Out This Week / on 25 October 2024

Tears For Fears release a ‘hybrid’ live album, Songs For A Nervous Planet. Hybrid because it includes four brand-new studio tracks. The SDE-exclusive blu-ray with Steven Wilson mixes has some final availability this week and the companion concert film is coming to a cinema near you (check out https://tearsforfearsfilm.com).

Queen’s 1973 debut is newly remixed and becomes Queen I for this belated 50th anniversary reissue. Pick of the formats is the 6CD+LP collector’s edition.

BMG release Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023 a new Bryan Ferry 5CD deluxe set that brings together his classic output with Island Records, Polydor, Virgin/E.G., and BMG, spanning a period of over 50 years. A 20-track CD and half-speed mastered 2LP set are also available.

This new ABBA compilation uses 1982’s The First Ten Years as its starting point, but adds 10 extra tracks from the original era and, perhaps questionably, decides that all five singles from Voyage (half the album) are good enough to appear on a ‘best of’.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s 1969 concert at New York City’s legendary Fillmore East venue is officially released on vinyl and CD. It includes both acoustic and electric sets and is newly mixed for release. The vinyl is an AAA (all analogue) lacquer cut.

Duran Duran reissue their Halloween-themed 2023 album Danse Macabre as an expanded deluxe edition with extra tracks and new formats. The sold out SDE blu-ray adds instrumentals and videos.

Green Day’s 2004 album gets the 20th anniversary treatment with two massive box sets.

Three prime-era Level 42 albums are reissued as 2CD deluxe sets.