Out This Week 18 March 2013

Elvis Presley  / Aloha From Hawaii via Satelitte

The horrible cover remains, but this new two-disc RCA/Legacy edition of Elvis‘s 1973 live concert comes with a freshly remixed bonus disc of the rehearsal performance, and five extra tracks that were unique to US TV at the time. No quad mix though. 

Suede / Bloodsports

The overpriced box sets are best avoided, but Suede‘s new album works nicely as a 10-track CD, and is something of a return to form for a band (in this line-up) that has only really ever produced one great long player (Coming Up). 

Billy Bragg / Tooth & Nail

Billy Bragg‘s new laid back album – produced by Joe Henry – is available as a CD+DVD deluxe edition packaged as a quality hardback book set. The bonus disc features 10 promo videos from 1986-2002 and the book includes some writings from Bragg.

• • UK Order: Tooth & Nail (CD+DVD Deluxe Edition)
• • USA Order: Tooth & Nail (Deluxe Edition)
• • CANADA Order: Tooth & Nail (Deluxe CD+DVD)
• • GERMANY Order: Tooth & Nail (Limited Deluxe Edition)

Inspiral Carpets / Life (Extended Edition)

EMI reissue the 1990 debut album from ‘Madchester’ indie band The Inspiral Carpets. This deluxe ‘extended’ edition comes with a DVD of the 21790 live gig recorded at Manchester’s G Mex on… you guessed it 21/7/90. A certain Noel Gallagher was part of the road crew for that day.

• • UK Order: Life (Extended Edition)
• • USA Order: Life (Extended Edition)
• • CANADA Order: Life (Extended Edition)
• • GERMANY Order: Life (Extended Edition)

Karl Bartos / Off The Record

The ex-Krafwerk man puts out a collection of previously unreleased recordings from his own “secret acoustic diary”. These date from 1975 to 1993.

• • UK Order: Off The Record
• • USA Order: Off the Record
• • CANADA Order: Off the Record
• • GERMANY Order: Off the Record