4th May / I’m Falling Ivich Room Of Roots My Enemies Have Sweet Voices Blessed
CD 25 MEDWAY FOLK CENTRE, KENT, JULY 18 th , 1972 Songs Out Of Clay Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres Electric Los Angeles Sunset Nostradamus Zero She Flies / Gethsemane Again / In Brooklyn I’m Falling
CD 26 MEDWAY FOLK CENTRE, KENT, JULY 10th, 1973 Songs Out Of Clay Soho (Needless To Say) Clifton In The Rain / A Small Fruit Song Electric Los Angeles Sunset Last Day Of June 1934 Old Admirals Zero She Flies I’m Falling In Brooklyn Post World War Two Blues
CD 27 MUSIKFORUM, UPPSALA, SWEDEN, 1973 Songs Out Of Clay In Brooklyn Clifton In The Rain Post World War Two Blues Room Of Roots Warren Harding Nostradamus Electric Los Angeles Sunset Amsterdam I’m Falling Black Hill A Small Fruit Song Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues My Enemies Have Sweet Voices
CD 28 HEATH FOLK CLUB, HAMPSTEAD, LONDON, 1973 Songs Out Of Clay I’m Falling Electric Los Angeles Sunset Post World War Two Blues Manuscript A Small Fruit Song Nostradamus Amsterdam Gethsemane Again In Brooklyn / Life And Life Only Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
CD 29 MY FATHER’S PLACE, ROSLYN, NEW YORK, MAY 8th, 1974 Soho (Needless To Say) Old Admirals Terminal Eyes / Post World War Two Blues Once An Orange, Always An Orange Roads To Moscow A Small Fruit Song Nostradamus
CD 30 GOLDERS GREEN HIPPODROME, LONDON, JUNE 27th, 1974 (BBC BROADCAST) Soho (Needless To Say) Old Admirals Terminal Eyes / Post World War Two Blues Roads To Moscow A Small Fruit Song THE HOWFF, LONDON, JUNE 29th, 1974 Soho (Needless To Say) Old Admirals Terminal Eyes Roads To Moscow All Along The Watchtower
CD 31 TOWER THEATER, PHILADELPHIA, NOVEMBER 26th, 1975 (PART ONE) – WMG Apple Cider Reconstitution Not The One Old Admirals Soho (Needless To Say) Post World War Two Blues Roads To Moscow
CD 32 TOWER THEATER, PHILADELPHIA, NOVEMBER 26th, 1975 (PART TWO) – WMG Eight Arms To Hold You Nostradamus The Dark And The Rolling Sea Sirens Of Titan Carol Modern Times
CD 33 LIVE AT READING UNIVERSITY, DECEMBER 4th, 1976 (BBC BROADCAST) Apple Cider Reconstitution The Dark And The Rolling Sea One Stage Before Soho (Needless To Say) On The Border Broadway Hotel Roads To Moscow Sirens Of Titan Year Of The Cat If It Doesn’t Come Naturally Leave It Carol
CD 34 MESA, ARIZONA, SEPTEMBER 12th, 1980 Running Man Sirens Of Titan Time Passages Broadway Hotel UNIVERSAL AMPHITHEATRE, LOS ANGELES, SEPTEMBER 16th, 1980 Constantinople On The Border Paint By Numbers Year Of The Cat Valentina Way HAMMERSMITH ODEON, LONDON, 1980 Mondo Sinistro Broadway Hotel Rocks In The Ocean Nostradamus Al Explains Nostradamus (Hidden Track)
DISC 35 CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL, JULY 29th, 1989 (BBC BROADCAST) Antarctica Manuscript Time Passages Josephine Baker Nostradamus If It Doesn’t Come Naturally Leave It La Bamba / On The Border Roads To Moscow Year Of The Cat
CD 36 CHESTNUT CABARET, PHILADELPHIA, AUGUST 8th, 1991 Soho (Needless To Say) Time Passages Broadway Hotel Timeless Skies Delia’s Gone On The Border Nostradamus Josephine Baker Clifton In The Rain / A Small Fruit Song Carol Year Of The Cat Angel Of Mercy The Candidate
CD 37 OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC, CHICAGO, JUNE 19th, 2006 Flying Sorcery On The Border Night Train To Munich League Of Notions Lindy Comes To Town Time Passages Katherine Of Oregon House Of Clocks Soho (Needless To Say) Marion The Chatelaine Somewhere In England 1915 Gina In The Kings Road
CD 38 MCCABES, SANTA MONICA, FEBRUARY 1st, 2008 (A Child’s View Of) The Eisenhower Years Shah Of Shahs Unexpected Frisson Time Passages Sleepwalking Soho (Needless To Say) Year Of The Cat Hanno The Navigator Broadway Hotel
CD 39 MCCABES, SANTA MONICA, APRIL 24th, 2009 House Of Clocks Angry Bird Katherine Of Oregon (A Child’s View Of) The Eisenhower Years On The Border Night Train To Munich Marion The Chatelaine League Of Notions The Elf / Silver Kettle Gina In The Kings Road Ear Of The Night Down In The Cellars
CD 40 DEMOS, OUTTAKES & RARITIES, PART ONE (1964-1973) Child Of The Bomb (Dolphin Court) Swansong Of The Millionth Man (Dolphin Court) Go Your Way (London acetate) 1944 (Dolphin Court) The Elf (Decca single) Turn To Earth (Decca single) Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres (Dolphin Court) Eight Arms To Hold You (Dolphin Court) Samuel, Oh How You’ve Changed! (Dolphin Court) Ivich (Dolphin Court) In Brooklyn (Dolphin Court) Room Of Roots (Dolphin Court) Manuscript (Dolphin Court) The News From Spain (CBS Single Edit) Elvaston Place (CBS Single) Lyke-Wake Dirge (Previously unreleased) Old Admirals (Instrumental version) Terminal Eyes (Instrumental version) Roads To Moscow (Alternate version)
CD 41 DEMOS, OUTTAKES & RARITIES, PART TWO (1973-1976) A Sense Of Déja Vu (Outtake) Stormy Night (Outtake) Swallow Wind (CBS Single) Willie The King (Outtake) The Dark And Rolling Sea (Instrumental) Dangerzone (Outtake) Belsize Blues (Outtake) Company (Home demo) Midas Shadow (Abbey Road April 1976 Alan Parsons version) Sand In Your Shoes (Abbey Road April 1976 Alan Parsons version) Flying Sorcery (Abbey Road April 1976 Alan Parsons version) Broadway Hotel (Abbey Road April 1976 Alan Parsons version) Year Of The Cat (Abbey Road April 1976 Alan Parsons version)
CD 42 DEMOS, OUTTAKES & RARITIES, PART THREE (1977-1984) Tonton Macoute (Outtake) Warmth Of A Summer’s Night (Demo) St. Stephen’s Day (Demo) Life In A Bottle (Outtake) Time Passages (Demo) Song On The Radio (Demo) The Palace Of Versailles (Demo) Ringing Of Bells (Outtake) Jackdaw (Outtake) Candy Came Back (Outtake) Delia’s Gone (Live at the Roxy, 1981) Here In Angola (Live at the Roxy, 1981) (The World According To) Garp (Outtake) The One That Got Away (Russians & Americans Sessions) Night Meeting (Russians & Americans Sessions) In Red Square (Russians & Americans Sessions) Rumours Of War (Live at the Eldorado, Paris, 1984)
CD 43 DEMOS, OUTTAKES & RARITIES, PART FOUR (1986-1990) Where Are They Now (Outtake) Electric Air (Outtake) In The Dark (Outtake) How Does It Happen? (Outtake) The Candidate (Live in Minneapolis, 1988) Antarctica (Live in Minneapolis, 1988) Red Toupee (Demo) Ghostly Horses Of The Plain (Alternate Version) Doubting Thomas (Demo) Helen And Cassandra (Outtake) Ten Cents (Demo) Ten Cents (Alternate Demo) Coldest Winter In Memory #1 (Demo) Coldest Winter In Memory #2 (Alternate Demo) Dreaming (Outtake) Don’t Forget Me (Outtake) Necromancer (Outtake) She Told You Then (Outtake)
CD 44 DEMOS, OUTTAKES & RARITIES, PART FIVE (1993) Dark Side (Demo) My Contemporaries (Demo) Kiribati (Outtake) Fantasy (Outtake) Angel Of Mercy (Outtake) Charlotte Corday #1 (Demo) Charlotte Corday #2 (Alternate Demo) Four Of A Kind (Demo) Peter On The White Sea (Outtake) Mixed Blessing (Outtake) Blow Your Mansion Down (Outtake) She Follows Her Own Rules (Demo) I Swam (Demo)
CD 45 DEMOS, OUTTAKES & RARITIES, PART SIX (1993-1998) It’s A Girl Thing (Demo) Trespasser (Alternate Take) Rest In Peace (Outtake) Night Train To Munich (Sign of the Scorpion Version) The Age Of Rhythm (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Sampan (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Lindy Comes To Town (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Three Mules (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Life Between The Wars (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Laughing Into 1939 (Sign of the Scorpion Version) The Black Danube (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Merry Monks (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Life After Death (Live At The Brook, Southampton, 1998) Curtain (Marin 1998) Music of the Vines 1 (Marin 1998) Music of the Vines 2 (Marin 1998) Music of the Vines 3 (Marin 1998) Music of the Vines 4 (Marin 1998) Music of the Vines 5 (Marin 1998)
CD 46 DEMOS, OUTTAKES & RARITIES, PART SEVEN (2000-2005) Rupert Brooke (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Keening Of Injured Children (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Easter Morning (Demo) Some People Never Know (Sign of the Scorpion Version) All That She Needs (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Under A Wine Stained Moon (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Millie Brown (Sign of the Scorpion Version) So Long, So Long (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Waiting For Margaux (Sign of the Scorpion Version) That’s For Sure (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Turning It Into Water (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Everything You Know (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Pictures In My Wine (Sign of the Scorpion Version) London’s Brilliant Parade / Caroline Goodbye (Live, Fairfield Halls, Croydon, 2001) The Night That The Band Got The Wine (Live, Mr Smiths, Bournemouth, 2001) The Immelman Turn (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Mona Lisa Talking (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
CD 47 DEMOS, OUTTAKES & RARITIES, PART EIGHT (2005-2008) Gina In The Kings Road (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Anniversary (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Beacon Street (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Out In The Snow (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Somewhere In England 1915 (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Grace Cathedral (Sign of the Scorpion Version) (A Child’s View Of) The Eisenhower Years (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Shah Of Shahs (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Hanno The Navigator (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Elvis At The Wheel (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Lord Salisbury (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Long Time Gone (Sign of the Scorpion Version) The Ear Of The Night (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Football Hero (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Silver Kettle #1 (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Silver Kettle #2 (Alternate Sign of the Scorpion Version) Four Leaf Clover (Sign of the Scorpion Version) The House On Rosemount Hill (Sign of the Scorpion Version) You Don’t Even Know Me (Sign of the Scorpion Version) Love Train (Sign of the Scorpion Version)
CD 48 BBC SESSIONS, PART ONE (1965-1969) Do I Love My Neighbour? (Five To Ten, BBC Light Programme, June 3rd 1965) Pretty Golden Hair (Meeting Point, BBC One, November 20th 1966) Who Killed Tommy McGeechie (Late Night Line Up, BBC Two, March 5th 1968) Al Talks About Saydisc / America / Al recites furniture poem (BBC Radio Two, April 24th 1968) Scandinavian Girl (BBC Radio Two, May 29th 1968) Samuel, Oh How You’ve Changed! (BBC Radio Two, May 29th 1968) Bedsitter Images (BBC Radio Two, May 29th 1968) The Carmichaels (BBC Radio Two, May 29th 1968) Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres (BBC Radio Two, May 29th 1968) Room Of Roots (BBC Radio Two, May 29th 1968) In Brooklyn (BBC Radio Two, September 15th 1968) Good As Gone (BBC Radio Two, September 15th 1968) Old Compton Street I Don’t Believe You My Enemies Have Sweet Voices (BBC Radio One, March 19th 1969) Clifton In The Rain (BBC Radio One, March 19th 1969) Denise At 16 (BBC Radio One, March 19th 1969) Manuscript (BBC Radio One, March 19th 1969)
CD 49 BBC SESSIONS, PART TWO (1969) I Don’t Believe You (Radio 1, July 30th 1969) The Elf (BBC Radio 1, July 30th 1969) Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres (BBC Radio 1, July 30th 1969) Room Of Roots (BBC Radio 1, July 30th 1969) Manuscript (Radio 1, July 30th 1969) Maybe Some Day (BBC Radio 2, July 30th 1969) Samuel, Oh How You’ve Changed! / A Small Fruit Song (BBC Radio 2, August 14th 1969) Bedsitter Images (BBC Radio 2, August 14th 1969) Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (BBC Radio 2, August 14th 1969) Manuscript (BBC Radio 2, August 14th 1969) In Brooklyn (BBC Radio 2, August 14th 1969)
CD 50 BBC SESSIONS, PART THREE (1969-1972) My Enemies Have Sweet Voices; Lullaby Of Birdland; A Small Fruit Song (BBC Radio Two, August 27th 1969) Burbling (BBC Radio Two, August 27th 1969) Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (BBC Radio Two, August 27th 1969) Memphis Tennessee (BBC Radio Two, August 27th 1969) Sparrow (BBC Radio Two, August 27th 1969) Electric Los Angeles Sunset (BBC Radio Two, May 2nd 1970) Zero She Flies (BBC Radio One, May 2nd 1970) A Small Fruit Song (BBC Radio One, May 17th 1970) Blessed (BBC Radio One, May 17th 1970) Zero She Flies (BBC Radio Two, March 24th 1972) (feat. Richard Thompson) A Small Fruit Song (BBC Radio Two, March 24th 1972) (feat. Richard Thompson) You Don’t Even Know Me (BBC Radio Two, March 24th 1972) (feat. Richard Thompson) Old Compton Street Blues (BBC Radio Two, March 24th 1972) (feat. Richard Thompson) Absolutely Sweet Marie (BBC Radio Two, April 28th 1972)
Toyah’s 1980 live album Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! will be reissued by Cherry Red in May.
The album featured a June 1980 performance at Club Lafayette, in Wolverhampton, and was recorded using the Rolling Stones legendary Mobile Recording Unit. The audio for this reissue has been remastered by Nick Watson from the original master tapes.
The CD+DVD deluxe edition includes the ATV documentary, Toyah, in which director Graham Moore follows Toyah around for more than six months capturing rehearsals, studio recording sessions, rehearsals for plays and then in the notorious Battersea warehouse ‘Mayhem’. This documentary has never been issued commercially before (the DVD is NTSC, region-free).
The Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! CD+DVD reissue (click image to enlarge)
The CD in this two-disc package features the previously unreleased songs ‘She’, a reprise of ‘Danced’ and an unedited complete version of ‘Neon Womb’ which originally faded early as the B-Side of live single ‘Danced’. The 24-page booklet features a Toyah introduction and rare photos.
The album is also being reissued on limited edition neon yellow vinyl, and the printed inner is home to some of those photos from the CD booklet.
In April Chrysalis Records will issue The Rock Box 1973-1979: The Complete Recordings, a 7CD+DVD collection of Suzi Quatro’s ‘70s output. Featuring six studio albums, a live album and a DVD with promos and rare footage.
Hailing from Detroit, Suzi Quatro learnt her chops in a series of groups including the Pleasure Seekers, an all-female line-up which also featured two of her sisters. Then in 1971, while in the band Cradle, she was spotted by producer Mickie Most. Impressed by her skills as a bass player and singer and her onstage attitude, Most signed her to his recently launched label, RAK Records.
The studio albums in this box are the RAK recordings, as follows: Suzi Quatro (1973), Quatro (1974), Your Mamma Won’t Like Me (1975), Aggro-Phobia (1977) If You Knew Suzi (1978) and Suzi…and Other Four Letter Words (1979).
The Rock Box 1973-1979 (click image to enlarge)
During this period Quatro had eight top 30 UK hit singles, including two number ones (‘Can The Can’ and ‘Devil Gate Drive’). She also enjoyed some success in America, notably with the If You Knew Suzi album. This was largely down to having a top 10 hit in America, the Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn-penned ‘Stumblin’ In’, which was a duet with Smokie’s Chris Norman. Initially a non-album single it was soon added to later pressings of the 1978 long-player.
Most of the albums in The Rock Box include bonus tracks and a few previously unreleased cuts and this also comes with the 1977 live album Live and Kickin’. The DVD features promo videos, Top of the Pops appearances and a Live in Japan concert from 1975.
This package includes a 56-page booklet with exclusive personal recollections from both Suzi and guitarist and co-writer Len Tuckey, as well as a biography written by The Guardian’s Dave Simpson
The Rock Box 1973-1979: The Complete Recordings will be released on 15 April 2022. Amazon in the UK have an exclusive, limited signed edition (Suzi has signed the booklet in the box).
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Tori Amos has teamed up with Z2 Comics to create a ‘graphic album’ that celebrates 30 years of her debut solo debut Little Earthquakes.
This graphic novel “demonstrates the lasting influence of this defining work” with 24 stories inspired by the 12 songs on the album. Amongst the writers will be Neil Gaiman and Margaret Atwood. The book is being put together by Z2 editorRantz Hoseley, who previously edited the award-winning Comic Book Tattoo, and who painted the cover for Tori’s Christmastide EP from 2020.
The standard edition of Little Earthquakes: The Graphic Album is an 8″ x 8″ hardcover book
There are three versions of this graphic album:
Standard edition – an 8″ x 8″ hardcover book, widely available, and costs around £30
Deluxe Edition – a 12” x 12” oversized graphic novel with slipcase. This comes with a black vinyl copy of Little Earthquakes and a unique vinyl picture disc called Little Earthquakes: The B-sides. The latter is unique to this deluxe edition at this point in time. This includes three 12″ prints by Jason Levesque, KAKO and David Mack and is limited to 1450 units and costs £150. It is only available to pre-order via Z2 Comics
Little Earthquakes The Graphic Album Deluxe Edition (click image to enlarge)
Platinum Edition – a 12″x12″ oversized and embossed hardcover graphic novel with placeholder ribbon – SIGNED by Tori Amos and numbered. Like the deluxe, this comes with both vinyl records and three prints, however the David Mack print is signed by Tori and David Mack. This edition also comes in a die-cut clamshell case designed to echo the iconic wooden box on the cover of the album and includes Little Earthquakes – The Graphic Album Sketch Diary. Only 500 available at £375 a pop! This is only available to pre-order via Z2 Comics
Some of the contents of Little Earthquakes The Graphic Album Platinum edition (click image to enlarge)
The big question is whether that B-sides vinyl picture disc will be made available separately at any point. If not, then the deluxe edition seems quite attractive, despite the high price. Indeed, when Tori confirmed with SDE late last year that there were plans to celebrate Little Earthquakes we assumed she meant a music box set, but perhaps her thoughts went to this ‘graphic album’?
The other thing to consider is that Z2 Comics launched a Blondie graphic novel in February 2021 which has been subject to loads of delays and is now ‘expected’ to be released in August of this year. To be fair, that’s probably not entirely their fault since the super deluxe edition of that Blondie novel includes a “very special Blondie music bundle (to be announced)” which will almost certainly be the box set that UMC are working on.
Little Earthquakes: The Graphic Album will be released on 30 September 2022.
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