Out This Week / on 31 March 2017

Fleetwood Mac / Tango in the Night (reissue) 

The very long-awaited reissue of Fleetwood Mac‘s Tango in the Night is finally released this week. The super deluxe adds remixes, hi-res DVD and vinyl to the remastered CD and disc of unreleased demos and outtakes. 

The Doors / 50th anniversary super deluxe edition

The Doors‘ 1967 debut is reissued as a 50th anniversary super deluxe edition. This comes with a remastered version of the original stereo mix, the mono mix on CD for the first time and a rare live performance. 

Bob Dylan / Triplicate (reissue)

Bob Dylan continues his fascination with the Great American Songbook with this new triple album, which is available as a snazzy 3LP deluxe vinyl package. 

Johnny Cash / The Original Sun Album 1957 – 1964

This 60th anniversary 8CD Johnny Cash set brings together all seven classic Sun albums along with a bonus disc of rarities. 

Neil Diamond / 50th Anniversary Collection (3CD)

Fifty Neil Diamond songs collected on this new 50th anniversary collection, which spans – you guessed it – 50 years. 

Deacon Blue / Live at the Glasgow Barrowlands (2CD+DVD)

Live At The Glasgow Barrowlands is a Deacon Blue live album recorded on the last night of last year’s Believers tour. Available on a number of formats including 2CD+DVD combo. 

Uriah Heep / Demons and Wizards (2CD)

Following the expanded and remastered reissues of Uriah Heep‘s first two albums, BMG issue double CD deluxe sets of the next three, including 1972’s Demons and Wizards which comes with 14 unreleased tracks.

• • UK Order: Demons and Wizards (2CD)
• • USA Order:Demons and Wizards (2CD)
• • GERMANY Order:Demons and Wizards (2CD)

Level 42 / Lessons in Love: The Essential

Whether 48 tracks really constitute ‘essential’ Level 42 is a moot point. The world really doesn’t need another Level 42 compilation and even if you are in the market for one, you’d be far better off spending a bit more on the Collected compilation. Similar Big Country and Fairport Convention three-CD sets are also issued this week.

• • UK Order: The Essential Level 42
• • USA Order: The Essential Level 42
• • GERMANY Order: The Essential Level 42

Altered Images / Bite (vinyl reissue)

Altered Images‘ 1983 album was produced by Mike Chapman and Tony Visconti. This vinyl reissue is great value and comes with a bonus white seven-inch single which features the seven-inch version of  Don’t Talk To Me About Love b/w Love to Stay.

• • UK Order: Bite (vinyl)
• • USA Order: Bite (vinyl)
• • GERMANY Order: Bite (vinyl)

Various Artists / Twelve-Inch Seventies: More, More, More

Record labels have more or less exhausted 1980s remix compilations, so Twelve-Inch Seventies is a 3CD look at long versions of 1970s dance floor classics.

• • UK Order: Twelve-Inch Seventies: More, More, More
• • USA Order: Twelve-Inch Seventies: More, More, More
• • GERMANY Order: Twelve-Inch Seventies: More, More, More

The Vibrators  / The Epic Years (1976-78)

Fans will derive much pleasure from this Vibrators four CD box which includes all of the UK punk bands’ recordings for Epic, including sessions for the BBC.