Out This Week / 30 June 2014

Pink Floyd / The Division Bell (7-disc box)

Pink Floyd’s 1994 studio album is something of a vinyl feast, but at least it also includes a 5.1 blu-ray and CD of the album. 

The The / Soul Mining (deluxe vinyl box)

Nice to see a The The reissue. This Soul Mining vinyl box comes with a new remaster of the album (overseen by Matt Johnson) and an extra twelve-inch gatefold vinyl of alternative versions and remixes. 

Bob Marley / Legend  (vinyl / CD+Blu-ray reissue)

The headline act here is a brand new 5.1 remix of Bob Marley‘s Legend on Blu-ray Audio, but the coloured vinyl looks cool and all formats include two previously unheard alternate takes of Easy Skanking and Punky Reggae Party. 

Bon Jovi / New Jersey  (super deluxe edition)

This 2CD+DVD super deluxe of Bon Jovi‘s 1988 album New Jersey features unheard demos on the second disc and documentaries and promos on the DVD. 

Monty Python / Total Rubbish (vinyl / CD box sets)

Some rather lavish Monty Python boxes release to cash in coincide with the nearly-upon-us London gigs. You can choose from a 9CD or a 9LP, and both come with a bonus seven inch single featuring content from their 1974 flexi-disc Monty Python’s Tiny Black Round Thing. 

Sugar / Complete Studio Recordings 1992-95

This five-CD box contains set contains all three Sugar studio albums, a B-sides collection, and a live album all in CD size mini-replica sleeves plus a 36 page booklet.

• • UK Order: Complete Studio Recordings 1992 – 1995
• • USA Pre-order: Complete Studio Recordings 1992-95
• • GERMANY Pre-order: Complete Recordings 1992-1995

Simply Red / Deluxe Reissues and Blu-rays 

Some excellent expansive deluxe editions of the Simply Red ‘noughties’ albums, including a 3CD+DVD edition of Home (featuring the hit Sunrise) as well as two concert performances offered in Blu-ray+DVD+2CD format. 

Dream Theater / The Studio Albums 1992-2011  (11CD box)

The rock/metal band’s career is collected in this clamshell box with 10 albums from the period 1992-2011. CDs are in the usual ‘vinyl replica’ card sleeves.

David Gray / Mutineers (new album)

David Gray‘s first album for four years comes as a special edition three-CD set featuring two extra discs of classic live recordings including renditions of hit singles Babylon and Sail Away.