Out This Week / on 17 June 2022

The delayed Al Stewart 50CD box set is out this week. This is limited to 2,000 copies worldwide. The SDE shop has already started shipping its orders, but there’s still stock so if you are interested, go here. Shipped by courier and fully insured.

Queen’s Platinum Collection is re-released as a 6LP coloured vinyl box set.

The second edition of the SDE-exclusive blu-ray of Tears For Fears acclaimed album The Tipping Point is released this week. The run of 2500 sold out in the two-week pre-order window back in April/May but do check back next week if you are interested, since we may have some leftover due to cancellations/contingency. In related news, UK retailer HMV has an exclusive picture disc of The Tipping Point available in store on 18 June, along with a 2LP vinyl exclusive of the band’s 1989 album The Seeds of Love which features the Townhouse Live Jam Sessions (previously on CD 4 of the 2020 box set) on LP 2. Both products are available online later in the day, but alas it’s UK shipping only.

David Bowie’s 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars is reissued as a half-speed mastered vinyl pressing and a vinyl picture disc.

For The Beach Boys’ 60th anniversary, Capitol Records/UMe are releasing a newly remastered and massively expanded edition of the group’s greatest hits collection Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys.

Prince’s 1995 album The Gold Experience is reissued on CD. A special 2LP gold vinyl edition is available on Saturday which is the second and final ‘drop day’ for this year’s Record Store Day.

Dire Straits reissue their 1988 ‘best of’ with newly remastered audio.

Diamond Star Halos, Def Leppard’s first studio album since 2015’s Def Leppard was issued recently. This makes an appearance in this week’s ‘out this week’ due to the wider availability of the Japanese SHM-CD versions.  There’s two of them and both have different bonus tracks. Click ‘read more’ for a detailed explanation!