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This Week’s Box Set and Reissue Deals

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George Harrison / All Things Must Pass 50th anniversary

George Harrison / All Things Must Pass 50th anniversary 5CD super deluxe

£97 was £109

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Marillion / Fugazi deluxe edition

Marillion / Fugazi 3CD+blu-ray deluxe

£20 was £23

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Already incredible value, you can now pick up the deluxe version of Marillion‘s Fugazi for just £20. Features new stereo mix, live concert, 5.1 mix, documentary on the blu-ray and more.

Tears For Fears / The Seeds of Love 4CD+blu-ray super deluxe

£34

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Nice price for the Tears For Fears Seeds of Love box set which is a fascinating and forensic look at the 1989 album. Includes the Steven Wilson 5.1 surround mix.

George Harrison / All Things Must Pass 50th anniversary

George Harrison / All Things Must Pass 8LP vinyl super deluxe

£159 was £180

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Mona Bone Jakon / Cat Stevens super deluxe edition

£70 was £140

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Lowest price to date in the UK. Superb album. Watch the SDEtv unboxing video.

Cat Stevens / Tea for the Tillerman super deluxe edition

£70 was £140

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The Clash / Sound System 11CD+DVD box set

£85

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Suede / Coming Up Clear vinyl LP

£14 was £21

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Iggy Pop / The Bowie Years 7CD box set

The Bowie Years / Iggy Pop 7CD box set

£29

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Superb price for this Iggy Pop box set that contains both The Idiot and Lust For Life, TV Eye, a disc of edits and outtakes and three live gigs. In the UK this is £53!

The Waterboys / The Magnificent Seven 5CD+DVD box set

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The Magnificent Seven is a new 5CD+DVD Waterboys box set that tells the story of the seven-piece line up from the Fisherman’s Blues 1989 tour through to the release of the band’s fifth album, Room to Roam in 1990.

As well as the remastered Room To Roam album, this set contains more than 80 previously unreleased tracks over four additional CDs packed with demos, unreleased studio tracks, live and informal jams/sessions.

The DVD contains two complete 1989 audience films of Glastonbury Festival and Milan, home movies and professional footage at Spiddal House during the making of Room To Roam, plus films shot on Waterboys visits to Spiddal in 2010 and 2012.

The super deluxe of The Magnificent Seven is packaged in a massive 240-page book written by Mike Scott (click image to enlarge).

There are two versions of The Magnificent Seven. The super deluxe edition is packaged in a 240-page book containing a 50,000-word narrative by Mike Scott telling the full story of The Waterboys seven-piece band, a collection of previously unseen photos, track notes by all band members, maps, lyrics, manuscripts, and other archival memorabilia. The book slots into a rigid slipcase (approximately 288 x 255mm).

The other version of The Magnificent Seven dispenses with the luxury and simply offers the six discs in a clamshell box with an accompanying booklet.

Room to Roam has been half-speed mastered by Miles Showell (click image to enlarge)

In addition to these CD sets, the original Room to Roam album from 1990 has been mastered at half-speed and cut for vinyl by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. This is a now 2LP set running at 45rpm. The original artwork has been presented in a new 5mm wide-spined sleeve, with poly-lined inners and insert.

The Magnificent Seven and the Room to Roam vinyl are released on 3 December 2021. These products are available via the band’s official store but are now also available via other channels as you can see below. SDE Members can rate the Magnificent Seven super deluxe at the top of this page.

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The clamshell edition of The Magnificent Seven (click image to enlarge)

The Magnificent Seven track listing

CD1: CELTIC SUMMER – And A Bang On The Ear / Morag / The Winkles Overture / Bonnie Kate / The Woodland Strut / On My Way To Heaven / Maggie (It’s Time For You To Go) / Old England / Natural Bridge Blues / The Wayward Wind / Morag / That’s The Way The World Goes Round / Roche’s Favourite / Defying Gravity / Colin’s Tune / Rocking Rose / Song Of The River / Three Ships / The 3 Minutes Before Dinner / When Will We Be Married / The Streets Of Galway.  

CD2: THE RAMBLES OF AUTUMN – This Is The Sea-New Morning / When Ye Go Away / Fisherman’s Blues / Strange Boat / Rainy Day Women Numbers 12 & 35 / Dingle Regatta / A Pagan Place / Reels / The Munster Hop / Custer’s Blues / Girl Of The North Country / The Trip To Broadford / Sweet Thing-Blackbird-You Can’t Always Get What You Want / Your Darling Ain’t Your Darling Anymore / Higherbound / The Kings Of Kerry / Saints And Angels / Something That Is Gone.

CD3: WINTER’S WORK – Carolan’s Welcome / The Raggle Taggle Gypsy / Disease Of Conceit / Spirit / With The Scottish Fiddlers Of Los Angeles / Morag / Danny Murphy / Jimmy Hickey’s Waltz / How Many Songs Till I Get Home / The Hut On Staffin Island / The Pan Within / Learning The Polka / The New-Mown Meadow / Somebody Might Wave Back / A Man Is In Love / Something That Is Gone / Islandman / Song From The End Of The World / Bigger Picture / Maybe The Sandman / A Life Of Sundays.

CD4: ATLANTIC SPRING – A Man Is In Love / A Life Of Sundays / Bigger Picture / Lost Highway / The Raggle Taggle Gypsy / The Trip To Broadford / The Wyndy Wyndy Road / Spring Comes To Spiddal / Loopers Return / Further Up, Further In / Blues With Barry / And I Dreamed I Wandered / Room To Roam / The Happy One-Step-Blackbird / Upon The Wind And Waves / Islandman / Yellow Submarine / The Star And The Sea / Higher In Time / Tripping Up The Stairs / Bed On The Floor / A Song For The Life (1) / A Song For The Life (2) / Nanny Water / Natural Bridge Blues / The Kings Of Kerry / Spring Comes To Spiddal / The Inchicore Reel-Alright Folks Now, Time Please / How Long Will I Love You 2021 / The Music Lasts Forever.

CD5: ROOM TO ROAM (Album) – In Search Of A Rose / Song From The End Of The World / A Man Is In Love / Bigger Picture / Natural Bridge Blues / Something That Is Gone / The Star And The Sea / A Life Of Sundays / Islandman / The Raggle Taggle Gypsy / How Long Will I Love You / Upon The Wind And Waves / Spring Comes To Spiddal / The Trip To Broadford / Further Up, Further On / Room To Roam / The Kings Of Kerry.

DVD: Glastonbury 1989 – On My Way To Heaven / Strange Boat / Girl From The North Country / Bed on The Floor / Maggie It’s Time For You To Go / Billy The Kid / And A Bang On The Ear / Big Blue Ball / The Whole of The Moon / Jimmy Hickey’s Waltz / When Will We Be Married / Good Morning Mr Customs Man / Fisherman’s Blues / This Land Is Your Land / Further Up Further In / Lost Highway.

TEATRO ORFEO, MILAN 1989 – Fisherman’s Blues / Strange Boat / Girl From The North Country / A Man Is In Love / When Ye Go Away / The Raggle Taggle Gypsy / In Search of A Rose / Old England / Natural Bridge Blues / Has Anybody Here Seen Hank? / A Song For Life / And A Bang On The Ear / Good Morning Mr Customs Man / Jimmy Hickey’s Walk / When Will We Be Married / Be My Enemy / The Trip To Broadford / Sweet Thing-Blackbird-You Can’t Always Get What You Want / How Many Songs Till I Get Home / Spirit / The Whole of The Moon / Higherbound / Medicine Bow / This Is The Sea / Room To Roam.  

HOME MOVIE: Spiddal House Recording Sessions (1990).  

BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME A Song For Life (1990).  TeachAnSpideil (TG4 )- The Waterboys visit to Spiddal House (2010). Return To Spiddal (Short Film, 2012).

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Gerald Scarfe / The Art of Pink Floyd The Wall

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The Art of Pink Floyd The Wall is a new book collecting Gerald Scarfe‘s iconic work for Pink Floyd‘s 1979 album.

This large-ish (258mm high x 359mm wide) landscape-format book is presented in a “stunning slipcase” designed by Scarfe and across its 288 pages are photos, drawings and designs which will incorporate the iconic imagery of The Wall, alongside new and previously unseen material.

The Art of Pink Floyd The Wall is published by Little Brown (in the UK) on 9 December 2021 (was 25 November) (was 4 November).

Matt Berry / Gather Up deluxe box set

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This November, Acid Jazz will release Gather Up, a career-spanning box set of music by comedic actor and musician Matt Berry. Available as a four-CD set or signed 5LP vinyl package, Gather Up is part ‘best of’ and part rarities collection and has been compiled by Berry himself.

Over 10 years with Acid Jazz Records Matt Berry has released nine incredibly diverse albums, including the tangled-folk rock thickets of Witchazel and Kill The Wolf, the out-there explorations of Music For Insomniacs, TV Themes’ retro-kitsch delights, the twilight grooves of The Small Hours, the classic pedal-steel songwriting of Phantom Birds and the psychedelic sounds on The Blue Elephant.

The four-CD and 5LP vinyl boxes contain the same audio, the only different being that the 21-track career-spanning ‘best of’ requires two records compared to one CD, incidentally single CD and 2LP releases of this selection are also available.

The 5LP version of Gather Up includes a 64-page book, two prints, a certificate signed by Matt Berry (click image to enlarge)

The third LP (or CD 2) is a selection of rare and never heard before outtakes. It includes cuts from Berry’s 2010 Myspace EP ‘Summer Sun’; outtakes from the Witchazel and The Blue Elephant albums; the ‘Catch Me In Time’ track featuring soul legend Geno Washington; a live radio session version of ‘Take My Hand’ featuring Cecilia Fage; embryonic versions of album tracks, and much more.

LP four (or CD 3), Phantom First, comprises demo recordings of some songs which did and did not evolve into the Phantom Birds album. Many of these involve different track titles and completely different lyrics with familiar melodies wrong-footing the listener.

Finally, Live At A Festival which is LP 5 (or CD 4) features five songs recorded over three festivals in 2015, including The Green Man Festival in the Brecon Beacons.

The four-CD edition of Gather Up (click image to enlarge)

The vinyl set comes with two original Matt Berry artwork prints, a 64-page hardcover book with sleeve notes and an exclusive photographic archive of Matt’s 10 years with Acid Jazz. It also includes a certificate of authenticity signed by Berry.

The CD deluxe set is the casebound book format and features a 24-page book with sleeve notes and photos.

Gather Up will be released on 26 November 2021. The 2LP edition is a gatefold edition and is pressed on red vinyl. Nice.

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Tracklisting

Gather Up Matt Berry / 4CD deluxe set

    • CD 1 – Gather Up
      1. Take My Hand
      2. Something In My Eye
      3. Medicine
      4. Badger’s Wake
      5. World In Action
      6. One By One
      7. Take A Bow
      8. October Sun
      9. So Low
      10. Summer Sun
      11. Gather Up
      12. Theme from Snuff Box
      13. Middle Of The East
      14. Like Stone
      15. Phantom Birds
      16. Music For Insomniacs Part IV
      17. Say It Again
      18. The Innkeepers Song Live
      19. Obsessed & So Obscure
      20. Woman
      21. Solstice
    • CD 2 – Rare & Unreleased
      1. Bigger Than A Dog Original Witchazel Intro
      2. Take My Hand Live On Absolute Radio
      3. Autumn Witchazel Outtake
      4. The Dawn From Myspace EP ‘Summer Sun’ 2010
      5. Snuff Box Live Loop Used Live Between 2005 – 2012
      6. Catch Me In Time
      7. Dark Beach From Myspace EP ‘Summer Sun’ 2010
      8. The Hangman Acoustic Version 2007
      9. Wonder Theme Became ‘Something In My Eye’
      10. Music For Insomniacs Alternative Intro
      11. Theme From ‘Sorry’ Live from Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe 2007
      12. Music For Insomnaics Rejected Theme
      13. Walk With Samuel Devil Inside Me’
      14. Blankety Blank Vocal Intro
      15. The Blue Elephant Trip Two
      16. Sweet Velvet Became ‘Seasons On Fire’
      17. The Blue Elephant Alternative Intro
    • CD 3 – Phantom First
      1. Covered In Clowns
      2. Get Her Out Of My Mind
      3. I’m Going
      4. Make It Go Away
      5. Peter Cleopatra and The Windmill
      6. Play On
      7. Take A Bow
      8. The Preacher’s House
      9. A Shot Rang Out In The Forest
      10. The Wrong House
      11. Where’s My Love?
      12. You Danced All Night
    • CD 4 – Live at a Festival
      1. Medicine / So Low
      2. Silver Sun
      3. Theme From Snuffbox
      4. Solstice
      5. The Pheasant

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Gather Up Matt Berry / 5LP vinyl box with signed certificate and prints

    • Side A
      1. Take My Hand
      2.  Something In My Eye
      3. Medicine
      4. Badger’s Wake
      5.  World In Action
      6. One By One
    • Side B
      1. Take A Bow
      2. October Sun
      3. So Low
      4. Summer Sun
      5. Gather Up

Terminator 2: Judgement Day 30th anniversary vinyl & blu-ray package

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Studio Canal are reissuing James Cameron’s classic 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgement Day for its 30th anniversary and are marketing a bundle which features three blu-ray discs and a 2LP coloured vinyl set.

The blu-ray element features three discs: 4K UHD, Blu-Ray & Blu-Ray 3D (all-region discs) and the 2LP set of course features Brad Fiedel’s soundtrack pressed on grey vinyl and comes with a lenticular print of the front cover.

The Terminator 2: Judgement Day package features three blu-ray discs and two LPs (click image to enlarge)

There’s plenty of extras on the blu-rays, as you’d imagine, including all three versions of the film (theatrical, special edition, extended special edition).

Although there’s been numerous editions of both film and soundtrack over the years, given the cost of even a single vinyl pressing these days, £60 for this doesn’t feel too bad, especially if you’re yet to pick up the 4K version.

This 30th anniversary Terminator 2: Judgement Day set is released on 6 December 2021.

Lenticular printing produces printed images with an illusion of depth, or the ability to change or move as the image is viewed from different angles.

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Terminator 2: Judgement Day James Cameron / Brad Fiedel / 2LP+3xblu-ray bundle

      1. T2: Reprogramming The Terminator documentary (including exclusive interviews with James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Edward Furlong and many more) – 55 mins
      2. 2 Feature Commentaries; 23 Members of Cast
      3. & Crew (1993)/Director James & Co-Author William Wisher
      4. The Making of T2 (1993)
      5. Seamless Branching Of The
      6. Theatrical Version (137 mins approx.)
      7. Special Edition Version
      8. (154 mins approx.)
      9. Extended Special Edition Version (156 mins
      10. approx.)
      11. 2 Deleted Scenes With Audio Commentary
      12. Trailers – T2:3D (2017)
      13. T2 Theatrical Trailer ‘This Time There
      14. Are Two’/’Same Make New Mission’/’Building The Perfect Arnold

The Mission / Collected

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Music On Vinyl/CD will release The Mission Collected in October a new compilation of some of group’s best songs. What is on offer is a 48-track triple-CD package or a limited edition 3LP vinyl set.

The latter is quite interesting, because it adds a bonus LP of remixes which is exclusive to this first pressing (limited to 2000 numbered copies worldwide). The vinyl is a 31-track offering but all future pressings will be 2LP and not include the six extended remixes.

The 3CD edition of Collected features 48 tracks

The vinyl edition comes in a high quality PVC protective sleeve and includes a four-page insert with sleeve notes and a foreword by Wayne Hussey.

Collected is released on 22 October 2021, via Music On Vinyl/CD. The limited vinyl can be pre-ordered via the SDE shop using this link or the button below. CD options in the widget. The Mission have announced a new tour kicking off in autumn 2021.

Tracklisting

Collected The Mission / 3LP vinyl

    • LP 1
      1. Serpents Kiss
      2. Garden Of Delight (Hereafter)
      3. Like A Hurricane
      4. Stay With Me
      5. Wasteland
      6. Severina
      7. Tower Of Strength
      8. Beyond The Pale
      9. Kingdom Come
      10. Butterfly On A Wheel
      11. Deliverance
      12. Hands Across The Ocean
    • LP 2
      1. Never Again
      2. Like A Child Again (Remix)
      3. Raising Cain
      4. Swoon
      5. Coming Home
      6. Evangeline
      7. Breathe Me In
      8. Dragonfly
      9. Keep It In The Family
      10. Blush
      11. Swan Song
      12. Met-Amor-Phosis
      13. Tyranny Of Secrets
    • LP 3
      1. Like A Hurricane (Extended Version)
      2. Wasteland (Anniversary Mix)
      3. Beyond The Pale (Armageddon Mix)
      4. Tower Of Strength (Bombay Edit)
      5. Butterfly On A Wheel (The Magnificent Octopus Mix)
      6. Deliverance (Sorcerer’s Mix)

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Collected The Mission / 3CD

    • CD 1
      1. Serpents Kiss
      2. Garden Of Delight
      3. Like A Hurricane
      4. The Crystal Ocean
      5. Stay With Me
      6. Wasteland
      7. Severina
      8. Tower Of Strength
      9. Beyond The Pale
      10. Kingdom Come
      11. Dream On
      12. Butterfly On A Wheel
      13.  Deliverance
      14. Into The Blue
      15. Amelia
      16. Hands Across The Ocean
      17. Never Again
      18. Like A Child Again
      19. Tower Of Strength (East India Trans Cairo Mix)
    • CD 2
      1. Shades Of Green
      2. Afterglow
      3. Raising Cain
      4. Swoon
      5. Love Myself In You
      6. Coming Home
      7. Alpha Man
      8. Evangeline
      9. Shine Like The Stars
      10. Dragonfly
      11. Breathe Me In
      12. Keep In The Family
      13. Blush
      14. Draped In Red
      15. Swan Song
      16. Sometimes The Brightest Light Comes
        From The Darkest Place
      17. Atomic Heart
      18. Mel-Amor-Phosis
      19. Tyranny Of Secrets
    • CD 3
      1. Like A Hurricane (Extended Version)
      2. Stay With Me (Extended Version)
      3. Wasteland (Anniversary Mix)
      4. Tower Of Strength (Bombay Mix)
      5. Beyond The Pale (Armageddon Mix)
      6. Butterfly On A Wheel (The Magnificent Octopus Mix)
      7. Into The Blue (La La Sheldon Mix)
      8. Deliverance (Sorcerer’s Mix)
      9. Afterglow (Full Length Olympic Mix)
      10. Mel-Amor-Phosis (Black Star Remix)

Radiohead / KID A MNESIA reissue

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This November, Radiohead will reissue their studio albums Kid A (2000) and Amnesiac (2001) together as one package called KID A MNESIA

The reissue will be available as a 3LP vinyl set or a triple-CD package, both of which offer a third disc dubbed ‘KID AMNESIAE’. This is comprised of unearthed material culled from the Kid A / Amnesiac sessions along with alternate versions and elements of album tracks and B-sides. This bonus disc features the never-before-heard ‘If You Say The Word’ and a previously unreleased studio recording of ‘Follow Me Around’.

The three-CD set comes in a three-pocket gatefold package while the 3LP vinyl features two half-speed cut pressings of the albums and a 12-inch of the bonus disc. The indie-exclusive 3LP red vinyl edition is available at Rough Trade in the UK.

The band’s official store are offering a double-cassette version (!), a 3LP cream vinyl edition and an art book (on top of the standard editions).

KID A MNESIA will be released on 5 November 2021.

Tracklisting

KID A MNESIA Radiohead / 3CD or 3LP

    • CD 1
      1. Everything In Its Right Place
      2. Kid A
      3. The National Anthem
      4. How To Disappear Completely
      5. Treefingers
      6. Optimistic
      7. In Limbo
      8. Idioteque
      9. Morning Bell
      10. Motion Picture Soundtrack
    • CD 2
      1. Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box
      2. Pyramid Song
      3. Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors
      4. You And Whose Army?
      5. I Might Be Wrong
      6. Knives Out
      7. Morning Bell/Amnesiac
      8. Dollars and Cents
      9. Hunting Bears
      10. Like Spinning Plates
      11. Life In A Glasshouse
    • CD 3
      1. Like Spinning Plates (‘Why Us?’ Version)
      2. Untitled V1
      3. Fog (Again Again Version)
      4. If You Say The Word
      5. Follow Me Around
      6. Pulk/Pull (True Love Waits Version)
      7. Untitled V2
      8. The Morning Bell (In the Dark Version)
      9. Pyramid Strings
      10. Alt. Fast Track
      11. Untitled V3
      12. How to Disappear into Strings

Pre-order a signed copy of Elbow’s new album

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Elbow will release their new album, Flying Dream 1, in November and fans in the UK can secure a signed CD or a vinyl copy with a signed print.

The band’s ninth studio album was written remotely in their home studios before Elbow came together to record the songs (at the empty Brighton Theatre Royal).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnB3Z0pjQv0&t=1s

The 10-track album is produced by Craig Potter. Long term collaborator Alex Reeves returns on drums and percussion with Sarah Field on clarinets and saxophones.

The signed CD and the vinyl with the signed print are both via Amazon in the UK. Rough Trade in the UK have a green vinyl edition (not signed) and the official Elbow store offers transparent vinyl and some other bundles.

Flying Dream 1 is released on 19 November 2021.

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Tracklisting

Flying Dream 1 Elbow /

      1. Flying Dream 1
      2. After the Eclipse
      3. Is It a Bird
      4. Six Words
      5. Calm and Happy
      6. Come On, Blue
      7. The Only Road
      8. Red Sky Radio (Baby Baby Baby)
      9. The Seldom Seen Kid
      10. What Am I Without You

Who has won the Prince Welcome 2 America deluxe edition?

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SDE’s Prince Welcome 2 America competition is over and we have randomly selected one winner from the pool of entries.

The lucky winner is SDE member jameswhitelock

Congratulations to James. We will be in touch via email about getting your prize out to you. Thanks to all who entered. Another SDE giveaway is coming soon!

More ABBA Voyage formats emerge

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With ABBA-mania in full flow – 80,000 album pre-orders in the UK and counting! – SDE wants to report on a few formats that may be of interest that are now more widely available.

The ABBA shop had CD singles of both ‘I Still Have Faith In You‘ and ‘Don’t Shut Me Down‘ which were both presumed to be exclusive to the band’s channel, but in fact are not. They have turned up on Amazon. They are only one-track CDs but hey, they’re CD singles and SDE always saves a gold star and a ‘well done’ to artists and labels who support CD singles!

The other thing to mention is that there is a Japanese SHM-CD that comes with two DVDs.

The two DVDs feature the ABBA in Japan TV special from 1978 and two documentaries about their 1978 and 1980 visits to Japan. There is also an ‘ABBA in Japan’ photo gallery and a Japanese Single & Album sleeve gallery. This two-DVD set was issued as a standalone commercial product in 2009 but is now bundled with the Japanese exclusive of Voyage.

With this Japanese set, UK fans can either pay more (quite a bit more) for the easy option and order it via Amazon in the UK, or chose to order from Amazon Japan or CDJapan. With the latter you will almost certainly get stung for import duties, whereas Amazon Japan takes care of that in advance. Bear in mind CD Japan are calling this product “extremely limited”.

There’s also actually a second SHM-CD release in Japan, and this one is bundled with ABBA Gold. You may have heard of that compilation.

Voyage will be released on 5 November 2021.

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Out This Week on 10 September 2021

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Depeche Mode / Ultra: The 12" Singles box set

Depeche Mode / Ultra: The 12" Singles Vinyl

Depeche Mode continue their 12-inch box set series with Ultra: The 12″ Singles box set, an eight-record package.

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Saint Etienne / I’ve Been Trying To Tell You

Saint Etienne return with their 10th album. I’ve Been Trying To Tell You uses sounds and samples from 1997 to 2001, evoking the folk memory of the period by using and twisting recordings from the time, re-working them into new songs. “They’re all by people you’d have heard on daytime Radio 1 or 2 at the time,” Bob clarifies, “not Boards of Canada or anything”. Rough Trade in the UK have an exclusive 2CD set with bonus remixes and an exclusive ‘powder blue’ vinyl edition.

Jean-Michel Jarre / Welcome to the Other Side

Physical release of Jean-Michel Jarre’s New Year’s Eve live performance which combined life-like concert visuals in VR with a real live studio performance. The performance includes tracks from Electronica, as well as new reworked versions of his classics from Oxygène and Equinoxe. This CD+blu-ray edition includes various surround mixes (such as DTS HD 5.0) and downloads for “binaural headphone mix” and a QR code to visit UBISOFT 360 degree version of Notre-Dame de Paris.

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Elvis Costello / Spanish Model

An international cast of Latin rock and pop artists from around the globe interpret Elvis Costello and The Attractions’ album, This Year’s Model. The Spanish-language adaptations are set to the band’s classic studio performances, culled from the original master recordings, which have been newly mixed. I haven’t heard this yet, but possibly one to file under ‘just because you can do something, doesn’t mean you should do it’. A 2021 remaster of the original album is also issued this week on CD and vinyl.

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Saturday Deluxe: ABBA Reloaded

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I picked the wrong week to try and have a few days of a semi-break up in Yorkshire visiting my mum. What you don’t want to happen when you are trying to not do too much work is for ABBA TO REFORM!

It’s fair to say that the announcement on Thursday evening exceeded all expectations and not only are we getting the ABBA-tar live experience but also a new album! And it’s the new material that I’m most interested in.

In that interview on Thursday, Zoe Ball at one point asked what ‘team’ and producers Benny and Bjorn had been working with. They looked shocked at the question and simply answered “It’s just us”.

And there is the strength encapsulated in one simple comment. ABBA do not need anyone else and moreover they do not want to be anyone else. Unlike, say Duran Duran, they don’t yearn to stay ‘relevant’ and do not need to bring in outside producers, new musicians, or collaborate with other singers to keep things interesting (for them). There are no songs on the Voyage album “featuring Ed Sheeran” or “featuring Dua Lipa” or, heaven forbid, “featuring Elton John”.

Bjorn said that “no imagination could dream up” the position that they are in, in terms of putting out a new album after 40 years and still be “the best of friends”. It’s hard to disagree, so what do we make of the new songs?

I Still Have Faith In You

This song expresses what Bjorn was talking about (one of the lines is “how inconceivable it is to reach this far“) and it is an ABBA 2021 mission statement, of sorts. It’s an openly sentimental number about friendship, doubt, faith, togetherness and longevity. Benny, Bjorn, Agnetha and Frida tick every single box when it comes to relationships (friends, lovers, wives/husbands, parents, workmates, ex-wives/husbands) and so their feelings towards each other must be deep, layered, complex and rich.

This song could easily have been a simple and straightforward piano ballad, but with ABBA there is always musical ambition, construction, building blocks and different elements to keep you interested. The first two minutes are about rumination. I still have faith in you but “do I have it in me?” And then at around the two minute mark the questions are answered with a triumphant ‘chorus’ section: “We do have it in us / New spirit has arrived / The joy and the sorrow / We have a story / And it survived“. Things calm down at the end and we are back to Frida, piano and some strings.

One gets the feeling that this was a song that they needed to sing. It sounds like ABBA, which is obviously important, and there’s plenty to enjoy including Frida’s superb lead vocal, some strong melodies and even a hint of ‘Fernando’ drums at one point. The triumphant – somewhat bombastic – section is probably the weakest part of the song but it’s hard not to be moved by the sentiment, which declares “We alive, we’re back and we’re ABBA!”

Don’t Shut Me Down

If you had any doubts about ‘I Still Have Faith In You’ these are banished with ‘Don’t Shut Me Down’. This Agnetha-led first person narrative starts beautifully with some wonderful words describing our protagonist hanging around in the park waiting to go and confront her man. There are rich strings, a harp, some ‘ooh, oohs’ and just before you start to wonder if this is another ballad, a Benny piano glissando and some vaudeville-style saxophone transform ‘Don’t Shut Me Down’ into a wonderful perky mid-paced pop song which has the bounce of The Visitors‘ ‘Head Over Heels’ and the knowing lyric of ‘The Day Before You Came’.

‘Don’t Shut Me Down’ is brilliant and doesn’t put a foot wrong, most noticeably in the extremely catchy chorus which combines words and melody beautifully. It’s a great idea to put the women in the position to challenge and confront the man. She goes to his flat and says “And now you see another me, I’ve been reloaded, yeah / I’m fired up, don’t shut me down“. The next line rather suggests Bjorn was a fan of Christopher Nolan’s 2010 film Inception: “I’m like a dream within a dream that’s been decoded“.

The song flows effortlessly from that preface in the park, to the verses as the narrator confronts who we presume is her ex, to the defiant choruses (“I’m fired up, I’m hot, don’t shut me down“). There’s a skilful post-chorus section which brings things down and eases us gently back to the verses via that swaggering sax and some strings.

The whole thing is classic ABBA and I’m convinced if this was a single from Super Trouper or The Visitors it would have been a major hit. And let’s be clear, it sounds a lot like ABBA from 1980/81, which in itself is a remarkable achievement. Because they’ve managed to do it with such aplomb, it’s easy to take for granted, but it’s like Paul McCartney producing an album in 2021 that sounds like – and is as good as – Tug of War.

Whether ABBA can maintain this quality for a whole album is the big question. On the face of it, it would seem unlikely. For me, ABBA only ever produced one truly great album and that was The Visitors. But I’m not writing them off or shutting them down just yet. They’re fired up (and so are we).

ABBA’s Voyage album will be released on 5 November 2021.

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Tracklisting

Voyage ABBA /

      1. I Still Have Faith In You
      2. When You Danced With Me
      3. Little Things
      4. Dont Shut Me Down
      5. Just A Notion
      6. I Can Be That Woman
      7. Keep An Eye On Dan
      8. Bumble Bee
      9. No Doubt About It
      10. Ode To Freedom

Simply Red / Remixed. Vol 1 (1985-2000)

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This October, Simply Red will release Remixed Vol. 1 (1985-2000) a two-CD collection of their hit singles in remixed form from the band’s first 15 years.

The 22-song selection works through Simply Red’s catalogue and mixes period mixes of the time with some rarer selections. In fact, there are seven unreleased remixes in total including the ‘David Morales Radio Mix’ of ‘Something Got Me Started’ and the ‘United City Mix’ of ‘Money’s Too Tight To Mention’.

Some kind of Simply Red rarities collection was long overdue and while what is on offer here is not comprehensive and also fairly narrow in its remit, it’s better than nothing! If volume two simply carries on post-2000 it’s fair to say it won’t be as appealing as this double-CD package.

Remixed Vol. 1 (1985-2000) will be released on 22 October 2021.

Tracklisting

Remixed: Vol. 1 1985-2000 Simply Red / 2CD set

    • CD 1
      1. Money’s Too Tight to Mention (United City Mix)
      2. Come to My Aid (Survival Mix)
      3. Jericho (12” Extended Mix)
      4. I Won’t Feel Bad (Arthur Baker 12″ Mix)
      5. The Right Thing (Extended Single)
      6. Infidelity (Stretch Mix)
      7. It’s Only Love (Valentine Mix)
      8. Something Got Me Started (David Morales Radio Mix)
      9. Freedom (Perfecto Mix)
      10. Stars (Comprende Mix)
      11. Thrill Me (Masters At Work House Mix)
    • CD 2
      1. Fairground (Too Precious Mix)
      2. Remembering the First Time (Satoshi Tomiie Classic Single Mix)
      3. We’re in This Together (Universal Feeling Mix)
      4. So Jungiful (So Beautiful Jungle Remix)
      5. Angel (Mousse T Club Mix)
      6. Ghetto Girl (Blood and Fire Sound System Mix)
      7. Night Nurse (Jah Wobble Radio Mix) [feat. Simply Red]
      8. Love Has Said Goodbye Again (Rae & Christian Mix)
      9. To Be Free (Livin Joy AHanetta Mix)
      10. Your Eyes (Jimmy Gomez Funky Mix)
      11. Ain’t That a Lot of Love (Phats and Small Mutant Disco Vocal Mix)

ABBA announce a new album, Voyage

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

ABBA will release a brand new studio album called Voyage in November! The group have reunited and recorded a ten-track album which features all new material, including ‘I Still Have Faith In You’ and ‘Don’t Shut Me Down’.

Voyage was recorded at Benny’s studio Riksmixningsverket in Stockholm, and will be available on CD, vinyl, Amazon exclusive orange vinyl, a CD box set with exclusive poster, art cards & sticker sheets. There is no format with any extra audio. ABBA also have their own store with various editions.

The other news, as expected, is that a revolutionary new ABBA concert will debut next year that will see Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Anni-Frid performing digitally with a live 10-piece band, in a purpose-built arena in London. This will start on 27 May 2022.

Voyage will be released on 5 November 2021.

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Tracklisting

Voyage ABBA /

      1. I Still Have Faith In You
      2. When You Danced With Me
      3. Little Things
      4. Dont Shut Me Down
      5. Just A Notion
      6. I Can Be That Woman
      7. Keep An Eye On Dan
      8. Bumble Bee
      9. No Doubt About It
      10. Ode To Freedom

Pink Floyd / A Momentary Lapse of Reason: Remixed & Updated

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The ‘Remixed & Updated’ version of Pink Floyd‘s 1987 album A Momentary Lapse of Reason – first included in 2019’s The Later Years box set – is being made available on separately on CD and vinyl and two ‘combo’ box sets offering CD+DVD or CD+blu–ray.

The changes made to the album included returning to some of Richard Wright’s original keyboard takes, and re-recording new drum tracks with Nick Mason. The producers David Gilmour and Bob Ezrin felt that they restored “a better creative balance between the three Pink Floyd members”.

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Now available outside of that massive box set, the new edition showcases new and updated artwork with a previously unused image from the original photo shoot featuring the iconic beds on the beach.

The CD+blu-ray box set of A Momentary Lapse of Reason: Remixed & Updated (click image to enlarge)

Stereo versions are available on CD and 2LP vinyl while the CD+DVD editions go much further with the video discs also providing 5.1 surround mixes, music videos, concert screen films, a documentary and some bonus live tracks. The surround mix on the DVD is 5.1 Dolby Digital (48/16) and DTS (48/16). On blu-ray it’s 5.1 DTS Master Audio (96/24). Both include hi-res stereo.

Both box sets come with a 40-page booklet and an envelope containing six exclusive stickers designed by Peter Curzon from StormStudios.

The Remixed & Updated edition of A Momentary Lapse of Reason will be released on 29 October 2021.

Tracklisting

A Momentary Lapse of Reason: Remixed & Updated Pink Floyd /

    • CD/Vinyl
      1. Signs Of Life (4’23)
      2. Learning To Fly (4’53)
      3. The Dogs Of War (6’13)
      4. One Slip (5’11)
      5. On The Turning Away (5’40)
      6. Yet Another Movie (6’14)
      7. Round And Around (1’13)
      8. A New Machine Part 1 (1’46)
      9. Terminal Frost (6’16)
      10. A New Machine Part 2 (0’45)
      11. Sorrow (8’47)
    • DVD or Blu-ray
      Music Videos
      1.   Learning To Fly (4.28)
      2. Album Cover Photo Shoot 1987 (8.46)
      3. Learning To Fly (alternate version) (4.31)
      Concert screen films (1987)
      1. Signs Of Life (4.20)
      2. Learning To Fly (1.54)
      3. The Dogs Of War (1.51)
      Documentary
      1. David Gilmour & Storm Thorgerson – Interview (1.48) Re: A Momentary Lapse Of Reason Album Cover Photo Shoot
      Audio only
      1.  The Dogs Of War (live, Atlanta 1987)(7.10)
      2. On The Turning Away (live, Atlanta 1987) (6.52)
      3. Run Like Hell (live, Atlanta 1987) (7.20)
      DVD Version: A Momentary Lapse Of Reason – Remixed & Updated – DVD audio resolution
      1. Stereo PCM 48/16
      2. 5.1 Dolby Digital 48/16
      3. 5.1 DTS 48k/16
      Blu-Ray Version: 
      A Momentary Lapse Of Reason – Remixed & Updated – Blu-ray audio resolution
      1. Stereo PCM 96/24
      2. 5.1 dts Master Audio 96/24
      3. PCM 96/24

The Doors / L.A. Woman 50th anniversary deluxe edition

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L.A. Woman, The Doors last studio album with Jim Morrison will be reissued as a 50th anniversary 3CD+vinyl LP 50th anniversary deluxe edition later this year.

The album was recorded over six days at the Workshop, the band’s rehearsal space on Santa Monica Boulevard in November 1970 and received critical and commercial acclaim when released in April the following year. L.A. Woman is home to the brilliant title track, ‘Love Her Madly’, ‘Riders on the Storm’ and seven other songs.

For the 50th anniversary edition, the album has been ‘newly remastered’ (again) by The Doors’ longtime engineer and mixer Bruce Botnick. This is included on CD 1 and the vinyl LP.

CDs two and three feature unreleased studio outtakes including the previously unheard original demo of ‘Riders on the Storm’ which was recently discovered in the band’s vault, having been assumed lost for decades. The demo recording was done with producer Paul A. Rothchild, who famously referred to it as “cocktail music”. This led to Rothchild departing the project, with the band opting to co-produce the album with Botnick.

Botnick has also created a new Dolby Atmos mix of the original album but instead of including it with this physical deluxe edition, Rhino are – for the time being – only making available via streaming. This is a concerning development that I hope does not become a trend amongst major labels.

The two bonus CDs offer more than two hours of unreleased recordings taken from the sessions for L.A. Woman, with CD2 offering “serial takes” of ‘The Changeling,’ ‘Love Her Madly,’ ‘Riders On The Storm,’ and ‘L.A. Woman’. An early demo of ‘Hyacinth House’ recorded at Robby Krieger’s home studio in 1969 is also included (appended to the album on CD 1 alongside that ‘Riders on the Storm’ demo).

The 50th anniversary edition of The Doors’ L.A. Woman (click image to enlarge)

Amongst the outtakes on CD 3 are takes of Junior Parker’s ‘Mystery Train’, John Lee Hooker’s ‘Crawling King Snake’, Big Joe Williams’ ‘Baby Please Don’t Go’ and Lee Dorsey’s ‘Get Out Of My Life Woman’.

In 2011, at the time of the 40th anniversary of this album, Doors manager Jeff Jampol announced a five-CD super deluxe of L.A. Woman. This was eventually cancelled, with Jampol blaming Rhino for getting cold feet and worrying about the “market” for such a product. Ten years later, this new edition (which features David Fricke sleeve notes) will go some way towards making up for that product’s non-appearance.

The L.A. Woman 50th anniversary edition will be released on 3 December 2021.

Tracklisting

LA Woman The Doors / 3CD+LP 50th anniversary

    • CD 1: Original Stereo Mix (remastered)
      1. “TheChangeling”
      2. “Love Her Madly”
      3. “Been Down So Long”
      4. “Cars Hiss By My Window”
      5. “L.A. Woman”
      6. “L’America”
      7. “Hyacinth House”
      8. “Crawling King Snake”
      9. “TheWASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)”
      10. “Riders On The Storm”
      Bonus tracks
      1. “Hyacinth House” – Demo
      2. “Riders On TheStorm” – Sunset Sound Version *

       

    • CD2: LA Woman Sessions, Part 1
      1. “TheChangeling” *
      2. “Love Her Madly” *
      3. “Riders On TheStorm” *
      4. “L.A. Woman” (Part 1) *
    • CD3: LA Woman Sessions, Part 2
      1. “L.A. Woman” (Part 2) *
      2. “She Smells So Nice” *
      3. “Rock Me Baby” *
      4. “Mr. Mojo Risin’” *
      5. “Baby Please Don’t Go” *
      6. “L.A. Woman” (Part 3) *
      7. “Been Down So Long” *
      8. “Get Out Of My Life Woman” *
      9. “Crawling King Snake” *
      10. “TheBastard Son Of Jimmy & Mama Reed (Cars Hiss By My Window)” *
      11. “Been Down So Long” *
      12. “Mystery Train” *
      13. “TheWASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)” *
    • Vinyl LP: Original Stereo Mix (remastered)
      1. “TheChangeling”
      2. “Love Her Madly”
      3. “Been Down So Long”
      4. “Cars Hiss By My Window”
      5. “L.A. Woman”
      6. “L’America”
      7. “Hyacinth House”
      8. “Crawling King Snake”
      9. “TheWASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)”
      10. “Riders On The Storm”

Sting / new album: The Bridge

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Five years after 57th & 9th, Sting has announced The Bridge, a studio album of brand new material.

In what has become a familiar story amongst songwriters and musicians, The Bridge was written and recorded in a year of global pandemic and finds Sting ruminating on personal loss, separation, disruption, lockdown, and social and political turmoil. 

Sting explains his approach: “These songs are between one place and another, between one state of mind and another, between life and death, between relationships. Between pandemics, and between eras – politically, socially and psychologically, all of us are stuck in the middle of something. We need a bridge.”

You can listen ‘If It’s Love’ from the album below:

The album is said to be “eclectic” and draw inspiration “from genres including rock n’ roll, jazz, classical music and folk”. Contributing musicians include Dominic Miller (guitar), Josh Freese & Manu Katché (drums), Branford Marsalis (saxophone) and Martin Kierszenbaum & Fred Renaudin (keyboards). The Bridge is mostly produced by Sting and Martin Kierszenbaum.

In standard CD and vinyl editions The Bridge is a ten-track album although the deluxe CD adds three bonus tracks (one of which is ‘(Sitting On) The Dock Of The Bay’) and a Japanese SHM-CD+DVD adds one more (another cover, this time Nilsson’s ‘I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City’) making that a 14-track offering.

The SHM-CD comes in seven-inch deluxe packaging and also includes with a DVD featuring a interview, two promo videos and a track-by-track commentary from Sting. Unusually, the SHM-CD+DVD is being marketed directly from Sting’s own store

There is also a deluxe 2LP black vinyl which appears to be ‘reserved’ for indie retail (and is in Target in America). This adds the three deluxe CD bonus tracks. Sting is offering an exclusive white vinyl version via his store.

The Bridge will be released on 19 November 2021.

Tracklisting

Sting / new album The Bridge

The Bridge Sting /

      1. Rushing Water
      2. If It’s Love
      3. The Book of Numbers
      4. Loving You
      5. Harmony Road
      6. For Her Love
      7. The Hills on the Border
      8. Captain Bateman
      9. The Bells of St. Thomas
      10. The Bridge
      11. Waters of Tyne   (Deluxe bonus track)
      12. Captain Bateman’s Basement  (Deluxe bonus track)
      13. (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay  (Deluxe bonus track)
      14. I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City (Japanese exclusive bonus track)

SDE marks the 35th anniversary of Paul McCartney’s Press to Play with keepsake booklet

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Number 10 in SDE’s booklet series. 1000 copies signed and numbered

Paul McCartney‘s Press to Play was released in the UK exactly 35 years ago today! The 1986 album was co-produced with Hugh Padgham and saw Paul embrace a more ‘modern’, and at times, experimental approach to his music.

Opinion is divided on the creative merits of the album but it was not a commercial success. It spent one solitary week in the top ten of the UK album charts (at number eight), peaked a a lowly number 30 in America and delivered zero top 20 hit singles on either side of the Atlantic. In short, the public were not enamoured with Paul’s new music.

Press to Play at 35 is a new SDE-exclusive 32-page ‘keepsake’ booklet that features a satisfying ‘deep dive’ exploration of the album. It includes an exclusive, and very candid, interview with Hugh Padgham who goes into some detail about how he got the job and what it was like working with an artist of Paul McCartney’s stature. He also addresses the confusion over who was supposed to be co-producing the album: him or Eric Stewart!

It also features an in-depth 9,000 word review and track-by-track examination of Press to Play by my good self (SDE editor, Paul Sinclair) and an exclusive interview with John ‘Tokes’ Potoker, who remixed ‘Pretty Little Head’ and non-album single ‘Spies Like Us’.

The booklet offers a stunning, newly commissioned front-cover illustration of Paul McCartney by US artist Brianna Ashby. Brianna also tackles Hugh Padgham inside the booklet which is further illustrated by product images from the era (from the author’s own collection) and period advertising of the various singles. The booklet is completed by a full Press to Play UK singles discography. 

Press to Play at 35 is a limited edition of 1000 numbered copies which all come signed by SDE editor Paul Sinclair.

We have reprinted the acclaimed ‘McCartney: 10 Years of Archive Reissues’ 52-page booklet (not signed or numbered this time) and in an attempt to soften the blow of international shipping, we have created some special money-saving booklet bundles which bring together McCartney booklets and/or offer the new Press to Play at 35 with DECADE: The Best of SDE 2011-2021. You can order directly from the buttons below, or head over to the SDE shop. Cheapest UK shipping is £3 for the booklet, cheapest US shipping is £6.

Shipping starts in a matter of days, on Monday 6th September 2021.

Praise for SDE’s ‘McCartney: 10 Years of Reissues’:

“Bloody brilliant” • “Superb and very professionally done” • “Really well written and an absolute must have for a Macca fan” • “Thoroughly enjoyable and an excellent read” • “A labour of love”

Praise for SDE’s ‘The Producers on Paul McCartney’s Flowers in the Dirt‘

“Will go down as one of the greatest insights into Paul’s working methods in his solo career.” • “Invaluable document” • “Stupendous article” • “One of the best McCartney articles I’ve ever read. And I’ve read LOTS!” • “Fantastic work” • “Incredible work”

Debbie Gibson / Out of the Blue deluxe reissue

Posted on by Paul Sinclair

Cherry Red are to reissue American singer-songwriter Debbie Gibson‘s first album, Out of the Blue, as a 3CD+DVD deluxe edition.

The 1987 long-player was an enormous success, especially in America, where it peaked at number seven and spawned four top five singles, including the chart-topping ‘Foolish Beat’. The singles did well in the UK as well, with two top ten hits ‘Shake Your Love’ and ‘Foolish Beat’ and the almost top ten single ‘Only In My Dreams’ (#11 in the UK, #4 in the US).

The forthcoming reissue features 7 bonus versions of ‘Only in My Dreams’

An expanded Out of the Blue was part of Demon Music’s massive 13-disc We Could Be Together deluxe set from 2017 but this is the first opportunity to get it as a standalone product, and it looks fairly extensive. Everything Out of the Blue-related from that previous package is included on this new expanded set, except for ‘Shake Your Love [Luke Mornay Remix]’ and ‘Only In My Dreams ’98 [Club Mix]’ – but since neither of those were remixes from the original era, this is unlikely to be a problem for most.

The good news is this new 3CD+DVD package offers a lot more. There’s an enormous amount of original remixes, including dubs, bonus beats, ‘percapella’ etc. It looks pretty comprehensive, but will wait for SDE Debbie Gibson aficionados to either confirm or deny!

‘Foolish Beat’ topped the American singles chart

The DVD (NTSC, region-free) offers all five promo videos, Out Of The Blue: Live In Concert (the 1989 video release which looks like a repeat of what was on the second DVD in the Demon set) and Up Close And Personal an ‘interview special’.

More good news in that this is packaged as a digi-pak (like the Howard Jones sets) and not one of those insubstantial ‘capacity wallets’. The booklet includes a 2021 introduction written by Debbie. The label say that this is “the first in a series of Debbie Gibson reissues” so it’s looking like we can expect more like this, especially for Out of the Blue follow-up Electric Youth which was actually a bigger hit on both sides of the Atlantic.

The Out of the Blue 3CD+DVD deluxe edition will be released on 15 October 2021. Please rate this release at the top of the page!

Tracklisting

Debbie Gibson / Out of the Blue 3CD+DVD deluxe edition

Out of the Blue Debbie Gibson / 3CD+DVD deluxe edition

    • CD 1: Out of the Blue
      1. OUT OF THE BLUE
      2. STAYING TOGETHER
      3. ONLY IN MY DREAMS
      4. FOOLISH BEAT
      5. RED HOT
      6. WAKE UP TO LOVE
      7. SHAKE YOUR LOVE
      8. FALLEN ANGEL
      9. PLAY THE FIELD
      10. BETWEEN THE LINES
      11. ONLY IN MY DREAMS (Vocal)
      12. ONLY IN MY DREAMS (Dreamix)
      13. SHAKE YOUR LOVE (Bad Dubb Version)
      14. FOOLISH BEAT (Extended Mix)
      15. STAYING TOGETHER (Dub Edit)
    • CD 2: The Remixes Part 1
      1. ONLY IN MY DREAMS (Extended Club Mix)
      2. ONLY IN MY DREAMS (Dub)
      3. ONLY IN MY DREAMS (Percapella/Vocal)
      4. ONLY IN MY DREAMS (Heartthrob Beats)
      5. SHAKE YOUR LOVE (Vocal/Club Mix)
      6. SHAKE YOUR LOVE (Bonus Beats)
      7. SHAKE YOUR LOVE (Vocal/Bassapella)
      8. SHAKE YOUR LOVE (Shake The House Version)
      9. OUT OF THE BLUE (Vocal/Club Mix)
      10. OUT OF THE BLUE (Bonus Beats)
    • CD 3: The Remixes Part 2
      1. OUT OF THE BLUE (Drumapella)
      2. OUT OF THE BLUE (Dub Version)
      3. SHAKE YOUR LOVE (Live)
      4. FOOLISH BEAT (Instrumental)
      5. ONLY IN MY DREAMS (Dream House Mix)
      6. MEDLEY (Debbie Gibson Megamix)
      7. STAYING TOGETHER (Remix)
      8. STAYING TOGETHER (Dub Version)
      9. STAYING TOGETHER (Bonus Beats)
      10. STAYING TOGETHER (LP Version w/ Vocal Re-cut)
    • DVD – NTSC, region-free
      1. ONLY IN MY DREAMS (Video)
      2. SHAKE YOUR LOVE (Video)
      3. OUT OF THE BLUE (Video)
      4. FOOLISH BEAT (Video)
      5. STAYING TOGETHER (Video)
      6. STAYING TOGETHER (Live)
      7. FOOLISH BEAT (Live)
      8. SHAKE YOUR LOVE (Live)
      9. IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT (Live)
      10. LOST IN YOUR EYES (Live)
      11. SHOULD’VE BEEN THE ONE (Live)
      12. OUT OF THE BLUE (Live)
      13. ONLY IN MY DREAMS (Live)
      14. WE COULD BE TOGETHER (Live)
      15. CROCODILE ROCK (Live)
      16. UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL (Bonus Interview Featurette)