Out This Week / 8 July 2013

Paul Young / Remixes and Rarities 2CD compilation

This 24-track, two-CD collection was compiled by SuperDeluxeEdition for Cherry Pop. So we think it’s quite good. Arguably, the only truly essential Paul Young compilation. 

Brothers and Sisters / The Allman Brothers Band (4CD Super Deluxe)

The original album only had seven tracks and one of those was an instrumental (Jessica aka the theme from BBC TV’s long-running car show, Top Gear) but this four CD set celebrates The Allman Brothers Band‘s Brothers and Sisters in fine style, with a bonus disc of rehearsals and outtakes, and two further discs of live performance. 

Level 42 / Live At London’s Town and Country Club (DVD)

A March 1992 Level 42 concert from London’s Town and Country Club (now known as the HMV Forum) is captured on this new DVD. The band were at the end of their Guaranteed Tour and played a hits-packed set.

• • UK Order: Level 42: Live At London’s Town And Country Club
• • USA Order: Level 42 – Live At London’s Town & Country Club

Various Artists / Tabu expanded reissues

Demon Music Group’s Tabu reissues continue with a new wave that includes The S.O.S. Band‘s On The Rise, and Alexander O’Neal‘s third (non-festive) album All True Man. The 1991 record is reissued with a bonus disc full of remixes.

• • UK Order: All True Man – Tabu Re-born Expanded Edition
• • GERMANY Order: All True Man – Tabu Re-born Edition

The Weather Girls / Success

The rather slight, six track, 32-minute Weather Girls‘ debut album is expanded by Cherry Red with eight extra bonus tracks including two versions of the theatrical title song and four versions of It’s Raining Men (in addition to the album cut).

• • UK Order: Success ~ Expanded Edition
• • GERMANY Order: Success (Expanded Edition)

The Beat / Wha’ppen? limited vinyl edition

The remastered version of The Beat‘s Wha’ppen was first made available as part of last year’s Vinyl Collection box set. You can now buy it on its own, but be quick, because only 500 are being pressed.

• • UK Order: Wha’ppen – Vinyl

Tangerine Dream / Live At Coventry Cathedral (CD+DVD)

Tony Palmer’s film of Tangerine Dream Live At Coventry Cathedral is issued as this CD+DVD combo set.

• • UK Order: Tangerine Dream -Live At Coventry Cathedral (DVD+CD)