Out This Week / 2 March 2015

The Pretty Things / Bouquets from a Cloudy Sky (box)

Impressive and comprehensive Pretty Things 50th anniversary box with 13 CDs, two DVDs, a ten-inch vinyl record and a 100-page hardcover book. 

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds / Chasing Yesterday

Chasing Yesterday is the second studio album for a post-Oasis Noel Gallagher. This deluxe edition comes with four bonus tracks including a remix of last year’s In the Heat of the Moment single and its B-side Do The Damage. It’s 50% cheaper in the USA!

• • UK Pre-order: Chasing Yesterday
• • USA Pre-order: Chasing Yesterday

Nena/ Oldschool [box set]

Nena, of 99 Luftballoons fame, is back with a new album, Oldschool, which is available in a number of formats including this decent-value ‘fanbox’. 

Europe  / War of Kings (box set)

Swedish rockers Europe are back with a new album War of Kings. This limited edition box set offers various goodies including DVD and T-shirt. 

Rhianna – Kanye West – Paul McCartney /Fourfiveseconds

Macca completists might want to know that ‘his’ first top five US single for 28 years is available as this two-track CD single.

• • UK Pre-order: Fourfiveseconds
• • USA Order: Fourfiveseconds
• • GERMANY Order: Fourfiveseconds

Ian Dury / New Boots and Panties!! (2CD deluxe)

Ian Dury never better this stunning 1977 debut which Edsel are re-presenting as this deluxe 2CD casebound book edition. Other Dury albums also reissued today. 

Boz Scaggs (2CD deluxe reissue)

New deluxe edition of Boz Scaggs contains the original 1969 version of the singer-songwriter’s second album and the 1977 remix that brings to the fore Duanne Allman’s guitar playing.

• • UK Order: Boz Scaggs [deluxe]
• • USA Order: Boz Scaggs [deluxe]

Big Star / Nothing Can Hurt Me (DVD+CD)

Last year’s award winning Big Star documentary on DVD combined with the first two albums on CD. 

Various Artists / Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles (box)

A reissue of volume three of the Stax / Volt Soul Singles collections. This 10-disc box set contains all 213 singles issued by Stax/Volt during 1972-1975 and comes in new compact packaging, presented in a lift-off lid box, with 152 page booklet. Tip: Those in the USA can save many dollars and buy from Amazon Germany.

• • UK Order: The Complete Stax / Volt Soul Singles – Vol. 3
• • USA Order: Complete Stax / Volt Soul Singles – Vol. 3
• • GERMANY Order: The Complete Stax /Volt Singles – Vol. 3

Various Artists / A Northern Soul Time Capsule 1968-2014

Exhaustive history of the Northern Soul scene within this 10-disc box set. This 8CD+2DVD set contains 222 tracks spanning almost 50 years! Comes with a 150 page book.

• • UK Order: The Odyssey: A Northern Soul Time Capsule
• • USA Order: Odyssey: A Northern Soul Time
• • GERMANY Order: The Odyssey: a Northern Soul Time Capsule (Boxset)