Comment 06 Jan 2024 Comment Comments 210 CDs continue to outsell vinyl in the UK BPI report on UK ‘music consumption’
News 27 Jan 2022 News Comments 137 Neil Young’s music is pulled from Spotify The current row highlights the problem with streaming
Features 13 Apr 2021 Features Comments 158 A Pressing Issue: How ‘the vinyl revival’ has caught out the music industry during the pandemic SDE investigates manufacturing delays
News 10 Feb 2018 News Comments 109 Saturday Deluxe / 10 February 2018 Best Buy ditch CDs Bad news for our friend and humble servant, the CD. Best…
Features 03 Feb 2018 Features Comments 240 Saturday Deluxe / Why isn’t a music box set considered a luxury item? Box sets will always struggle be perceived as greater than the sum of their parts,…
News 20 Dec 2017 News Comments 63 Iconic record labels ZTT and Stiff Records snapped up by Universal ZTT is best known for its success with Frankie Goes To Hollywood Trevor Horn…
News 08 Dec 2017 News Comments 183 Warners issue update with regards to “Heroes” sound issue in Bowie box Following fan criticism about sound issues during the title track of David Bowie‘s “Heroes” album,…
News 11 Oct 2017 News Comments 216 Parlophone hold its hands up to Bowie box ‘Heroes’ issue and takes action Replacement discs coming • “We have listened to fans” – Parlophone After the events of…
News 10 Oct 2017 News Comments 78 David Bowie reissue pioneer fronts new CD-only catalogue record label Jeff Rougvie, who helmed Rykodisc’s exemplary David Bowie ‘Sound + Vision’ back catalogue programme back in…
News 03 Oct 2017 News Comments 461 Parlophone respond to David Bowie ‘Berlin’ box set mastering criticisms In the last few days there has been mounting criticism from some of the audiophile…
Comment 10 Jul 2017 Comment Comments 125 The Great Sausage Roll Swindle SDE Editor Paul Sinclair reflects on how a day watching music with the family in…
News 06 Apr 2016 News Comments 21 Radiohead’s Parlophone back catalogue acquired by XL Recordings Radiohead‘s Parlophone back catalogue, including acclaimed albums such as The Bends and OK Computer,…
Features 29 Feb 2016 Features Comments 124 Don’t Stream It’s Over: Let’s make physical reissues special again Why streaming deluxe and super deluxe editions as soon as they are released is damaging…
Interview 10 May 2013 Interview Comments 8 INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Interview with Vinny Vero (Part 2) Part two of our interview with remixer, DJ, songwriter and reissue producer, Vinny Vero.…
Features 02 May 2013 Features Comments 9 INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Interview with Vinny Vero (Part 1) Vinny Vero is a busy man. As well as producing deluxe releases for Cherry…
Interview 14 Mar 2013 Interview Comments 22 INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Interview with Edsel Label Manager (part 2) Yesterday we published the first part of our interview with Edsel Records Label Manager…
Interview 13 Mar 2013 Interview Comments 32 INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Interview with Edsel Label Manager (Part 1) Val Jennings has spent his working life in the music industry. For a large…