Out This Week / on 19 July 2019

McGear, the second album by Mike McGear, is reissued as a three-disc expanded deluxe edition (and on vinyl). This is effectively a Wings album with Mike singing. Brother Paul (or ‘our kid’ as Mike refers to him) co-writes most of the songs, with Denny, Linda et al supporting.

Thom Yorke releases his third solo album, Anima. The nine-track album has been co-produced by Nigel Godrich. The SDE shop not only has some of the ‘indies-only’ 2LP orange vinyl (out this week) but we also still have few copies of the ultra-limited deluxe book edition available (note: these aren’t shipping until mid-August)

The key works of James Taylor are to released as a CD and vinyl box set. The Complete Warner Bros. Albums: 1970–1976 includes newly remastered versions of the six legendary studio albums that James Taylor recorded between 1970 and 1976

Classic compilation Now That’s What I Call Music 3 is released on CD for the very first time, 35 years after its first release.

With the 50th anniversary of the moon landing this Saturday, this is clearly a great time to reissue Brian Eno’s soundtrack (written and recorded with his brother and Daniel Lanois) to the 1983 for the feature-length documentary, For All Mankind. The 2LP and two-CD sets feature bonus discs of new music from the trio. The gatefold vinyl andlimited and numbered deluxe 2CD deluxe with hardcover book can be pre-ordered from the SDE shop.

Marcella Detroit and Siobhan Fahey have patched up their differences and are back as Shakespears Sister with two new tracks on a fresh greatest hits. A two-CD deluxe edition offers a bonus disc of rarities and remixes.

The fifteen-track Prince album features 14 previously unreleased recordings that explores the behind-the-scenes role Prince played in other artist’s careers. Basically, it’s his versions of the hits he penned for others. CD out already, but this week sees the releases of the deluxe version of purple vinyl.

Donna Summer’s 1979 album Bad Girls is reissued as a double vinyl edition with an extra track.

The Specials release a special red vinyl edition of their number one album Encore in July. This is a double-album set with the album on the first LP with a selection of live tracks on the second record, including performances from The Bataclan in Paris in 2014 and London’s The Troxy in 2016.