Out This Week / on 15 December 2017
The Beatles / The Christmas Records box set
Less than two week’s before Christmas Universal Music will issue The Christmas Records, a Beatles seven-inch box set that features seven coloured vinyl records. Each 45 features the Fab Four’s original festive messages, which were issued every year to the fan club on flexi-disc.
OMD / The Punishment of Luxury B-sides & Bonus Material
This sort of release used to be called a ‘specially priced mini-album’. Hats off to OMD and 100% Records for issuing physical singles in the first place (on vinyl) and then putting out this CD ’round up’ of all the single mixes, extended versions and the three non-album tracks from the Punishment of Luxury ‘era’.
Otis Redding / The Definitive Studio Album Collection (vinyl box)
This 7LP vinyl set brings together all of Otis Redding‘s studio albums and features the original mono mixes.
The Beatles / Sgt. Pepper (vinyl picture disc)
Resistance is futile. The Beatles‘ timeless and influential 1967 album is reissued as a vinyl picture disc. This uses Giles Martin and Sam Okell’s 2017 stereo remix.
James / vinyl reissues
Five James albums are being reissued on vinyl this week including 1992’s Seven, which features the full album track listing on double vinyl.
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James
Seven - 2LP vinyl
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Sly & The Family Stone / Greatest Hits (vinyl)
The classic Sly & The Family Stone hits collection, first issued in 1970, is re-released on vinyl.
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Sly & The Family Stone
Greatest Hits - vinyl LP
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Fela Kuti / Vinyl Box Set 4
Seven album from Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and composer Fela Kuti feature in this fourth in a series of vinyl box sets. This is curated by Erykah Badu and is limited to 3000 copies. Includes poster.
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Fela Kuti
Fela - vinyl box
Eminem / Revival
The American rapper’s ninth studio album Revival is issued this week. No vinyl version of the 19-track long-player as yet.
By Paul Sinclair
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