Out This Week / 12 May 2014

Emerson Lake & Palmer / Brain Salad Surgery (6-disc super deluxe box)

Three CDs, a DVD, a DVD-A and a vinyl record in this boxed celebration of the 1973 album from ELP. Rather good value to at around the £60 mark. 

Blondie: Greatest Hits Redux / Ghosts Of Download 

This three-disc Blondie deluxe set ticks most of the boxes with vibrant new music, spot-the-difference re-recorded hits and a 1977 live performance on DVD. Superb looking double coloured vinyl edition is on the way soon. 

Tori Amos / Unrepentant Geraldines (new album)

Currently on tour in the UK, Tori Amos‘ new album is rumoured to be a return to form with piano driven collection including Trouble’s Lament. In addition to the standard CD it’s available as CD+DVD deluxe edition and 2LP vinyl. 

Michael Jackson / Xscape  (CD+DVD Deluxe)

Don’t bother with the standard edition of this ‘new’ Michael Jackson album; the deluxe gives you all the original versions of the music (in addition to the reproduced tracks) and offers a bonus DVD.

• • UK Order: Xscape (Deluxe Edition)
• • USA Order: Xscape (Deluxe Edition CD\DVD)

Suede  / Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2CD+DVD)

Reissue and repackage of Suede‘s triumphant 2010 ‘comeback’ gig at the Royal Albert Hall. Features two-CDs and a DVD of the concert performance. 

The Beat  / The Complete Studio Recordings

If you didn’t opt for the deluxe sets from a few years back, this new 4CD clamshell box of The Beat material is both stupendous value and an attractively designed set.