Author: Paul Sinclair

Prince and Paul McCartney deluxe editions earn GRAMMY nominations

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Paul McCartney‘s mammoth ‘collector’s edition’ of his 1997 album Flaming Pie received a 2021 GRAMMY nomination yesterday for “Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package“.
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Steven Wilson to release an ‘Ultra Deluxe’ box set limited to one unit

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Steven Wilson has announced details of a unique special edition of his forthcoming sixth album The Future Bites.

What he is calling an ‘ULTRA DELUXE MUSIC PRODUCT ON OBSOLETE MEDIA’ is a special box set edition of the album which is a limited edition of one and has a price tag of £10,000 (with all proceeds going directly to the Music Venue Trust to help save grassroots gig venues in the UK).
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Exclusive: SDE takes a first look at the Mansun ‘Closed For Business’ box set

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SDEtv takes an exclusive early peak at Closed For Business, the forthcoming career spanning Mansun box that features 24CDs and a DVD, plus a wealth of books and other content. Watch the video…
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Out This Week / on 27 November

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Shakin Stevens / Fire in the Blood: The Definitive Collection 19CD box set

Shakin' Stevens / Fire in the Blood: The Definitive Collection CD

BMG issue Fire in the Blood: The Definitive Collection, a massive career-spanning box set featuring the work of Welsh singer and songwriter Shakin’ Stevens.

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Macca targets a UK number one with a slew of new ‘McCartney III’ CDs

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It has been over 30 years since a Paul McCartney studio album hit number one in the UK album charts, and the ex-Beatle is hoping to change that next month by tempting fans to buy multiple CD editions of his forthcoming album McCartney III.
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Out This Week / on 20 November 2020

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Neil Young / Archives Volume II: 1972-1976 CD

Neil Young‘s long awaited Archives Vol. II box set is released. This is a 10CD package that covers the years 1972-1976.

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The ‘classic’ German 3-for-2 is back

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The 3-for-2 deal in Amazon Germany in 2017 has gone down in SDE folklore. It was the deal to rule all deals. The deal by which all deals are judged. Well, it has reappeared a few times a year since then, and while the original has never been matched, it is available again right now!
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Saturday Deluxe / 14 November 2020

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Things are quite confusing with Neil Young and his Archives II box set. As you may know, this 10CD deluxe set was announced as a 3,000 limited edition and sold out almost immediately. Neil Young and Reprise Records were surprised, but a few weeks ago the Canadian singer-songwriter said that “we don’t feel that offering more of a product sold as a limited edition is a good thing to do” and the plan was that a cheaper and less deluxe ‘retail’ version would be produced in a smaller box, with a smaller book and that would have to do.
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Second edition of Neil Young’s Archives Vol II now available to pre-order

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As previously discussed on SDE Neil Young‘s Archives Vol II box set sold out of its 3000 print run in less than 24 hours and so the record label will be releasing a cheaper version next year, which is now available to pre-order in the USA.
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Spandau Ballet / To Cut A Long Story Short 12″ and new greatest hits set

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Spandau Ballet will reissue the original 12-inch of their debut single ‘To Cut A Long Story Short’, as well as a new greatest hits set, later this month.
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Del Amitri / Fatal Mistakes

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Scottish band Del Amitri return with a new album, Fatal Mistakes, in the first part of next year.

This will be the band’s seventh studio album and their first since 2002’s Can You Do Me Good? The band went on a long hiatus after that record, but hit the road for reunion tours in 2014 and 2018.

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