Out This Week / on 27 May 2016
Marvin Gaye / Volume Three 1971-1981 (vinyl box set)
Fantastic music in this Marvin Gaye 8LP vinyl box including the albums What’s Going On, Trouble Man, Let’s Get It On and many more.
ABC / The Lexicon of Love II (new album)
ABC return with a follow-up to their acclaimed 1982 album The Lexicon of Love. Anne Dudley is back for string arrangements but no Trevor Horn this time.
Steve Hackett / This Charisma Years 1975-1983 (vinyl box)
This ten-record set collects Steve Hackett‘s six Charisma studio albums, plus various live sets on 180g vinyl with original packaging respected.
Paul McCartney / Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five (12″)
The white label remix of Band on the Run closer Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five is officially released, credited to “Paul McCartney & Wings vs Timo Maas & James Teej”.
Leonard Cohen / Songs of Leonard Cohen (vinyl reissue)
Leonard Cohen‘s 1967 debut is reissued on vinyl this week along with 1969 follow-up Songs From A Room and 1971’s Songs of Love and Hate.
Pet Shop Boys / The Pop Kids (white vinyl 12″)
The first single from the Pet Shop Boys‘ SUPER album gets a belated 12-inch release with this white vinyl edition. Features three new remixes.
Steve Hackett / Spectral Mornings (2CD+DVD)
As well as the vinyl box, Steve Hackett‘s 1979 album Spectral Mornings gets a standalone three-disc reissue which includes Steven Wilson’s 5.1 mix. Please Don’t Touch and Defector also get similar reissues.
Sweet / Strung Up (reissue)
Two-LP coloured vinyl and 2CD editions of Sweet‘s classic Live/Studio double Strung Up, which was originally released in 1975.
Eric Clapton / I Still Do (new album)
The CD was issued last week, but the 2LP vinyl edition of Eric Clapton‘s new album, I Still Do, is released this week.
Moby / Music From Porcelain (2CD)
Music From Porcelain is a companion two-CD audio set issued alongside Moby‘s new book Porcelain. CD 1 is classic tracks and CD 2 features artists that inspired Moby.
By Paul Sinclair
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