Out This Week / on 2 September 2016

Freddie Mercury / Messenger of the Gods (vinyl box)

Thirteen coloured seven-inch singles in this new Freddie Mercury box, which is also available as a two-CD set. 

King Crimson / Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind (deluxe sets)

Comprehensive live document of King Crimson‘s 2015 tour with three CDs and a blu-ray with filmed concert performance in 5.1. An even more deluxe edition adds two DVDs. 

The Divine Comedy / Foreverland (new album)

Neil Hannon’s 11th studio album as The Divine Comedy. The deluxe edition features a bonus CD of Hannon’s and Frank Alva Buecheler’s acclaimed chamber opera, In May. 

The Wedding Present / Going, Going… (new album)

Incredible value for the multi-media box set version of The Wedding Present‘s new album Going, Going… The set features, 2LP+CD+DVD+seven-inch single and you’ll still get change from £23. 

Various Artists / 80s Remixed & Extended (3CD)

Thirty-seven tunes from the era they called ‘the eighties’ in extended remix form. Great value for around the £6 mark.

• • UK Order: 80s Remixed & Extended
• • USA Order: 80s Remixed & Extended
• • GERMANY Order: 80s Remixed & Extended

Thompson Twins / Into The Gap (2LP)

Remastered and expanded 2LP vinyl edition of the Thompson Twins massive 1984 album Into The Gap. The second vinyl record contains some of the cassette remixes from the original release. 

Pearl Jam / No Code (vinyl reissue)

For its 20th anniversary Sony have had engineer Bob Ludwig master Pearl Jam‘s 1996 album No Code specifically for vinyl. It will feature recreations of their original packaging, including the set of nine random replica Polaroids/lyric cards. Yield also available. 

The Cure / Entreat Plus (2LP vinyl)

Vinyl reissue of the expanded version of The Cure‘s 1990 mini-live album Entreat. Remixed and remastered by Robert Smith with four bonus tracks.

• • UK Order: Entreat Plus (2LP)
• • USA Order: Entreat Plus (2LP)
• • GERMANY Order: Entreat Plus (2LP)

Aretha Franklin /Aretha’s Greatest Hits

This spot on 1971 Aretha Franklin hits collection, put out by Atlantic Records isn’t available on CD, so this new vinyl reissue is the next best thing. 

John Foxx / The Complete Cathedral Oceans (5LP book set)

John Foxx‘s celebrated ambient trilogy pressed on vinyl for the first time with this highly limited, numbered deluxe set. 

Discovering Steve Hackett (5CD)

Five albums from latter-era Steve Hackett, in this Original Album Collection box set.