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  1. It’s a pity the new Propaganda (Mertens/Dörper) album “Propaganda” was not even mentioned here, after the xPropaganda (Freytag/Brücken) “The Heart is Strange” was featured prominently, even with a SDE surround series release.

  2. Received my copy of Marillion’s This Strange Engine Deluxe Edition. The first one not by EMI. Again, very good value for a fair price. Packaging and presentation follows exactly the releases by EMI.

  3. Cherry Red has postponed the release of the 3-CD + Blu-Ray boxed set of Bill Nelson’s “Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam” for the second time, and this time,it’s a 2 month postponement until 31st of January 2025. The main thing at stake is whether we get to hear the music in 5.1 surround sound. The set’s bonus tracks are from non-L.P. singles and E.P. tracks. There are no unreleased songs or alternate takes in the set. Cherry Red is offering a refund if customers want it.

  4. Hi Paul – not sure if you heard, but Canada Post went on strike beginning Nov 14 2024 and as of this writing, it’s still ongoing. Over 10 million parcels are piling up undelivered so far. Do you have an alternative shipping method to Canada (without or via Royal Post) that bypasses Canada Post? Looking forward to receiving the next few SDE Surround Series discs but would hate to have them get lost in all the postal chaos. Thanks!

    1. No we don’t. I asked about this recently and the advice given was to carry on shipping, but will check again with Thompson Twins imminent…

      1. Burning Shed had this in an e-mail today (Nov 28):

        “Royal Mail have announced that all services to Canada are suspended from today due to Canada Post industrial action.

        Packages that have been posted from the UK to Canada since 15th November when the strike started are potentially being held by Royal Mail. There is nothing we can do about packages already in the postal system so we have decided not to add to that backlog by sending anything else.

        This means that we will hold all Canadian orders here until further notice.”

  5. Pearl Jam announced the release of a Blu-ray of the Vitalogy album. For now, it seems to only be sold at their webshop. Not much detail on the content other than: “Single Blu-ray disc contains Spatial and Hi-Res Stereo Mixes. Mixed by Josh Evans. (…) We expect product to arrive and ship next week”

    1. The Dolby Atmos mix is up on Tidal and has some nice separation of all the guitars. It’s not my favourite Pearl Jam album but hopefully the first two will follow in due course.

  6. Rhino HiFi just released a box set of all 6 of the Doors albums in a numbered box set. 3000 copies. Rhino, the Doors store, and others are sold out but I have read that Warner Canada still has copies. No word on whether these will get released individually.

  7. Hi Paul,

    Was just wondering if the ‘Into The Gap’ blu ray has been delayed? Perhaps I missed an announcement? Your calendar does still say November 22.

      1. Ah, yes. Just re-read the ITG announcement post. Was fooled by the picture on the calendar page with the SDE exclusive sticker shown. Thanks for the clarification! Expensive winter what with Thompson Twins, The Who, and now Bryan Ferry. Could you start releasing some blu rays that I don’t want? :)

  8. OMD have announced a blu-ray (or DVD if that’s your preference) called Artefact, with a release date of May 2025, that is described as a “lavish product [that] comprehensively celebrates the audiovisual world of OMD’s 14th studio album Bauhaus Staircase.” It includes video and hi-res audio content (the album and b-sides), however it does not include the instrumental versions or the remixes from the CD singles so not exactly comprehensive.

  9. Hi,

    That 16LP colour vinyl Rolling Stones in Mono box set from fnac is back on special offer again, even cheaper! Only 156 Euros at the time of writing, rather than the previous excellent 169 Euros price you originally listed it as! That might even take the total with shipping to the UK below the import tax threshold of £135!

    Cheers, Guy

  10. I finally got around to listening to the Thin Lizzy 1976 Blu Ray last night. I don’t have an Atmos system, but a decent 5.1 that I play the Atmos mixes on and wow! Jailbreak was amazing. So much space, so clear. It’s like a different record. In a good way. Absolutely love it.

  12. Hi Paul, what happened to the reports from your trip to the US? I can only find Day 1. I enjoy reading your reports cheers, TGAOTP

  13. Hi Paul…I’ve just noticed that I am no longer getting email notifications from the site after many years of receving them, thereby missin gout on some amazing deals…please can you check to see if it’s at my end or on the SDE one? Kind regards Paul

          1. That’s because you opted out of email marketing, Alan. Just checked. You ‘unsubscribed’ back in 2021!

  14. Not sure if anyone has seen on the Rhino Store the release of Alice Cooper’s Muscle of Love 50th Anniversary featuring 2CD+ Blu-ray set and a limited to 3000 2LP pink vinyl edition. Seems to be exclusive to Rhino Store (for the present). Mine just arrived today and I can confirm that both the CD & LP sets are packaged in the famed cardboard box. The Blu-ray is a 192/24 quad mix in the style of Rhino’s “Quadio” series.
    Looks like Love It To death has been bypassed completely which is a damn shame

      2. To be Frank (ie) I would love an FGTH Blu Ray, but NOT Welcome to the Pleasuredome. The real gold in the archive is the mixes of all the singles, it would be so much less of a thing without Rage Hard, particularly “The Young Person’s Guide to the 12 inch”. It is unlikely there would ever be a “Liverpool” Blu Ray so the best and only way to do it is a disc where all of the singles appear in all their guises. A collation of all of the best ofs and remix albums. Particularly “as they were released” so the whole contents of the cassingles. It’s too much to ask for I know but that would be my Frankie Holy Grail. The WTTP would be ok, but only half the story.

  17. John Lennon’s last live performance in front of an audience took place at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City for the television program “Salute To Sir Lew – Master Showman” on April 18, 1975. The program was broadcast both in the United States (June 13, 1975) and in the United Kingdom (June 20, 1975), but these were two different 60 minutes versions of the program, formatted for the individual countries.
    In both versions of the program, John Lennon performs the two songs “Slippin’ and Slidin’” from his new album, “Rock’n’Roll” as well as his most famous song from his solo career, “Imagine”.
    Now it turns out that a videotape located in the British Film Institute BFI contains an unedited recording, and there is another song that was performed but not broadcast. This is also one of the songs from “Rock’n’Roll”, his top 20 single hit “Stand By Me”.
    The TV conservators in the Kaleidoscope group obtained a copy of this tape back in 2017, but were unaware that it contained more than what was broadcast. Ray Langstone has now reviewed the tape and concluded that this is a new discovery. He tells us that he is certain that the tape originates from Polygram’s TV archive of past ITC programmes. The catalogue was sold back to ITV around ten years ago, but ITV already had the broadcast version and gave the unedited tape to the BFI.
    Kaleidoscope will be showing the full tape at the Midlands Art Centre Birmingham in June 2025.
    Here is a short film clip showing some of the differences between the US and UK versions of the programme, as well as a bit of the newly discovered performance of “Stand By Me”.
    https://www.norwegianwood.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/lewgrade_samples.mp4

  18. Couple of Cherry Red bargains on Amazon UK at time of writing (1/11/24):
    Toyah – Changeling super deluxe vinyl / CD box set is just £75 (about 40-50% cheaper than rrp) + £2.25 post
    Eyeless In Gaza – Skeletal Framework the Cherry Red Recordings 1981-86. 5 cd box set just £12.99 (just over one third of the rrp price) + £2.25 post

  21. Did anyone have any luck with the Porupine Tree Fear of a Blank Planet box from FNAC? Crazy cheap price but my order is sitting there not shipping. Anyone else?

  22. On the 7th of March 2025,the Madfish label follows its’ 37 CD John Mayall box,”The First Generation” with another Mayall box, the 30-CD box,”The Second Generation:Live Magic 1968-1992″ a collection of soundboard and audience recordings authorised by Mayall’s estate, Be cautioned that only the first three concerts are from the Decca years (considered by many to be Mayall’s heyday. As with “The First Generation”, the set is in a 12″ x 12″ box and contains a hardback book

  23. Sparks… Kimono My House and Propaganda are being reissued as a remastered & expanded 3CD set “1974” in 7″ packaging. The individual albums are also being reissued in a plethora of vinyl formats.

  26. Pardon me if I choke on my coffee, but just seen that the video included in the Jimi Hendrix Electric Lady Studios that I bought only 3 weeks ago, is showing on Sky Arts tonight (Friday 25th October). That was quick!!!

  28. SDE #31 could be Kraftwerk’s ground-breaking album Autobahn. It celebrates its 50th anniversary and Kraftwerk have created a Dolby Atmos mix at their Kling Klang studio, utilising the original master tapes.

      1. It would be absolute nuts to do Dare and NOT do Love & Dancing. The two were entwined as far as many of us were concerned. Love & Dancing was very useful to this Fifteen year old who found it perfect to annoy his big sister in a way that I hadn’t found since the B-side of Somethin’ Else a year or so previous.

  32. Rhino have released another batch of Quadio’s:
    Foghat – Energised
    The Doobie Bros. – Toulouse Street
    J.Geils Band – Bloodshot
    Jefferson Starship – Dragonfly

  33. Ringo Starr will release a brand-new country music album, “Look Up”, produced and co-written by T Bone Burnett, on January 10, 2025, via the resurrected label Lost Highway Records. This stunning collection features 11 original songs, recorded this year in Nashville and Los Angeles. Just the two physical formats, CD and white vinyl.

  34. Anyone hoping to enjoy the Nik Kershaw MCA Years 40th anniversary box for Christmas is going to be disappointed. Cherry Red have delayed the release date again, now pushed back to 7 Feb 2025. Again due to unspecified manufacturing issues. We can only hope this means scrupulous quality control, and the eventual product will be completely error-free, right?

    1. Maybe it means they’re adding more tracks? They should do – there were still several re-mixes missing, even with the additional of few extra tracks the first time around…

  36. All copies of the recent Pete Townshend 14-CD box :Live in Concert 1985-2001 have a one second silent gap 1:49 seconds into disc 14’s opening track “Sheraton Gibson”

  37. There appears to be a problem with discs 2 & 7 of The Faces BBC box set. So if you have put it aside to listen to when you have the time to (which I do all the time) you should check those two discs right now. The problem is skipping on both tracks.

      1. The only this that will give is the end user, you and me. 
        The music industry has always hicked priced to the detriment of the end user. I was elated at the resurgence of vinyl, however the cost in the UK for vinyl is ridiculous, in my local stores Neil Young / Frank Zappa vinyl LPs are priced on average £60, they are not multi disc, coloured or special released, just a simple one-disc black vinyl pressing. 
        LPs back in the 1980s were on average £3.49 in 2024 the equivalent is £17.76 today. Price drop on all vinyl would be appreciated, a new release should be no more that £20, will it happen? NO

    3. Apparently, turns out the “fall” was cobblers and sales in fact rose by just over 6 percent, year on year. Miscalculation was something to do with the methodology of the US firm Luminate counting units. They have apologised.

  39. On the 6th of December, the Madfish label releases a 19-CD set “Laura Nyro-Hear My Song, The Collection 1966-1995”. Like the large boxed sets that Madfish released by Al Stewart & John Mayall, it is not an absolutely 100% complete works, but it will be complete enough for most people.

    1. I think “enough” is a slanderous understatement for how a 19CD box meets the desires of “most” people. It’s really great to see this kind of ultra-deep dive release appearing for more artists.

    1. If you’re expecting anything like A Secret Wish, brace yourselves for a disappointment. It’s got more in common with 1234. Score: 1–0 to the girls at X-Propaganda.

      1. Actually includes a new version of the song “Vicious Circle” from 1234. The instrumentation clearly ties back to A Secret Wish and while Thunder Bae’s vocals are good in their own right, I cannot help but think that without Claudia Brucken, nothing can make an album sound like Propaganda we all adore. So I agree that xPropaganda with “the girls” plus Stephen Lipson is more evocative of A Secret Wish.

    1. Thanks for that, Alastair. Great article. Warmed my heart to see the love for CDs. Been buying them for 34 years and will continue to do so.

  42. Coldplay – Moon Music was played in Dolby Atmos in a global theatrical listening event, could that be translated to a beautiful (SDE) Blu-ray disc release please ?!

  44. Sony/Japan’s infrequent (2 to 4 albums per year) series of deluxe packaged hybrid SACD discs containing vintage Quadraphonic(4.0 surround) mixes of 1970’s albums continues November 27th. This year’s two releases are “Santana-Borboletta”(the group’s 6th studio album), and Laura Nyro’s 2nd album “Eli and The Thirteenth Confession”. The stereo layer on the Nyro disc includes several bonus tracks.

    2. I’m hoping for a deluxe re-release of Caravanserai, which I consider to be Santana’s finest John Coltrane/Miles Davis influenced hour.

  45. Hi Paul,

    You haven’t commented on the reissue of August 30, 2024 of Brett Anderson – Collected Solo Work (5CD). It’s a new packaging
    Label: Edsel Records – EDSL0208

    Greetings.

  47. A few monnths ago, before the long-postponed release of the Jimi Hendrix “Electric Lady Studios:A Jimi Hendrix Vision” boxed set,iIwas able to purchase the Blu-ray disc by itself. I now have a collectors item. The final,released version of the Blu-ray disc has changed to a different surround sound mix of “Room Full of Mirrors” . The early version of the Blu-Ray disc has a mix with the awkward re-recorded drumming by Mitch Mitchell (which apparently involved wiping the original Buddy Miles drumming from the miltitrack tape). The final, released version of the Blu-Ray disc has a surround sound mix featuring the original Buddy Miles drummong, though this surround sound mix was likely produced by upmixing from the stereo mix originally heard on the posthumously released “Rainbow Bridge” album.

  49. As an indication of the care and intelligence shown for black Friday record store day UK… The Beatles release is…
    “Can I Hold Your Hand”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unbelievable ^sigh^

  53. There was a lot of criticism of of the first Seal album deluxe box, with one being not having Blu-ray with the Atmos mix that was only available made via by lossy streaming. I just found out that Rhino have released a Blu-ray with Dolby Atmos (TrueHD 7.1), 5.1 (DTS-HD MA 5.1), And Hi-Res Stereo (DTS-HD MA) mixes of the album by Trevor Horn. Of course, it’s in a Blu-ray case not a 3 fold digisleeve like the Second Seal 2CD+Blu-ray, but as least it’s available.

      1. Yes, these Rhino blu-rays can be a bit stingy in terms of content. The Black Sabbath Live Evil disc could/should included both the original stereo mix and the 40th anniversary remix.

  54. Does anyone know anything about the Frankie Pleasuredome Atmos mix? Is there a pre xmas release coming? Massive box set or just released to Apple music? What’s happening? There’s so much good stuff coming out in time for Christmas and I only have so much money to spend. Need to know what I can and cant afford to pre order. Also I’m a 60 yo man with the patience of a 15 yo with regard to this possible release. I am aware of this.

    2. The Estate announce that The Purple Rain celebrations will cover 2024 and 2025, with the June 2025 Paisley Park event focusing on Purple Rain. So, looks like we might have to wait another 6-9 months before we get the full picture of their intentions …

  56. Out last week:
    Reissue of 10,000 Maniacs Unplugged on CD or 2-LP with the three tracks with David Byrne tacked on.
    Why hasn’t this ever been released on DVD….?

  57. US reader here. Received my Lament bundle yesterday. Haven’t listened to any of it yet (and ripping in progress as I write), but I must say the slipcase is absolutely stunning. Excellent work, Chrysalis.

  59. For those who bemoaned the lack of complete BBC sessions included *not* in the Super Deluxe (ha!) of the first Roxy Music album, Re-make, Remodel, is a new 2CD set which includes all the 1972 BBC recordings (sessions, live) plus their German TV performance from ’73. So basically, all the Eno-period recordings. And the best bit? It’s only £9.99 on the Burning Shed site (compared to over £17 on Amazon). Get in!

  61. October 25th, Universal’s “EMI” label will release a 6-CD + 1-L.P. + hardback book edition of Queen’s 1973 debut album, now re-titled “Queen 1” No word on whether Disney’s “Hollywood” label (which has the North American rights) will release a North American edition.

    1. “Queen 1” ha ha they’re having a laugh. It is hard to tell from the uDiscover description how much new stuff there is but despite a remix there does not seem to be a 5.1 or Atmos Blu-Ray – perhaps that will be an additional product, like the Ziggy Atmos. I already have Mad the Swine and De Lane Lea demos on the2CD version as well as the BBC sessions and the Live at the Rainbow March 74, so there are only going to be a handful of tracks I don’t already have. I will be interested to see how the remix sounds so I may get the album (yet again). I had also hoped that record companies had realised that the CD/LP box format pleases almost no one, but apparently not.
      So, if this had been a CD/Blu-ray set I’d have been up for it, but unless there are formats as yet unmentioned, it looks as though I’ll be passing, which is a shame as a full set of 70s Queen boxes on the shelf would look pretty fine!

      1. I am usually always pleased with having an LP in the SDE, AFG but not this time. Pressing a load of Ai tricked, auto tuned, re-imagined, re-titled, re-sequenced, digital whizz-bangery onto a lump of vinyl is a waste of everyone’s time.

  62. New “analogue path” masters of six USA Beatles albums are on their way (somethings to ask Santa for no doubt).
    MASTERING NOTES
    These albums were cut for vinyl from the original master tapes using a completely analog signal path and with constant reference to first generation pressings of the original albums. They were made using a Studer A80 master recorder with analog preview & program paths, and an Neumann VMS70 cutting lathe originally installed in Capitol Studios in 1971. This specific all-analog cutting technique allows faithful representation of the full musical range and dynamics present on the original tapes.

    2. I wish they would release the Beatles US Capitol ‘Dex Dexter mastered’ albums again. I got Volume 1 years ago but missed out on Volume 2. I was never a fan of the long box slip-case that was used for Vol 1. Package them all together in one box similar to the Stereo/Mono and US Albums boxes. Those were superb. They should be available seeing as these were the records that millions of American fans knew The Beatles through in the 1960s.

  65. A bit of nostalgia for old baby boomer hippies (Of which I’m one): On Oct.25th, Atlantic Records releases “Crosby,Stills,Nash & Young-Live at Fillmore East 1969”, a 17-track compilation, mixed and compiled by Neil Young and Stephen Stills at Sunset Sound. The vinyl release will featureb a purely analog mastering chain (For you Audiophiles out there). Groovy!

  66. Hi Paul, I appreciate you have to ‘stop the bots’ and equally I may well be visually challenged, but I had to go through about 10 pages of cars, bicycles, stairs, and road signs before it let me sign in today. Is there there a shortcut route? Cheers.

    1. Weird. All I ever have to do is click the ‘I am not a robot button’. Anyway sorry, I know these are annoying but sadly very necessary…

    2. I go through the same rigmarole every time l delete my browser history or clear my cookie cache. The ‘l am not a robot’ button works by reading your history, apparently.

  67. Hey, do you think there’s any chance that there will be a Blu-ray Audio only release of The Alan Parsons Project Pyramid album? I know that the box set just came out, but it’s too pricey for me to touch, much as I love that album. I know that other APP releases have received box set treatment and then afterward the Blu-ray audio. I would definitely be in if there is one released.

  68. On November 15th,Cherry Red’s “Strawberry” label will release a 5-CD boxed set by German/French record producer/arranger/songwriter Mark Wirtz (1943-2020) titled “Dream Dream Dream:The Anthology”, and people who order it from the Cherry Red site will (on the release date) receive a link to download an additional 35 songs. Wirtz was best known as the producer of 1960’s psychedelic pop group “Tomorrow”(known for the song “My White Bicycle”) and as the composer of the never-completed “A Teenage Opera”(4 songs were recorded, but the 4th song was never released)

  69. Two new reissues available for preorder that might be worth noting:

    Marillion This Strange Engine super deluxe due out 24/11 according to jpc.de
    Toyah Love is the Law deluxe due out 8/11 from Cherry Red

  70. Rhino will release these Atmos on Blu-Ray titles :

    Black Sabbath – Live EvilSeal – SealCarly Simon – No SecretsChicago – Chicago IX: Chicago’s Greatest Hits, ’69-’74https://store.rhino.com/en/rhino-store/special-edition-shops/atmos/

  71. For King Crimson fans, the Red 50th anniversary 2CD/2BR mini-box with lots of live material drops Oct. 6. The Japanese version includes SHM-CDs, an outer jacket, art cards and an extra book covering the 1974 tour. Order from CDJapan soon, and they toss in a sticker of the cover. But it doesn’t appear until Oct. 23.

  73. Perhaps of interest only to a few, but this year is the 40th anniversary of the (very good) Robin of Sherwood TV series that aired on ITV from. 1984-86. As well as a one-off show by Clannad at the Royal Albert Hall to showcase their original soundtrack album in full, a 40th Anniversary edition ‘Legend + Legend Extended’ is scheduled for late October. It has a remaster of the album plus a bonus 2nd CD (or 2nd LP) of 11 unreleased bonus tracks (some, I think, from the additional tracks they went and created for Season 3 that didn’t see commercial release). A fairly simple presentation (there’s no ‘Forest Green Vinyl’ limited editions going on here!) – 2CD in a six-panel card sleeve and 2 x 140gm black vinyl LPs in what looks like a wide spine sleeve, but the music was terrific – really looking forward to this one.

  74. Question about Amazon pre-orders: is anyone suffering from the delay on all pre-orders. If I pre-order any album on Amazon, it never arrives on the Friday, but always the following Tuesday. The albums are always available on the Friday of release, delivery next day with Prime, so it seems odd that pre-orders get delayed this way? I live in South West London, so distribution shouldn’t be an issue.
    Seems odd that those who pre-order get to the back of the queue on delivery!

    1. I wouldn’t say having to wait 3-4 days really constitutes “suffering”?
      Then again, I’m old enough to remember when every mail order came with the standard caveat “please allow 28 days for delivery”.

  75. More Hawkwind news. Hot on the heels of the fabulous box set for Xin Search of Space, November finds Hawkwind’s “Doremi Fasol Latido” rereleased as a 2-CD set with original and new stereo remixes by Stephen W. Tayler (plus bonus tracks).Also there is a 2CD Bluray 5.1 box

    1. Actually it is a 3 CD 2 Blu-Ray as they have added a remix of the Greasy Truckers CD and an second 5.1 Blu-Ray of the same concert (that I already have twice). This has bumped the price up from £55 2CD/1BD for In Search of Space to £85 3CD/2BD for this so I am expecting any reissue of the first or fourth albums to be prohibitive!

  76. Any Jeff Lynne fans on here seen any footage from the Over and Out tour.
    I can’t believe the change in Jeff since I saw him at Wembley in 2017.
    His appearance is very worrying, he struggles to walk, his guitar playing was all over the place, he missed his cues on his vocals and at the end of the concert had to helped from the stage.
    I hope this is a temporary illness but he did not look well at all and really should not have been on stage.

    2. He’s now 76 years old. I noticed on the Wembley or Bust! Blu-ray that he had slowed down physically and is voice lacked the range is had before. Given that was 7 years ago, maybe he’s aging faster than others and this is the reason why this is his last tour.

  77. Two John & Yoko documentaries are about to appear… One To One, focussed around the last full-length concert in 1972. Apparently in unrecognisable quality to the 1980s vhs and with sound remixed by Sean. The other, Daytime Revolution, relates to the week in 1972 when J&Y were week-long guests on the Mike Douglas Show, the most-watched daytime tv chat show at the time. Whether this includes the full footage – which has previously been released on dvd – or not is unclear. This doc opens in USA cinemas on Lennon’s birthday.

  78. Demon are reissuing Brett Anderson’s, 5 CD ‘Collected Solo Work’ set, on the 30th August.
    Instead of the original casebook packaging from 2017; this time it’s in ‘ 7″ deluxe packaging ‘.
    It’s been unavailable for a while now, so a chance for anyone who missed out.
    No DVD this time, but as that was only an interview, it’s not a big loss.

  79. New album from KIM WILDE, called “Closer”.
    The album will be available on the 31st of January 2025 on CD, black vinyl, and a special limited edition colour Vinyl.
    Tracklist :
    1 Midnight Train
    2 Scorpio
    3 Trail Of Destruction
    4 Sorrow Replaced (Feat. Midge Ure)
    5 Lighthouse
    6 Love Is Love
    7 Rocket To The Moon
    8 Hourglass Human (Feat. Scarlett Wilde)
    9 Stones And Bones
    10 Savasana

  80. The Esoteric label have issued an excellent series of boxed sets by Bill Nelson’s groups “Be Bop Deluxe” and “Red Noise”, all with new stereo & 5.1 surround mixes by Stephen W. Tayler. In November, Esoteric will begin exploring Bill’s post-EMI years with a 3-CD + 1-Blu-Ray Audio release of the album “Quit Dreaming and Get On The Beam”, originally released by the Mercury label. Again, Stephen W. Tayler has remixed for stereo and 5.1 surround.

  81. Next Friday, U2 will release vinyl and CD-editions of the ZOO TV Live in Dublin EP, featuring five songs (Zoo Station; Mysterious Ways; Tryin’ To Throw Your Arms Around The World; Stay (Faraway, So Close!); Love Is Blindness). Incomprehensible that they will not release the entire show, which is widely available as a bootleg and sounds very good – it was aired on the radio at the time AFAIK.

    Anyway: a teaser track (Mysterious Ways) is already streaming and it’s in Atmos (at least on Apple Music here in the Netherlands), which seems to suggest that the whole EP will be streaming in Atmos next week, which is a nice-ish surprise.

    Prices for the physical media are extortionate: €18 for the CD and €35 for the Vinyl. Remember: 5 songs only!
    And of course, in Japan they will release a version with an extra track (The Fly).

  82. Someone made a recent comment about Queen Japanese CDs he went on to say newer titles will be released soon you can pre order?could someone tell how you pre order these ?

  83. Sweet children Green Day are celebrating their major hit album American Idiot for its 20th anniversary this autumn. Released on October 25, the 8LP / 6CD set includes unreleased demos, B-sides, live versions and bonus songs. The LP version comes with an “exclusive free poster” (wow) on certain websites but it’s not particularly cheap. There are alternate editions including a one-step vinyl edition and a “color” LP.

  84. NENA Remastered & Selected Works 2-Disc

    “Nena and BMG are celebrating the release of their debut album a special anniversary edition. All original titles have been lovingly remastered from the original tapes to ensure excellent sound quality and to make the spirit of that time true to the original. In addition to the remastered NENA album, the anniversary edition contains a second long player with further unreleased material: In addition to AMOUR CANDIDE, a version of the song “Nur Geträumt” that appeared in the rock n roll archives and was sung in French in 1983, fans can look forward to spectacularly energetic and previously unheard live tracks from Nena’s concerts in 1984, as well as rare B-sides.

    This comprehensive and stylishly compiled anniversary edition gives old and new fans the opportunity to rediscover the magic of this legendary album.”

    Disc 1
    1. Kino
    2. Indianer
    3. Vollmond
    4. Nur geträumt
    5. Tanz auf dem Vulkan
    6. 99 Luftballons
    7. Zaubertrick
    8. Einmal ist keinmal
    9. Leuchtturm
    10. Ich bleib’ im Bett
    11. Noch einmal
    12. Satellitenstadt

    Disc 2
    1. Kino (Live in Berlin 1984)
    2. Nur Geträumt (Live in Berlin 1984)
    3. Zaubertrick (Live in Berlin 1984)
    4. Ganz oben
    5. Just a dream
    6. Amour Candide
    7. Noch einmal (Live in Köln 1985)
    8. Vollmond (Live in Offenbach 1984)
    9. Ganz oben (Live in Köln 1985)
    10. Satelitenstadt (Live in Berlin 1984)

  85. The Queen Japanese mini SHM-CD campaign has so far released all of their live albums, excluding the most recent release of the Montreal show, Innuendo, Hot Spaces, The Miracle , A Kind of Magic and Works. Made in Heaven is pre order. Hopefully we’ll get a release of Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, News of the World, Jazz, and The Game in this series.

  86. I received my Fish Internal Exile Deluxe Edition yesterday. The 2024 remaster sounds superb. A high recommend from me.
    Sounds like it was recorded yesterday. Only listened to the 5.1 mix so far, very clear, excellent package with a very informative essay from Fish. I say essay, I’ve read shorter books.

    Fish made the decision a while back to only sell D2C and it appears to be working for him financially, but it’s a shame people outside of his social media world will never even know these have been released.

    The 50 quid plus VAT pricing seemed high at first, but then I remembered some of the more expensive items that have been previewed on this site that I have purchased and so bit the bullet. Worth every penny, it’s just a lovely quality package. Feels like quality in your hand.

    I’m now really looking forward to Vigil which according to Canada Post, left the UK yesterday and will arrive ‘soon’.

    Anyhow, check them out if you have any love for Fish’s first two solo albums. https://store.fishmusic.scot/music/
    there’s a separate EU store if you’re buying from within the EU

    (This is not a paid ad, I’m just really happy with the product and it has brought me great joy)

    1. I bought the two 3CD deluxe versions as the Blu-ray versions are far too expensive at more than £120 for both. Yes they sound good but unfortunately there are no liner notes in the 3CD versions and i feel there is far too much live stuff on these that has been released before.

      1. What is a fair price for 3CD , remixed, low production numbers? 20? Free? Fish pays for everything himself as he’s no longer on any label and has no distribution deal… He and his wife actually do the packaging themselves. Sometime in the spring he is shuttering Chocolate Frog.

  87. I know that you’ll squelch this, but there won’t be a Beatles super deluxe boxed set this year. Instead, there will be a streaming release of “The First U.S. Visit” video. I guess it’s useful if you do video streaming and you don’t already own the DVD.

  88. Very pleased with the up & coming surround sound thin Lizzy release,I’m hoping more of seventies music is represented in this solid series of releases.

  89. A 65min version of Wings’ One Hand Clapping is set for cinema release. According to reports, the quality has been improved from the footage released on Band On The Run SDE but still not brilliant due to Litchfield using video as the source media – video not able to be edited so transferred to film, edited, and then transferred back to video (downgrading at every transfer) for the TV companies to consider for transmission – all of which balked at the quality. Footage “may” include the entire Backyard footage or Junior’s Farm. The question of Peggy Sue is still being debated.

    1. Just a thought about “Peggy Sue”… If there was a rights-issue leading to it’s removal, that will no-longer be the case as PM now owns the rights. Problem solved (of course this is all conjecture but, hey, why not).

    2. Interesting comment. If the TV companies don’t consider the quality good enough for transmission, why would it get a cinema release?

  90. Hello, for all prog-rock fans, there is a Pavlovs dogs box set ” Essential recordings 1974-2018″ on RUF Records coming on September 27 (as advertized on JPC.de). It contains the first two albums “Pampered Menial” and “At the sound of the bell” as well as later recordings. Best regards Hans Lindskog

  91. Coming Sept.27,2024 from Rhino, “Chicago-Live at The JFK Center of the Performing Arts, Washington D.C. Sept.16,1971” a 3-CD or 4-L.P. set. This concert is the live debut and preview of several songs that the group would soon enter the studio to record for “Chicago V”, but otherwise, the setlist is similar to the (then) recently released “Chicago Live at Carnegie hall”.

  92. The release of the 3-CD + Blu-Ray and 5-L.P. + Blu-ray boxed set “Electric Lady Studios:A Jimi Hendrix Vision” will finally happen Sept.13. Amazon’s UK & Canadian websites are now accepting preorders again.

  93. A September German language version of “Rolling Stone” magazine will be packaged with a 7″ single which previews two selections from Neil Young’s forthcoming “Archives Vol.3” boxed set. The selections are live versions of “Heart of Gold” & “Comes a Time”. Young has cautioned that the boxed set, which will include CD’s & Blu-Ray discs, will be “Expensive”. I’m O.K. with that.

  94. Hi Paul,

    You may want to let people know that right now, the WHAM! 7″ vinyl Singles Collector’s Box Set is on sale on Amazon USA for 53% off $384.98, for a sale price of $167 USD … I just got mine!

    Thanks for the SDE WHAM! “Fantastic” and “Make It Big” albums!!!

  95. Hi Paul. You should consider compiling more SDE-exclusive CD Maxi singles. Here’s a suggestion: “60-Minutes of Love” to collect all the various versions and mixes of Art of Noise’s Moments in Love. I would play that on repeat all day long!

  96. Dane Donohue finally releases a follow up to his 1978 album, which retrospectively is one of the masterpieces of Yacht Rock. The new album is called LA Rainbow and currently only planned for release in Japan.

  97. Just heard about the passing of John Mayall at 90 years old. Between putting Clapton, Green & Taylor into the spotlight, putting the members of Colosseum together and having a mammoth collection of pornography(!) he was a remarkable man, a giant of the blues scene.

  98. Sad to see the passing of John Mayall, although 90 is a good innings. The box set was a great legacy item – he influenced many over the years. RIP.

  99. Sad to read that Scott Davies is shutting down Rubellan Remasters. It apparently just became too much work to secure permissions from record labels. He produced top-notch remasters of some notable 80s albums. The Visage albums are the best out there.

    Thanks Scott for all your hard work. Rubellan will be missed.

    1. Here, here Derek – well said.
      A sad day indeed. I remember feeling the same way when that wonderful Aussie re-issue label, Raven Records closed it’s doors in 2017. It’s such a shame as these type of small labels are usually run by “music fans” who take care and pride in the music they release….and this is what us fans want!!
      I’ve had the pleasure of owning and listening to some of Rubellan’s past releases on vinyl and CD – most notably Divinyls and Split Enz and the remastering is superb – dynamic yet subtle and clear as a bell. You know that the mastering was done with care and devotion to the music.
      As Derek stated above, Rubellan will be missed and I wish Scott all the best for the future.

      1. I think Split Enz was what just about ended it. It is sad. There aren’t enough people passionate about the music – he certainly is! I am hoping he might reconsider…

        1. What is doubly frustrating (for me) is that while the Rubellan titles up to that point hadn’t really floated my boat, I would have been IN for the Enz …… :(

    2. Was also sad to hear of this. Have enjoyed several of the Rubellan remasters. My favorites being the Oingo Boingo reissues with all of the bonus tracks. Something I didn’t think would ever happen. Also wishing Scott the best.

  101. 4 Jethro Tull CD/DVD represses are on the way… Stand Up, A Passion Play, Heavy Horses and War Child – but they’re not cheap!

  102. In the recent 4-CD + Blu-Ray audio set of “Yes-Fragile”, there is one track(CD 4,track 4) which doesn’t sound like “Yes”…because it isn’t.
    The recording, which Rhino records found on a “Yes” session reel, is actually by singer/songwriter Terry Reid. Rhino calls it “The Dean”, though it is actually an echo-ey, mostly instrumental rehearsal of Reid’s song “Sybyla”. A month before engineer/co-producer Eddie Offord started work on “Fragile”, he was recording an album for Terry Reid, and Offord decided to re-use a tape reel from the Reid sessions. When Offord recorded “Fragile”, the “Yes” recordings didn’t entirely erase Reid’s music. Rhino has already deleted this non-Yes track from streaming and (Official) download versions of the “Fragile” boxed set.

    2. Reminiscent of the “Unknown Ballad” on the deluxe of ELP’s Tarkus which turned out not to be by them. The song actually was the first professional recording of Spontaneous Combustion, “Just A Dream”, arranged and performed by Spontaneous Combustion and producer Greg Lake, with music composed by Spontaneous Combustion’s guitarist-lead singer Gary Margetts and lyrics written by his friend Mike Rowe. The new song, a demo arranged and recorded in about two hours, was not developed further for release by Spontaneous Combustion. Producer Greg had not asked recording engineer Eddie Offord to change to a different tape, and the song was recorded onto the ELP “Tarkus” tape in the recorder, leading to the mix-up forty-one years later.

  103. Talk Talk announcement due on 18th this week. Looks like it’ll be a 40th anniversary edition of “It’s my life”. A box set would be awesome, but I’m thinking just a coloured LP, similar to what they did with “The Party’s Over” a couple of years ago.

  104. Shed Seven have a limited 2CD edition of their upcoming greatest hits rework album, Liquid Gold, on their website (comes with the album and a live CD that hasn’t been recorded yet). You have to work to find the pre-order, though – the link is only available on their social media sites.

    1. Great. I waited decades for a re-press then have to buy it twice in 12 months. (the first time it was in the collection 2 box) Yeah, l know they’re not forcing me to buy it, BUT THEY ARE.

    1. Thanks for the info Dynaudio.
      Here are the details from CD Japan:
      “Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” A miraculous original project in Japan releasing a set of four discs, consisting of the original album with 2014 remastering and three bonus discs.

      The bonus CDs contain 29 live tracks from the full live performance at the NJ Giants Stadium on August 22, 1985, a few months after his first show in Japan. The setlist is close to that of the April 1985 show in Japan, and although it has been available on DL and CDR in the “Live Bruce Springsteen” Official Live Archive Series, this is the first time in the world that it has been officially released on CD.

      Features 7-inch cardboard sleeve packaging with a photo book and a booklet with rare episodes regarding his first visit to Japan. Features the high-fidelity Blu-spec CD2 format.”

  109. On September 27th, Cherry Red’s “Esoteric” label releases a 9-CD set “Vanilla Fudge-Where is My Mind:The ATCO Recordings 1967-1969”. It contains the group’s 5 1960’s albums, with their first two albums(“Vanilla Fudge” & “The Beat Goes On”) presented in both their mono & stereo mixes. For the mono mix of “The Beat Goes On”, it is the CD debut. Some UK single edits make their CD debut. All non-L.P. singles and all of the live and studio vault tracks from Rhino Handmade’s 2010 mail order 4-CD set “Box of Fudge” also appear in this set. The only unanswered questions are: will the group’s non-L.P. B-side cover of Bacharach/David’s “The Look of love” be the mono mix, or the rare stereo mix(which was offered once by the Repertoire label), and, in presenting the group’s 5th album “Rock & Roll”, whether “The Windmills of Your Mind” & “Street Walking Woman” will be the standard versions or the alternate versions heard on the “Sundazed” label CD of the album. For the record, my original L.P. and 8-track cartridge releases of “Rock & Roll”(circa 1969-70) contained the standard versions. As you’re starting to realise, “Where Is My Mind” is a highly thorough collection; a one stop place to get very nearly the group’s entire 1960’s output.

  110. On the 4th attempted release date, the Repertoire UK label finally released the 4-CD set (and 48Khz/24-bit download) “The Yardbirds-The Ultimate Live at The BBC”. Despite containing 32 previously unreleased selections and many upgraded sources, it is still only two-thirds of the group’s BBC recordings. The remaining sessions no longer exist. One of the people involved in this collection explained, that when the group appeared on daytime radio shows, it was much less likely that someone at home would be recording. This is why there are no Yardbirds BBC recordings with Eric Clapton. The group appeared on BBC Radio three times during Clapton’s tenure.

    1. So in 2016 Repertoire released a 2CD set Live at the BBC.
      In 2017 Repertoire released an upgraded 2CD set Live at the BBC.
      In 2019 Repertoire released a 3CD set Live at the BBC Revisited.
      In 2024 Repertoire are now releasing a 4CD set Ultimate Live at the BBC, that’s progress I guess!

  111. Happy Birthday, George Michael! Your music and spirit continue to inspire and uplift us all. Thank you for sharing your incredible talent and heart with the world. We celebrate you today and always.

  112. The August Issue of Uncut contains a sampler cd for Mind Games.
    9 tracks (which is nice) and comprise:
    Mind Games (Evolution documentary)I’m The Greatest (Ultimate Mix)Aisumasen (I’m Sorry (Ultimate Mix)You Are Here (Out-Take, Take 5)Tight A$ (Raw Studio Mix)Bring On The Lucie (Freeda Peeple)(Elemental Mix)You Are Here (Elements Mix)Out The Blue (Elemental Mix)Meat City (Evolution Documentary)Perhaps if you are not convinced by the SDE but want more than the 1cd – this is a great alternative.

  113. I suppose this could be seen in terms of the CD vs vinyl ‘war’… I’ve just read an article on the BBC, that clever people working on reducing the electricity used to power mainframe computers and at the same time make them faster are working on a move away from ‘digital’ working, to ‘analogue’ (so that it works like a human brain).

  114. John & Yoko – Give Peace A Chance / Remember Love – 50×12″ acetates have been made as gifts for charities “electronically signed” by Yoko, which are to be auctioned.

  116. Fish has announced SDE’s of his first two solo albums. Each album gets a 4CD+BR release with Dolby Atmos mixes. UK customers can order already. EU customers are advised to wait until the EU shop goes online, which should be Friday 14 June.

    1. Bit on the pricey side, unfortunately. £60 per box (if you’re in the UK and have to pay the VAT).

      So not something for the casual listener.

      1. I wouldn’t imagine they will be as he stopped selling his stuff on Amazon. I agree these are far too expensive and why does he persist in advertising the prices as excluding VAT then you go to the checkout and they are much more expensive ?

  118. I notice the forthcoming Ultravox ‘Lament’ superdeluxe boxset is reviewed in this month’s Record Collector. Anyone have any word on an actual release date yet?

  120. A very busy August release schedule from the Cherry Red group of labels. three MCA Kim Wilde albums receive the Deluxe treatment: “Love Moves”(2-CD + DVD),”Love is”(3-CD + DVD) and “Now and Forever'(3-CD + DVD). Hawkwind’s “In Search of Space” will be released as a 2-CD + Blu-Ray set with new 5.1 surround and stereo remixes by Stephen W. Tayler. and the Austrailian beat group The Twilights will be compiled as a 3-CD set “Twilights Time:The Complete 60’s Recordings” Singer Glenn Shorrock went on to be a founding member of Little River Band, while member Terry Britten went on to write hits for Tina Turner and Cliff Richard.

  122. Deuce is FINALLY On The Loose Again!

    For those of you who like that sort of thing (and who doesn’t)…..first-ever FOUR DISC expanded edition of Deuce’s classic 1995 album “On The Loose” being released this August…..

    https://www.cherryred.co.uk/deuce-on-the-loose-4cd-expanded-edition

    Also on vinyl for the first time

    https://www.cherryred.co.uk/deuce-on-the-loose-dayglo-lime-green-vinyl-edition

    If you’re a fan of the great ’90s dance music produced by Mixmasters Phil Harding and Ian Curnow, run don’t walk to preorder!!!

    (Also, if you’re a huge fan of cheese, order one of each!)

  123. Sometimes, the cows DO come home…eventually. Today, the 28th of May 2024, 14 months and 11 days after I paid for it,and after 7 release postponements,Rick Wakeman’s 27-CD/5-DVD set “The Prog Years” finally arrived.

  124. For fans of Talk Talk
    In 1984 Tim Pope directed an innovative video, actually 2 versions, for their single Dum Dum Girl. The video was filmed live with live vocals and included at the start the date, time and location.
    It’s very unusual to know specific moment of time in music history other than big events like Live Aid so on Thursday 13th June at 7.02 pm we have an unique opportunity to sing along with Mark, Paul and Lee exactly 40 years to the moment.
    I’ve put a link below….and don’t forget your Treowsers!

    https://youtu.be/2QV7PXg1hLs?si=iO0Ra0qwY7FHbC6h

  125. Just received an email from marillion.com talking about how new merch is available with “This Strange Engine artwork (to mark the upcoming deluxe edition).” No actual mention of the deluxe edition release date though.

  127. I’ve noticed on the Rhino US store that they have released Blu-ray audio (Atmos) discs of Fleetwood Mac – Rumours, The Doors – Best of The Doors,Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill & Hootie & The Blowfish – Cracked Rear View. Does anyone know if these will receive a worldwide release or will they stay D2C?

    1. So far, the Quadio blurays that Rhino released have not been officially released in Europe but over time they have become available on Amazon in Europe (much more expensive though). The same could be true for the Atmos releases.

      1. Thanks Josh. I purchased some of the Quadio blu-rays from Import CDs & Warner Music Australia. I’ve just found out that Warner Music Australia have listed the above Atmos Blu-rays albeit more expensive at AUD $50 (about USD $32) compared with Rhino’s USD $24.98. (I can never work out their pricing strategy as Warner Australia are cheaper for the Quadio Blu-rays than Rhino in the US??)

        1. Sorry, I did not realise you are in Australia, as your name is very Dutch. At least you can now buy them in Australia without the import duties. I ordered a bundle of four Quadios (special price: $80 for four), but then Rhino sent them to me in THREE different shipments which meant that I had to pay three €6 service fees for handling customs. So that was a bit of a bummer. I would like the Doors Atmos bluray as well as the Joni Mitchell box set and am considering buying them together, but fear that Rhino will again fail to send them all in one package.

          1. Hi Josh – yes, a very Dutch name but born in Oz. That’s a bummer about the separate deliveries and service fees.
            We’re quite fortunate here in Australia as far as import duties are concerned. Generally most products under $1000 are exempt which is great for music purchases and we don’t have mail/customs service fees.
            We do however have to pay GST (VAT) of 10% but the onus is on the seller to collect that, not the receiver (Go figure!). Large retailers such as eBay, Alliance Entertainment and Amazon(s) charge me GST but the smaller online retailers such as Rarewaves, iMusic and JPC don’t, even though their website T&C’s states they do.
            It’s a complicated world!!!!

    2. If anyone in the UK would like to purchase these, the delivery cost is $15.99 if you purchase one of them or all four blu-ray discs. With the exchange rate if you purchase all four, it averages out to roughly the same price as an SDE blu-ray.

      1. Be warned, though, that Rhino are well known for sending out the discs in multiple separate shipments (widely discussed problem on quaudrophonicquad.com). And because they do not deal with VAT, UK postal services will charge you for the VAT. If postal services in the UK charge a service fee on top of that, they will likely do that separately for each package and as a consequence you might have to pay this service fee multiple times, even if you ordered them all at once. And there is no way to get through to Rhino HQ and ask them sent your order in one batch.

  128. Just seen the stones voodo lounge coloured vinyl,question? How would you be able to order the limited white vinyl as well?looking on Amazon its just the double vinyl…

  129. Good afternoon from Lincoln, California (USA). I just received my pre-order for the Keane “hopes and Fears” SDE Surround Series Blu-ray. My only question, was it supposed to come without a booklet???

      1. Thanks for your reply, Paul. Not quite sure what the upside would be to NOT including a booklet (money/production costs??) as I can’t imagine that the artist(s)/producer(s)/engineers(s) involved wouldn’t want to at least include the booklet that came with the original and subsequent releases (2004 SACD, for example) that contained lyrics, pictures and credits. Thoughts…

          1. Fair enough. I can only imagine your disappointment as I know that you put much effort, time and love into each and every one of the SDE releases. Thank you for helping to keep physical product in the front minds of the music/record exec’s and your continued championing of all things immersive/Atmos. Cheers!

    2. As per the other replies in this thread, it seems to be available from A24 in the USA only. There does seem to be a DVD/Bluray set forthcoming in European outlets later in the year (i.e. already listed on JPC), but no 4K and possibly no Atmos on that one either.

  131. Is there any news of a Pretenders – Learning To Crawl 40th anniversary deluxe release to match the previous S/T & Pretenders II 3CD 40th’s? I see new vinyl releases coming up next week, but I’m not finding anything about any other formats.

  132. Cherry Red (via their Lemon imprint) have announced a John Miles box-set covering the period 83-93.

    https://www.cherryred.co.uk/john-miles-the-albums-1983-93-3cd-box-set

    Why they couldn’t have expanded the timeframe to include Miles High (1981) is beyond me.

    First time on CD for Play On (1983).

    Hopefully the box-set will match the format of the Caroline set from 2017, which covered the Decca Years (although even if it does, the fact that they aren’t including Miles High in this new box means that that album will sit between the two boxes on my shelf. Grrrr……)

    Hopefully they’ll also be working from the master tapes rather than vinyl rips (although given that their Zaragon CD from several years ago is once of the crackliest CDs I’ve ever owned I remain extremely cautious regarding this).

  133. Received my Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense 4k today from A24. It is a very nice oversized package (9.25″ x 6″; 23.5 cm x 16 cm) with a hard-back book with a disc holder that comes in a book-bound hard slipcase. 4k disc is translucent (never seen that before). Now I see why it was expensive. Was shipped in a thick cardboard box. Deserves an unboxing video for sure. Here is a pic…

    1. I gave in and ordered as well…
      In the meantime, A BR/DVD is turning up in European stores, like JPC, for €20. Obviously no 4K and apparently no Atmos either.

    2. Not music related but wanted to call out that the A24 shop also has a 4k copy of Darren Aronofsky’s π (1998) which came out this March and is currently the only 4k release of that movie. Wasn’t even aware this had been released. Some cool (but expensive) items there.

  134. ‘The Sound of Vinyl’ have limited signed copies of the Gary Numan autobiography ‘(R)evoluton’ in paperback – £10.99 plus shipping

  135. Just FYI the SDE IOSS-certificate seems to be working 100% again – the last two SDE-shipments were delivered directly to my home address in Finland without the need for me to declare anything or fill in any forms.

  136. The new Bowie box set “Rock N’ Roll Star!” has been announced for 14th June release. Lady Stardust take 1 alt. version is available for streaming now.

        1. You gave two bits of information in your comment, the first of which was that “The new Bowie box set “Rock N’ Roll Star!” has been announced for 14th June release”. I’m simply pointing out that this was posted on SDE a couple of months back, in case you were not aware. Thanks for informing about the streaming thing though :)

  137. Morning all.I’ve received my two disc 4k package this AM of Queen rock Montreal disc one plays but it wouldn’t get the menus up ? After a couple of time of taking out & back in the Sony uhd player it works fine..the second has the same problem BUT it just will not play the menus!I would be grateful if anybody could let me know if they are having any difficulties..Ash.

    1. Just tested my 4k copy. Menus loaded fine for both discs. Have a US Sony UHD player from ~5 yrs ago. I did notice a bit of delay for disc 2 when selecting tracks for the Montreal concert but it worked.

    3. QUEEN ROCK MONTREAL 4K UHD ATMOS PLAYBACK ISSUES
      So as the title says , is anyone else experiencing playback issues? I have, (I can’t even play disc 1, disc 2 the menu is incomplete) and many have as well if you go by what is being reported on this Blu-ray aficionado forum:
      https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=22113356 and more locally in the item feedback on the amazon.co.uk web site.
      It’s not player-dependent as it has occurred with Sony’s, XBOX, and Panasonic players. And it is not related to the incorrectly reported region lock.
      Contact Mercury Studios about your playback issues. The more emails they get about these manufacturing/production problems with the discs, the quicker they’ll issue a recall of all the discs on the shelves and correct the defects. This is their email: [email protected]

  140. Received my Wham! x2, Paul Y, and Knopfler blu rays in the past week or so. Went to play them only to discover my blu ray player had bit the dust. Fortunately, I have a pretty old backup, (although my kids will have to make due without it for the time being.)

    I went to research new, quality blu ray players only to discover that most players, or at least the ones I can afford, no longer have RCA/component outputs. My 20 year old receiver is still working great, but obviously has no HDMI inputs based on its age. I’ve looked at HDMI to RCA converters, but they don’t get great reviews. Does anybody have any suggestions for me? Hoping to get some help from anybody else who has been in my predicament.

    1. I recently had a problem playing the Prince – Diamonds And Pearls BD on my older Denon AV amp. I found this worked though, BD player to TV with HDMI, then optical out of the TV to the AV amp. Check out your TV instructions because some will let you switch off the screen while still leaving it powered up.

    2. I’ve seen some reasonably good used blu ray players on FB Marketplace that are inexpensive. Even snagged a 4K model. Does your receiver have digital coax inputs? That usually works for me, even though the signal might be downsampled some.

    3. Does your receiver not have optical or coaxical digital inputs? Most BR-players still have this connectivity. And otherwise I would indeed advice to simply shop online for a used BR player. Or you could of course shop for a used receiver with HDMI connectivity as well.

      1. My receiver only has RCA inputs, so all of the suggestions above wouldn’t have worked. (Except for the used BR player.) But for less than $200, I broke down and purchased a new receiver which has multi-format inputs, so the issue is resolved. But I absolutely HATE that my working 20 year old receiver is going to the dustbin even though it works and sounds awesome. Screw you, built-in obsolescence.

        1. I’d say it’s less built-in obsolescence, and more “technology marches on”. I think the super-simple, nearly ubiquitous HDMI cable is part of the reason immersive audio is on the rise. No more messing around with a bazillion RCA cables between components. blu-ray players are already forced into a race to the bottom, with the mass move to streaming. It’s unaffordable to include unpopular options like RCA surround outputs. Also, having physical analog outputs ties the player to specific speaker configurations.
          With the minuscule size of my current blu-ray players, there’s no room for a mess of RCA jacks on the backplane!

          1. Point taken, but in my search for new components, I found that RCA jacks are still common among very cheap, “no-name” blu ray players, so I’m not so sure that cost is a true issue. I guess, like my older receiver, I’m a dinosaur!

  142. There had been rumours that Jack Bruce’s 1970’s Polydor albums would receive the super deluxe treatment, and so they will. Bruce’s first and most popular album “Songs for a Tailor” will be released as a 2-CD + 2-Blu-ray set by the Esoteric label on July 26th. Alternate takes,demos,Stephen W.Taylor remixes(Stereo & 5.1 surround) and a 1970 documentary film “Rope Ladder to The Moon” will be included. Recently announced super deluxe sets from Esoteric have been getting more expensive, but this may be neccessary for remixed releases of 1970’s archival material to be feasable.

  143. Terrible to hear of the passing of both Richard Tandy and Duane Eddy. Both instrumentalists who brought something unique to to their chosen oeuvre, and both great losses.

    1. Without keyboardist Richard Tandy, orchestrator Louis Clark and high harmony singer Kelly Groucutt, the 1970’s Electric Light Orchesra sound can never be created again.

    2. I just stumbled on the remembrance on ELO’s channel. I only had Out of the Blue, but that was enough to confirm his incredible talent.

  144. Hi Paul – I wonder if you’ve considered offering a bundle plan on your SDEs, beyond the likes of the two Wham discs or the Luther/Dylan offer?

    Something along the lines of any one disc is £23, any two discs £21 each, any three £20 etc. (Maybe bottom out at £19 per title if ordering a lot together?)

    I ask because while I’m curious about the Luther SDE, I’m not really interested in the bundle you have available with the Dylan – because I already have that one from the first time around :/

    Anyway, thanks for your time :)

  146. Hi Paul, What’s the status about the issue between the Irish Tax Authority and your IOSS provider. Is it already solved or must we wait a little longer for the Wham, Pet Shop Boys, (Keane) and Luther Vandross Blu-ray’s ?

    1. The status is that we have told it has been solved, but we’ve sent a few ‘test’ packages on Friday to validate this. So once we know that they have got through without any hassle we will resume EU shipping. Realistically the earliest will be Wed/Thursday next week. Apologies, but better to wait a tiny bit longer than to risk all the hassle of problems with customs etc.

      1. Hi,
        I received the Paul Young order without any problems but have got a VAT bill for the Mark Knopfler. I’ve emailed them to query this but am still waiting for a reply. I’m in Ireland (ROI)

          1. The Wham and Luther Vandross Blu-rays arrived smoothly today without any IOSS issues.
            Thank you very much Paul, Anne and Lauren for the Great service, I’m very happy with them.
            Very curious what #23 will be in the ongoing SDE Surround series.

      3. Thanks Paul for updating us per email and here.
        The tracking of my Knopfler BD package is not moving since 17April so it is getting more and more likely to return to sender.
        This seems to be a wider issue with EU customs as Rarewaves reported similar to me today at request. I am waiting there for four weeks already for several items and they also stated it appears to be a technical issue at EU customs as the IOSS numbers are shown as valid within the Irish tax authority portal.

    2. I received three shipments with two BR’s each last week without any additional fees. In the Netherlands. So all seems well again. Must have been a great frustration for SDE what with a lot of stuff that had to be sent out.

      1. It was! I want to thank everyone for their patience and understanding on this and I’m aware we still have to re-ship some Mark Knopflers to Germany. This is being sorted out!

    1. Johnny Cash – Songwriter

      LP & CD
      LP Black vinyl, Clear vinyl AMAZON, Black&White Splatter vinyl HMV, Smokey vinyl INDIE, Black&White vinyl INDIE

      Johnny Cash recorded an album’s worth of unreleased, self-penned songs in 1993 ahead of him signing with American Records and his releases with Rick Rubin that re-established himself as one of world’s best songwriters to a new generation of fans. Songwriter’s 11 songs have been updated by his son John Carter and longtime producer David Ferguson.

      CD/DIGITAL
      1. Hello Out There
      2. Spotlight
      3. Drive On
      4. I Love You Tonite
      5. Have You Ever Been to Little Rock?
      6. Well Alright
      7. She Sang Sweet Baby James
      8. Poor Valley Girl
      9. Soldier Boy
      10.Sing It Pretty Sue
      11. Like A Soldier
       
      2CD
      I Walk The Line (1988 Version)The Night Hank Williams Came To Town (with Waylon Jennings)Sixteen TonsLong Black Veil (1988 Version)Cry, Cry, Cry (1988 Version)Guess Things Happen That Way (1988 Version)Get Rhythm (1988 Version)Ring Of Fire (1988 Version)Folsom Prison Blues (1988 Version)Cat’s In The CradleHey PorterWanted Man 
      VINYL
      Side A
      1. Hello Out There
      2. Spotlight
      3. Drive On
      4. I Love You Tonite
      5. Have You Ever Been To Little Rock?
       
      Side B
      1. Well Alright
      2. She Sang Sweet Baby James
      3. Poor Valley Girl
      4. Soldier Boy
      5. Sing It Pretty Sue
      6. Like A Soldier

  149. UK band White Lies have just announced vinyl and 2CD reissues of their second and third albums, ‘Ritual’ and ‘Big TV’. I recommend the warm, melodic ‘Big TV’ in particular. It was probably seen as too poppy and commercial at the time, but it’s a hidden gem.

    1. They are performing both albums live here in my hometown (Utrecht) in a rather small venue in two consecutive nights. Should be great. I got tickets for the Big TV night. :-)

  150. Hi Paul,
    Really enjoying the Mark Knopfler blu-rays. Wondered whether you might be stocking the new Joni Mitchell atmos set just out on Rhino.

    1. At least for now, The Joni Mitchell set is exclusive to Rhino’s website. I tried to post a detailed description of the set, but my post was squelched for no apparent reason.

      1. Not every comment I write gets posted, I’m not sure if it’s a glitch or whether Paul has decided not to post it. Either way, I don’t take it personally and just think there must be a reason.
        As it happens your post about the Joni Mitchell Rhino releases can be viewed below. It’s interesting to create a fresh quad mix to complete the set. Glad they have included the Dolby Atmos mixes that’s been streaming since last year.

        1. It’s neither (glitch or purposeful). From a very brief discussion with Paul it’s just that some posts get missed. It’s the price we pay for having a properly moderated (by one man) site rather than descending into a free for all with post- moderation or no-moderation. I guess it’s the expansion from what was just a small site 11 years ago into a much larger site, shop and to all intents and purposes a record company / producer. The number of SDE exclusives, with signatures and now Blu-Rays. The articles, the unboxing videos, the moderation. Plus Paul has a young family and hyper-tolerant wife (hello Anne!). So yeah, I’ve had some of the most witty and insightful posts ever written missed and he lets my dumb-as-a-brick posts through for some reason. I’m just not sure Paul has enough hours in the day.

          1. I’ve wondered if it might be possible to ‘whitelist’ users of, say, a certain level and above so that posts are published without any manual intervention?

            I understand the need and benefits of a well moderated site but such a feature would surely reduce the pressures on Paul’s time.

            Although, as you say, since the current site has developed from a much smaller operation the functionality might not be available.

  151. 2 disc standard tracks for cd and audio blu ray can you created that please
    Disc 1 Reissues From The 1998 Release
    1.We’ve Got It Goin’ On
    2.Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) (Video Mix)
    3.As Long As You Love Me (Video Version)
    4.Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) (Extended Version)
    5.All I Have To Give
    6.Anywhere For You
    7.Hey Mr Dj (Keep Playin’ This Song)
    8.I’ll Never Break Your Heart
    9.Darlin’
    10. Get Down (You’re The One For Me) (Featuring Fun Factory Smooth T.)
    11. Set Adrift On Memory Bliss (PM Dawn Cover)
    12. If You Want It To Be A Good Girl (Get Yourself A Bad Boy)
    13.Tell Me That I’m Dreaming (1993)
    14.I’ll Never Find Someone Like You (1994)
    15.I Wanna Be With You
    16.Boys Will Be Boys (US Version)
    17.Roll With It (US Version)
    18.Its Christmas Time

    Disc 2 Homecoming Sessions
    1.That’s The Way i Like It
    2.Who Do You Love (Live)
    3.Just To Be Close To You
    4.Howie D. – My Heart Stays With You
    5.AJ Mclean – Laydown Beside Me
    6.Kevin Richardson – Nobody But You (Extended Version)
    7.Brian Littrell – That’s What She Said
    8.Nick Carter – I Need You Tonight
    9.Lets Have A Party
    10. 10,000 Promises
    11.If I Don’t Have You
    12. Missing You
    13.Like A Child
    14.If You Stay
    15.All I Have To Give Part 2
    Standard Blu ray 4k music videos and regular dvd or original Blu ray
    we’ve got it goin on (1995)
    anywhere for you (1996)
    get down (1996)
    quit Playing games with my heart (1997)
    as long as you love me (1997)
    everybody backstreets back (extended version) (1998)
    all i have to give (us version) (1998)
    I’ll never break your heart (1998)
    bonus video
    ill never break your heart (Snow Version) (1995)
    anywhere for you (Spanish Version) (1996)
    everybody backstreets back (uk Version) (1997)
    all I have to give (UK Version) (1998)
    I’ll never break your heart (Spanish version)
    exclusive on 4k blu ray and original blu ray
    all access video
    home coming live 12/31/1998 including new song not available on dvd the first time on blu ray and ultra hd blu ray is darlin live and 1999 live please thanks trust me

  153. Rhino has just announced a 4-disc “Quadio” Blu-Ray audio set of “Joni Mitchell-TheAsylum Albums 1972-75”, including Quadraphonic,Stereo & ATMOS Mixes of “For The Roses”,”Court and Spark”,,”The Hissing of Summer Lawns” and “Miles of Aisles”. Some of you may ask,”But weren’t only “Court and Spark” & “The Hissing of Summer Lawns” actually released in quadraphonic?” True, but “Miles of Aisles” is a vintage Quadraphonic mix that went unreleased at the time. The Quadraphonic “For The Roses” has been newly created by engineer Bruce Botnick(known for his work with The Doors). The ATMOS mixes were created by engineers Ken Caillat & Claus Trelby. (Caillat is known for his work with Fleetwood Mac). Liner notes have been provided by Neil Young.The set is exclusive to Rhino’s website.

  155. I don’t know if there are German visitors to this site, because Herbert Grönemeyer is celebrating the 40th anniversary of his 4630 Bochum album with the release of the album on Blu-ray in Dolby Atmos.
    The Blu-ray will be available in a special limited edition Fanbox or as a stand alone release.
    https://www.groenemeyer.de/

  156. Hi Paul,
    Today I received the Mark Knofler Blu-ray.
    Unfortunately I had to pay customs clearance costs in advance (for the second time).
    I thought this fell under the IOSS system your store uses or is that a misunderstanding on my part
    Can you tell me what went wrong or is it an idea to put a larger IOSS logo on the shipping label?
    Thank you !

    1. It’s nothing to do with how large the label is. It’s all done electronically and there’s some glitch between the Irish Tax Authorities and our IOSS provider because obviously you shouldn’t have to pay this. Please email [email protected] and they will help you out.

      1. Thanks for your quick response !
        I have filed a complaint with PostNL, our local postal service. I’ll wait for their response first. If they do not give the desired answer, I will get back to you via your email address.
        Thank you !

        1. Best advice is to pay and we will refund the VAT on your purchase. Complaining to PostNL won’t do anything to be honest, it’s not their fault.

          1. Same here, my Mark Knopfler blu-ray is stuck at Finnish customs and they want me to pay VAT. I sent an email to [email protected] about this yesterday.

            I exchanged emails with the customs about the IOSS-problem and they told me that the SDE IOSS-certificate had expired on 1.4.2024.

          2. It hasn’t expired, which is why this is an frustrating issue. Apologies to everyone for all this hassle…

          3. Ok, thank you for the quick reply. Good to know that you are aware that this is how the situation looks like to customs officials / is the information that they are giving out. I will pay the VAT and hopefully it can all be sorted out later.

  157. According to Universal Canada, the 1974 Wings lp One Hand Clapping is due for release (June 14th) – 2LP + 6-track 7″, 2CD and streaming only Atmos.

  158. Camouflage – Bodega Bohemia 30th Anniversary 3CD or 4LP vinyl available for pre-order from various sites (Tapete, JPC, Amazon). Only 1500 CD copies and 500 vinyl copies being pressed.

  159. Hello everybody.
    Does someone knows when the bluray audio will be sent to customers ?
    I pre order them day one and got no news by now .
    Thank by advance.
    Didier

  160. By the way, a new Beach Boys documentary will debut through Disney’s streaming service on May 20th. There will also be a soundtrack compilation, albeit only for download and streaming.

    1. I have this in DTS-HD on DVD and wonder how much better the Blu-Ray is considering I don’t have the Atmos extra speakers (yet) and what the resolution of the source is – any thoughts?

      2. I’m wondering the same thing – if I didn’t have the 2007 DVD already, I’d’ve already pulled the trigger on getting the new release!
        It sounded *great* in the IMAX theatre.

  162. On June 20th, Esoteric releases a 3-CD + Blu-Ray audio edition of Al Stewart’s 5th album, “Past,Present and Future”. The 1973 album and the non-L.P. B-side “Swallow Wind” appear via original 1973 mixes, 2024 Stephen W. Tayler remixes(stereo & 5.1 surround), and the set also includes a 1974 live show from “The Howff”(sic)(newly mixed by Stephen W. Tayler)

      1. Good that they’ve stepped up to including blu-rays in these sets rather than DVDs – although I suspect this is mainly to give them an excuse to charge a few quid extra. Certainly they haven’t done it to give them the chance to include an Atmos mix or any of the bonus material in hi-res.

  163. The final release from the Depeche Mode Memento Mori White Label Remix Series (5 of 5) is available for pre-order.

    Link to US store:
    https://depechemode.store/

    All five are still available.

    I had bought the first two as they came out with high shipping costs and was nice to order the last three together to bundle the shipping.

  164. Hi Paul, I just received my Paul Young Blu-ray (well packaged as usual – thank you) and have just placed an order for ABC’s Lexicon of Love.
    Not sure if I missed it, but has a decision been made on whether you will be providing an option on the SDE shop to pay in a GBP rather than AUD.
    The reason I ask (and it’s not meant to sound that I’m nit picking) however, the conversion rate being used is no where near the Mastercard credit card rate. It’s no big deal on a GPB 23 purchase (approximately AUD 4.50) but could be significant on a high value purchase.
    I assume your FX provider is charging you a fee for this service and together with their shite FX rate, they appear to be making a very good profit.
    I just wanted you to be aware of the fact.
    As always, thanks for all you do to make SDE such a great site.

    1. Thanks. I’m in two minds over multi-currencies. It costs us a fortune in fees to do it, BUT when asked, the majority of the SDE audience said they preferred to shop in their local currency….

      1. That’s a shame as I’m sure in today’s times, most people have a credit card or a FX account such as Wise that is free of FX fees. From my experience a credit card conversion is always much better for the consumer than a FX conversion by a 3rd party. Paypal is the classic example – their conversion rates are horrendous. Plus as you have stated, your fees are obviously not cheap!
        I’m wondering if the SDE audience just want to be able to see the price in their local currency, like you can with your widgets but then are happy to buy in GBP. Just a thought?

          1. My UK bank noticed how much I was spending abroad and sent me a notice about opening a global bank account. Only took 5 minutes to set up so now I can buy from international Amazon websites using their local currency and not be charged a transaction fee by the bank and the exchange rate is better.
            It obviously makes more difference when buying expensive box sets.

  165. Burning Shed are have a severe sale – King Crimson, Robert Fripp, XTC… CDs, DVDAs and for you trendies Vinyl!. EG (pun intended) who could turn down the Cat Food CD for £1.99 – be quick… Oh, and the David Sylvian Box is £84.99 Although I can’t remember if this is cheap or not.

  167. Interesting chart on one of the leading Dutch newspaper’s website.
    “Global music industry sales by revenue source, in billions of dollars”
    De Volkrant writes (translated by Deepl):

    In the Netherlands, 38.2 million euros worth of records were sold last year, while CD sales were 16.1 million euros. The CD market did grow faster than vinyl sales. The higher sales of LPs are partly due to higher prices. A new LP quickly costs over 40 euros, a CD often less than 20.

    1. Just stumbled onto the news a week ago. It’s sad how someone you didn’t know and didn’t know you still was a part of your life, but is now gone.

      1. Yes, what i meant to say given their importance that they would have received more notice than just inclusion in the release of the week page. Thank you for pointing that out.

  170. Is it possible to release the Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms in Dolby Atmos on Blu-ray (Maybe Nr. 22 in the amazing SDE serie ?)
    I know it’s already released in 5.1 on SACD and avalible trough Tidal and Apple but this Classics deserve to be immortalized forever on Blu-ray ?!

  171. Mercury Studios releasing Peter Gabriel: Back to Front – Live in London 4K Blu-ray May 10.

    Additional 4K Blu-ray titles to be released later in 2024 include Mötley Crüe: The End – Live In Los Angeles, Black Sabbath The End, Eric Clapton Slowhand At 70 Live At The Royal Albert Hall and Steven Wilson Home Invasion In Concert At The Royal Albert Hall.

  173. Cherry Red has announced the first 2 Howard Jones albums on blu-ray surround (release date 31st May). Curiously, and unfortunately, the albums (and some bonus tracks) are in 5.1 but the discs also contain a couple of tracks in atmos – why not do the whole album in atmos?

    1. Wow ! Some exciting news over at http://www.spandauballet.com , Gary Kemp pictured in the studio with Steven Wilson , who has created some Atmos Mixes of Spandau tracks for a soon to be announced project . Hopefully not another compilation , but very intresting news indeed . Does , Mr Wilson ever , take a break ? !

  177. Something I am looking forward to is Pet Shop Boys getting the Dead or Alive treatment and release their 12″ Singles box release. with their vast collection of great mixes, remixes and rare editions of great tracks all these years since “One More chance” track on Bobby “O” till now. Make boxes called “Before” and “After” makes it possible to be a collectors item. Let me reserve the first box now !

    1. Vinny Vero said in an interview, I think on this very site, that he had submitted ideas to the record company for this kind of set and it was rejected. This was a few years ago mind you, so maybe their minds could have changed by now.

      1. They also posted a picture on their website a couple of years ago of a pile of ‘Please’ era DAT’s and tapes saying they were going through them and nothing ever came of that (yet).

  179. I wonder whether the John Lennon Mind Games SDE is going to be delayed? I just noticed that the accompanying book, which was announced for late april, has now been pushed to late September on Amazon/JL website. Of course that might only be the book? The SDE is showing as July on the JL website. That’s a push-back from the original annoucement as well, isn’t it?

  181. Sparks have announced a 45th Anniversary Expansion of ‘Number One in Heaven’. Although this has had a good few reissues in recent times (there was a 40th Anniversary edition), this one is of note because the (white) vinyl comes double-packed with a vinyl issue of the Noel album ‘Is There More To Life Than Dancing?’ written and produced by Ron and Russell and very much in the style of ‘Number One…’ That’s April – then in mid-May, both albums will come out as standalone 2CD expanded editions – bonus tracks TBC…

  182. ‘Now 17′ (the re-issue) will be released on 9 April. £7.99 at Amazon and HMV. Tracks:
    1. Blue Savannah – Erasure / 2. Better World – Rebel MC / 3. Opossum – Paula Abdul & The Wild Pair / 4. Kingston Town – UB40 / 5. Strawberry Fields Forever – Candy Flip / 6. I Don’t Wanna Lose You – Tina Turner / 7. Step On – Happy Mondays / 8. Loaded – Primal Scream / 9. Real, Real, Real – Jesus Jones / 10. This Is How It Feels – Inspiral Carpets / 11. Shine On – The House of Love / 12. From Out of Nowhere – Faith No More / 13. Hey You – The Quireboys / Disc: 2 / 1. This Beat Is Technotronic – Technotronic & MC Eric / 2. Happenin’ All Over Again – Lonnie Gordon / 3. Don’t You Love Me – 49ers / 4. Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough) – Jimmy Somerville / 5. Stronger Than That – Cliff Richard / 6. Another Day in Paradise – Jam Tronik / 7. Moments in Soul – JT and The Big Family / 8. Got to Have Your Love – Mantronix & Wondress / 9. Don’t Miss the Party Line – Bizz Nizz / 10. Everything Starts With an ‘E’ – E-Zee Possee / 11. Put Your Hands Together – D-Mob / 12. Killer – Adamski & Seal / 13. Chime – Orbital / 14. Tomorrow – Tongue ‘N’ Cheek / 15. Talking With Myself – Electribe 101 / 16. I’d Rather Go Blind – Sydney Youngblood

  183. Coming in May:”The Rascals-It’s Wonderful:The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings”, a 7-CD set from the “Now Sounds” label. Unlike previous Rascals 7-CD boxed sets released in Japan & the U.S.A., this new set includes 14 previously unreleased selections; a combination of unreleased songs and alternate takes.
    Also, in May, the Chrysalis UK label releases a 3-CD + Blu-Ray audio edition of “Robin Trower-Bridge of Sighs”, the 2nd solo effort from the ex-Procol Harum guitarist. The set delivers what the fans want:Studio outtakes,live recordings and new Stereo,5.1 and ATMOS remixes.Trower and producer Matthew Fisher were interviewed for the new set.

    1. Hello, the Rascals release will most likely be distributed by Cherry Red. Cherry Red distributed the Beau Brummels “Turn around ” box set also from Now Sounds. I must say, I am really interested in this Rascals set even though i have a copy of the Rascals box set that was released on Rhino Handmade several years ago. Best regards, Hans

    2. Thanks for the info on Robin Trower Phil. I had completely forgot that it’s the 50th anniversary of Bridge of Sighs. Chrysalis UK normally do a great job with anniversary editions and at a reasonable price. Last year’s Twice Removed from Yesterday was very basic but very good – the remaster was superb. B.O.S looks like it will be issued in a media book style (similar to Jethro Tull SDE’s). The blu-ray will include all audio content of the 3CD’s + an Atmos & 5.1 mix and will be worth the price of admission alone..
      Can’t wait to hear the smokey soulful voice of James Dewar and the swirling guitar of R.T on the title track.
      Really looking forward to this one.

    1. I looking forward to this! Ordered my copy on the 25th, and it landed in JFK yesterday. Hopefully just days away.

      Annoyingly, no track listing on the site, so I have no idea what the additional tracks are; hoping there’s no duplication with the 2 disc reissue from a couple of years ago. At the very least, there is the live DVD and the 3″ (I think I still have an adapter somewhere, just in case).

  185. The latest update on Rick Wakeman’s troubled “The Prog Years” boxed set is this:The CD/DVD boxed set has been postponed for the 5th time…to March 29,2024. I haven’t been watching the vinyl edition closely, so I can’t tell you how many times it has been postponed, so I can only tell you that the latest attempted release date will be June 30,2024. For the earliest consumers who have ordred these sets, they paid hundreds of Pounds and Dollars ONE YEAR AGO.
    As I type this,Rick Wakeman’s simulated unboxing video remains on YouTube. It features a plain white mock-up with no discs whatsoever. At one point,Wakeman jokingly says,”It’s the Beatles White Album!”, but he ultimately concedes that it is a mock-up. What was Wakeman thinking?
    Wakeman, now 77, is in the midst of a worldwide farewell tour. After such an illustrious career spanning at least 54 years, this unfinished boxed set project is a sad way to say goodbye.

    1. Now postponed for the 6th time…to April 24th. People who ordered from Wakeman’s authorised webstore had received an e-mail recently claiming that the boxed set would be shipped on March 25th. At this point, this project must be deemed to be a fraud. I’m in the States, so there’s nothing that I can do, but consumers in the UK are advised to contact their local consumer protection authorities.

    1. That’s annoying! £129.99 plus shipping.
      I just paid £169 plus shipping from Discogs. I suppose for an original sealed pressing, I should not complain.

  187. NOW AVAILABLE – usual sources

    All Juiced Up Part 2: Exclusive Bundle (Volume 4, 5 & 6)

    Vol. 4 – Tracklist:
    A1. Suicide Blonde – Oakenfold Milk Mix
    A2. Elegantly Wasted (Shagsonic Remix)
    B3. The Strangest Party (These Are The Times) – Apollo 440 Mix
    B4. Searching – Alex Reece Mix

    Vol.5 – Tracklist:
    A1. Tight – Thick Dick Vocal Mix
    A2. Not Enough Time – Silky Soul Dub-stru-mental Mix
    B3. Devil Inside – 12” Mix
    B4. Burn For You – Extended Remix

    Vol.6 – Tracklist:
    A1. Just Keep Walking – Sgt Slick Extended Mix
    A2. What You Need – Cold Cut Mix
    B3. Don’t Lose Your Head – Leadstation Solid Gold Mix
    B4. Guns In The Sky – Kookaburra Mix

  188. Advice wanted…

    I recently purchased a used copy of The Beatles in Mono box set and the box has some price tag residue on it. Was wondering if anyone has tips on how to remove it without damaging the packaging.

    Thanks in advance!

    1. Hi Glenn

      Lighter fluid on a clean tissue/ cloth. It’s a very light, clean, volatile fluid that leaves no stain. An old record collector’s way of removing stickers, glue etc. You can get a tin from a proper tobacconist. I have had one for many years.

    3. Hey Glenn,
      I normally use a post-it (other brands also available) and a hair dryer, using the sticky end of the post-it gently warm up and dab the Post-it on the residue.. making sure you don’t burn yourself.. I also had some success using a Q-tip and bottle of nail polish remover (tricky)…. gently does it. I recently brought an original copy of EJs Blue Moves on Blue Vinyl from France, used the hair dryer method – Total success.. I Hope this helps..

    5. More recent stickers / glue (ie something that isn’t 50 years old) can usually be removed with lighter fluid (see Jimi Plays Monterey to see how the same substance can also be used to remove guitars). Apply some lighter fluid on the residue, not too much so that it will start running but enough to properly soak the glue. Let the lighter fluid do it’s thing and get properly soaked up for a few minutes. Then wipe the fluid and the glue away (for example with make-up removal pads). If there is still paper stuck to the glue you have to very carefully and slowly peel it off or scratch it very lightly.

      BUT, occasionally and rarely the lighter fluid CAN damage sleeves. When the sleeve is, like it probably is in this case, laminated cardboard it should be very easy to remove any residue as the sleeve hasn’t absorbed the glue and the lighter fluid will just evaporate afterwards and not dissolve anything under the laminated surface of the sleeve.

      Some types of plastic can however stretch / get softer, some printing inks can dissolve, unlaminated sleeves can cause all kinds of trouble, if the glue is on top of clear plastic hype stickers those may react etc. So there is a risk to using this method, usually nothing bad happens but there is NO GUARANTEE.

      If you have never done it before it’s best to first practice on something less valuable. A very good way to see how this works is to try it on a standard cd jewelcase, find one with a price sticker on it that doesn’t come off easily and try to remove it using lighter fluid. What I also often do is to first try the fluid on a small area in the corner of the sleeve or the bottom of the box. Apply a tiny amount of fluid and see if it just evaporates and disappears or if it’s causes some sort of damage or leaves a stain. If nothing bad seems to happen then try to remove the sticker residue.

      Again, use this method at your own risk – most of the time nothing bad will happen if you are careful but there’s always the occasional case when it goes terribly wrong…

    6. A q-tip soaked in indoor lamp oil and then applied on the price tag. Let the lamp oil soak up the glue from the price tag for about 5 to 10 minutes depending on the size of the price tag and the amount of glue used. Now carefully, but easy, remove the price tag and wipe of with a clean cloth. Indoor lamp oil is thicker than lighter fluid and therefore more easy to apply on a specific surface and it’s the oil that dissolves the glue.

  189. Hi: Just out of curiosity. Is SDE in a position to request licensing the Beatles Dolby Atmos mixes to be available in Blu-ray? Would be fantastic.

  190. Scanning this year’s RSD list – and I appreciate these things are entirely subjective depending on the artists you are into – but whilst there a few things I’d really like (like the two OMD releases), it’s a slightly more ‘fallow year’ for me this time. One thing really did strike me though – this is the year of the zoetrope effect picture disc, for sure! Loads of ’em. I like the wording on the George Harrison entries – the first two of a ‘multi-year partnership’ with RSD to bring out all his solo studio albums on zoetrope vinyl.

    1. Zoetrope … for those who sit and watch their music? This one strikes me as a REALLY gimmicky effort to convince people to buy the same product again …

  191. Anyone on the OMD email list will already have this info, but they have announced 2 products for RSD in April. The first is the Bauhaus Staircase instrumental album on vinyl, and the second is the Junk Culture Demos & Rarities on vinyl (the same tracks as on the second CD of the 2CD version).

  192. As often happens, I was too slow in posting on the last Saturday Deluxe post, but there was a lot of food for thought there. The golden age of super deluxe editions is probably over now. However there is still a deluge of interesting music releases of one kind or another – it’s just a question of picking the ones that appeal to you. For me the multiple coloured vinyl releases are not to my taste, but here’s a few lists of others that have tickled my fancy in 2023, and kept my interest in physical recorded music:

    Favourite new albums: Gaz Coombes, Young Fathers, Blur, Corinne Bailey Rae, Rolling Stones
    Favourite reissues: Little Feat x2, Dylan Time Out of Mind box and bluray, The Who, Joni Archives 3, Prince Diamonds and Pearls
    Favourite deals: Dylan box, Joni box, Beach Boys box, Elton Madman box, subscription to Last Night From Glasgow

    So, still a lot to enjoy, and I’m sure this time next year I and everyone else will be able to produce similar lists.

    Mind you, just to counter the above, here’s one more list:

    The SDEs that will never happen: Roxy For Your Pleasure/Stranded, Genesis Lamb, Simple Minds Sons and Fascination, Bob Seger The Reprise years, McCartney London/Egg

  193. On March 3rd, canadian singer-songwriter Loreena McKennitt releases a new album “The Road Back Home”. Atmos Mix streaming only! Physical releases only CD and LP.
    https://loreenamckennitt.com/
    (There is also an interesting Deluxe Box set of her album “The Visit” that would deserve to be covered here – it does have a surround mix on BR.)

  194. On 22 March, The Cure will release a 30th anniversary remastered edition of their live album ‘Paris’ with two new tracks “Shake dog shake” and “Hot hot hot”. On CD and Vinyl.

  195. Hello Paul, thanks for the incredible 2 wham! Bluray Audio’s. Complete in my teenager world. Really so happy with those 2 albums. Please continue like this!! Congrats!!

  200. The Motown catalogue, especially the less known parts, has been neglected over the last few years. It is good to see some early 70s Smokey Robinson and the Miracles material being reissued on CD by soulmusic/Cherry Red this April. I hope its the first of many more.

    https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/smokey-robinson-the-miracles-what-love-has-joined-together-a-pocket-full-of-miracles-one-dozen-roses-flying-high-together-2cd/?utm_source=Cherry%20Red%20Records%20Mailing%20List&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=April%20Part%201%20New%20Releases&_kx=7Zro0OU7BWICnaIqrnOfAbLPM8rGX5rM9IJo8xnXeLM%3D.XRaxax

    1. Ooo ooo! Thanks for posting about Smokey, but while visiting your link, I saw that Nina Simone’s complete Colpix recordings is being released in March. Hot damn!

  201. I have just heard that Melanie Safka has died. Didn’t ever like Brand New Key much, but she did some really good albums.

    I should also mention Mary Weiss of the Shangri Las, as no one else has, who also died recently.

    1. Melanie was so much more than Brand New Key. As you said, some of her albums are very good. I have a 2CD set from that wonderful (but now sadly missed) reissue label, Raven Records (Australia) RVCD-393 which featured the albums – Candles In The Rain, Leftover Wine & Gather Me. Some really good songs on these. OOP but seek it out if you like Melanie. It also contains a bonus track of the rare original full length version (7.48) of Lay Down (Candles In The Rain).
      I also like her cover of the Stones’ Ruby Tuesday – sung with much more feeling.
      RIP Melanie

      1. I have some excellent Raven Records reissue cds and will look out for the Melanie one as it covers my favourite albums of hers, which I have on vinyl. Her Ruby Tuesday is very good.

    2. I tend to find out about dead pop stars on Twitter. It seems to be where the news of a death is spread the quickest. We’re also at an age now where there’s seems to be a famous person passing away every other day.

  202. Dropping in with a VDGG box set question, but is it just me, or does the beginning of the 5.1 mix of H TO HE WHO AM THE ONLY ONE just sound, well, wrong?

  204. Next Friday 26 January, an Atmos-mix of U2’s Achtung Baby will be released on streaming platforms. From an e-mail sent to members of the U2 fanclub:

    “Why not join us at Zoo TV Cinema on Thursday at 4pm for an exclusive first listen of the newly remastered Achtung Baby, remixed in Dolby Atmos.

    Developed over 17 months across 5 studios worldwide, this is the first major U2 album to be released in Dolby Atmos.

    Presented with remarks from Award-Winning Recording Engineer, Chris Jenkins.

    This is your chance to be the first to listen to Achtung Baby in spatial audio before digital release on January 26.”

    Obviously this fuels the hope for a physical release as well, but no mention of that yet.

  209. Billy starts the fire..
    Billy Joel is set to release his first new music in nearly two decades, “Turn the lights back on” will be available to stream on the 1st Feb 2024 and a limited 7-Inch single… welcome back Billy..

  210. I saw Queen Rock Montreal at the local IMAX theater over the weekend (It was great, thanks for asking!). Is there any news or rumors about any product reissues tied to this? Otherwise, seems like a lot of work for a 4-day theater run.

  211. Rhino has released a CD version of the recent vinyl-only Black Friday RSD expanded version of The [English] Beat’s ‘I Just Can’t Stop It’. Has the same 23 tracks. Great to see this come out on CD.

  212. Billy Joel Piano Man (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Columbia (Sony Music)Japanese expanded edition includes Quad Mix and new-to-CD tracks.

  215. This year is the 30th anniversary of The Division Bell – anybody know if there are any plans? I passed on the unnecessary bloated 20th anniversary, but I would like to hear the surround mix.

    1. The surround mix is on Apple Music. If you you have the latest Apple TV 4K and can hook it up to your surround receiver, you can listen to lots of Dolby Audio (5.1) and Dolby Atmos music.

  218. Another Stones release – Live At The Wiltern: Blu-Ray & 2CD (also DVD and vinyl versions) £20 from the uDiscoverMusic site and presumably elsewhere

  219. Just for anyone who’s interested, the 25th anniversary edition of Jewel’s Spirit CD is faulty. Track 11 of the second CD (Hands studio outtake) has some weird interference in it and is not normal. This can be backed up by the fact that the streaming version has no problems. I have tried two copies of the CD and both were no good, so will be regretfully returning them. Quality control problems…..
    I would love to own this product, but will not accept a faulty version.

  220. Howard Jones posted a new year’s e-newsletter which mentioned this rather interesting teaser: ‘Cherry Red have some cracking new releases for you during the coming year including surround mixes from Stephen Tayler and Dolby Atmos mixes of some vintage Hojo tracks from Bob Clearmountain. ‘ Human’s Lib in 5.1 or better yet Atmos would sound terrific. Stephen Tayler engineered his first two WEA albums and has worked on surround mixes for some more recent D-Tox-era tracks (and also worked on Ms Bush’s more recent stuff I believe – I think he had a role in the live sound mix of Before the Dawn if memory serves?) and Bob Clearmountain mixed his last WEA/EastWest LP. Really looking forward to seeing what’s coming…

    1. I saw that on FB and hope that the first 4 albums get a 5.1 and/or Atmos treatment. After getting both the D-Tox and Cherry Red remasters of his WEA albums, there’s nothing else that I would buy of this era of his output.

    2. That’s good to hear. The Video Collection that was available via his website had all the tracks in true 5.1 surround so it isn’t something HJ hasn’t dabbled with.

  222. Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes (1983) 2-CD Deluxe Edition came out on Craft Recordings back in October. Includes non-album singles, demos and live tracks.

    1. Digging deeper this new release includes all but the below two tracks from the 2002 Rhino release and doesn’t add anything new.

      2.14 Michael Feldman Interview 4:08
      2.15 Kiss Off 3:31
      2-14 & 2-15: Recorded live for WHA Radio, Madison, Wisconsin, 6th February 1982

      From the Craft Recordings site:
      This expanded 40th anniversary 2-CD edition includes the remastered album, plus rare B-sides, live sessions, and demo recordings. The package also includes liner notes by journalist David Fricke, featuring interviews with the band. 

      A 3LP + 7″ vinyl box set is also coming out in Feb.

  224. Anyone familiar with the Atlantic 75 anniversary releases? Surprised no mention of these yet. The LP’s from Acoustic Sounds are the original mixes cut at 45 rpm and the Genesis albums are getting good reviews. There will be SACD versions of these in the future with the exception of the Phil Collins albums.

  225. Did anybody else receive the soft cell bundles ? Did you receive the “4 Free Limited Single Sleeve Art Prints” and the “Exclusive Free Limited Numbered Peter Anderson Photo” with yours ?

    1. Hi Savantas. I did get the box set with the photo and the sleeve art cards, yes. Those came in a brown card-backed envelope tucked inside the outer mailing carton next to the box set itself, but I nearly didn’t spot it! Good luck – get onto the Soft Cell official store if you didn’t receive yours.

  226. Following 3 shows in his native New Jersey on the first week of November,Bruce Springsteen had to go on hiatus from live performances due to a serious stomach illness. And so, Bruce’s official download store did what they normally do when Bruce isn’t touring:They reverted back to offering vintage,previously unreleased shows from the archives. The latest offering was recorded live in Philadelphia in 2009.

    1. Appreciate this is a physical format site, but some of those releases are exceptional and I cannot recommend highly enough – especially the 1978 / 1980 releases.

  227. Anybody got the full details on the Paul McCartney 3 – 3 year anniversary release on Dec 15. Apparently 3 different coloured vinyls chosen randomly so you dont know which colour you will get (he’s obviously got a few Bowie fans on his team). Limited to only 2 copies each person. No guarantee you will get two different. Put on sale on Universal.de. But no comment on how limited. Anybody know?

  228. The Billy Joel live compilation “Live through the years”, that was released as digital only on streaming sites a couple of years ago, is being released on a so-called blu-spec CD2 in Japan on December 20th. Some additional tracks have been added. The retail price is reasonable on CDJapan (€17.41). But obviously VAT and p&p will need to be added. JPC Germany lists it at €37.99…

  229. Pink Floyd have released 16 “Copyright Extension” download releases; audience recordings of 1973 shows. They are copies of CD & vinyl bootlegs with no remastering,pitch correction or de-clicking whatsoever. Whereas the 2022 releases of 1972 concerts featured an embryonic version of “The Dark side of the Moon”(with “The Travel Sequence” & “The Mortality Sequence”), The 1973 concertrs(Recorded after the release of “The Dark side of the Moon”) reflect the finalised album(with “On The Run” & The Great Gig in The Sky”). These 1973 shows also featured songs from “Ummagumma”, “Obscured By Clouds” and “Meddle”.

  230. Now Yearbook 88 Extra has just been announced. Gotta say, it strikes me as a very strong tracklist for an Extra (and they rarely disappoint in quality as it is)

  231. (Almost) every time I open SDE, I get “Bob Dylan / The Complete Budokan 1978 – unboxed!” as the first article. Only on reload, I get the new ones.
    Very strange!

  232. A word of warning about damage to CDs from certain types of sleeves. I took my 2CD/DVD Archive copy of Band on the Run off the shelf to play the disc of the original album. The playing surface had a line 10mm in from each side, which have proved very difficult to remove without damaging the disc permanently. When I looked inside the sleeve, it seems the adhesive used to stick down the flaps of the packaging has leaked on to the disc. It might be worth checking any CDs in card sleeves.

  233. Just got my Camel box set from Amazon Germany. It’s an impressive set but the packaging is disappointing to me. Only the Blue-ray discs have individual slip covers. All the CDs are jammed into tight slots – 4 per page, making scratching likely. I hope the months long delay wasn’t because they were improving the packaging. The music is as great as ever though.

  235. Looking for tech help.
    Got a Denon AV receiver, non Atmos, connected to my Blu ray with a digital coax. The Blu ray is connected to my TV with a HDMI and the TV is then connected also to the amp with a fibre optic.
    Still with me?
    When I play the Prince Diamonds & Pearls Blu ray via the digital coax the best I get is Pro logic II and not Dolby Digital, from the Atmos setting on the disc.
    If I select TV on the amp it outputs DD!
    Other discs in Dolby Atmos play fine when I select DVD on the amp.
    I know it’s not the end of the world as I can leave my TV on and then blank the screen, I was just curious.

  238. Hello,, I must say , at this time of year I am really waiting for news on releases for 2024. There will be alot coming as it was this year. The most interesting new releases for 2024 according to myself are, Jack Bruce – broadcast sessions (jan-26), Colosseum – recordings 1968-71 (feb 23) and Dream academy – 7 cd set on feb -23. All are released via Cherry Red and presented on their website as of today. I am also really waiting for the upcoming set by the Waterboys covering the “This is the sea – sessions” . Best regards Hans , Sweden

    1. Looks like a bunch of new material in the Dream Academy set. Got their three album CDs when they came out, got the Japanese Somewhere in the Sun CD compilation and the The Morning Lasted All Day 2CD retrospective. I do have to ask myself, am I really going to listen to that new box considering I have only listened to the compilations maybe twice since they were released?

      Also saw the Kissing the Pink 5 CD Box and it seems to be missing some of the tracks that were bonus tracks on prior the expanded CDs. But again, not a band I go to very much anymore.

  239. The last part of my post about new releases seems to be missing. What it went on to say that Now! 16 had also been released last month and is currently available direct from Amazon at £7.98.

  240. Couple of releases to mention that I haven’t seen on this site:

    1. Pink Floyd’s Atom Heart Mother ‘Hakone Aphrodite’ Japan 1971, special CD and Blu-Ray limited edition. To be released 8 December. Currently priced £49.99 on Amazon https://amzn.to/3sPDpxG

    2. Correct me if I’m wrong Paul, but I don’t think you’re currently listing the latest re-releases of the original Now! CDs, are you? Obviously, you’re still highlighting the yearbooks as they’re released (and thank you for doing so). The last re-release I can find mentioned here is Now! 14. For those who are collecting this series, they might like to know that Now! 15 was released back in the summer, although it seems already to be available only through third-party sellers at twice the original Amazon price https://amzn.to/47P8gcr

      1. I wonder if they are using the Japanese pressing/packaging released Aug 2021 (7″ cardboard sleeve) or are they replicating it with European made packaging. Either way it’s cheaper to buy it on CD Japan at AUD $61 or roughly GBP 32 depending on shipping & taxes of course.

  245. just noticed that the Bob Dylan big box version of another self portrait is down to £58 as a Back Friday thing. I never bought it, so I have now, despite having the 2CD version and the remastered original LP. It’s probably very sad of me.

    1. Not sad at all. I, too, have bought it many times over the years, and I actually love the thing. It’s just so wonderfully weird in it’s sprawling messiness!

  246. I’m wonder for us folks that have ordered the three; Van Morrison, Soft Cell, and Trevor Horn, all scheduled for a December 1st release, will those be packaged together as one or should we look for three individual packages?

  249. As I predicted, the 3rd proposed release date(30th Nov.) for Rick Wakeman’s troubled 26-CD/6-DVD boxed set, “The Prog Years” is not to be. The next proposed release date is 2nd Feb.,2024. The ostensible reason: Because audio tapes of 7 additional 1970’s Wakeman concerts were found, and these will be included in the boxed set, in place of certain previously released performances, and the boxed set will be retitled “The Prog Years Redux”.Let me caution fans in no uncertain terms: Do NOT order this boxed set until and unless it is released.

  250. 2023 must be the first year to see both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones top the British charts with new material since 1969. Feels like a bit of a moment to see those two giants briefly conquering the music scene again, one last* time.

    * Well, presumably…

  252. Hi, Paul. Just wanted to let you know about some strange website behavior. My SDE bookmark which I’ve been using for years sends me to your main page where Bob Dylan’s Budokon unboxing video is at the top with 11 comments listed. If I type in the SDE address the updated main page shows with The Killers at the top with The Dylan link below with 18 comments. Very strange! Hope it’s not only me with this issue.

    1. Thanks Andy. We have made some backend updates recently which may account for this. I think if you cleared your cache on the browser the bookmark would probably be okay. Going to have a look at some settings on our server side to try and stop others seeing this behaviour. Again, many thanks for letting me know. P

      1. I cleared my cache, but it’s still happening. No big deal, cuz if I click on the ‘Super Deluxe Edition’ icon in the top/middle of the page (the circly thingy), I get where I want to go. I trust it’ll go away eventually.

          1. Deleting my SDE bookmark and re-bookmarking the main page seems to have taken care of the issue.

            Oops. I spoke too soon. The new bookmark still leads me to the Dylan unboxing video. Very strange! Again, I’ll just keep using my work-around.

          2. This doesn’t make any sense to me but I’m still looking into it. Thanks for the update.

          3. Hi Paul

            I’m finding that comments on any thread take a while to load before you can read them, an issue I have never had previously. Been like this for at least a week. Are you aware?
            Thanks

  253. Swervedriver have announced a deluxe 3CD version of their 99th Dream album, out in January.

    And there’s a newly remastered and expanded version of Portishead’s Roseland NYC Live album coming (out now digitally, vinyl and CD to come)

  254. Hi – after persisting with my home cinema 5.1 Ive decided it’s time to go for an Atmos compatible soundbar.

    I want this primarily for listening to music, not movie watching.

    Any recommendations?

    Thank you

  255. The latest release in Sony Japan’s Quadraphonic SACD series(in 7″ x 7″ packaging) by Santana is the group’s 5th album “Welcome”, to be released on the last week of this month (November 2023). The “Hybrid” disc also contains the stereo mix.

    1. I must admit I’m a bit of a sucker for these. I’ve bought both Billy Joel’s 52nd St & The Stranger (both now OOP) and the first two Santana albums (S/T and Abraxas). The Abraxas packaging in particular is superb. Have had Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles Live in my cart for quite a while now. Decisions!!!!
      Really love the packaging on this 7″ series and to my ears, they sound great too.

    1. I’d love to hear any of the first 4 or last 4 OMD albums in full 5.1 or Atmos. I think their music is ideally suited to it. Might have to wait for Paul Humphreys to get bored and have time to remix them. Unlikely to happen when he has a young daughter to raise.

  257. A 50th anniversary edition of Mott the Hoople’s All Then Young Dudes is due for release on December 8. A limited edition, the box includes 2 LPs in gatefold covers, 2 CDs, a 12” vinyl single, a 72-Page Hardback Book, 3 Art Prints, 2 Posters, a “Sea Divers membership card” and an individually numbered certificate.

    1. Fantastic, but the anti-bundled-media-brigade won’t be pleased. And cue the ‘no Atmos no deal’ bollocks. Now, where’s my old copy of Dairy of a RockStar…and what have l done with my reading glasses?

  258. Out of curiosity, did anyone from Australia managed to get the Prince Diamond & Pearls SDE (CD format) for $38 from Amazon AU?
    I received a “sorry we made a pricing error” email and my order was cancelled. Received a $10 voucher for my “inconvenience”
    Strangely, my pre-orders of the Vinyl box set for $258, Motley Crue Shout at the Devil SDE $53 and Charles Mingus Takes Manhattan 4LP box $30 haven’t been cancelled…. yet!!! (but not fulfilled either)
    Unsurprisingly for regular users of Amazon AU, all of these titles went out of stock on the day of release (27 Oct) and are still showing out of stock. In fact both Prince SDE’s can’t even be ordered on AU even at regular prices (only available via UK or US – 3rd party). WTF!
    I suspect they didn’t have any stock at all for these titles. Clearly their “pre-order” system doesn’t communicate with their inventory system or someone does not know what their doing!
    Speaking of which – the greatest Band in the world release their re-hashed “Red & Blue” albums next week – they’re not even available to pre-order
    on Amazon AU. They really have no clue!!

  259. Brain teaser, folks. I was listening to the atmos mix of ‘Let it be’ (The Beatles) and noticed the short phrase John says after ‘Dig it’ leading into ‘Let it be’:
    ”That was ‘can you dig it’ by Georgie Wood and now we’d like to do ‘Hark, the angels come’…” is missing.
    It’s on the hi rez stereo mix and the 5.1 mix but not the atmos. Any thoughts? I’m new to atmos, so…
    Thanks for your time.

  260. I’m not sure if this has been mentioned previously this year but 2023 is the 40th Anniversary of the CD.
    Officially the first CD released was Billy Joel’s 52nd Street in Japan on 1 Oct 1982 simultaneously with Sony’s CD Player CDP 101.
    On March 2 1983, the CD and CD players were officially launched worldwide. Sony released 16 titles on that day.
    I wonder how many people still have their original CD Player. I still have my Akai player purchased in early 1984. Still works and weighs a ton :)
    It had a great programing feature which I’ve not seen on any other player. It has a “without” button which you could use to program tracks you didn’t want to hear. For instance if you wanted to hear 8 out of 10 tracks on the CD you would just enter the 2 you didn’t want to hear rather than entering the 8 you did want to hear.
    Long live the CD

    2. Bought me first CD player in 1989. A Sony player. A high school friend of mine had an older brother who worked at the music store and he took me to go buy it. First CDs I bought that day were The Specials debut album and Pato Banton’s ‘Never Give In’. I remember comparing the sound between my Specials cassette and the CD. The CD sounded great. It is still my preferred format and I still collect and listen to them all the time. Thanks for sharing @Roel.

      1. Hi Glenn. I “think” my first CD purchase was Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here in 1984. I do remember it cost AUD $30 whilst records were about $12-$14. To put that in perspective the AUD & the USD were on parity – about $1 for $1 back in those days.
        I remember going into our largest record store in the City (78 Records, Perth Western Australia) trying to look for CDs. They had a small section at the very back of the store with about 30-40 CDs displayed vertically on a back wall. It took about 30 seconds to browse through the stock:)
        How times have changed – now vinyl is twice (or more) the price of CDs and CDs are again confined to the back of the store.

    3. I bought my first CD player – a Toshiba XR-9217 – back in the summer of 1987 and my first CD purchase was Sgt Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band. With great fanfare, the Beatles’ catalogue had been launched that year on CD and the arrival of Sgt Pepper on the format made me finally take the plunge.

    4. I think my father still has his (working) Philips CD-104 that he got in 1986 for his 50th birthday. It also weighs a ton. I was 11 years old at the time and I think one of the first CD’s we got was Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles. My father was more into classical music, though. The first CD I bought was a hits compilation album from 1986, that featured songs like “I’ve been losing you” (A-ha) and “The Final Countdown” (Europe).
      This is the one:
      https://apopfansdream.wordpress.com/2014/09/24/hits-album-5-cbs-wea-1986/
      Brilliant times

    5. LONG LIVE THE CD!!
      Being a bear of little brain, I have no idea what the first CD I bought was. I get the vague feeling that they were about 16 pounds a pop at the beginning in the UK

  261. I’m confused… the Beatles site showing the 7″ and 12″ clearly show multiple tracks on both sides of both versions, yet they are only listing one song per side. If this is Apple’s sloppy approach, what’s the probability that they have remastered the wrong version of Love Me Do?

  264. Sony in Japan have just released a 2-CD + 2-DVD set, “Bruce Springsteen-Japanese Singles Collectiom”. The two CD’s are a 35-track greatest hits and the two DVD’s(running 5 hours total) contain 62 videos & concert clips. But be cautioned that the DVD’s are region coded to play only in Japan,the UK & Western Europe. If you live anywhere else, you’ll need a modified “Region Code Free” DVD or Blu-Ray player(Every DVD or Blu-Ray player I’ve ever bought was a modified unit). Springsteen likes to maintain strict control over his “product”, and I’m stunned that he would permit Sony to perpetrate this on his fans. The use of region coding on non-cinematic programs, which were always intended to go directly to the home video market(such as music videos & concerts), is to abuse region coding in a way that the DVD format’s inventors never intended.

    1. Whilst it doesn’t concern me directly as I have a multi region player, it does seem a strange decision to region lock it. As you correctly pointed out, most music DVDs are Region free. I have quite a few of these Japanese Singles Collections. The earlier releases seem to be region free however my last purchase was Billy Joel which was also locked in to Region 2.
      Having said that, this series is ultimately made for the Japanese market however, I do agree with you.

  265. Just wanted to alert you to the fact that the Marillion SDEs of Misplaced Childhood and Clutching At Straws have been reissued. I know that many missed out on these first time round (including me!) so might be worth a post Paul. Currently available to ship on Amazon and Burning Shed. Prices are around the £50 mark so not as cheap as they have previously but worth every penny IMO!!

  266. Why no mention of the excellent box space ritual?I fully understand space,time restrictions etc but it’s Hawkwind tour de force 11 cd + blu ray excellent value cm on SDE think outside of the box (for a change)! Give us old rockers a chance.

  267. I just had a glimpse of iMusic’s (Denmark) sneak preview of this years Black Friday RSD. An album that caught my eye was Splinter – The Place I Love, their 1974 debut album. For those old enough to remember this underrated album contained the fine single, “Costafine Town” which reached top 20 in the UK and top 10 here in Australia. Not sure how it went in the US.
    Splinter were George Harrison’s “baby” and this album was the first to be released on Harrison’s Dark Horse label. The album was produced by Harrison and also features Klaus Voorman, Billy Preston, Gary Wright and Jim Keltner. If you listen to the single you can hear George’s influence and even the vocals have some similarity to George.
    It looks like Olivia Harrison is finally opening up the Dark Horse vaults and not before time too.

  268. Depeche Mode – Ghosts Again limited ‘white label’ 12″ out Nov 10.

    Info from the US store (email said would also be available at select EU retailers):

    The first of the Momento Mori White Label Remix Series, Ghosts Again (Remixes) will arrive November 10th, 2023. These LIMITED EDITION 12” pressings are individually numbered, and EXCLUSIVE to the Depeche Mode on-line store in North America.

    LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE 12” VINYL

    45 RPM, BLACK vinyl disc, in die cut single pocket jacket with 2 stickers (1 on front, 1 on back), with promo sleeve.

    TRACK LIST:
    SIDE A
    Ghosts Again (Massano Remix)
    SIDE AA
    Ghosts Again (Chris Liebing vs Luke Slater Remix)

    https://depechemode.store/products/ghosts-again-remixes-exclusive-12-single-vinyl

    They have also released a Digital-only ‘My Favourite Stranger’ (Remixes) EP

    Where are the CD singles?…

  269. New Bananarama 40 years best of out, with some expensive, fancy but nice-looking Deluxe Sets ( signed print/book/all that stuff) as well as a 2-CD

    1. Good stuff .But , I think its due next year in the Spring . Its a pity as it would have been , great for the Christmas market . I thought they were really good at Radio 2’s Live in the Park concert and funny as well !

  270. A friend of mine named Rich Weiner owns the world’s largest collection of records and memorabilia by The Who, and operates a website, TheWho.info devoted to that collection. / Recently,Weiner has obtained two acetates which document the first two recording sessions by the group,initially known as “The Detours”, then “The Who”, then “The High Numbers”,then(again) as “The Who”. You can hear 30 second excerpts from these acetates at TheWho.info , though, of course,whether they are someday released is to be decided by Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey.
    The Detours’ 1963 “Dick James” acetate finds Pete Townshend,18,Roger Daltrey,19, John Entwistle,19 and 33 year old drummer Doug Sandom(1930-2019) performing an early Pete Townshend original “It Was You”, a rather typical beat group composition of its era. The acetate shows Sandom to be a more than capable drummer, but he didn’t get on with Pete Townshend, and Townshend wanted Sandom to be fired for being too old. In March 1964,Sandom was fired. The group played gigs with session drummers for a while, until one night, when an audience member named Keith Moon insisted that he could play drums better, and the group let him have a go.
    Returning to the studio in 1964, this time as “The Who” with Keith Moon, the group recorded 2 songs,preserved on an IBC Studios acetate. The group re-recorded “It Was You”, this time with better recording quality and production,and more confident vocals. and the group also recorded an early arrangement of “I’m The Face”,a song which they would soon re-record for the Fontana label, under the name “The High Numbers”. “I’m The Face” was the same tune as blues standard “Got Love if You Want It”, with mod lyrics provided by Pete Meadon,a friend of the group.

  271. Hi Paul. There should be a deluxe edition of the Alphaville albums “Prostitute” and “Salvation” coming this year. Maybe you have more information of this two releases? Thanks

  272. Hey Paul! It just occurred to me that a possible blog item for you might be to author a post about vinyl record variations – grams, recycled vs virgin, colored vs black – and how each might or might not affect sound quality. I’d be very interested in the topic as I’m sure others would as well. Of course, that might open up a rabbit hole of sorts.

    1. Hey Andy, here’s my 2 cents worth. Vinyl in it’s virgin state is clear/light brown tinge. I believe carbon is added to the mixture to make it black so in theory, there should be no difference in sound quality whatever the colour.
      I’ll now jump in that rabbit hole.

      1. Another onion in this otherwise worthy suggestion’s ointment is the strange fact that many SDE readers seem to abhor vinyl records and will tell you so at length.

  274. A deluxe box set of The Yes Album is coming in November. One LP, 4CDs and a Blu-ray. Includes period live concert recordings mono mixes and various rarities. Pricing appears to be just under the £90 mark.

    1. Great news that a release date has been announced. At £177, it’s more expensive than the price floated around earlier this year, but still decent value for such a mammoth box. Certainly one for the wish list.

    2. Best news of all is that the mixing and I assume remastering has been done by Stephen W Tayler and not that other bloke that seems to remaster every prog reissue!

  276. Drummer John Marshall has died at age 82. Best known as drummer for Soft Machine from 1972-2022,, Marshall had previously played with Nucleus(several of whose members later joined Soft Machine), Marshall played his final live gig at Ronnie Scott’s club in June 2022, and appears on Soft Machine’s recently released “Other Doors” album, which was recorded in 2022. He was also a prolific session musician in the 1960’s and early 1970’s, whose work included the original “Jesus Christ Superstar” album, Jack Bruce’s “Songs for a Tailor” album,and his first session gig:providing the Ska beat on Millie’s “My Boy Lollipop”.
    It was obvious that Marshall was unwell. Autographed copies of Soft Machine’s “Other Doors” album, have 3 of the members’ autographs signed directly onto the digipak, but Marshall’s signature (which may possibly be simulated) is on a transparent plastic sticker.

  277. Just read on a Waterboys thing that there is a 6CD box of This is the Sea coming out in 2024. Really hoping the price isn’t mad as the last two big sets have been fine.

    1. I was just reading that article and they are talking about releasing a fast version of This Is The Sea claiming it’s unreleased which is untrue as it appears on the The Secret Life Of The Waterboys 81-85 as That Was The River.

      1. Mike Scott clarified that it’s not the same version. Tom Verlaine’s guitar is much more prominent in the mix and Mike has rerecorded his vocals.

  279. cher…deluxe believe, as well as christmas album…i will say, the uk version of ‘it;s a mans world” was so much better than the US version…i made sure to get the UK…all that useless 90’s r&b was hideous

  280. There’s a really (peace and) lovely interview with Ringo on the Associated Press website (APnews.com) where he talks about his EPs, the Get Back film and the new Beatles song. Just in case you missed it… Oh, yes, and Thomas the Tank Engine too.

  282. Hi Paul,I have purchased The Who’s Who’s Next/Lifehouse Super Deluxe set from Amazon.The manufacturer did well packing it with outer packing. but the memorabilia package had the photo and the two replica tourbooks seriously damaged from the packed set of buttons which were included.From what I have read and heard from others on YouTube and other reviews ,this is a widespread problem.Does anyone know who I can contact to send replacements for the damaged memorabilia.I live in the USA.
    Amazon offered to replace the set,But I feel that it would also have a high probability of the same type of damage, and that’s why I want to contact the manufacturer.
    Thanks so much,
    Cheers,
    Chris

    1. I bought two copies of The Who’s “Who’s Next/Lifehouse” 10-CD + Blu-Ray; The European-manufactured “Rest of the World” edition(which I’ll give to my cousin), then I ordered the Japan SHM-CD edition(after I became aware of It). In both sets,the glossy photo was damaged by contact with the set of pins. In the sets that I bought,none of the other items in the memorabilia pack were damaged. But damage to the photo seems to affect all sets.

  283. Things have gone from bad to worse for Rick Wakeman;s ill-fated 32 disc(26-CD/6-DVD) boxed set “The Prog Years”. The postponed release date,Sept.29th was not to be, and clearly the next proposed release date(Nov.30th) won’t happen either. On September 22nd, Wakeman posted a video to his official YouTube channel. It shows Wakeman “unboxing” a plain white,unprinted mock-up box with plain white unprinted contents and no discs whatsoever. When Wakeman shows the set’s hardback book, it is, of course,plain white and unprinted and Wakeman openly concedes that it is a mock-up. It is quite clear that this boxed set has never proceded to the manufacturing stage, 6 months after preorders began. Why Wakeman would deceive his fans with a make-believe unboxing video is unclear. More recently, Wakeman’s company,RRAW Enterprises finalised distribution deals with four U.S.A. dealers(Amazon.com,Barnes & Noble, Pop Market and Collectors Choice) to, ostensibly enable U.S.A. fans to purchase the set at a more reasonable price. The reverse is true. For U.S.A. consumers, the bottom line price to order the set from one of those four U.S.A. dealers will be significantly higher than the $330 that I paid to the UK dealer Music Glue. Whether “The Prog Years” ever procedes to the manufacture stage may hinge upon how many preorders are received by those four U.S.A. dealers. Even the $330 that I paid is no bargain for a piece of vapourware.

  284. Not sure when you did it Paul, but I’m pleased to see that ‘The SDE Shop’ now has a tab at the top of the screen. I know that I am a luddite, but this makes looking at your shop a lot easier.

  286. Klaus Nomi – The Remix Album out Sep 23 2023

    Is sold out on both CD and vinyl but assume more will come available as with his recent reissues
    https://klausnomi.net/en

    Vince Clarke Nomi Song remix on YouTube
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL9cVKNjB-4

    Tracklisting :
    The Cold Song – Arnaud Rebotini Remix
    Keys of Life – The Hacker Remix
    ICUROK – Para One Remix
    Simple Man – Agar Agar Remix
    Nomi Song – Vince Clarke Remix
    Lightning Strikes – Flabaire Remix
    Keys of Life – Canblaster Remix
    The Cold Song – Mud Deep Remix

  287. This is a comment just to suggest something that I understand may be difficult to accomplish given this album was released with a new remix recently. I’d be really interested in SDE releasing a hi-res version of All Things Must Pass, containing the original mix or with a new mix by Steven Wilson or someone like that! I think it would be a really great idea! Thanks in advance for reading this.

      1. I found it a little bit bass heavy/with too much low end. I don’t have a top audiophile system, but many people agree with me on this on many threads of discussion! Even in youtube reviews you find something similar.

  290. Marillion has repressed an additional 1000 copies each of the Misplaced Childhood and Clutching At Straws Deluxe Editions, with a release date of the 20th of Oct, now available for pre-order from the band’s website and they include a signed A4 print of the album artwork.
     
    Misplaced Childhood – Misplaced Childhood

    Clutching At Straws – Clutching at Straws

    1. I just received the follow up email. it is a 12×12 box for $160, looking like it is full of tat. So, not the same size as most of the recent bootlegs series and extremely expensive for a 4CD set. On the bright side (there isn’t one) it’s imported from Japan. huzzah!

  292. ignoring the Stones’ massively plugged new album, I spotted on the uDiscoverMusic site that the Black Crowes Southern Harmony And Musical Companion is their next reissue. It will be released on 4LP, 3CD, 2 CD, and 1LP formats, which will be released on December 1, 2023. I have the 3CD of Shake Your Money Maker so will probably match it with this if it is a similar price (£20 or so)

    1. My favorite BC’s album. Thanks for the info!

      edit: Holy rip-off, Batman! Just checked the BC website. $100 for the 3 cd deluxe at their website! Hope they release a no-frills version for significantly less, or else I will probably spend the cash for the 2 cd edition. Maybe.

      1. I think they have bunged a few replica ticket stubs so they can make the most out of their biggest seller (oops no it isn’t, but it is their highest chart placing in most territories). I will wait for the inevitable price drop I guess (or miss it)

  293. In November, Esoteric Antenna (a branch of Cherry Red) will reissue two solo albums from Peter Hammill, frontman of Van Der Graaf Generator. The albums are ‘In a Foreign Town’ and ‘Out of Water’. According to the press release, Peter has re-recorded elements of the music to strip away some dated production touches. (It seems a bit like ‘Director’s Cut’ by Kate Bush?). Seems interesting!

  295. Massively overpriced 5CD In Utero 30th just announced. less stuff on the basic album than the 20th and four CDs of Los Angeles and Seattle concerts. No DVD or Blu-Ray. If it is like Nevermind it will be down to £30 in a year, when I may consider it!

  296. Good Day Paul,
    I know you must be getting fed up by this question but and clue to if there will be a new McCartney, Lennon, Springsteen or Beatle box set before the Holidays.

    Anybody hear any concrete rumors?

  297. Neil Young has revealed in an easy-to-miss aside on his website that he is working with long-time producer Niko Bolas on mixing what Young describes as ” all my old albums” in Dolby Atmos and Apple Spatial so “the next generation can hear them” . No release schedule mentioned.

  298. just spotted that there are 2999 comments so I had to pointlessly log in to leave another one to try to get number 3000. I obviously won’t be able to tell and Paul may bin this anyway! The SDE Postbox is usually a useful scan for stuff that doesn’t necessarily make it to the main site.
    Anyway, I would have commented on the Tom Waits remasters, but I will wait to see what the consensus is as I bought them on vinyl when released, then again on brutally unannotated CDs. They are not remixes so I may not be able to tell, which will save me £60 ha ha

    1. God bless him indeed. We love both the man and his music. Try listen to the album Far Side Of The World, that album is his Graceland. The summer has just hit Denmark again and it’s margarita time here in margaritaville because it’s five o’clock somewhere and it feels good to be a Parrothead.

      I still believe in rock ‘n’ roll
      It pays my bills and soothes my soul
      There really really isn’t
      A whole lot more around
      Except for Frank Sinatra and his big band sound
      I want music in my music
      I want chicken in my soup
      I want caffeine in my system let’s revive the hula hoop

      Jimmy Buffett

      1. What a great lyric OB&S, it has made my day. I got into Mr. Buffett and his wasting-aways through Alan Jackson. If you’re in a certain mood, he really hits the spot. Oh! I’ve just noticed that it’s five o’clock.

    2. I have one Jimmy Buffett CD from when I got hammered on Margaritas in Chicago, bought as a joke by my friend who annoyingly moved there. I do like that song though.

  300. The next Frank Zappa release(Bov.28th) is “Overnite Sensation”, a 4-CD + Blu-Ray-Audio set. In addition to unreleased studio outtakes & concert recordings, the set includes a Blu-Ray-audio disc including new 5.1 surround and ATMOS mixes plus the original stereo & Quadraphonic mixes. At the moment, the set can only be preordered through Universal Music sites. Other dealers decided to hold off on accepting preorders, following a release postponement from Nov.3rd to Nov.23rd.

  301. In recent years, Sony Music Japan has been releasing a series of Hybrid SACD’s( in elaborate 7″ x 7″ reproductions of the original album covers) featuring vintage quadrophonic mixes(or 5.1 mixes) plus original stereo mixes by Jeff Beck,Santana, Miles Davis, Mahavishnu Orchestra & Carole King. The Carole King album(“Tapestry”) didn’t have a quadrophonic mix so a 1990’s 5.1 mix was included.
    The series recently continued with Al Kooper/Mike Bloomfield/Stephen Stills-Super Session(The 5.1 surround mix previously offered by the now-defunct American label “Audio Fidelity” plus the stereo mix) and the next release(announced by Sony’s Japanese website, but not yet available to preorder anywhere) is “”Devadip Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu John McLaughlin-Love Devotion and Surrender”(The quadraphonic & stereo mixes). For unknown reasons, the album’s Japanese title translates as “Soul Brothers”

  302. With respect to the uncertainty over possible Beatles product that may (or may not) be released this year, one participant in The Steve Hoffman Forums said this:”Apple needs to see the emotional damages and temporary insanity that they are causing to their biggest fans”.
    I couldn’t have said it better.

  303. The Darkness release a deluxe edition of Permission To Land on the 6th October.
    The 20th anniversary version of the album is marked with a special 4CD/1DVD release, including the full original album, rare B-sides, bonus unreleased demos, as well as live albums from their shows at London’s Astoria (2003), Knebworth (in support of Robbie Williams in 2003) and Wembley Arena (2004).

    1. I can’t wait. It’s one of my favorite albums of all time. I saw The Darkness perform live last year, for the first time, and they were FANTASTIC.

    2. Their B sides were mostly terrific and made those dinky old CD singles great value.‘Planning Permission’ is my all time favourite Darkness song that isn’t called ‘Bald’, which rocks it’s hair off.

  304. Cherry Red are issuing a 4CD Box Set of Lene Lovich, November 24th, titled ‘Toy Box: The Stiff Years 1978-1983.

    • 4CD box set compiling everything Lene Lovich released for Stiff Records between 1978 and 1983 for the first time.

    • 81 tracks in total, over 20 tracks making their debut on CD, including B-sides, early versions, 12-inch versions.

    • Freshly mastered, with sleeve notes from Scott Davies and Michael Robson, with extensive words from ‘the first lady of Stiff’ herself.

    • ‘Toy Box’ is the ultimate compilation of Lene’s years with Stiff; her name so synonymous with the label.

    With a striking appearance and sound to match, Lene Lovich arrived at Stiff Records in the summer of 1978, surfing the new wave and the subsequent ‘Be Stiff’ UK tour. Travelling by train together with labelmates Mickey Jupp, Jona Lewie, Rachel Sweet and Wreckless Eric, Lene proved to be the hit of the tour, both on record and on stage, and so began a productive five- year spell with the label.

    ‘Stateless’ (Original Mix) is the debut album released in October 1978 to coincide with the ‘Be Stiff’ tour. Including ‘Lucky Number’, ‘Say When’ and a gloriously retro cover of Tommy James & The Shondells hit, ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’. Bonus tracks include various versions of ‘Lucky Number’ in development (early B-Side version, Instrumental and rare US Slavic Dance 12” version), together with a Japanese version of ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’.

    ‘Stateless’ (US/UK Remix) – released in 1979 to accompany a remixed ‘Lucky Number’ became a surprise Top 3 UK hit and its subsequent release in the States, the ‘Stateless’ US/UK remix includes the familiar ‘Lucky Number’ and ‘Say When’ hit versions. Bonus tracks include several live recordings from Lene’s UK and USA tours in early 1980, captured at the Lyceum in London and the Paradise Theater in Boston, USA.

    ‘Flex’ – the eagerly awaited follow up to ‘Stateless’ released at the dawning of the 80s and featuring singles ‘Bird Song’, ‘Angels’ and ‘What Will I Do Without You’ together with an inspired cover of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons’ Northern Soul favourite, ‘The Night’. Bonus tracks include 1981’s dancefloor friendly ‘New Toy’ penned by keyboard wunderkind Thomas Dolby (playing in Lene’s touring band at the time) plus tracks from the US only ‘New Toy’ mini-album.

    ‘No Man’s Land’ – Lene’s final album for Stiff Records in 1982 features her definitive version of Dutch band The Meteors’ ‘It’s You, Only You (Mein Schmerz)’. Bonus tracks include the original Sanremo Music Festival single version of ‘Blue Hotel’ and a plethora of UK and US dance remixes of ‘It’s You, Only You (Mein Schmerz)’ and ‘Blue Hotel’ maintaining Lene’s cult status, particularly in the States, both on college radio and an MTV in its infancy.

    TRACK LISTING

    DISC ONE
    STATELESS (LP) (Original Mix)
    1 Lucky Number
    2 Sleeping Beauty
    3 Home
    4 Too Tender (To Touch)
    5 Say When
    6 Tonight
    7 Writing On The Wall
    8 Telepathy
    9 Momentary Breakdown
    10 1 in a 1,000,000
    11 I Think We’re Alone Now
    BONUS TRACKS
    12 Lucky Number (Early Version)
    13 I Think We’re Alone Now (Japanese Version)
    14 Monkey Talk (Early Version)
    15 Be Stiff
    16 Be Stiff (The Entire Ensemble Recorded Live At Leeds University)
    17 Lene Lovich Speaks 1
    18 Lucky Number (Instrumental Version)
    19 One Lonely Heart
    20 Big Bird
    21 Lene Lovich Speaks 2
    22 Lucky Number (Slavic Dance Version)

    DISC TWO
    STATELESS (LP) (US/UK Remix)
    1 Home
    2 Sleeping Beauty
    3 Lucky Number
    4 Too Tender (To Touch)
    5 Say When
    6 Writing On The Wall
    7 Telepathy
    8 Momentary Breakdown
    9 I Think We’re Alone Now
    10 One in a 1,000,000
    11 Tonight
    BONUS TRACKS
    12 Trixi
    13 The Fly
    14 The Fall
    Live At The Lyceum, London 03.02.80:
    15 Monkey Talk
    16 The Night
    17 Too Tender (To Touch)
    18 You Can’t Kill Me
    Live At Paradise Theater, Boston 15.03.80:
    19 Angels
    20 Lucky Number
    21 Home

    DISC THREE
    FLEX (LP)
    1 Bird Song
    2 What Will I Do Without You
    3 Angels
    4 The Night
    5 You Can’t Kill Me
    6 Egghead
    7 Wonderful One
    8 Monkey Talk
    9 Joan
    10 The Freeze
    BONUS TRACKS
    11 The Night (US Remix)
    12 What Will I Do Without You (Single Version)
    13 Bird Song (Edit)
    14 Details (Original Version)
    15 New Toy
    16 Cats Away
    17 New Toy (Extended Version)
    NEW TOY (US MINI LP)
    18 Cats Away
    19 Details
    20 Never Never Land

    DISC FOUR
    NO MAN’S LAND (LP)
    1 It’s You, Only You (Mein Schmerz)
    2 Blue Hotel
    3 Faces
    4 Walking Low
    5 Special Star
    6 Sister Video
    7 Maria
    8 Savages
    9 Rocky Road
    BONUS TRACKS
    NEW TOY (US MINI LP)
    10 Savages
    11 Special Star
    12 Blue Hotel (Single Version)
    13 It’s You, Only You (Mein Schmerz) (Remixed Extended Version)
    14 Blue
    15 It’s You, Only You (Mein Schmerz) (Instrumental Version)
    16 It’s You, Only You (Mein Schmerz) (US Extended Dance Mix)
    17 Blue Hotel (US Dance Mix)
    18 O Seasons O Castles

    1. This made me dig out my original copy of ‘Stateless’ , bought from the Stiff Records office, on red vinyl. I also bought the Japanese ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’ an a 45. I must see what other Stiff oddities I have.

    2. I will definitely be getting this. I had the original picture disc of Stateless (and Wreckless Eric and Rachel Sweet at the same time – I couldn’t afford all five) and bought the singles. I have looked occasionally for the albums on CD but could only find poorly reviewed CDRs from Lene’s website, so I am very excited
      ps: I stood next to her for a while by the mixing desk on the Son of Stiff tour at City University in 1980 (which she wasn’t on but had turned up to see) but didn’t have the nerve to say hello.

  305. Of interest to New Order fans due to their contributions to the soundtrack, the movie Salvation! (1987) is coming out on Blu-ray Oct 24 (Kino Lorber).

  306. OMD’s Bauhaus Staircase released 27th October. Official site has a variety of bundles, however all come with a cassette, which I do not need, thereby not environmentally friendly. I was hoping for a boxed deluxe edition like HoM and EE had (vinyl and CDs). There is a 2-disc version, the second CD containing demos, however after adding shipping to NZ it would cost $65-70, so that’s not going to happen.

    1. The release date seems to have been withdrawn from any site that was offering it, such as JPC. It is rumoured that it has been cancelled indefinitely. That would be very disappointing, when it actually got to the stage of a detailed tracklisting for 32 discs. Hopefully it will still get released. I think the one definite thing is that it if ever does appear, it won’t be for around £120 .

      1. I came here to ask about the Camel box set too… Maybe they realized it couldn’t possibly be profitable at that price? If anyone is out there listening, I’m ready to buy, so long as I don’t have to sell my house to get it!

  311. Michael Parkinson has died aged 88. That leaves only Paul McCartney, Denny Laine and John Conteh, still alive from the Band On The Run Cover assemble.

  315. Hello – does anyone know where I can purchase replacement “High Fidelity Pure Audio” blu-ray cases online (where the supplier ships to North America)? I need 6, if I remember correctly. Thanks!

  316. Dear all, massmedia (for example Rollingstone.com) reported yesterday that Robbie Robertson of the Band is dead. He was 80 years old. Rest in peace! Best regards Hans Lindskog

  317. Sixto Diaz Rodriguez has died at the age of 81. Even though he only had 2 studio albums, they were both great. The documentary <i>Searching for Sugarman</i> was eye-opening, showcasing how rumours grew around legendary singers in a pre-internet world.

  318. Jaime Royal “Robbie” Robertson passed away in Los Angeles on Wednesday, August 9th, after suffering from a long illness. He was 80 years old. Garth Hudson is now the last surviving original member of The Band.
    Source: Saving Country Music website 2023.

  321. Hi Paul , I have just ordered , ex-Marillion singer Fish’s latest re-issue boxset 13 TH STAR .This is a major re-issue of his 2007 album and has been given a 2023 remix by Calum Malcolm . Available as a standard digipak cd or as a 3 cd , 1 bluray edition containing an amazing amount of additional material . Could you please feature this release in the main news section Paul as I feel it is a worthy effort ,by Fish to please his fans and should impress the wider SDE audience . Very excited about this new version ! Available exclusively from http://WWW.FISHMUSICSCOT @ http://WWW.FISHMUSIC.EU

      1. Bit cheeky him asking for an extra £20 for a signature. Anyway it’s Vigil i am waiting on as i haven’t been keen on his albums for the past 20 years or so.

  322. Been up for just over a week now, but Cherry Red have announced something I know a lot of Marc Almond fans have been hoping would happen as part of their excellent expanded reissues campaign. Having tackled the EMI years studio albums (and a couple of the much later indie-label ones) they are doing 1991’s ‘Tenement Symphony’ which had Trevor Horn in the production seat for a lot of it. And boy are they going for it – blue double vinyl, 2CD edition and a 6CD-&-1DVD clamshell-packaged set [very decently priced at just over £40 GBP]. Tons of unreleased demos, live versions, a few remixes that have sat in the vault ’til now for Jackie and What Is Love? (scrapped 4th single – the content prep for which, it now clearly seems from this set’s tracklisting, had got quite some way along). Out October 13th.

  323. I’ve just been emailed about a new Lynyrd Skynyrd Collection – Fyfty (sic) – which is a 4CD set of fyfty (joke) tracks across fifty years. Only two previously unreleased tracks, a version of Free Bird from somewhere unspecified and Gimme Three Steps live from Gary Rossington’s last concert. $150 (but) with a signed lithograph. I suspect I will have all but the two tracks despite it being a scrape across the rarities as well as the usual suspects, as I have everything released so far as far as I’m aware, including a 2CD collection from the US for one flipping track. If you have nothing but cash this may be a good place to start although I’d probably go for the Green A5 box or One More From The Road (deluxe)

  324. Just checked release calendar on SDE for September no mention of Space Ritual by Hawkwind box set/double vinyl ?..find this a bit strange as it’s a true classic live album ..?

    1. yes as this site definitely covers Hawkwind (I just checked), although everyone likely to buy it is probably on some other Hawkwindy list anyway. I can’t see versions of three different gigs on the same tour plus an album that the casual listener has already appealing to that many people. Obviously, I have had it ordered for weeks.
      It should definitely be on here though, and perhaps Alex Petridis (or some other reviewer for hire) could do a massive article on it. Maybe try Joe Banks as his excellent Hawkwnd book covers the 70’s

      1. I too ordered the deluxe box set when it was first announced. The big draw for me is the inclusion of a surround mix of the album (unfortunately only 5.1 rather than Dolby Atmos) on the blu-ray.
        This is their second major release this year, after Days of The Underground (see my post somewhere below), not featured on this site so perhaps SDE no longer considers Hawkwind worthy of comment.

  325. New music from Roger Manning jnr, cofounder of Jellyfish. Deluxe bundles available from Omnivore Recordings (shipping is pretty expensive, though, even within the US. I ended up paying $34 for a signed CD).

  326. This is the story of a Jimi Hendrix 3-CD + Blu-ray or 5-L.P. + Blu-ray boxed set “Electric Lady Studios:A Vision By Jimi Hendrix:, which was manufactured, yet remains unreleased; locked up at Sony Music warehouses. More than a year ago, artwork and a tracklisting appeared on the internet,only for the release to be withdrawn. As insiders have insisted, it is not legal problems which halted the release. It is actually marketing considerations related to a documentary video included in the set.
    The boxed sets documents sessions towards “The First Rays of The New Rising Sun”, the album Jimi was recording at the time of his death. As with The Beach Boys’ “Smile” album, a truly completed album is not possible(Two of the songs listed in Jimi’s several handwritten tracklistings were never professionally recorded, though acoustic cassette home demos, to date unreleased, exist in the archives of “Experience Hendrix”, the company run by Jimi’s adoptive step sister Janie Hendrix,
    In 1997, Experience Hendrix released a 17-track CD compilation “The First Rays of The New rising Sun”, which contained the best of the recordings, albeit with mediocre mastering and a running order that bears no resemblence to Jimi’s proposed tracklistings.
    The “Electric Lady Studios” boxed set contains 3 CD’s or 5 L.P.’s of unreleased takes or mixes from the “First Rays” sessions plus a Blu-ray disc containing 5.1 surround remixes of 20 songs(the 17 songs from the 1997 CD,plus 3 additional songs), plus a documentary video. That documentary video is at the heart of the situation that causes the boxed set to remain unreleased. Subsequent to pressing the documentary onto Blu-ray, Experience Hendrix decided that they wanted to license this video to streaming outlets, but the release of this material on Blu-ray could detrimentally affect the price that Experience Hendrix could command for a streaming license. The time to decide whether you want to license the material for streaming is before(not after) pressing the material onto “Physical Product”, such as Blu-Ray.
    One copy of the 5-L.P. + Blu-ray set surfaced for auction in Germany, though the seller withdrew the item, when it became obvious how valuable the set will be if it is never released, The sticker on the shrink wrap describes the documentary as “Acclaimed”. How can it be “Acclaimed” when almost no one(excepting Experience Hendrix and Sony Music executives) has ever seen it?
    Even if Experience Hendrix soon reaches a lucrative deal to license the documentary for streaming, the licensee might demand a lengthy period of exclusivity, which would preclude the release of the video on “Physical Product”. In short, don’t expect the boxed set to be released any time in the foreseeable future.
    There are two obvious solutions to the stalemate:

    1. For Experience Hendrix to abandon attempts to license the documentary for streaming,
    2. To repress the Blu-Ray discs to omit the documentary

    Neither option appears acceptable to Janie Hendrix. Despite what she may think, no one purchases Jimi Hendrix boxed sets or multi-disc sets for the documentary videos. we buy these sets for THE MUSIC. Keeping the sets warehoused runs the risk of eventual online bootlegging,

  328. Cherry Red has announced the Howard Jones: Celebrate It Together – The Very Best Of Howard Jones 1983-2023, 4CD Clamshell Box Edition, which includes 4 previously unreleased tracks, with a release date of the 6th of October.

  330. Sad to hear of Sinéad O’Connor’s passing. Saw her live once in 1997 and it was a great show. She sang ‘In This Heart’ acappella which brought the house down. We waited to meet her after the show and they asked everyone that was hanging out by the exit to stand across the street and that she would come greet us as she left but she came out, gave us all a wave and then quickly got into her bus. Was surprised how short she was. Also saw her sing backup for Peter Gabriel at the 1993 WOMAD festival in San Francisco. She received a HUGE ovation when she was introduced. I think it was bigger than when PG walked out. This was just short of a year from the SNL incident. Her 2021 autobiography is a good read. What a voice. Sad.

  333. Super Furry Animals have announced a 20th Anniversary edition of Phantom Power, out in September. 2023 remaster and 3CD and vinyl versions. Curiously no Phantom Phorce included in the reissue (though, thankfully, at least no sign of the weird two-part digital edition that they had with Rings Around The World).

  334. I thought that Jethro Tull’s The Broadsword and the Beast 5CD+3DVD Monster Edition was supposed to be released on 1 September but my order has arrived today from Amazon Canada!! No complaint from me but has anyone else received theirs? 

  335. Primal Scream releasing very limited vinyl/CD  of early BBC sessions and singles as the start of an archive release series
    Reverberations (Travelling In Time) – BBC Radio Sessions and Creation Singles 1985-86

    I can only see it available through their myshopify shop or Rough Trade at the moment. Out 28th July

  336. Rhino has issued some new Quadio discs on blu-ray. Available separately or as a bundle.
    J. Geils Band Nightmares… and Other Tales from the Vinyl Jungle
    Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies
    Jefferson Starship Red Octopus
    Black Sabbath Paranoid

    1. I already have a Black Sabbath Paranoid Quad DVD on one of my deluxe sets. I am going to assume it is the same as this one. Strangely, I can only find the other three on the UK Rhino (Dig!) site anyway.

  337. Hello, on Amazon Japan. I just discovered “The Move – complete” 11 cds , released in 2022. Available for approx EUR 155 including shipping and most likely VAT to Sweden. I have made three orders from Amazon Japan recently, everyone has worked out perfectly . Best regards, Hans

    1. Hello again, I checked the box set and it seems that the Move last record “A message from the country” is not represented in the box. BR Hans

  338. On another forum (of which I am no longer a member) someone has sought my opinion concerning a rumoured release of a previously unreleased Paul McCartney,George Harrison & Ringo Starr “Threetles” recording created with a 1970’s John Lennon cassette demo. Actually, I’ve got nothing against the release the release of another “Threetles” track, but this track and the multi-disc, (possibly remixed) hits package which it will be included in, are a poor, unacceptable substitute for the type of Beatles, John Lennon or Paul McCartney & Wings archival boxed sets that first generation fans wanted.
    I am a first generation Beatles fan. I recall The Beatles’ first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964. I was seven and a half years old. The Beatles’ disbandment was announced on the month that I turned 14. Excepting some compilations, I have have been a completist Beatles collector. Excepting some of the 1969 Twickenham rehearsals(of which I have at least 15 hours worth), I’ve got every note of Beatles music released officially or unofficially.
    Obviously, for The Beatles music to survive into the future and to make money for the record company, it is neccessary to develope new generations of fans. The Beatles music now has 4th generation fans. I’ve got no problem with Universal Music creating new compilations or projects intended to target newer generations of fans(even projects that use technological “Tricks” that may be unacceptable to some original fans. One of these rumoured “Tricks” involves creating computer-generated animation based upon still photographs of the group), but Universal are going too far, by actions that snub or jettison first generation fans; people who would have purchased super deluxe editions of The Beatles’ “Rubber Soul”, John Lennon’s “Sometime in New York City” or “Mind Games” and Paul McCartney & Wings’ “London Town” and “Back To The Egg”. I don’t really think that Universal Music cares about archival boxed sets by any artists any more. Think about this: the people who were teenagers or children in the 1960’s are now between 65 and 75 years old. I’m 67.
    One new threetles song is not enough to sustain my enthusiasm. This five month build-up towards the release of “Now and Then” and whatever compilation it may be included in, is a prolonged experience of anxiety and dullness. I’ve never had that kind of experience with upcoming Beatles product before. I am still a CD,DVD,Blu-Ray(and sometimes) vinyl collector, but my focus for the remainder of this year, will be with other artists.

  339. Just when you thought you’d seen every vinyl colour imaginable, Shed Seven are going to release an album on…*drumroll*…DOLPHIN!

    https://store.shedseven.com/product/117662

    It looks remarkably like ‘light blue’ to me, but I guess that didn’t sound wanky enough for the hipsters.

    On top of that, it’s not released until NEXT YEAR! I miss the good old days when an artist/group only needed a month or so between announcement and release. It’s reached a point where I completely forget about a pre-order, then get a shock when money suddenly disappears from my account. And it usually happens when I need that money for something else.

  341. Hello, I would like to comment on the prices of CDs that are to be released over the next monhs or so. My believe is that the prices are increasing and especially comparing sites in UK versus sites in Europe (amazon UK vs JPC for example) and also for one of our main CD sellers in Sweden (Ginza).The UK prices seems lower. What do you think, is this a “correct” observation? Best regards Hans Lindskog

    1. I agree with your comments. CD prices are increasing (worldwide I believe). Australian prices have always been a little more expensive (with a few exceptions) than UK, Europe and US. I’m no expert in this field but in my opinion, the print runs are a lot less now than they were say 10 years ago and volume/demand would have a large say in pricing. ie the less they make the more expensive the item becomes.
      What I don’t understand is the large variance in pricing between regions. The latest example I can think of is Black Sabbath SDE “Live Evil”. On Amazon AU it’s listed as AUD $76 sourced from Amazon US and AUD $134 sourced from Amazon UK. The only difference in this SDE is the label – Rhino (US) & BMG (Europe). Nearly all of the Black Sabbath SDE’s have been priced this way.

  343. A few years ago, Cherry Red purchased recordings in a divestment sale by Warner Music, and this included recordings by Howard Jones, Kim Wilde(the RAK Records recordings),Chris Squire and the EMI/Harvest recordings by Be Bop Deluxe & Barclay James Harvest. By now, nearly all the recordings that Cherry Red purchased have been given the deluxe reissue treatment, that is, excepting Barclay James Harvest’s 4th album “Baby James Harvest”, which will be subject of a 4-CD + Blu-ray boxed set released by the Esoteric label on September 22nd. The original mixes & Stephen W. Tayler stereo & 5.1 surround mixes will be included and both the stereo & mono mixes of the group’s 1972 BBC concert with the Barclay James Harvest Orchestra. This performance is the only show with the orchestra to be professionally recorded. Two separate recordings were made by the BBC. The mono recording is unedited and has the original running order and superior sound. The stereo recording has some edits and a different running order. The non-L.P. single “Child of Man” b/w “I’m Over You” appears only via the original mixes. Apparently, the multitracks couldn’t be found. Two unreleased recordings are included: “Sweet Faced Jane” and a demo version of “Moonwater”.

    1. Would like to see 5.1 or Atmos mixes of Hojo’s Warner albums. That’s pretty much all that can come from the recordings now.

    2. Hello, Of course, I will purchase the Barclay James Harvest “baby James Harvest set” having bought the other expanded releases. I follow Cherry Red closely, and there is rumours about Jack Bruce reissues and also more from Hawkwind incl a 10 cd Space ritual box set and also in late september a 20 cd release by Keith Emerson called “variations”. Best regards Hans Lindskog, Sweden

  344. To be honest, as an Aussie importing a lot of music, overall, I think the price of p&p has been coming down – although I still think prices could come down further. Sometimes, the prices are silly though – both ways. I have the Stevie Nicks 16LP box set on order for US$10 p&p (not sure that will happen in reality), but what I can only imagine is an error was today’s wonderful quote at the other end of the spectrum: US$7,825.14 for a US$25 LP!!

    It got me thinking though; I’d love to see an article put together by those of us that suffer most: are there any tips? For example, I buy on behalf of a few collectors down here (although then I get flagged as a potential scalper) to save on shipping – but do others have any great gems? The GST / VAT rip-off in particular annoys me (i.e. indirect taxes are charged anyway when they shouldn’t be).

    1. I am an expat Brit in California who liked to buy UK/EU copies of CDs and boxed sets but the massive increase in shipping costs by Amazon UK and the constant expansion of the needed space had me searching for alternatives. Amazon UK used to take off the of UK VAT and have very cheap shipping charges. Then a certain U.S. president pressured Amazon and threatened the Universal Postal Union with withdrawal, and shipping for a single CD went to over GBP 15 and while they took off UK VAT, they charged US sales tax on both the item and the shipping! So a GBP 12 CD, cost over GBP 27 with p&p instead of around GBP 11 (the VAT removal previously more than wiped out the shipping). Suddenly my purchasing power was more than halved.

      My solution has been to buy downloads of regular albums at 44.1/16 or higher resolution from Qobuz, and to only buy boxed sets or Blu-ray Audio discs with unique content. I buy which SDE Surround Series Blu-ray Audio discs I want, boxed sets from JPC.de who take off German VAT, do not add US sales tax, and have reasonable shipping charges of less then EUR 5 per item. Sometimes I buy from Amazon US when they import items and have them at reasonable prices or Amazon UK marketplace sellers who often have low shipping prices. For rarer items I use Discogs and try to get the best deal.

      The US does not apply import duties on less than $400 worth of goods.

    2. Hi Liam, as a fellow Aussie I feel your pain. I use to extensively buy from Amazon UK, DE & FR before geo blocking was a thing. Not only because of price but also because of availability. As you no doubt know, a lot of items were not released locally in Australia (and it’s far worse now).
      I now source a lot of my purchases (in order) via Rarewaves UK (don’t deduct VAT but very cheap shipping and competitive pricing), JPC.de (deduct VAT but shipping can sometimes be high) and Grooves.de (they don’t deduct VAT but offer free shipping on orders over Euro 30 or Euro 3 if below however, check their pricing)
      None of these online retailers charge/add on Aust. GST.
      I rarely buy anything from the US anymore as their shipping charges to Australia are horrendous except for Import CDs/Deep Discount (they do add GST though)
      The one good thing as I’m sure you are aware of, we don’t really have to worry about import duties unless your order is over $900 (or might be a $1000 now)

  346. For Toyah fans, Cherry Red have the next in their reissue series, The Changeling, now available to pre-order in multiple formats.
    As with Anthem, there is an SDE multi-disc box set in addition to the usual 2CD/1DVD and coloured vinyl editions. This time, however, there is limited quantity (500) of the box set that come with an extra 6-track CD if ordered direct from Cherry Red’s website.

  347. Let the buyer beware: Earlier this year, The Rick Wakeman Music Emporium(an artist-authorised site operated by online dealer “Music Glue”)
    announced a 24-disc (CD & DVD) boxed set “Rick Wakeman-The Prog Years”, which was to have contained demos and concert recordings from the era of Wakeman’s 1970’s albums. I preordered this set for the equivalent of $375US. Then, 3 days before the set’s intended June 30th release date, Music Glue announced a THREE MONTH postponement. I can’t say that I’m surprised, since there was never a finalised or even partial tracklisting. Subsequent to the postponement, a social network post by Wakeman reveals that he’s still looking for tapes of one of the performances. This boxed set never came anywhere near the mastering or manufacturing stage.
    Fans are advised not to order this set until and unless it is actually released. The only reason to pay far in advance for this uncertain project is for the chance to own one of 500 autographed sets. Even that may not be worth the risk of ending up empty-handed.

  349. Steven Wilson announced on FB this morning that he has completed an Atmos Mix for TFF’s The Seeds of Love to be released later this year. I hope the powers that be let it be be part of the SDE Surround Series and that it will have a similar content mixes to The Hurting Blu-ray. Pretty, pretty, pretty please!

  350. Next Jethro Tull “The Broadsword & The Beast” Steven Wilson Mix is scheduled for september release.
    I will inklude 5CD & 3DVD and its a baut time, this releases are coming way to slow. I can’t wait.

  351. Jeff Beck’s final label home, Rhino will be the home for the guitarist’s posthumous releases, starting with a 4-CD set of Beck,Bogert & Appice concert recordings “Live in Japan 1973/Live at The Rainbow 1974”, to be released Sept.15th.
    In other news,BMG has bought a license for the entire artist-owned(1967-2006) catalog of The Hollies. The group’s 1963-1966 catalog will remain with Warner-Parlophone. The impending label change for the artist-owned recordings is the apparent reason why a vault tapes project(which involved 56 unreleased songs or versions from the 1960’s & 1970’s) has been stalled in limbo for the past few years. Whether that situation will change remains to be seen.

  352. Cherry Red Records have announced they will release a 50th anniversary box set of the Hawkwind’s classic 1973 live album “Space Ritual” as a mammoth ten-disc CD and Blu-ray set on the same day as the Royal Albert Hall show.

    “We are releasing a deluxe 50th-anniversary edition of legendary live album Space Ritual,” the label state. “As a super-deluxe 10CD/Blu-ray boxset, double transparent vinyl or 2CD.”

  355. I just received my replacement BBC DVD for Neil Young’s Harvest 50th Anniversary box set. You may recall that the audio on the DVD was distorted. Here is the email contact to get a replacement:
    [email protected]
    Just send proof of purchase, your shipping address & phone details.
    They then send you a “redemption code” via email. Redeem the code to “place an order” for the replacement.
    Their email advises that redemptions will be made until 6/1/24 or 1/6/24 (not sure if American date was used)

    2. Wasn’t straight forward for me in the UK sadly. I also registered and received a redemption code to use on the Warners site. The site advised that Europe (and Canada) customers should use the links they provided and fill in a form and the UK/Canada sites would provide the replacement to avoid incurring import duties – nice touch I thought, except the UK store emailed to say they knew nothing about this and I should apply via Warners in the US, which was back where I started! I sent screen dumps to the UK site of my redemption code and the US webpage showing the instruction to use the UK link. They said they’d look into it.
      They finally emailed back to “Dear >>enter customer name<<“ saying “we apologise for the time it’s taken and want to make it right by offering to replace your dvd free of charge, with no need to return the original” which was the original offer anyway!
      If they want to “make things right” then they could at least take care to personalise their mail-shots and maybe throw in a hi-res download code for the Harvest 50th box set, which happens routinely for US customers but disgracefully still not in the UK.
      The email actually ends with “ If you have any further questions please don’t hesitate to contact our team via this email address (enter NY email)”.
      So good luck to all who apply – hopefully I’m about to receive a replacement disc, but it has been a trial of frustration and perseverance having to navigate their processes.

  357. Would love to know others’ thoughts on this… disappointed the 2nd CD is only in the box set (unlike previous Brian May ‘Gold Series’ reissues… & box set is $100+ vs. previous boxes being around $60, at least on the Queen store)- so will probably not be ‘holding this in my hands’ and get via iTunes since the entire set looks to be streaming
    https://www.queenonline.com/news/press-release-brian-may-friends-star-fleet-project-special-40th-anniversary-edition

    1. Yikes! Quite a price jump! Not surprised it went up, but a 60% increase? Eddie’s estate must have wanted their cut. Or maybe Kevin Cronin played hardball on behalf of Alan Gratzer’s estate. (kidding! Don’t send the REO police after me!)
      I’ll probably hold my breath and cross my fingers and wait for a price cut before buying. I don’t see the SDE on many other sites, but HHV has it for $60. So a little light of hope for budget-shoppers, there.
      The lack of a 2CD version is interesting. I guess it didn’t fit in with Marketing’s identified price points? They’re hoping everyone who cheaped out with the 2CD before will shell out for the whole box instead?
      Interesting they beefed up the box contents with the 7″ disc. Trying to make up for the fact that they’re generating a big box set from only 3 tracks here? They could have done worse — CD1 could have been the original 37 minute EP release and the additional material shunted to a third CD.
      BUT … this release does a deep dive into the source material in a way that Brian and Queen (ok, Brian + Roger) have never done before. I know — how often will we listen to CD 2? But it will be great to have these in-progress tracks.

      1. Yes, the deep dive is interesting. The price is not.
        Disappointing on the other hand, that you still don’t get “Son of Star Fleet” on CD.

        BTW: There’s no real listening pleasure on the main disc having the musical content interrupted by two interviews.
        Also, parting the original album with the main track now last and a lot off-content inbetween isn’t right to me.

  358. If anyone is interested, Melanie just released a live cd of a radio show taped in Miami, FL April 8, 1972 at WBUS. It is called The Magic Bus and is available at Melanie’s website.
    It is the full show with dialogs and music.
    I got mine and it was signed. : )

  359. To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Howard Jones debut single release ‘New Song’ (1983), Cherry Red Records are releasing a very limited white vinyl 7″ (only 240 available) in August. The ‘B’ side is a live version recorded in 2022. Priced at £7.99 it’s a reasonable purchase,however postage (to the UK) is not at £5.65!

  360. I see that an Atmos mix of Fleetwood Mac’s Tango In The Night has appeared on Apple Music this week – a surround mix was sadly absent from the TITN Super Deluxe box set.

    Any chance of it entering the SDE Surround Series, Paul?

  361. Well damn, Tina Turner died. One of the people I always wanted to see live but never got to. I’m sure we’ll have a great memorial write-up about her on here.

  362. Sad to hear that Tina Turner has died at 83

    The 2021 HBO documentary ‘Tina’ blu-ray is $9.50 on AMZ US (57% off the $22 list price). This is a great film which she was involved in. Highly recommended.

  364. Just found out there will be a Dolby ATMOS listening party for The Beach Boys Pet Sounds in NYC on May 30th. The location is to be announced. You need to enter a contest for a chance to win a ticket for 1 (+1). There will be a Q & A after.

  365. For many of the biggest names in classic rock,it is unlikely that there will be any further releases of archival materials, and there are a number of reasons:
    1.Legal and contractual disputes.
    2.Disgreements between surviving(and often estranged) group members.
    3.Disagreements between artists and record companies.
    4.Grievances by artists over artist and song publishing royalty rates which were contractually set a half century ago(and seemed fair by the standards of their time)
    5.Groups whose one surviving member is adamantly opposed to the release of unreleased material.
    6.Good ‘ol record company apathy.
    For those reasons, don’t expect to see any further unreleased material from:
    Led Zeppelin
    John Lennon
    YES(Atlantic/ATCO recordings)
    Pink Floyd
    Traffic
    Free
    Small Faces(and all “Immediate” label artists)
    The Yardbirds
    Jimi Hendrix
    Paul McCartney and Wings
    Aerosmith
    The Bee Gees
    The Hollies
    The Police
    Eurythmics
    Steely Dan
    Cream
    Deep Purple(1968-1976 line-ups)
    Without these famous names, the Classic rock archival scene is going through a drought. And it is now far from certain that we will see another Beatles album get the Super Deluxe boxed set treatment this year. In a recent interview with America’s “Sound and Vision” magazine, Beatles reissue remixer/supervisor Giles Martin stated that he is going on hiatus from Beatles projects for six months to work on film projects and with other artists. This can be interpreted two ways:That the next Beatles box has already been mixed and mastered….or that there won’t be any Beatles box for 2023.
    I know that if there had been any further archival projects by the artists that I’ve mentioned, that I would have putchased them.

    1. Thanks for the (dis-heartening) news Phil.
      I was hoping I would see/hear/own the SDE of Purple’s Made In Europe in my lifetime, particularly as it was mixed and ready to go in 2015. I would have thought those legal issues would have been resolved by now.
      We have been spoilt with DP Mk I-IV archival releases over the years but it would have been the icing on the cake to finish with a Made In Europe SDE.
      Oh well, time to play Mk III – The Final Concerts.

    2. The only McCartney archival release I’d be interested in is Band On The Run with the pre Lagos versions although supposedly no recordings still exist.
      I think the Hendrix Electric Ladyland Studio box will come out just maybe not this year.
      The real tragedy in that list is Steve Winwood’s shut down of the massive Island Traffic box which they had mostly assembled over 10 years ago.Reasons 3 and 4 are king here.

      1. The situation over artist and song publishing rates agreed to in the late 1960’s affects 3 Island Records groups: Traffic, Free and Spooky Tooth. This is why the original albums by these groups reverted back to having no bonus tracks, and boxed sets by Free and Spooky Tooth were deleted(Deleted shortly after release, in the case of Spooky Tooth’s “The Island Years”). The surviving members of these groups invoked their right to prohibit the release of unreleased material.

      2. @Alan Blevin At the risk of getting your hopes up: the pre-Lagos versions should still exist. They were recorded on multitrack equipment, and what was taken to Lagos (and subsequently stolen from McCartney) were cassette copies. Or at least, that’s what the books tell us these days. Denny Seiwell has gone on record to say that the finished album stuck to the orgigal demos’ arrangements very closely, but that the demos were more professionally played, with a band feeling and therefore better. But he is, of course, bound to say that …

    3. NOTE:I didn’t state that all of the above reasons apply to all of the listed artists. But for all of the listed artists, that further archival releases are not to be because of one of the six listed reasons. Some people have misinterpreted my original post.

  367. Abbey Road Offers Chance To ‘Step Inside’ Its Studio Two: Across two weekends, the world’s most famous recording studio will open its doors in a series of lectures titled ‘Step Inside Abbey Road Studios’. The lectures, which will take place, at multiple times on each day, on August 4,5, and 6, and August 11,12, and 13. Tickets seems to sell fast at £141.75 so hurray Londoners. See here: See Tickets – Step Inside Abbey Road Studios Tickets and Dates 2023

  368. Just heard that Andy Rourke (bassist in The Smiths) (and other bands post Smiths) has died aged 59 of pancreatic cancer. Shocked and saddened.

    1. Very sad news. My first ever gig was The Smiths in November 1984. I was right up against the stage (there were no barriers in those days) and at the end, Andy leans down and gives me his plectrum. I still have it; stored for over 38 years, safely inside my Hatful of Hollow inner sleeve. RIP Andy. Gone far too soon.

    3. I thought Morrissey’s response was both heartfelt and tasteful…

      “Sometimes one of the most radical things you can do is to speak clearly. When someone dies, out come the usual blandishments … as if their death is there to be used. I’m not prepared to do this with Andy. I just hope … wherever Andy has gone … that he’s OK. He will never die as long as his music is heard. He didn’t ever know his own power, and nothing that he played had been played by someone else. His distinction was so terrific and unconventional and he proved it could be done. He was also very, very funny and very happy, and post-Smiths, he kept a steady identity – never any manufactured moves. I suppose, at the end of it all, we hope to feel that we were valued. Andy need not worry about that.”

  369. If anyone is interested Vinyl Me Please have some lovely Death Cab For Cutie reissues – ‘Plans’, ‘Narrow Stairs’ & ‘We Have The Facts…” on coloured vinyl… they did have a bundle of all three, but I think that sold out?
    Also a beautiful red marble 2LP of ‘Transatlanticsim’ is due in June and that one is remastered etc in true VMP style…

  370. Pre Orders for the Cherry Red release of ’80’s Classical Vol 1′ CD (due 21.7.23) come with signed postcards of Nik Kershaw, Carol Decker and Johnny Hates Jazz whilst stocks last

  373. Hi Folks. If anyone has recently purchased Cat Stevens’ Teaser and The Firecat SDE with the faulty LP, Universal are still doing replacements.
    I purchased mine about a month ago (numbered 1509 to 5000) at a really great price. I thought I’d try and get a replacement. Emailed them and got an automated response. Then nothing until I received a text from Fedex saying my parcel was on the way. (It came from the UK)
    For anyone needing a replacement Universal’s email is [email protected].
    Just send them your receipt, name, address and phone No.

    1. That’s impossible. Kate has prohibited surround sound remixes(She said “No” to Steven Wilson), and now her catalog is split between 2 labels in the UK.

  375. Awaiting my first, second and third SDE Surround Series orders. The Hurting, Tubular Bells and Concert for George. Ordered in that order but should arrive in the opposite order. Hoping to get Ten Years After when they become available. C for G shipped!!

  377. Universal’s “Capitol” label reissues the Aerosmith CD catalog on 14th of July. These are merely verbatim reissues to put the albums back in print.

  378. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2023:

    Performer Category 
    Kate Bush
    Sheryl Crow
    Missy Elliott
    George Michael
    Willie Nelson
    Rage Against the Machine
    The Spinners

    Musical Influence Award 
    DJ Kool Herc
    Link Wray

    Musical Excellence Award 
    Chaka Khan
    Al Kooper
    Bernie Taupin

    Ahmet Ertegun Award 
    Don Cornelius

    2. very cool so see both kate bush and george michael in there…but i will say i was extremely disappointed that cyndi lauper didn’t get in…i think chaka khan (who i think is fabulous) got in on a side category, because she kept getting nominated, but never inducted…the one that annoys me is willie nelson…it seems like just because he just celebrated his 90th birthday and because dolly got in last year that it was a bit of a pity induction…i think he is talented and obviously an inspiration to many musicians…but i really wanted cyndi, lol.

        1. Three of my all-time favourite bands, and they really should be in there. I remember Bruce Dickinson slagging it off a few years ago, so I wonder if that has ostracised Maiden. I suspect they’re not losing any sleep over it though.

    3. Does anybody else in the world define “Rock and Roll” the same way the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame does? They shun hundreds of authentic rock and roll acts while recognizing many others who have nothing to do with it.

  379. I don’t suppose that anyone has heard anything regarding plans to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the ABBA-related Chess musical next year? They did a (very) slightly expanded release for the 30th – but I was listening to this just the other day and thinking it could make a KILLER Atmos release….

    1. the only thing i’ve recently seen for abba is an sde of their first album, with some cute repressings of their first singles on picture discs, etc

    1. ‘Klaus Nomi’, ‘Simple Man’, ‘In Concert’ and ‘Encore…’ albums reissued on CD and vinyl June 16 (plus a cassette of his self-titled album).

      Other swag available as well…

    2. I just stumbled across the re-releases on CDjapan. Guess I should check in here on a more regular basis! I just ordered the four Blu-spec CDs, and the box set from a local seller.

  381. The stand alone Blu-ray of Alan Parsons Project – The Turn of A Friendly Card is available to pre-order on most sites. Release date according to Amazon AU is 26 May. Good price too AUD28 (approx GBP 15)

  383. Is there any more information on this Camel box set?
    Camel – Air Born : The MCA and Decca Years 1973-1984 : 27 x CD + 5 x 5.1 / hi-res Blu-ray box set 

    1. It’s gone all quiet on the Camel box. The track listing is out, so I think it is definitely coming some time later this year.

      1. It seems that the release date is August 25 according to some selling sites (but the posts had been off since then). Recent LaserCd email « On the subject of preorders…Camel. Last update we opened up preorders for the Camel “Air Born” box set. Since then Universal has postponed the release date and retracted information about it. We have suspended preorders until we get current information. Barring something unforeseen, we expect to honor any preorder already placed on our website. Once we have revised info we will make it available again»..Waiting to see.

  384. jpc.de put up a listing for a vinyl re-release of Prince’s Lovesexy today, with a release date of the 26th of May. I won’t be purchasing it as it is way too expensive.

  387. Have you seen this???
    RECORD STORE DAY IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR, reflecting the fact that many record shops now have on-line stores. RSD2023 releases will be available in-store from Saturday 22nd April with any unsold stock being listed in their on-line stores just a couple of days later on Monday 24th from 8pm. This is a great opportunity for people who don’t have a record store nearby, so make sure you grab your copy!
    Errr…

    1. I’m afraid I’m one of those people whose only chance to bypass this RSD distribution boycott is through online purchase. So an option like this a small relief, and on Monday evening I was able at least to pick up a few releases at (hm hm) reasonable prices this way before they sky-rocket on the ‘second-hand’ market. RSD still remains a hugely customer-unfriendly method of music distribution.

      1. I agree somewhat – G.D.Wilde, RSD is customer-unfriendly method of music distribution, but it was mainly only chart return, bricks & mortar record shops who had the majority of future vinyl collectables. We now live in a globally connected world where items can be purchased with ease by people who may be restricted by locality, mobility or shift work.

    1. Thanks Walli, that’s good news in what has been a fairly dismal 2023 for new releases. Given that five of the albums have ben mixed into 5:1 surround sound, hopefully this release will get a posting on the main SDE page. It certainly deserves it; a great band. I wonder what the price will be though. There is a German website, ‘Just for kicksmusic’, which is listing it at a very attractive 135 euro. For 27 cds and 5 blu ray discs! I think it was even cheaper on JPC, but is not available there anymore.

  389. Frampton@50: In the Studio 1972-1975 Limited Edition Vinyl Box Set!
    Coming in on July 28th, restored 180-gram 3LP reissues of Frampton’s 1972-1975 studio releases: Wind of Change, Frampton’s Camel and Frampton. Includes authentic reproduction Frampton promo poster and certificate of authenticity Numbered and limited to only 2,500 copies!

  390. Fans of Crowded House, Split Enz, or any of Neil Finn’s projects should check out Neil’s 24-hour streaming channel, Fang Radio.

    https://www.fangradio.com/
     
    The playlist includes songs from pretty much anything Neil touched during his long career. If he made it or he helped write it or helped create it, it’s probably on the playlist.
     
    Most of the playlist consists of officially-released material (studio and live album tracks, b-sides, soundtrack material, fan club releases, etc.). But there are also lots of rarities, including a few gems like unreleased Crowded House studio demos and live tracks. They go back to Neil’s pre-Enz demos and include recent CH live tracks and demos for their newest album. 
     
    Honestly, some of the material I’ve heard is better than many of the tracks that were included as bonus material on the series of CH album deluxe reissues from a few years back.
     
    Highlights…
     
    -Unreleased legendary CH studio outtake “Good Luck Morning”
    -Studio demos for Intriguer tracks like “Twice If You’re Lucky” and “Either Side of the World” that are better than the album versions!
    -An alternate version of the Woodface classic “It’s Only Natural” that’s very different from the official version, but unlike a lot of these rarities, this one is VERY listenable!
    -Demo and studio versions of an unreleased Finn Brothers song called “Cemetery in the Rain” that are fantastic
    -A live recording of The Mullanes (early version of CH) playing Led Zeppelin’s “Dancing Days”
     
    The downside is that the tracks are played randomly, so there’s no way to know when a particular song will show up.  But, in the meantime, you’ll get constant reminders of Neil’s talent and his long and varied career.

  391. Any chance of a Retrospective / Bio for Ryuichi Sakamoto Paul?
    Such sad news RIP, I thought you might have mentioned his passing back on March 28th in the news Section?
    Hoping you’ve got something in the works.
    Thanks for all the great updates on new releases!

  392. Universal Music Japan are giving Huey Lewis and the News the MQA CD reissue treatment:

    Huey Lewis and the News (UICY-40395)
    includes two remixes and a live track

    Picture This (UICY-40396)
    includes two extended versions and three live tracks

    Sports (UICY-40397/8)
    two-disc set includes session takes, remixes, and an instrumental on the first disc, and 15 live tracks on the second disc

    Fore! (UICY-40399)
    includes two live tracks, remixes and long versions, and “Back in Time” from the Back to the Future soundtrack

    Small World (UICY-40400)
    includes three extra versions of the title track

    Hard at Play (UICY-40401)
    includes a remix of “Hit Me Like a Hammer”

    Plus, of course:

    Japanese Singles Collection (UICY-16159)
    18 tracks on the CD, 23 on the DVD

    Release date for all titles is 21 June 2023.

      1. And? If you buy MQA cds, you probably already have a player with an encoder. If you don’t, they play just fine on a regular cd player. I’m not sure if bankruptcy, or even going out of business entirely, would really make much of an impact.

    2. Thanks for the tip Kevin. Listening to Devo as I read your post. My bank account is still recovering from the recent Culture Club/Boy George Japanese reissues…

  393. Just to confirm that the David Bowie – Brilliant Live Adventures are available on the Bowie website. Ordered at the weekend and arrived promptly today!

  394. Upcoming releases:
    Cowboy Junkies – Such Ferocious Beauty CD June 2
    James – Be Opened By The Wonderful: 40 Years Orchestrated 2-CD June 9
    Bad Manners – The Singles 1980-89 3-CD (Cherry Red) June 23
    Big Country – Driving To Damascus, 4CD Deluxe Edition (Cherry Red) June 30
    Howard Jones – Howard Jones Sings “What Is Love?”, Blue Vinyl (Cherry Red) June 30

  395. Hello Paul and all music lovers.
    I like all of you here still like to buy physical formats of our music. I have done it for 35 years and love adding to my collection. Billy Corgan said in an interview in the last year or two, that if you really wanted to support the artist, buy the physical version, they make more money from this. So if we are the ones who actually contribute more to the actual artist than the streaming world, should any extra content not be restricted to physical formats. I do feel that to entice people to buy the physical format, maybe include bonus material or extra tracks that may not be available on a streaming platform. But I do feel hard done by when all the same content is available to streamers who may (or not )be paying a subscription anyway. Paul have you any industry views on this and does anyone else feel the same way?

  396. Oh dear, this is getting awful, gone too soon now is Ian Bairnson. For me, he of the Wuthering Heights guitar solo, although for others probably Alan Parsons or even Pilot.

    RIP Ian. Good work.

  397. Black Sabbath Live Evil is coming out as a 4CD Deluxe for about £99. It seems to be the single CD that was pointlessly expanded to two CDs with muddy sound as a remaster and two CDs of a remix which may sound better. so it is basically a single CD expanded to 4 CDs with three bonus tracks. It was recorded on a tour I saw at Hammersmith but the Amazon reviews of the sound have always put me off. Now, they might have made the sound much better but it is still nearly £100 for what originally was a single CD, so I think I’ll be holding off until it drops down to £20 or £30 as the bonus live stuff on Mob Rules is the actual gig I was at!

    1. Spot on. I can’t see this being a very big seller at all. Looking at the track listing on the back cover of the box on Amazon, I can’t see ANY bonus tracks. 14 tracks on the remastered 2CDs and 14 tracks on the remix CDs. Same as the original 14 track CD. Bizarre!!!

      1. yeah, I can’t find the email that mentioned the extra tracks. Everywhere I look just shows the same album twice. They must have recorded many shows from the list of posted venues so I don’t know why they couldn’t have put alternative versions on it, or come complete shows. Anyway, I’ve just ordered the Temporal Drift Rallizes Denudes CDs which seem to be disappearing fast, so I’ll have those instead

  401. Very sad to hear of the death of Ryuichi Sakamoto. I know he has had health issues for quite a while, but his vast catalogue of music will live on forever – the man was a true genius ..RIP..

    1. Absolutely gutted, I played Forbidden Colours and Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence on solo piano and had a bawl whilst singing badly.

      RIP Ryuichi.

      1. I heard the theme to “MCML” on the radio the other day. I thought, “I know I’ve heard this before, but I can’t place it.” I couldn’t place it because it’s a bit obscure, but the melody is unforgettable. Now I know why they played it. Damn. :(

    2. Yes I concur very sad news RIP, a musical genius between his YMO work and Thomas Dolby / David Sylvian collaborations.
      I’ve asked Paul if he has a Retrospective / Bio of his life and career in the works.
      Another legend gone too soon :-(

  402. Hi Paul, new album by Canadian Power Pop band New Pornographers “Continue as a Guest”, came out last Friday 03/31/2023. You might find it interesting, it is their ninth album.

  404. Just came back from a trip to the Netherlands and of course I went to all the records stores I could find in all the cities I went to and Concerto in Amsterdam is always a place where I go back to when I’m there and it did not disappoint! I found many second hand cds I wanted and some new stuff like the first album by The Wake remastered with a bonus disc (I didn’t know it was reissued!!), a 4AD compilation I was missing from my collection and there was also a table full of 2 cds for €15!!
    I also got The Waterboys “The Magnificient Seven” 5cd/DVD clamshell version for €20!! They had many copies of that box so if you’re around Amsterdam and want that, this is the place to go to get it! It’s not my favourite period of theirs but at that price I couldn’t let it pass!!

  405. The new DM album is mind blowing in my opinion. I must admit I never expected something this good from them again. Not sure if it’s being considered but it would be wonderful to have it released as one of the surround SDE blu rays in the future, wouldn’t it? There are so many layers of sounds in there, this release just calls for the 5.1 treatment. It’s a future classic.

  406. I had put this in the “out this week on March 31” post at the beginning of the week, but my comment there is still pending, so putting it here in case anyone is interested.

    Tim Finn and Andy White’s new album is released today, on the 31st, (available for preorder at https://altandyliamtim.bandcamp.com/music ), under the moniker AT (as opposed to ALT, as there is no Liam Ó Maonla this time around).

  407. I have just spotted Greetings From Asbury Park Numbered Hybrid SACD popping up. It’s £45 though which seems a bit extreme compared to what SDE puts out. it also looks to be just super hires stereo and not surround. Compared to the £150 vinyl though, it’s quite cheap!

  409. Metallica’s 72 Seasons cinema listening party says available in Atmos in some theaters.

    MMM…any hope of getting that onto a Blu-ray?!? They haven’t done that since the black album, likely due to small sales from a label point of view. But it could work for a specialist like SDE ;-)

  411. Hi Paul,

    Just a suggestion here to perhaps prevent loss while goods are in the postal systems. I noticed that the SDE Surround Series blu-rays I’ve received have the artist name listed on the customs form.

    In order to prevent theft by an unscrupulous mail handler (who may be a fan of the artist) anywhere in the chain, perhaps a more generic item description – “music disc” or “audio blu-ray disc” – would better disguise the contents but still satisfy international customs requirements.

    Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to receiving future releases in the series.

    P.S. Have you seen what the Ten Years After blu-ray has sold for so far on Discogs?

    https://www.discogs.com/release/26450465-Ten-Years-After-A-Space-In-Time-

  412. RIAA Confirms LPs Outsold CDs in 2022: Physical formats long way to not become dead.«Revenues from physical music formats continued to grow in 2022 after their “remarkable resurgence in 2021” (in the RIAA’s own parlance). Total physical revenues of $1.7 billion were up 4% versus the prior year. Revenues from vinyl records grew 17% to $1.2 billion — the 16th consecutive year of sales growth — and vinyl accounted for 71% of physical format revenues…For the first time since 1987, vinyl albums outsold CDs in terms of physical units — as in, 41 million LPs sold versus 33 million CDs.» More details here RIAA Confirms LPs Outsold CDs in 2022 | Analog Planet and here.

  413. The latest line-up of “Yes”(Steve Howe.Jon Davison,Billy Sherwood,Geoff Downes & Jay Schellin) had to cancel a planned tour of Europe behind their forthcoming album “Mirror To the Sky”. The reason: they were unable to obtain insurance in the event that gigs had to be cancelled due to COVID-19…..or war.
    In other Yes-related news, former Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman plans to release a 24-disc set(CD’s & DVD’s) “The Prog Years 1973-77” on June 30th. The set is available through the online dealer Music Glue, and the first 500 copies will be autographed. The exact contents have yet to be revealed. Be cautioned that the shipping charges are quite high/steep.
    Other progressive news: In May, Universal will release a 4-CD + Bluray boxed set of The Moody Blues’ late 1969 album “To Our Children’s Children’s Children” incorporating the 1969 Royal Albert Hall performance (previously heard on the album “Caught Live + 5”). The music has been remixed by Stphen W.Tayler, and there will be stereo and 5.1 remixes of “To Our Children’s Children’s Children”, plus BBC radio performances, single mixes, and some(already released) outtakes. There will also be a 2-L.P.(really one and a half L.P.) vinyl reissue of The Royal Albert Hall concert.

    1. The “+5” studio tracks from side 4 of that 1977 release were reissued on the last couple of Moodies box sets.
      Amazon UK briefly had the new box listed at under £40 yesterday (and the artist listed as Snow Patrol!) – but it’s now gone up to over £75.

    1. As far as content goes this is the worst so far and the most expensive. What the 3rd CD in this collection is all about with only two tracks that have nothing at all to do with parent album and were recorded 30 years afterwards is anybodys guess.

  416. Rough Trade have a 1/3 off CD sale (4000 titles) which may interest some people. At least it will cover the postage!
    There are box sets in there as well as individual CDs
    https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/collection/cd-blowout-13-off-selected-cds
    free postage over £70. I’m not sure I have the will to scroll through that many pages though!
    One thing I spotted was Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots 20th for £40 so that’s a good way towards free postage already

  417. I have just bought the 6 disc Ultravox Rage in Eden box set and when I was on the delivery page I noticed that thee is a 7 disc Quartet SDE due out on the 23rd May ! This follows the same size and format of the previous two, which is nice and it is the same price as Rage in Eden (as of 18/03/23) despite the extra disc. Not a Conny Planck production this time, but George Martin

      2. Burning Shed are still listing the release date as 5 May (as of 28 March). Cash parted with already, perhaps I need to lower my expectations until the autumn now…

  421. Another digital-only expanded edition for Sting recently released. Nice to be able to stream this but sad there is no CD version.

    Ten Summoner’s Tales 30th anniversary Expanded Edition

    1. Prologue (If I Ever Lose My Faith In You)
    2. Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven)
    3. Fields Of Gold
    4. Heavy Cloud No Rain
    5. She’s Too Good For Me
    6. Seven Days
    7. Saint Augustine In Hell
    8. It’s Probably Me
    9. Everybody Laughed But You
    10. Shape Of My Heart
    11. Something The Boy Said
    12. Epilogue (Nothing ’Bout Me)
    13. We Work The Black Seam / 1993 Version [Bonus Track]
    14. January Stars [Bonus Track]
    15. If I Ever Lose My Faith In You / Miracle Of Science Mix [Bonus Track]
    16. If I Ever Lose My Faith In You / Hoax Mix [Bonus Track]
    17. It’s Probably Me (Feat. Eric Clapton) / Alternate Version [Bonus Track]
    18. Nothing ’Bout Me / Remix [Bonus Track]
    19. Nothing ’Bout Me / Remix With Horn Intro [Bonus Track]
    20. Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven) / Edit [Bonus Track]
    21. Seven Days / Radio Edit [Bonus Track]
    22. Nothing ’Bout Me / Edit With Fade [Bonus Track]
    23. Shape Of My Heart / Live At Villa Manin, Codroipo, Italy, 1993 [Bonus Track]
    24. Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven) / Live At Villa Manin, Codroipo, Italy, 1993 [Bonus Track]
    25. It’s Probably Me / Live At Villa Manin, Codroipo, Italy, 1993 [Bonus Track]
    26. Purple Haze / Live At The Hague, Netherlands, 1991 [Bonus Track]
    27. Ain’t No Sunshine / Live At Buddle Arts Center, Newcastle, England, 1991 [Bonus Track]

  422. Bit of a job lot for you Paul ! First up , Ian Mc Nabb has a new album , coming out later this year , entitled , New Brighton Rock . Available to Pre Order from http://www.ianmcnabb.com .Next up , Bruce Cockburn has a new studio album coming out on 12/may/23 .O Sun O Moon is his first collection of all new songs in quite a while . Finally , one of my most missed bands Athlete have their debut album , Vehicles and Animals , re-issued on the 7th of April . It ‘s available as a four cd set , containing lots of b-sides and live tracks . Really looking foward to this one , are there any Athlete fans out there ?

  423. According to The Music Tap website:
    “On May 26, Esoteric Recordings will sell a Blu-ray Audio only version of The Turn Of A Friendly Card that will be multi-region, contain a booklet, and offer four videos in addition to the 5.1 Surround mix and the hi-resolution Stereo Mix by Alan Parsons”

    This is certainly great news.

  424. I managed to find enough time to put in the Orbital Optical Delusion SDE Blu-ray yesterday (it was raining outside). I am very impressed with the Atmos mix, all the different ways to listen to the album and instrumental versions in flat hi-res stereo, hi-res stereo, 5.1, or Atmos, and getting the bonus track in all formats. Congratulations Paul on such a fantastic release! May they long continue.

  425. Rush is re-releasing “Signals” for its 40th anniversary. The super deluxe edition on the band’s site lists a SDE with CD, blu-ray, and vinyl content. Various 48 kHz 24-bit stereo, 5.1 surround, and Atmos mixes, animated visualizations, a couple of music videos, plus plenty of other “Stuff”. Expected to ship late April 2023.

    1. it’s MAD!!! £192 on amazon for two CDs a Blu Ray and four 7 inch singles. OK, there’s a book, but really! I hope 2CD / Blu Ray wallet pack comes out as this is a massive Pink Floyd-esque grotesquery

      1. I agree wholeheartedly. Getting so pissed off at these big boxes for single albums mixing media and adding crap few want just so they can charge the earth for them. This is the third Rush boxed set with a multi-channel mix buried with vinyl and tat. They are not getting any more money from me unless they issue CD+blu-ray wallet sets.

  426. New Yes album, Mirror to the Sky, due 5/19. Lineup of Howe, Downs, Sherwood, Davison and Schellen. Formats reported to include CD, 2LP and deluxe 2LP/2CD/1BR box set with an Atmos mix on the BR.

    1. It is a thing of beauty! Interested SDE readers may want to take note that only 1970 copies are available. I would also be delighted to read a review.

  428. Just received my Monkees ‘Headquarters’ super deluxe edition today. It was released late last fall, and I’m surprised it never got a mention on this site, although it’s possible I’m wrong, but somehow it escaped my radar until a week ago when mentioned in ‘Goldmine’ magazine. 4 cds and one vinyl single. Quite excellent, imho.

    2. I saw it, but it was slightly more Headquarters than I felt I would ever listen to. It had been out for a few months when I spotted it and not sold out, so it may not be just me.

  429. Peter Gabriel announced North American tour dates today. More dates to be added to the announced list (link below) for Washington, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Denver, Austin, Dallas and Houston. Tickets for announced dates on presale now with public on-sale Friday.

    https://petergabriel.com/live/

  432. This pop-up to override the ad-blocker. Is this a delibertate new feature, Paul? Is it necessary? As a rule, I don’t allow these things, which makes access to your site slightly more cumbersome. I’ve always been happy to support your site over the years, but I don’t like doing this by subjecting myself to ads …

    1. Thanks for mentioning this. Wasn’t aware of it – will look into it and see what is going on. When did this start happening?

      1. Ah thanks! Maybe it’s just me or my browser? But I have the message (not always!) both on my computer and my phone. I think it started over the weekend. (If it’s not you and even much less inclined to click on it!)

        2. I had it all weekend till yesterday too, it seems to have gone now though! It took me AGES to ‘sign in’ to post this comment though ( despite the ‘logged in’ checkbox being ticked) so there’s deffo some glitches

    1. Hello, Being a long time Steven Wilson fan , I preordered this collection. I am trying to collect the special editions of all Steven Wilson related material (No-Man, Porcupine tree – solo and Blackfield). What is there to really recommend – No-Man up to 2012. Best regards Hans

  434. Last year, it was announced that Irving Azoff’s “Iconic Artists” had purchased the song publishing and vault recordings of Stephen Stills, and on April 28th the “Omnivore” label will release the first fruits of that deal “Live at Berkeley 1971”, recorded on Stills’ first solo tour with a guest appearanve by the late David Crosby on two songs. The first half of the show is acoustic, the second half is electric with Stills’ band joined by The Memphis Horns.

  435. Haircut 100 ‘Pelican West’ SDE has arrived – the 4 disc CD set in casebound book. It did make me smile – somehow, probably wrongly, I’d got it in my head this was one of those 12″ x 12″ hardback presentations like, say, last year’s ‘Sulk’ or the Yello compendium. It actually comes in a casebound book about 6″ square, and the signed print is – I kid ye not – about the same size as most hype stickers – approx 2″ x 2″ square. That’d be tricky to find a frame for, but hats off, it *is* genuinely signed by all the band in varying shades of sharpie. And fair play, the book [especially the band commentary] and music content are very good.

  437. The revived BMG-distributed incarnation of George Harrison’s “Dark Horse” label has just signed Yusuf/Cat Stevens for new recordings and 7 back catalog albums.

  438. George Harrison’s entire solo album catalog is being taken off Universal Music onto BMG, and George’s publishing company Harrisongs will now be administered by BMG. The deal starts with Dolby ATMOS mixes of all of Harrison’s albums going back to 1968’s “Wonderwall Music”. These ATMOS mixes are for streaming. though I should note that some fans have speculated that most of these ATMOS mixes will be simulated “Upmixes”. In Dhani Harrison & BMG’s statement, it is implied (with no specifics) that there will be archival projects, but I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for such projects or any physical products.

    1. It would really surprise me when they’re all in real atmos. “Electronic Music” was a live mix, you would need to de-mix it first.
      Only “All things mus pass” and “Live in Japan” appeared in surround so far, with the latter one in 5.1 and currently not on iTunes (or whatever it is currently called and largely ignored by me).
      An upmix of an existing 5.1 (what seemingly quite often is done to “sell” atmos-streaming) is of course better and much closer to real ones than doing an upmix from stereo.

      1. Wow. A Beatle noodling around on a Moog for 45 minutes was always a difficult task for me. Now I can hear the same album in Atmos? You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear, now, can you? Not that I don’t already own 3 copies of “Electronic Sound,” of course.

  439. In case there’s anyone who might be interested and isn’t already aware, Cherry Red are releasing a new Hawkwind box set called Days Of The Underground at the end of March.

    It’s an 8CD & 2Blu-ray set which covers (most of) their Charisma Records period and, most notably, includes new stereo and 5.1 surround mixes of the albums Quark Strangeness & Charm, Hawklords – 25 Years On and PXR5 by Steven Wilson. The remainder of the set appears to be mostly live material from that same period.

    Steven Wilson previously created an excellent surround mix for the band’s Warrior On The Edge Of Time album (as reported by SDE at the time) so I’m looking forward to hearing his mixes in this set. It’s a shame that Astounding Sounds is not included – for completeness of that era – but perhaps the master tapes for that album have been lost.

    1. Ordered ages ago when I saw it. I’m only commenting to add to the number of Hawkwind fans on here for Paul’s future reference!!!

    2. Currently listening to the SDE release of the Orbital album, the Dolby Atmos version is sounding great.

      I took a trial with Tidal and like other streaming sites, it isn’t user friendly in finding re-releases. You basically need to know in advance what to look for so thanks Jake, for letting everyone know about this release.

      Here’s my finds of Dolby Atmos reissues.
      All Warner music releases can be found using the search phrase ‘atmos mix’ since they have added this to the end of the title of the album.

      1970’s
      Grateful Dead American Beauty (SW Mix) 1970
      Paul McCartney McCartney I 1970
      Traffic The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys 1971
      Frank Zappa Waka / Jawaka 1972
      Joni Mitchell For The Roses 1972
      Frank Zappa Grand Wazoo 1973
      Joni Mitchell Court And Spark 1974
      Joni Mitchell Miles Of Aisles 1974
      Neil Diamond All-Time Greatest Hits 1974
      Joni Mitchell The Hissing Of Summer Lawns 1975

      1980’s
      Paul McCartney McCartney II 1980
      The Rolling Stones Tattoo You 1981
      John Mellencamp American Fool 1982
      Def Leppard Pyromania 1983
      John Mellencamp Uh-Huh 1983
      Alphaville Forever Young 1984
      John Mellencamp Scarecrow 1985
      Sting Dream Of The Blue Turtles 1985
      Grace Jones Inside Story 1986
      George Michael Faith 1987
      John Mellencamp The Lonesome Jubilee 1987
      Dire Straits Money For Nothing  1988

      1990’s
      George Michael Listen Without Prejudice 1990
      Seal Seal I 1991
      Gin Blossoms New Miserable Experience 1992
      Sting Ten Summoner’s Tales 1993
      Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Greatest Hits 1993
      George Michael Upper / Older 1996
      Sublime Sublime 1996
      Blink-182 Dude Ranch 1997
      Shania Twain Come On Over 1997
      Morcheeba Big Calm 1998
      Blink-182 Enema Of The State 1999
      George Michael Songs From The Last Century 1999

      2000’s
      Blink-182 Take Off Your Pants And Jacket 2001
      Enigma The Plantnum Collection 2001
      Maroon 5 Songs About Jane 2002
      Sigur Rós ( ) 2002
      Blink-182 Blink-182 2003
      Coldplay A Rush Of Blood To The Head 2003
      George Michael Patience 2004
      Gwen Stefani Love Angel Music Baby 2004
      Fall Out Boy From Under The Cork Tree 2005
      Wolfmother Wolfmother 2005
      Amy Winehouse Back To Black 2006
      Gwen Stefani The Sweet Escape 2006
      Rihanna A Girl Like Me 2006
      Snow Patrol Eyes Open 2006
      Amy Macdonald This Is The Life 2007
      Fall Out Boy Infinity On High 2007
      Maroon 5 It Won’t Be Soon Before Long 2007
      OneRepublic Dreaming Out Loud 2007
      Paramore Riot! 2007
      Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad 2007
      Katy Perry One Of The Boys 2008
      Lady Gaga The Fame 2008
      Taylor Swift Fearless 2008
      Lady Gaga The Fame Monster 2009
      Mumford & Sons Sigh No More 2009
      UB40 The Best OF Labour Of Love 2009

  442. Though they’ve had no original members since 1977, Jazz-Rock group Soft Machine continues on, and releases a new album “Other Doors” on the MoonJune label in June. The group heard on this album is John Etheridge(guitar), Theo Travis (Sax,keyboards), Fred Baker(bass) & John Marshall(drums). After completing sessions and playing a farewell gig, Marshall,81 retired due to health problems. The new drummer, who debuts on tour will be Asaf Sirkus. Former bassist Roy Babbington,81 also retired due to health problems makes a guest appearance on the new album.

    1. A great loss. Such a gifted songwriter. I never knew how many well crafted pop songs he wrote until I purchased his 2003 Box set “The Look of Love” and 2008’s “Magic Moments”. (and don’t forget Hal David who wrote many of the lyrics to these great songs)
      As the song goes “What the World Needs Now, is love, sweet love……….” RIP.

  444. 2023 kicks off the 50th anniversaries of Abba releases with the Ring Ring album and single coming of age. Surely there must be something special in the offing to commemorate???

  447. Hello,, This year seems to be the year of losses. I read yesterday at several news sites that Tom Verlaine of Television has died at the age of 73. He and Television are mostly known for “Marquee Moon” and secondly “Adventure”. Rest in peace.
    These two albums were released by Elektra, so I must say, to the record company who currently has the rights to the recordings, look into the possibility of a comprehensive overwiew of the recordings by Tom Verlaine and Television. Best regards Hans

  448. on the backstreets back expanded edition only in usa and uk iclouding 4k blu ray disc of all access and night out with backstreet boys
    and 4 music videos
    as long as you love me 1997
    everybody backstreets back UK Version 1997
    all i have to give us version on vevo 1998
    ill never break you heart 1998 and a spanish version of ill never break your heart
    cross fingers ok

  450. As at 1.46 p.m. on 25 January, the ‘Nevermind’ deal is over (Amazon price back up to £88.32) and the ‘Revolver’ deal is available again (£89.98).

  452. Completely out of left field – Amazon UK have been listing 10cc “Collected” on vinyl for about 2-3 years now. The listing varies between “not available”, Pre-order with no release date” or “ships in 4-6 weeks”. Has anyone ordered a copy an actually received one?
    All my research shows that it has never been released on vinyl!!
    The current status is Pre-order but again no release date is shown.

    https://amzn.to/3R6moXF

  453. Here’s all 7 of George Michael’s Dolby Atmos releases currently available on Tidal:
    Faith https://tidal.com/browse/album/233817844
    Listen Without Prejudice https://tidal.com/browse/album/233806998
    Older https://tidal.com/browse/album/233817725
    Older + Upper https://tidal.com/browse/album/251161254
    Songs from the Last Century https://tidal.com/browse/album/233817908
    Patience https://tidal.com/browse/album/234797404
    Symphonica https://tidal.com/browse/album/233822956

  454. A belated 50th anniversary box set of Wishbone Ash classic 1972 album Argus is released on April 14. Contains a remastered LP and CD of the original album, a book, audio-only contemporary concerts on CD and vinyl plus a DVD with video of the band on TV appearances from around Europe at the time. RRP seems to be £125.

  457. For any Yes fans out there – from Japan comes a limited edition set of Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe’s A Night of Yes Music Plus – 6 CDs and 2 DVDs including radio interviews and a 1990 concert in Japan. Price tag around $300. ISBN 4988044857179. Still on the fence myself.

  461. “Genesis-BBC Broadcasts”, curated by keyboardist Tony Banks and long time Genesis engineer/producer Nick Davis, to be released the 3rd of March as a 53-track 5-CD set or a 24-track 3-L.P. set. Funny that Banks should be involved, since he vetoed a previous attempt to issue the BBC sessions.

  462. Plenty of Pink Floyd news, not all of it good. Late December saw the release of 19 “Copyright Extension” Pink floyd bootlegs for streaming, 44.1Khz/16-bit download & 44.1Khz/24-bit download. 17 of the releases are audience recordings dating to a time when the group was performing an embryonic version of “The Dark Side of The Moon”, and several are taken from vinyl with no attempt at remastering or de-clicking, and the two remaining releases are a pair of 5-sing E.P.’s containing alternate mixes, but none of the songs are presented in their entirety, and one of these mixes was a bootleg creation to begin with. As fans have pointed out, sites which specialise in bootlegs have better sounding sources that Pink Floyd’s management could have used. The official availability for these “Copyright Extension” releases may be brief, but be cautioned that even if you obtain these releases through a free download site, that half of them are so very very poor sounding, that it won’t be worth wasting your CD-R discs on them.
    The only reason to purchase the upcoming 50th anniversary edition of “The Dark Side of The Moon” will be if you are equiped to play Dolby ATMOS or if you don’t have the 2011 “The Dark Side of The Moon” “Immersion” boxed set. There will be no previously unreleased music in the new set. Fans are already speculating whether the lack of unreleased music is to avert a release-halting feud between David Gilmour and Roger Waters or whether there simply isn’t any more music that could be added. One person close to the situation, posting on The Steve Hoffman Forums, says that it is the latter(That there wasn’t any more unreleased material that could be added)
    Another person has already made you aware of the plan for 5.1 surround mixes of the earliest solo albums by David Gilmour & Richard Wright, so I will close with an additional piece of good news: David Gilmour and his lyricist/wife Polly Samson have already written some songs towards David Gilmour’s next solo album.
    Also, the possible sell-off of Pink Floyd’s back catalog, publishing and archival material is presently under negotiation. Perhaps this sell-off would put a stop to Gilmour/Waters feuding over future archival releases.

    2. Talking of Dolby Atmos mixes, only found out today that Traffic’s “The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys” has had a Dolby Atmos mix created and is on Tidal. Could do with a website that lists all the Dolby Atmos re-releases that are being released. No news if there will ever be a physical release but it’s the right generation who are disc buyers.

  464. Hi Paul,
    Presumably you’ve seen one or multiple posts re the forthcoming Bruce Springsteen GFAPNJ MOFI box set. I believe it’s scheduled for April; just in time for the EU shows.
    Rough Trade have it listed
    Mike Ward of Badlands in Cheltenham tell me they’re looking to get a few copies.
    I have pre ordered via Acoustic Sounds in USA with the obligatory extortionate shipping costs and expected not inconsiderable expected duties.
    Mobile Fidelity have it listed as well at same as Acoustic Sounds – $100 plus shipping and duties

    https://mofi.com/products/bruce-springsteen-greetings-from-asbury-park-nj-ultradisc-one-step-33rpm?_pos=1&_sid=f8fcb1f3e&_ss=r

    Although only single LP at 33 rpm, if it’s anything like Fragile by Yes from a few years ago, it will be superb.
    Carl

  467. Burning Shed are having a boxset sale… Haven’t looked at all of them but to give you a taste the Caravan box has £100 off as has the John Mayall box.

  468. Just noticed that Cherry Red has released a 2-CD expanded version of Monsoon’s ‘Third Eye’. It’s available on Amazon for £17.95, but there is a total of 33 tracks over the 2 CDs. This includes the original album, plus 7″ single versions/single edits, B sides, and some 12″ versions, including remixes. It apparently also contains unreleased tracks and a Capital Radio session from 1982. I’ve just ordered it.
    https://amzn.to/3Z3ewtw

  469. I think 2022 was my least expensive year in many for music purchases. Can count the boxed set purchases on one hand and few reissues really grabbed my interest. I focused on getting 4 good speakers in my ceiling to fill out my Atmos system and looked into upgrading my other speakers.

    Desires for 2023:

    Restoration of physical multichannel discs to boxed sets after notable absences (Revolver, Seal)Keeping analogue and digital media separated in boxed setsIssuing standalone blu-rays or CD+blu-ray sets and not burying them in bloated boxed sets (Rush)More recognition of important album anniversaries with special releases (many 40th anniversaries have passed with nothing)Greater use of book sets (e.g. Marillion, Tull) versus 12×12 boxes for digital boxed setsContinued SDE Surround releases to always give us something to which we can look forward

  470. This passed me by back in October but a 2CD reissue of The Damned – Strawberries (1982) was released on Iconoclassic Records
    https://www.discogs.com/release/24666971-The-Damned-Strawberries

    An expanded reissue of Graham Parker – Another Grey Area (1982) was released back in April
    https://www.discogs.com/release/22763261-Graham-Parker-Another-Grey-Area

    They also released a 2CD reissue of The Fall – The Light User Syndrome (1996) back in July
    https://www.discogs.com/release/23640941-The-Fall-The-Light-User-Syndrome-

  471. Hi Dave,
    Happy Holidays
    I think you missed the Monkees Headquarters release. It is on their web site as released last month (November). I just ordered it from Monkees.com.

  472. Merry Christmas to you, Paul, and all the readers. My greatest hope for 2023 is a box set of all albums by Jess Roden, the fabulous singer, and a remastered set of the complete works of Danny Wilson & Gary Clarke – at this point i would accept any format … vinyl, CD or blu-ray. Have a great 2023!

  473. More sad news: RIP Terry Hall of The Specials / Fun Boy Three and all the other musical contributions out there: certainly not a stereotype. Another one gone too soon. My lips are not sealed. 63 is no age.

  474. New to Tidal in Dolby Atmos:

    The Police – Greatest Hits (1995) – https://tidal.com/browse/album/265353806
    Grace Jones – Inside Story (1986) – https://tidal.com/browse/album/266304921
    Neil Diamond – All-Time Greatest Hits (1974) – https://tidal.com/browse/album/266305946
    Florence + The Machine – Ceremonials (2011) – https://tidal.com/browse/album/263902823
    Norah Jones – Little Broken Hearts (2012) – https://tidal.com/browse/album/267240664

    2. Well, I just experienced the downside of Atmos mixes being exclusive on streaming services. The most recent Chvrches album, Screen Violence, had an Atmos mix on Apple Music that I had put in my “library” along with other Atmos mixes exclusively on their platform. Today, I went to show my visiting son how the Atmos mix opens up the cluttered stereo mix and it was gone. Thanks Apple. Is it still on Tidal?

      This is exactly what some warned and I worried about. But I really didn’t expect it to happen so quickly.

      My son, who actually works at Apple though not in the Apple Music section, said it could have been at the request of the artist or there could have been publishing issues. I think it was more likely that it wasn’t getting enough plays so they canned it. What’s the point of having a “library” if items in the library can disappear?

      I will always try and get a physical copy of a multi-channel mix but this is a warning that those exclusive to streaming services may be ephemeral. Long live the physical multi-channel mix disc, and long live the SDE Surround Series.

        1. I read that many Warner Bros Atmos mixes were removed from Apple Music. Warner has been accused of creating faux Atmos mixes by stereo upmixing. And Chvrches are on a Warner label, even though the Screen Violence Atmos mix was discrete.

  475. The Live Aid channel on You Tube is due to make an announcement on 28 December. Wondering if there is going to be a physical release of the concert, possibly on vinyl or perhaps a cinematic film version. Last December on the 28th they celebrated 8 billion views on the channel. I know there has been a lot of remixing of the performances in the last couple of years so a new release seems feasible.

  476. Just saw an announcement that Porcupine Tree’s Deadwing album gets the SDE treatment with a Deluxe Hardback Book version with 3CD+BD release on March 3, 2023. Looks very similar in approach to the In Absentia Deluxe a few years ago.

  477. For those of you interested in prog, Burning Shed has significantly marked down a couple of massive box sets. They currently have the Caravan 37-disc “Who Do You Think We Are?” set for 174.99 GBP. They also have the King Crimson 26-disc “Complete 1969 Recordings” for 90 GBP (it was down to 75 GBP). These are obviously still expensive, but much cheaper than they have been.

  478. On this day, forty-two years ago, a murderous moron decided to snuff-out a young life:
    A dear husband and a beloved father. Henceforth, the rest of us were deprived of a great artiste:
    Never to hear decades worth of musical gems; never to experience great concert tours and never to witness a reunion for the ages. As a world we mourn all these nevers; but we can take solace in the rich musical legacy that is left for generations to come: That is something the evil
    doer can NEVER take-away from any of us.
    God bless you Mr. Lennon, rest in peace John. Thanks for the music!

    1. I woke up that day for my first morning in Liverpool – you could even see a corner of Quarrybank School through the window in the stairwell of the house I stayed in. My host told me the news from New York. Liverpool was in mourning, every store was playing Lennon who was just coming off the success of Double Fantasy. Will never forget that day.

  480. Thanks to your post on Eddie Piller’s Mod (1st volume), I’ve been purchasing loads of new music including a ‘Mod Jazz’ series from Ace/Kent. I had a fleeting thought that you (Paul) might expand SDE to include music from genres/eras (deluxe editions or naught) as a theme for certain posts – like, “if you enjoyed this, you might also like…”, etc.. Of course, sde’s probably keep your hands full, so this probably isn’t possible. But I trust your opinions, so I would follow whatever links you might put before me.

  482. Coming Feb.24,2023 from Esoteric: “Alan Parsons Project-Turn of a Friendly Card” 3-CD + Blu-Ray boxed set, including demos, outtakes, promo videos and a 5.1 surround mix. Unlike the 3 previous Parsons 3-CD + Blu-Ray boxes(“Tales of Mystery and Imagination”, “Eye in The Sky” & “Ammonia Avenue”) the “Turn of a Friendly Card” set won’t include vinyl.

    2. I’ve contacted Cherry Red, and no standalone Bluray is schedule right now, may be if the box set sells out..so waiting to see what will happen !

    3. Not only will it not include the vinyl, but I’m guessing it won’t be the same size either – the mock-up on the website makes it look more like one of the Al Stewart or Be Bop Deluxe sets, sizewise….

  485. Ocean Colour Scene are releasing a Jesus Jones-like 233-track, 15CD anthology “Yesterday Today 1992 – 2018” and a 5LP coloured vinyl box set “Yesterday Today 1992 – 1997” of their first three albums Ocean Colour Scene, Moseley Shoals and Marchin’ Already. The price for the CD box set looks reasonable to be honest and from TM Stores they come with signed prints. As always, they are “limited editions”, but couldn’t see to what quantities and whether the “limited edition” refers to the signed versions.

    I remember buying their albums originally The Day I Caught the Train to The Circle line: that was a Better Day…

  486. A very silly question: where are these streaming Dolby Atmos mixes (e.g. of Revolver). I can’t even find them online! Second question (more to the point here): playing Dolby Atmos mixes from a blueray, what sort of equipment would I need? Bearing in mind that I only have a small living room … I don’t want it cluttered with cables and/or speakers. Nor do I want to shake the bones of everyone in the house and the neighbours. But I want to experience that nice surround sound. And I want it to sound at least as good as my stereo system (which, in my experience, soundbars usually don’t match up with. I was really disapointed with a £200 stereo soundbar I bought 5 years ago). What would I need?

      1. Thanks Paul! So I have a Bluray player attached to my desktop computer. I fI put in headphones and play the Atmos mix on it, I would hear thyat correctly? That sounds too simple … ?

          1. It seems there is no way I can get away with just a couple of hundred pounds to get physical Dolby Atmos? (streaming would be the cheaper option, though lesser quality?)

          2. GD, the streaming Atmos mixes are at 48/24 while most blue rays offer 96/24 or better, though I think some blu-rays are also 48/24 per channel. As Paul said you need either an amp or soundbar to decode the Atmos, then you need to be able to distribute the sound. Atmos adapts to your room, your experience will be better with an amp and separate speakers than with a soundbar. If you have no means to get wires to surround or height speakers hidden (within walls/ceiling or in conduit), and don’t want wires strewn around the room, then a soundbar is your only option. And a couple hundred pounds isn’t going to get you much. I heard someone say an £800 soundbar came close their old separates system, but I really doubt they would compare.

          3. You can get a pair of specific atmos speakers to sit on top of your left and right front speakers. These bounce the sound off the ceiling to give the height element you need without drilling holes in the ceiling! The other advantage is the cables follow the same route as your front stereo speakers – no hassle.

    2. With Tidal, if you don’t have the correct equipment the dolby atmos logo will not show up on screen.
      As far as I have tried with Tidal, atmos will not work via a pc connected to an atmos receiver. The only way I was able to make it work is via my android TV connected to an atmos receiver.
      Tidal doesn’t have the greatest search facility so it’s really hit and miss trying to find dolby atmos albums. It took three weeks after release to find Seal’s debut atmos album. As yet, I haven’t found Michael Jackson’s Thriller on Tidal.

      1. Derek and CD – thanks for the responses. It seems the Atmos remains a very expensive option that can’t be ‘joined’ easily. i would need the equipement, which would not only take up quite a bit of space, but also cost ‘plenty of money’ before it comes even close to a regular sound system. That is good to know (and will stop me fromfalling into ‘cheap alternative’ traps that are just bound to disappoint me).

        1. G.D. – If you’re content with listening to Atmos from your PC through headphones then the Dolby Access app (available from the Microsoft app store) which includes Dolby Atmos For Headphones might do the job.
          I haven’t tried it myself so can’t vouch for its effectiveness. However, it’s available on a fixed-term free trial basis before a one-off payment is required (of about £15 I believe).

          1. That’s an interesting option! I might try this, just to see how the sound sits with me. Thanks!

  488. Hi everyone. Just learned the new Coheed and Cambria album is getting a streaming release in Dolby Atmos but no physical release announced. Huge dedicated fan base (particularly in America). Would make a great SDE Bluray release.
    For those not in the know they are melodic Prog metal with great tunes. Top ten albums in the US. Still sell a lot of physical product. Plus I love them!

  489. Bad Brains continue their reissue series with ‘The Youth Are Getting Restless (Live at the Paradiso, Amsterdam, 1987)’ out on CD or LP on Jan 20

  490. Does anyone know the current position on the XTC blu ray/ cd releases? Is another one due or is that the end because masters can’t be located? Thanks.

  491. Has the Magical Mystery Tour audio album ever been released as a surround album? The song l Am The Walrus has a surround mix on the Love album and a few more on Sergeant Peppers. But are the others songs only to be heard in surround if you look at the movie?

    1. There are surround mixes of most of the “Magical Mystery Tour” album songs (except “Baby You’re a Rich Man”) on DVD & Blu-Ray releases such as “1+”, “Yellow Submarine” & “Magical Mystery Tour”. There is no “Magical Mystery Tour” surround audio album, but it would be very easy for Universal Music to assemble an album. All they would have to do is remix “Baby You’re a Rich Man” for surround and create a new surround mix of “Magical Mystery Tour” without the spoken part (which is only in the movie).

  492. A few years ago,Cherry Red bought some formerly EMI/Harvest albums in a divestment sale from Warner Music. The Esoteric label has expanded and reissued most of them, but there’s still a few remaining, such as Barclay James Harvest’s 2nd album “Once Again”, which gets the 3-CD + BluRay audio boxed set treatment on Janiary 27,2023. Originally recorded at Abbey Road Studios in 1971 with production by ex-Beatles engineer Norman Smith(who was,at the time, Pink Floyd’s producer), the new boxed set presents the album in original stereo & quadraphonic mixes, plus new Stephen W. Tayler stereo & 5.1 mixes, plus rare John Peel Sessions, and all of the studio outtakes that appeared on EMI’s 2011 “40th anniversary Edition”) and one previously unreleased version(“White Sails:A Seascape”). The Blu-Ray contains the original & new stereo mixes, and the quadraphonic and 5.1mixes as high resolution 96Khz/24-bit audio.

  493. Anybody looked at the actual content of the “Shakespears Sister’s Hormonally Yours’ BluRay Hi-res Stereo Mix (96/24) ?

    Attached it the audio analysis of one track (all showed similar), it looks to just be up-sampled 44.1, not exactly what I thought I was buying.

  494. At Duran Duran’s recent induction into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame, singer Simon LeBon revealed that ex-guitarist and group co-founder Andy Taylor had to miss the induction ceremony because he (Taylor) is terminally ill with Stage 4 metastic prostate cancer, and according to LeBon, Taylor, “Won’t be around for very long”.7=[]6 Taylor is 61.

  495. Hi Everyone.
    Steven Wilson has mixed Grateful Deads “Europe 72” in Dolby Atmos.
    Does anybody know if a Blu-Ray Audio disc will come out?

    1. From Steven Wison Remixes:
      “My Dolby Atmos remix of the Grateful Dead’s classic 1970 album American Beauty is now available on streaming services. This is the first release of remixed material from a broader project, also planned to include physical editions…
      I imagine the same holds true for “Europe ’72.”

  497. Hello everyone, hope it’s okay to ask questions here as well as share about new releases.

    Does anyone know anything about when the next Philadelphia International box sets will be forthcoming from United Souls? I love that they were attempting to release every PI album but their last release, Satisfaction Guaranteed, the second in the series after Get On Board The Soul Train, came out over a year ago I believe. I hope they’re not having issues with licensing and that more 8-CD sets are coming soon.

    Any information that can be provided is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

  498. After a 5 year hiatus, Rhino’s series of limited edition mail order Monkees CD boxed sets resumes Nov.18th with “Headquarters(Super Deluxe Edition)” a 4-CD set. This will be largely different to the 2000 3-CD set “The Headquarters Sessions”. In addition to lots of alternate takes and backing tracks, there will be a remixed version of the album, achieved by resychronising several multitrack “stages” for maximum fidelity. Compiling, as always will be Andrew Sandoval.

    1. Hello, I have pre ordred a copy . I missed out on “More of the Monkees” , Ordered a copy, but it never arrived. I can hope that they eventually will repress “The Monkees and More of the Monkees”. Headquarters is their best together with Pisces,, Best regards Hans

      1. I too ordered this as I missed the Pisces box and haven’t been able to track down a box with the 7″… now i’m dreading the VAT and import charges.

  499. Paul: Nick Rhodes confirms the release of a Medazzaland deluxe edition box set next year. See interview in the latest issue of Classic Pop. I’m glad I held off buying the vanilla (re)issue now. I wonder if this new enthusiasm for re-engaging with the back catalogue will mean further curated deluxe editions in future? Here’s hoping. Very long overdue.

  501. Paul, I don’t know if you are planning an unboxing video, but having received my a-ha ‘True North’ bookset, I’d be very interested to hear your thoughts on it. It strikes me as a real curate’s egg (I’m talking specifically about it as a physical product here, not the actual music). Much of it is very nicely done indeed, especially the photography laid out across the impressive sized spreads a 12″ square coffee-table book enables. But one or two other production decisions – I’m thinking here about how they have chosen to integrate the CD and ‘USB card’ into the book – are a bit baffling. The former is a card sleeve – no probs from me there – but is literally in its shrink-wrap, then spot-glued as such inside the back cover. The USB card is in a very thin polythene wrap, that has to be pretty much destroyed to be able to open it, and again spot-glued to the inside front cover. Seems a strangely cheapo way to do that in an otherwise impressive and well-specced edition…

  504. Good evening
    Frank Zappa Waka/Wazoo Deluxe 4CD + Blu-Ray 5.1 and Atmos
    This new box will be released on16.12.2022No idea who made the surround mix

  505. Was excited to receive an email about an expanded edition of Sting’s ‘Nothing Like The Sun’ with 14 bonus tracks until I read that it was Digital-only. Seeing a sad trend after the INXS news about the Shabooh Shoobah reissue being Digital-only as well. Sting is another artist I have been hoping would release deluxe editions and now this.

    1. I am not surprised that there isn’t a physical release of Sting’s “Nothing Like The Sun”. Sting’s third solo album “The Soul Cages” was also a Digital-only. I still hope that there will be an expanded version of “The Dream Of The Blue Turtles”.

    2. Not even a Dolby Atmos mix either. I have the DTS surround version of NLTS from some years back and it’s excellent. A missed opportunity not to add it to this Expanded Edition.

  506. Undoubtedly, music fans are aware of a long-running series of Jethro tull super deluxe album reissues in book packaging. Both of the Tull releases planned by Warner Music have been postponed until 2023. One was a verbatim reissue of EMI’s 2012 deluxe edition of “Thick as a Brick”, and the other was a SDE of “Broadsword and The Beast”. As for “Broadsword”, the issue was Warner’s inability to book pressing plant time to manufacture the vinyl edition so that the vinyl could be issued simultaneous with the CD edition.
    Meanwhile, over at Universal Music, plans for 2-CD & Super Deluxe box editions of Cat Stevens’ “Catch Bull at Four” were cancelled, and now there will only be a 1-CD remastered edition with a 20-page booklet and no bonus tracks. Also, on December 2nd, there will be an 8-CD set(“The A&M Box 1970-1975”) of Humble Pie’s recordings for the A&M label, including all of their A&M albums plus a disc of rarities and unreleased material. But, as with any Universal Music boxed set, the question is “Will It actually be released?”
    I know that I speak for many “Classic Rock” collectors, when I say that I’ve had enough of being constantly bonked over the head with product postponements and project cancellations. Universal Music is the worst offender.

  507. Got a notification from jpc that the second half of Mark Knopfler’s solo output is being released as a box set on the 27th of the month. I have all of the CDs, but I think I’ll pick up both sets on vinyl to get the few exclusive tracks to each.

  510. Hi Paul , this is just a message for any Steven Lindsay fans out there who may not know , he has a new album out under the group name ( Interlopers ). The album is self titled and is very good indeed .Steven of course first started making music as lead singer with The Big Dish back in the eighties .The cd is available from Townsend Music stores online store .Mournful, upbeat , and well polished songs , topped of with steve ‘s lovely golden voice .Anybody . missing Colin Vearncombe’s Black would do well to check this out .

    1. Thanks Wesley. Will get this. First heard Steven playing in the Irvine branch of Our Price one lunch time. I loved Big Dish and his solo album, Exit Music.

  511. Modern English – ‘Stop Start’ CD reissue on Warners/’Music on CD’ available Oct 7 on AMZ US.  
    This is great news as the prior 2010 Wounded Bird CD reissue has been very scarce for a long time.

  514. Lovely to see the Shakespeare’s Sister BluRay on its way, less lovely to see that I will have to wait until Monday at least for it to arrive due to The Post Orifice failing to live up to its 48 hour deliver window. They probably expect sympathy for their position, but they can all go and…….

  516. With economic uncertainty and pandemic-related manufacturing and distribution “Supply Chain Issues”, it is not an etched in stone fact that any of the following releases are imminent, but record companies are attempting to manufacture and release the following: “Genesis-The BBC Sessions”(5-CD or 3-L.P. editions), “Cat Stevens-Catch Bull at Four”(1-CD, 1-L.P., 2-CD or Super Deluxe Edition), “Queen-The Miracle”(6-CD + 1-L.P. + DVD box or 6-CD + 1-L.P. + Blu-Ray box. The DVD & Blu-Ray will be the 5 promo videos + documentary footage) and “Renaissance-Live Fillmore West and Other Adventures”(4-CD + DVD. This set features the debut album line-up with Keith and Jane Relf and Jim McCarty.)

      1. Universal has asked dealers to take down pre-order listings for the 1-CD & 1-L.P. editions of Cat Stevens-Catch Bull at Four”. All of the editions have gone into limbo. As I’ve said, none of the projects that I mentioned were 100% certain.
        However, one release from Universal that is certain is a November 18th 6-CD set by The Beach Boys,
        “Sail on Sailor 1972”, which will also be offered on vinyl. It will combine the albums “Carl and The Passions-So Tough” & “Holland”, plus remixes, alternate takes, unreleased songs and concert recordings.

  517. Paul, theres a lot of media coverage about Steely Dan’s reissue campaign coming up in November, starting off with Can’t Buy a Thrill.
    I seem to recall reading that Steely Dan’s entire master tape archive went up in smoke at the Universal Studios fire back in June 2008 (see the NYT article “The Day the Music Burned”).
    Do you know, or can you find out, just what tapes they plan to use to remaster those albums?
    It wouldn’t surprise me if Donald Fagan kept identical copies of the master tapes but, only he could answer that question. Thanks!

  519. Hey Paul. I literally just got an email stating that all Now Yearbook Extra sets are back in stock at the Now Music Store. Don’t know if you want to pass that along to everybody…

  520. Yello 

    Six Classic Albums Set For Limited Edition Vinyl Releases 
    Each LP comes with a 12” single
    LPs Black Vinyl, 12” Singles on coloured vinyl

    Solid Pleasure
    Claro Que Si
    You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess
    Stella
    One Second
    The Flag

    Each LP/12″ set is priced at £46.99

  521. Not quite sure about this, but 5LP coloured vinyl box set (turquoise / transparent lime / yellow / transparent red / crystal) of The Human League – The Virgin Years Album Box Set is out soon. It seems scant on extras (tip on sleeves, poster and “sturdy box”) for release 11 November, with likely price c. GBP120 – 130.

    1. Have you noticed how lots of UK online retailers who have had a page / listing for this suddenly seem to have a ‘404 error’ page now when you try to click through to it. Not ‘sold out’ (except in the case of one, synth-pop-ish specialist retailer), but ‘oops, this page doesn’t exist’. Can’t work out if this is because those stores jumped the gun on predicting they’d get stock, or have been asked to pull their listings for a time, or what…

  525. Was surprised to see a new Howard Jones album popping up in my new releases on youtube, without seeing it mentioned here, given the usually extensive coverage of HJ. Another quite electronic album.

    2. And the third of a planned series of four ‘electronic’-leaning albums – that started with ‘Engage’ (2015), then ‘Transform’ (2019), then this, and closing out with ‘Global Citizen’ (out 2023 according to the booklet that comes with ‘Dialogue’).

  526. Not sure if people already know about this . Havent seen nothing on here.
    NOW 83/84 YEARBOOK NEW LIMITED EDITION 7 INCH SINGLE 4 TRACKS at Now store. Been out couple of weeks.

  527. As you may know, due to undisclosed legal problems, the release of previously unreleased Jimi Hendrix recordings has halted indefinitely, but Sony Music & Experience Hendrix have a new CD being released on November 16th. It is a new remix of already released recordings, titled “Jimi Hendrix Experience-L.A. Forum, April 26,1969”.
    First, some background. In the late 1980’s, Castle Communications released a 3-CD Hendrix documentary set in the UK, mixing narration, interviews and much unreleased music. In 1990. Reprise Records in the U.S.A. released an expanded 4-CD edition adding a 4th disc, The L.A. forum 1969 concert, but for reasons known only to the late Alan Douglas (who controlled Hendrix’s catalog at the time), “Foxy Lady” was omitted. Reprise later added that version of “Foxy Lady” to a CD reissue of “The Jimi Hendrix Concerts”.
    The new CD & Vinyl reissues are the first time that the concert has been presented complete, and now mixed by Jimi’s original engineer Eddie Kramer. The previous release was mixed by Mark Linett.

    1. A very small correction, the liner notes for the 4-CD edition Lifelines do give a reason for the omission of “Foxy Lady”, hidden away at the end: “We’ve omitted the Forum performance of “Foxey Lady,” which is already available on the Jimi Hendrix Concerts album”.

      So, like you said, the track was included on “The Jimi Hendrix Concerts” but the CD had already come out before Lifelines was released. In the 90s the thinking was still that duplicating tracks was something to be avoided even though it made the concert incomplete. And of course it was also an incentive to buy the other album as well…

  528. After reading various internet forums where The Beatles’ forthcoming “Revolver” boxed set is being discussed, I wonder why Universal Music is bothering to release a product that going to make so many people unhappy.

  531. Finally, after contacting Universal Music “Operations Support” several times, I finally received my corrected Blu-Ray disc for the “Elton John-Madman Across The Water” boxed set. I am pleased to report that this disc corrects all of the problems found in the first pressing. There was an additional problem with the first pressing (in addition to the absence of the early alternate version of the title track). In the first pressing, the surround mix of the album was mistakenly presented as “Lossy”, old-style DTS, instead of the intended Lossless DTS-Master Audio. Universal needs to be more careful in the future.

  532. Preorders are available for the 40th anniversary SDE of Kiss’ Creatures of the Night. It includes the album in Atmos/5.1 on Blu-ray. Prices are crazy though – US$300 + shipping for 6 CDs and the Blu-ray (and some tat)!!!

  533. Stone Temple Pilots “Core” 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition. 4LP’s, original album on 2 LP’s, similar to Alice In Chains “Dirt.”
    LP #3 has demos and LP #4 has live material. Due Sept. 23rd – about $100 USD.

  536. Rhino are releasing a limited edition CD single of Running Up That Hill on the 2nd September. This is on the Rhino US site, so not sure if it is available outside of there. Shipping to the UK quadruples the cost. Running Up That Hill and Under The Ivy are listed, so replicating the original 7″. Seems a missed opportunity not to go with the 12″ (or combine both) and give the instrumental version a much needed issue.

  538. Alice in Chains “Dirt” 30th anniversary on Sept. 23rd. Various formats include a mega-box and double LP vinyl in various colors. The standalone orange vinyl (limited to 2000) from the band’s store already sold out.

  539. Two new Tim Finn related projects. Phil Manzanera and Tim have collaborated on another album (out on the 9th of September) called “Ghosts of Santiago” – a followup to “Caught by the Heart.”

    Tim has also collaborated with Andy White (of ALT) on a new album which is due for release early in 2023.

  540. Morning Paul, what are your thoughts on the MoFi admission (having been ‘outed’) that for the past 7 years it’s quietly been using digital files in its ‘direct from master’ vinyl production?
    Many have said that it shows that people like me were always wrong in claiming that pure master tape to vinyl sounded better in the first place, however to me it’s fraud and I’m not happy about it. Sure, the records still sound great, and are likely the best sounding around, but that doesn’t excuse MoFi’s dishonesty or make the high price as justifiable.
    I bought their records because they claimed to have been a ‘one-step from master’ whereas that’s not been the case.

      1. Ah, cheers Paul. I missed it.
        Otherwise just want to say thank you for making SDE the best source of new release info and quality discussion the world over. Your source is always mastercopy.

  542. Sandy Denny LP (Proper/Island) releases for 11-11-2022
    Sandy
    Rendezvous
    Like An Old Fashioned Waltz
    The Northstar Grassman and the Ravens

  544. absolutely love the site – i have a look every day. Just wanted to say Script for a jester’s tear is on amazon uk currently for £19.99

  545. And if you believe this, I’ve got a bridge in Brooklyn that I’d like to sell you: It appears that the 8 year stalemate over the catalog of “Immediate Records”(between UK rights holder BMG/Sanctuary & Rest of the world rights holder [and posessor of the tapes] Charly Records) may be coming to an end, at least with respect to the music of Small Faces. It is now claimed that an expanded boxed set edition of Small Faces’ 1969 compilation “The Autumn Stone” will be released in Autumn 2022, but not by Charly or BMG Sanctuary, but rather by “Nice Records” the newly formed archival label started by Small Faces drummer Kenney Jones. We shall see. Controversial compiler Rob Caiger is still involved. Everything that he’s announced in the past 8 years has come to naught.

  546. Great that the fans who missed out originally will be able to enjoy these shows.
    Also Paul do you have any info on why Parlophone did not do any SDEs for both the
    classic Hunky Dory and now Ziggy Stardust albums. Missed opportunities.
    Cannot be vinyl issues, because they primarily release these sets on cd...i.e.:
    Conversation piece and Width of A circle. We will soon be in Aladdin Sane territory...
    What is going on with their marketing dept    t. Thankx for your great site.

    1. Well, Junga, you know that DB is the greatest rock star and I know he is the greatest rock star, but perhaps the label is fickle to put out any archive releases, because of sales volume. Who knows? Did the last sets sell enough for them? People should have more taste in their buying habits!! Get DB.
      Thank-you.

  547. No idea if this is a glitch on the website, but I was just doing my usual ship to a freight forwarder on the Amazon UK website when I accidentally hit my Aussie address – and it worked!! I am getting “We ship internationally” pop-ups all over the place. It seems to have started this morning. No idea if this is a website error, but Aussie readers please take note – Amazon UK suddenly seems accessible once more!

  549. Just received an email from Universal music with a competition to win a signed Debbie Harry/Chris Stein print.
    They have also put a link in to the SDE unboxing video:”Take a look inside the upcoming box-set in more detail as SuperDeluxeEdition.com editor, Paul Sinclair, unboxes all four formats of the forthcoming Blondie ‘Against The Odds’ box set.”
    Bravo!

  550. A bad day for music. On top of the loss of Olivia Newton-John, legendary Motown composer/producer/arrranger and sometimes lyricist Lamont Dozier has passed at age 81. He was part of the songwriting team of Holland/Dozier /Holland who wrote classic hits for The Supremes, The Four Tops & Martha and The Vandellas , including “Heatwave”, “Reach Out, I’ll Be There”, “You Can’t Hurry Love”, “Stop in The Name of Love” and many more.

  551. Olivia Newton John has passed away, such sad news in the last few days with Judith Durham as well.
    All the greats are slowly going , so glad I was born when there was decent music around instead of the rubbish of today.

  552. Sad news that Judith Durham of the Seekers has died.
    She had the most beautiful voice and I am sure lots of the older members can remember the Seekers and the great pop songs they released over the years.

  553. If there had been a moratorium on boxed set releases at Sony Music, this clearly ends in November with the release of the 6-CD + 1 Blu-ray Elvis Presley set “Elvis on Tour”. While I’m not a fan of Elvis, at leasst, this holds open the possibility of getting Dylan or Springsteen archival product this year.

  555. Oct.9, Ume will releasev a 6-CD set “Mark Knopfler-The Studio albums 2009-2018”. One of the discs will be a rarities collection which includes(amongst other tracks) 2 previously unreleased songs.
    In other news, plans for a super deluxe edition of the first, only and self-titled album by 1960’s pop psychedelic group “Tomorrow” have been cancelled, due to a feud between the group members, all of whom are still alive.

    2. I sent in a request recently and they are slightly delayed: “ If you’re waiting for, or enquiring about, your replacement blu-ray, they are in manufacture and hope to start shipping late July. This is a little later than we originally planned, and we do apologise, but we have encountered unforeseen challenges, please bear with us! “

  557. New anniversary reissue of ‘The It Girl’ by 90s Britpop charmers Sleeper announced this morning. Live and b-side CDs bundled with the vinyl.

    1. I see an evening of Kate Bush but not the Christmas special. What time is it on?

      Kate Bush at the BBC is listed twice. Perhaps one is the Christmas special?

      1. 20.00 Kate Bush At The BBC
        21.00 The Kate Bush Story -Running Up That Hill
        22.00 Kate Bush At The BBC 1979 (1979 Christmas Special)

  559. Hello,,
    Fire records are releasing a 8cd or 4 lp + download box with Bert Jansch in November. The set presents BBC recordings thru the years. There is also a new Grateful Dead box coming in September, 17 cds of recordings made at MSG in 1981-82-83.
    Has anyone seen details for Guns and Roses”Use your illusion” box set ? or “Ultravox “Rage in Eden” cd superdeluxe ? Best regards Hans

    1. According to a thread on the Steve Hoffman forum, the Ultravox apparently lacks at least The Voice due to the master tapes being lost…..

  560. Re the Soft Cell/PSB Purple Zone CD single repress not being a standard CD. Posted this on that earlier SDE post but posting here as well for visibility as this is not something I had heard of prior to this release.

    I received the CD single for Purple Zone this past weekend and the CD was not a standard CD. I had seen a note about this on Discogs so examined it when it arrived. I contacted Lexer music where I ordered it from and they sent me the information below from BMG. Just wanted to send a heads up. The disc looks to be somewhere in between a standard CD and a CDr. Sad they would do this.
    “The initial run would have been glass mastered as it was a substantial volume. This is the same process as any other mass produced CD that we manufacture.
     
    The smaller re-runs are likely to be duplicated (as opposed to replicated). This is far more cost effective for lower runs and offers a much faster turnaround. There should be no issue in terms of audio playback (these are of a much higher quality than CD-Rs you burn in the computer which skip and jump all over the place!).
     
    We’ve been producing CD singles like this for some time now and we’ve never seen a complaint before now “

    1. They are simply lying:
      1) I got one on the first run which already was a CD-R.
      2) A CD-R is a CD-R if it has a print on it or not, the much higher quality depends on the manufacturing and I haven’t used mediocer CD-Rs for decades – but it will deteriorate, especially when it is expopsed to sunlight (M-Disc my be an exception, but they don’t produce CDs)
      3) Never seen a complaint… blind?

  561. Paul – what do you think about running a poll for visitors to the site to vote for the album they’d most like to see as a Super Deluxe Edition and/or in a surround sound mix?

    For my part, I’m hoping that ABC’s Lexicon Of Love gets a 40th anniversary SDE this year, complete with surround mix…

  562. Hmmm. Those Duran CD reissues mentioned in Paul’s tweet of this morning are a bit of a rum concept. Given it’s the first 4 post-EMI albums, all coming out on (in some cases, very slightly) expanded form, I sense a rights-reversion here, as these were released on different labels originally (Hollywood Records for Pop Trash, Epic for Astronaut and Red Carpet Massacre and the band’s own Tape Modern for AYNIN). They seem to contain, in places, the one or two digital-only bonus tracks serviced to different platforms at the respective times. But nothing previously unreleased. I do wish they’d crack on with a proper thought-through remaster/reissue campaign (and fer-gawd’s-sake do something with The Wedding Album, please!). Strange that a band with such a (mostly) stellar back catalogue seems so uninterested in, well, doing something with it. I appreciate this is by no means the first time that observation has been made, mind!

    1. First I have heard of it , but it would make for a very intresting release. Some brilliant singles from a very exciting period for music , the early eighties .Hopefully it would include a dvd of their many television appearances .Thanks , Ron !

    2. A box set would be welcomed. The Bananarama reissues were a nice source for some of their material including some video clips from TV on the 2013 Deep Sea Skiving 2CD/DVD and their 2015 In A Bunch singles box being the only place to get the full extended version of ‘It Ain’t What You Do…/ Just Do It’ on CD. Both have various single and extended versions of their tracks.

      https://www.discogs.com/release/5066911-Bananarama-Deep-Sea-Skiving

      https://www.discogs.com/release/7271549-Bananarama-In-A-Bunch-The-Singles-1981-1993

  567. It would be fantastic if there was a link to the SDE Shop in this site’s top nav. I went searching for about 5 minutes before I thought to look at the bottom of a page – I never get past all the comments to actually *see* the bottom of an SDE site page!

  568. More catalogs of recordings and song publishing have been purchased by big corporations. Universal Music has bought Frank Zappa’s recordings, films and song publishing, and Irving Azoff’s “Iconic Artists” has purchased the controlling stake in the recordings and song publishing of Stephen Stills. Iconic is promising furture archival projects, including a live concert recorded when Stills was touring behind “Stephen Stills 2” and a 50th anniversary edition of “Stephen Stills and Manassas”.

  569. I hope Paul won’t mind me posting this, but pre-orders for Howard Jones’ new album ‘Dialogue’ have just gone live on his webstore. As well as a numbered 140gsm black vinyl (shipping Feb ’23, take note), and a 2-disc CD mini-box set with signed picture insert (numbered, 2000 copies) – supposedly shipping next week (!) – 4th July – there’s a lathe-cut clear-vinyl-with-etched pattern 1-track 12″ single of a track from the album in a custom sleeve – only 60 of those so you may need to get in quick. howardjones.com

  570. Has there been any official news on reissuing Brilliant Live Adventures by David Bowie? While I have the vinyl box and all 6 volumes, a couple of mine arrived in somewhat rough shape and I’d love to upgrade them.

  571. Hi Paul –

    I’m not on Twitter so I can’t respond there to your Atmos query….so I figured I’d get my requests in here. ;-)

    Lindsey Buckingham’s most recent album is available to stream on Atmos, that could make for a nice release in the SDE Blu-ray series. And of course, I’d love it if you were able to do releases of the George Michael albums.

    Steven Wilson mentioned in a recent interview that he did a lot of mixing of classic albums into 5.1 & Atmos during lockdown. He said that the majority of those mixes will only be available via streaming. He didn’t mention any titles. (It has recently been confirmed that by a member of The Who’s team that Wilson completed an Atmos mix of Who’s Next. Presumably that will be included in the forthcoming box set for that album that Townshend has been talking about).

    Lastly, would you ever consider doing SDE Blu-rays with some old-school quadraphonic mixes from the 70’s? There are tons of old quad mixes that have never been issued in a digital format including some very big names like Billy Joel (Piano Man, Turnstiles) and The Eagles (On the Border, One of These Nights).

    Thanks!

  572. Just appeared on Apple Music – without any fanfare – Dolby Atmos versions of all of George Michael’s solo albums.

    A shame these surround sound mixes weren’t included in the appropriate “deluxe box set”.

  573. Erasure – ‘Day-Glo – Based On A True Story’ album out Aug 12

    From their website:
    Erasure have today announced that the last part of their ‘The Neon’ project will be an album entitled ‘Day-Glo – Based On A True Story’ which will be released on August 12th.

    An unexpected bonus record, ‘Day-Glo – Based On A True Story’ was born out of Vince Clarke’s lockdown experimentation when he kept himself occupied by manipulating the sound files that he had produced for ‘The Neon’ in new directions, leading him to discover another album hidden within the folds of the original. But although you can hear snatches of the original album from time to time ‘Day-Glo – Based On A True Story’ bears little resemblance to ‘The Neon’. As Vince unravelled ‘The Neon’ he brought Andy in to provide new vocals and, where ‘The Neon’ was mostly an upbeat dance record, ‘Day-Glo – Based On A True Story’ is more atmospheric and introspective.

    ‘Day-Glo – Based On A True Story’ will be released on August 12th and will be available in CD and fluorescent green vinyl editions from Mute Bank and Lexer Music as well as from all good online and offline record shops the world over. The album will also be available to download and stream from August 12th.

    ‘DAY-GLO – BASED ON A TRUE STORY’ TRACKLISTING
    Based on a True Story / Bop Beat / Pin-Prick / The Conman / Now / Inside Out / Harbour of My Heart / 3 Strikes and You’re Out / The Shape of Things / The End

  575. The reissues of the reissues of the Telex albums have been delayed because of technical issues, presuming the waiting time for vinyl. They are expecting before the end of the year.

    Great interview and feature on the YouTube channel Produce like a pro with Stephen Lipson discussing Propaganda’s A Secret Wish and xPropaganda’s The Heart Is Strange
    https://youtu.be/8VrU3IEkKms

  576. More sad news today. Julee Cruise, the singer inextricably linked with David Lynch and contributor to one of the greatest TV soundtracks of all time (Twin Peaks) has died today (65). It wouldn’t have been the same series without her – and now we are without her. RIP Julee.

  577. HMV have been drip-feeding news of their vinyl exclusives for their annual Vinyl Week Saturday – this year, Saturday 18th June (which is an odd choice, clashing as it does with RSD 2022’s ‘overspill’ or second drop date…). Third and final announcement today includes 2 possible things of interest for Tears for Fears fans – a picture disc of ‘The Tipping Point’ and a 2-disc black vinyl of ‘The Seeds of Love’ with (it looks like) some bonus tracks drawn from the box set. Both are in their ‘1921 Edition’ range. There’s also a blue vinyl pressing of the Human League’s USA-only Fascination! EP, a white vinyl of Alison Moyet’s The Minutes and a few more. Works the same as RSD – get to a store early on the day, overstocks available to buy online late afternoon.

  578. In late August, the Esoteric label follows up its successful series of Be Bop Deluxe boxed sets with a 4-CD/2-DVD boxed set by Bill Nelson’s short-lived group “Red Noise”. The set will be titled “Art/Empire/Industry”. It will include the group’s album “Sound on Sound” in its original stereo mix & Stephen W. Tayler stereo & surround remixes, plus previously unreleased concert recordings, demos, BBC recordings and video material.

    1. Good info. I should have looked closer. I remember I loved it when it first came out. I thought Bebop had run its course by then.

  579. Sadly another music legend has died, The name Dave Smith might not mean a lot to most reader but he started the company Sequential Circuits in the 1970s which made the hugely influential Prophet 5 synthesiser in 1978. It features on loads of iconic 1980s records and is still used to this day.
    If that wasn’t enough he also co-invented MIDI, the system which allowed music equipment by different manufacturers and computers to talk to each other.
    There aren’t many people who could say they changed the world of music but Dave Smith certainly could, if you like the music of the late 70s and 1980s then most of it wouldn’t have existed or wouldn’t have sounded as amazing without him.
    RIP Dave

  580. 2 Questions
    1. a-ha The Movie, is there going to be a UK Blu-ray release. There is a European release but the English subtitles are out of sync and it’s unwatchable.
    2 The Belgium band Telex announced last year that they were going to reissue all their albums through Mute records. We got the compilation ‘This is Telex’ and then nothing, anyone know what’s happening?
    Oh go on, one more question, Is Paul McCartney going to put out any more archive collections – if so which?

  583. Although Sony Music released a Bruce Springsteen 2-CD + Bluray set(“The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts”) a while back, and they’ll release a Michael Jackson 2-CD set (“Thriller”)this summer, it is starting to appear as if Sony has placed a moratorium on CD boxed sets. Excepting a recent repress of Cheap Trick’s “The Complete EPIC Albums Collection”, the last truly new boxed set from Sony Music was Bob Dylan’s “The Bootleg Series Vol.15:Springtime in New York” in 2021. If Sony has imposed a boxed set moratorium, is it due to pandemic-related manufacturing or distribution problems?

  587. We lost two more musicians from bands liked by SDE readers today…
    Alan White (Yes drummer, 72)
    Andy Fletcher (Depeche Mode, 60)

  590. Another rock music passing: Bassist/vocalist Rick Price of The Move & Wizzard. Price, who devoted his later career to running a firm which supplied sound equipment for musical theatre productions was 77.

  592. Hi Paul,
    I’m writing to confirm that I would be interested in a High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray release of Steven Wilson’s Dolby Atmos mix of the new Def Leppard albumDiamond Star Halos. If this does indeed come to pass, I hope that a 5.1 surround mix can also be included on the Blu-Ray for those of us who do not have Atmos systems atm.

    Thanks!

  593. Just ordered my John Lennon Plastic Ono Band Deluxe 6 CD + 2 BluRay for just 58.14 € – All Time Lowest Price!
    At Amazon.de Germany

  594. Just received an email update from Amazon.Uk saying my The Beatles:Get Back Blu-ray Collectors Set will be delivered “earlier than expected on July 11th”. Good news, as.I kept my order live when they originally pulled the plug on it and this earlier date is very welcome.
    However – is there now any news of a more extensive release coming out too, maybe in 4K with extra footage, which would obviously be preferable!

  595. A Queen boxed set(in 8-CD,8 L.P. & 1-CD editions) is set for early October release through Universal Music, and these products can be pre-ordered through Amazon.co.uk, yet there is absolutely no information as to the title or contents. Is it an archival project, or just another pointless “Greatest Hits” collection?

  599. Heads up on the T Rex 1972 box:
    Was planning to order it from Amazon USA, but I saw low ratings. In reading them it looks like numerous folks are saying the CDs will not play in some or all of their machines.

    Would be very appreciative if Paul would dig into this a bit & let us know what’s going on with these discs.

  600. Two classic albums by The Who, Tommy and The Who Sell Out, are to be released as part of a series of high quality, half-speed mastered editions. Out July 8, the limited edition black vinyl editions have been mastered by longtime Who engineer Jon Astley. They’ve been cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios.

  601. Hi Paul, Any announcement from SDE coming soon with links to the recently announced and long awaited and “Holy Grail” of ERIC CLAPTON releases; Martin Scorsese’s ‘NOTHING BUT THE BLUES’ in various formats including a Super Deluxe Edition set for June 24 release yet? Appears that Amazon US has links to purchase all formats, as do HMV, Badlands, Townsend Music etc, but Amazon UK as ever are dragging their heels on this one so far. Thanks in advance.

  602. On July 29th, Cherry Red releases a boxed set (with liner notes by Paul Sinclair) by Swing Out Sister, titled, “Blue Mood, Breakout and Beyond, The Early Years Vol.1”. While Cherry Red’s website lists the set as “8-CD”, they provide a tracklist for only discs 1 through 6, so, Paul, is it a 6-CD set or an 8-CD set? For those of you who don’t have all of the group’s Japanese CD’s, the set will supply many 12″ remixes that will be new to your collection.

      1. I was very pleased to read about this on Saturday. I remember ages ago (2018?) you sent out a tweet Paul, asking fans that if there were an SDE what fans would like to see on it. I think i asked for all the 12 inch versions whihc sounds like they will be on there! really looking forward to this one.

    2. Was verrrrry pleased to see this and Paul’s involvement! I still have my signed print from when I was in the fan club back in the day.

      Some of the mixes are sublime [Surrender [Stuff Gun] being my favourite].

  603. Judging by various comments on Amazon it seems the new T.Rex 1972 cd BOXSET has problems with the cds being unplayable.
    Has anybody encountered any problems?

    1. Yes, the 5 CDs are not playable on a sound system but they are playable on the computer, which is not the best way to enjoy music!! I hope there will be a solution about this!!

  604. Hello Paul. With the recent success of The Tipping Point, have there been thoughts about re-issuing any of your previous versions of The Hurting to keep the momentum of the resurgence?

  605. Hello Paul, Hello Everyone,

    Great I could order The Tipping Point of TTF and I am a happy person.
    Will the same happen with the new Propaganda “The Heart Is Strange” Blu-ray, that is not even being released yet!!!
    And ……. already sold out :-(
    I am a big fan from day one and really would like to have this Blu-ray of Propaganda.
    Please do make this a second Blu-ray audio reprint as well

    Thanks anyway.

    Tom

    1. Thanks Tom. I strongly suggest people sign up either as SDE members or at least subscribe to the newsletter. xPropaganda was well publicised and the additional 500 we made available was orderable for two weeks. In other words, if anyone is interested in SDE-exclusive product you need to stay in touch with SDE! There definitely won’t be a second run of xPropaganda (sorry).

  607. Beatles Get Back documentary shelves indefinitely by Disney: We have just been informed by Disney that the below title has been delayed indefinitely, due to authoring challenges: 162580 – BLR The Beatles: Get Back
    Our order with Disney has been cancelled and we are instructed to re-order once a new date is set.
    We will endeavour to update you, once we have confirmation on the new release date.

    1. 7 days to reach me from USA to UK with no extra tax incurred. A £70 saving from the original price.

      I hope more companies will take the Cat Stevens route, make an expensive deluxe box set for all the fans who want all the tat and a less expensive box set for the rest of us who just want the music.

  610. I see young Kylie is now releasing a standalone (clear) vinyl edition of the audio from her 2020 ‘Infinite Disco’ livestream performance/lockdown show. No black vinyl, and no standalone CD but it was one of the discs in her ‘Disco: Guest List Edition’ multiple CD/DVD set last autumn. IN other news: Howard Jones has released (digitally) ‘I Believe In You’, the first single from his new studio album ‘Dialogue’ which is due later in the year.

  611. Hi Paul. Sadly, I Thought that I was purchased on time the bluray version of the forthcoming Propaganda album (I’ve already bought the TFF Bluray and the forthcoming album of O’Sullivan), but I commited a mistake on the order. My question is…… is there any chance of obtain 1 more copy for me?

    Best, from Uruguay
    Pedro

  612. Did you know the Depeche Mode 12″ remaster sets are now available on the Streaming Services? They have been doing one a week, today’s was the Violator set.

  613. Talk Talk have just released a new EP of their single ‘Talk Talk’, b-Side ‘?’ and a couple of extras. Seems to be a 2022 Remaster, and on Instagram they’re teasing more to come!

  614. Looks like Amazon UK are going to be taking payment for all items now when you order them rather at release. This is due to the extra security checks that have been put in place for debit/credit cards. Added Amazon as a trusted retailer so wasn’t send a code but payment still taken immediately.

    1. Interesting. This hasn’t happened to me with some pre-orders more recent than your post, but I *did* hear late last year sometime that Amazon were rumoured to be considering moving to exactly that – charging for pre-orders upfront instead of on release. Will be interesting to see what pans out…

  615. Physical music on the rise: good news ! Physical music revival ! According to US data from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), shipments of compact discs rose from 31.6 million in 2020 to 46.6 million in 2021 – a rise of 47 per cent. Revenue also rose from $483.2 million to $584.2 million. The last time sales of CDs were on the up was in 2004. CD sales peaked in 2000, when nearly a billion discs were shipped in the US alone. So the CD format is following in the footsteps of the vinyl revival for which the sales have been rising  steadily in the US for over 15 years now. In 2021, 39.7 million records were sold in the US, generating nearly $1 billion, a noticeably higher return (58 % more) compared to CD revenue (584 $ millions). We all know that the vinyl price for an album is way much higher than the CD version ! Money talks. But the top dog is streaming with paid subscriptions to streaming services like (Tidal, etc.) accounted for over 57 per cent of music revenue ($8.6 billion), and ad-supported streams bringing in another $1.8 billion. CD and vinyl album sales combined accounted for around 15 per cent of revenue. So, is the music industry will expand vinyl processing plants ?

  616. I just found out that Rubellan Remasters have released all 4 of the A&M albums from Oingo Boingo. All of the CDs have bonus tracks and Only A Lad includes the original EP for the first time! This is the group that released the 2 Berlin albums and also have 3 Missing Persons remasters as well. Hopefully they will continue and remaster the MCA era Oingo Boingo albums as well!

    1. The guy behind Rubellan posted on another music blog a while back that he had no plans to continue the Boingo series but more recently said he submitted requests for approval to do two new releases for the band (based on all the feedback and requests he received). No specifics on what those are and no guarantee anything will come of it but I am hoping those would be for So-Lo and the 1987 Boi-Ngo album which had several remixes released on 12″ that haven’t been available on CD. We’ll have to see. He has also been releasing colored vinyl versions of the initial set of albums that came out. These have been selling out quickly. Check out the Rubellan Remasters website for more info.

  617. Hi there ! I heard a rumour that The Lexicon of Love from ABC will be reissued this year due to the 40th Anniversary of this great album. And it is also rumoured that there “movie” Mantrap would be added in this reissue. Mantrap was only released on video back in the eighties. Does anyone has any news about this reissue ? Or have you heard anything about this, Paul ?

  618. Hi, you never talk about Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Such an amazing band! Check out their first album deluxe box with demos, alt mixes and photo book.

  623. I’ve noticed that there’s a new 2022 Digital Master of Talk Talk’s first single, Mirror Man b/w Strike Up The Band. Presumably for the songs 40th anniversary. Is this for a larger remaster/reissue campaign?

    1. I would love to see Talk Talk’s albums getting reissued. Their albums have been on my “wishlist” for years. Maybe Paul knows more about this.

    1. It seems to go to #1 in Germany, too. Biggest online sellers amazon and jpc yesterday both featured 3 versions in their top 10 (discounting pre-sales) with the cd in #1.

      1. Well in physical releases TFF would have reached no. 1 in Germany, but The Tipping Point “only” reached #3, Scorpions and a German rap artist climbed higher. Wouldn’t have suspected Scorpions higher charting, never heard of the rapper…

  625. Greetings Paul, I’m a little surprised that there’s been no mention of the Go West deluxe reissue of the first self titled album. This Chrysalis 3CD/DVD was listed on IMWAN a week ago. The release date is listed as 6/5/22. Any other news about this. Cheers,Rod.

    1. Wowsers. That looks really good. I am guessing it will be like the Popped in Souled out set when it comes out. One of my favourite albums back in the day and Bangs and Crashes lived on my turntables for weeks…..

  626. A small amount of U.S.A. DVD sets and Australian Blu-Ray sets of “The Beatles-Get Back” movie escaped before the discs were withdrawn. Of course, these discs are being sold at extortionate prices on ebay. Don’t pay those high prices. There is indeed an audio issue on these discs. It is the audio/video synchronization. Then Apple Corps & Disney did the correct thing in withdrawing the sets.

  629. HMV are advertising the release on 22 March of Tony Palmer’s acclaimed TV ‘history of Pop’ called All You Need Is Love. This was a 17-part series originally broadcast in 1977. HMV’s price is £159.99. I can’t see it being offered on Amazon.

    1. This has a wonderful section about the recording of Ommadawn. Really atmospheric stuff, I saw it a few years back when it was shown on something like BBC4.

  630. Amazon.Uk have just got around to emailing me about the delay in the release date of The Beatles:Get Back – Blu-Ray Collector’s Set.
    Their new “estimated delivery date” is December 31 2022.
    Get Back indeed!

  631. The Who to release ‘It’s Hard’ 40th Anniversary album (2 LPs) on Orange and Yellow Vinyl or RSD Drops 23rd April, including the remastered album plus a bonus disc of unreleased and rare material (album half speed master). Comes with a poster. Didn’t read nothing about a Who’s next reissue.

  633. New Bowie 2 limited edition EPs (Vinyl and CD) announced by Parlophone and ISO Records for the next Record Store Day : The Brilliant Adventure EP (4 tracks) and Toy EP (You’ve Got It Made with All the Toys)(6 tracks). They will offer previously unreleased versions, live tracks, and mixes from the era covered by the two recent box sets Brilliant Adventure and Toy. Two new companions for those boxsets ! Lets see.

  635. Duran Duran are to reissue the following on vinyl in September 2022. The albums are:
    Astronaut on white vinyl
    All You Need Is Now on pink vinyl
    Red Carpet Massacre on red vinyl

  636. Some bad news for fans of Jimi Hendrix: there may be no new releases of Hendrix music for seasons, possibly years to come. This is because of two lawsuits. Despite the fact that The late bassist Noel Redding and the late drummer Mitch Mitchell signed away (in 1973 & 1974 respectively) the right to future artist royalties in exchange for a lump sum payment, the estates of those two musicians have filed a lawsuit in the UK claiming that the estates should receive royalties from streaming and download sales of Hendrix recordings. Experience Hendrix and Sony Music have filed a countersuit in the U.S.A. claiming that the agreements that Redding and Mitchell signed in the 1970’s mean that the estates are not entitled to any artist royalties. While the UK suit from the Mitchell & Redding estates is not seeking an injunction against any releases of Hendrix music, it is apparently the decision by Jimi’s adoptive stepsister Janie Hendrix, to not release any new Hendrix music while these court cases are being heard. The proposed 3-CD + Blu-Ray boxed set “Electric Lady Studios: A Vision by Jimi Hendrix” is not to be. Redding didn’t play on any of the recordings from the boxed set, but Mitchell played on almost all of them. Sony has ordered dealers to take down the product listing and not accept any further pre-orders.

  637. Hi Paul, I been wondering for sometime now as to why you haven’t posted anything about the forthcoming Soft Cell album *Happiness Not Included and Johnny Marr’s Fever Dreams Pts 1 – 4.

    1. *Happiness Not Included formats include picture disc, yellow vinyl, deluxe hardback CD and cassette along with a t-shirt. However, according to the Lexer Music fan club newsletter:
      “Due to ongoing production delays beyond our control, the brand new Soft Cell album *Happiness Not Included will now be released worldwide on 6th May. This delay has enabled some very special new elements to be added to the album.
      The album will now be preceded by a brand new single in March with a great package of remixes and bonus tracks.”

  638. Erasure’s official weekly newsletter has just landed (Friday Feb 11th) and has what I think is a pretty definite hint that they have something coming for 2022 RSD. They say the 2022 RSD release slates are being announced next week, implying Erasure fans might want to keep an eye out when they do… If I was a betting man, I think this will be a Mute release connected to the recent Ne:EP activity (the companion remixes EP for those tracks, from last November, remain digital only… so far) rather than a BMG back-catalogue release but we’ll see…

    1. Saw that as well this morning Gareth. They had teased a physical release of the NE:EP Remix EP so that may well be it. Hoping that comes out on CD. Was disappointing when they reissued Two Ring Circus in 2018 for RSD but didn’t release a remastered version on CD.

      1. Aaaaaand turns out that’s exactly what it is! The original ‘basic songs’ EP on neon purple vinyl 12″ bundled with a CD format of ‘Ne:EP Remixed’ – the 5 digitally available tracks plus 3 more previously unreleased ones, and a download code. Three formats in one handy package! (which does look really nice, I must say, with a new cover artwork for the 12″ vs the other physical formats)

  639. THE EARLIEST SMALL FACES LIVE CONCERT RECORDING 1966 – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED (on LP) !
    For fans of the band, here is something new on vinyl.
    The Small Faces will release on march 2022 a 2-LP coloured vinyl edition (blue + white, 180-gram heavyweight vinyl) with alternate cover artwork signed by Small Faces drummer (and after The Faces and The Who) Kenney Jones (limited to 1,000 copies) available exclusively from the Small Faces official website: http://www.thesmallfaces.com. Not signed copies are also available from Amazon. On Nice Record. I listened to the album on Spotify, and for me it is very good earing the live Small Faces, one of the best live act of the time with the great vocal of Steve Marriot. You will hear here why The Small Faces were an influence for Led Zeppelin (listen to You Need Loving). Already ordered ! The release date for the LP album is 4th March 2022.

  640. Quick question post Brexit. I’ve bought a few records from Europe and it seems hit or miss if the seller adds VAT onto the sale. For example, Discogs adds VAT automatically whereas a store I use in Barcelona does not. Reason I ask is I just saw a deal on Amazon.it and it looks as if it is not adding VAT.

    My concern is will I get stuffed for VAT on delivery which means you also have to pay a handling charge to the courier?

    I have ordered records from Amazon UK that have been shipped from Germany with no additional VAT charged.

    It’s all very confusing so if anyone in the UK has ordered directly from an EU based Amazon site I’d love to know if the invoiced cost was the landed cost.

    Thanks in advance,

    Jim

  641. goldfrapp’s 2022 re-release of felt mountain has been announced, as an uninspiring gold 140g vinyl in a gatefold sleeve edition. Standard cd has a 16 page booklet………what has happened to the anniversary boxset?????

  644. Hope this is okay to post here. I sadly must cancel my order for the TFF Blu Ray audio. Not sure if supposed to post email address here, so I’ll wait. Thanks.

  645. I noticed today that after the Spotify debacle Neil Young has released pretty much his entire back catalogue, including the Archives I and II sets on the Tidal streaming platform, having previously withdrawn most of his stuff from there, presumably in attempt to get us to pay for his own streaming subscription site (no, thanks). Good news for me, as I always disliked Spotify and stopped using it. Tidal, I believe, pays artists better, and has HD audio.

  647. Keith Richards ‘Main Offender’ is being remastered and rereleased on 19 March; lots of variants available in his web store, incl. a deluxe edition which includes a print signed by the cover photographer (no option for a copy signed by Mr Richards this time around [or at least at the moment])

  648. Canadian singer/songwriter Loreena McKennitt has issued a deluxe edition of her early album “The Visit”: https://www.loreenarevisited.com/
    including a Dolby Atmos mix.

    US Progressive Metal legends Dream Theater have interesting collectible versions of their albums, including coloured vinyl (sometimes exclusive to some vendors) and Blu-rays with 5.1 versions of their albums.
    https://www.insideoutshop.de/Artist/Dream_Theater/20563 (alas nothing on their own https://dreamtheater.net/)

    Finnish Symphonic Metal band Nightwish, too: https://www.backstagerockshop.com/collections/nightwish/music?ls=en&sort_by=manual
    For example, a reissue of their hit album “Once” (box set, clear vinyl, etc.).

    All worth a look! :-)

  649. As we all know, Bob Dylan recently sold his song publishing (excluding future songs) to Universal Music for $300 Million. Now, he’s sold his recordings to Sony Music for a reported $150 to $200 Million.

  650. Hi Paul.
    I remember years ago you talked about a Swap Shop-type thing on SDE. I still think this would make so much sense as there must be lots of subscribers who have unwanted copies of certain releases and have others on their want lists. This could also go someway to avoiding extortionate prices from other sellers?

    1. Paul, I would definitely be up for this; the main reason for me is that the majority of signed releases at the moment seem to be bundles with vinyl and cd – if there was the opportunity to pass on the vinyl component it would be great for me and hopefully offer that medium to others either as a swap or for a good price. Hopefully then everyone would be a winner.

  652. Sad to see Meat Loaf reunited with Jim Steinman. Two of my favourites from the world of music no more. Rock and roll and brew for you both. I feel Left in the Dark. RIP.

  653. Hi Paul,
    Universal announced a new Zappa/Mothers Boxset „Mothers 1971“ 8 CD-Set. Cheapest Price seems to be the Udiscover Store themselves (53 € + postage in Europe).
    Cheers

    2. I have always been a vinyl collector, but for the past couple of years have also been adding a significant number of CDs to my collection – always had a decent CD collection anyway, but when you can go to various fairs, yard sales, clearances etc. and pick up pretty much mint collections for peanuts it makes a lot of sense.

  655. Has there been much mention of the Criterion 4k reissue of A hard Day’s Night? Mine was sent today – really looking forward to it as the criterion treatment is usually superb.

    • New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Richard Lester, with three audio options—a monaural soundtrack as well as stereo and 5.1 surround mixes supervised by sound producer Giles Martin at Abbey Road Studios—presented in uncompressed monaural, uncompressed stereo, and DTS-HD Master Audio on the 4K UHD and Blu-ray
    • In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
    • Audio commentary featuring cast and crew (dual-format and 4K UHD only)
    • In Their Own Voices, a program featuring 1964 interviews with the Beatles with behind-the-scenes footage and photos
    • “You Can’t Do That”: The Making of “A Hard Day’s Night,” a 1994 documentary by producer Walter Shenson including an outtake performance by the Beatles
    • Things They Said Today, a 2002 documentary about the film featuring Lester, music producer George Martin, screenwriter Alun Owen, and cinematographer Gilbert Taylor (dual-format and 4K UHD only)
    • Picturewise, a program about Lester’s early work, featuring a 2014 audio interview with the director (dual-format and 4K UHD only)
    • The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1960), Lester’s Oscar-nominated short (dual-format and 4K UHD only)
    • Anatomy of a Style, a 2014 program on Lester’s methods (dual-format and 4K UHD only)
    • Interview from 2014 with Beatles biographer Mark Lewisohn (dual-format and 4K UHD only)
    • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
    • PLUS: An essay by critic Howard Hampton and excerpts from a 1970 interview with Lester (dual-format and 4K UHD only)

    1. I have had this on DVD, then Criterion Blu-Ray and now it is coming on 4K… As are several other movies I have on Blu-Ray from Criterion. What to do…?

    2. Seems there’s a problem with the 4K disc in the Criterion release of AHDN and a recall is underway. New discs being shipped in March, apparently.

  656. Mute are reissuing The Bridge on 28 Jan – that 1979 pioneering electronica LP by Robert Rental and Thomas Leer (the Alan Turing of synth-pop). I don’t think this has been reissued properly since the early ’90s, and vinyl fans had only a brief opportunity to grab a new RSD copy in 2020.

  657. Some Motown passings in the past two months: Wanda Young Rogers (The Marvelettes), Gil Bridges(Saxophonist and co-founder of the group “Rare Earth”), and Canadian singer/songwriter R.Dean Taylor (known for the songs “Indiana Wants Me” & “Gotta See Jane”)

  658. Trevor Horn is interviewed in today’s Metro paper mostly about his current gig as bass player for Dire Straits legacy but he also reveals he has ‘remixed the first album he produced for Seal’. Hopefully this means the long awaited reissue may finally happen. I really hope so as it’s an excellent album I’ve been playing for the past -gulp- 30 years.

  662. Cherry Red have announced their March ’22 slate and there are some fun things there, including a triple-coloured-vinyl set of the recent Kim Wilde best-of, the next in their Debbie Gibson reissue series, and personally I’m pleasantly surprised to see their Howard Jones reissue programme isn’t quite over (as I had assumed it was). ‘The 12″ Album + 12″ers Volume 2′ 2-CD set coming up, including Cherry Red’s own remaster of the former (at least). That came out on red vinyl for RSD 2020 and to my ears sounded really good – I did wonder why go to the trouble of getting a new remaster done and then NOT also put it out on CD – here’ s the answer. Sure, it’s a bit of a completist thing – nearly every track on this collection has also appeared on their set for the relevant studio album in recent years, but for those wanting the 12″ album cut-downs of certain mixes, here they are and sounding great if the vinyl is a good indication. No announcement on the next Toyah set (Anthems) yet, though.

  663. People who purchased the “Cat Stevens-Teaser & The Firecat” CD/Blu-ray/Vinyl/Book boxed set through Universal Music’s online stores will receive the corrected “Teaser & The Firecat” vinyl L.P. in February

  665. Although this is somewhat old news by now, Pink Floyd have reissued 11 1970-1972 Pink Floyd concert bootlegs as download releases. They are “Copyright Extension” releases. They are all audience recordings of reasonable quality by the standards of their era, and most are equivalent in length to a 2-CD set.

  666. I don’t think this has been posted already (from a quick look below) but the official Record Store Day sites are now saying RSD 2022 will be on Saturday 23rd April so effectively back to its traditional slot (well, nearly – it’s the 4th Saturday in April but they’ve bumped back a week in previous years when the traditional 3rd Saturday clashed with Easter weekend, as it would here). Presume this is Covid developments notwithstanding and depending on how vinyl pressing plants get on between now and then. I suspect to hit that date, labels will have needed to get their master tracks and sleeve artworks in around August/September just gone, based on recent lead times…

  667. Bruce Springsteen has sold his recordings and song publishing to Sony for $500 million. Whether Springsteen’s monthly concert download releases and other archival releases will continue is unknown.

  668. The Beau Brummels “Turn Around : The Complete Recordings 1964-1970” 8 CDs Box set by Alec Palao is one of the best of the year ! The Box (japanese style), the sound, the cardboard covers, the booklet track by track, unreleased tracks,….Really fantastic !

  671. Three deaths in two days!!! I did think at the time that Charlie Watts’ death would open the floodgates – Michael Nesmith, Steve Bronski & Robbie Shakespeare – RIP x 3.

  674. Felt CD reissues coming in Feb ’22
    Three years on from Cherry Red saying they had no plans to do a CD-only reissue campaign of the ten Felt albums… they’ve just announced it for early next year.

    While this is welcome news in principle for those of us who opted out of those expensive 7″ vinyl bundled sets in 2018, it looks as if the new batch is also set on tampering with the past. No original cover art again. No mention of sought-after b-sides / rarities either as yet, or if tracks have been buggered about with like the last round. I can’t help but feel a box set with everything chucked in would’ve been the better way to go at this stage.

    1. I’m still up in arms about the vinyl reissues which were expensive AF, not particularly deluxe in any fashion and the CD box collections were flat insane. Bundling a 7″ with a CD instead of the vinyl really really sucks (I imagine they did it so completists would be tempted to buy both to get all the extras). Complete money grab (hopefully Lawrence got most of it) and I’d be shocked if it got Felt very many new fans which any remaster/reissue should be be goal #2. You’re 100% right about the continued lack of a full b-side rarities reissue/remaster collection being maddening (I mean, Bubblegum Perfume still is missing a few rarities but I’d jump for joy for even a straight reissue of that on vinyl/double vinyl/whatever). I’m mildly interested in the CDs, the completely new artwork being interesting, but… (almost went for the 10% off buy-all-10 bundle but they didn’t even make that easy: you have to click ‘add to cart’ for each separate CD instead of making it a one-click thing. c’mon.) The only thing going for it is they are priced a 10 pounds each and not 24 (after all, these are the same remasters). (But CRed has an on-going deal that if you buy 5 CDs at 10 pounds sterling you get a big discount, so maybe come Feb we can score with that deal if we get in early. Who knows?). How cool would it be if the vinyl remasters were handled by Super Deluxe?

  675. Like many here, I’m dismayed at the prospect of “digital only” releases. Francis Dunnery, formerly of It Bites and an artist I’m quite fond of, just released his latest, “The Big Purple Castle,” as a digital only release. There’s no whiff of a CD release, and the digital release is quite pricey in my eyes ($50 for MP3, $60 for WAV, and $75 for FLAC). It is supposedly 3CDs worth of music, but that would be pricey for a physical release unless it featured some special packaging. At this rate, I may never hear this album.

    1. Totally agree ,I was delighted to hear Francis had a new album on the go but very disappointed to find out there is no physical release on the horizon .

  676. Here’s an update on the problem with the Cat Stevens “Teaser and The Firecat (Alternate Versions)” vinyl l.P. included with the CD/vinyl/Blu-Ray/Book boxed set, from Abbey Road Studios’ Lucy Launder. “Universal are aware of this situation and we have recut and sent to Optimal.”. Then,apparently, the error originated at Abbey Road Studios, where the boxed set was mastered. No word yet, when the corrected L.P. will be available, or how consumers will be able to obtain it.

  677. I was lucky to grab the CD/Blu-Ray/Vinyl/Book super deluxe edition of Cat Stevens’ “Teaser & The Firecat” during a sitewide sale at one of Universal Music’s U.S.A. website. I was enjoying the CD’s, and I wanted to see what other collectors thought of the set, and I saw a German language review which appeared on Amazon’s British and American sites, so I clicked to translate it to English. The reviewer claimed that one of the vinyl L.P.’s in the set does not contain the correct music. Unfortunately, this is correct. Coincidentally, the set has been pressed in Germany for the entire world.
    The L.P. whose sleeve and labels claim to contain the alternate version of the “Teaser and The Firecat” songs, instead plays the originally released versions of the songs. Only 5000 copies of the set have been pressed (though the limited edition number appears only on a thin paper wraparound, so hold onto it.). Granted, the “Disc 2” Compact Disc in the set does contain the correct alternate versions, but if I were primarily a vinyl collector, I would be upset by the pressing error. At this very high price (50% higher than any previous Cat Stevens super deluxe set) Universal should put things right. Universal knows which consumers bought the set from Universal’s online stores, and can provide a simple proof of purchase procedure for other consumers.

  678. Shocking news about the death of David Longdon, singer with Big Big Train after an accident this weekend. Longdon was only 56 and had helped turn the band around from being a “prog also ran” band into one of the rising acts of our time. Thoughts to his partner Sara and their children, and all his bandmates.

  680. Interesting article on Beatle News (@BeatleNews) Twitter. Sixth story down. Peter Jackson on using AI and demixing. Gives me hope that a “Revolver” remix might not be too far off.

  682. Mobile Fidelity amongst many other announcements indicated that the entire David Lee Roth era up to 1984 of Van Halen would be reissued as their high end One Step in both 33 and 45 rpm.

  685. Duran Duran Radio 2 In Concert Gig, Ticket Applications.

    On Thursday 2 December, Radio 2 will welcome Duran Duran into the BBC Radio Theatre for a very special In Concert performance with a limited audience.
    Tickets will be allocated by random draw with 50% of the tickets going to Greater London postcodes and 50% to the rest of the UK.
    You can register at any time until 11:55pm on Monday 15 November.
    You can apply for a maximum of one pair of tickets.
    Applicants will need to be available to get to the BBC Radio Theatre in London for admission from 5.15pm. Final entry is 6.45pm. The concert will finish at 8.10pm.
    Ticket registration is available to all residents of the UK aged 18 and over.
    Good luck.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/r2-in-concert-duran-duran-2dec21

    You can also apply for Coldplay tickets here…
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/r2-in-concert-coldplay-7dec21

    Applications close on Monday 15th November.

  686. Hi Paul,
    At the moment Disney+ is doing a special offer to sign up with them for £1.99 / $1.99 which will end on 14th November. The price is for 1 month subscription before it will charge you the full price £7.99 / $7.99. Not the biggest ever discount I know.

    As far as I can gather, The Beatles Get Back trilogy will be aired on Disney+ on 25-27 November. So if anyone wants to watch the trilogy for £1.99 / $1.99 subscribe now and don’t forget to cancel your subscription before Disney charges you for another month.

  688. Being issued this month by Sony in Japan: a deluxe packaged SACD containing the stereo & vintage quadraphonic mixes of Santana’s self-titled 3rd album. The label also recently gave similar treatment to Mahavishnu Orchestra’s 2nd album “Birds of Fire”.
    Upcoming in December, former Be Bop Deluxe leader Bill Nelson issues a 6-CD set of new studio recordings recorded during the lockdown titled “My Private Cosmos”, which will be offered only via “Burning Shed”, and Capitol/UMe will give the deluxe boxed set treatment to The Band’s 4th album “Cahoots”.

  689. Paul. Don’t know if you’re aware of this but looks like a giant cock up on the Let It Be box set

    A LENNONOLOGY EXCLUSIVE – FOR YOU BLUES
    EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON THE JAPANESE LET IT BE SUPER DELUXE EDITION

    For nearly 40 years, nearly since the advent of the CD, The Beatles and Apple have managed to keep the digital contents of the group and solo catalogs strictly consistent around the world. There have been a few exceptions, such as the run of Canadian Help! and Rubber Soul CDs that featured the original 1965 mixes and not George Martin’s 1987 remixes, or the initial US pressing of The Capitol Albums Vol. Two which included “folddown” mono mixes rather than the true mono mixes. However, not since the original UK-manufactured CD of Paul McCartney’s Press To Play, with the 10″ mix of ‘Press’, has a single anomaly slipped out to market. Until now.

    While listening to the streaming version of Glyn Johns’ May 1969 mix of the Get Back album, from the new Let It Be Super Deluxe Edition, keen-eared collector Yosi Noz noted that ‘For You Blue’ was actually Johns’ 1970 mix, which contained a new lead vocal recorded in January of that year. It was once he played his physical copy of the Japanese SHM-CD Let It Be SDE, that he noted the correct “1969 Mix” of ‘For You Blue’ was in place, rather than the 1970 mix he had heard in the ether.

    It has now been verified that the true 1969 mix of ‘For You Blue’ appears exclusively on the Japanese SHM-CD Let It Be SDE (Disc 4, Track 7). All other digital platforms, including the universal SDE and its hi-res counterpart, include the 1970 Glyn Johns mix (prefaced by the complete introduction with two false starts) which is erroneously labeled “1969 Mix.” 

    Who knows what, if any, corrective action will be taken. It’s unknown specifically which of the two mixes Apple intended to put on the package. It is unlikely that more SDEs will be manufactured, so substitution on future editions is unlikely. The most likely course of action would be to make corrected copies of the disc available for exchange. But with profit margins so thin, it is possible that this anomaly will remain buried on the Japanese SDE. 

    On a side note, in his overview of the SDE’s contents, which has appeared in several online outlets, including the Steve Hoffman music forum and The Daily Beatle website, Mike Carrera’s assertion that the universal SDE used a copy of Dr. Ebbetts’ fan-released disc Get Back – Glyn John’s Mix #1 as its source, for this and other tracks, is unfounded. Other black-market releases of Get Back have used an edited reconstruction of the introduction (specifically Vigotone’s 1999 release, Get Back – The Glyn Johns Final Compilation), not to mention that both the 1969 and 1970 editions of the Dr. Ebbetts Get Back discs run at a different speed with the channels reversed and the phase inverted when compared to the new commercial release. That’s not to say that Apple didn’t construct their own introduction, just that they used a source superior to any of the well-known bootleg releases.

    In the end, what is exciting for collectors is that a genuine alternate version, the genuine 1969 Glyn Johns mix of ‘For You Blue’ has appeared exclusively on the Japanese SHM-CD SDE. It is an expensive proposition to spend an additional $200 on less than three minutes of music, but it is likely that this will remain a bona fide rarity and that copies will dry up quickly.

    Chip Madinger & Mark Easter, with special thanks to Yosi Noz.
    http://www.lennonology.com

    1. I’ve obtained the Japanese SHM-CD edition of “The Beatles-Let It Be” boxed set. Yes, “Disc Four” has very subtle mix & tape speed differences on a few tracks and one slightly different alternate vocal, but this is stuff for trainspotters. Still, the SHM-CD edition sounds great.

  690. Violent Femmes – Why Do Birds Sing? 2-CD Deluxe Edition out now on Craft Recordings (vinyl reissues also released)

    2-CD edition includes the following in addition to the album:
    Bonus Tracks
    1-14 Me And You
    1-15 Color Me Once (Early Version)
    1-16 4 Seasons (Early Version)
    1-17 Breaking Up (Early Version)
    1-18 American Music (Alternate Version)
    1-19 Dance, M. F., Dance!

    Live At The Boathouse Norfolk, VA (7/21/1991)
    2-1 Look Like That
    2-2 Out The Window
    2-3 Fat
    2-4 Blister In The Sun
    2-5 Prove My Love
    2-6 Country Death Song
    2-7 Old Mother Reagan
    2-8 Confessions
    2-9 Girl Trouble
    2-10 Add It Up
    2-11 Kiss Off
    2-12 Good Feeling
    2-13 More Money Tonight

  691. Nobody is interested by the David Crosby classic “If I Could Only Remember My Name” Deluxe 2CD & 180g Vinyl 50th Anniversay ?
    Out on 15th October 2021 !

      1. No problem Paul. I didn’t want to be negative. I ask because I have already given the information twice here but there is not much reaction. This is David Crosby’s solo masterpiece. I think this is an important release.

    2. Today (15th) is the first time that I’ve heard about it. Going to check it out now! (I know it’s been said (many times!), but shame about the added vinyl).

  693. Got this newsletter from http://www.BeatlesMuseum.net today. Might be interesting for Beatles fans. (Text was translated from german to english)

    Very special BeatlesInfoMail: M.B.M.s (and fans) help HORST FASCHER
    ——————–
    Hello M.B.M.s *, hello BEATLES fans!
    * M.B.M. = Member of the Beatles Museum
    Aktion M.B.M.s (and fans) help HORST FASCHER,
    Managing Director of the Star Club during BEATLES times
    I would be very happy if you could participate.
    Many greetings send you
    Rainer (Moers)
    ——————–
    Available at the Beatles Museum:
    Book LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL! by HORST FASCHER
    with personal dedication * and signature. € 25.00
    We send it well packaged as a letter (with German Post).
    * Please tell us what Horst Fascher should write as a personal dedication.
    Examples “For Max Mustermann – Horst Fascher” or “For Max – Horst Fascher”.
    Action M.B.M.s (and fans) help HORST FASCHER,
    Managing Director of the Star Club during BEATLES times
    Horst Fascher is now in a wheelchair and needs support to buy aids.
    You can help with the purchase of a book (or two, three …) that was published in January 2006:
    LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL – with special dedication “for …” and signature for € 25.00 plus € 2.70 postage = € 27.70.
    The organizational: you order from us. / We prepare the stamped envelope (with your address). / One of ours
    M.B.M.s (doesn’t live too far away from Horst Fascher) goes to Horst Fascher with your and the other envelopes. /
    There he has Horst Fascher make the desired dedication plus signature in the book. / Your book will be in the
    correct envelope and then straight to the mailbox.
    Of the € 25.00 we pay € 1.64 (= 7% sales tax) / padded envelope approx. € 0.50 / postage for collective shipping
    the still empty envelopes to Hamburg approx. € 5.00 (= approx. € 0.25 per envelope) / approx. € 1.50 for logistics costs (working time,
    Material).
    Horst Fascher receives € 21.00 for each book, which we transfer to him.

  694. In February 1968, when the Beatles were recording “Across The Universe”, they decided that they needed some female background vocalists, so two 15-year old girls were recruited from a crowd of fans who regularly gathered outside Abbey Road Studios for a chance to see or speak to the Beatles. The two fans ,Lizzie Bravo and Gayleen Pease (later Gayleen Victoria Scott) both recently passed away at age 68. The girls’ vocals can be heard on the mix that originally appeared on the various artists wildlife charity album “No One’s Gonna Change Our World”, and later on “Beatles Rarities” ,”Past Masters” & “Mono Masters”.
    Also recently passed: Sheila Bromberg, the classical harpist who played on “She’s Leaving Home”. When Bromberg originally recorded her part, Paul McCartney was the only Beatle present, though a few years ago, she was introduced to Ringo Starr, when Starr appeared on a chat show.

  695. Queen’s 18 disc coloured vinyl “Studio Collection” box set gets yet another re-press – available from November 12th according to Amazon UK.

  696. Release postponements: “Whitesnake-Restless Heart”(boxed set), “Yes-The Quest”, “Joni Mitchell-Archives Vol.2″(Boxed set) and a product shortage (in the U.S.A.) for “Neil Young-Carnegie Hall 1970″(Amazon.com had been telling customers that it will be “1 to 2 months” before they can supply the CD or LP.)
    Also, the label with the U.S.A. rights to the Mark Knopfler boxed set won’t release it until mid-December (Two months after its release in the UK & Europe)
    Despite the problems surrounding the Yes & Neil Young releases, the download versions were released, so, of course they appear on the free download sites too.

  698. Rush’s “Moving Pictures” boxed set postponed until 2022 because of pandemic-related manufacturing delays. This is according to artwork designer Hugh Syme.

  700. New albums recently announced for those interested (UK release dates):

    Aimee Mann – 5th Nov
    Eels – 28th Jan ’22
    No-longer-British-but-still-Sea Power – 11th Feb ’22

    Pre-orders / bundles available on their respective websites now.

  701. Hi Paul. I haven’t heard anything back from you since I mentioned the issues I had with the Caravan box set which I bought from the SDE shop. Can you please let me know the process for returning the set for a refund. I am keen to obtain an issue-free set before it sells out. Thanks.

  702. Anyone got any views on the announcement today of the acquisition of David Bowie’s back catalogue by Warners?

    Obviously, it’s good news in so far as it was coupled with an announcement confirming that the next “Era” box set is going ahead, but one cannot help but shudder at the inevitability of a complete revisiting of his entire back catalogue, presumably remastered again for the umpteenth time and no doubt with other additional material that was somehow missed in the last wave.

    At what stage will the Bowie faithful’s patience and finances be stretched so far that everyone just gives up buying this stuff? Is there any other artist whose output has been continually and consistently raked over to this extent? I am struggling to think of one.

    2. This explains why his web site has been almost frozen for the last month, let’s wait and see what the Era 5 box set contains, price levels etc.

  703. How can SDE miss mentioning Bachman Cummings The Collection Box Set? It contains 7 CDs or the LP version 7 LPs..Sony Music Canada’s Bachman Cummings The Collection is a special edition boxset from Guess Who bandmates Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings. This illustrious box set from two of Canada’s most celebrated musicians and songwriters includes five albums from The Guess Who from their 1969 – 1971 period alongside material from both Bachman-Turner Overdrive and Burton Cummings. This 7CD or 7LP set will include and expanded booklet of rare and unpublished publicity, studio and master tape photography and detailed liner notes. Out October 29!

    Tracklisting:

    The Guess Who – Wheatfield Soul

    Side A

    “These Eyes”

    “Pink Wine Sparkles In The Glass”

    “I Found Her In A Star”

    “Friends Of Mine”

     

    Side B

    “When You Touch Me”

    “A Wednesday In Your Garden”

    “Lightfoot”

    “Love And A Yellow Rose”

    “Maple Fudge”

    “We’re Coming To Dinner”

    The Guess Who – Canned Wheat

    Side A

    “No Time”

    “Minstrel Boy”

    “Laughing”

    “Undun”

    “6 A.M. or Nearer”

     

    Side B

    “Old Joe”

    “Of a Dropping Pin”

    “Key”

    “Fairing Warning”

    The Guess Who – American Woman

    Side A

    “American Woman”

    “No Time”

    “Talisman”

    “No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature”

    Side B

    “969 (The Oldest Man)”

    “When Friends Fall Out”

    “8:15”

    “Proper Stranger”

    “Humpty’s Blues” / “American Woman” (Epilogue)

    The Guess Who – Share The Land

    Side A

    “Bus Rider”

    Do You Miss Me Darlin’”

    “Hand Me Down World”

    “Moan for You Joe”

    “Share The Land”

    Side B

    “Hang On to Your Life”

    “Coming Down Off the Money Bag”

    “Three More Days”

     

    The Guess Who – So Long, Bannatyne

    Side A

    “Rain Dance”

    “She Might Have Been a Nice Girl”

    “Goin’ a Little Crazy”

    “Fiddlin’”

    “Pain Train”

    “One Divided”

    Side B

    “Grey Day”

    “Life In the Bloodstream”

    “One Man Army”

    “Sour Suite”

    “So Long, Bannatyne”

     

    Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Collected

    Side A

    “Hold Back The Water”

    “Stayed Awake All Night ”

    “Let It Ride”

    “Takin’ Care Of Business”

    “Rock Is My Life, And This Is My Song”

    Side B

    “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”

    “Four Wheel Drive”

    “Hey You”

    “Lookin’ Out For #1”

    “Down, Down”

    Burton Cummings – Collected

    Side A

    I”’m Scared”

    “Your Back Yard”

    “Is It Really Right”

    “Stand Tall”

    “My Own Way To Rock”

    Side B

    “Timeless Love

    “Break It To Them Gently”

    “I Will Play A Rhapsody”

    “Dream Of A Child”

    “Heavenly Blue”

    “Fine State Of Affairs”

  704. THE ELECTRIC PRUNES ‘Then Came The Dawn – Complete Recordings 1966-1969’
    • An extensive 6CD box set devoted to one of the key innovators of the ‘60s psychedelic sound featuring their entire output, rarities and demos.
    Released November 26, 2021.

  705. Thanks Hugh for the information,yes the interview does look very likely to be the last domino Phil will play with Genesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7FgxKUrqGQ
    And to think David Crosby’s liver transplant was paid by Phil, so I look forward to Artists who can not quit due to money or health reasons & also the 50th Anniversary LP release ~ If I could Only Remember My Name.

  706. I know Clapton isn’t exactly flavour of the month right now, but any update/links of the recently announced ‘Lockdown Sessions – The Lady In The Balcony’ in their various formats?

    1. The “Lockdown Sessions – The Lady In The Balcony” will be released on 12 November. It will be available on CD, LP and a Deluxe Set with 1 CD / 1 DVD / 1 Blu-Ray. There is also a limited 4K Ultra Blu-Ray and 1 Blu-Ray set.

  707. BMG have announced the next release in their Expanded Remasters series of Erasure albums, with 1994’s I Say I Say I Say in November. 2 discs, hardback book packaging and a couple of new remixes and some BBC tracks from Collins and Maconie’s Radio 1 show and Later with Jools, plus some only-on-vinyl-at-the-time remixes and edits.

  708. Paul, any word on a Renaissance box set? In the wake of the Gentle Giant, Caravan and Van Der Graaf Generator box sets) I feel they are long overdue for a comprehensive package going back to the original Keith Relf lineup. Annie Haslam was (and still is) an incredible singer. I have long felt that they didn’t achieve greater fame because they lacked the electric guitar aesthetic (In my mind, I keep hearing a Renaissance with Steve Hackett), while acknowledging that the purists would balk at such a suggestion. Anyway, Renaissance is one of my favorite prog bands. I even liked their “Camera Camera” album even though Renaissance and “New Wave” should never be mentioned in the same sentence.

    1. Unsure if the same, but there is a PBS documentary and they do mention his hand issue and show footage of him sitting down on a chair in front of the stage.

    1. Thanks for the heads-up, Brice. I only discovered this album a few years ago but what a nice find: it’s a beautiful, haunting set. Will definitely be upgrading my hideously compressed mp3 version for remastered CD edition.

  710. Hi All,
    For those interested in Steppenwolf music, Cherry red is going to release on October 29 2021 a newly remastered eight disc boxed set featuring each album recorded for the Dunhill/ABC label between 1967 and 1971 with 26 bonus tracks drawn from rare singles and mono mixes.  That period was the Steppenwolf prime period delivering the band big hits and sounds.

  711. Hi Paul,

    Is there any word of when the Amazon UK website is going to be listing The Doors LA Woman box set? It’s very odd that there’s still no listing for the UK website. I’m asking as they’re usually the most reasonable and I can’t due to Brexit/Protocol rules order from any of the other Amazon websites due to living in Northern Ireland as I do?

    1. I’m keeping an eye on it, and will email UK SDE Members/newsletter subscribers when it goes live. It will turn up eventually. Every now and again this happens and some product just takes an age to get the ‘buy button’.

  712. Round of applause to OMD for not excluding CD-buyers in their just-announced Architecture & Morality (Singles – 40th Anniversary) sets.

    Trashcan Sinatras: following this month’s reissue of their very fine I’ve Seen Everything album, the band are due to announce similar deluxe/remastered reissues for A Happy Pocket and Weightlifting – both of ’em excellent and hugely overlooked albums.

    Speaking of overlooked… finally, following the Hawks LP finally seeing the light of day in August, The Lilac Time’s Astronauts 30th anniversary deluxe reissue is supposed to follow this autumn. Stephen Duffy posted about this a few months ago, but we’re still waiting for Needle Mythology to announce a release date for what looks like a great expanded package. It should properly restore this album’s reputation, if any restoration be needed.

  713. I see Elbow have just announced a new album for 19/11/21.

    At the bottom of the email I received was this comment “elbow begin a UK tour today at Plymouth Pavilions. fans attending the shows will be able to pre-order a special double CD version of’Flying Dream 1’.”

    No details at all – does anyone else find this sort of thing infuriating?

    Paul – are you able to find out what might be on this second cd?

  714. Hi, I did exactly the same for UFO: I bought the box set and the book from SonicBond Publishing (‘Every Album, Every Song’) at the same time, and they live together on my shelf. It was fun to work through each new album as I read the book. Great suggestion!

  716. It’s nice to see lots of releases being announced. When the time is right, I’d like the
    Beach Boys SDE, if it’s still available. REM and The Beatles will pass me by, unless some daft pricing happens, but The Beatles and Paul McCartney books will be arriving when released. Brian Johnson’s book is delayed until 2022. Paul McCartney’s Lyrics book is £50 on amazon UK.

    Paul Weller’s LP prices are terrible for a new release, and also great if you wanted to buy them on the secondary market. The record company shouldn’t be using that as a reason to whack the prices up, it’s a short sighted business practise.

    The nicest news I’ve seen today is the new album release by Kacey Musgraves. I picked up on her in 2015 when she released her second album. Her debut is my favourite, with some songs by Brandy Clark, who’s great in her own right. Signed editions of Kacey’s new cd are on amazon UK and there are some decent packages on her own web site. £42 gets you a signed 12″ x 12″ print, + coloured vinyl, cd and cassette. That’s the price of the Paul Weller vinyl re-release. £20 buys the signed 12″ x 12″ print, cd and cassette.

    Just to add, the charity shops are still providing gems. I picked up Everything But The Girl’s Back To Mine cd and Simon and Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Waters cd for £1. The S & G is from 2001 where there is an alternative version of Bridge Over Troubled Waters, with just piano and vocal. It’s a stunning version and better than anything else I’ll buy this year. The next charity shop had eight cds for £1.60, so whilst I ended up with some duplicates, it’s impossible not to appreciate great value.

    1. Yes , very sad . I would also like to mention the passing of UB40’s sax player Brian Travers . Two men who loved and lived music .

  724. Soft Cell will release a new album, going on tour (after the last farewell in 2018) – news is out for weeks, but not here…
    Marc Almond has released a lyricvideo to one of these songs and you can compile what ao all these formats of the new album (out early next year) you want here: https://softcell.tmstor.es/

  725. On the internet, there’s been talk of the next Beatles boxed set with a post from an ex-Beatles publicist and an image of the boxed set packaging. It will be a “Let it Be” box with a supposed Aug.27th announcement and an Oct. 15th release. Apple hasn’t confirmed such a project but nor have they denied it. It is said to be five discs with an original(widely bootlegged) Glyn Johns mix and a Giles Martin remix.

    1. Delivery of subscription copies of Uncut magazine have been delayed this month because “The issue contains some important news that can’t be revealed until Thursday, August 19.” Could this be Beatles related – or will it be one of the other anticipated reissues (Bowie? Stones?).

      1. Seems Uncut was delayed due to embargoed news of a second Nick Cave B-sides collection – there’s no mention of the Stones’ Tattoo You sets!

    2. Coincidentally (or perhaps not) 27th August is supposed to be the release date for the Beatles In Tokyo cd + dvd set according to Rough Trade website. Interesting, but an Let It Be SDE announcement would be much more interesting!

    3. Will it include the original mix of the album ? All things must pass didn’t. Five CDs is a minimum, because there is a lot of material available…

  729. Cherry Red have an offer on which includes both recent Level 42 box sets. For 20% off, enter SOULDISCO20 at the check out. Offer lasts for the whole of August (usual caveats re: stock apply). List price is £44.99 each so it’s a good chunk off.

  730. Well the re release of re releases continues apace in Sabbath world or should I say BMG. We’ve had the re release on purple vinyl inc. sticker of M.O.R which is really a 2016 or whatever year pressing with a sticker on. Yes I queued for it, on RSD drop 2 delayed from drop 1.
    Then there’s notification of Technical Ecstasy box sets for 1st Oct.
    Now Townsend Music announce a nice stickered version of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath on orange / purple splatter vinyl which looks like a slightly different colour to the previous release on 10 year war box. This on 24th Sept. The yellow vinyl rerelease via HMV only came last year. This with a paper bar code stuck over the shrink wrap, with a circular black hype sticker.
    Carl Jacobs

  731. Gonzo Multimedia’s “Takeaway Records” label have announced a 2-DVD + 4-CD + memorabilia boxed set centered around the 1975 “Yes-Live at QPR” video plus audio-only recordings of two other Yes concerts from the “Relayer” tour (the group’s only tour with Swiss keyboardist Patrick Moraz), but, talk about record company bungling, clicking on the link in Gonzo’s e-mail takes you to a page which states “Currently, no product is on sale”. Hopefully, Gonzo will wonder why no one is ordering the product, and correct this situation before the set’s September release.

    1. Yeah I saw this too.
      Incompetence beyond belief. I still am waiting for the third t shirt from the amazing Red Planet release.
      That’s why I haven’t purchased any Union Live T-shirt’s.
      A complete mess.
      Carl

    2. Word on the Steve Hoffman forums is that the “Yes-Live at QPR” 2 DVD + 4-CD box has been cancelled due to permission issues, either opposition from various present or ex-Yes members, or claims from owners of one of the radio concerts that was to be included. Actually, I’m wary of the legitimacy of any Yes concert recordings which Gonzo offers. Apparently, no one who ordered the “Yes-Union Tour” 38-disc set has received it. There have been problems shipping that set’s “Tour Case” packaging from China, where it has been manufactured.

      2. That would appear to be confirmed by the amended version of Gonzo’s monthly e-mail newsletter that was sent out this morning which is identical to the one sent on Friday except that the section announcing the Live at QPR release has been removed.
        However, both versions featured an extensive collection of photos showing the Union Tour set being assembled and packaged so those could shortly be on their way.

  732. And so it begins.
    Genesis announce a 4LP booklet style set and 2CD set. Essentially a best of set – coming on 17th Sept, to support the forthcoming tour, er series of shows, during which, as previously in 2007, all the gigs will play exactly the same songs in exactly the same running order.
    Yes, my favourite band is Genesis but not necessarily this incarnation and yes as a fan of approaching 50 years I will be going to Leeds for my likely final fix and will indulge as much merch as I can afford.
    I have also pre ordered the 4 LP version with exclusive litho – look for it and you’ll find it.
    Please someone tell them specifically Daryl not to play Firth Of Fifth. Leave that gem for Mr Hackett.
    Look harder and there’s a US version with different tracks.
    Even Genesis News was less than glowing about the release.
    I will prefer to see the more authentic Genesis – the Hackett era simultaneously touring, remember also he announced his dates before Genesis and it could be said they are riding the wave of popularity generated by him and only him for the true Prog band.
    This lot will play the poppy stuff.
    So the release is a collection filler.
    Carl

    1. The Genesis I knew and loved ended for me when Steve Hackett left. I can’t help but sense that this upcoming tour is born out of desperation. I’m probably wrong but I’m guessing that Phil Collins is broke. The last time I saw video of him he was in no condition to stand up much less front a world tour. We are truly in the end times of classic rock acts that should call it a day but won’t or can’t for whatever reason.

      1. I saw him on his solo tour a couple of years back and he was seated throughout. Unable to play drums or keyboards but IIRC his singing was OK.

    1. Hmm. Not much “Respect” shown there to the UK. Always bugs me how we get movies months after the U.S. with Oscar-contenders often being held back till after the award season. I suppose this is classed as a “movie soundtrack” so we must wait. Annoying.

      1. The actual film soundtrack for the film Respect with Jennifer Hudson is out in mid-August. You want the originals though you have to wait.

  734. Albums set to receive the boxed set treatment this autumn: Black Sabbath’s “Technical Ecstacy”(4-CD incl. a Steven Wilson remix, an alternate mix and live concert material) and Whitesnake’s “Restless Heart” (5-CD + DVD). Also, expect a 2-CD Genesis compilation “The Last Domino” with a few new remixes.

    2. Hiya Phil
      Just trawled t’internet and the Sabbath T.E. boxes are up on Amazon U.K. and other web stores. Amazon currently have it for £130 odd quid. Paul might get around to mentioning it between now and Oct1st – scheduled release date.

  736. The former drummer of US heavy metal band Slipknot, Joey Jordison, has passed away at the age of 46.

    In a statement, Jordison’s family said he passed away peacefully in his sleep.

    They did not reveal his cause of death, but said his passing had left them with “empty hearts and feelings of indescribable sorrow”.

    Jordison was one of Slipknot’s original members, founding the band in 1995 along with percussionist Shawn Cruhan and bassist Paul Gray.

    The group released a successful self-titled debut album four years later.

    The band went on to sell millions of albums globally, find mainstream US chart success and win a Grammy award.

    Slipknot is best known for a unique aggressive music style and wearing horror-style masks while performing.

    Jordison remained a part of the group until 2013. In later years, he revealed he left after being diagnosed with transverse myelitis, a form of multiple sclerosis.

    Born Nathan Jonas Jordison in 1975 in Des Moines, Iowa, Jordison said he was given his first drum kit by his parents aged eight.

    He grew up playing music and eventually joined a project named the Pale Ones in 1995, which would eventually become Slipknot.

    Jordison formed and found success with other bands, including Murderdolls, and later performed with other well-known acts like Metallica, Korn and Rob Zombie.

    His death comes just over a decade after that of fellow founding member Paul Gray, who died of a drug overdose in 2010.

    Fans and fellow musicians paid tribute on social media following news of Jordison’s death.

    Serj Tankian, from System of a Down, described him as an “amazing drummer and a fantastic guy”.

    Corey Taylor, Slipknot’s lead vocalist, posted black images to his social media accounts after news of Jordison’s death broke.

  737. The Beau Brummels “Turn Around : the Complete recordings 1964 – 1970” ! 8 CDs Box set ! 228 newly remastered tracks !!! All the members of the Brummels also contribute to the instructive and heavily- illustrated history of the recordings, housed in a deluxe, handsomely appointed booklet. Released October 29, 2021.

  738. Hi Paul et al
    Another Summer Floyd back catalogue release:
    This time it’s the much anticipated and long delayed DSOTM

    https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/133317/Pink_Floyd-The_Dark_Side_Of_The_Moon-Hybrid_Multichannel_SACD

    https://youtu.be/jV6O23MvAvE

    I’ve pre ordered mine for a stated 27th Aug release date via Rough Trade to save on massive shipping costs and likely import duties in U.K. from US.
    The unboxing video shows it all its glory ala WYWH from a few years back. This time it’s in a slip case.
    Looks a great addition to anyone’s collection.

    It’s not cheap at £59.99 GBP, but this compares favourably with $35.99 USD and massive shipping costs from US to U.K. via fedex and even the cheapest cost for this service is $46 USD. Then as said I know there’ll be import duties on collection.

    I’m sure Paul will do his bit on where Elise to get this.
    I got the original release of the same company’s release of WYWH and that was stunning. I also have the std 30th Ann release of the dual layer sacd cd.

    This will go well with AHM cd / blu ray from Japan to be released in early Aug.

    All these put paid to my impassioned plea elsewhere on this site for record companies to effectively slow down!

    Good luck all
    Stay safe
    Carl

    1. However, from what I’ve read, this release is exactly the same as the 2003 SACD release (although it is better packaged), so it’s nothing new sadly.

  739. Out of the blue and totally unexpected, yesterday I received from the U.S. another dvd of Neil Young’s Way Down In The Rust Bucket, having bought the stand-alone dvd from Greedy Hand US when it was first released (preferring not to risk buying “locally” from the UK store).
    This new dvd is labelled with “New Audio”, so I assume they have reworked the sound and are sending it out to purchasers of the original free of charge! If so what a wonderful gesture – I was perfectly happy with the original!
    Has anyone else received a copy? I can’t find any info about it on the NYA website, but am only an occasional visitor so may have missed it. Does anyone know the background to this enhancement?
    Comparing the new with the old, I can tell they’ve significantly increased the stereo separation and appear to have improved the clarity and volume level on the two damaged sections of Cowgirl in the Sand. Interestingly there is still a rolling banner across the screen during these damaged sections saying “NYA -Under Construction”, so maybe they intend to work on it further when time permits! It’s certainly a storming version of the song, and well worth rescuing – they should be proud of it.
    It’s always pleasing to receive good customer service, and doubly so when it’s totally unexpected. I’ve been quick to slag off poor service from Greedy Hand UK before now, and so am happy to say well done NYA and Greedy Hand US – some fine customer service. Looking forward to dealing with them again!

    1. Yes; the short answer is search for your item on Discogs and read the release notes.
      Essentially, Neil was mastering alone and used the incorrect audio and that is what was released as a stand alone and box set set version.
      A Dutch fan contacted NYA to point out issues and Neil personally responded to concur and then that web site in conjunction with Greedy Hand contacted all purchasers of the box set and / or stand alone versions and, we were given a specific time frame to request a replacement New Audio version.
      Interestingly I received two copies separately. One via Greedy Hand and the other either as a mistake or possibly, as I had ordered the box set via Badlands and Greedy Hand must have done some analysis as to who purchased the album via bricks and mortar stores?
      Therefore I have 4copies of the DVD:
      Original versions; in box set set – sealed and stand alone – unsealed.
      New stand alone audio versions sealed and unsealed.
      Carl

      1. Thanks for the info Progfan. Interestingly, I wasn’t contacted about a new audio version and so knew nothing about it till the new version dropped through my letter box free of any charge from the U.S! So, again – thanks and well done all concerned.

    1. Quite a few variations available for Senjitsu. Prices from the band’s website:
      Standard 2CD Digipak – £15
      Deluxe 2CD Book Format – £20
      Deluxe heavyweight 180G Triple Black Vinyl – £40
      Special Edition Triple Silver & Black Marble Vinyl (from selected retailers) – ??
      Special Edition Triple Red & Black Marble Vinyl (from selected retailers) – £55
      Super Deluxe Boxset featuring CD, Blu-Ray and Exclusive Memorabilia – £105
      Digital album (streaming and download)

      1. I know there’s always a bit of price-variance for a given format between different retailers, but the range of asking prices for the Boxset format is quite wide – £80 (plus £6 postage if in UK) from Townsend, about £93 (currently, in UK) from Amazon, £99 at Rough Trade and £105 (plus postage) from the band’s official site. In the UK, the silver/black vinyl is exclusive to Amazon, it seems.

  742. Coming September 15th: “Bob Dylan-The Bootleg Series Vol.16: Springtime in NY 1980-1985”, available as 2-CD, 2-L.P. and 5-CD editions.

  743. Flicking through Classic Pop’s current Special, ’90s Dance’, there’s a good interview with Mark Moore and it mentions that Demon have licenced everything for an S’Express ‘complete works’ (their words) box set coming soon. Will look out for that, always liked their slightly trippy take on sample culture and dance-pop.

  744. Hi all SDEers
    I read with interest Paul’s email to us
    I posted the following on Discogs specifically re Sabbath’s M.O.R release:

    “We were only just discussing the pressing year and price, in the queue at silly o clock on RSD morning in Cheltenham U.K.
    Likely getting rid of stock prior to a new super deluxe box set coming out next year.
    On a wider note RSD has gone over the curve I feel. Record companies are now miking the cash cow and put stuff out knowing we mugs will likely fork out no matter what.
    It’s interesting that former stalwarts Floyd, Bruce and Neil aren’t doing anything this time albeit the Deja Vu alternates which I passed on”.

    It seems that there is a movement building in terms of a challenge to being taken for granted by the faceless suits.

    Yes we’ll keep on buying it all but…
    £32 – £45 and the rest for a 2009 pressing with a less than perfect poster – M.O.R

    Then there’s the tendency not to accept that we have saved or banged it on a credit card, HMV desperate to get in on the act do their own thing the week after. Saxon splatter vinyl and Tull Aqualung. Can’t speak for Saxon’s release but Tull’s will be a barcode over the existing one and an “exclusive” hype sticker AKA Motörhead’s Bomber silver incl. without the poster that was for sale in USA.

    Not content with RSD rehashes the record companies now are planning the Sept releases with the obligatory pre orders with multiple formats: I give you Hackett last few including his forthcoming. Or Barclay James Harvest with the same cd track list but an added DVD.

    Not only that but Rory’s first solo album great and superb though it is £98 at least for 4CDs and a DVD and at least £45 for the 3LP version with an added extra £18 for the 3rd disc on an exclusive red vinyl version.
    Steep by half and yes a fan I will scrape the money; I didn’t buy Jon Anderson OOS rerelease and CSNY DV alternates so desperate that I didn’t go overdrawn in favour of the Rory red vinyl LP. Hopefully the box will be better and more sturdy that the awful flimsy I.T box and inner disc pocket.
    I am also desperate to buy the empty promo box only for IQs Japanese rereleases but no one to date is willing to do so so will likely fork out another £150 for the same 4 CDS for the box.
    Having already invested £200 odd GBP on Hacketts various variants and will get the Japanese with additional tracks.

    Please record companies in these strange and desperate times that are not yet over think of those that pay your wages; erm the customers the fans. Be diligent in your offerings if you will insist on rehashing stuff. Next please try to schedule preorders, not around RSDs you clearly work with artists and stores.

    Finally Paul,
    Please look at other independent sources of funding. Your site is great but Amazon. Or at least listing Amazon in your listings for new releases and how they a doing cheap deals.
    What about promoting indie stores.

    Soap box is put away now.
    Carl

    1. Not sure where I fall with this set. The price isn’t so bad for 42 CDs but the live additions don’t cut it for me I’m afraid and as you say, just one demo when there must surely be more material?? More pre 80s live/demo material would of been interesting! I was hoping SDE would do an article on this release given its sheer volume…Paul…hello?? Paul??? Paul…

  747. Coming up in September from the Cherry Red’s “Esoteric” label: a 3-CD + DVD edition of Al Stewart’s “Time Passages”, with the original stereo mix, a 5.1 surround mix by original producer Alan Parsons, 5 studio demos, and for the first time being presented complete, Stewart’s late 1978 concert at a Chicago radio station. Originally released as a promotional L.P. “The Live Radio Concert album”, by Stewart’s then-U.S.A. label Arista, then (many years later) on CD(by BMG) as “Time Passages Live”. the new presentation of this concert adds 5 previously unreleased tracks. Furthermore, “Record Collecror” magazine reports that the Snapper label is preparing a career-spanning Al Stewart boxed set, which a label spokesman says , could extend to 45 or 50 discs! Stewart doesn’t seem deeply involved in the set, but he is interested to hear the material, and states that he has “A couple of hundred” unreleased songs. Surprisingly, considering his folkie roots, Stewart composes and records the music first, then he writes the lyrics, sometimes improvising a placeholder lyric.
    Also coming in September from Cherry Red’s “Esoteric” label: a CD + DVD edition of Barclay James Harvest’s 2nd Polydor album “Time Honoured Ghosts”. The group went to America to record with producer (the late) Elliot Mazer (known for his work on Neil Young’s “Harvest”). The multitrack tapes for “Time Honoured Ghosts”” couldn’t be found, so the DVD presents a 5.1 upmix (I.E. simulated surround mix), plus five promo videos, and the CD has one bonus track. Personally, I would have prefered to see Esoteric continue their work on Barclay James Harvest’s EMI/Harvest albums (which Cherry Red now owns)
    And finally, the “Grapefruit”label releases a 5-CD various artists set “I Think I’m Going Weird: Original Artifacts from The British Psychedelic Scene 1966-1968, which includes 50 minutes of unreleased material. While the e-mail announcing the set says that the set includes a track by “Mabel Greer’s Toyshop”(Chris Squire, Tony Kaye & Peter Banks’ pre-Yes group), what the set actually includes is a track by “The Syn”, another early Chris Squire band.

    1. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Esoteric return to the early BJH albums, although Once Again did get a 5.1 mix several years ago. Baby James Harvest should be on the cards though, and then a move to the later period albums.

      1. The EMI CD + DVD “40th anniversary edition” of “Barclay James Harvest-Once Again” wasn’t a 5.1 mix. It was a reissue of a vintage 4.0 Quadraphonic Mix, marred by a brief tape drop-out on “Mocking Bird”.

      2. Most, if not all of the catalogue has been done in various formats over the last few years, including pre and post Woolly eras either as bonus material or as multi discs in various packaging.
        I agree that there’s probably only B.J.H left of the early stuff. Of the later stuff, probably only Face To Face and River Of Dreams, though FTF and Eyes Of The Universe were rereleased with bonus tracks a few years back. Keith and Monica Damone don’t think ROD will get the treatment in any format.
        Personally after the first post hiatus “solo” albums, I passed on John’s and Les’ stuff.
        I’d like a rapprochement now that Woolly and Mel are no longer with us, as a sort of farewell.
        Here’s hoping.
        Carl

    2. Bloody hell THG. As we know the band didn’t really like the original mix. But this was done in 2005. So all we’ll get is the expanded disc plus additional dvd in similar fold out card sleeve as per EIEE, Octoberon, GTE and Xii.
      Carl

  749. Again, the Blondie boxed set has been postponed for another year (until 2022). Problems getting the vinyl edition pressed. I don’t understand why the record companies can’t issue a CD and/or download edition, and then say “Vinyl edition to follow in 6 to 8 months”

  751. It seems that more and more boxed sets are running into substantial release delays because of manufacturing issues. Whether this is because of the pandemic is unknown. The latest set to meet this sad fate is is Rhino records Direct-to-Consumer 17-CD set “Chicago at Carnegie Hall Complete”, which was to have featured all 8 shows that were recorded towards the 1971 4-L.P. set. The group didn’t play the exact same setlist each night. Some fans, including me, were reluctant to order due to the involvement of engineer Tim Jessup (the group’s touring soundman), who was responsible for a horrible sounding “50th Anniversary” remix of the group’s debut album “Chicago Transit Authority”. It’s good that I didn’t preorder and get charged in advance. “Chicago-At Carnegie Hall Complete” has been postponed from July until September. I’ll wait until I see customer feedback concerning the set’s sound quality.

  752. Steve Hackett Surrender Of Silence
    Greetings Hacketteers youknow who you are.
    Well it’s that time of the year. New album pre order from the axe smith extraordinaire.
    Pre order kicked off today and it’s already a frenzy of activity.
    Exclusive 1000 edition red / black “nebula” effect 2lp / cd via Hackett Songs
    Exclusive transparent yellow vinyl via jpc.de
    Exclusive white vinyl via Inside Out 300 copies
    Sky blue vinyl
    A black vinyl
    Cd / blu ray
    Cd
    Inevitably I’m expecting a Japanese Mini sleeve variant
    Inside Out US us7ally do a vinyl variant so awaiting that the be posted.
    £200 spent to date.
    Sounds worth it given the taster track
    Carl Jacobs

      1. Has anyone including Paul come across any other vinyl variants yet?
        No notification on this fine site Paul – not a fan me thinks. Up your game please.

        Seems that there is a “coloured” vinyl option on EMP but colour is not specified and when I contacted them the response was that they didn’t know and could not tell me yet. I suspect it will be sky blue as per other sites.
        No signed litho as with previous releases on Record Store web site.
        Nothing yet except black vinyl on Inside Out US site.
        Some rather disparaging comments re the video posted of WingBeats. Saddened by these. The man is is probably second only to Neil in his work rate and at least it’s new stuff not archival.
        Carl

  753. I’m delighted that there is, again, a place for fans to post info. If any of you are considering purchasing Demon/Edsel’s recent 3-CD + 2-L.P. boxed set of “The Yardbirds-Roger The Engineer”, you are advised to procede with caution, if you can find a set at all. None of Demon/Edsel’s intended U.S.A. sellers have been able to obtain the set (Amazon.com stopped accepting preorders). Meanwhile, in the UK, Amazon.co.uk cancelled many preorders.(excepting an exclusive version with a poster autographed by Jim McCarty & Paul Samwell-Smith).
    All reviews of the set from UK customers indicate that the CD’s came loose from their card sleeves, resulting in scratched or missing CD’s. and, there is a compiling error in the download and streaming versions of the boxed set. Like numerous editions of “Roger The Engineer” over the years, the Demon/Edsel box contains the album in both its stereo & mono mixes, but when the mono version of the box appears in Demon/Edsel’s streaming and download releases, the mono album opens with the stereo mix of “Lost Woman”, therefore the stereo mix of the song appears TWICE, and the mono mix does not appear at all. No online reviewer of the 3-CD + 2-L.P. box has yet indicated whether this compiling error affects the mono CD & the mono L.P. in the boxed set, but it is possible. This is one of the handful of 1960’s albums where there are actual musical differences between the stereo & mono mixes of certain songs.
    The Yardbirds have always owned their May to November 1966 recordings, and the licenses that they grant are non-exclusive, hence “Roger The Engineer” can appear on several labels simultaneously. Unless, you feel that you must own the album on vinyl (though there is at least one other vinyl pressing of the stereo mix available on another label), I would highly recommend the 2016 Repertoire label 2-CD edition of the album. It too has the album’s stereo & mono mixes, plus all related Yardbirds & Keith Relf non-L.P. singles from this period(plus “Stroll On” from the soundtrack of the film “Blow Up”). The Demon/Edsel box adds a few insignificant mix variations and a pair of radio adverts. The Repertoire set is priced much lower than the Demon/Edsel box and gives you most of the same material. Repertoire’s quality control (in compiling & manufacturing) is excellent.
    I continue with a preorder for the Demon/Edsel box, but it will likely be a long time before it is available again.

  755. A random thought popped out from my head….with the changes in technology; it may not be far when CD and Bluray would become outdated….what would happening to the magnificent deluxe editions that we would have procured thru SDE, let alone the regular discs we might already have….it’s a sad feeling

  756. Infos are beginning to spread for a Robert Fripp Exposures multi-disc boxed set….also coming King Crimson Element Tour 2021 2 cd box (2014 to 2020 already available..recommended).

    Good day all

      1. My copy arrived today less than a week after release. Slight disappointed that the Amazon special is only a litho of the album cover – Lulubelle iii.
        That minor gripe aside, it is a special release and great. Well worth the money.
        Roll on the DSOTM SACD.
        Carl

  758. Some really great titles coming out from Music on Vinyl this month including two old favorites BBM (Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, and Gary Moore) and 88 Elmira Street from the late great Danny Gatton.

  759. Also, a lot of buzz about a new 20-cd box set of 70s prog band Van Der Graaf Generator called “The Charisma Years”. Pre-order is up on HMV.com and Amazon.co.uk, although I think we’re still waiting for an official record company announcement. Thanks as always, Paul!

  763. Hi Paul
    I have just found this section whilst looking to contact you about having a post box like this. Like so many of us, I have SDE open virtually all the time and check news, deals etc very often. However, I used to really like finding news, views and comments from people like Phil Cohen in the ‘Get In Touch’ section, which seemed to have disappeared.

    I am glad that it hasn’t, but, judging by the dates of the comments, do you think that many people, like me, haven’t found it?

    Perhaps a mention under News would alert everyone.

    As always, thanks for the site and your work.

    1. Hi Pete… yes indeed, it only went up a few days ago. Going to give everything a general site update on Saturday as part of Saturday deluxe. All the old comments from the ‘get in touch’ page have been ported over to this new SDE postbox! :)

  765. Congratulations on 10 years Paul S!

    I can’t remember how, why or when I stumbled across SDE, but I vaguely remember you mentioning a forthcoming 5th Anniversary so I must have been visiting for some time now. I heard about the Bananarama “In A Bunch” box through your site – that came out in 2015 so I must have been here before then.

    Thank you for providing such an essential resource for music lovers. Your knowledge, contacts and connections to the industry and artists makes SDE so much more than just a regular fan site.

    Here’s cheers for many more years!

  766. Can of Worms………………….Right Here! (Brilliant site SDE)
    All these re-issues, all these re-pressings, all these (so called) delays, hold ups with getting the items (product) out.
    My biggest issue would be with hold ups of Vinyl pressings, mainly due to high demand for the pressing plant(s) or mastering etc.
    Why do we have so much re-hash of “stuff”.
    Lets think about the artists releasing new music……they have to queue up for the pressing plants etc and are often pushed aside for some new “super” artists re-issue (often a re-hash and rubbish).
    I have been collecting physical music formats for over forty years now and still enjoy discovering new artists.
    Surely, especially in these COVID times, let the up and coming artists have a go and earn some ($’s) as reward for their efforts in keeping the music alive.

  767. Anybody have more info on the upcoming Patto and Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come box sets? I would be interested in buying both of these if they are high quality products.

  770. After the Goldrush 50th box set currently available for just over £71 including postage with MusicMagpie on eBay. A saving of around £30. Includes an eBay 20 percent discount offer which runs until Sunday.

  771. After more than a year of wrangling over permission issues, The Beach Boys’ “Feel Flows” boxed set will finally appear on July 22,2021 (according to former Beach Boys recording engineer Steve Desper)

  772. Bowie #6 announced this morning and – you guessed it! – pre-order sold out already!

    What a joke – I’ll just have to convince myself that Brilliant Live Adventures was only a series of 3.

  773. Some guy on YouTube (Andrew Dixon) has gotten an advance copy of the “John Lennon-Plastic Ono Band” 8-disc set and has done an unboxing video. The set looks fantastic. One interesting bit of info emerges: Only the originally released Lennon songs and takes get the surround sound treatment. All the other Lennon selections (and the Ono selections) appear as remixed 192 Khz/24-bit high resolution stereo.
    Undoubtedly, you’ll create your own unboxing video in the near future.

  774. Really really pissed off with this Bowie Boxset farce. I knew the last one sold out in under a day. I knew the last one was being released today so I got up early to check so I didnt miss it again. Not out, checked on & off all day long until about 5-5.30 pm they were released. Already done on the Bowie site, wasted an hour + of my life I won’t get back on the Dig site but slower than slow. & then when it looked like my order was going through, payment declined, because i clicked refresh too many times because it was so slow.

    Warners, sort your shit out!!! You have vastly under estimated demand!! 2 hours of my life f**king wasted!!! Gonna try again now on a different computer.

  775. Hi Paul, thanks for your message last night – although it did cause a certain amount of alarm mid footy! IS IT REALLY TEN YEARS ? Bloomin’ Ada !!!!!!
    As I’m sure many others of the SDE community will echo, your incredible hard work and dedication to the cause of physical music promotion over the last decade ensures that your site is one of the few that I visit regularly and indeed the only one I look at EVERY day (often checking in a few times daily).
    The site is obviously extremely informative and extremely useful for sourcing upcoming releases old and new, as an avid music buyer -(all formats)- for 50 years I find SDE truly indispensible for filling in the gaps within my collection.
    I am most pleased to be a serving member of the SDE Massive as a reader, customer, and sometime posting contributer. Long may you and the SDE community continue Paul as the next decade will take me – and several others I assume-into the retirement era – when i propose binning the TV and giving every Single, LP, Cassette & CD I own at least one more spin! Keep on Keeping On.

  776. Hi Paul,
    Just a short note to congratulate you for SDE’s 10th Anniversary. I stumbled upon your site about 7 years and it has now become a daily ritual to visit SDE. A wonderful site and the content is superb. Congratulations again and here’s looking forward to the next 10 years

  777. Bowie’s Brilliant Live Adventures empty box has arrived in Canada.
    It’s much more sturdier that I was expected and was not sent folded which is a good thing!
    Tour dates are printed all over the box, a nice touch!
    I’m very pleased with it even though it wasn’t cheap, to say the least!!

  778. Pink Floyd Instagram communicated the standalone release of Live @ Knebworth 1990 from the Later Year Box Set as single CD and Double Vinyl, streaming on 4/30/2021.

  779. New James album just released, with the usual multi-format packages. Any chance of an interview with someone from the band? Their first two albums were recently reissued as a double cd, and we got a great box set version of Laid a few years back. I’d love to see upgraded versions of their other albums too, so I wonder if the band are interested in doing it.

  780. Bunny Wailer has died. Really was a big part of Bob Marley’s career. It’s said the reason the Wailers split up originally was because Bunny didn’t really want to tour, he was always happy in Jamaica.

  781. Just a random observation that very large chunks of Ray Charles’ catalog are not only out of print, or never been on CD, but also not available on any of the streamers or even youtube, where a few albums are represented by a couple of tracks but not the whole album.

    Albums like Crying Time, Ray’s Moods, I’m All Yours Baby, most of the later Columbia stuff – I know the late 60s and 70s and 80s aren’t considered his best work, but what pieces of it I’ve been able to hear (I’ve got everything of his that’s been on cd) I’ve really loved a lot, he was unlike anyone else.

    Just feeling sad that unless I buy a turntable (where would I put it?) and scour ebay for the vinyl there is music here that I may never get to hear.

  782. Totally agree gwynogue. Everything about this campaign has been rotten….apart from the music. The new twist for this volume was the pre order nonsense. The only people that benefited were the flippers. I’m also scunnered with having to pay a ridiculous p&p for each volume, and of course there’s the empty box thing. No way to treat real fans, but I really want to have these releases.
    I feel like one of Pavlov’s dogs, grrr.

  783. These ‘Bowie Live Adventures’ are getting beyond a joke.

    Volume 5 (‘Something In The Air’) became available to pre-order this morning – I checked the (Australian) store at 8am (Oz time) but it wasn’t up yet. I checked again at 11am (had to go grocery shopping) and it was ALREADY SOLD OUT. Ridiculous!

    I had previously missed #4 (‘Look At The Moon’) so I thought I’d get in early this time. I know these are limited edition, but to be all gone within a couple hours really drives a lad insane.

    I’m only after the CD, but the vinyl and bundle are all gone too.

  784. More music passings: Jazz-Fusion keyboardist Chick Corea and record producer Elliott Mazer. Mazer worked with Neil Young,Linda Ronstadt, Janis Joplin and Gordon Lightfoot.
    Mazer & Corea were both 79.

  785. Bruce Springsteen’s mail order boxed set of all his professionally recorded 1978 “Darkness on The Edge of Town” shows sold out before the release date. Unlike other Springsteen mail order CD’s, these discs were pressed “Sliver” CD’s not CD-R’s. No word if any more will be manufactured.

    1. Sorry for the rather belated reply. I managed to pre order a copy. It took a while for it to arrive but have to say it’s great. I have opened the box and protected the discs and sleeves in poly sleeves and also protected the box from shelf wear again in poly.
      It says Vol1 on the box so awaiting Vol 2.
      Incidentally the Hammersmith gig (different – return date) from 24.11.75 is superb and much better than the “official” release.
      Carl

  786. some very sad news, george kooymans from golden earring has als. on friday it was annouced that the band has broken up. the current lineup had been together for 50 years.

  788. Does anyone know if there’s likely to be a re-print of the John Lennon Gimme Some Truth CD/Blu-ray box? I waited too long for that and now can’t see it anywhere. Seems unusual considering you can still pick up the Imagine one.

  789. As a fan of classic rock, and an older person of that era, i am pleased to hear of upcoming archival projects by John Lennon, The Who, Bruce Springsteen, George Harrison, The Beach Boys, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Blondie, Joe Walsh, Jethro Tull & Marillion. But, I will believe that these releases are real when I see the major dealers accepting preorders.
    In the case of those groups where some of the performers are still alive, these projects may yet fall victim to disagreements between past and present group members.
    As for one project that ultimately didn’t happen, “Yes-The Early Years”, some have suggested that when it could not be completed and issued by the end of 2019, that the box was abandoned because it could no longer serve as a copyright extension collection.
    Music can cheer people up during bad times (and these are very bad times). Let these boxed sets come out and play.

  790. First new release from the revamped Dark Horse records…

    Joe Strummer – Assembly…comp of Joes best solo work, plus a couple of previous unreleased live/Demo tracks…the red vinyl looks magnificent!

    TRACKLISTING:
    Coma Girl
    Johnny Appleseed
    I Fought The Law (Live at Brixton Academy, London, 24 November 2001) *
    Tony Adams
    Sleepwalk
    Love Kills
    Get Down Moses
    X-Ray Style
    Mondo Bongo
    Rudie Can’t Fail (Live at Brixton Academy, London, 24 November 2001) *
    At The Border, Guy
    Long Shadow
    Forbidden City
    Yalla Yalla
    Redemption Song
    Junco Partner (Acoustic) *

    * PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

  791. Over at the Steve Hoffman forums, a packshot and description of the forthcoming “The Who Sell Out” boxed set has been posted. It has 112 tracks spread across 5 CD’s & two 7″ vinyl singles. The set also comes with 9 posters, various memorabilia reproductions and an 80-page hardback book in a slipcase. Disc 5 contains Pete Townshen’s home demos of the songs. Another disc is titled “The Road to Tommy” and features Post-Sell Out/Pre-Tommy 1968 studio recordings.

  792. Cherry Red’s website is still not functioning normally. If you are thinking about ordering from them, you will not be able to get far enough into their website to do so.

  793. Thought I would just let people know about the re-release of Pure Reason Revolution’s the Dark Third. It was originally released in 2006 and was “a breath of fresh air” and “richly atmospheric and powerful music has managed the rare trick of bridging the gap between the hardcore prog underground and the more fashion-conscious indie-rock market”.

    I have just received the 2LP (really 1.5LP) and 2CD both with additional tracks (on 180 g vinyl no less). It cost me £22.56 which seems excellent value as the expanded 2CD alone is over £12 which I would normally have gone with.

    I would recommend anybody not aware of the group or liked the original release (1CD) to get this as the sound is remastered as well.

  795. Speaking of Cherry Red two noteworthy releases coming soon:
    Tommy James & the Shondells “Celebration” (including Tommy James solo albums) box set, due the first week of February on their Grapefruit label.
    Jon Anderson’s Olias of Sunhillow, remastered in hi-res and upmixed to pseudo 5.1 surround.
    Due March 26, 2021 on Esoteric.

  797. There are three (3) different digital compilations now available @ amazon to celebrate the 50th anniversary of What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye – See official link below: https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/marvin-gaye-whats-going-on-digital-collections/
    Since the 2011 SDE is widely unavailable the material from the 2nd disc can now be found on the 50th deluxe Edition DL version. The 2nd File is the 1971 Detroit mix (on its own) and the 3rd file is called FUNKY NATION / The DETROIT INSTRUMENTALS.
    Worth checking out, however, I would cherish a physical release, of course.

  800. Hi Paul
    The Belgian synthpop trio ‘Telex’ are due to have their back catalogue reissue soon on the Mute label

    http://mute.com/mute/telex-announce-new-compilation-this-is-telex

    ”Mute is embarking on a series of reissues of classic works by Telex.

    The series gets underway in April with the release of This Is Telex, a 14-track retrospective compilation highlighting a number of the Belgian trio’s singles, from 1978 debut ‘Twist À Saint Tropez’ through to their final album, 2006’s How Do You Dance? Tracks on the compilation have been newly mixed and remastered from the original tapes by band members Dan Lacksman and Michel Moers.

    Also featured are two recently discovered and unreleased tracks by the trio – their take on The Beatles’ ‘Dear Prudence’ and Sonny & Cher’s ‘The Beat Goes On’ – as well as their writing collaboration with Sparks and cover of the Sparks hit ‘The Number One Song In Heaven’. You can watch a new video for one of their biggest hits, 1979’s ‘Moskow Diskow’, which is also included on This Is Telex, above.

    This is Telex will be released on vinyl, cassette, CD and digital formats. The physical release will come with sleeve notes by occasional tQ contributor David Stubbs.

  801. Hi Paul!

    About Thin Lizzy’s albums… Do you know if Thunder And Lightning 2CD Deluxe Edition will have its re-release? And will there be a Deluxe Edition on Life Live 2CD?

    If you have any info please let us know. Thanks!

  802. Phil Spector has died . Some amazing music, Crystals, Ronettes, Righteous Brothers , Ike and Tina to name a few, plus Beatles and Ramones later.
    Not the nicest of men though.

  804. Paul,
    Any news on the upcoming Deluxe Edition 2 CD releases of Black Sabbath – “Heaven & Hell” and “Mob Rules”. Sounds like the extras are pretty good if you like live recordings of this version of Sabbath.

  808. Just wanted an opinion…..Out of the three massive anniversary beatles box sets, Sgt Peppers, White Album and Abbey Road….which one is the best among the three?

  810. New Albums that have been confirmed to be released this year that I am looking foward to follow . Steve Hackett , Steven Wilson ,Steve Forbert ,Steve Rothery ( there’s a pattern forming here !) Ian Mc Nabb ,Deacon Blue ,The Skids,Richard Barbieri ,Dubstar,Del Amitri,Nick Heyward,Marillion,Duran Duran,Texas,Tony Hadely,Ray Wilson,And Also The Trees and Gary Numan.So 2021 is not looking too bad from my point of view , anyway ! Anybody know of other confirmed intresting new studio sets ?

  811. Kraftwerk has a new 19-track, 2 hour plus download-only release of remixes which is ,not surprisingly titled “Remixes”, They are all early 21st century efforts, and features no less than 9 versions of “Expo 2000”. While a few early classics such as “The Robots” & “Radioactivity” are included, these remixes are based on 21st century re-makes. The remixes in this collection were previously exclusive to deleted CD singles and 12″ singles.

  812. I didn’t know which thread to put this on, but thanks for all you do on this excellent site Paul and I hope that you and your family are having an excellent day and I wish you and all SDE followers all the very best for 2021.

  813. Sad to see the great Leslie Wets, than Man Moungain out of Mountain, has passed away. An underrated guitarist ad fine vocalist the original Mountain albums were an awesome listen.

  815. I have previously suggested an area to highlight faults and how to get replacement discs. I think this would make a lot of sense to ensure that faulty box sets get spotted and all SDE readers can apply for replacements within any time limit. I have just received replacement discs for the M people Renaissance box set where there was an error on the DVDs causing the picture to freeze. Demon have pressed some new ones up. What a shame all SDE readers who bought this box set will not have been aware to check their DVDs and may not have noticed this. I must say Demon are very good in general at correcting errors.

  816. The Band’s 3rd album “Stage Fright” will get the Super Deluxe treatment from Capitol/Ume in February. This will be a 2-CD + Blu-Ray audio + 1-L.P. + 7″ single release. Included will be new Bob Clearmountain stereo and 5.1 surround remixes, plus a 1971 London concert, alternate mixes and hotel room demos recorded in Canada.
    There has been some grumbling from vinyl collectors, that unlike the two previous expanded boxed sets by the Band (“Music From Big Pink” & “The Band”), that this set’s vinyl album will be 1 x 33.3 RPM rather than the audiophile 2 x 45 RPM format of the previous sets.

  818. Paul – might be one of interest to yourself and other Bowie fans out there, an interesting article in the most recent Stereophile magazine called ‘David Bowie, curated. a fan reviews the posthumous releases.

    Be interesting to how his (Phil Brett’s) thoughts compare to other fans out there.

  821. Also upcoming from Cherry Red: the farewell studio albums from recently deceased ex-Uriah Heep members Ken Hensley (“My Book of Answers”) & Lee Kerslake (“Eleventeen”). For Kerslake, his first solo album is also his last.

  822. Bob Dylan has released another “50th Anniversary Collection” (I.E. copyright extension release). It’s a 3-CD set of “New Morning” outtakes, and it has already sold out. Like any of its predecessor collections, most fans will obtain the music via unofficial downloads.

  823. Deluxe Editions of John Lennon’s first studio album “Plastic Ono Band” & George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass” are indeed set for 2021. The Lennon set will have 130 remixed tracks, and there’s a preview of the Harrison set on YouTube. It’s a 2020 remix of the song “All Things Must Pass”, minus the Phil Spector echo and reverb effects.
    Be cautioned that the outtakes from “Plastic Ono Band” don’t vary in arrangement to the released takes (though there are variations in vocal phrasing). There’s plenty of “Plastic Ono Band” outtakes in circulation unofficially, but they’re difficult to sit through, espcially the outtakes of “Remember”
    The people behind the recent “Gimmer Some Truth” hits collection openly stated that the “Plastic Ono Band” box has already been mixed.

  824. Tom Petty store released a new Wildflowers & All The Rest 3-LP limited edition bundle yesterday, (supposedly) limited to 1,000.

    In addition to the same 3 LPs as before, it now includes:
    • Tote Bag: Natural canvas tote with front and back images.
    • Button Set: Pack of 4 buttons.
    • 7” single of “You Don’t Know How It Feels” and “Girl on LSD.”
    • Wildflowers logo cloth patch.
    • Numbered 12 x 12 Lithograph of “You Wreck Me” Blaze Brooks art.

    While the first issue of the 3-LP set still costs $39.98, the new issue costs $99.98!! $60 more for what basically amounts to a numbered lithograph and a 7″ single of the much desired “Girl on LSD”. Mind you, this is the SAME 7″ single that was advertised as “(exclusive to this format)” in the $499.98 Ultra Deluxe Edition… Had I purchased the ultra edition, I’d be absolutely pissed! Releasing more of a deluxe set limited to a specific number, as bad as it is, is one thing. But dangling a 7” single of “You Don’t Know How It Feels” and “Girl on LSD” to encourage people to cough up $500, then three months later adding it (and $60) to the original 3-LP set is another thing entirely. Totally classless money grubbing move by the Petty estate. And we’re supposed to believe the new bundle will be limited to 1,000 as advertised?

  825. It is with immense sadness that I relate the passing of Hal Ketchum. Hal is probably mostly unknown on these shores but I was a huge fan. He made a great impact on us when CMT Europe was available in the UK between 1992 and 1998 and along with people like Dwight Yoakam, Randy Travis and Martina McBride, Hal bought a new generation of British country fans into the fold. So much so that we Honeymooned in Nashville back in the mid nineties and we saw Reba McEntire, Martina McBride and Brooks & Dunn. But sadly not Hal, Randy or Dwight and we just missed a young Shelby Lynne, although I was threatened with a shotgun by the Warner Brothers security guard, which was nice.
    So long Hal, I hope you enjoy endless Small Town Saturday Nights.

  827. i was hoping for a super deluxe box of wheels of fire=cream this year. after the super 4 cd of goodbye this would be a excellant release. include all the march shows from winterland and the fillmore west and have all the studio outakes in great sound ie white room no wah wah guitar,early tracks cut at ibc and alantic studios in raw form etc.

  828. My suspicions about and wariness of legal downloads has again been confirmed. As a puchaser of the first edition of Neil Young’s “Archives Vol.2”, I received an e-mail and download code to download a 192 Khz/24-bit version of the boxed set. Things were going along fine, but the downloading froze after the first 58 (of 139 ) songs. Naturally, the company handling the download won’t let me try again, telling me that my download code has already been used.
    Now, I’m in store for days of waiting for customer service to respond. Same thing happened with my download coupon for Paul McCartney’s “Pipes of Peace” boxed set, though I later got the exact same download from an unofficial site.Since then, I never used the coupons with any subsequent McCartney box, and found the same download unofficially. At those sites, it’s no problem. If there’s a problem with the server at the download site (what happened in this instance), or I have a power failure or internet service disruption, I simply go back to the unofficial site and try again. But at an official download site, music biz paranoia means that I may never get a second chance. When I tried to get through to customer service at McCartney’s site, an error at McCartney’s website meant that my message couldn’t be sent.
    And on top of this bad experience, I’ve never received a shipping confirmation notice(for the 10-CD set) from Neil Young’s site, though I’ve already paid for the boxed set on my recent credit card bill. As for legal downloads, I say “Never Again”

    1. Again sorry for the late reply. I too had the same issue re download but at about 60 odd tracks. Never bothered again. Purchased the NYA Vol2 retail edition instead!
      Agree with Phil’s sentiment. Downloads are superfluous.
      Carl

  830. in late november repertoire records will be releasing a 6 cd box of colosseum= transmissions live at the bbc 1968 to 1971. this is a wonderful archive release. over 90% has not been heard since they were first broadcast. ESSENTIAL.

  832. The May 2016 all star tribute concert held in California for ELP’s Keith Emerson is finally getting a release as a blu-ray , 2CD deluxe package due out in March next year. If you search YouTube, a trailer is up and running.

    On another matter, someone in the UK just got over £2k on eBay for their Neil Young Archives Vol II. As I write, two other sets are also being offered. One is from Canada, the other , Ireland. Both are so far around the £1k mark with five or six days to go. Nice one Neil.

  833. OUT of no where Warner Music Group – X5 Music Group suddenly on friday released this on digitally:

    ABC – LOVE CONQUERS ALL (Remixes)

    1. Love Conquers All (7″ Edit) [Remix] [04:02]
    2. Love Conquers All (The Morales “Eclipse” Mix) [05:45]
    3. Love Conquers All (The Morales Mix) [04:42]
    4. Love Conquers All (Boilerhouse Mix) [04:51]
    5. Love Conquers All (Percapella Mix) [04:24]
    6. Love Conquers All (Extended Version) [06:17]

    https://amzn.to/3k8igEr

    Paul can you contact Warner Music Group – X5 Music Group and ask if there is hope for anymore similar releases or at FINALLY some SDE coming , thanks

    Are ABC publish rights at Warner Music Group ?

  834. Paul Weller is re releasing Wake up the Nation 1st December. It’s been remixed by Weller himself, as it is the 10th anniversary of the release. Apparently he was never happy with the original mix. So decided to re do it for the anniversary.

  836. Following all too soon after the death of drummer Lee Kerslake, Uriah Heep Keyboardist,2nd guitarist vocalist and main songwriter (from 1970-1980) Ken Hensley has also passed away. He was 75. Hensley’s domination of the songwriting eventually led to conflict within the group and Hensley’s exit after the release of 1980’s “Conquest” album

  837. I tried to post a link to the new Crowded House single “Whatever You Want” a few days ago here, but it didn’t work – you can find it on YouTube. Their new album is in the can and is called “Dreamers Are Waiting” and is due out early next year. They have a new line-up (Liam and Elroy, along with Mitchell Froom, are now in CH) and are back in NZ and prepping for a 10-date concert tour in March 2021.

  838. Following the “limited edition” Archives II debacle, Neil Young has truly kicked fans in the nuts with the 50th anniversary edition of After the Goldrush which can be pre-ordered today from his website. For a penny short of £98 you get a single vinyl album with the original track listing, one seven inch single with two versions of album outtake Wonderin’, one of which is unreleased, a litho print and, er, that’s it. Oh, and you have to wait until the middle of March next year for delivery.

  839. While I’m here. The new (final?) Fish album Weltschmerz deluxe edition is a bloody lovely thing. Gorgeous 100 page book and the 5.1 mix on the blu ray sounds fabulous. Given how many comments the Marillion re releases get I’m surprised it hasn’t shown up on the site. Only available direct from the artist. https://fishmusic.scot/store

  840. Just to vent, and I don’t know where else to put this… need a general comments blog thingy.
    I love physical copies of my music, however… If the vinyl or box comes with a download code for mp3’s is it too much to ask for them to fill in the meta/tag information before they make the file available for download? It is really sloppy to let me download but then have to input the track names and google a picture of the sleeve. It’s not often a problem, but it should NEVER be one.

  841. I hear that the EU version of the 20th anniversary Hybrid Theory is riddled with errors and spelling mistakes..shame as its a lovely boxset and the US version I received was superb..

  842. Neil Young appears to have scrapped previous plans outlined this week to re-issue the sold-out Archives II box set with slightly changed art work.

    Instead ….well , here’s what he has just posted on his Archives website:

    “Reprise Records, my record company for about 50 years, underestimated the demand for Archives VOLUME II. We were all surprised. It is a beautiful package that I am proud to have made for you. I do feel badly that we did not deliver it to many who were waiting so long for it.

    “We don’t feel that offering more of a product sold as a limited edition is a good thing to do. Thank you to all who purchased this set.

    “In 2021 we will be offering more Archives VOLUME II products as Reprise had originally planned, available in all outlets. These, while not the boxed set, will offer all of the of the music and discs with a smaller book. The original large book will be available for separate sale.
    Thanks! NYA”

    I am still staggered someone thought 3,000 copies would be adequate.

  844. Erasure is releasing physical singles from The Neon album on Dec 4. Nice to see they haven’t abandoned physical singles releases.

    https://mute.ffm.to/cdbx-fa

    ‘FALLEN ANGEL’ 12″ VINYL
    SIDE A
    Fallen Angel – Georgia Remix / Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling) – Nimmo Remix Extended Dub (previously unreleased) / Nerves of Steel – Bright Light Bright Light Remix

    SIDE B
    Shot A Satellite – Initial Talk Extended Dub (previously unreleased) / Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling) – Daybreakers Dub (previously unreleased) / Nerves of Steel – Vince Clarke Extended Mix

    ‘THE NEON SINGLES’ – CD BOXSET (limited to 4,000)
    CD1
    ‘HEY NOW (THINK I GOT A FEELING)’
    Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling) – Daybreakers Remix / Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling) – Daybreakers Dub (previously unreleased) / Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling) – Daybreakers Instrumental (previously unreleased) / Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling) – Philip George Remix / Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling) – Philip George Dub Remix (previously unreleased) / Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling) – Philip George Remix Instrumental (previously unreleased) / Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling) – Nimmo Remix / Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling) – Nimmo Remix Extended Dub (previously unreleased) / Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling) – Nimmo Remix Instrumental (previously unreleased) / Shot A Satellite – Initial Talk Remix

    CD2
    ‘NERVES OF STEEL’
    Nerves of Steel – Extended Mix / Nerves of Steel – Bright Light Bright Light Remix / Nerves of Steel – Bright Light Bright Light Remix Dub (previously unreleased) / Nerves of Steel – Bright Light Bright Light Remix Instrumental (previously unreleased) / Nerves of Steel – 7th Heaven Radio Edit / Nerves of Steel – 7th Heaven Club Mix / Nerves of Steel – 7th Heaven Dub Mix (previously unreleased) / Nerves of Steel – 7th Heaven Remix Instrumental (previously unreleased) / Shot A Satellite – Initial Talk Extended Dub (previously unreleased)

    CD3
    ‘FALLEN ANGEL’
    Fallen Angel – Georgia Remix / Fallen Angel – Georgia Dub / Fallen Angel – Georgia Remix Instrumental / Fallen Angel – Confidence Man Remix / Fallen Angel – Confidence Man Dub / Fallen Angel – Confidence Man Remix Instrumental / Fallen Angel – Ben Rainey Remix / Fallen Angel – Ben Rainey Dub / Fallen Angel – Ben Rainey Remix Instrumental / Shot A Satellite – Initial Talk Remix Instrumental (previously unreleased)

  845. According to Uncut, Blondie are touring the UK next November (with Garbage) to promote their long-awaited archive box which will be called Blondie 1972-1984 Against The Odds. This is expected in four formats and will include unreleased bonus material.
    There’s also a live film/soundtrack release next spring based around their 2019 Cuba tour, and hopefully a new album in the works too.

  846. All of the 1960’s & 1970’s King Crimson bassist/vocalists have passed :Greg Lake,Boz Burrell, John Wetton, and now Gordon Haskell. Haskell was 74 and died from Cancer. Haskell sang most of the tracks on the group’s third album “Lizard”, plus “Cadence and Cascade” on the group’s second album “In The Wake of Poseidon”. The backing track for “Cadence and Cascade” was originally intended for Greg Lake to sing (and there’s a rough mix with Lake singing), but the key was too high for Haskell, so the tape was slowed down so that Haskell could sing it, then sped up during mixdown. The line-up on the “LIzard” album disbanded without ever playing live, and Haskell regretted joining the group.

  847. Hello Paul, I just read a q&a with Graham Nash, where he mentioned that a Deja Vu boxset is ready, and coming out in a couple of months time, 5 or 6 discs, from the master tapes. What an incredible album that wS. Hopefully you could find out some more details and add it to your wonderful listing. Take care.

  848. Usually, I supply information here, but today I’ll ask a question.
    Does the Charly Records label still exist? Their website has been defunct for a few weeks, and the troubled label has released almost nothing in recent years. As for “Immediate Records” recordings (to which Charly holds the non-UK rights), their last CD release (“Small Faces-There Are But Four Small Faces”) was issued back in the spring of 2014. Charly has continued to license an occasional track for Various Artists compilations, but the licensing is from a separate Charly affiliate company.

  849. I’m starting to wonder if the ever-fickle and mercurial Neil Young is actually going to permit the release of “Archives Vol.2”. The scheduled date for preordering at Young’s site came and went with no preordering. How many times can Young tease, then disappoint his fans before they simply walk away in disgust.

  850. In all the years of viewing SDE, I’ve never seen this section.

    Phil Cohen certainly has a wealth of information. I read the info on the Beatles USA box set cd issues and how to solve them with interest.

    I finally checked my Sign O The Times cd set yesterday and half have surface marks, some worse than others – the DVD looks the worst. I haven’t checked the vinyl box set for warping, which is reported as a problem.

    I thought I’d wait to listen to the BBC documentary on Sign O The Times until the time the box set came out, only to find it’s now unavailable on the BBC Sounds app. I won’t wait too long to listen to the Guy Garvey special on Kate Bush’s Hounds Of Love, which has less than a month to listen to.

  852. Little info available at present, but Jarvis Cocker is re-issuing his first two (solo) albums on Black Friday Record Store Day (27th November I think).

    ‘JARVIS’ is on two-tone green coloured vinyl with a one-sided etched 7″ of ‘Running the World’.

    ‘FURTHER COMPLICATIONS’ is on white vinyl with a one-sided etched 12″ of ‘You’re In My Eyes (Discosong)’.

    Not sure on any bonus tracks – this was not mentioned, but I presume it’s a straight reissue apart from the coloured vinyl and bonus 7″ + 12″.

  854. New Order ‘Be A Rebel’ 12″ available on pre-order. 15% off until November 13 release date.

    Limited edition of 5000 worldwide.
    A1. Be A Rebel
    A2. Be A Rebel (Bernard’s Renegade Mix)
    B1. Be A Rebel (Stephen’s T34 Mix)
    B2. Be A Rebel (Bernard’s Renegade Instrumental Mix)

    Available on Dove Grey coloured vinyl, packaged with a blue metallic ink outer sleeve and full colour inner sleeve. Includes a high definition download code.

    https://store.mute.com/browse/new-order/products/new-order-be-a-rebel-limited-edition-dove-grey-12

    Original post on the single mentioned a CD being released but don’t see that listed yet. Hope that comes through and that it includes all of the tracks here.

  855. Gordon Haskell is a decent chap who seems to receive zero attention .Most people are probably not aware that he has released a new album this year . The Cat Who Got The Cream is a superb set of songs and is available direct from gordon at http://www.gordonhaskell.com .

  856. There’s been a few more SACD’s coming out of Honk Kong this year. These include greatest hits compilations by the Human League, Culture Club, Tears For Fears and The Cranberries. I’m not sure of the source of the material. The easiest place to find these releases is Import CD’s or American e-bay (ebay.com).

    In Japan, there’s been some more MQA x UHQCD releases which require more equipment if you want to hear the hi-res versions. These include releases by Kiss, The Jam, Small Faces and Blondie. CD Japan looks like the best source for all these releases.

  858. For those interested in the forthcoming Eagles Live From The Forum there is a super deluxe edition on Warner’s Australian site containing 4LP, 2CD + Blu-ray. Not sure if this is exclusive to Australia as I haven’t seen it on any other sites.

  859. Hey Paul, did you know that the Divine Comedy box set, initially slated for an august 2020 release and then reported to 9 October, has been delayed again and is now set for a 13 November release (according to DC official site). Do you know why? Covid again? Thanks…

  860. Idiot Prayer – Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace will get a 2-CD and 2-LP vinyl release on Nov 20

    https://www.nickcave.com/news/idiot-prayer-album-and-cinema-release/

    DISC: 1
    1. Spinning Song
    2. Idiot Prayer
    3. Sad Waters
    4. Brompton Oratory
    5. Palaces Of Montezuma
    6. Girl In Amber
    7. Man In The Moon
    8. Nobody’s Baby Now
    9. (Are You) The One That I’ve Been Waiting For?
    10. Waiting For You
    11. The Mercy Seat
    12. Euthanasia

    DISC: 2
    1. Jubilee Street
    2. Far From Me
    3. He Wants You
    4. Higgs Boson Blues
    5. Stranger Than Kindness
    6. Into My Arms
    7. The Ship Song
    8. Papa Won’t Leave You, Henry
    9. Black Hair
    10. Galleon Ship

  861. Australian-born 1970’s pop singer Helen Reddy has died in Los Angeles, mere weeks before what would have been her 79th birthday. She had been suffering from dementia. Reddy is best remembered for her woman’s liberation anthem “I Am Woman”

  862. Does anyone know if the Pet Shop Boys have re-signed to Parlophone Records via Warner music? Their website now has a 2020 Warner Music UK copyright statement on the bottom of the page. The other option is that they have sold PSB partnership to Warners, which could mean a glut of dodgy cheap PSB compilations a la Duran Duran and Human League :(

  865. Sad to report the death of Dave Kusworth a few days ago. He died peacefully in his sleep of a heart attack.

    According to Stephen Duffy, Dave had spent the summer compiling songs from old cassettes with Stephen down in Cornwall, where Stephen now lives.

    A huge part of the late 1970s early 1980s Midlands music scene, with a musical history intertwined with many of my favourite artists.

    This from my own, long defunct, website “Duffypedia”.
    Dave Kusworth – Born in Moseley, Birmingham, on March 23rd, 1960. He went to Moseley art school in the mid-’70s. His first gig was with “TV Eye” along with Dave Twist and Paul Adams later of “The Hawks”. He was responsible for persuading Stephen to leave Duran and join Obviously Five Believers who became “The Hawks”. Dave also recorded many times with the late Nikki Sudden. He has been in so many bands it is almost beyond recall, but here goes TV Eye, The Bible Belt, The Rag Dolls, The Last Bandits, Dogs D’Amour, The Jacobites, The Bounty Hunters (on Swordfish records SWFLP5), The Tenderhooks. He is currently still recording and touring with Dave Twist.” – 2006

  866. Lee Kerslake, the drummer during Uriah Heep’s 1970 heyday has died at age 73. He retired from the group some years ago and had been ill with cancer for many years. Kerslake was 73.

  867. James Taylor has done a couple of teasers on youtube this month indicating that he’s opening up his archive, like Joni Mitchell? Apparently more details on 18 September. Have you heard anything Paul?

  868. As of today, Music Magpie on eBay is selling NEW box sets and single CDs with a 15 percent discount, part of an eBay-wide come-on for selected stores. You can filter using the Music Magpie store search button. They have the Lloyd Cole New York set for a few pence over £35 and the recent five disc Allman Brothers career summation for around the same price. The Appetite for Destruction set is also available. Some other sets are way over priced so even with the discount they cannot match Amazon. Worth digging around. I noticed all the Be Bop Deluxe boxes on there. Fans will know if they are are bargain. They appear to be ! Good hunting.

  870. Hello. Like anyone who posts new release info on SDE, my posts are occasionally Cut n’Pasted and re-posted onto other forums, such as The Steve Hoffman Forums, a site about music, movies and electronics, operated by Los Angeles-based mastering engineer Steve Hoffman. Recently, after one of my posts on SDE was reposted to the Hoffman forums, somebody asked “Who is Phil Cohen?”, so I’ll answer that question. I am a CD and record collector who lives in Florida. In the early to mid-1990’s I was a CD boxed set compiler in London, until compiling opportunties dried up.
    I participated in Hoffman’s forums until 6 to 7 years ago. I didn’t know at the time that the Hoffman forum rules prohibited openly asking why the forums’ censors deleted a discussion thread.(this rule was later dropped). I asked that question and was permanently banned without even one forewarning. I think that I knew why the thread was deleted. One of the other forum members made mention (in a historical context) of a bootleg Beatles CD (a mention that today would no longer be prohibited) . I was basically looking for official confirmation of what I already knew. Though the reason for banning me is now obsolete, Hoffman’s gang of censors still won’t let me re-join the forum no matter how many years pass. Their forum will not permit a non-member (or ex-member) to contact them. I know that Hoffman forum members read this forum, and they Cut n’Paste material from this site, so this post is to answer their question.

  871. Marillion fans like me will have to wait a bit longer for the deluxe box set of Fugazi as stated on Lucy Jordache’s FB page last week.
    This will now get released on January.

  872. jimi hendrix , stand next to your fire will be issued nov 20.recorded july 30 in maui hawaii it will be a 2 cd set with blu ray and 3 lp set with blu ray.short sample of video with sound is available and its smashing. the best thing is it seems that the original bass and drums are there not the 72 overdubs that has circulated. bout time and long time a comin.

  874. Expect a 3-CD “40th Anniversary edition” of Al Stewart’s “24 Carrots” on November 27th from the “Esoteric” label. The set has a disc of unreleased demo versions and a disc of unreleased concert material

  875. To follow ‘Workingman’s Dead’ from earlier this year, just announced is the 50th anniversary edition of ‘American Beauty’, again with an extra two CDS of live material, this time taken from the February 18, 1971 show at the Capitol Theatre. Another stonker of a show IMHO, so well worth the purchase. And of course, this highlights the fact that the Dead originally managed both of these albums within a few months in 1970!! Another purple period!

  876. as far as a who sell out deluxe, japan polydor issued a 2 cd set with both mono/stereo mixes and filled the rest of the disc with unreleased trax and rarities .this was back in about 2010. i really doubt there is more much.but who knows……….

  878. Many performers, artist estates and record companies have decided to leave fans empty-handed (or with unsatisfactory alternate products) this year.
    Bruce Springsteen-Tracks 2:Postponed indefinitely in favour of a new solo album(I.E. without the E-Street Band)

    The Who-Sell Out (boxed set): Postponed until early 2021 to coincide with a new documentary.

    Queen-The Miracle (boxed set):Postponed indefinitely in favour of a CD,DVD & Blu-Ray of recent live recordings with Adam Lambert.

    George Harrison-All Things Must Pass (50th anniversary edition):Postponed until next year.

    All this makes me appreciate The Rolling Stones, King Crimson, Fleetwood Mac, Paul McCartney & The Doors even more. They’re coming through with boxed set product for their fans, instead of letting the fans down.

  879. Annoyingly, Amazon Canada has cancelled quite a few of my recent pre order “due to lack of availability”; did this happened to others?:

    Eddie Piller Presents The Mod Revival / Various Artists
    From Brussels With Love / Various Artists
    Menswear Collection [Signed Boxset With Badge Set]
    Closed For Business: Ultimate Mansun Collection – 25th AnniversaryDeluxe Box Set (24CD+DVD & Book)
    Make More Noise: Women In Independent Music UK 1977-1987 / Various (w/Book)

  880. The latest Ben Liebrand ‘Grand 12-Inches 17’ 4 disc box set has an error at the end of track 6, disc 3, approximately 7:28+, because there is a skip and approximately 3 seconds of the song is missing. I can only hope a replacement disc will become available, because this spoils the set slightly. The track being ‘White Lines (Don’t Do It) (Long Version) by Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel.

  884. There hasn’t been much released from the seemingly bottomless vaults of Motown in 2020, but that will change on September 18th, with the release of a UK various artists 2-CD set “A Cellarful of Motown Vol.5”. vol.4 was released 10 years ago. The artists are second tier Motown artists, but still, it’s got the Motown sound.

  886. Hello Paul, I recently purchased an Alphaville Forever Young Super Deluxe Box Set. Mine did not come with the back song list page that was stuck on. Would you have any idea on who to contact to see if I could obtain one of those nice pages? Thank you for your time, Erik

  888. Muse fans can expect this box set in December

    https://amzn.to/3ln4SOs

    Muse brings their ‘Simulation Theory’ tour to life in this limited edition ’80s-inspired deluxe box set. The box set includes a pink/blue marbled LP with selections from the band’s September 2019 performance at London’s O2 Arena housed in a gatefold jacket, a VHS-like box containing a HD 5.1 DTS Master Audio Blu-Ray of the film, a fluorescent pink cassette of the film score written by Matt Bellamy, a Marvel Simulation Theory comic book and an 11×17 Marvel Muse poster. Each box will have metallic foil packaging.

  889. Bad news. While a Bruce Springsteen archival boxed set is in development, it won’t be released this year. Too bad, because I would have bought it.

  890. News for Star Wars fans from Rolling Stone online:
    Ludwig Göransson’s soundtrack for Season One of The Mandalorian will be released as a massive and limited edition 8-LP vinyl box set via Mondo.
    Göransson’s individual scores for each of the eight episodes of Disney+’s Star Wars spinoff were initially only released digitally, but Mondo’s limited edition, one-time pressing will collect the entire Season One soundtrack for its first-ever physical release.
    The Mandalorian: Season One, limited to just 3,500 copies, is available to preorder beginning August 26th through the Mondo Shop. Each of the eight chapters, pressed on 180-gram vinyl, is housed in its own jacket featuring original artwork by Paul Mann. The entire 8-LP set is also housed in a heavy-duty slipcase adorned with the titular Mandalorian’s mudhorn Signet.

  891. It’s not just a rumour: Joni Mitchell’s “Archives Vol.1:The Early Years 1963-1967” is coming October 23rd. The set features 119 tracks across 5 CD’s. Much of the material is live radio concert performances, but there are also numerous home recordings and some demos recorded for Elektra Records founder Jac Holzman. The earliest recordings (1963-1964) show Mitchell (then known as Joni Anderson) playing numerous traditional folk songs, but she soon developes her own songwriting. Mitchell states that for many of the original songs in this collection, that these are the only recordings, though there are a few songs that she would later record in the studio, including “Both Sides Now”, “The Circle Game”, “Little Green” & “Morning Morgantown”. The recordings in the set all predate her Reprise Records debut album.
    She once rezsented being refered to as “A Folk Singer”, but after listening to these vintage recordings, she realised that “I WAS a folk singer”. The set will also have a 40-page booklet including reminiscings from radio station personel who were present at these early gigs.

  892. The word in circulation is that there will be no CD boxed set product from The Who this year. As The Rolling Stones once said, “If You Can’t Rock Me,Somebody Will”.
    I’m sure that this coming holiday season will bring enough vintage sounds from the 1960’s and 1970’s, that we’ll have enough to listen to, even without The Beatles or The Who.
    It’s unlikely that the COVID-19 situation will be much (or any) different in 2021, and if these artists, estates and record companies remain hesitant to release boxed sets next year, the audience (AKA “The Market”) will eventually walk away, no matter how commercially huge or famous that these groups were in their heyday.

  893. Though still quite a bit into the future, expect a Super Deluxe boxed set for Queen’s album “The Miracle” on November 6th. Over at the forum on the group’s official website, a participant who is in the know (but highly restricted in what he is permitted to say) indicates that the boxed set will contain 5 CD’s and a Blu-ray disc. Just how that many discs will be filled remains to be seen.
    The sessions that produced the album yielded 3 non-L.P. B-sides, 2 extended dance mixes and four promo videos. There was no tour behind the album, hence no live versions. As we know, Freddir Mercury’s health was failing, and it was his decision, that rather than do a farewell tour, that, with limited time remaining to live, that the group should immediately go back to the studio and record another album, hence “Innuendo”.

  894. The next (elaborately packaged) Sony Music Japan SACD in Quadrophonic (a 1970’s forerunner of surround sound) will be the 1969 debut album by Santana, released September 23rd.. Santana has an extensive discography of albums in quadraphonic, and this is only the third Santana Quadraphonic mix to be reissued.

  895. if hendrix would of played woodstock with billy cox and mitch mitchell instead of the larger group it would of been amazing. both billy and mitch knew the songs and it would of signaled the beginning of the future.

  896. I’ve just ordered the Seeds of Love (Box set and Vinyl) – finally I will get to hear this. Like a lot of people here I’ve been looking forward to this for years. Good shipping rates to Ireland too – thanks Paul.

  898. Warner Music’s massive 38-CD limited edition “Woodstock” set is now available as a high resolution 24-bit download (albeit minus the Jimi Hendrix performance which Sony Music refused to license). The download, available (for now) exclusively from HDTracks, has an introductory price of $400. Interestingly, while most recordings in the 38-disc set were newly remixed by compiler Andy Zax,(excepting the recordings by Melanie, Ravi Shankar , Jimi Hendrix & Mountain), in the case of the Hendrix performance, the Hendrix estate wanted their existing mix used. Zax was prohibited to newly remix the Hendrix set, though Zax had access to the first generation multitracks, versus Experience Hendrix’s (likely digital) 2nd generation copy of the original 1″/8-track tapes.
    The Hendrix estate’s version of the Woodstock show downplays second guitarist Larry Lee, by omitting Lee’s two vocal numbers, and by mixing down,mixing out or editing out Lee’s guitar playing, ostensibly because of tuning issues. Percussionists Jerry Velez & Juma Sultan are nearly inaudible, though whether that’s the way the recording is, or whether that’s the way the Hendrix estate wants it to be…is unknown.

  899. More deluxe product is on the way. The “Esoteric” label completes its Procol Harum expanded multi-disc series on October 30th with a 2-CD edition of “Something Magic”. Disc Two has a BBC concert.
    Further into the future (No release date has been set), expect The Band’s “Stage Fright” & Alan Parsons Project’s “The Turn of a Friendly Card” to get the deluxe boxed set treatment with 5.1 surround mixes.
    Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s “Deja Vu” will receive an expanded edition in November. The packaging with be in a small book similar to that of the solo boxed sets by Crosby, Stills & Nash and the “CSNY 1974” box.

  901. The last time Duane, Gregg, Berry Oakley and Butch Trucks played together surfaces from 50 years ago. Would be interesting to learn what digital doctoring has been done to the original cassette to enhance the audio.
    https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/duane-allman-final-allman-brothers-concert-live-album-1045092/

    (Not sure why my update share about XTC and Andy Partridge wasn’t posted. Thought readers would appreciate the information. Doing a bad job reading others’ minds these days, beg pardon.)

  902. Undoubtedly, 1975’s “Fish Out of Water” by the late bassist/vocalist Chris Squire was one of the finest solo albums to emerge from the group “Yes”. Cherry Red’s “Esoteric” label gave the album the Super Deluxe treatment a few years ago, though there was little that could be added, other than single edits and both sides of a Chris Squire/Alan White single. For those who don’t need the vinyl records from the boxed set, and who longed for a lossless, high resolution release of Jacko Jacksyk’s new surround mix(the boxed set had lossy Dolby Digital & DTS). the “Esoteric” label will grant your wish on October 30th with a 96Khz/24-bit Blu-Ray audio edition of the album. It contains the new stereo & surround mixes and the video material (promo videos & an interview) as in the boxed set….and at a quite reasonable £11.99.
    While the Blu-Ray audio disc doesn’t contain the Chris Squire/Alan White single(“Run with The Fox”), the a-side appeared many years ago on CD, on the 4-CD set “Yesyears”

  903. Don’t know if anyone can help me out here. Bought Depeche Mode – Playing The Angel SACD/DVD and I am finding the SACD in surround a bit underwhelming. No bass to speak of and very thin sounding. The back of the case states the SACD can be played in stereo but printed on the label is multi ch surround.
    Other SACD discs sound okay in surround though.

  904. some very sad news, guitarist jan savage of the SEEDS passed away on aug 5 age 77. it has not been widely reported. i had the pleasure of meeting him once and found him to surprised that the seeds were so much loved. neil young once told me the jan was his favorite guitarist ever. and yes he was a real indian to.

  905. Hybrid Theory 20 Deluxe Edition (https://store.maniacsonline.com.au/products/hybrid-theory-20th-anniversary-edition-vinyl-deluxe-box-set ) and Super Deluxe Edition (https://store.maniacsonline.com.au/products/hybrid-theory-20th-anniversary-edition-super-deluxe-box-set ) are out now. Apologies I am providing Aussie links, but you get the picture!!

    Postage is dirt cheap. Not sure about the item price though, but 5CDs, 3DVDs (I know, they’ll all complain about Blu Rays or Laserdiscs…), 4LPs, cassette, 80 page book, download card for ALL audio, … It’s not bad, and a great way to commemorate Chester & co.

  906. Hi, not sure where else to post this so i’m giving it a try here:

    Has anyone else noticed that Amazon seems to have stopped their Autorip-function?
    If so, is it known if they did so intentionally or is it a bug on their website?

  907. I was trying to make contact with Bob Stanley after reading a blog about Billy Fury, mentioning my father Reg Calvert and I thought he may like to know more ‘history’ of the early days of rock ‘n’ roll, and the inside story of managing pop groups and pirate radio.
    Reg Calvert married Dorothy, 1946, both aged 18. Postwar Britain, life was hard and for 3 years lived in an old bus in an apple orchard as he tried many ways to earn a living including making popcorn. By 1955, he had become a radio and television engineer and played piano in the evenings and began to run dances. When he heard Bill Haley’s Rock Around the Clock, he gave up his job to bring Rock ‘n’ Roll to England. There were almost no musicians who could ‘rock’ so he trained his own and put on fantastic shows that travelled the country’s dance halls, providing the first teenage entertainment. He also organised the first all night rock concerts before Glastonbury. (Others soon copied). He began to employ most of the ‘famous’ stars, including Billy Fury to tour with his boys. 1961 bought Clifton Hall, near Rugby and his musicians moved in with the family, and many famous groups visited, including the Beatles. 1964 started his own pirate radio station, at first, with Screaming Lord Sutch. He made a success of it and was murdered by a rival. It changed the face of British broadcasting. Quite a story – most people are unaware of. Trilogy: Life and Death of a Pirate by S.K. Moore is now published and has 5* (fantastic) reviews
    Please forward (to whoever is interested). Thank you

  908. This coming Christmas shopping season looks bleak for Beatles fans: unless Olivia Harrison & Universal Music decide to release some George Harrison archival material, then all we’ll be getting is a John Lennon hits compilation. John Lennon’s music needs another greatest hits about as much as The Doors or The Beach Boys. “The John Lennon Collection”(1-CD,original mixes) & “Working Class Hero” (2-CD, remixes) provide all the solo Lennon music that the casual consumer wants or needs. As we used to say in the 1960’s, the lack of Beatles group and solo material for the Holiday Shopping season is “A Bummer”
    In other news, Sanctuary Music’s forthcoming boxed set of “Black Sabbath-Paranoid”, is merely a vinyl version of Warner Bros. underwhelming U.S.A.. 4-CD set of a few years ago.

  909. The Doobie Brothers “Quadio” 4-disc Quadraphonic Blu-ray audio set can now be preordered from Rhino or The Doobie Brothers’ website. Release date September 4th.
    Also, later this year from Warner Music: expanded boxed set editions of Jethro Tull’s “A” & “Benefit” albums in the book packaging that has become standard for Jethro Tull expanded editions. No word as to whether “Benefit” will add any additional content (versus the previous digipak expanded edition)

  910. ok phil and everyone. here is the lowdown on why its being delayed/ canceled. there seems to be issues of legality and the final song selection =.the reason being that there were so many different writers of songs at that time.sooo we well have to wait…… and wait …. and wait.

  911. Though a 5-CD boxed set of Beach Boys 1969-1972 vault material was mixed & mastered, liner notes written and artwork designed, the project has been shelved. It won’t be released. No word on which of the surviving members vetoed it.

  912. Though Peter Green retired ten years ago, he recently recorded a farewell album, and sessions concluded in January. Though he was not present during the recent tribute concert (that was organized by Mick Fleetwood), at least 2 of the musicians who performed at the tribute concert also played on Green’s final sessions. No word on when or if the Green estate will release the recordings. Though it’s sad that Green is gone, it’s a good idea to conclude a career with some recordings; something that Chuck Berry also did.

  914. So sad to hear that Denise Johnson has passed away at just 56. I suspect many of her vocal contributions will be better known than her name, but a quick spin of ‘Don’t Fight It, Feel It’ or ‘Get The Message’ is all that’s required to appreciate what a phenomenal singer she was.

    Her acoustic solo album ‘Where Does It Go’ (a sadly appropriate title now) was due for release later this year; hopefully, it will still see the light of day.

    RIP Denise, and thank you for that wonderful soundtrack.

  915. Filmaker & archivist Martin Davies (son of The Kinks’ Dave Davies) has confirmed that the next Kinks album to get the deluxe boxed set treatment will be “Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround”.
    In other new, there will be a Super Deluxe version of The Rolling Stones next video release “Steel Wheels Live: Atlantic City 1989”. Release date September 25th. It will contain a blu-ray disc, three CD’s and two DVD’s, and, thankfully, it will be released worldwide. Normally, this type of Stones product would be released only in Japan, but Universal is undoubtedly aware, that, at present, the only way to ship anything from Japan is by Fedex or DHL. Japan Post will not accept any mail to overseas destinations.

  916. Expect an 8-CD Fleetwood Mac box “1969-1974” on September 4th from Warner/Rhino. Seven original albums (most with bonus tracks) are joined by a disc of live recordings.

  917. Kevin Rowland: My Beauty, Expanded CD Edition
    Also on limited edition pink vinyl

    Its Released on 25th September 2020 by Cherry Red

    ”Originally released in 1999, “My Beauty” was the second solo album from Dexys/Dexys Midnight Runners’ lead singer Kevin Rowland. The album was mostly unfairly received by critics at the time, but in the years since has come to enjoy cult status. This reissue is the first time “My Beauty” has been available on vinyl and on CD with its originally intended track-listing.”

    Slated at the time in the music press ‘the vitriol’ said Rowland in a subsequent interview with Mark Kermode,good album though,ripe for reappraisal

  918. Having received my Kursaal Flyers & Pub Rock box sets from Cherry Red, it is disappointing to see that they seem to have abandoned the clam boxes in favour of crappy slip case. No half as good in my opinion. I am expecting the forthcoming Pilot set to be the same.

    Similarly Esoteric have changed the lovely box that the debut Barclay James Harvest album came in (same as the Be Bop Deluxe sets) substituting a clam box for this release.

  919. Former Stiltskin and Genesis singer Ray Wilson has a crowdfunding campaign at https;//raywilson.net/backstage/# For his new album due next year .To be entitled THE WEIGHT OF MAN .Pre -order and you help with the recording process and you will recieve an advanced signed copy before its offical release .I personally love his solo work and would recommend last year’s compilation or any of his live releases as a good place to start for the curious.

  920. The next Rolling Stones video release will be “Steel Wheels Live:Atlantic City 1989”. The film clasification documents from German film classification authorites have been posted on the forum at iorr.org

  922. The problem that may cause upcoming major label CD,DVD & Blu-ray music boxed sets to be postponed into 2021 or 2022 or cancelled isn’t manufacturing the discs. Those discs were always pressed under “Clean Room” conditions. The workers always wore masks & gloves. The more serious issues are the fabricating and printing of the packaging elements that are typical of major label boxed sets (10″ x 10″ and 12″ x 12″ boxes and slipcases, hardback & paperback books, posters and memorabilia reproductions), the closing of many mastering facilities, and the millions of unemployed consumers who won’t be able to afford the products.
    It is more than boxed sets of “The Beatles-Let It Be” and the earliest John Lennon & George Harrison solo albums that are at stake, but also the following projects that are known to be in development:
    The Rolling Stones-Goats Head Soup
    Queen-The Miracle
    Genesis-The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
    The Who Sell Out
    The Doors-Morrison Hotel
    Marillion-Fugazi
    Crosby Stills Nash & Young-Deja Vu
    Bruce Springsteen-Tracks 2
    Neil Young-Archives Vol.2(1972-1976)
    The Beach Boys-5-disc set, tentatively titled “Feel Flows”
    Cream-Wheels of Fire (+ additional concert recordings)
    The Doobie Brothers-Quadio (Blu-ray audio box)
    Bob Dylan-The Bootleg Series Vol.16
    And, of course, future archival projects by Jimi Hendrix, The Kinks, Steve Miller Band and (astonishingly) the firsr-ever release of archival material by Joni Mitchell.
    Not surprisingly, all the upcoming (late August) boxed sets from the Cherry Red group of labels feature small, simple packaging (mini album covers in a clamshell box). And large format boxes from Gonzo multimedia (America & Trevor Rabin) have been postponed. The issue is obviously printing and fabricating the packaging materials.
    Keep us up to date on the situation.

  923. For fans of 1970’s music, the Cherry Red group of label has much upcoming CD product for you. “Back Street Crawler-The Atlantic Years”(4-CD set; the 4th disc is unreleased material), “Unicorn-Slow Dancing” (4-CD set; the 4th disc is unreleased), “Pilot-The Albums (4-CD set with bonus tracks), “Roy Wood and Wizzard-Eddy & The Falcons”(+5 bonus tracks), “Roy Wood and Wizzard-Main Street”(+1 unreleased bonus track) and “The Tremeloes-The Complete CBS Recordings 1966-1972″(6-CD set). “Roy Wood & Wizzard-Main Street” was a shelved 1976 album released for the first time(by Edsel ) in 2000.
    As for the 3-CD + DVD edition of “Be Bop Deluxe-Axe Victim” now in its 2nd postponement, it will arrive for real on the 17th of July. Cherry Red’s website is no longer cautioning about further COVID-related postponements for this product.

  924. So there’s some limited edition bundles available for the new Lady Gaga album including some signed material. There were still some available from Universal outlets. Looking at some of the images posted online, there’s some nicely signed signatures but also some signed just L.

    I wonder how many items she signed before going for the ‘L’

  925. anyone have information on the box set by the beach boys called feel flows ?. its gonna have unreleased material from sunflower to holland.the best and most creative period of them as a band.

  927. The new Liam Gallagher MTV Unplugged is now available as a signed album in various formats and bundles, but shipping in Canada is an eye watering £10.52 !!!

  929. Divinyls debut album “Desperate” has just been re-issued in a remastered/expanded CD format by Rubellan Remasters. I’ve never heard of them so I don’t know much about them.

    https://www.rubellanremasters.com/divinylsdesperate

    The main album uses the international ‘revised’ tracklisting, but the bonus tracks are from the original Australian release. This is very good news because – even though I live in Australia – the ‘original’ tracklist is virtually impossible to find on CD. It’s incredibly rare and therefore eye-wateringly expensive. All subsequent CD re-issues use the international tracklisting.

    I messaged them, asking if they were planning to give the follow-up album (“What A Life!”) the same treatment. I hope so, because “WAL!” has the same issues with revised/rare tracks.

  930. Some lost (originally intended to be destroyed) unreleased Beatles recordings featuring original drummer Pete Best have been found by the estate of Geoff Emerick. Emerick, then a 16 year old apprentice assistant engineer at EMi Studios, took the reel home instead of destroying it. But there’s going to be a prolonged court battle between Universal Music and Emerick’s estate over the ownership of the tape. the court procedings begin next Tuesday.

  932. Lars Ulrich showed of an LP-sized box set to US talk show host Jimmy Kimmel of forthcoming live album S&M2, featuring Metallica backed by the San Francisco Symphony. The setlist includes a mix of hits like “Enter Sandman,” and “Master of Puppets”, deep cuts such as “The Call of Ktulu,” and “The Unforgiven III” and a rendition of late bass player Cliff Burton’s “Anesthesia” solo performed by the symphony’s principle bassist. Lars said the album would be out “in August”. He was a special guest , surprising a front line nurse who is a big fan of the band. He promised her a copy signed by all the band.

  933. Sweet’s bassist/vocalist Steve Preist has died at age 72. He had long been in poor health. This leaves guitarist/vocalist Andy Scott as the only survivor of the group’s 1971-1978 line-up. As Scott said on his website, “And Then There Were One”

  934. Finally, after many delays, the Doobie Brothers “Quadio” 4-disc Blu-Ray audio box is set for this autumn. The artwork, and a photo of a television displaying one of the disc menus have been leaked. The box will contain high resolution stereo & vintage quadraphonic (4.0) mixes of the albums “Stampede”, “Toulouse Street”, “The Captain and Me” & “What Were Once Vices are Now Habits”. These were the only Doobie Brothers albums to receive Quadraphonic mixes

  936. The Repertoire UK label (as opposed to the label’s earlier German incarnation) has issued “All The Falling Angels”, a compilation of recordings by the late Keith Relf, singer/songwriter of The Yardbirds. The 24-track collection includes both professional and home recordings made both during and after his Yardbirds years. There’s numerous previously unreleased tracks.
    Of course, Amazon’s British,German and French affiliates won’t sell it to American customers, and though the American company Amazon.com initially listed the disc for preorder, they took the listing down and opted not to sell the disc or to permit their 3rd party sellers to offer it. I found the recordings on a free download site. Subsequently, I discovered that the American dealer Bull Moose intends to offer it and will accept preorders.
    None of (Amazon founder) Jeff Bezos’ shenanigans will cure COVID-19. There’s no future in snubbing or angering customers.

  938. Looks like New Order’s Power Corruption & Lies deluxe box set has been pre-loaded onto amazon.co.uk

    Cover looks similar to Movement Definitive edition box, but in “dusky pink” (my words, not theirs!).

    No track listing yet, but looks like it’s going to be 1xLP, 2xCD,1xDVD

  939. very sad news here, phil may of the pretty things passed away yesterday at the age of 75. he died from complications following hip surgery.along with keith relf and eric burdon he was my one favorite lead singers,

  941. You may recall, that when I said that my biggest regret in the total (or near total) halt of classic rock archival material was the loss of Beatles group archival releases, one of your readers informed me that this “is a pandemic; not the apocalypse”. Don’t be so certain. The UK goverment has now locked down all recording studios in the UK including Abbey Road Studios.
    Whether Universal Music & Apple Corps would permit Beatles archival activity to continue at studios outside the UK is doubtful. (however, the most recent John Lennon boxed set was mixed in New York by ex-Abbey Road engineer Paul Hicks)
    Eventually, when the UK record companies’ supply of already mixed,mastered and compiled materials is exhausted, this situation will come to affect all genres of music released by UK record companies. Continuing mixing, mastering & compiling activity clandestinely at home studios, or relocating the activity to studios outside the UK may be the only way to keep new CD releases flowing to the public.

  942. ABBA Studio Albums coloured vinyl box set announced via The Sound of Vinyl earlier this afternoon.
    Claims to be limited to 250 copies (could this be another Queen in the making?) and already sold out in less than an hour.

  943. Paul, any word on the King Crimson “1969 Complete Sessions” box set, along with the KC documentary? As usual, DGM is totally unresponsive about this.

  944. Guns ‘n’ Roses having a “15% off” sale which seems to equate to, er, 20% to 50% for some items (most notably that big box set!). Maths was never their strong suit. Given your US readers are a little upset with Amazon’s shipping policies presently (hey, welcome to our world, says all us Aussies), perhaps this will cheer them up.

    https://gnrmerch.com/collections/music

  948. More music industry passings: Jamaican singer Millie Small (“My Boy Lollipop”), 72 and Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider, 73.

  950. Paul, I know that Steven Wilson gets a lot of plaudits re his 5.1 mixing duties for other artists, but I was just wondering if you have you ever considered shining a light on a couple of other remixers who operate perhaps a bit more under the radar, but have nevertheless produced some sterling work – I’m thinking of Simon Heyworth (Depeche Mode, Anthony Phillips) and Stephen W.Tayler (Brand X, Be Bop Deluxe, Howard Jones).

    Maybe an interview with them to see what their processes are, and a chance to drop a few hints at what they might consider remixing next (yes, I know it has to be commercially viable and the artist has to want to do it and the tapes have to be available, etc….)

    Personally, I would LOVE IT for Mr Tayler to rework the Brand X studio catalogue in 5.1 (and they seem to be a PERFECT fit for Cherry Red’s Esoteric imprint)….

  951. on may 20 repertoire will be issueing a 4 cd set called the bootleg collection by colosseum.it contains the following. live at the piper club, boston tea party, Montreux 69 , and the turku finland shows. sound varies from audience to soundboard. downloads are available now.

  952. Pretty In Pink will finally be released on Blu-Ray (June 26 in US). Assume it would be of interest here due to its legendary soundtrack.

  953. The Esoteric label says that on August 28th, that they’ll release a 2-CD + DVD edition of Barclay James Harvest’s 3rd album “And Other Short Stories”, but I would caution that it could end up being subject to postponements similar to Be Bop Deluxe’s “Axe Victim” or the disc by ex-Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flur. We have yet to see if the Cherry Red group of labels will be able to release any new titles while the Covid-19 situation is ongoing.
    As for the “Barclay James Harvest-And Other Short Stories” set, the intent is to include the album via original and new stereo mixes, a new 5.1 surround mix, BBC sessions, John Lees solo acoustic demos and 3 “U.S. Album Versions”.
    It was explained by BJH.historian/website operator Keith Domone, that, in buying the group’s four EMI/Harvest albums from Warner Music, that Cherry Red didn’t get much unreleased material. There wasn’t much. Hopefully, at some point in the next few months, Amazon.co.uk will end their embargo against American customers, and I’ll be able to order it there. I’m now reluctant to order from Cherry Red’s website (and be charged immediately upon ordering) after what happened with the Be Bop Deluxe “Axe Victim” set.

  955. Milesdavisstore.com has incredible prices for the multidisc sets. Save 15% by signing up for email alerts. 6 disc on the corner $69.98 (US), 4 disc bitches brew 39.98, complete Jack Johnson Sessions 49.98, In A Silent Way 39.98 3 disc set, 5 disc complete MD quintet, 69.98, 7 disc complete Seven Steps 79.98 and some more boxes. Peace.

  957. Intrada have released a three-CD edition of the Howard the Duck soundtrack, expanding the original 40-minute album (originally released in 1986 on LP and cassette—no CD) to a little over three-and-a-half hours. This includes John Barry’s original score, his alternate score cues, Sylvester Levay’s rescore (and alternate rescore cues), and the songs produced by Thomas Dolby, plus the original soundtrack album.

    Universal gave Intrada access to the original tapes; since Intrada specializes in working with film music, the quality of the mastering is excellent—NO brickwalling or clipped peaks to be found anywhere.

    The packaging isn’t anything special—the thicker multi-disc jewel box and a decent booklet—but most of this music hasn’t been available on CD or in digital form before (except for Dolby’s “Don’t Turn Away”, which was included on the 2009 remaster of The Flat Earth).

    http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.11784/.f

  958. the rolling stones have released a new song called living in a ghost town it was recorded in mid 2019 for a new lp. jagger has rewritten the lyrics some to reflect the times. supposedly theirs 40 tracks cut but don was refuses to issue a new lp saying that he feels that they are not up to par. well with the awful bigger bang as the last of original material anything would be a improvement. as for the blue and lonesome cd/lp they could do that in their sleep.

  959. As expected, Esoteric’s 3-CD + DVD boxed set of “Be Bop Deluxe-Axe Victim” has been postponed one month, until July 17th. It’s one of only two remaining releases that I have on preorder anywhere in the world. I hope that the set eventually is released,’cause I’ve already paid for it.
    It would seem that any archival releases by 1960’s or 1970’s artists are now in doubt.

  960. is anyone besides me having shipping problems of cds coming from japan? its been 30 days sine I ordered something ( was supposed to be delivered between the 3rd and the 10th). I am being told to wait till the 27 of april before any action will be taken by ebay and the seller. i paid on march 18. they have lost other items I am told(wrong shipping method etc)

  963. “The Bangles-Gold” from the UK Crimson label postponed yet again….to October. At this point, I don’t care. I’ve determined, that with the exception of one live concert medley, I’ve got all of these songs and versions.

  965. “The Bangles-Gold” UK 3-CD set has been postponed until June. I cancelled my preorder more than a week ago, when Amazon decided to not stock future releases. I’ll look at the tracklisting. Almost certainly, I’ll be able to re-create the same 3-disc set from my existing collection of Bangles CD’s. If there’s actually any point in doing so. There’s probably no point, when I can listen to the songs in their original context and running order from original CD’s. I’ve got two CD compilations of the group’s 12″ singles too.
    And fans who want the 5-disc “Alan Parsons Project-Ammonia Avenue” boxed set now have another option: the official Alan Parsons Project website. This site is operated by the estate of the late Eric Woolfson, the main songwriter for the project. There’s a separate, different website devoted to Parsons’ present-day career. That site doesn’t offer the boxed set.

  966. Hi Paul – thanks for the great website which has become the definitive source for collectors. I have a suggestion to start a new section purely for mastering errors and how to obtain replacements. So far errors do not have a separate section and can be spread over various comments in threads. It would be great to have a separate section just for this topic. Thanks to the SDE website, I have got replacements for the Suede vinyl box and Heaven 17 which I would not have noticed otherwise. I have also asked for DVD replacements for the M People box. However, I missed out on Thick as Brick DVD replacement as I did not have a 5.1 system when I bought it. You posted the fact there were issues but not about the replacement programme – I had assumed it would come through Amazon as per Wish You Were Here. I also did not know about the Aqualung 40th Blu Ray errors which meant I did not buy the Adapted Edition when it came out. This was a costly error as I now have a 5.1 system and the Blu Ray mastering errors on Aqualung render it useless. Anyway, SDE has made a great contribution to righting these wrongs and a dedicated section would make it even more effective.

  967. Just to let you know: Amazon.co.uk has imposed a 100% embargo on selling any products to customers in the U.S.A. .
    By the way, my final shipment in route from the company (the “Cream-Goodbye Tour” boxed set) arrived yeaterday

  968. “Live at The Roundhouse” by Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets CD/DVD/Blu-ray & vinyl releases have been postponed for 5 months…to mid-September. I’m sure, that with respect to new releases and boxed sets by classic rock artists, we’ll see more postponements , non-announcements or outright cancellations.. I’ve now become willing to let go of my nearly 54 year hobby of buying and collecting recorded music.
    The Mason Blu-ray disc was one only two remaining items that I have on preorder anywhere in the world, and besides, I have plenty of downloads of audience recordings of Nick Mason concerts. And some them have more than reasonable sound.

  969. last year I decided to go on a no buy binge. I only bought one record ( index =originals) and the two super deluxe edition. band of gypys fillmore shows and the kinks Arthur. only…..one purchase so far that being cream goodbye 1968. we all have ENUFF music in our collections so I feel it time to listed to what we already own. pull out something you haven’t heard in awhile and that will leed to another cd/lp you haven’t played in awhile. as of now there is nothing that I want.

  971. Apparently, the only source for Cherry Red/Esoteric’s “Alan Parsons Project-Ammonia Avenue” box set (to be released 27th of March) will be Cherry Red’s website. Other dealers (in both the UK & U.S.A.) have removed the listings to permit a pre-order. It ‘s not only Amazon.
    I’ll have to pass. Cherry Red’s shipping charges for an item this physically heavy would be astronomical. The set contains a hardback book, and a heavy slipcase.

  973. Hi Paul, I would like to thank you for your support of the CD! Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one still buying CD’s, but apparently I’m not. I can see that the Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott album is number 1 in the official charts and that out of 20,500 sales, 94% of are physical sales. I would really like to know the split between CD and vinyl of those 19,270 sales? Do you know? Thanks from Jonas in Sweden!

  974. Today, I cancelled my preorders with Amazon.co.uk(one 3-disc set & one 5-disc set). After I go elsewhere and likely have to pay substantially more for these products, I will not soon (or ever) forgive Amazon. This move by this corporate giant coincides wth their desire to exterminate “physical products”, be they records, CD’s, books or DVD’s.

  975. Maybe you can answer this question. As for the many types of goods which Amazon is no longer going to stock, will they still permit their 3rd party “Marketplace” merchants to sell these products via Amazon’s sites? If not, my next move (For CD,L.P. & DVD releases) will be to look on Ebay.

  976. amazon and amazon.co.uk looks like they won’t be shipping out any music until the 5th of April
    they said they are going to concentrate on essential items which include
    The company detailed five categories that it deemed “essential” that it would continue accepting at its warehouses: baby products, health and household, grocery, beauty and personal care, pet supplies, and industrial and scientific.

  979. It’s official: June 19th Cherry Red’s “Esoteric” label releases a 3-CD/1-DVD (NTSC all Regions) boxed set of Be Bop Deluxe’s debut album “Axe Victim”, and a fine set indeed it will be, with surround sound mixes, outtakes, the group’s complete 4-song Decca audition tapes (remixed from the 16-track multitracks) plus two John Peel sessions (one of them previously thought to be lost), and both sides of the group’s pre-EMI debut single.
    The line-up heard on the debut album was short-lived, as EMI urged Bill Nelson to find better musicians. It was a difficult decision to fire 3 musicians, as they had been Bill Nelson’s friends since childhood. But, it was the correct decision.

  981. Paul,

    You’ve said that this year’s archival boxed set activity has gotten off to a busy start…and it has, if you collect 1980’s UK synth-pop, New Wave & New Romantic music.
    But, for older consumers who collect “Classic Rock”, the situation has been a drought. Later this year, we may see Super Deluxe boxed sets for albums such as “Queen-The Miracle”, “The Rolling Stones-Goats Head Soup”,”Paul McCartney-Driving Rain”, “Genesis-The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway”, “Be Bop Deluxe-Axe Victim”, “Barclay James Harvest-And Other Short Stories”, “George Harrision-All Things Must Pass” & “John Lennon-Plastic Ono Band”. But some of these projects may yet falter and be abandoned, not unlike “Yes-The Early Years”, “King Crimson-The Complete 1969 Recordings” & “The Beach Boys-Feel Flows”
    In other news, “Cream-The Goodbye Tour” has been afflicted by chronic product shortages. Amazon.co.uk only briefly had the set, and despite my ordering as far back as November 30,2019, they didn’t allocate a set to me. Some consumers have received e-mails postponing delivery until late April. and furthermore, there have been reported problems with the set’s photo/liner notes book. some of the photos have been printed with their left/right orientation reversed, causing Cream to appear to be an entirely left handed group. For now, I’m getting by fine with a set of CD-R’s taken from free FLAC files that I found on the internet. Universal totally bungled this release. They had more than 3 months to determine consumer demand.
    This year’s “Classic Rock” archival scene is getting off to a shakey start.

  982. He promised it would be out last year but now Neil Young has scheduled Archive Vol 2 for July. And to prove this time it’s a goer, he has offered a sneak preview on the Archives website. There is a sound clip of Midnight on the Bay from the Long May You Run album made with Stephen Stills, but now with added backing vocals from Crosby and Nash. This version was meant for a CSNY reunion album before Young and Stills got cold feet and wiped Crosby and Nash from the tapes. Obviously copies were made. It is one of FIVE releases for 2020. The others are the previously mentioned Homegrown album due in April, a live Greendale album with Crazy Horse , Return to Greendale, allegedly out in June, another Crazy Horse album titled Rust Bucket due in October and finally a solo live album from 1971 called Young Shakespeare which is set for November.

  983. This from Rolling Stone vis the Beatles in London blog:

    George Harrison’s Family Confirm ‘All Things Must Pass’ 50th Anniversary Reissue
    Talking with Rolling Stone, George Harrison‘s wife Olivia and son, Dhani have revealed they are working on a 50th anniversary edition of All Things Must Pass.

    The conversation arrives as part of a new feature by Rolling Stone on George Harrison‘s Dark Horse Record Label.

    Both provide several interesting insights about he labels past and Harrison’s solo career in the 1970s.

    But perhaps most exciting of all is the revelation of the wealth of material they have uncovered sifting through the record label’s archives.

    “We have people digging through mountains of tapes, and they keep coming,” Dhani enthuses. “Boxes and boxes of them.”

    With George Harrison‘s solo debut All Things Must Pass turning 50 this November, Olivia has also confirmed that the Harrison family is working on something special for the release.

  984. Rubellan Remasters has just released expanded CD reissues of Berlin’s ‘Love Life’ and Ric Ocasek’s ‘Beatitude’ albums.

    http://www.rubellanremasters.com

    Berlin ‘Love Life’
    1. When We Make Love
    2. Touch
    3. Beg, Steal Or Borrow
    4. Now It’s My Turn
    5. Dancing In Berlin
    6. Pictures Of You
    7. In My Dreams
    8. No More Words
    9. For All Tomorrow’s Lies
    10. Fall
    Bonus Tracks
    11. Rumor Of Love
    12. Lost In The Crowd
    13. No More Words (Dance Remix)
    14. Now It’s My Turn (Remix)
    15. Dancing In Berlin (Dance Remix)

    Ric Ocasek ‘Beatitude’
    1. Jimmy Jimmy
    2. Something To Grab For
    3. Prove
    4. I Can’t Wait
    5. Connect Up To Me
    6. A Quick One
    7. Out Of Control
    8. Take A Walk
    9. Sneak Attack
    10. Time Bomb
    Bonus Tracks:
    11. Jimmy Jimmy (Single Version)
    12. Prove (Extended Remix)
    13. Connect Up To Me (Remix/Extended Version)
    14. Jimmy Jimmy (A New Extended Version)

  985. Pylon records has now released the long-awaited Red Flag Naive Art 2 LP reissue. 2 CD to be out April 30. These were originally planned for last spring.

    Vinyl available in black, white or red at their site (http://www.pylonrecords.com/index.html).

    Vinyl info:
    Pylon Records
    Catalog # Pylon 48 LP
    2LP Set
    Out yesterday

    Track Listing:
    SIDE A
    If I Ever
    Pretty In Pity
    Russian Radio
    Give Me Your Hand
    SIDE B
    All Roads Lead To You
    Count To Three
    Save Me Tonight
    Broken Heart
    SIDE C
    I Don’t Know Why
    Rain
    Fur Michelle
    Black Rose – Bonus Track
    SIDE D
    Russian Radio (Glasnost Club Mix)
    If I Ever (Dance Mix)
    Russian Radio (Tremont & Webster Mix)

    2 CD info:
    Pylon Records
    Catalog # Pylon 48 CD
    2 CD Set
    Release Date: April 30, 2020

    Track Listing:
    CD 1
    If I Ever
    Pretty In Pity
    Russian Radio
    Give Me Your Hand
    All Roads Lead To You
    Count To Three
    Save Me Tonight
    Broken Heart
    I Don’t Know Why
    Rain
    Fur Michelle
    Broken Heart (Radio Edit)
    Control – Bonus Track
    Black Rose – Bonus Track
    Lovers Unite – Bonus Track
    Rain (Remix) – Bonus Track

    CD 2
    Russian Radio (Glasnost Club Mix)
    Broken Heart (UK Remix)
    If I Ever (Dance Mix)
    Count To Three (Razormaid Remix)
    Give Me Your Hand (Razormadi Remix)
    Broken Heart (Extended Remix)
    Russian Radio (Razormaid Dub)
    Count To Three (House Mix)
    If I Ever (The 1000 Years Mix)
    Russian Radio (Tremont & Webster Mix)
    Pretty In Pity (Painless Mix)
    Broken Heart (Remix)
    Russian Radio (Radio Moscow Edit)

  988. I don’t know if the Village People get discussed on SDE, but disco lovers (myself included) might be interested in this forthcoming box-set:

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Album-Collection-1977-1985-Village-People/dp/B084GSS7QL/

    It looks similar to the Donna Summer box and due around the same time.

    I was quite excited when I first saw it, but after close inspection of the ‘content’, it’s quite underwhelming. The albums and that’s it! No bonus tracks, no remixes/rarities, no DVD…and by the look of things not even a booklet!

    I will consider it, but not at the current asking price – £56! For 10 CDs that are only 30-40 minutes each and easy to find elsewhere. No extras.

    This could have been so much better.

  992. The news is that the Is It Any Wonder? EP will also be released on 12” vinyl and CD through the Bowie Official Store on Friday 20th March, with the CHANGESNOWBOWIE version of The Man Who Sold The World replaced by Fun (Clownboy Mix). Here’s the tracklisting:

    SIDE 1

    Baby Universal ‘97

    Fun (Clownboy Mix)

    Stay ’97

    SIDE 2

    I Can’t Read ’97

    Nuts

    The Man Who Sold The World (Live Eno Mix)

  993. May be worth mentioning, given the high prices it was already reaching on secondary seller sites, that the ‘G Stands for Go Between Volume 2’ box set, previously market out of stock at Domino, is again available at the original issue price of £150.00. It won’t be there for long is my guessing given what happened to Volume 1.

  994. I hear that Prince’s The Rainbow Children is due a reissue on LP next month. Anyone else heard anything? Be nice to get a copy that’s not around £400 to £800 :)

  996. 2 Paul Carrack collections out in jan/feb

    LIVE 2000 – 2020: The Independent Years – 5 disc set
    Love Songs – 2 disc set

    5CD-Set contains 75 live-tracks, all recorded during his “independent” years since 2000. The majority are rare and never before released recordings and versions, not only from concerts, but also from TV-appearances. We also find tracks from his former bands Ace, Squeeze and of course Mike + The Mechanics here. The set contains 5 CDs in cardsleeves together with a 16 page booklet. It was already released last month on 21st January 2020.

    CD1
    1. The Way I’m Feeling Tonight
    2. Sunny
    3. Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)
    4. Satisfy My Soul
    5. Life In A Bubble
    6. My Kind
    7. Nick Of Time
    8. Where Did I Go Wrong?
    9. The Only One
    10. The Living Years
    11. Perfect Storm
    12. Better Than Nothing
    13. Marie

    CD2
    1. Into The Mystic
    2. Love Will Keep Us Alive
    3. Bet Your Life
    4. Tempted
    5. You Don’t Know Me
    6. Georgia
    7. I Think It’s Going To Rain Today
    8. If You’d Ever Needed Someone
    9. It Ain’t Over
    10. If I Were You
    11. That’s All That Matters To Me
    12. Dig Deep
    13. Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying
    14. Don’t Shed A Tear
    15. Eyes Of Blue
    16. For Once In Our Lives

    CD3
    1. Don’t Dream It’s Over
    2. Raining In My Heart
    3. If I Should Fall Behind
    4. Running Out Of Time
    5. How Long
    6. You Make Me Feel Good
    7. Come Rain Or Come Shine
    8. These Days
    9. Together
    10. That’s How I Feel
    11. Sleep On It
    12. Time Waits For No One
    13. She Lived Down The Street
    14. Never Too Late
    15. Nothing To Lose

    CD4
    1. Another Cup Of Coffee
    2. Any Day Now
    3. Borderline
    4. Just A Little Lie
    5. Inspire Me
    6. Late At Night
    7. Good Feelin’ About It
    8. Harvest For The World
    9. Over My Shoulder
    10. Sniffing About
    11. No Easy Way Out
    12. One In A Million
    13. Life’s Too Short
    14. Watching Over Me
    15. One Small Step

    CD5
    1. Too Good To Be True
    2. Happy To See You Again
    3. Nothing More Than A Memory
    4. When You Walk In The Room
    5. Make Your Mind Up
    6. Groovin’
    7. Let Me Love Again
    8. What’s Going On
    9. Dance To The Music
    10. From Now On
    11. Long Ago
    12. A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold
    13. I’m Losing You
    14. Nothing Without You
    15. Beautiful World
    16. Dedicated

    Love songs
    2CD contains 38 Carrack ballads – all of them recorded during his solo career.
    CD1
    1. I Don’t Want Your Love (I Need Your Love)
    2. How Wonderful
    3. Any Day Now
    4. Walk on By
    5. Keep on Lovin You
    6. Satisfy My Soul
    7. Only a Breath Away
    8. One in a Million
    9. All the Way
    10. Eyes of Blue
    11. Always Have, Always Will
    12. (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right
    13. Love Will Keep Us Alive
    14. If You Love Me
    15. Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying
    16. Moon River
    17. That’s All That Matters to Me
    18. My Kind
    19. Into the Mystic

    CD2
    1. For Once in Our Lives
    2. You Don’t Know Me
    3. Dedicated
    4. That’s How I Feel
    5. Let Me Love Again
    6. Come Rain or Shine
    7. Amazing
    8. Share Your Love with Me
    9. One Small Step
    10. Crazy Love
    11. Where Does the Time Go?
    12. Am I in That Dream?
    13. Perfect Love
    14. If I Should Fall Behind
    15. The Only One
    16. Cover Me
    17. I Don’t Wanna Lose Your Love
    18. With You in Mind
    19. Tell Somebody Who Cares

  997. Recording engineer Bill Halverson, who recorded the 1968 Farewell Tour concert recordings by Cream, has revealed that the source used on Polydor’s forthcoming “Goodbye Tour” boxed set are rough mix cassettes that Halverson made 52 years ago for Cream’s producer (The late) Felix Pappalardi.
    If Polydor’s boxed set doesn’t appear on March 6th, and is subject to further postponements, I may have to re-think whether I really want it. The unofficial releases of the Los Angeles, Oakland and San Diego shows sound fine to me.

  998. The next Rolling Stones album to get the deluxe treatment is 1973’s “Goat’s Head Soup”. and, astonishing but true, 4 months ago Keith Richards stopped smoking. He had already been under doctors orders to no long drink hard liquor, though he still has an occasional glass of wine.

  999. Steve Hackett has an autobiography coming in July, with the rather bizarre title A Genesis In My Bed…pre orders from his website will be signed…a steal at 20 quid

  1001. Rick Wakeman has a new full length Prog rock album coming in the next few months…I think it might be called The Red Planet…been a while since his last Prog album

  1002. Hello, Paul!

    There’s this obscure ’80s band called The Bernhardts who has a song called “I Hear You Calling”. The original 12-inch single is so expensive but maybe you know of a CD compilation with the 12-inch version of the song?

    Thanks!

  1004. Barclay James Harvest official website archivist Keith Domone has indicated that over the course of 2020 & 2021, the remainder of the group’s EMI/Harvest catalog will receive the deluxe treatment from the “Esoteric” label (which now owns the recordings). The remaining albums (which Esoteric have yet to reissue) are “Once Again”, “And Other Short Stories” & “Baby James Harvest”, but unlike Esoteric’s reissue of the self-titled debut album (which was issued in a 10″ x 10″ box), the remaining albums will be reissued in “Clamshell” boxes. Expect “And Other Short Stories” within the next few months.
    In other news, Rhino’s 50th Anniversary remix of the debut album by Chicago (“Chicago Transit Authority”) has been widely denounced for its poor sound quality. Rhino now concedes that it was caused by a manufacturing problem, and is planning a corrected disc. The new discs will be encoded with the MQA process (which Rhino has also used in their boxed set reissues of The Doors’ “Waiting For The Sun” & “The Soft Parade”). Plans will be announced for consumers to return and exchange their faulty “Chicago Transit Authority” CD’s.

  1005. In March, The “Esoteric” label releases boxed sets by Traffic founding member Jim Capaldi (“Open Your Heart:The Island Recordings” a 3-CD + DVD set) and Uriah Heep founding member Ken Hensley (“Live Fire & Other Mysteries” a 5-CD set). The Capaldi set has the CD debut of six non-L.P. singles tracks and a DVD of BBC T.V. performances. The Hensley set brings together all of his recent work with the group “Live Fire” in one place, but does not feature any unreleased material.
    The label was also intending to release an expanded 2-CD edition of “The Idle Race-The Birthday Party”, by Jeff Lynne’s late 1960’s band, but there were apparently legal or permission problems. The link (on Cherry Red’s website) for further details is a dead link.

  1006. Audible US has all books by Neil Peart for free at the moment. You can sign up for a 30 day trial and get those for free. Especially Ghost Rider is excellent. I just found the ad on instagram, headed over and DL 5 books for 0.00 each.

  1007. Universal/Polydor’s 4-CD set of live Cream recordings (“The Goodbye Tour”) has been postponed until March. If it doesn’t ultimately appear, 3 of the 4 shows have long been available on unofficial releases….and in master-quality audio. I’ll continue my preorder with amazon.co.uk (I locked in a low price on the first day of preordering), but if it doesn’t happen, no big deal.

  1009. CBC News has just reported the passing of Neil Peart at the age of 67. Neil was apparently diagnosed with brain cancer and passed on January 7th, 2020.

  1011. After it’s reprieve in January, HMV Meadiwhall is to close.

    HMV have also confirmed that Bury St Edmunds, Fopp Glasgow Byres Road and Nuneaton will close at the end of January. Lincoln and Plymouth stores are relocating in February.Ten stores will close this month unless new deals can be struck with Landlords.

  1013. Paul McCartney fans shouldn’t hold their breath waiting for the boxed set editions of “London Town” and “Back to The Egg”. They MAY appear at Christmastime 2020, but, instead, McCartney will release a 5-CD/2-DVD edition of “Flaming Pie” in July. McCartney must know that original Beatles fans’ interest in his music ends around the time of “McCartney 2” & “Tug of War”. The later music is past-prime McCartney.

  1014. King Crimson recently released some copyright extension releases through their dgmlive website. These are backing track outtakes for most of the songs from the group’s 1969 debut album “In The Court of The Crimson King”.(however, “21st Century Schizoid Man” is not included). All of these outtakes will appear on CD in 2020 in a boxed set “In The Court of The Crimson King: The Complete 1969 Recordings”

  1016. Hope to see announcement of the January 17 expanded and remastered reissue of “Miracle Of Science” by Marshall Crenshaw soon on S.D.E.
    Happy holidays to everyone!

  1018. Rhino has released a double vinyl 180 gram version of the Wim Wenders soundtrack Until The End Of The World. Get em while you can. Amazon UK and US have a few copies. Don’t count on a repress.This is in conjunction with the Criterion release of the film I guess.

  1019. Amazon.com.au are having a Boxing Day sale on music, buy one get one free. Not everything is in the sale, but notable inclusions are Red Rose Speedway, And Justice for All, Gorillaz, …

  1023. The record companies get some stick at times so thought I would post a happy story.
    A long time ago I picked up a selection of the Pink Floyd early years individual sets (didn’t want the full package) probably based on some good deals that Paul highlighted.
    I played a few but only recently got around to playing one of the Blu-rays. To my dismay it was terrible and just kept blanking out every minute or so.
    I had a look on SDE, and found Paul’s article that highlighted issues with 2 of the sets – and mine was indeed one of those. Reading the comments it was clear that replacement discs were offered but there were comments that this offer had expired and even some people who didn’t buy from the official site were refused replacements.

    So with low expectations I emailed the address in Paul’s article. This was no longer working as I assumed the replacement process was over but it suggested emailing warner customer services.

    I did this and within a day or two I had a reply asking for pictures of both sides of the disc and my address. Being me., I misread the email and only sent my address but a week later a replacement disc arrived. Fantastic customer service and most unexpected!

  1024. Glenn

    in an update from Peter Gabriel recently, he said that Rated PG on CD has been delayed until 2020 due to some issues in the manufacturing process.

  1026. Why is Kim Wilde continually ignored here?! Seems like every other artist (so-called or otherwise) gets news on here and pops up. Even now when FINALLY she’s getting long awaited deluxe editions of her first 3 albums (we still await all the follow-ups) and the packages are finally listed to be as comprehensive as possibly allowed, though I’m sure the same hateful deliberate fault with whole seconds (sometimes as many as 6!) will STILL be absent from the songs, you STILL don’t post the news that they will be out in for end of January next year. Yet Howard Jones 3rd album from that decade IS deemed worthy of inclusion here, just like Paul Young’s wretched first album being sent back out on vinyl! That matters now how?

    STILL waiting on 80s German queen Sandra and top German band Alphaville to have all their albums out remastered and with bonus tracks, but no one is typically caring, as to be German in the 80s is clearly a crime! Only you record labels are the ones committing them! As ever! Some things never change. And boo to streaming and Yay! to physical product.

    Try keeping current about Kim Wilde will you, like the way you do with all else! I know her own continued absence and mostly the music scene and her so-called labels are mainly to blame, but you lot don’t help, trust me! We also need China Crisis’s “What Price Paradise” and “Diary Of A Hollow Horse” redone, and their 1994 album “Warped By Paradise”.

  1027. 12/12/2019

    Paul,

    Whatever happened to the super deluxe box set for King Crimson ITCOTKC with coffee table book that was supposed to be available by now? The DGM and distributor sites are always so vague and evasive when the due date has come and gone. A couple more weeks and it will no longer be the 50th anniversary. All I want to do is buy it.

    Thanks,
    Woodsey

  1028. Look forward to your annual ‘what to expect in the new year’ post Paul. Also enjoy your ‘best releases of the year’ posts. A ‘best of the decade’ feature would be nice.

    Any news on the Tears for Fears Seeds of Love box set would be welcomed.

    Also, any word on a CD release of Peter Gabriel’s PG soundtrack song compilation that came out on vinyl for RSD? Thought there was a comment or post a while back that it would be released on CD. Would also like his b-sides comp on CD that was released digitally.

    Look forward to seeing everyone’s wish lists for 2020.

  1031. Amazon AU have David Bowie’s Loving The Alien vinyl box set for AUD $161. It is being sourced from Amazon US so I assume Amazon US also have a very good price

  1033. It’s that time of year again: time for “copyright extension” releases. Sony Music will be releasing a very limited edition European 2-CD set “Bob Dylan-50th Anniversary Collection 1969”. Simply put, it’s more material from the Nashville sessions which produced the recent 3-CD set “The Bootleg Series Vol.15: Travellin’ Thru”. And Yes, it has more Bob Dylan/Johnny Cash” duets.

  1034. Hi Paul
    A quick belated note to thank you for the safe delivery of my signed Village Green Preservation Society box set. I haven’t had the chance to open it until now, hence the delay.

    Packaging is absolutely superb and I very highly recommend anyone to buy through SDE.

    The Box Set is excellent and I was very pleased to get a signed one as I am sure that it was ‘sold out’ a while ago when I was about to buy it from you.

    Can I afford the Gene Clark box?

    Thanks again and for the site.

    Peter

    , butit could thw s E

  1037. In February 2020, Polydor releases a 4-CD set “Cream-Farewell Tour” featuring concerts from Los Angeles, San Diego , Oakland and London. The 3 concerts from California have long been available unofficially with perfect sound. The only question mark is what the sound quality will be for the Royal Albert Hall material, which will likely be the audio from the BBC video recording.
    Universal has long held mixes of almost all the recordings that Engineer Bill Halverson taped on the group’s final U.S.A. tour, so they may as well make use of them. Reportedly, Halverson held the multitracks, but his asking price was too high. There was no reason for Universal to overpay for them, because the original existing mixes(that Universal holds) sound fine.
    Avid Cream fans will already have all of this material, so the main question is whether the sound quality of the Royal Albert Hall material will be reasonable. Anyhow, it’s an attractive package with a book, and Eric Clapton (and the estates of Jack Bruce & Ginger Baker) will be paid. And I guess that the official set may discourage the appearance of any further unofficial CD’s of the San Diego, Los Angeles & Oakland recordings.
    Does Polydor/Universal hold further Cream concerts in their vaults? Yes. They have five concerts from San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom, an additional show from Los Angeles and parts of two concerts from Fillmore West.

  1038. The Associates Perhaps 1985 is Reissued as a 2CD Expanded Edition on Cherry Red 31st January 2020
    Disc One features the 10 original album tracks plus four instrumentals that were included on the original cassette release of the album. These bonus tracks are appearing on CD for the first time. Disc Two features all the related bonus tracks for which master tapes still exist. This includes the extended versions of singles Those First Impressions, Waiting For The Loveboat and Take Me To The Girl, plus single versions of Waiting For The Loveboat, Breakfast and Take Me To The Girl. Other tracks include 7” and 12” b-sides. Housed in a digipak containing a 20 page page booklet, a UK discography and extensive sleeve-notes written by Andy Davis.

  1039. Chris Cornell’s 2018 sold-out box set is being reissued in coloured vinyl . The CD version is also being put out again. The seven LP vinyl is available now from his online store and the UMe website. The box set has been re-released by Cornell’s widow, Vicky.

  1041. The Misadventures of Saint Etienne available from this morning on the band’s Greedbag store.

    Previously only available as a Japanese pressing, which sells for stupid money on Discogs.

    Two versions available – one black vinyl, one white vinyl – 500 of each.

    Both come with a signed Christmas card and a CD featuring 2 new tracks.

    Don’t hang around if you want one…

  1043. While we’re certainly getting an adequate selection of Classic Rock archival boxed sets this holiday season, is the glass half-empty or half-full ?
    No Bruce Springstee, Led Zeppelin, The Moody Blues, Yes, McCartney & Wings, Beach Boys etc. A Bruce Springsteen archival project (“Tracks 2”) failed to happen, as did the Paul McCartney “London Town” & “Back To The Egg” boxed sets, and the “Yes-The Early Years” box of archival material & broadcasts by the original 1969-1970 Yes line-up. Led Zeppelin had laid corporate groundwork for a streaming service of concert recordings (albeit with no intent to offer any of the recordings for download). and, of course, the service never launched.
    And there were many popular(in their era) 1969 albums which deserved 50th anniversary deluxe editions….but with few exceptions(Beatles, The Doors, The Band, King Crimson), those editions never happened.

  1044. I’ve been checking every so often for tickets for mark hollis talk talk tribute at the southbank as i was away when it was announced and today some seats have become available – just wanted to give a heads up that as of now on 4th nov 3.50pm 10 seats now 9 available
    allthebest
    Ant

  1047. DAVE CLARK 5 CD releases. the oldays label in japan are releasing 14 paper sleeve cds with some containing bonus tracks. all cds are in mono. here is the list. the first 12 are u.s. releases. GLAD ALL OVER,RETURN,AMERICAN TOUR, COAST TO COAST,WEEKEND IN LONDON,HAVING A WILD WEEKEND,I LIKE IT LIKE THAT, BEST OF,TRY TO HARD ,SATISFIED WITH YOU ,5BY 5 YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES. u.k. releases,SESSION WITH , CATCH US IF YOU CAN.

  1048. Peaky Blinders OST 2CD /3LP coming in November…It’s really surprising that it’s taken this long, given how acclaimed the show’s use of music is…

    Looks like they have gone to some effort in the presentation; it looks great in the pictures, and it’s reasonably priced.

  1049. To celebrate 30 years of …But Seriously, a special edition turquoise vinyl will be released as a double-LP set this November. This new turquoise vinyl edition of one of Phil’s biggest solo albums features the 2016 remastered audio and artwork. If you buy the 2LP at the Rhino store, it will be bundled with an exclusive lithograph print. The set is scheduled to be released on 22nd November. The standard double-LP is also still available.

  1050. Jeff Lynne is releasing a new album on Nov 1st (From Out of Nowhere), which is great news.

    However ….
    Regular CD version – 10 songs (35 mins) ~€12
    Deluxe CD version – 10 songs (35 mins) ~ €14
    Regular Vinyl version – 10 songs (35 mins) ~ €22
    Deluxe Vinyl version – 10 songs (35 mins) ~ €42

    I love Jeff and all he does, but I think we’re being taken for a ride here.

  1051. Some excellent CD deals at HMV just now. Just checked the website, and it is still under development, so you may have to go into one of their stores.
    Examples are Liquid Skin by Gomez 2cd set £4.99
    Nirvana UK Rainbow Chaser 2cd set £4.99
    John Coltrane Both Directions at Once 2cd £2.99
    McCartney Egypt Station Explorers’ edition £4.99
    Travis the man who 2cd £2.99
    and lots more

  1053. I have not seen it mentioned yet on SDE but The Clash are releasing London Calling as an Anniversary edition on vinyl with a special slipcase. Apparently the single disc CD has already shipped. More interesting is a special Scrapbook Edition CD from Amazon USA. It has 2 CD’s in unique book form.

  1054. Last Christmas Soundtrack – feat George Michael & Wham tracks, including new track. Out Nov 8th.

    1. Last Christmas – Wham!
    2. Too Funky
    3. Fantasy
    4. Praying for Time
    5. Faith
    6. Waiting for That Day – George Michael / The Rolling Stones
    7. Heal the Pain
    8. One More Try
    9. Fastlove, Pt. 1 – George Michael / Patrice Rushen
    10. Everything She Wants – Wham!
    11. Wake Me up Before You Go-Go – Wham!
    12. Move On
    13. Freedom! ’90
    14. Praying for Time
    15. This Is How (We Want You to Get High)

  1055. There is a Prince 7″ which may be of interest to your readers…Ordering is only available for 7 days, then it’s ‘made to order’ to be shipped in January 2020.
    https://store.prince.com/product/5QLPPR048

    “In honor of the 40th anniversary of Prince’s second album, Prince—which was released on October 19, 1979—The Prince Estate and Warner Records are pleased to announce the surprise release of a previously unheard, solo acoustic demo recording of the Grammy-winning Prince track “I Feel for You,” available on streaming services and as a limited-run 7” vinyl single.”

  1057. We’ve seen a trend recently where archival CD releases are subject to lengthy (sometimes repated) postponements, even after the album has been released as a download, or leaked onto an illegal site. The labels are doing themselves no favours.
    Examples of this include “John Lodge-B’Yond: The Very Best of”(BMG), “Nektar-Live Anthology”(Cleopatra), “Procol Harum-Broken Barricades”(3-CD edition)(Esoteric) and “The Yardbirds-Live at The BBC Revisited” (3-CD edition)(Repertoire). In the case of the John Lodge & Procol Harum, when a second 6-week postponement was announced, I cancelled my preorder and went to a free site, rather than continue waiting and waiting. In the case of The Yardbirds set, when I originally saw it on a free download site, I assumed that it was a bootleg, since Repertoire had recently(Last Autumn) released two incarnations of their 2-CD Yardbirds “Live at The BBC” collection. It was never apparent that “Live at The BBC Revisited” was an official release or that a CD version would someday be released.
    If the CD editions of the Nektar & Yardbirds compilations are eventually released, the CD editions seem like an afterthought. Clearly, we’re going to see more of these weird release strategies from the labels.

  1059. RSD black friday 2019 will have the doors live at the isle of wight as a 2 lp set.why wont dmc just issue this as a stand alone release instead of this way.

  1060. Is there a probability, that the selftitled album (1986) from Robbie Nevil would be rereleased as a deluxe edtion with the remixes from the the three singles “C’est La Vie”, “Dominoes” and “Wot’s It To Ya”?

  1061. Last two Stereolab albums (Sound Dust and Margerine Eclipse) went on sale via the band’s website about an hour ago
    Get in there quick if you want one of the limited clear vinyl editions with numbered master tape OBI strip!

  1062. Paul,

    Don’t know if it is worth you highlighting this post. I had pre-ordered the signed Debbie Harry book with Waterstones but when I chased it up last week my local pick up store in Glasgow could find no trace of my order. I spoke to Customer Services who initially told me the book had sold out and that there had been an IT problem with my order going through the system. They then told me that they had found a supply of the signed book in their warehouse (and delivered mine to Glasgow) so it may be worth a phone call by any of my fellow posters to see if they would release a copy . Phone number is 08081188787

  1064. The next round of Prefab Sprout vinyl reissues (or rather “first time on vinyl” for Andromeda H and Let’s Change TWWN) are listed up on amazon.uk at a little over £18 each.

  1066. Paul

    Huge Gentle Gian box set from Snapper you seem to have missed so far. Its fab but expensive and sadly does not include the recent blu ray 5.1 reissues etc.

  1067. Japanese Bluespec 2 mini LP CD Japanese release of ELO’s 35th aniversary of Secret Messages coming at the end of November. No track details on CDJapan yet, but it states that it is the first time on CD, so looking good.
    In other Japanese CD news, the recent Elton John remastered SHM mini-LPs that finally came out in August, after being cancelled last year are truly amazing. No compression in sight. They are the studio albums from Empty Sky through to Blue Moves and also include the British 70’s Greatest Hits albums. Highly recommended and looks like they are selling quickly. Even on Hoffman, the reviews are mainly positive.

  1072. Every Christmastime we see a “Copyright Extension” set(or sets) from Motown in its’ “Motown Unreleased” series. These releases are typically MP3 or 44.1Khz/16-bit FLAC download releases (though “1966” was released as a limited edition 4-CD mail order edition). Recently, “1969”, a 60-song collection appeared ,apparently leaked onto the internet. It is offered as High Resolution 96 Khz/24-bit, a format that has never before been supported in the “Motown Unreleased” series. If that download doesn’t have (originally) legitimate origins (in some territory) it is likely Universal will soon move up the official release date.

  1075. hi , is there a new release of love , four sail with a arthur lee mix? rhino has mention of it but in the recent shindig mag on love they state love four sail ,arthur lee mix. any help will be appreciated,

  1076. You’re In My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. 2CD deluxe edition will be available:

    Disc: 1
      1. Maggie May (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
      2. Reason To Believe (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
      3. Handbags and Gladrags (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
      4. Sailing (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
      5. Tonight’s The Night (Gonna Be Alright) [with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]
      6. The Killing Of Georgie, Pts. I & II (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
      7. I Don’t Want To Talk About It (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
      8. The First Cut Is The Deepest (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
      9. You’re In My Heart (The Final Acclaim) [with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]
      10. I Was Only Joking (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)

    Disc: 2
      1. It Takes Two (with Robbie Williams and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
      2. Stay With Me (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) – Rod Stewart / Faces
      3. Young Turks (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
      4. What Am I Gonna Do (I’m So In Love With You) [with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]
      5. Every Beat Of My Heart (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
      6. Forever Young (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
      7. Downtown Train (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
      8. Rhythm of My Heart (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
      9. Have I Told You Lately (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
      10. Tom Traubert’s Blues (Waltzing Matilda) [with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]
      11. If We Fall In Love Tonight (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
      12. Stop Loving Her Today (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)

  1077. Just in case anyone is interested, the Kate Bush vinyl boxes are currently at 37.99 € at amazon.de, quite a bargain considering their original prices.

  1085. New Ringo Starr album “What’s My Name” out on Oct 25. Includes Ringo’s cover of John Lennon’s Grow Old With Me with Macca on bass and backing vocals. Also has a cover of Money (That’s What I want). The album was produced by Jack Douglas who also produced Double Fantasy.

  1086. A new five track EP available on 25/10 by Shakespears Sister on CD and white 12”vinyl and signed if you get it through Townsend records.

  1087. The 50th anniversary of James Brown’s October 1, 1969 homecoming concert in Augusta, Georgia, will be celebrated with “the first-ever release of the complete show” , newly mixed and including seven never-before-issued performances. Available now for preorder on CD, 2LP vinyl, and digital audio, Live at Home with His Bad Self will be released on October 25 by Republic/UMe.

  1088. A new Freddie Mercury compilation “Never Boring” is due mid-October on CD and vinyl. There’s also a 5 disc box set which will add remasters of Mr Bad Guy & Barcelona on CD and a Blu-Ray/DVD.

  1089. Next Marillion reissue is Afraid of Sunlight. Good news is that all 8 EMI albums are coming. From their email :

    “As you may know, Warner Music are in the process of releasing the 8 studio albums from our EMI days in Deluxe Editions.
    They have already released Misplaced Childhood, Brave and Clutching at Straws and now we’re very pleased to announce Afraid of Sunlight has been given the same treatment.
    The Afraid of Sunlight Deluxe Editions are a 4CD/Blu-ray set and a five-LP box.
    Both collections open with a new version of Afraid of Sunlight that was remixed earlier this year by the wonderful Michael Hunter. The CD/Blu-ray set also includes the original mix by the album’s original producer Dave Meegan.
    Both sets also have a live recording of Marillion performing at the Rotterdam Ahoy Arena on September 29, 1995 during the tour supporting Afraid of Sunlight. Six of the songs were originally released in 1996 on the double live album Made Again.
    The Blu-ray features several versions of Michael Hunter’s new mix (48/24 LPCM Stereo; 48/24 DTS 5.1; 48/24 LPCM 5.1).
    Video content includes a new documentary about Afraid of Sunlight featuring interviews with the whole band and the promo film for “Beautiful”.
    The Blu-ray disc also collects the nine bonus recordings from the remastered edition of the album that was released in 1999, plus 17 previously unreleased songs that include studio jams and early versions of Afraid of Sunlight tracks like “Beyond You”, “King”, “Out Of This World” and “Beautiful”.
    It is available to pre-order now and we will be hand signing a special A4 sized print for anyone who orders from us (limited to the first 4000 orders).
    Release date is November 1st 2019.”

  1091. where is the hendrix band of gypys box set of the dec 31 late show/jan 1 early show and jan 1 late show.if exp Hendrix doent have the the whereabouts to release this, then its over for archive Hendrix live sets. its been 50 years.

  1092. Ex Genesis & Stiltskin front man has a 2 cd career spanning collection coming in November

    Upon My Life – includes two brand new tracks, Come The End Of The World and I Wait And Pray. Pretty comprehensive track listing. For anyone not cottoned on to his excellent solo work this is a great place to start.

    CD1:
    Come The End Of The World
    Lemon Yellow Sun
    Take It Slow
    Ought To Be Resting
    Constantly Reminded
    American Beauty
    Wait For Better Days
    Bless Me
    Show Me The Way
    Rhianne
    Easier That Way
    She
    Gypsy
    Ghost

    CD2:
    I Wait And I Pray
    Another Day
    Song For A Friend
    Alone
    Not Long Till Springtime
    She’s A Queen
    Change
    Ever The Reason
    Along The Way
    The Actor
    Goodbye Baby Blue
    First Day Of Change
    Makes Me Think Of Home
    On The Other Side

  1093. audio book of “Hey Grandude!” read by Macca will be out on 12/9/19 – only 6.99 on amazon. The Audiobook is free if you start a Prime trial…which is nice.

  1097. https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2019/8/20/vh1-storytellers-set-due-on-vinyl-in-october

    Parlophone are releasing this and billing it as “the most complete version available”.
    Would you be able to check in and see what it contains that’s not on the version currently on spotify?
    It’s the same songs (which were all also previously available on the official dvd) so presumably it has extra dialogue.
    It would be good to know exactly what is extra before pre-ordering.
    And personally i’d like to know if it’s a new master or the original cd master pressed to vinyl.
    Thanks.

  1098. Unlikely I know, but any news on a 25th anniversary release for The Stone Roses Second Coming later this year?
    I’ve got a load of the demos /rehearsals on bootleg but I’d love them officially released. Geffen couldn’t care less I suppose.

    It’s still one of my most played albums 25 years on. Feeling old now!

  1101. Just got an email from Massive Attack saying that the long-delayed Mezzanine 3LP box set is now not going to be released.
    Mad Professor dubs will be released as a single LP pink vinyl.
    Refunds being issued to those who ordered the 3LP set…they have had my money for almost a year, though.
    Paul – I don’t suppose you have any info from the record company on this?

  1103. Stereophonics have a new album coming out called “kind”. Signed prints, CDs and vinyl available from their website…

  1104. Not sure whether this works out or not but The Beatles “”Let it Be Naked” vinyl is on UK Amazon for a shade under £40. Long, long time since I have seen it as low as that.

    Problem, though, is that it says 1 to 3 months delivery. Would be a nice addition to the Deagostini Beatles Vinyl Collection if it comes through.

  1105. Britain’s Dutton-Vocalion label mines the Sony Music vaults for more 4.0 Quadraphonic mixes for release on SACD. The latest releases include 2 “Two-fers” by the Canadian group “The Guess Who” (“American Woman”/”Share The Land” & “The Best of The Guess Who Vol.2” / “Rockin”), an album by Japanese symthesizer artist Tomita (“Firebird”) and a Two-fer by Paul Revere & The Raiders (“Indian Reservation”/”Hard & Heavy With Marshmallow”). While the Quadraphonic mix of “Indian Reservation” was released in the 1970’s, The Quadraphonic mix of “Hard & Heavy with Marshmallow” went unreleased until now. 9 of the 11 songs were mixed for Quadraphonic as far back as February 1969 (Before there was even a quadraphonic tape or vinyl format to release the mixes on), but this 1960’s mixdown effort (likely experimental) was abandoned two songs short of complete. Luckily, the multitrack tapes still exist, and Sony Music engineer Mark Wilder mixed the remaining two songs for Quadraphonic in 2019.

  1107. New Robbie Robertson album entitled Sinematic to be released on the 20th of Sep.Cd and Vinyl as well as a Deluxe vinyl edition in Oct. Van Morrison features on one track. Should be good .

  1110. It’s now the second week in August, is it possible they’ve decided not to carry on with the David Bowie boxsets? Weren’t they all announced in July and released in October!

  1111. I take it you’ve seen the new “Factory” box sets?

    One involves the early singles and various bits (first time for the actual “Factory Sample” to be rereleased?) but that’s about £180

    The other involves an LP version (8 albums) of the “Factory Communications” CD box. £120

    Money.

  1113. The next Rolling Stones video release: “Bridges to Buenos Aires”. 140 minutes. No bonus material. The set has been registered with German film classification authorities. That’s how avid fans discovered the disc’s existence.
    In other news, there will be no concert download release this month from Bruce Springsteen. Bruce usually releases a concert every month.

  1114. fairly confident the Bowie box will be announced in the next 2 weeks..and it will be called You Belong In Rock n Roll 1989 – 1993.

    It will include TM, TMII, OVB, BTWN, BOS, ReCall 5 + a Sound+ Vision live set + Use Your Wallet (unreleased TM live album…but may just be the Live At The Docks audio) + BTWN Remix set…

    You heard it here first…!

  1116. It looks good for “Classic Rock” archival boxed sets for the late Autumn. Definitely, we’ll see sets by The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Steve Miller Band, Jethro Tull, The Kinks, Caravan & The Doors.
    Also possible: Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, King Crimson

  1118. Davy Jones Live In Japan is a comprehensive collection of both of Davy’s officially released and long out of print ‘Live in Japan’ albums, along with several singles and rarities released in the early 80s. The 2CD + DVD set features Davy’s two original Japanese album releases, including 22 bonus tracks consisting of alternate mixes and original Japanese single releases. All recordings have been digitally remastered for optimum sound quality and have never sounded better. The set comes with a comprehensive 24 page colour booklet, including

  1121. Sony Music has released 96Khz/24-bit download releases of the complete 1969 Woodstock sets by Blood,Sweat & Tears, Mountain, Melanie, Tim Hardin and Sha Na Na*
    * Well, almost complete: One song from The Sha Na Na set was either not recorded or was mostly lost due to reel changes, so is not included,

  1122. Debbie Harry *Signed* hardcover autobiography available for preorder via Waterstones – only £20 free postage

  1123. Looks like Cherry Red are continuing with the Patrick Moraz reissues one pre month!

    Refugee’s album (3 disc set) comes out next month and then the Mainhorse album follows after that.

    Noice!

  1127. heres some real GREAT news. dave davies has been quoted as say he and ray are getting ready to release the 50th anniversary deluxe edition of arthur. it will include un finished trax with new overdubs and more. also they have been in the studio recording new songs and other songs that they have only had in demo form. drummers mick avory and rob henrit are also involved. no bass player has yet been inlisted yet. as for a tour mmmmmmm?

  1130. Allan Clarke Original singer with the Hollies has a new album out and signed copies are available on Amazon UK

  1131. A new deluxe edition of Gregg Allman’s 1973 solo album Laid Back is to be reissued as a double CD. It includes 26 bonus tracks of previously unreleased or rare songs or new mixes. Early mixes of all eight songs are featured alongside the remastered album on disc one while disc two includes demos, outtakes, alternates and a solo acoustic live performance of “Melissa” from the Capitol Theatre on April 13, 1974. There is also a vinyl reissue of The Gregg Allman Tour live album. Both out August 30.

  1135. Just a FYI –
    GNR Appetite minibox is 40.00 minus 4.00 with code GNR10 at the website – https://gnrmerch.com/. Take another 10% off if you use the code GNR10 at checkout. Note that this is the version that had an original retail price of $180.
    I got free shipping to FL

  1136. Coming up in August: The Nazz-The Complete Nazz”, a 3-CD set from the American label Purple Pyramid. The Nazz were Todd Rundgren’s late 1960’s band. Plenty of bonus tracks, but likely none unreleased. Complete it certainly is.
    In September, UK Decca releases “Caravan-The Decca Deram Years”, a 9-CD set. Lots of bonus tracks, including BBC sessions. Not being an expert on this progressive Canterbury group, I can’t tell you how much is unreleased.

  1137. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0006tdr

    New radio 2 documentary to be broadcast on Saturday July 13th.
    The description references “full, exclusively to this programme, for the very first time, the earliest known demo of Space Oddity – performed as a duo with Hutch, but with different lyrics and arrangements.”
    Can you check in with your Bowie connections to see whether this is the version that there was an extract from in the Spying box?
    And if so, why it wasn’t included in full?
    I’m sure running time for the side of a 7 inch will be the reason given, but how about updating the streaming version to have the full track, or a high res download?

  1138. Jon Anderson & Rick Wakeman’s albums “The Living Tree” & “The Living Tree In concert” will be issued as “The Classic Albums – Vol 1” in September.

    Not sure why its Vol 1 as they only made those 2 albums! Wakeman did put out a “Ken Russell Soundtracks – Vol 1” collection last month, and the cover designs are the same, so must be part of some Wakeman reissue campaign…any one know anything?

    Both are great albums!

  1139. the Who And I

    limited edition box set from the director of classic film, The Kids Are Alright, contains a signed certificate, book, spoken word double CD, read by Tony Klinger himself, and reproduction of Who and the Kids are Alright film memorabilia. Limited to 250 Units world-wide, and signed by Tony Klinger.

  1141. As part of the ongoing celebration of their 50th anniversary, on September 6th, the ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND Recording Company–caretakers of the original band’s unreleased catalog–in conjunction with distributor The Orchard will release a four-CD set titled Fillmore West ’71, culled from an epic weekend of live music recorded at the legendary San Francisco venue. The Grammy-winning, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band (formed in March 1969) were in great form on this weekend, where they were the middle act playing between headliners Hot Tuna and the 24-piece opener Trinidad Tripoli Street Band. This will be the debut release of these recordings. The packaging contains a front cover photo of Duane Allman from Jim Marshall Photography (taken at these shows) that has rarely been seen before.

    Complete article link – https://www.americanbluesscene.com/the-allman-brothers-before-at-fillmore-east-came-fillmore-west-71/

  1143. To nobody’s surprise, Soft Cell are releasing their 40th anniversary/farewell show as a 28 track 2CD+DVD box set. “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye – Live At The O2 Arena” is scheduled for release on 26th July.

  1144. The Official Charts Company Midweek Sales Flash is in, and Will Young is in pole position in the albums chart.
    The singer is at No.1 with Lexicon (13,398 sales), with Lewis Capaldi’s Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent at No.2 on 12,146 sales. Bruce Springsteen’s Western Stars (10,462 sales) Two Door Cinema Club’s False Alarm (8,445 sales) and Mark Ronson’s Late Night Feelings (8,340 sales) make up the Top 5. So, no Madge then…

  1145. on sept 6 the allman brothers band will issue the fillmore west 4 cd set. recorded jan 29/30/31 1971 from the original 2 track master tapes.go to hittin the note for complete track listing. this has been circulated in portions for a longtime but dis iz the REAL THING. no real surprizes in the tracks but ……… essential.

  1146. new Status Quo studio album coming in Sept – Backbone. CD, Deluxe CD, vinyl and box set. Deluxe CD has 2 extra tracks. Box set has the deluxe cd + t-shirt + live album recorded on the Last Of the Electrics tour.

  1148. The Official Charts Company Midweek Sales Flash is in, and Bruce Springsteen has passed 40,000 sales for new album Western Stars.

    With 44,139 units sold, Springsteen leads the way, with Madonna’s new entry Madame X (24,038 sales) and Lewis Capaldi’s Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (16,734 sales) also in the Top 3. Bastille’s Doom Days (13,782 sales) and Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures (7,383 sales) complete the Top 5.

  1150. There will be more Bruce Springsteen CD releases this year. You may ask how that can be when Bruce recently released “Western Stars”. But “Western Stars” was recorded back in 2016, but held back from release until recently by a management decision.
    Former Steve Miller Band drummer Gary Mallaber (who drummed on Bruce’s 1992 album “Lucky Town”) has stated that he was recently back in the studio with Bruce, adding finishing touches to some vintage unreleased recordings, for an archival boxed set to be released later this year, and Bruce himself has stated that he is working on a new album with The E Street Band.

  1151. Just discovered Ross William Wild is no longer in Spandau Ballet.It also looks like the whole band is on hold.Any body Know what’s going on ? Their website reveals very little .Although Gary kemp now has his own website.Both websites look fantastic by the way.Also does anybody know where to get hold of a cd copy of Rusty egan’s Welcome to the dancefloor album?

  1153. I Think there is some problem with the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus Box set….i had preordered it from Amazon.it after reading SDE post…..the initial date of delivery was 11th June 2019….and since then they have changed the delivery date thrice, latest mail received today mentioning date as 9th July 2019….surprising that RS release being delayed like this :(

  1154. Linda McCartney’s Wild Prairie will be reissued on colored vinyl soon. Looks pretty great.

    Also Yes 50 Live is a new Yes live album coming on Cd and vinyl.

  1155. A year or two back, BMG purchased(outright) the “Ready Steady Go” films from Dave Clark, though, in the end,BMG did nothing with the films. But, interestingly, BMG recently released a 24-bit download of the 28-song “Dave Clark Five-The Hits” compilation , so “BMG Rights Management” may be the new owner of the Dave Clark Five recordings. It would be understandable for Clark to sell his recordings. He’s 80 years old, never had any children and has no obvious descendants. However, be cautioned that BMG’s 24-but download is merely a 44.1/24-bit to 96Khz/24-bit upconversion. If I had paid for such a download, I’d feel deceived and shortchanged.

  1156. Echo in the Canyon movie and soundtrack out on June 28. Movie features interviews with loads of the greats…Including Tom Petty’s last interview. Soundtrack features Jakob Dylan performing 60s classics with a guest…

    Track Listing for ‘Echo in the Canyon’ Soundtrack
    “Go Where You Wanna Go” (feat. Jade Castrinos)
    “The Bells of Rhymney” (feat. Beck)
    “You Showed Me” (feat. Cat Power)
    “She” (feat. Josh Homme)
    “In My Room” (feat. Fiona Apple)
    “Goin’ Back” (feat. Beck)
    “Never My Love” (feat. Norah Jones)
    “It Won’t Be Wrong” (feat. Fiona Apple)
    “No Matter What You Do” (feat. Regina Spektor)
    “Questions” (feat. Jakob Dylan, Stephen Stills)
    “I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times” (feat. Neil Young)
    “Expecting to Fly” (feat. Regina Spektor)
    “What’s Happening” (feat. Neil Young)

  1157. Tip Alert:

    Propaganda – The Eight Testaments Of Propaganda (Record Store Day 2019) is currently available from Amazon US at $15.99 and priced on Amazon UK at 16.46 GBP (total with shipping and tax = 22.19 GBP).

    Surely some mistake?

  1159. Effective today, May 29,2019 : Warner Brothers Records, R.I.P. /The affiliation between Warner Brothers Records & the Warner Brothers Movie Studio ended 15 years ago, and the record company was given a 15-year license to use the Warner Brothers name & logo. That license has now expired. The record company will now be known as “Warner Records”, and its new logo looks like a big white sun sinking into the horizon. Also, the company is moving out of its long-time Burbank, California headquarters.
    It almost would have been better to re-brand the Warner Brothers Records back catalog using the name of one of its sister labels such as Rhino, Atlantic or Elektra. In any event, the heyday of the Warner Brothers records label is long gone. All of the executives, producers and nearly all of the artists have exited long ago.

  1162. Looks like Paul McCartney will reissue WOA, Amoebas Secret, The Russian album and Paul is Live in July on CD and vinyl. Hoping for Japanese mini-LPs to be available as well.

  1163. Sony Music’s “Fleetwood Mac-Before The Beginning:Live 1968-71” postponed until October, and Esoteric’s expanded 3-CD edition of Procol Harum’s “Broken Barricades” postponed until July.
    Last Autumn we had a prolific outpouring of Classic Rock archival boxed sets, but in the first five months of 2019, things have plummeted down to almost nothing. Yes, there’s a few worthwhile classic rock boxed sets upcoming such as Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder 14-disc set and a huge King Crimson box (though largely comprised of 21st century material), but by drastically reducing the amount of archival releases aimed at Classic Rock fans, the labels are creating a self-fulfilling prophecy; one that will have the executives saying that in 2019, CD sales dropped further, and they will cite those statistics as justification to further reduce their support for “Physical Formats”.
    In light of all this, in 2019, I’ve redirected my disposable income towards upgrading my audio & video equipment. Usually, June & October/November are when labels release expensive Classic Rock archival boxed sets, but this June is going to be abnormally quiet. (I don’t count vinyl box sets that are merely verbatim reissues of an artist’s catalog, such as Traffic, Free & James Taylor, as being archival projects. There’s no unreleased material. In the case of those artists that I mentioned, it’s because of artist permission and/or contractual issues)
    Will archival activity increase near the Christmas shopping season? I don’t know. Perhaps there will be Pink Floyd(late 1980’s to mid-1990’s material) or Beatles (group & solo) material, but it is hardly certain. Beatles insiders (who post on the Steve Hoffman forums but are severely restricted by Apple Corps in what they are permitted to reveal), have already hinted, that while there will be some Beatles product later this year, it now appears unlikely to be an “Abbey Road” boxed set. I would note that the outtakes from the “Abbey Road” album are largely identical in arrangement to the released versions, though the album would have sounded superb in surround sound.
    Last Autumn’s outpouring of Classic Rock Archival material raked in plenty of money for the labels. It would obviously be profitable for the industry to continue in that direction. The Classic Rock marketplace still likes outtakes from the Good “ol Days. Give the people what they want.

  1164. Atlanta Rhythm Section: The Polydor Year’s. Eight disc set with their albums during their hit making years. Being reissued from Carolin 8nternational and remastered by Andy Pearce.

  1166. Bill Bruford’s Earthworks Complete – reissue of the entire back cataloge

    24 disc set:

    EARTHWORKS / DIG? / ALL HEAVEN BROKE LOOSE / STAMPING GROUND- LIVE /
    A PART, AND YET APART / THE SOUND OF SURPRISE / FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE (2CD) /
    RANDOM ACTS OF HAPPINESS / FOOTLOOSE IN NYC (2CD & 1DVD SET)
    A VIDEO ANTHOLOGY VOLUME 1: 2000S (2CD & 1DVD SET)
    A VIDEO ANTHOLOGY VOLUME 2: 1990S (2CD & 1DVD SET)
    EARTHWORKS UNDERGROUND ORCHESTRA
    EARTHWORKS IN SANTIAGO, CHILE (1CD & 1DVD SET: PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED VIDEO)
    FROM CONCEPTION TO BIRTH (17 SHORT TRACKS SHOWING THE PROCESS FROM DEMO TO MASTER, WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES FROM BILL BRUFORD)
    HEAVENLY BODIES EXPANDED (2CD ‘BEST OF’ COLLECTION ACROSS THE ENTIRE CATALOGUE, WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES FROM BILL BRUFORD)

  1167. 12 Bars [Score from Eric Clapton Documentary] by Gustavo Santaolalla – coloured vinyl coming at end of May. Looks pretty cool actually.

  1168. Hi Paul
    Love the website and all the things you do for us.
    Just a little query regarding the price widgets. Do the prices quoted continually update automatically or are they just fixed at the time that you put the story up?
    Thank you

  1170. Phil Collins will release the b-sides and 12″ mixes missing from his deluxe-edition-re-release series on May 31 called Other Sides and Remixed Sides! It’s 18 tracks each and seems to cover almost everything want fans expected the Deluxe Edition to have included! The very bad news is that Phil or his Management decided to release these albums only in digital Format to download or as stream. There will be NO physical format (No CD, NO Vinyl) for whatever reason. That is a shame and hard to understand as most of his fans will want to have a physical format in line with the other Deluxe and reissue releases in the PC series. I do not believe that most fans welcome the thought to spend money on mp3 files when a physical release would be the favourite format.
    Paul, maybe you can check with Warner why, if or when a physical format will be released? Maybe Phil needed a quick release in time for the start of the European leg of his tour; so they may want to hold back the physical releases to cash in on the Xmas market?

  1171. Manfred Mann’s “Creature Music” label have released four volumes of “Radio Days” covering his groups’ BBC recordings from 1964 to 1973. Additionally, Vol. 3 includes some of Manfred Mann (and his group members’) work for advertising jingles & film soundtracks. All (excepting the 1-CD Vol.4) are 2-CD sets. The collections are also available on vinyl

  1172. Phil Collins “other sides” and “remixed sides” coming soon. I’m concerned they might be streaming only… no physical release… can you confirm this?

  1173. I hope that the delay in posting the Space Oddity 7 inch single box set news is because you are drafting a 3000 polemic against Parlophone.
    Enough is enough surely.
    Yes, don’t buy it etc.
    But ignoring exploitation does not stop that fact that this is a terrible way to manage the catalogue.
    I literally cannot think of a worse example of a posthumous release campaign.
    For me, Bolan was the worst, with remixed songs and a constant stream of random releases.
    But Bowie is now sadly becoming a joke.
    It would be good to track down whoever is running the show, get some readers’ questions, and ask them to answer them and try to defend the logic of this strategy.
    I can see the strategic value to the shareholders, but not to the legacy of David Bowie.

  1175. Though the 50th anniversary Woodstock festival is not to be, Rhino Records will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the original 1969 Woodstock festival with 2-CD, 10-CD and (Limited Edition) 38-CD + Blu-ray boxed sets. The 38-disc box is limited to 1969 sets, and will be sold directly by Rhino Records for $799.
    All that will be missing is the mud, the rain and the “Bad Brown Acid”(*)
    * a joking reference to the onstage announcement by Woodstock MC (and lighting director) Chip Monck, who was trying to warn the audience not to consume some badly manufactured Psychedelic drugs.

  1177. hi Paul

    I wonder can you help? Amazon.co.uk seem to not be supplying music or film to Ireland anymore. Is this Brexit or something else?

    thanks in advance

    rob

  1179. hi, I am amazed that there was ONE missing 50 year anniversary box set that was not released it was CREAMS wheels of fire. this would of been a nice large box consisting of the regular issue remastered plus all the studio outakes ,example being white room early version no wah wah, the u.k. ibc studios early versions before being worked on at alantic in n.y the horn over dub not used for born under a bad sign.also the lp in mono which was a U.S promo and a U.K issue. the rest could be all 3 live shows from Oakland and san diego 68 and the the rest would be the march 68 shows from fillmore west and winterland.so about that’s say 8 discs or more. enclose a dvd of tv shows ,beat club . revolution club ,smothers bros, glen campbell etc. what a great tribute to this band that has been neglected in this reguard. sad to say a HUGE opportunity missed.

  1183. Emmylou Harris’ The Studio Albums, 1980–83, a vinyl set of classics—Roses in the Snow, Evangeline, Cimarron, Last Date, White Shoes—and a bonus 45 with Roy Orbison, released on Record Store Day, is now available in the Nonesuch Records Store.

  1184. Dave Sharp orginal guitarist with the Alarm has a new solo album out.It was a nice suprise for me to find out he had made a new cd as its been a long,long time since the last one .His debut back in 1991 Hard Travelling still remains in my top ten albums to this day.Spirit Days the new album is available from http://www.littlelondonstudios.com.I ordered my copy on monday a snip at £10.98 !!

  1186. A few years ago, Sony Music let go of most of their staff, replacung them with new people who were conversant with “new technology”(streaming & downloading), while assuring the public that Sony would still issue “Physical Product”(I.E. CD’s & L.P.’s), but now, those new executives have decided to end Sony’s licensing to most CD reissue labels. This amounts to lashing out in rage against those long-time, lifetime music collectors who refuse to accept music rental/hire by smartphone. In their smugness, Sony is leaving money on the table; the money that reissue labels pay to Sony to release recordings under license.
    And for Britain’s Dutton/Vocalion label, who releases audiophile SACD’s derived from Columbia.Epic. CTI & RCA label 1970’s 4.0 “Quadraphonic” mixes, this could be the end. Everything that Dutton/Vocalion releases is licensed by Sony Music. The last batch of titles that Sony Music licensed to Dutton/Vocalion were unsaleable “Easy Listening” titles which would only be of interest to consumers over 80 years old.
    With America’s “Audio Fidelity” label now defunct, the only remaining outlet for Sony Music’s Quadraphonic recordings is with very, very occasional releases by Sony in Japan. Why stop the remainder of Sony Quadraphonic mixes appearing on SACD. After all, those “Modern Technologies” that Sony Music is so enamoured of (Streaming & Downloading) are incapable of delivering surround sound, whether it is vintage 4.0 Quadraphonic or modern 5.1 surround.

  1189. The Rush Hemispheres 40th anniversary box set is currently £89.42 on Amazon US. With standard delivery to the UK and import fees deposit, the total comes to £114.

    The current price on Amazon UK is £172.20.

  1190. The Bob Dylan 14-CD set of 1975 concert recordings has gone into limbo, because the related film is not ready yet. I’m puzzled by Sony’s decision, since the film is aimed at the streaming market, and the 14-CD set is for consumers of “Physical Product”. These are two unrelated markets.
    With a drought of Classic Rock boxed sets (so far) in 2019, this is highly disappointing. I would have bought the Dylan box.

  1191. A selection of six classic Nazareth 1970’s albums will be released by Salvo, on coloured vinyl with gatefold sleeves, on the 26th April. They are:
    Razamanaz (Yellow)
    Loud ‘N’ Proud (Orange)
    Rampant (Blue)
    Hair Of The Dog (Purple)
    Expect No Mercy (Pink)
    No Mean City (Green)

  1192. She Paints Words In Red by The House of Love out on white vinyl in May on Music On Vinyl.
    Ltd Edn of 1000, including one vivyl-exclusive track

  1193. Hi Paul,
    Just received the Andrew Poppy set I ordered. Not bad considering I only ordered it Sunday afternoon!
    I’ve already played it via Spotify (who says streaming and physical copies can’t co-exist?) Great stuff.

    Many thanks
    Ian

  1195. Hey Paul, I just received Girlfriend by Mathew Sweet from the SDE shop, its got a delivery note inside with a handwritten line saying ‘thanks for supporting the SDE shop’ … my pleasure, its a great website, great shop and great service :) And the note has gone inside the record, so whoever owns it in 50 years time will have a little bit of history with it.

  1196. New Hot Chip album announced, due out on 21st June in a number of formats – CD, black vinyl, coloured vinyl.
    Some signed coloured vinyl available on the band’s website.
    hot-chip-uk.myshopify.com

    And the deluxe 2018 remaster of Massive Atttack’s Mezzanine has been put back to the same date “due to unforeseen production issues”. I ordered it on 13th Sept last year, so hoping to get it before the first anniversary. Anyone know what’s going on?

  1197. I’m a huge Donna Summer fan, so am interested in getting the ‘Another Place And Time 30th’ (when – if – the price drops!). But I’m being put off by rumours of errors/faults. The trouble is…when I go looking for details/reviews, I can only find complaints about the content rather than any technical problems. Can Paul (or anyone) tell me if there are GENUINE flaws I should be weary of, or is it just people griping because they don’t like a certain remix?

  1199. The word is that Mick Jagger’s health problems, which caused the postponement of The Rolling Stones tour is a problem with one of the valves in his heart, and this will require an operation. Hopefully, Mick will be O.K., and he will finally realise that it’s time to get serious about adding his voice to (some) of the hundreds of backing tracks in The Stones’ vaults. Or perhaps completing the album that the Stones have tinkered with in recent years.
    Jagger is very very old. He says 75, but others have suggested that 77 is closer to correct.

  1200. assistance required!

    i’m considering getting the Abba – The Albums box set. What if any original released tracks are missing (B-sides, foreign language singles etc). Its a pretty good deal compared with the Complete Studio Recordings Box so I’ll probably get it anyway

  1201. Aubrey Powell, co-founder (with the late Storm Thorgerson) of the graphics design firm “Hipgnosis:, has revealed that he is working on artwork for two upcoming Pink Floyd projects. One of these projects is based around the album “Animals”, and the other project is called “The Later Years”. “The Later Years”, expected in November 2019, will consist entirely of recordings made after Roger Waters left the group. No release date estimate for “Animals”.

  1202. couple of interesting autobiographies coming this year:

    Elton John – Me
    Andrew Ridgley – Wham! George & Me
    Francis Rossi – I Talk Too Much

  1203. UK band MY LIFE STORY ,readers might be interested to know that their new studio album can be pre-ordered from their new website mylifestory.band.Please don,t order from Pledgemusic as I think they are about to collapse.Its due in August and will be titled Milkteeth.

  1204. The next Procol Harum expanded reissue from the “Esoteric” label will be a 3-CD edition of the group’s 5th album “Broken Barricades”, to be released at the end of May. Included will be unreleased studio alternate takes & mixes, plus radio concert material from the UK, U.S.A. & Sweden.

  1205. The inimitable Scott Walker has died. No regrets, but the sun ain’t gonna shine anymore. Still active with VOX LUX, he will be missed. RIP Scott.

  1206. The Release Calendar is possibly mans greatest invention, thank you!. Could we add Edwyn Collins new release to it? Richard Hawley? Cheers

  1207. I’ve just received (from Japan) my Rolling Stones “Voodoo Lounge in Japan” Blu-ray + 2 SHM-CD set. This is a legitimate Universal Music/Eagle Rock release. There is no indication on the packaging of any region coding. The video quality is a dramatic improvement over the 1990’s Laserdisc set. The audio has been remixed for surround sound.
    The only problem :Universal’s decision to release this set only in Japan means that Stones fans will pay double (what they would have otherwise paid) to own this product. and ,no, I don’t know if the DVD edition is region coded.

  1208. Status Quo 10 disc – The Vinyl Singles Collection 2000 – 2010 coming in April.

    Looks good!

    Disc: 1
    1. Mony Mony [Side A]
    2. Gerdundula (from the Shepherds Bush Empire) [Side B]
    Disc: 2
    1. Old Time Rock and Roll [Side A]
    2. Forty-Five Hundred Times (Live) [Side B]
    Disc: 3
    1. Jam Side Down [Side A]
    2. The Madness [Side B]
    Disc: 4
    1. All Stand Up (Never Say Never) (Single Edit) [Side A]
    2. You Let Me Down [Side B]
    Disc: 5
    1. You’ll Come ‘Round (Single Edit) [Side A]
    2. Lucinda [Side B]
    Disc: 6
    1. Thinking of You (Album Version) [Side A]
    2. Something ‘Bout You Baby I Like / Break the Rules [Side B]
    Disc: 7
    1. The Party Ain’t Over Yet (Album Version) [Side A]
    2. Gerdundula (Live 2005) [Side B]
    Disc: 8
    1. All That Counts Is Love (Steve Evans Radio Mix) [Side A]
    2. I Ain’t Ready [Side B]
    Disc: 9
    1. It’s Christmas Time [Side A]
    2. Beginning of The End (Live from Oxford) [Side B]
    Disc: 10
    1. In the Army Now (2010) [Side A]
    2. Caroline (Live from Ipswich Regent Theatre 17/02/2009) [Side B]

  1209. Cherry Red continue the Wetton/Downes Icon remasters with 2 live albums in May:

    Never In A Million Years – CD
    Acoustic TV Broadcast – CD/DVD

    I think that just leaves the Heat of The Rising Sun set followed by the aforementioned career box set.

    Good reissue campaign so far for these.

  1210. Curio time… Kiefer Sutherland’s new album is available as a UK exclusive deluxe signed edition from amazon.co.uk for £12, it’ll probably sell out in 24 hours! (boom boom)

  1211. interesting couple of Cilla Black releases coming soon – featuring a bonus track of the original demo recording of Step Insidde Love with Paul McCartney on acoustic guitar:

    Sher-oo! / Modern Priscilla, 2CD Expanded Edition
    Cilla / In My Life, 2 Disc Expanded Edition

  1212. Primal Scream singles collection coming on 2CD, and 2 x 2LP sets (Vol 1 and 2)

    Maximum Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Singles

    Signed items on their website…

  1215. The Rolling Stones have yet another multi-disc greatest hits package coming, this one titled “Honk”. In its most deluxe incarnation, the set adds a one disc compilation of recent concert recordings. Do the Stones need another hits collection so soon after “Grrr”? I guess they’re too lazy to record a new album after all these years. It requires absolutely no effort to throw together a piece of “product” like “Honk”.

  1218. Legendary American session drummer Hal Blaine has died at age 90. Part of the group of Los Angeles studio musicians known as “The Wrecking Crew”, Blaine, born in Chicago in 1929 as Harold Belsky played (between 1960 & 1980) on 375 U.S.A. top- 40 hits; 40 of them number one. Ever heard The Ronettes “Be My Baby”, The Beach Boys’ “Little Deuce Coupe”, “California Girls”, “God Only Knows” & “Good Vibrations”, The Byrds’ “Mr Tambourine Man” and Simon & Garfunkel’s “Homeward Bound” & “Bridge Over Troubled Water”? Then you’ve heard Hal Blaine. Blaine was the drummer on Phil Spector’s “Wall of Sound” records and the actual drummer on 75% of Beach Boys records made between 1963 & late 1966, including 9 of the 13 songs on “Pet Sounds” plus all of the “Smile” recordings. But, for Blaine, a University trained musicians who studied piano & voice, it was his drumming that producers wanted him for. Blaine(whose first love was Jazz) was the first studio musician inducted into the Rock n’Roll Hall of Fame. He once said, “I’ve played with Count Basie, but the thing that I’m best known for is playing on Beach Boys records”. He also once remarked to his British counterpart Bobby Graham, “We don’t stop drumming because we get old. We get old because we stop drumming.”

  1219. Now in its third postponement (until May 29th): Repertoire’s 4-CD + DVD “Yardbirds” box (“Live and Rare”). With the exception of some of the material on the DVD, all of the other material has been offered elsewhere, so it’s no loss to Yardbirds fans.

  1220. hi , can you paul or anyone else help me. yesterday my cassette tape of manfred mann chapter 111 vol 3 was eaten up by deck. sadly that was my only tape copy. I don’t own a cdr recorder so I never burned one. I looked this up on various sites but to no avail.any help would be welcomed. thanks

  1222. HRAudio.net are now listing Analogue Productions release of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of the Moon SACD.

    I don’t think it has been remastered and it is not particularly difficult to find a copy.

    Will their be any change to the current SACD release?

  1226. The Prodigy frontman Keith Flint has reportedly died, aged 49, just announced, he was found dead at home.

    Another gone to soon.

  1227. Hi just read that erstwhile Cure drummer Andy Anderson passed away from cancer on Feb 27. He was with the Cure for the album The Top plus assorted singles like The Lovecats. R.I.P.

  1228. some good looking items for RSD:

    My favourite:

    Bob Dylan – Blood On Te Trakcs – New York Test Pressing
    Brian May – New Horizons
    CSNY – 4 Way Street (Expanded Edition)
    Bowie – The World Of + Pin Ups Pic disc + Revolutionary Song 7″
    Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac Alternative
    Green Day – Woodstock 1994 Live
    Joe Strummer – The Rockfield Studio Tracks
    John Lennon – Imagine (Raw Mixes)
    Noel Gallagher HFB – Wait And Return EP
    Peter Gabriel – Rated PG Picture Disc (Any idea what this is?)
    Prince – the Versace Experience Cassette + His Majesty’s Pop Life
    Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody Soundtrack Picture Disc – this looks awesome!!
    The Streets – Remixes & B Sides Too

  1231. A big month coming up for Frank Sidebottom.

    ‘Being Frank – The Chris Sievey Story’ is due for cinema release on March 29th

    https://us6.campaign-archive.com/?u=225e11d43d10c1699a79bef9b&id=df043fefb0

    Also the Being Frank Soundtrack album is being released on limited edition picture disc (500 only) and CD (unlimited)

    https://www.keymailrecords.com/being-frank-the-chris-sievey-story-picture-disc-frank-sidebottom-and-chris-sievey-7a020?search=frankSidebottom

    https://www.keymailrecords.com/being-frank-the-chris-sievey-story-frank-sidebottom-and-chris-sievey-7a023?search=frankSidebottom

    A little plug for a truly great artist, musician, comedian would be really welcome.

    You know it would, it really would.

    Thank you.

  1234. The “Esoteric” label cotinues to “exploit”(in the most positive sense of the word), the formerly EMI/Harvest catalogs that they purchased(from Warner/Parlophone) in 2018. They’ve recently completed their work on the catalog of “Third Ear Band” (the group’s debut album “Alchemy” gets the expanded/remastered treatment in late March), and Esoteric now returns to the catalog of “Be Bop Deluxe” to give the group’s 1975 album “Futurama” the 3-CD/1-DVD boxed set treatment in late April. New surround & stereo remixes, studio outtakes etc.(similar to the boxed set of the group’s “Sunburst Finish” album that Esoteric released late last year).

  1236. Five HMV/Fopp stores (Glasgow Braehead, Fopp Glasgow Byres/Fopp Bristol, Bluewater and HMV Meadowhall) have re-opened as the new owner has renegotiated rents and terms of the leases.There are plans to try to re-open some of the other 27 stores including their flagship London store.

  1238. No HMV update, Paul? Some of the doomed stores have been re-opened.

    The Bath store that was on the closed list is now open again. It was only shut for a week before the new owners negotiated a deal with the landlord. All the staff are different, though, so the original lot must have been made redundant and never returned.

  1242. Hi Paul,
    Thanks for the info on the Dido signed CD at Amazon. Whilst I was ordering mine, I noticed that they also have an Amazon Exclusive signed version of the new Bryan Adams CD Shine A Light. They have listed it as Shining Light by mistake, so many fans might not know about it or be able to find it, but its the same price as the standard unsigned CD and due out on 1st March 2019.
    Cheers.

  1243. Here’s an interesting one for Beatles/Macca completists…

    Animal Requiem by Rachel Fuller (wife of Pete Townsend) includes a version of The Beatles original version of Blackbird but with overdubbed orchestration from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. First time an original Beatles track has been overdubbed in this way. Here is a piece regarding the album/track

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.classicfm.com/discover-music/album-release-animal-requiem-sir-paul-mccartney/

    The CD will be released on March 8th

  1244. starting to get a bit fed up of these constant Bowie releases…i can see why they are being released, his name being used to bolster the new wave of the vinyl buying world…but lets be honest he also wrote some right unlistenable shite !

  1246. Optimistic interview with the new Canadian owner of HMV Doug Putman on LBC. Plans for turning around the chain include stocking a lot more vinyl as “that’s what customers want” and also more depth with music back catalogues. He says he wants to give shoppers the chance of discovering unknown gems.

  1247. WHAT MEMORIES WE MAKE ~ THE COMPLETE MAINMAN RECORDINGS 1971-1974- Dana Gillespie March 29, 2019.
    .Dana Gillespie first made her name as a teenage singer (and songwriter) in the 1960s, with a string of memorable singles and albums for Pye and Decca..In 1971, she teamed up with David Bowie’s management company MainMan, joining Bowie at RCA Records. It would be two years before her next record – but it was worth the wait. Weren’t Born A Man was a wonderful amalgam of pop, soul and some wonderful songwriting from Dana. The title track, for example, wouldn’t have sounded out-of-place on Dusty In Memphis, while Dana’s twist on Bowie’s ‘Andy Warhol’ (the song had actually been written for her) was unique. Both these album highlights were issued as singles..Dana swiftly followed up with a second album for RCA, Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle. The recordings were bluesier in places than on its predecessor but still equally impressive. The LP was promoted by a single, ‘Really Love The Man’, but thereafter Dana parted ways with MainMan before building an enviable reputation as a blues singer of some renown..Issued with the full support and involvement of the artist and MainMan, What Memories We Make is the first proper retrospective of Dana’s recordings for MainMan/RCA. Many album tracks make their debut on CD and have been joined by a raft of rarities and previously unissued material..All five tracks from the legendary BOWPROMO album from 1971 are included: this was an album circulated by MainMan featuring rough mixes by David Bowie on one side (made prior to him signing with RCA) and Dana Gillespie on the other. .Also present is the semi-mythical, previously unheard original demo of ‘Andy Warhol’ featuring backing vocals from Bowie, and the rare Libido single (issued on Mooncrest in 1973), plus sessions from late 1974 for what would have been Dana’s third album for RCA/MainMan. .Housed in a plush Digipak with lengthy sleeve-notes by David Wells within a 24-page booklet also boasting an embarrassment of photographic riches, What Memories We Make is a long overdue tribute to a rare British singing/

    Disc: 1
    1. MOTHER, DON’T BE FRIGHTENED
    2. ANDY WARHOL
    3. NEVER KNEW
    4. ALL CUT UP ON YOU
    5. LAVENDER HILL
    6. STARDOM ROAD PART I / STARDOM ROAD PART II
    7. WHAT MEMORIES WE MAKE
    8. DIZZY HEIGHTS
    9. ANDY WARHOL
    10. BACKED A LOSER
    11. WEREN’T BORN A MAN
    12. MOTHER, DON’T BE FRIGHTENED
    13. ALL CUT UP ON YOU
    14. ETERNAL SHOWMAN
    15. ALL GONE
    16. LAVENDER HILL (ALTERNATIVE VERSION)
    17. NEVER KNEW (ALTERNATIVE VERSION)
    18. HOLD ON TO YOUR FIRE
    19. WERENâ™T BORN A MAN

    Disc: 2
    1. AIN’T GONNA PLAY NO SECOND FIDDLE
    2. REALLY LOVE THE MAN
    3. HOLD ME GENTLY
    4. DON’T MIND ME
    5. PACK YOUR BAGS
    6. NO TAIL TO WAG
    7. GET MY ROCKS OFF
    8. WANDERLUST
    9. GETTING THROUGH TO ME
    10. NEVER KNEW
    11. MAN SIZE JOB
    12. STOKE THE ENGINE (OCTOBER 1974 DEMO)
    13. GOIN♠CRAZY WITH THE BLUES (OCTOBER 1974 DEMO)
    14. SAY GOODNIGHT TO THE NIGHT (OCTOBER 1974 DEMO)
    15. DO THE SPIN (OCTOBER 1974 DEMO)
    16. GONE AT THE GAME (OCTOBER 1974 DEMO)
    17. ANDY WARHOL (ORIGINAL DEMO)

  1248. Kiki Dee 5 disc set “The Rocket Years” coming in March 29 2019. contains 5 albums plus bonus tracks including Don’t Go Breaking My Heart…

  1249. Mercury/UMe is realising a 7CD box set of Barry White’s Love Unlimited Orchestra. Called the The 20th Century Records Albums (1973-1979). There will be new vinyl LP reissues for three of the group’s albums, plus two albums by Love Unlimited, the female vocal trio produced by Barry White. The Love Unlimited Orchestra box set brings together all seven albums the group recorded for the label, newly remastered from their original analog master tapes.Release date is March 29.

  1252. In late March, the Esoteric label completes its expanded/remastered series of the Third Ear Band’s EMI/Harvest catalog with the group’s debut album “Alchemy”. The bonuses included BBC sessions, pre-EMI demos and Abbey Road Studios outtakes. Esoteric bought the group’s EMI/Harvest catalog (from Warner/Parlophone) at the same time that they purchased the EMI/Harvest catalogs of “Be Bop Deluxe” & “Barclay James Harvest”

  1253. Any idea what is happening with Paul Young’s CBS Singles – Amazon across Europe out of stock – are Demon making any available without the signature?

  1254. Just announced that Peter “Lord of the Rings” Jackson is to work on a new version of the Let It Be movie. Says film will be “based around 55 hours of never before seen footage” . He also has 140 plus hours of audio to work with. Sounds as if he has carte blanche to do with as he wants. No idea yet on release dates.

  1255. Any recommendations for the 10 disc Robin Trower studio albums to be release on Feb 8th….i have the 3 disc A tale Untold Chrysalis years which covers 4 out of 10 albums….but this new box doesn’t have any bonus tracks…hence looking for suggestions to go for it or not
    Heres the link:
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Studio-Albums-1973-1983-Robin-Trower/dp/B07KLCY961/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1548825480&sr=1-1&keywords=robin+trower+cd

  1259. New Jenny Lewis album announced with a rather expensive Ltd Vinyl version. And a new Stephen Malkmus electronic album announced yesterday. I’m finding it difficult to not spend money this month!

  1261. For those who don’t have it yet, there is a great deal on Amazon AU at the moment for The Beatles – Sgt Peppers Super Deluxe set – AU$110
    (about 60 GBP) and it’s in stock.
    (Amazon AU only ship within Australia)

  1262. The next Rolling Stones video release: “Voodoo Lounge in Japan”, previously released only in Japan in the 1990’s as a now-rare 2-disc “Laserdisc” set. The DVD & Blu-ray will be released in March.

  1264. For those of us who missed Revolutionary Song on A New Career In A New Town – Cherr y Red will reissue the complete Just A Gigolo soundtrack on March 19…complete with 3 versions of the track…2 with Bowie on lead vocals (part 1 & 3). Amazingly this soundtrack has never been released on CD before – and now has 7 bonus tracks…a must buy from me!

    1. JUST A GIGOLO – Marlene Dietrich
    2. SALOME – The Pasadena Roof Orchestra
    3. THE REVOLUTIONARY SONG (Part 1) – The Rebels
    4. JOHNNY – The Manhattan Transfer
    5. THE STREETS OF BERLIN – The Gunther Fischer Orchestra
    6. CHARMAINE – The Pasadena Roof Orchestra
    7. JUST A GIGOLO (Instrumental – Piano) – Marlene Dietrich
    8. DON’T LET IT BE TOO LONG – Sydne Rome
    9. THE RAGTIME DANCE – The Ragtimers
    10. JEALOUS EYES – The Manhattan Transfer
    11. THE REVOLUTIONARY SONG (Part 2) – The Rebels
    12. I KISS YOUR HAND, MADAME – The Manhattan Transfer
    13. JUST A GIGOLO (Outtake) – Marlene Dietrich
    14. KISSING TIME – The Gunther Fischer Quintet
    15. BLACK BOTTOM – The Pasadena Roof Orchestra
    16. THE REVOLUTIONARY SONG (Part 3) – The Rebels
    17. AUF WIEDERSEHEN GIGOLO – Marlene Dietrich & Choir
    18. JEALOUS EYES – The Barnabus Orchestra
    19. EASY WINNERS – The Ragtimers
    20. THE REVOLUTIONARY SONG (Part 4 – Instrumental) – The Rebels
    21. JUST A GIGOLO – I AIN’T GOT NOBODY – Village People
    22. JUST A GIGOLO (Club Mix) – Marlene Dietrich

  1267. Unfortunately Paul there seems to be trouble brewing in the Tears for Fears camp.If you go to Curt Smiths Twitter account you will be able to make you own assessment.You don,t need to print this paul.I just hope they can keep it together it would be a great shame otherwise.

  1270. Amazon UK has few limited stock of box sets that are on sale….worth having a look…just picked up Miles Davis Bitches Brew 40th Anniversary (3CD+1DVD) at GBP 14.40 (shipping inclusive)
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/b/ref=as_li_ss_tl?node=14103363031&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=f0110363-b410-4b20-a02e-ab660b6f7dfe&pf_rd_s=slot-4&pf_rd_t=701&pf_rd_i=gb_main&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=2J5T0NX75M4ZVRKRYXS7&linkCode=ll2&tag=oldsite_supered-21&linkId=aa20207fd9d4c3f3b719057b7e7727ae&language=en_GB

  1271. Hi Paul

    Bananarama are issuing expanded versions of their last couple of albums if you would like to cover that? That still doesn’t make it all of their albums expanded now though….pft!
    And Sophie Ellis-Bextor has an interesting take on her tunes in a greatest hits package (with a variety of bundles) available to pre-order.

    And whatever happened with the expanded re-issues from Shakespear’s Sister. Such a shame – really wanted them.

    Will the wallet ever cease to bleed : )

    Cheers Then
    Peter

  1274. Sounds like HMV may be in trouble again. The Doncaster branch has up to 50% reductions as it is “Relocating”. Time to spend those gift vouchers methinks…

  1276. For the third time(in recent memory), Amazon.co.uk has imposed a ban on letting people in the U.S.A. preorder upcoming CD’s on the “Esoteric” label. Quite what Amazon.co.uk think that they are achieving is unknown. Certainly there are dozens of independant UK record shops who will cheerfully sell these discs to me, or I could order them directly from the record company at http://www.CherryRed.co.uk .The only reasons that I prefered to order them from amazon.co.uk, is because Amazon’s shipping charges are low, they don’t charge the customer until the product is dispatched, and they subtract the VAt when selling to customers outside the UK.

  1277. Neil Young to issue a 2 cd version of ragged glory in early 2019. 2nd disc of previously unreleased tracks from the sessions called Ragged Glory II. Can’t wait to see the track list for this!!

  1280. Cat Stevens is releasing multi formats of his 1978 album Back To Earth , the final LP before he quit the music business. As well as single CD ad LP variants there are 6 CD, 1 Blue Ray 2 LP box sets starting at just under £100n rising to £225 for a limited edition. It is being plugged on Pledge Music with a May release date schedule.No track listing yet. 315mm x 55mm x 315mm Box

    Here is how the “cheap” box set lines up:

    CD ONE: Back To Earth: Original Album Remastered.
    The 1978 album remastered from original analogue tapes to stunning effect at Abbey Road Studios

    CD TWO: Return To Earth: The Original 2001 Stereo Master.

    CD THREE: Distant Planets: Unearthed Gems.
    Back To Earth live tracks, rare demos and two beautiful, completely unheard recordings.

    CD FOUR: Alpha Omega (A Musical Revelation)
    Completion of the circle. Yusuf helps his brother David realise his own musical ambition by producing the 1978 album Alpha Omega, featuring the much loved ‘Child For A Day’

    CD FIVE: UNICEF Year Of The Child Concert at Wembley Arena 1979.
    The last love song. Yusuf performs, what he believes will be his final farewell at UNICEF’s 1979 Year Of The Child charity concert at London’s Wembley Arena.

    DVD Blu-ray ONE: UNICEF Year Of The Child Concert at Wembley Arena 1979 footage + High Res Original Album remastered

    LP ONE: Original Album Remastered

    LP TWO: UNICEF Year Of The Child Concert at Wembley Arena 1979

    Plus a 50 page hard back book and exclusive memorabilia.

    Happy Christmas everyone !

  1283. Is it time to start speculating on the 2019 releases we’ll get?

    I’m hoping for a 35th anniversary Heaven 17 “How Men Are”. It surprisingly missed a 30th anniversary release, but “The Luxury Gap” is getting toured this year, so maybe a bit of luck for us in ’19, eh?

  1285. Amazon.com offering a decent deal on 2 of the recent Macca/Wings vinyl albums. Wild Life and R.R.S. (reconstructed as it is described) coming in at £53 including all fees to the UK

  1286. Amazon.it

    Pink Floyd | The Early Years 1965-72 Euro 299,99 -5%
    King Crimson The Road to Red 24 CD EUR 99,99
    King Crimson Larks’ Tongues in Aspic 14 cd EUR 79,99

  1291. Apologies if already mentioned but Amazon de selling Status Quo vinyl singles boxes at attractive prices:
    1984-1989 55 euros
    1980-1984 42 euros

  1293. Two Beach Boys “copyright extension” download releases have been released.
    “Wake The World:The Friends Sessions” & “I Can Hear Music:The 20/20 Sessions” are each equivalent to a 2-CD set.

  1296. “copyright extension” download-only releases from The Beach Boys & Various Artists Motown are still on the way, though Universal Music is still maintaining secrecy concerning the contents. These collections must be released no later than the third week of December 2018, if they are to extend the UK/Europe copyright on these recordings for another 20 years.
    There’s something perverse in releasing recordings merely to make a legal “statement” with the hope that consumers WON’T buy them..
    The only things that Motown compiler Keith Hughes has revealed about “Motown Unreleased 1968”, is that he started with 100 songs, but expected to lose some songs due to legal clearance issues. Those clearance issues didn’t occur, but some songs were dropped for a different reason. Some songs featured poor performances, incomplete performances or recording faults, and Hughes and his engineers hoped to “fix it in the mix” with modern technology. Some tracks proved irreparable. They couldn’t be salvaged.
    The Beach Boys release (or releases) will feature both live and studio material recorded in 1968.

  1297. For those who may have missed it (and I certainly did) and are interested in that wonderful “Collected” series by Universal nl.
    Robert Cray Collected 3CD was released late October . Decent price @ Grooves in Germany for about 14 euro. No vinyl release yet.

  1298. The one month postponement (until the 30th of November) of The expanded editions(from the “Real Gone” label) of Badfinger’s “Badfinger”(5th album)” & “Wish You Were Here” was due to poor sound quality. Ultimately, “Real Gone” went ahead and (belatedly) released the discs, with the hope that fans wouldn’t object to the bad mastering.
    But there have been widespread complaints, and the “Real Gone” label intends to put things right. My discs are presently in route, and I intend to not un-seal them when they arrive.
    I await the announcement of how the “Real Gone” label intends to address this problem.

  1299. Hi, Paul. Is there any way to know whether the super deluxe editions of ‘Village green …’ and ‘Odgen’s nut …’ have anything new with regard to their previous three-CD incarnations?

  1300. Heads up on the Bananarama deluxe editions of Drama and Viva released by Cherry Red in January – track listing for 2-disc Viva is superb, but 3-disc Drama just might be overkill with two discs of mixes for just two songs!!!!

  1301. Did anyone else manage to pre order a copy of the limited edition version of the kate bush lyric book? Had my order accepted and confirmation received so looks ok.

  1302. Next Anthony Phillips reissue coming from cherry red in January:

    Esoteric Recordings is pleased to announce the release of a 4 Disc Clamshell re-mastered boxed set of the album “Seventh Heaven” by Anthony Phillips and Andrew Skeet. Originally issued as a double CD set in 2012, “Seventh Heaven” was a primarily orchestral work featuring the City of Prague Orchestra and was recorded in various locations in London and Prague. A gorgeous and evocative collection of compositions, the album was hailed by Classic FM radio and is one of Anthony’s enduring works. This new edition of “Seventh Heaven” features the original album newly re-mastered, along with a bonus CD featuring nine previously unreleased recordings, alongside the rare 1973 recording of the hymn ‘Take This Heart’ (written by Anthony Phillips and Mike Rutherford for the Charisma album “Songs for a Modern Church”), recorded at Charterhouse School and featuring the Charterhouse Choral Society. Also included is a DVD featuring a new 5.1 Surround Sound mix of “Seventh Heaven”. This clamshell boxed set features an illustrated booklet with a new essay by Anthony Phillips archivist Jon Dann.

    The re-mastered and expanded edition of Seventh Heaven is due for release date on 25th January 2019 and is available to pre-order now

  1304. At last! https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/amazon-international-to-resume-shipping-to-australia-after-controversial-online-gst-ban/news-story/6df54143018fd8cfd0e8d8f3bea71c97

    It’s not that Amazon is the be-all and end-all but all choice had gone. Further, the likes of Australian high street retail stores (e.g. Harvey Norman who at least some of us are boycotting now) have lobbied to cause problems for online retailers and once they made it Mission Impossible then started charging up to THREE TIMES what people outside of Australia could order things for. Perhaps they should look at their own business model rather than try and prevent competition. Amazon.com.au has been “shaky” to put it mildly and its customer service has been appalling. I have had no end of people tell me that they have had orders cancelled for the items only to go back on sale at higher prices. Once or twice fair enough, but so many times is an insult to intelligence.

  1306. In February 2019, the Repertoire/UK label releases “The Yardbirds-Live and Rare” a 4-CD + DVD set. The DVD (region-free) features 14 performances from British,French & German television. No tracklisting has been revealed, though the set promises 21 previously unreleased BBC radio performances (from off-air recordings).
    I wouldn’t be surprised if the box’s contents overlaps substantially with the (now-deleted) 5-CD box “The Yardbirds-Glimpses”(released by the “Easy Action” label). The more important question is whether Repertoire has uncovered any better sounding tape sources for the radio broadcasts. For me, the DVD may be sufficient reason to buy the set. It can be preordered at Amazon.co.uk

  1308. Compiler Alan Boyd has confirmed that a Beach Boys “copyright extension” release is coming (Mid to late December). “20/20” & “Friends” sessions plus mid-1968 concert recordings. Unfortunately, the release will be download-only.

  1310. For all out there waiting on the Egypt Station Spotify green vinyl a friend has just emailed me to say that his order has been cancelled due to limited supplies.
    Any light you can shed on this, Paul?

  1312. Hi Paul! Any update on the Sowing The Seeds of Love Super Deluxe Box Set? I’m a huge TFF fan and that’s my favorite album. I know it was originally planned for a 2016 release, and that you actually had a hand in the production of the box set. Any new info you can lay on us? Thanks bud!

  1313. Interesting short article about Nick Cave and the issue of grief and the loss of his son on the BBC website today.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46084553

    Hopefully people will be able to access that page sorry if you can’t (overseas?).

    I only came to Nick Cave late and entirely due to recommendations from SDE and with so much to catch up on he is right up there with my favourite artists.

  1314. “Peter Stanton says:
    November 2, 2018 at 10:06

    My SDE ordered Bob Dylan box set arrived safely and excellently packaged at 9.40 this morning.”

    Some guys get all the luck. Satuday post post and still no sing of mine. Post Orifice is no use either, they will only tell me when my parcel is delieverd, not where it is. Ah well, I expect a card behind the door on MOnday telling me they’ve got it hidden somewhere at The Sorting Orifice!!!

    Keep up the good work Paul!

  1315. Hi Paul,
    Some videos regarding future releases on youtube.

    Eddie Kramer talking about 5.1 mix of Electric Ladyland
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOlFbiTSWHk

    A couple of Paul McCartney tracks
    Live And Let Die Take 10
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTdPHIqAZwY

    Indeed I Do (unreleased)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG0YXGYXZLI&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_medium=email&utm_content=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DpG0YXGYXZLI&utm_campaign=22343307&utm_umg_et=1524499799

  1316. I’ve heard there is a Low In High School deluxe edition coming with extra studio tracks and live tracks… you seem the video for Back In The Chain Gang cover with Morrissey playing guitar…which I assume is a joke!! 7” Single coming with Gilbert O’Sullivan’s I Didn’t know what to do on the b side…also heard there might be a covers album next year…:

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q_hInzyYN3o

  1318. Following on from my last email re More Blood More Tracks.

    I had pre-ordered this from Amazon UK, but cancelled this to get it from you.
    However, I have just got an email from Amazon allowing me to play or download it.

    Opening myself up to ridicule, CDs are about as modern as I get and I have never downloaded any of the physical ‘product’ that I have bought. Is this available ad infinitum or does it have a cut off date?

  1319. My SDE ordered Bob Dylan box set arrived safely and excellently packaged at 9.40 this morning.

    Excellent service and price, so many thanks Paul.

    na . o

  1320. Hi Paul,

    Did you know that on October 5th Roxette released a 30th Anniversay edition of Look Sharp? Didn’t find any mention on your site.
    They include a box set containing the LP Look Sharp (Original Album), CD Look Sharp! The Demos and a DVD The Making of Look Sharp. Also a 2 CD Set, a vinyl LP and a 4 DVD Box Set.

  1321. What would you like first; the good news or the bad news?
    First, the bad news: the “Real Gone” label’s expanded/remasters of the two Warner Bros. “Badfinger” albums have been postponed four weeks until the 30th of November.
    Now, the good news: it appears that I spoke too soon in predicting that King Crimson wouldn’t have any product for this year’s “Classic Rock” archival market. It appears that a 50th anniversary boxed set edition of the group’s 1969 debut album “In The Court of The Crimson King” is on the way. What it could offer beyond the contents of the 2009 40th Anniversary Edition remains to be seen. But the group’s boxed sets have always been curated to a very high standard.

  1322. A couple of intresting releases
    live x-propaganda cd available from Claudia brucken,s website and new ep by Fish featuring new studio and live tracks available on tour and from his website.

  1324. The Specials are to release their first new album in 37 years. Called ‘Encore’ available in February 2019. Pre-order only from HMV so far.

  1325. Hi Paul

    Just a heads up that the Damon Albarn side-project The Good The Bad & The Queen have their second album ‘Merrie Land’ out on November 16th…looks like its available on CD/vinyl, deluxe CD hardback book, limited green vinyl and a super deluxe set.

    There seems to be good prices through Rough Trade, but not sure what their postage rates are like…Also, they don’t seem to have the super deluxe set which might be a band webstore exclusive? No links to anything other than the standard CD/vinyl on Amazon yet.

    https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/music/the-good-the-bad-and-the-queen-merrie-land

  1327. Hi Paul, I’ve ordered the More Blood More Tracks from your store even though my Amazon France order came in cheaper, only a couple of quids. I’m surprised you’ve managed to get copies because this is a strictly limited edition and when they’ve gone that’s it.

  1328. Judie Tzuke has her (almost) complete 24 album career issued in £99.99 CD box set due out on November 2. Runs from her Elton John Rocket label debut welcome to the Cruise to last year’s Peace Has Broken Out. The set includes her live albums. Missing are two home recording Song Club albums available to her fans only at the time. However a few songs from these two releases are featured on a box-set only exclusive disc titled More From the Moon but no track listing has yet been issued for it. Pre-order is already up on Amazon

  1330. Manic Street Preachers signed “This Is My Truth – Tell Me Yours” bundles out now: https://store.manicstreetpreachers.com/ – there will be the usual rush for these. Made sure I got my order in before letting you know :-)

    At least they deliver to Australia – no one I know over here could get the Bowie boxed set, Police or Suede. It’s ridiculous.

  1331. Neil Young has just confirmed on his Archives website that next archival release will be the 1976 Crazy Horse world tour acoustic compilation Songs For Judy. It is named after some audience banter regarding Judy Garland who Neil imagines is sitting in the front row of a show. The 23 tracks were originally recorded via the soundboard by guitar tech Joel Bernstein from the solo set that preceded each night’s band performance. At the time there were a number of unreleased songs and there are many bootlegs in circulation. Interestingly , Neill says the compilation was picked by Bernstein and journalist turned movie director Cameron Crowe, a big NY fan. The release date is November 30 and Campaigner can be streamed from his site now. There is an image of the album art showing a sketch of , presumably, Garland, flicking through some papers.

  1332. 3 Live At The BBC sets coming at the end of October:

    The Hollies – looks like an edited down version of “Radio Fun”
    The Shadows
    Gerry & The Pacemakers

  1333. I just wanted to let the friends of SDE know, especially who do a lot of pre-ordering from Amazon US – there is a new trend of them showing coupons like “Save an extra $x.xx at checkout.” randomly which are temporary and when compared to the pre-order price will come out cheaper but your pre-order will never reflect this change so in the end you will end up paying more :( There has been some chatter around this on other music related forums as well and in my personal opinion this is a disservice to loyal buyers who do a lot of pre-ordering and also kind of against the “pre-order price guarantee” they claim.

  1334. Bar codes have been allocated to the various formats of Red Rose Speedway and Wings Wildlife, the next albums being released in the McCartney Archive Collection. Saw a suggested release date of 7/12/18 but no idea if that is official

  1335. Something from Neil Young himself regarding the long awaited (nine years and counting!) Archives 2 set. On his Neilyoungarchives.com website he has a “letter to the editor ” section. On October 1, someone asked for a “ballpark” estimate of a release date for Archives 2. Bearing in mind there had been rumours that Neil had scrapped the idea of a physical set replaced by high-res streaming, he replied:”May 2019 the NYA V2 CDs and a separate book by Toshi Onuki will be available. Blu Ray is no longer viable for economic reasons. NYA can give you what the blu ray had though by including High Res audio. Thanks, NY”. I actually bought the Blu Ray Archives 1 set mainly for the visual content. Interesting though that there is a CD package on the way.

  1337. New Gary Numan live cd/dvd set coming soon. Live at Brixton Academy 2cd/dvd set. Bundle on his website also includes The Fallen EP on cd + vinyl

    Savage – Live At Brixton Academy CD/DVD

    CD1:

    1. Hide (Intro) (Live)
    2. Ghost Nation (Live)
    3. Metal (Live)
    4. The Fall (Live)
    5. I’m An Agent (Live)
    6. Bed Of Thorns (Live)
    7. Dead Sun Rising (Live)
    8. Down In The Park (Live)
    9. Pray For The Pain You Serve (Live)
    10. Here In The Black (Live)

    CD2:

    11. Mercy (Live)
    12. Love Hurt Bleed (Live)
    13. My Name Is Ruin (Live)
    14. Cars (Live)
    15. When The World Comes Apart (Live)
    16. Prayer For The Unborn (Live)
    17. Films (Live)
    18. Are ‘Friends’ Electric? (Live)

    DVD:

    1. Hide (Intro) (Live)
    2. Ghost Nation (Live)
    3. Metal (Live)
    4. The Fall (Live)
    5. I’m An Agent (Live)
    6. Bed Of Thorns (Live)
    7. Dead Sun Rising (Live)
    8. Down In The Park (Live)
    9. Pray For The Pain You Serve (Live)
    10. Here In The Black (Live)
    11. Mercy (Live)
    12. Love Hurt Bleed (Live)
    13. My Name Is Ruin (Live)
    14. Cars (Live)
    15. When The World Comes Apart (Live)
    16. Prayer For The Unborn (Live)
    17. Films (Live)
    18. Are ‘Friends’ Electric? (Live)

  1338. The Who fans, The preorder of Roger Daltrey’s Hardback edition of “Thanks a lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story”(Limited Signed Edition) is only £12 on WHSmith website. WHSmith also have a current 10% off books voucher code live at the moment.

  1339. Today on Instagram Ian Anderson announced “The Ballad of Jethro Tull” the first official Jethro Tull Book, its an illustrated, oral history of the band. You need to register at http://www.jethrotullbook.com for updates, the chance to have your name printed in the book, an early bird discount when the book goes on sale.

  1340. Does anyone here know why Talk Talk´s 30 year old album Spirit of Eden is among the best selling vinyl records on Amazon right now? It is probably selling more copies today than when it was released! Paul, do you know why?

  1341. Cherry red releasing entire catalogue vinyl box set for carter the unstoppable sex machine includes x2 unreleased albums. No CD.

  1342. Looks like the next one of these Philharmonic Orchestra albums will be a Cilla Black one…includes her 3 Beatles covers… step inside love, love of the loved and it’s for you..so maybe a bit of interest there…

  1343. I noticed that a number of McCartney items, including the Egypt Station CD, are now exclusive to Prime members on Amazon UK. Non-Prime buyers have to get them from market place sellers. Does anyone know if this is just applicable to McCartney? I checked a few other big names andcouldnt find a similar exclusion. I know it happens for non-musical items but this is he first time I have seen it applied to music.

  1345. Now that KB’s ‘Aerial’ is finally getting the vinyl re-release the next album on my list is The Cardigans ‘Gran Turismo’. Long (long) promised by the band (apprently waiting on Universal) and still no sign. Any chance of email to Universal Paul?

  1346. Traveling Wilburys volume 1 being issued as a limited edition picture disc on 2 November. The sound of vinyl and udiscovermusic carrying photo and blurb about the album. Price is £18.99

  1348. I received “Imagine – The Ultimate Collection” and I have discovered two issues/errors with the Blu Ray Discs:

    1) Blu-Ray Disc 1 “Imagine The Ultimate Mixes” — The Out-takes are only available in Stereo 24-96. However, both the back cover and the sleeve that contains the discs list these sixteen tracks for both 5.1 and Stereo 24-96 Mixes. There is not an option on the Blu-Ray menu to select 5.1 or Stereo, as there are with the other tracks listed with a 5.1 option.

    2) Blu-Ray Disc 2 “In The Studio and Deeper Listening” – The disc appears to “freeze up” and become unplayable in “The Elements Mixes” portion of the disc.

  1349. ABKCO’s Blu-ray reissue of The Rolling Stones “Rock n’Roll Circus” has been postponed until an unspecified date in 2019. The disc will have previously unreleased John Lennon content, but no unreleased Rolling Stones content.
    Universal Music has released an expanded 96Khz/24-bit download of 2017’s “The Beatles-Sgt.Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” boxed set. This time, it includes the entirety of CD’s 1,2, 3 & 4 albeit at high definition.
    The Canadian band “Rush” are going to released a Deluxe boxed set of their album “Hemispheres”, including CD’s, L.P.’s and a 5.1 Blu-ray audio disc & a book. There will be unreleased live recordings in the set, but as per Rush’s policy, no unreleased studio material. The rumour is that Rush’s entire career has produced less than 30 minutes of unreleased studio material, and the group is unlikely to ever permit its release.

  1351. it appears that either there is available backstock of the 3LP Half Speed Master or it is being reissued. Either way, like the Tom Petty Live Anthology, this has skyrocketed in price on the secondary market. I just bought it on the amazon.de site.

  1352. A major disappointment for Rolling Stones fans: According to the Music Tap website, the upcoming reissue of The Rolling Stones’ “Beggars Banquet” album is a single disc remaster. No bonus material. What a waste of plastic. Obviously, The Stones will never agree to let ABKCO release unreleased 1964-1969 studio material, though it is being rampantly bootlegged, and is gradually entering UK/Europe public domain. The Stones’ bitterness towards Allen Klein (and his heirs) matters more to The Stones than loyalty to the fans.
    In reality the best of the “Beggars Banquet” and “Let it Bleed” outtakes were released on the 1975 outtakes album “Metamorphosis”.

  1355. Joe Strummer 001
    The very lovely box set arrived this morning but the “driving licence” is superglued to the side of the box. Anyone else have this issue?

  1357. More news concerning the Cherry Red group of labels. They’ve ordered amazon.co.uk to not sell most of Cherry Red’s upcoming releases to people in the U.S.A.

  1358. I guess that the Esoteric label must have bought up more formerly EMI/Harvest recordings than just the Be Bop Deluxe and Barclay James Harvest catalogs . Now, they’re also going to give the (very) Deluxe Expanded treatment to the catalog of ” Third Ear Band”, an odd acoustic group with a Two Cellos/ Oboe/ Tabla line-up who often performed at Rock Festivals circa 1969-1971. Their debut album, “Third Ear Band” sometimes refered to as Elements” gets the 3-CD expanded treatment (23rd of November) with lots of unreleased material from both the BBC and German radio, as well as unreleased outtakes from Abbey Road Studios. The group’s sound is somewhat monotonous, but hypnotic, and probably sounded good to stoned hippies and those rock festivals nearly 50 years ago.
    Also upcoming from Esoteric: “Procol Harum-Procol’s Ninth”, a 3-CD set with previously unreleased studio alternate takes and rough mixes plus two radio concerts.
    Note: of late many upcoming releases from the Cherry Red group of labels are available to preorder only through Cherry Red’s website, but not through Amazon. This means substantially higher shipping charges than Amazon. Also, Cherry Red does not subtract the VAT when selling to people outside the UK.

  1359. On the 2nd of November the DERAM label releases “The Moody Blues-In Search of The Lost Chord” 3-CD + 2-DVD boxed set. This will contain both audio & video material, plus the original stereo mix, a new stereo mix, a few mono single mixes and the album’s first-ever 5.1 surround mix, plus BBC radio & television performances.
    In 1972, when 6 of the group’s 7 “Classic” albums were mixed for Quadraphonic Reel to Reel & 8-track cartridge release, this album wasn’t amongst them. Engineer Derek Varnals would explain, that for this album, recorded on 4-track, that after the various “bounce downs”(reduction mixes), what remained was a 4-track tape with 2 tracks of vocals and 2 tracks of instruments, and this was not considered sufficient to create a quadraphonic mix. apparently, they must have found 4-track tapes from earlier recording stages and synchronized them to make a 5.1 mix possible (something that would have been highly difficult in 1972, when the group’s quadraphonic mixes were created)
    The packaging will be in a box similar to that which Universal has used for “The Who-Maximum A’s & B’s”, “Big Country at The BBC” & “Mike Oldfield-Crises”
    Another amazing classic rock archival release in a season that may bankrupt some consumers!

  1361. It may not mean much to those beyond our shores but today the UK lost a genuine talent.
    Chas Hodges from Chas & Dave has passed away.

    “Ain’t no pleasin you” is probably, alongside Vienna, the best UK no.2 single ever made.

    RIP Chas.

  1363. The Rolling Stones-Voodoo Lounge Uncut (from Eagle Rock Entertainment) will be available as either Blu-ray + 2-CD or DVD + 2-CD. Amazon is showing artwork, but no info as to the contents. The Blu-ray will be upconverted from standard definition.
    Meanwhile, Britain’s Dutton Vocalion label has become the home of Sony Music’s vintage quadraphonic mixes. Recently released hybrid SACD titles include “Weather Report-Tale Spinnin'”, a two-fer by “Poco” (“Cantamos” & “Seven”) and a Two-fer by Jazz-rock group “Chase”(“Ennea” & “Pure Music”). Chase were a promising horn-driven group, not unlike Chicago, but their career abruptly ended after 3 albums, when the group’s leader, trumpeter Bill Chase (and one other group member) were killed in a plane crash. Also recently released on Quadraphonic Hybrid SACD by Dutton Vocalion: a two-fer by Brazilian percussionist Airto and several titles by Philadelphia soul vocalist Billy Paul.

  1365. One for Beach Boys fan…Mike Love has a new Christmas album coming out called Reason For The Season…will be giving this one a miss but some may be interested!

    1. Celestial Celebration
    2. Finally It’s Christmas (feat. Hanson)
    3. Little St. Nick
    4. Must Be Christmas (with Ambha Love and Christian Love)
    5. Jingle Bell Rock
    6. Alone On Christmas Day
    7. Reason For The Season
    8. Do You Hear What I Hear (with All Love)
    9. Away in a Manger (with All Love)
    10. Bring a Torch (feat. Hayleigh Love and Brian Love)
    11. O Come All Ye Faithful (with All Love)
    12. O Holy Night (feat. Ambha Love with All Love)

  1367. Some rumors concerning The Beatles’ “White Album”-anniversary-reissue (taken from a German forum where somebody quotes the Steve-Hoffman-forum…):
    “Yes, the magic number is seven for the big box, actually what was posted some days ago was a ‚copy and paste‘ thing directly from one of the earlier memos. 2 disc new remix, 1 disc demos, 3 discs outtakes (2 hours 45 mins) + BRD adding extra minutes of outtakes NOT on the CDs (besides 5.1. of the new mix, mono, etc, etc) plus the 70 minutes aprox of Esher it will be a good amount of new material.
    The 3 CD version will be limited as well. 2 LP (180gr) of the new stereo mix of course with contents faithful to the original (but not detailed if will be also numbered), no word now on the colored or any colored vinyl and also a special standalone release also limited edition. (Plus the 2 CD version of the new stereo mix).“
    http://forum.rollingstone.de/foren/topic/beatles-white-album-50th-anniversary-edition/page/2/

  1368. A while back, I told you about an upcoming Sony/Legacy project for Big Brother & the Holding Company’s 1968 album “Cheap Thrills”; the album that brought vocalist Janis Joplin to stardom.
    Rather than follow the usual album plus bonus outtakes formula , Sony is going to release something better: “Sex, Dope & Cheap Thrills” (the album’s original intended title, which was vetoed by label executives), which will be a 2-CD set consisting entirely of outtake versions, almost all of them previously unreleased. Not only will it include alternate takes of the original album’s 7 songs, but also outtakes of the many other songs attempted at the sessions, including “Catch Me Daddy”, “Misery’n”, “Harry”, “It’s a Deal”, “Easy Once You Know How”, “Flower in the Sun”, “Magic of Love”, “Farewell Song”, “Roadblock” and more.
    The group originally wanted the album to be recorded live in concert, but attempts to record the group live had not proven to be musically satisfactory, so the group recorded the music mostly in the studio, adding audience sounds to two of the studio tracks. Though the album cover boasted “Live material recorded at Bill Graham’s Fillmore Auditorium”, in fact, only the album’s final song “Ball & Chain” was actually recorded at a concert. With no studio version of “Ball & Chain” to present, the new collection offers a “Live at Winterland” version. All the other songs in this 2-CD collection are from the John Simon-produced New York sessions that resulted in the “Cheap Thrills” album.
    The album was truly a landmark in the late 1960’s San Francisco music scene.

  1372. Bad news: The Doors-Waiting For The Sun” 2-CD + L.P. boxed set contains what are (likely) the first major label U.S.A. CD’s to be encoded with the controversial MQA process. If you connect your CD player to an MQA-equiped Digital to Analog converter, you’ll get MQA’s (somewhat) lossy approximation of High Resolution audio. But without MQA decoding, the MQA system reduces CD’s usual 16-bit audio to a mere 13-bits.
    It looks like the record companies intend to try to force MQA upon the consumers. This is bad news. If consumers find this unacceptable, it will speed the demise of the CD format. Only one disc player (Oppo UDP-205) is equiped to decode MQA discs without external equipment, and of course,Oppo is defunct. I only became aware that this Doors product was MQA encoded after I ordered it. If had known this, I wouldn’t have ordered it.

  1373. Not about a release, but about packaging from Amazon. I recently received a vinyl (PSB Bilingual) with absolutely no protection, packaged in a wayyyyy to big box with some wrinkled paper above it. The result is that the cover is bended on 2 corners, which looks absolutely horrible… I complained with Amazon and since it was the second package within 3 weeks that got in with damaged goods (I returned the first one and got an exchange), I finally was reimbursed fully without having to send the item back (I told them that going to the post office had to be during my office hours, that I did it already once a few weeks ago, and that if I had to go again, I would gladly invoice them with my missing work hour…).
    My question is: is there any way to get a decent packaging from Amazon? Maye some well-hidden option? I’d gladly pay 1-2£ more to make sure the items arrive in one piece…
    They sometimes have these nice “frustration free” packaging for vinyl or steelbook blu-ray, but that’s not the case for every item. I bought 3 brand new Pet Shop Boys vinyl at the same time, 1 was in a “frustration free” packaging”, the other 2 not.
    Does anyone have tips? Asking for full refund without returning the item won’t work everytime I’m afraid…
    Thanks!

  1375. Badfinger’s two Warner Bros. albums (“Badfinger” & “Wish You Were Here”) get the expanded treatment (10 bonus tracks per album) on the 2nd of November fThe projects have been supervised by Badfinger historian Dan Matovina.

  1376. Anyone interested in a William Shatner Christmas album?

    Shatner Claus (Great Title!) – is out on Oct 26 and features Henry Rollins, Billy Gibbons, Judy Collins, Brad Paisley, Rick Wakeman, Iggy Pop, Todd Rundgren, Joe Louis Walker and more…not sure if this was produced by Billy Sherwood who did Ponder The Mystery but that one was surprisingly great…

    a 7″ single Jingle Bells (Punk Rock Version) feat Henry Rollins b/w Silent Night feat. Iggy Pop is out on the same day.

    Eric Clapton also has a Xmas album out on Oct 12 – bet the Shatner one will be more interesting.

    Will SDE be covering the Shatner release in greater detail? Unboxing video?

    I probably will not be allowed to post again on here…. :)

  1378. Hi Paul, I’ve just ordered the new David Crosby LP ‘Here If You Listen’ for the bargain price of £10.87 at Amazon UK. It’s released on October 26th.

  1380. Sir Cliff Richard released his debut single ‘Move It’ in August 1958.
    Honouring this 60th Anniversary, on 12 October 2018, a numbered, 7” single of ‘Rise Up’, limited to just 4,000 copies, will be released with the original b-side to ‘Move It’, the track ‘Schoolboy Crush’.

    Currently £5.76

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rise-Up-VINYL-Cliff-Richard/dp/B07GRRGVKB/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07GRRGVKB&pd_rd_r=011c452f-b377-11e8-a1f4-150dcd1d19a7&pd_rd_w=J04ws&pd_rd_wg=jBMI8&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=85d62760-2a0e-407d-aa36-f3c03afc01c3&pf_rd_r=PE9VCF9GEJ34CE66QRSX&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=PE9VCF9GEJ34CE66QRSX&linkCode=ll1&tag=oldsite_supered-21&linkId=c217d9251dc171e0786fe532f7c389f3&language=en_GB

  1383. Dear All…..i needed some guidance here…..I have ordered regular and deluxe sets from UK, US, France, Germany Amazon sites. I always opt for standard shipping. So there is a product cost and additional is shipping cost….now the product can be sent thru regular post of the originating country or via courier (amazon told me that its system randomly decides the mode of shipping when standard shipping is selected)…..My query is that in either case will i be charged import duty when the destination country is not one of UK, US, France and Gemany….so far in most cases i haven’t been charged import duty….but in one case i have been charged….the product cost i paid for was 73 Euro….it was shipped to Norway from Germany……DHL norway said that the product price was mentioned as 114 Euros as per amazon germany invoice….and they calculated 25% of 114 Euro as duty instead of 73 Euro…any iputs/direction would be helpful

  1384. Hi Paul,
    Just wondering if you could share this with all your Aussie readers who have been missing out on your deal alerts due to geo-blocking.
    Amazon AU have the soon to be released Led Zep. The Song Remains The Same Super Deluxe Set at a pre-order price of $149.99. It was $160 when I pre-ordered. That’s less than half the UK price and a little over half the US price. It definitely the 9 disc version. Here’s the link:
    https://www.amazon.com.au/SONG-REMAINS-SAME-LED-ZEPPELIN/dp/B07DTMPNTP/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1536047038&sr=1-1&keywords=led+zeppelin+song+remains+the+same

    Thanks,
    Roel

  1386. The official announcement of the editions and contents of The Beatles’ “White Album” expanded reissues will be at a press event on the 26th of September. What little we know is that “Lady Madonna” will be included, as will the “Esher Demos”, pre-production demos recorded on 4-track at George Harrison’s house.

    2019 will see “Abbey Road” get the deluxe treatment.

  1387. The rumoured The Police vinyl 6LP boxset makes its first appearance:
    https://www.amazon.it/Every-Move-You-Make-Recordings/dp/B07FT6JN9R

    I read somewhere else that the release date is 26 October.

    Nothing to get excited about. The extra LP has b-sides (but only the studio recordings, none of the live ones). The good news is that it looks like A&M have found the Truth Hits Everybody ’83 remix that they lost when assembling “Message In A Box”. But that comes at the expense of losing The Bed’s Too Big Without You (Mono), I Burn For You, Fall Out, Nothing Achieving and Don’t Stand So Close To Me ’86.

    No sign of any CD reissues yet, nor the rumoured Police Around The World DVD.

  1388. Cherry Red’s excellent Anthony Phillips reissue series continues with Field Day on 2x CD/ DVD in October. This time they’ve skipped over quite a few albums chronologically so I can only hope they go back and do Tarka, Sail The World and all the rest! Ordered it straight away anyway!

  1390. The Series of Jethro Tull 4-disc sets(from the Rhino label) featuring surround sound remixes by Steven Wilson continues in November with the group’s 1968 debut album “This Was”. 2019 will see the group’s 1978 album “Stormwatch” album get similar treatment.
    The “This Was” set also includes BBC recordings, the original stereo & mono mixes and a few unreleased outtakes. Wilson has created a 4.1 surround mix from the album’s original 4-track muktitracks

  1391. Have you seen the new Lenny Kravitz’ album “Raise Vibration”? It’s being released in so many versions. There’s a cd and a deluxe cd in a book. There’s a standard 2x lp, a coloured 2x lp, a picture disc 2x lp, a set with 2x lp and cd. And there’s even a cassette. If I’m not wrong all of the different versions includes 12 songs.

  1392. Two drummers have announced archival projects from their respective bands, but (of course) not providing a release date or any other details. Fleetwood Mac’s Mick Fleetwood has announced a Fleetwood Mac 50th anniversary box, saying that it would include the group’s early blues-based music.
    Big Brother and The Holding Company’s Dave Getz has announced that Sony Legacy will release a 50th anniversary edition of “Cheap Thrills”, the group’s 1968 album, which marked the commercial breakthrough of vocalist Janis Joplin. Getz promises unreleased songs & versions, and liner notes by San Francisco music luminaries such as Joplin’s friend Grace Slick. Joplin’s career was brief (4 albums; one of them released unfinished), so the “Cheap Thrills” sessions are the only remaining source of unreleased Joplin studio material.

  1393. I’ll try again on this as my previous comment wasn’t published. Sony release ELO “Original Album Classics 2” 5CD set on 14th September. It features the following albums and retails for around £15.99:

    Jeff Lynne – Armchair Theatre (1990) / ELO – Zoom (2001) / ELO – Zoom Tour Live (recorded 2001 released 2013) / Jeff Lynne – Long Wave (2012) / ELO – Mr Blue Sky Very Best Of (re-recorded hits) (2012).

  1394. Dave Davies to release Decade an album of lost 70s tracks, some have been finished off with vocals and extra music.

    Cradle to the Grave
    Midnight Sun
    Islands
    If You Are Leaving
    Web of Time
    Mystic Woman
    Give You All My Love
    The Journey
    Within Each Day
    Same Old Blues
    Mr. Moon
    Shadows
    This Precious Time (Long Lonely Road)

  1397. …and more from the “Esoteric” label on 26 of October: “Be Bop Deluxe-Sunburst Finish” 3-CD + DVD box with new 5.1 surround and stereo mixes, the original mix, 6 unreleased outtakes, BBC radio & T.V. recordings, an unreleased Harvest promo video & a 68-page book. This 1976 album, the group’s 3rd, was the first to feature the group’s classic line-up of Bill Nelson(guitar,vocals), Simon Fox (Drums), Andy Clark (Keyboards) & the late Charlie Tumahai (Bass,vocals)

  1398. On the 26th of October, Cherry Red’s “Esoteric” label releases a 3-CD +L.P. 50th anniversary edition of the Self-titled debut album of “The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Included will be the stereo & mono mixes, pre-Crazy World recordings and BBC sessions. On the same day, Esoteric also releases “Procol Harum with the Edmonton Stmphony Orchestra” with 5 bonus tracks, two of them previously unreleased rehearsal versions.

  1399. In July, The Rolling Stones signed another lucrative mega-deal with Universal Music, and this one includes the reissue (with bonus material where possible) of all of the group’s presently out of print concert videos. Certificates obtained by Eagle Rock from Germany’s film classification board establish that the first fruits of the new contract will be “Voodoo Lounge Uncut”. At least 3 shows were professionally video recorded during that tour, so it’s unknown which one it will be.

  1400. The Joe Strummer 001 set with the book is £8.06 on Amazon France.
    Your link takes me through to the product web page which shows the book in the picture, so I’ve ordered, anticipating a cancellation!

  1401. Not sure why some of my comments never get posted, usually just a ‘John T Deal Alert’
    Sting 57th and 9th Coloured vinyl only £6.97 at amazon UK
    Cheers John T

  1402. Cocteau Twins: Fontana Years box set out 12 October. Four discs including the two albums for that label, plus b-sides, sessions and the promise of period rarities. Haven’t seen the track listing yet or if the material is newly remastered.

  1403. Paul, I am still (somewhat) convinced that there is some technical problem with your forums. In the past, after I posted something, the post would still be visible to the person who posted it, albeit with the words “Awaiting Moderation”, but now my post totally disappears, in most cases never to reappear. I tried to let you know about BMG/Sanctuary’s late October SDE of “The Kinks are The Village Green Preservation Society”, which will have Three L.P’s, Three 7″ singles, Five CD’s, a Book, a poster & various pieces of memorabilia. Though it is a UK release, preordering is (so far) only available at Amazon’s U.S.A. site. On the positive side, that site provides a complete tracklist.
    And one more thing: on the 9th of November, there will be a 4-CD SDE of “Jimi Hendrix Experience-Electric Ladyland” from Sony Legacy.
    The status of the various John Lennon “Imagine” releases (CD, 2-CD, 2-L.P., 2-L.P. colour vinyl, DVD ,Bluray & Super Deluxe 4-CD/2-Bluray Audio) is still unknown.

  1405. Just read an interview with Fish in Classic Rock that states :

    “There’s also the new anniversary edition of the final album he made with Marillion, Clutching At Straws, which is released with an accompanying DVD in November.”

  1406. The single cd version of ‘Revamp : the songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin’ is only £1.65 on Amazon at the moment.

    Tracklisting/artists doesn’t look great, but i’ll give it a go at that price.

  1407. Yesterday I got my Alan Parson’s Eye in the sky bluray audio and the disc is labeled as disc 4. I guess that’s how it must be in the deluxe edition, so they didn’t bother to erase that for the standalone bluray edition.

  1408. Hi Phil
    I am of a similar age (66 in fact) and have similar tastes to you, so always look out for and appreciate your posts.
    I have been a record collector since 1964 and my first 45 and, sadly, I am something of a luddite and have yet to experience the apparent joys of blu-ray, sacd, surround sound etc. etc. despite the fact that I now own, mainly thanks to SDE, some of these.

    Heres to more “Beatles, Dylan, Kinks & Rolling Stones releases”.

    Pete

  1409. There are increasing reports on the internet, that the “John Lennon-Imagine” boxed set has gone into limbo, likely until sometime next year. Oh well. I would have enjoyed the surround sound mixes, but approximately 5 hours of full fidelity outtakes have been in circulation(and in my collection) since the 1990’s.
    There’s been indications that the upcoming Christmas shopping season was going to be the greatest-ever for “Classic Rock” boxed sets, but perhaps not. How much longer does the industry think that they have, to sell these outtakes to the (now) old geezers in their 60’s & 70’s (I’m 62) who lived during that era.? I’m prepared to be disappointed when The Beatles, Dylan, Kinks & Rolling Stones releases fail to materialise. The positive side: I’ve saved quite a bit of money.

  1410. Oh joy. Cher is releasing an ABBA covers version album next month called Dancing Queen. Even the cover is pretty awful. Does anyone anywhere want this!!??

  1413. The Elton John mini-LP SHM Japanese CDs of his output from Empty Sky through to and including Blue Moves (and the two Greatest Hits albums from the seventies), have been put back for a second time and will now be released on October 10th.
    However, there is a silver lining, they are now CONFIRMED as 2018 remasters from the original UK master tapes. This is great news as some of these haven’t been remastered since 1995.

  1414. Deal alert – Amazon UK has dropped the price of Gorillaz “Humanz” – deluxe vinyl with the hardback book. It’s now £29.55.
    When I noticed the price, there were 3 copies left. I purchased what was displaying as the last copy but it looks like they are restocking in 1-2 days.
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06XSKTG6V//ref=as_li_ss_tl?coliid=I3OTGAG0SVY63S&colid=3VD8LJS0QTLLR&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it&linkCode=ll1&tag=oldsite_supered-21&linkId=5ebd1014e59812c548402ff31a3dff81&language=en_GB

  1415. couple of great looking Joni Mitchell items on the way:

    1. Joni Mitchell: The Norman Seeff Sessions – Hard Cover book out on Dec 4 2018
    The culmination of their partnership. Timed to release on Joni’s 75th birthday, this collection of familiar and rare imagery tracks the pair’s history together through these exclusive moments captured on film. A combination of album artwork and candid shots reveals Joni’s personality in ways few have managed to capture before or since. It is $60 though!

    2. Both Sides Now – Live at The Isle of Wight Festival 1970 – Blu Ray – out on Sept 14 2018
    This was the final film from Murray Lerner, who sadly passed away not long after the films completion. Tracklisting: 1. That Song About The Midway 2. Chelsea Morning 3. For Free 4. Woodstock 5. My Old Man 6. California 7. Big Yellow Taxi 8. Both Sides Now 9. Gallery 10. Hunter 11. A Case Of You – $20.85

    Also, coming to Blu Ray/DVD – the US Generation 1982 Festival – features performances by Tom Petty, Fleetwood Mac, The Ramones, the Police, Talking Heads, The B-52s, The Cars & Santana – released Aug 10th – $19.98

  1416. Hi Paul,

    Can we have a few articles curated by you and experienced readers on the following subjects:

    1. Best music box sets released between 2000 and 2018 which are rich in content and value for money (lets say 10 of them not necessarily ranked)
    2. Best music box sets or reissues till date (might sound similar to point#1 but for me Fairport Convention Live at the BBC would fall under point#1 where as Pink Floyd: The Early Years 1965-1972 would come under point#2
    3. Best rated books on music albums, musicians or bands.

    Do let me know what do you think about it.

  1417. As most of you know, my prefered music style is “classic rock”. It is the music of my generation.
    Anyhow, we are presently at somewhat of a lull in archival “Classic Rock” release,s awaiting the start of an avalanche of releases to begin in October.
    In the meantime, I’ve gone back to my list of items that I wanted to buy in the past 2 years that I couldn’t fit into my budget at the time. There’s no shortage of stuff to buy. I recently bought “Pink Floyd-The Early Years”, and yesterday, I ordered a “Star Trek-The Next Generation” Blu-ray box. Next month, I may buy the “Paul McCartney-Flowers in The Dirt” SDE, or perhaps several Rolling Stones Blu-ray discs (Leeds, Havana) that I don’t presently have.
    At the moment, most of the major labels are “Stonewalling It”* concerning the contents of upcoming archival CD releases or not confirming that some of these releases are going to happen at all. I’m expecting that these labels will relent by mid-September.
    (* “Stonewalling” -adamantly refusing to reveal information.)

  1418. Of late, no one’s new posts (Mine or anyone’s) are actually appearing on your site. Is there some technical glitch at your site?

  1422. The Quadraphonic mix of Jazz-Rock fusion classic “Miles Davis-Bitches Brew” comes to Japanese SACD on the 9th of August from Sony. The Hybryd 2-disc SACD set contains both the 1970’s Quadraphonic mix and the latest mastering of the stereo mix. I would think that the stereo mix will be the 1990’s mix which has been used on all CD releases. The only presently available release of the 1969 stereo mix is on a vinyl record in the 3-CD/DVD/2-L.P. “40th anniversary” SDE(released in 2010), where it is taken from a 2nd generation tape…the best that now exists for the 1969 mix, hence the new mix for the CD era.

  1423. Yoko Ono has a new album coming out – Warzone on 19 Oct

    similar to the new Paul Simon album Yoko revisits and reimagines 13 songs from her past work, spanning 1970-2009. I will wait to judge which one will be better…

    1. Warzone
      2. Hell In Paradise
      3. Now Or Never
      4. Where Do We Go From Here
      5. Woman Power
      6. It’s Gonna Rain
      7. Why
      8. Children Power
      9. I Love All of Me
      10. Teddy Bear
      11. I’m Alive
      12. I Love You Earth
      13. Imagine

  1424. Hi Paul,

    Love, love, love the site and your hard work. Any chance you’ll put up a mention of the forthcoming Siouxsie and the Banshees vinyl reissues that start mid-August with four of their eleven studio albums. (Unsure if they intend to release their classic live album Nocturne in this set.)

  1426. MC5 have outlined plans to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their debut album ‘Kick Out The Jams’.
    The seminal Detroit band lit the charge for the punk rock explosion, reducing rock ‘n’ roll down to its most visceral thrills.
    New box set ‘Total Assault’ is the perfect primer, featuring ‘Kick Out The Jams’ (red vinyl), ‘Back In The USA’ (white vinyl) and ‘High Time’ (blue vinyl), housed in a hard slipcase with new art and previously unseen photographs.
    Out on September 21st, ‘Total Assault’ will be complimented by a new memoir penned by guitarist Wayne Kramer.

  1427. ELO the Uk singles volume 1 includes 15 singles plus the elo ep

    Steve Hackett – Steve announces ‘Broken Skies – Outspread Wings (1984 – 2006)’ limited edition 6CD/2DVD collection – release date 5th October 2018!

  1428. Hi Paul,

    I new this book was coming out but did not realise there was an deluxe version. Thanks for the tip off just ordered the deluxe version.

  1429. There will indeed be a John Lennon “Imagine” boxed set, including Blu-ray releases (with remixed 5.1 sound) of the video programmes “Imagine” & “Gimme Some Truth” , audio presentations(via CD & Blu-ray) of the original “Imagine” album in stereo, remixed 5.1 surround and vintage 1970’s 4.0 Quadraphonic, and large quantities of outtakes (newly mixed for stereo & 5.1). The word is, that some Yoko Ono songs that were recorded at these same sessions will also be included. The remixing will be by former Abbey Road Studios engineer Paul Hicks (son of Hollies lead guitarist Tony Hicks).
    There will also be a vinyl reissue of the “Imagine” album, to be offered on both Black vinyl and Colour vinyl. Whether the vinyl will be a 1-L.P. release of the original tracklisting only remains to be seen.

  1430. The next in the Peter Banks estate releases is on the way from cherry red. The complete and unreleased Harmony In Diversity recordings…includes all recording by the band, including the semi-released Trying album along with unreleased sessions and live recordings. 6 discs and only £17.99…A must for all Yes fans!!

  1432. Charly Records’ 3-CD + DVD reissue of “Small Faces’ “Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake” has been scheduled yet again, for 28th of September, and a tracklisting has been supplied by “Spin CD’s”, an internet dealer with a rogue reputation.
    The set contains the stereo & mono mixes, a CD of related rarities (The exact same selections that were included in Charly’s previous 3-CD edition, but in a different running order) and a DVD containing the BBC “Colour Me Pop” performance and a promotional video for the song “Lazy Sunday”. That promotional video is the only previously unreleased material in the entire set. Thus continues compiler Rob Caiger’s tradition of teasing the fans for years with projects that promise much and ultimately deliver much,much less. The reality is that the bottom of the barrel has been scraped. There is no further unreleased material (excepting breakdown back track takes) by “Small Faces”. The BBC “Colour Me Pop” performance has already been released in the UK & U.S.A. in a Small Faces documentary DVD “All or Nothing”, where it appears complete in the supplemental section.
    Do I believe Rob Caiger’s claim that he holds “Yardbirds” multitracks and unreleased songs? Absolutely not.

  1433. After listening to Kate Bush’s Before The Dawn, then reading about what recordings are available for Kate Bush, I thought she might not be aware of how good a SDE can be. Does she have awareness of you and your work for other artists?

  1434. Compiler Andrew Sandoval reports today that The Kinks have signed off for his latest multi-disc upgrade of “The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society” to be released in October by BMG. When asked if Ray Davies vetoed any potential inclusions, Sandoval said “He Always Does, It’s his album.”

  1435. In September, Atlantic/Rhino releases a 4-CD box of Phil Collins’ work as a sideman and guest frontman called “Plays Well With Others”

  1436. Deal Alert for those in OZ. Amazon AU have the Fleetwood Mac (S/T) Deluxe Box set for the crazy price of $21.99 (about 13 pounds). Get in quick

  1437. By the way, for those of you in the UK & Europe who are lamenting Eagle Rock/Universal’s decision that the Yellow, Red & Black vinyl edition of “The Rolling Stones-From The Vaults:San Jose ’99” will be U.S.A.-only, and that the UK/Europe edition will be black vinyl only, consider this: I bought the Yellow/Black/Red vinyl edition, and the only one of the 3 records where the grooves are on-center on both sides….is the black vinyl.
    There’s no reason why it should be more difficult to properly align both halves of the stampers when pressing red or yellow vinyl, but the red & yellow records each have a side where the grooves are off-center. On the yellow record, it’s not enough to be audible, but on the red record, it becomes audible towards the end of “It’s Only Rock n’Roll, But I Like It”.
    It’s not for nothing that, these days record company websites don’t let you contact them, nor do they put a company address on the L.P. sleeve. The pressing plant needs to take more care when aligning the stampers. Only Eagle Rock/Universal can communicate this to them.
    It’s unfortunate, because, otherwise the 3 L.P. set has clean pressings and excellent overall sound quality. Admittedly, I bought the vinyl mainly as a collectors item(I also bought the Blu-ray + 2-CD edition), but I found that this music actually sounded quite good on vinyl. I wasn’t expecting it to sound as good as it does.

  1438. ABKCO will have some Rolling Stones product for the Christmas shopping season, but, until and unless we hear otherwise, assume that this will be deluxe packaged collectors product, which will have no previously unreleased content, I.E. not unlike the “Their Satanic Majesties Request” stereo/mono package and “The Rolling Stones in Mono” LP & CD boxes.
    The new product will likely be Blu-ray releases of the movies “Sympathy For The Devil” & “Rock n’ Roll Circus”.(Yes, I’m aware that, in several territories there are already Blu-ray editions of “Sympathy For The Devil”, but some fans claim that they are upconverted from standard definition).
    Also on the agenda: a 50th anniversary edition of the 1968 album “Beggar’s Banquet”, but, though such a project has been under negotiation for decades, any release (by ABKCO) of unreleased material(even material recorded during the Decca/London/ABKCO years) requires Mick Jagger & Keith Richards’ permission. It could ultimately be nothing more than the stereo & mono mixes in deluxe packaging (like “Their Satanic Majesties Request”) or an expanded edition (like “Exile on Main Street”) with 21st century vocals, lyrics and lead guitar overdubs onto unfinished backing tracks.
    The “Sympathy For The Devil” & “Rock n’Roll Circus” films and the “Beggar’s Banquet” album all mark the final contributions from rhythm guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones. (Though his guitar is mixed out throughout the “Sympathy For the Devil” film, and during parts of the “Rock n’Roll Circus” film.)

  1439. The Blue Nile – High (Deluxe Edition).
    On 2nd Feb 2016 The Blue Nile website announced the mastering of this was complete for an impending release.
    Does anyone know what happened?

  1442. Cherry Red has acquired the rights to the Witchwood Media catalogue. This would include all the Strawbs albums, as well as Dave Cousins solo & Wakeman-Cousin’s albums amongst others.

    Oh and Cherry Red are now the shirt sponsors for Wycombe Wanderers for next season. SDE should get into that! Who is the most Rock n Roll team you could sponsor? Leicester Nirvana from the United Counties League Premier League perhaps?

  1443. Angela Bofill – Angie & Angel of the Night [SACD Hybrid Stereo]
    Johnnie Taylor – Ear-ga-sm & Rated Extraordinaire [SACD Hybrid Multi-channel]
    Airto – Fingers & Airto/Deodato in Concert [SACD Hybrid Multi-channel]
    Poco – Cantamos & Seven [SACD Hybrid Multi-channel]
    out on Dutton/Vocalion now!

  1444. The Pet Shop Boys “Behaviour”, “Very” and “Bilingual” 2CD Further Listening Editions (Parlophone/Rhino) released August 31, 2018.

  1445. New rod Stewart album Blood red roses coming soon .

    And a remixed version of Bob Marley’s Kaya album for the 40th anniversary. Hopefully will not be as bad as the Graceland remix!’

  1447. 2 new Status Quo albums on the way on the same day…August 17th. On CD/LP/DVD I believe..

    1 is acoustic and 1 is electric…

    Down Down & Dignified At The Royal Albert Hall
    Down Down & Dirty At Wacken

  1448. Amazon had listed several editions for The Doors Waiting for the Sun but now they have pulled the links

    -Regular box set
    -standalone remastered cd
    -standaone vinyl
    -standalone 2 cd

    It would be cool if Paul and SDE could check this with the label.
    Thanks

  1449. BIG NEWS!

    According to the NME – the Kinks are “officially” back together and recording an album…Ray, Dave and Mick Avory…this would be amazing if true!

  1450. Moldy peaches debut album is being rereleased on August 10 on cd and red vinyl. Vinyl comes with bonus 7” and the cover has been updated to make the drawing of the girl on the cover red! Great album.

  1451. couple of cool looking Dylan related releases coming soon…

    A Tree With Roots – Fairport Convention And The Songs Of Bob Dylan – August 3rd – only £7.29 on amazon
    1. Si Tu Dois Partir
      2. Jack O’diamonds
      3. Lay Down Your Weary Tune
      4. Dear Landlord
      5. Open the Door Richard
      6. I’ll Keep It With Mine
      7. Percy’s Song
      8. Ballad of Easy Rider
      9. George Jackson
      10. It Ain’t Me Babe – Sandy Denny
      11. Tomorrow Is a Long Time – Sandy Denny
      12. Down in the Flood
      13. Days of 49
      14. All Along the Watchtower
      15. Too Much of Nothing – Fotheringay
      16. Million Dollar Bash
      17. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

    Things Have Changed – Bettye LaVette – this just came out I think
    1. Things Have Changed
      2. It Ain’t Me Babe
      3. Political World – Bettye LaVette, Keith Richards
      4. Don’t Fall Apart On Me Tonight
      5. Seeing The Real You At Last
      6. Mama, You Been On My Mind
      7. Ain’t Talkin’
      8. The Times They Are A-Changin’
      9. What Was It You Wanted – Bettye LaVette, Trombone Shorty
      10. Emotionally Yours
      11. Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)
      12. Going, Going, Gone

  1452. The Doors – Waiting for the Sun – 50th Anniversary 2 CD + vinyl to be released 14th Sept. Disc one is a remastered version of the album, disc 2 contains:

    Disc: 2
    1. Hello, I Love You (Rough Mix)
    2. Summer’s Almost Gone (Rough Mix)
    3. Yes, The River Knows (Rough Mix)
    4. Spanish Caravan (Rough Mix)
    5. Love Street (Rough Mix)
    6. Wintertime Love (Rough Mix)
    7. Not To Touch The Earth (Rough Mix)
    8. Five To One (Rough Mix)
    9. My Wild Love (Rough Mix)
    10. Texas Radio & The Big Beat (Live at Falkoner Centeret, Copenhagen 9/17/68)
    11. Hello, I Love You (Live at Falkoner Centeret, Copenhagen 9/17/68)
    12. Back Door Man (Live at Falkoner Centeret, Copenhagen 9/17/68)
    13. Five To One (Live at Falkoner Centeret, Copenhagen 9/17/68)
    14. The Unknown Soldier (Live at Falkoner Centeret, Copenhagen 9/17/68)

    £36.48 from: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Waiting-Sun-50th-Anniversary-Deluxe/dp/B07DXSK4LK//ref=as_li_ss_tl?&linkCode=ll1&tag=oldsite_supered-21&linkId=c5ed71c5bd89168e81ebb78f4e0958fd

  1453. It’s official: Universal Music announces “The Beatles” (AKA “The White Album”) Super Deluxe to be released 9th of November. No further details, of course.

  1454. New Elvis Presley cd coming- where no one stands alone

    Where No One Stands Alone celebrates the power and passion of Elvis Presley’s gospel recordings. Produced by Joel Weinshanker, Lisa Marie Presley and Andy Childs, Where No One Stands Alone introduces newly-recorded instrumentation, rare alternate vocals from Elvis, and backing vocal contributions from music legends who’d performed on-stage and/or in-the-studio with Elvis such as, Darlene Love; Cissy Houston; Terry Blackwood, Armond Morales and Jim Murray of The Imperials; and Bill Baize, Ed Hill, Donnie Sumner and Larry Strickland of The Stamps Quartet.

    The album also includes a reimagined duet with Elvis and his daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, on the album’s title track and spiritual touchstone.

    Where No One Stands Alone provides new musical perspectives on 14 of the singer’s favorite pieces of gospel music, from the reverential to the celebratory, with song selections including Presley’s beloved enduring gospel classics (the 1965 Top 5 smash “Crying In The Chapel,” “How Great Thou Art,” “You’ll Never Walk Alone”), praise-filled gospel-rockers (Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller’s “Saved”) and traditional hymns and spirituals (“So High,” “Stand By Me,” “In The Garden,” “Amazing Grace”).

  1456. Hi Paul,

    I presume that you will do one of your live reviews of the David Byrne concert last night. How good was that? Best gig I’ve been to in years (and I go to lots) and definitely in my top ten of all time.

  1458. The House Of Love: 30th Anniversary Deluxe Hardback Edition – 5 Disc set covers the complete Creation Recordings from 87- 88. Out Sept 28th

  1459. Hi Paul .
    Thought you might be interested that there is a BBC radio 4 extra program on Wednesday night 20/06/18 about the 12” single , including interviews with Trevor Horn and Paul Morley . I don’t know if it’s an old program though .

  1460. Will you be giving any comment on the Killing Joke vinyl and Cd Box Sets due later this year,or are they just to expensive for most people to consider buying.
    Your thoughts would be welcome!

  1461. Yes featuring ARW have lots of releases planned to celebrate the Yes 50th anniversary

    Quintessentially Yes a 2CD / 3 lp Yes anthology curated by Jon Anderson will be out in August

    Live cd/dvd from Manchester in March 2017 will be out in sept

    New album planned for late 2018/ early 2019

  1463. Did Dead Or Alive’s “Sophisticated Boom Box” ever get a full CD/DVD repress? I don’t mean the replacement discs, I mean a full, complete, bells-and-whistles reissue? I’ve been searching online and it only seems to be vinyl editions available. On the rare occasions I find the CD/DVD format, it’s a third-party seller at RIDICULOUS prices. It appears to be quite rare now. I have now ordered it from Amazon France because they had the best(ish) price ($214 AUD), but it’s only a back-order and they don’t know if they’re getting any more stock.

  1464. Good news for Rainbow fans : Ritchie Blackmore”s Rainbow Stranger In Us All will be released on 17.07.18 as double vinyl set exlusive in Russia

  1466. Anyone else enjoy The Cowsills? A new album is coming along with an acapella disc of their earlier hits. I think they deserve a lot more recognition that they have received.

  1469. Probably not news, but Out of Time reissue vinyl is £7.99 at HMV. (lots of other stuff at £7.99 and £9.99 as well, but that’s what I bought)

  1471. In recent days, there had been some rumours of major upcoming Pink Floyd product, to be announced 12th of June, but, as it turns out, it will be some vinyl reissues of back catalog solo albums by drummer Nick Mason. Mason is currently on tour with “Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets”, a group which plays tribute to 1967-71 Pink Floyd music.

  1472. Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy Live CD/DVD set out on June 29th. Features 2 different ELP Legacy gigs across the CD and DVD. The DVD is the tribute show to Keith Emerson features guest appearances from Steve Hackett and Mark Stein.

    Disc: 1 (CD)
      1. Rondeau des Indes Galantes / Ride of the Valkyries (Live)
      2. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (Live)
      3. Mars, The God of War / 21st Century Schizoid Man (Live)
      4. Tarkus (Live)
      5. America (Live)
      6. Knife-Edge (Live)
      7. Trilogy (Live)

    Disc: 2 (DVD)
      1. Introduction (Includes ‘Hoedown’ Track Audio Excerpts; Live)
      2. Peter Gunn (Live)
      3. Karn Evil 9 (Welcome Back My Friends) [Live]
      4. The Barbarian (Live)
      5. Bitches Crystal (Live)
      6. Jerusalem (Live)
      7. Romeo & Juliet (Live)
      8. 21st Century Schizoid Man (Live)
      9. Clair De Lune (Live)
      10. Knife-Edge (Live)
      11. Hoedown (Live)
      12. Take a Pebble (Live)
      13. Carmina Burana (Live)
      14. Pictures At an Exhibition (Live)
      15. Fanfare for the Common Man / Drum Solo (Live)
      16. Nutrocker (Live)
      17. Behind the Scenes At the Tribute to Keith Emerson (Live)

  1473. Apparently Parlophone are no longer honouring the offer to provide replacement discs for the Bowie Box Set ‘A New Career In A New Town’ –

    “The offer for replacement discs of “Heroes” from the David Bowie box set “A New Career In A New Town (1977-1982)” has now come to an end. We apologise for the inconvenience, and understand it must be disappointing. However, the version of the album with the updated “Heroes” is available from all streaming and download services, as well as on individual CD and LP via all good physical outlets.

    Thanks,
    Charlie
    Your Warner Music Customer Service Team”

    So I guess they’re just going to leave the faulty ones on sale at £90 a pop and punters will just have to lump it. Nice.

  1477. Hi Paul,
    Just need some info please. I live in Australia and about to order some items from JPC.de and have them shipped to my daughter in London. Will she be liable to pay any import duties/Royal Mail processing charges? Is there a monetary limit before charges kick in? My order will be for about 40 Euro.
    Many thanks

  1482. Thanks, Paul, I will have to try that…. It was The Who Track Singles box, I bought… Quite a surprise to open it, and find only 11 singles instead of 15 !!

  1483. Help needed please. If I buy from 100% respected ebay seller a brand new, sealed 15 disc set, and 4 of the discs are missing, do I go back to the seller (it’s hardly his fault) or do I go to Universal Music (as it’s one of their defective products..)? I am absolute sure it’s defective product, not a scam by seller.

    I’ve emailed contact at umusic dot com 2 weeks ago, and again last week, and had no response. Is there any particular email or phone number I should be using? Or do I simply complain to ebay and force seller to refund me (which a seems a bit unfair to seller)

    Many thanks for any help that SDE readers can give me : )

  1484. Has anybody heard anything positive about the arrival of the George Harrison Concert for George deluxe box?

    I have had nothing since the delay email in February…..

  1485. According to Robbie Robertson, guitarist/songwriter for “The Band”, a 50th anniversary edition of The Band’s “Music From Big Pink” will be released in late summer.
    Also, according to Richard Alderson, Bob Dylan’s 1962-66 soundman (who recorded the mono soundboard tapes of Dylan’s 1966 tour, as heard in Sony’s 36-CD set “The Complete 1966 Live Recordings”) expect two Bob Dylan projects later this year. One of them will be an upgrade of the 1962 “Gaslight Tapes”, which has been made possible because Alderson came forward with better and/or original tapes. Sony had released a 10-track edition some years ago (for sale only through Starbucks coffee shops in the U.S.A.), but it was neither complete nor from the best existing tapes. Long available bootlegs had 17 tracks. Dylan was just starting to write original songs and introduce them into his shows. Even in the 17-track bootleg, only four of the songs were original Dylan compositions. Most of the others were traditional folk songs. Alderson CLAIMS that the other Dylan project will be the New York sessions from “Blood on The Tracks”, but it should be noted that there has been no official announcement from Sony. Though Alderson has obviously been in contact with Sony and Dylan’s people, he has not actually spoken to Bob Dylan since the end of the 1966 tour. I doubt there was a falling out. Dylan got injured in a motorcycle crash, and, excepting a few isolated shows, didn’t perform a full tour again until the mid-1970’s. By then, live sound equipment had become more complex.

  1486. Anthony Phillips latest reissue – Private Parts & Pieces Vol 3…actually managed to reach 37 in the charts…making it his first charting entry ever! This box marks the exact half way point in the reissuing of his albums by Cherry Red – 17 out of 34 albums…

    Really hoping the campaign continues as i am loving all of the albums and the sets themselves are amazing, lots of extra (unreleased) tracks, the booklets are really great too, interviews with Ant, posters, single sleeves…Great work by all involved so far!

  1487. I wonder if any of you good folk on here can help me? I am after the 2cd/1dvd book version of Jethro Tull’s Stand Up Elevated Edition released 2016. I have the previous version in the digi pack with 2cd/1dvd however want the Elevated version as it matches all the other deluxe remasters I have. I have searched pretty much everywhere and have found nothing! If you know of any stock anywhere reasonably priced please let me know?

    Cheers

  1489. Hi Chris
    It’s part of HMV vinyl week, which begins Friday 8 June…I should have said that the limited editions are available instore only from Sat 16 June (that’s the theory anyway)

  1490. @Chris Squires The Lock Stock OST is getting a vinyl reissue on 8 June, exclusive to HMV,. for now…It’s a yellow/black splatter vinyl. Limited to 1000 copies.

  1491. Expect more upgrades of 1960’s artists and albums later this year. Compiler Andrew Sandoval is working on a 50th Anniversary edition of “The Kinks Are The Viillage Green Preservation Society” containing some newly discovered lower generation source tapes for some songs and a few previously unreleased things.
    Meanwhile, former EMI Records Group/North America compiler/engineer Ron Furmanek (who in the past 20 years has worked in the business of licensing vintage rock music film footage) has returned to CD archival work, and is presently mixing up to 52 unreleased Hollies tracks, including tracks with Graham Nash and tracks with his successor Terry Sylvester.
    The projects have not been finalised, but may be released via CD + L.P. sets. Furmanek did some excellent first time stereo mixes of numerous 1960’s EMI artists, but his work didn’t find favour with EMI/UK executives, and ultimately was issued only in the U.S.A. . Hopefully, now under Warner Music, the present day Parlophone label will be more receptive to Furnamek’s work.

  1493. 5 Albums Box set Peter Murphy
    http://amzn.eu/4KYZWoL

    This 5 disc box set celebrates his first solo albums, Should The World Fail To Fall Apart, Love Hysteria, Deep, Holy Smoke and Cascade. Each album features additional bonus tracks of rare versions and mixes with one previously unreleased recording titled Critic s Choice which is an early, abandoned demo. The CD set is packaged in a hard cover book and is a tribute to the first decade of Peter Murphy as a solo artist

    I copy pasted Amazon UK!!!

  1494. Great Price at amazon.de for the Dusty Springfield – Simply Dusty and Marvin Gaye – The Master carreer-spanning EarBooks. Each at 9,99 € at the moment. That means you get a big book (28 x 28 x 2 cm) with 4 CDs.

  1495. Any news on a Re-issue of the soundtrack to Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels? The original Simply Vinyl edition goes for stupid money. But there seems to be one up on eBay for sensible money with a future release date of 8th June but it has now disappeared from the listings…. did someone jump the gun? Is it happening or is it not?

  1496. tracklisting for the Beach Boys with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra….Kokomo…**Shiver**

    Disc: 1
      1. California Suite
      2. California Girls
      3. Wouldn’t It Be Nice
      4. Fun, Fun, Fun
      5. Don’t Worry Baby
      6. God Only Knows
      7. Sloop John B
      8. Heroes And Villains
      9. Disney Girls
      10. Here Today
      11. In My Room
      12. Kokomo
      13. The Warmth Of The Sun
      14. Darlin’
      15. Help Me Rhonda
      16. You Still Believe In Me
      17. Good Vibrations

  1500. Gene Clark Sings For You :

    For longtime Gene Clark fans and aficionados, the tracks on this remarkable archival release are the stuff of legend. Since word first spread in the 1980s about the discovery of these 1967 recordings on a rare acetate in Liberty Records’ vaults, fans have come to regard Gene Clark Sings For You as nothing less than the Holy Grail of the singer-songwriter’s extraordinary body of work. Shrouded in mystery and the subject of much speculation and conjecture, few have ever had the opportunity to hear these forgotten gems from one of Gene Clark’s most prolifically creative periods. Until now. —from the liner notes by John Einarson, author of Mr. Tambourine Man: The Life And Legacy of The Byrds’ Gene Clark Finally available, the legendary Gene Clark Sings For You acetate appears on CD, 2-LP, and Digital June 15, 2018. In addition to the Sings For You 8 songs, this new release also features an additional five demos from a second acetate lent courtesy of The Rose Garden’s John Noreen, as well as one further demo of the song “Till Today.” The Rose Garden acetate and the “Till Today” demo were submitted to the band, The Rose Garden, with whom Clark had grown close, for consideration for their debut Atco album (also being reissued in expanded form at the same time as Sings For You). Produced for release by Grammy®-winning producer, Cheryl Pawelski with restoration from Grammy-winning engineer, Michael Graves, this historic release features previously unseen photos and an essay by Gene Clark biographer, John Einarson.

  1503. In The tradition of recent Elvis/Aretha/Roy Orbison albums with orchestral overdubs, The Beach Boys will soon release a similar set. Yawn.
    And an ex-Beatles publicist has confirmed a Deluxe Edition of John Lennon’s “Imagine” album for this autumn. No further details (of course).

  1504. According to “Beatlefan”, the next two Paul McCartney “Archive” boxes will be “Wings-Wildlife” & “Wings-Red Rose Speedway”, both for release near Christmastime. I’d better start saving for these, as whatever Apple Corps.’ Beatles product will be(if any), it will be released at roughly the same time of year.

  1506. Any love for The Darkness out there?? Thought the 1st 2 albums were great…never picked up when they go back together though…anyways…Live At Hammersmith out June 15th on CD/Vinyl…

    Disc: 1
      1. Open Fire (Live)
      2. Love Is Only A Feeling (Live)
      3. Southern Trains (Live)
      4. Black Shuck (Live)
      5. One Way Ticket (Live)
      6. Givin’ Up (Live)
      7. All The Pretty Girls (Live)
      8. Barbarian (Live)
      9. Buccaneers of Hispaniola (Live)
      10. Friday Night (Live)
      11. Makin’ Out (Live)
      12. Every Inch Of You (Live)
      13. Solid Gold (Live)
      14. Stuck In A Rut (Live)
      15. Get Your Hands Off My Woman (Live)
      16. Growing On Me (Live)
      17. Japanese Prisoner of Love (Live)
      18. Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End) (Live)
      19. I Believe In A Thing Called Love (Live)

  1507. Yet another one of those “..With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra” releases in the pipeline…this time its The Beach Boys…haven’t seen the track-listing yet but i’m scared! California Girls with strings???

    The Wrecking Crew was the only orchestra Brian needed!

  1508. Damien Rice fans, his debut album “O” is up for Pre-order on vinyl now.

    It is being released on June 1st on vinyl for the first time, the original release never had a vinyl version cd only, it’s a double vinyl which includes the hidden tracks on the cd version, and some b-sides are added also.
    I managed to nab one of the Delux Editions, limited to 1,000 copies worldwide and hand numbered by Damien himself, only heard about it earlier today, the Delux Edition went on sale at 14:00 and was sold out by 14:15, more details here:
    http://www.damienrice.com

  1510. Why no mention of this century’s hottest release, Paul?

    Harry and Meghan’s wedding is to be released on LP! Hopefully on blue blood coloured vinyl…

  1513. Rhino/Warners will issue a 5-CD set of Buffalo Springfield albums in June. “What’s That Sound” will include “Buffalo Springfield”(mono: 1966 song line-up), “Buffalo Springfield”(stereo: 1967 song line-up), “Buffalo Springfield Again”(Mono & stereo versions) & “Last Time Around”(Stereo). No rarities, and the stereo mix of “Baby Don’t Scold Me” is not included. A rather lazy product.
    In other news, Charly Records compiler Rob Caiger is again floating the possibility of releasing a 3-CD + DVD edition of “Small Faces-Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake” in late June. Maybe it’s June 2019, June 2020 or June 2021. Will it happen? I predict “No”.

  1514. Great to see that the vinyls of David Sylvian & Holger Czukay Plight and Premonition and Flux and Mutability are being released as a double LP package on June 22nd

    Genius pieces of music !!!!

  1517. Universal in Japan has scheduled several MQA-encoded CD’s, all of them familiar titles by Steely Dan & The Rolling Stones. With a CD player connected to an MQA-equiped Digital to Analog converter, the music decodes to audio that approximates 176Khz audio. The discs are priced higher than a regular CD but lower than a SACD. The Japanese have already offered all of these titles on SACD. I would opt for the SACD’s, since the audio is truly lossless and can be played by digital connection….something that the MQA system prohibits.

  1518. Cherry Red continue the Geoff Downes/John Wetton Icon Reissue campaign with Icon I, Icon II & Icon III all out on June 1. Bonus tracks include all the tracks from the Heat Of the moment EP as well as Japanese only bonus tracks.

    The campaign will continue with the live sets…presumably to include Never In A Million Years, Heat Of The Rising Sun & Acoustic TV Broadcast…it will culminate in a career spanning boxset.

    I had actually sent a suggestions a few years back to Cherry Red’s suggestions about this – not saying this is my doing but you never know!

    I sent one at the start of this year suggesting a reissue campaign for Trevor Rabin’s Rabbitt era albums/singles/eps… so fingers crossed on this one!

    I am also going to suggest a reissue of Chromium’s Star To Star…which is an album put out in 1979 by Trevor Horn & Geoff Downes before they became the Buggles…never before issued on CD

  1519. The Esoteric label titled their recent 8-disc(5-CD + 3-DVD) Procol Harum Boxed set “Still There’ll Be More”….and so there WILL Be More. On the 29th of June, the label issues “Grand Hotel” (expanded CD + DVD), “Exotic Birds & Fruit”(3-CD set including two previously unreleased radio concerts) and an expanded 1-CD edition of the group’s 1990’s reunion album “The Prodigal Stranger”.
    Also, Esoteric’s parent company Cherry Red will be releasing a 4-CD boxed set edition of Big Country’s “Why The Long Face”.

  1521. The Blue Nile – High (Deluxe Edition).
    On 2nd Feb 2016 The Blue Nile website announced the mastering was complete for an impending release…
    Does anyone know what happened?

  1524. I thought you’d have been all over that Mick Ronson Cd/vinyl/blu ray release but my comment wasn’t approved…

    Couple of Bowie rarities on the soundtrack album too.

  1525. Small quibble, but the latest news items are not making the front page of the site.

    Only found the updates when hitting ‘news’ section, which is the first time I’ve had to look in 4 years!

  1527. David Bowie 2nd Deram album Occassional Dreaming…wouldn’t it be great if this ever saw a release…great cover too..

    https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2018/4/10/occasional-dreaming-the-second-deram-album

    Occasional Dreaming – album scheduled for November 1968 release (briefly listed in the September 1968 ‘Forthcoming Releases from Decca’ dealer sheets) Produced by Tony Visconti. Deram SML 1027 (stereo). DML 1027 (mono).

    Side One:

    01 ~ Let Me Sleep Beside You – (a ‘test mix’ by Visconti from late 1967 is totally acoustic/orchestral – and not at all ‘rock’ and a great seductive album opener)

    02 ~ A Social Kind of Girl (68 rewrite of 1967’s Summer Kind Of Girl – demos exist for both versions)

    03 ~ The Gospel According To Tony Day Blues (the song was originally registered with this title) The 1967 studio session for this track contains several variants of the ‘character role call’ and it has a sardonic Brel/theatrical feel to it. Given that DB returned to songs frequently at this time, honing and improving them (Silly Boy Blue/Love You Till Tuesday/In The Heat of the Morning et al) – it’s not beyond the realms of possibility that this song would be revisited…

    04 ~ Life’s a Circus (Bunn/Mackie) performed by DB in his cabaret act and by Feathers in 1968

    05 ~ When I’m Five – written in 1968, performed by DB as late as 1969

    06 ~ C’est La Vie – DB original that he demoed many times – the last demo probably from 1968

    07 ~ Next (Brel). performed by Feathers in 1968

    Side Two:

    08 ~ London Bye Ta Ta – Decca 1968 version

    09 ~ Angel Angel Grubby Face – 1968 demo

    10 ~ Pussy Cat (Marnay, Popp, Stellman) – VERY European theatre/Lindsay Kemp type number – English lyrics to ‘Manchester et Liverpool’

    11 ~ Going Down (1967 demo – “Goin’ down, I’m high up above you so pull me down….”

    12 ~ Occasional Dreaming – (the hand written title on the tape box for ‘An Occasional Dream’ demo)

    13 ~ In The Heat Of The Morning – Decca 1968 version

    14 ~ Lover To The Dawn – written and probably performed by DB/Feathers in late 1968

  1528. For all the fans of colored vinyl Bjork has a new single. The color would be,”Slug Genitalia”.I don’t think that is a Pantone color.Bjork remains unique!

  1529. Biffy Clyro have a CD/DVD set coming out in May of their MTV Unplugged performance.

    Glad to see Unplugged making a comeback in CD form! Some great albums back in day..Macca, Neil Young, Dylan, Clapton, Springsteen, Nirvana et al….

    SDE fancy doing a ranking of all the official Unplugged albums?

  1530. Boy George is to “make an anouncement” on BBC Radio 2 in the next few minutes. He’s either getting married to some lucky lady, he’s got a new hat, or he’s on tour with the Thompson Twins and Belinda Carlisle then…

  1531. The latest “news” from Charly Records compiler & Executive Rob Caiger, is that his long-delayed (more than four years for “The Autumn Stone”) expanded editions of Small Faces “The Autumn Stone” & “Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake” are being re-scheduled to coincide with the publication of drummer Kenney Jones’ autobiography(to be published in the UK in May, and in the U.S.A. in September)
    Given his history of promising archival CD’s which promise much, and deliver considerably less (if they are released at all), shall we believe Mr.Caiger now? I’m afraid not. That ship has sailed.

  1532. Jon Anderson’s first 3 solo albums (Olias, Song of Seven & Animation) used to be sooo expensive on Amazon, even secondhand. Now the prices have dropped way down…could this mean a reissue is heading our way??

  1535. There is a 3 CD box set of The Cure’s Mixed Up being released on the 15th June single disc as well. Both are listed on Amazon but no track listings yet.

  1536. Back in the rear end of January in the Saturday Deluxe that featured the sad death of Stacey Young a chap called Mark mentioned that there was a 3CD 30th Anniversary edition of Born to Run on Amazon for £3.79. It was listed as a new release for this week. I ordered two copies (mad not to at that price) thinking they won’t be honoured….lo and behold they have just turned up.
    It seems to be a fresh re-issue of a 2005 release as even my rudimentary maths can work out that 2018 is not 30 years from 1975. It seems to be a carbon copy other than updated copyright and legal stuff. So, result. Pricing error is honoured. £7.58 well spent!

    Not sure why you would re-issue a re-issue 13 years after the event. I would have thought it would have been wiser to wait two years, update it a bit and have a 45th Anniversary release. Oh and it obviously isn’t 3CD it’s 2 DVD and 1 CD.

    Any Springsteen heads here know what this is about? Why would Sony do this?

  1537. The Blue Nile – High (Deluxe Edition).
    Does anyone know what happened to this release?
    On The Blue Nile website 1-2 years ago they said the mastering was complete for an impending release, but it still hasn’t happened.
    Anyone know what’s going on?

  1539. Arctic Monkeys announce new album ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’ – May 11th

    Crazy song titles:

    1. Star Treatment
    2. One Point Perspective
    3. American Sports
    4. Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
    5. Golden Trunks
    6. Four Out of Five
    7. The World’s First Ever Monster Truck Front Flip
    8. Science Fiction
    9. She Looks Like Fun
    10. Batphone
    11. The Ultracheese

    Miles Kane (Turner’s Last Shadow Puppet’s band mate) – also has a new solo album coming – ‘Coup De Grace’ – tracks co-written with Jamie T & Lana Del Rey

  1540. Bob Dylan has contributed to a new compilation that turns classic tracks into “same-sex wedding anthems”.

    ‘Universal Love’ will be released on Friday (April 6) and features the likes of Dylan, St Vincent, Kesha, Bloc Party‘s Kele Okereke, Death Cab For Cutie‘s Ben Gibbard and Valerie June.

    For the six-track EP, Dylan takes on American classic ‘She’s Funny That Way’ (popularised by Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole), changing the song to be ‘He’s Funny That Way’.

    Executive producer Rob Kaplan said Dylan was quick to agree to the project: “It wasn’t just ‘yes, I’ll do this’. It was ‘hey, I have an idea for a song.

    The vinyl looks pretty cool…not sure if it will be available on cd though…

  1543. Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings puts out “Studio Time” in April. Features 15 previously unreleased tracks from 8 sessions dating back to 1987!

    Does anyone have the various Rhythm King/ Wyman box set volumes – always considered picking them up as they look pretty good.

  1544. Good news for lovers of Ballardian dystopias set to the sound of ice-cold synths!

    Yep, John Foxx is re-releasing ‘Metamatic’. Yet again. Only this time expanded to a deluxe three discs, which must be about as definitive as you can get with this album, surely? Well, until next time, anyway.

    Looks good though. Out 25 May, pre-order button duly clicked.

  1545. As you may know, the Esoteric label recently purchased a number of formerly EMI/Harvest recordings from Warner Music. The first fruits of these purchases will be a 3-CD + DVD edition of Barclay James Harvest’s self-titled 1969 debut album, to be released 25th of May. Included will be the album and related non-L.P. singles in both original and new remixed versions, a 5.1 surround mix(from the original Abbey Road Studios multitracks) plus the group’s 1968-69 BBC recordings (one of which is previously unreleased), an unreleased solo demo from keyboardist Wooly Wolstenholme, a short promotional film, plus a book (in a slipcase), reproduced memorabilia and a vintage press release. The 1968 BBC sessions are quite significant, in that they feature more than an album’s worth of original songs that the group never again attempted after they signed with EMI.

  1546. Rick Wakeman’s G’ole! Soundtrack to the 1982 world cup to be remastered and reissued on cd in April. Anyone else old enough to remember this tournament? Will always be remembered by me for David Narey’s howitzer against Brazil…and still failing to qualify despite putting 5 passed New Zealand and drawing with Russia!!

  1547. Just found out that the Japanese edition of Steve Hackett’s Wuthering Nights CD/DVD sset comes with 3 new Studio Bonus Tracks:

    The Road To Kiev
    Touchdown
    White Dove

    White Dove is an acoustic piece, the other two are “electric”. The Japanese version is available as an import only. Anyone know why this is still a thing that happens with Japanese releases? How do they have the rights to include additional material that the rest of the world is not?!

  1549. Wynton Marsalis has a new album coming with guests including Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson, James Taylor amongst others…

    United We Stand
    1) The Last Time (feat. Blind Boys Of Alabama)
    2) It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Lot To Cry (feat. Bob Dylan)
    3) I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town (feat Ray Charles)
    4) I’m Not Rough (feat. Eric Clapton)
    5) Creole Love Call (feat. Audra McDonald)
    6) Milk Cow Blues (feat. Willie Nelson)
    7) I’m Gonna Find Another You (feat. John Mayer)
    8) My baby Don’ Tolerate (feat. Lyle Lovett)
    9) The Worst Thing ( feat. Natalie Merchant)
    10) Please baby Don’t (feat. John Legend)
    11) Mean Old Man (feat. James Taylor)
    12) Are You Gonna Go My Way (feat. Lenny Kravitz)
    13) Fool’s Paradise (feat. Jimmy Buffett)
    14) Empty Bed Blues (feat. Carrie Smith)
    15) I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free ( feat. Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks)
    16) What Have You Done?

  1552. After 4 years of postponements, now another five months postponement(until 28th of September) for Charly Records’ CD & L.P. reissues of “Small Faces-The Autumn Stone”. The 1970 2-L.P. set was basically a greatest hits collection with a number of previously unreleased tracks. In truth, if you bought all of the Universal, Charly & Sanctuary Small Faces CD’s & boxed sets released in recent years, you could assemble “The Autumn Stone” on your computer or CD-R burner….and I long ago did. And I burned a good bonus disc too (from songs and mixes not included on any of the Caiger-supervised CD’s.)
    Rob Caiger’s ill-fated reissue would have (at most) included one unreleased track, an instrumental jam (If it wasn’t merely a re-titling of one of the Small Faces backing track tunes already released in the 1990’s by the Repertoire label). As for the non-release of Charly’s reissue, it is much ado about nothing.
    Rob Caiger’s credibility (for any of the other projects that he announced on Twitter) is in doubt. Let’s all move on to other labels and compilers; people and record companies that know how to deliver the goods.
    If Caiger actually has access to all those master and multitrack tapes (as he claims), too bad that they are stuck with a compiler and label that is unable to turn them into real life CD & L.P. product.

  1553. Roger Daltrey has a new solo album out in June this year…Townshend appears on 7 tracks..

    Legendary frontman of The Who, Roger Daltrey returns with his 9th solo album ‘As Long As I Have You’. The album produced by Dave Eringa, best known for his work with the Manic Street Preachers and on Roger and Wilko Johnson’s album ‘Going Back Home’ and features Pete Townshend’s inimitable guitar on 7 tracks as well as guest performances from Mick Talbot on keyboards (Dexys, The Style Council) and Sean Genockey on lead guitar who has worked with Suede, Shame and The Proclaimers).

    Work on ‘As Long As I Have You’ was started shortly after the top 5 gold selling ‘Going Back Home’ was released and continued during breaks on The Who’s record breaking 50th anniversary tour ‘The Who Hits 50’.

    The album is a mixture of self-penned tracks such as ‘Certified Rose’ and the soulful ballad ‘Always Heading Home’ along with songs that have inspired Daltrey over the years including Nick Cave’s ‘Into My Arms’, ‘You Haven’t Done Nothing’ by Stevie Wonder, Stephen Stills’ ‘How Far’ and the title track originally recorded by Garrett Mimms in 1964; the year that Daltrey, Townshend, Entwistle and Moon changed their name from The High Numbers and became The Who

  1554. Just a heads up for all the Aussies on SDE that Amazon AU have an Easter vinyl sale “Buy one get one free”. As you know, vinyl is NOT cheap in Australia but managed to pick up a few bargains like: The Beatles Red & Blue double vinyls for total $38 (normally $38 each) and a couple of Dire Straits albums for total $28 (normally $28 each). There are some box sets in there as well, like the past 2 Bowie sets. Free shipping on orders over $49. As usual, the cheapest is the free one.

    Paul, you may like to share this amongst the Aussies out there. At this stage, Amazon AU does not ship outside of Australia

  1556. HI Paul just wanna thank you for a perfect looking ROXY interview magazine from your hand.

    a great addition to the Roxy deluxe box set thanks for all your work in this edition

    Richard den Besten

  1557. Amazon Italy are showing the latest in the McCartney coloured and black vinyl reissues. Scheduled for 18/5 are New, Thrillington, Chaos and Creation and a Greatest Hits album.

    Will be interesting to see if the likes of Amazon are allowed to sell the coloured vinyls this time around especially since the initial releases are still available from Udiscover and thesoundofvinyl

  1558. Coming in May from Universal: Glenn Frey-Above The Clouds”, a 3-CD + DVD set. It will contain two CD’s of hits and key album tracks(no rare material), a CD containing his pre-Eagles album with “Longbranch Pennywhistle”, and the first-ever DVD release of the video program “Glenn Frey-Strange Weather:Live in Dublin”.
    Too bad that there’s no studio rarities included, because Frey issued plenty of Japan-only bonus tracks.

  1559. Sorry to see your recent Morrissey article has gome MIA. Keep up the good work, fantastic blog and and an honour and privelidge to read and to be able to comment on the music industry.

    Kindest Regards.

  1561. Rhino is planning another “Quadio” box (reissues of vintage 1970’s Quadraphonic mixes). It will contain The Doobie Brothers’ four Quadraphonic albums.

  1563. Still no release date or tracklisting for any of Charly Records’ upcoming Small Faces CD product, but the reissue of “Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake” will be 3 CD’s + a DVD. Fans have speculated that the DVD will contain the group’s (mostly mimed) performance of “Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake” from BBC’s “Colour Me Pop” T.V. show.
    And compiler Rob Caiger assures me that there will be reason for fans to purchase Immediate Records’ various artists Blues compilations again via Charly’s upcoming boxed set. Charly’s 1996 boxed set had been dubbed from vinyl. Caiger’s new effort will be from the master tapes and contain some unreleased mixes and songs.
    Charly also plans some upcoming vinyl product for Record Store Day, including a white vinyl 7″ single that reissues Nico’s lone single for the “Immediate” label, a Small Faces yellow vinyl 7″ single with an exclusive mix, and a compilation L.P. by Humble Pie.

  1564. Cherry Red Records is going to release om 27 April:
    Bram Tchaikovsky: Strange Men, Changed Men: The Complete Recordings 1978 – 1981, 3CD Boxset Edition

    It seems to be as it is a remastered edition.
    This is wonderful news as I Always liked their poppy sound

  1566. Archival activity for Jethro Tull’s 50th anniversary: A Steven Wilson remix(stereo & 4.0 surround) for the group’s debut album “This Was” is set for November. Also this year: “50 For 50”, a 3-CD collection of live and studio tracks.

  1569. The latest mastering/compiling effort from Charly Records’ Rob Caiger (though when or if it will see the light of day is unknown) is an upgrade/remastered box set of Immediate Records’ four blues music anthology albums. Charly already released a 4-CD set of this material(“The Immediate Blues Anthology”) in 1996, which was filled out with Blues-flavoured tracks from Immediate’s rock & pop artists. What, if anything a new edition could offer is unknown. The music on the four original 1968/69 vinyl albums was all mono or (in some countries) fake stereo. I would have tried to make Caiger aware that Charly has an unreleased true stereo mix of one of the Eric Clapton/Jimmy Page instrumentals(“Draggin’ My Tail”)……..but it’s too late.

  1570. Japanese Sony will release a Cheap Trick CD + DVD set “Japanese Singles Collection” on the 4th of April. The DVD will contain the same videos and live clips as the programme “Every Trick in the Book”, albeit in a different running order. The CD will be manufactured with the “Blu-Spec CD2” technology.
    in other news, April will see the release(from Purple Records via Cherry Red) of a 3-CD edition of the 1974 album “Roger Glover and Friends-The Butterfly Ball”, by the (then) ex-Deep Purple bassist. Basically, the 3-CD set will combine everything from the Repertoire label edition, plus a U.S.A. promotional interview album. The vocalists on the album include Ronnie James Dio, Glenn Hughes, Tony Ashton and David Coverdale. It’s a concept album based on a book of illustrations for children. It’s not heavy metal music. But the music is good. One of the bonus tracks is a demo version of the album’s UK/Europe hit “Love is All” as a vocal duet between Ronnie James Dio and (The normally non-vocalist) Roger Glover. Glover was wise to let Dio do the entire vocal on the released version.

  1571. A Massive Rory Gallagher box and individual albums for release soon and uDiscover have a box set limited (and numbered) to 300 copies for *just* £207 inclusive of UK postage.
    15 albums inc. one double live is not bad for £200 or so particularly with the numbered slip case.

  1574. Paul,

    In regards to the Doors Isle of Wight release, many fans have cancelled their order when facts about the quality begun to emerge. There´s motorcicle sounds, fake audience and guitar and drum overdubs everywhere. Maybe warnig people about this in SDE will make people at the Doors camp reconsider how bad they are presenting archive releases.
    Thanks in advance
    D.

  1575. Dire Straits Complete Studio albums box set coming on CD and Vinyl. Really interested to know about the new mastering (if any) on these as the existing remasters seem to get a bad press.

  1576. Warm Leatherette 4LP Vinyl is now only £28.33 on am.uk, that’s £13 lower than the last 40% sale in January. It’s a stupid price for a brilliant boxed set.

  1579. Next Anthony Phillips reissue on the way in April. Private Parts & Pieces volume 3 – 4 disc clam shell box, contains IX-XI plus bonus disc of 18 unreleased tracks…really looking forward to this!!

  1581. Hi Paul
    Just had delivered 2 x Art Garfunkel SACD from Vocalion (Angel Clare and Breakaway) both have the original quad mixes on them .
    Also pre ordered the Barry White singles box set . Maybe worth mentioning on your site .
    Ta

  1582. Interview with Tony Banks here where he talks about the new album and gives an update on the reissues of his back catalogue…looks like it’s not happening..real shame

    GNC: Let’s talk about you solo stuff in general. You started to rerelease your albums remastered and in 5.1. What happend to these releases?
    Tony: I don’t really know. Perhaps Esoteric got cold feet. I wanted to do the A Chord Too Far boxset. I wanted to have something out there that included the best things I have done. I was of course very happy when they wanted to put out the individual albums as well. I just think it cost them more money than it should have. They may come back to them, I suppose. I’d like to do Bankstatement and Soundtracks. We did those already when we were working on A Chord Too Far. They are quite easy to do and could come out any time, whereas Still and Strictly Inc will be much more of a problem as they are very long and we have to remix them from the beginning. It would have to be very worthwhile to do that. I’m not sure that’s going to happen. It’s a shame but I think it’s not going to happen now.

    Full interview here…
    http://www.genesis-news.com/c-Tony-Banks-The-Five-Interview-23rd-January-2018-s665.html

  1583. Hi Paul, I just read some great news on The Alarm. Their site states two new remasters are set for release on March 16th to coincide with a tour: “Eponymous” and “Declaration”- both 2 CD sets. Can you help dig for further information and ask if they have plans to keep these coming as I’d love to have “Strength” included. Thanks in advance!

  1584. Hi Paul
    do you have any insight into Rhino’s plans regarding future a-ha deluxes and re-issues?
    Or – do you have a contact in Rhino whom you could pass on the following ideas?
    Thanks
    Sven

    1) MEMS: The demos would be most interesting, as well as any stuff that may stem from post-Memorial Beach. Live versions are not so important as the 2001 Valhall concert saw a DVD release (on which however Angel was missing).

    2) Lifelines: Not their best album despite a few great songs. Hence, more important than demos and different mixes would be the whole Ulleval concert from spring 2002 on CD and DVD/BR. It was apparently recorded back in the day but never released. They played a few songs there that were eventually skipped for the autumn leg of the same tour, or that did not make it on the Live CD “How can I sleep with your voice in my head”, such as Afternoon high, Locust and You wanted more. Also, it would be great to get hold of Dark is the night sung by Annelie Drecker in Brazil, and of the 2002 version of The blood that moves the body.

    3) Memorial Beach on Vinyl would be brilliant, or what about a 25 years super deluxe edition….

    Thanks

  1587. Steve Hackett and Djabe have a new album available only thru djabe’s Website. It is never the same twice…Ltd to 500 copies only..cd/ dvd digipak. I bought my copy already so you better hurry if this appeals! I’m looking forward to hearing if This Is Not America is the Bowie track!

    New Live CD/DVD-package limited to 500 copies
    Hungarian Jazz/Fusion band Djabe and Steve Hackett collaborated on various occasions and have released a couple of albums together, such as Summer Storms And Rocking Rivers (iTunes Link) and the more recent Life Is A Journey. On 15th February, Djabe released yet another interesting live CD/DVD digipak: It Is Never The Same Twice.
    It contains two recordings: The CD was recorded at Ady House of Culture in Miskolc (8th June 2017), while the DVD was recorded in Budapest, Jazz Club, 3rd June 2017. Both recording feature Djabe and guest musicians Gulli Briem and Steve Hackett.
    The Digipak is strictly limited to 500 copies (!) only and is available on Djabe’s website.

    Tracklist CD:

    Lava Lamp
    The Steppes
    Pain Forest
    In That Quiet Earth
    Awakening City
    Last Train To Istanbul
    4000
    Fly On A Windshield
    Please Don’t Touch
    Miskolc Jam
    Extra Dimensions
    Cloud Dance
    Los Endos (closing section)

    Tracklist DVD:

    Lava Lamp
    The Steppes
    Pain Forest
    In That Quiet Earth
    Awakening City
    Last Train To Istanbul
    4000
    Steve’s Acoustic Set
    Walking Away From Rainbows
    Ace Of Wands
    Firth Of Fifth
    Fly On A Windshield
    Please Don’t Touch
    Budapest Jam
    Hang Drum Song
    This Is Not America
    Clouds Dance
    Los Endos (closing section)
    Extra Dimensions
    Distance Dance

  1588. Capitol will soon release the first (of two) non-chronological colour vinyl boxed sets by The Steve Miller Band. The musical contents are exactly as on the original releases.

  1589. At the end of last year you made an unboxing video of the coloured vinyl of Paul McCartney. Did you also get the Japanese vinyl replica CD’s ? I was hoping that you would make an unboxing video of these CD’s too …

  1591. Hi –

    Interview with Shirley Manson in today’s “i” newspaper (page 36) – has a release date of May 11 for the “20th anniversary reissue” of Version 2.0… but no further details.

  1592. …..and more WHO-related CD product: an expanded 2-CD edition of Pete Townshend’s debut solo album “Who Came First” to be released in April by Universal. It will have 8 previously unreleased tracks.

  1594. Re the Chicago live album mentioned by Phil.
    Apparently it has the bands entire Isle of Wight set from 1970 on the first two discs. There is also a DVD from a German TV special.
    This from the band’s website:

    SIX DECADES OF PREVIOUSLY-UNRELEASED CHICAGO LIVE RECORDINGS!
    4CDs + 1 DVD – Includes:
    • Chicago’s Amazing Headlining Show From The Isle of Wight 1970
    • 18 Additional Unreleased Live Performances From 1969 To 2014
    • A Complete 1977 German TV Rockpalast Performance On DVD
    • 24-Page Booklet With Rare Images Selected From The Band’s Vast Archive.

    Chicago has been a concert force for more than 50 years, thrilling its legion of fans with performances that never disappoint. This spring, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers will celebrate their live legacy with a 4CD/1DVD collection of previously unreleased concert recordings, which includes several deep cuts that have never appeared on any of the band’s live albums.

    CHICAGO: VI DECADES LIVE (THIS IS WHAT WE DO) will be available on April 6. The songs in the collection were recorded between 1969 and 2014, including the band’s entire performance at the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970. The DVD features a concert that was originally broadcast on the German music television show Rockpalast in 1977. The set comes with a 24-page booklet illustrated with rare images selected from the band’s vast archive.

    The first two discs are dedicated to Chicago’s headlining performance at the Isle of Wight Festival on August 28, 1970. It’s a snapshot of the band on the verge of superstardom and captures them in top form, playing songs from their first two albums – “Beginnings” and “Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon” – as well as “Mother” from their third album, which was unreleased at the time. The other two headliners on this 3-day festival were The Doors and Jimi Hendrix.

    The remaining discs include live performances selected from six decades, starting with a trio of songs recorded in Paris in 1969: “Poem For The People,” “25 Or 6 To 4” and “Liberation.” Other highlights include deep tracks like “A Hit By Varèse” (1973), “Takin’ It On Uptown” (1977) and “Forever” (1987), in addition to songs from Chicago’s 1994 big band tour: “In The Mood” and “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore.”

    On February 12, 1977, Chicago played live on the German music television show Rockpalast. The entire concert is included here on DVD. An amazing overview of the band’s career to that point, it boasts unforgettable performance of “Saturday In The Park,” “Just You ’n’ Me,” “Call On Me” and “(I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long/Mogonucleosis,” plus covers of the Beatles’ “Got To Get You Into My Life” and The Spencer Davis Group’s “I’m A Man.” As a bonus, the DVD also includes the band’s fan favorite performance of “What’s This World Comin’ To” from the 1973 ABC television special, Chicago In The Rockies.

  1595. Maybe I shouldn’t relay the latest updates from compiler Rob Caiger. Certainly, he’s always in the studio working on projects, though when any of them will be released is unknown. 3-L.P. & 2-CD editions of “Small Faces-The Autumn Stone” still appear likely for late April, though Caiger still won’t reveal the tracklisting for the CD edition, other that to say that the running order and song contents will slightly differ to the vinyl edition. anyhow….
    Caiger is working with the Immediate Records recordings by Humble Pie (the group recorded two albums for “Immediate”, “Town and Country” & “As Safe As Yesterday Is”) and guitarist Peter Frampton & drummer Jerry Shirley are cooperating. However, I’ll note that some years back, Castle/Sanctuary released “Humble Pie-Natural Born Bugie(sic):The Anthology” which had 9 unreleased tracka mixed down under Jerry Shirley’s supervision, so how much more vault material could exist?
    And last week, Caiger found further Yardbirds tapes(muktitrack & master) recorded at Advision Studios & De Lane Lea Studios, but it is questionable whether Charly could release materials from De Lane Lea, unless they are unreleased performances that would be public domain in the Uk & Europe. Charly owns the Yardbirds recordings from 1963-May 1966, when the group was under Producer/manager Giorgio Gomelsky. The Yardbirds(via Wadecircle Ltd.”) own the June 1966-Nov. 1966 recordings when the group was produced and managed by Simon Napier-Bell. The 1967 recordings produced by Mickie Most are now owned by Warner Music. I explain all of this so I can mention that The Yardbirds didn’t record at De Lane Lea Studios during the period covered by Charly’s ownership, but they DID record at De Lane Lea Studios under both Simon Napier-Bell & Mickie Most. There are singles produced by Napier-Bell & Most that have been available only in mono sound. The De La Lea tapes may enable those songs to be remixed for stereo, but permission from Wadecircle Ltd. or Warner Music would be required for Charly to release such remixes.
    Caiger’s first Yardbirds project will be an expanded edition of The Gomelsky-produced 1964 album “Five Live Yardbirds”, recorded March 1964 at The Marquee. Caiger says that he’s found another, never-heard concert recorded a few months later, but I predict that it will be the same concert already released by Castle under the name “Live Blueswailing, July 1964”. I tried to alert Caiger to that via Charly’s website, but got no response.

  1596. 30th of March will be the release date for a 5-CD set “Chicago-VI Decades Live” from Rhino. I’m hoping that it be mostly vintage recordings from the group’s heyday. The present-day line-up has only 3(of the 7) original members(Robert Lamm, James Pankow & Lee Loughnane), though Walter Parazaider still participates in the studio.

  1597. Dear Paul
    Any news regarding the rumored THE POLICE complete recordings/remasters/deluxe editions expected in 2018 ?
    Band’s guitarist Andy Summers said about this some months ago…
    I thank you for your attention
    Best

    Davide Guerrini
    ITALY

  1598. Paul – Have you heard about Chery Red Bespoke?

    sounds pretty interesting:

    Inspired by collectors’ demands, fan requests and our collective imagination, we’re bringing a range of must-have releases – vinyl and otherwise – direct to our customers, and with our new platform, we are giving you, the discerning music fan, the power to drive, influence and decide which deluxe projects are realised.

    To kick off, we have 3 deluxe vinyl titles from Spencer Davis Group, Jah Wobble and Theatre of Hate launching as of today! Read more about each project and pledge here.

    We’ve laid the groundwork for the projects, in terms of track choices and packaging and now it’s over to you the discerning music fans to make them a reality. Each project will launch with a three month (90 day) crowdfunding period. If the project reaches 100% within the timeframe, it’s all systems go!

    We’ve a forty year history of crate digging, excavating and reissuing, and direct conversation with fans, customers and collectors from all over the world has always been a source of inspiration and something very close to our heart. So please do get in touch with questions and suggestions – we actively encourage it.

    Cherry Red Bespoke is about giving you what you want, and we’re always interested in hearing your ideas!

    If you have a suggestion for a deluxe project you’d like the opportunity to see become a reality, email us at ideas(@)cherryredbespoke.com.

  1599. Those of us who love to purchase and permanently posess music on so-called “Physical” formats must be thankful that consumers in Germany and Japan have overwhelmingly rejected streaming and continue to prefer CD’s and vinyl, because the survival of physical formats may ultimately depend on CD & vinyl pressing plants in those two countries.
    CD collectors in the U.S.A. were shocked by several announcements in this past week. Two of America’s biggest CD pressing plants are set to close down by mid-year. They are CINRAM(formerly WEA Manufacturing in Olyphant,Pennsylvania) and Sony’s Digital Audio Disc Corporation(DADC), formerly CBS Records in Terre Haute, Indiana. Furthermore, American “Big Box” retaler “Best Buy” announced that they will no longer sell CD’s, effective in July, though they will honor existing committments to sell vinyl for two more years. “Best Buy”, who specializes in selling T.V,’s refrigerators and washing machines, once had an impressive selection of CD’s & DVD’s, which has, in recent years, dwindled to nearly nothing. And furthermore, “Target”, an American department store specializing in clothing and food, has announced that they will, henceforth accept CD’s (from the labels) only on a consignment basis.(I.E. the record company only gets paid when and if the CD is sold.)
    The record companies obviously want to change over to music rental (or as you say “Hire”) via streaming, and ultimately what they seek is pay-per-play on a per-song basis. And it seems that the record companies have been trying to sabotage the sound quality of the CD format for some time, whether it is via “Loudness Wars” processing or (perhaps in upcoming years) by the MQA system, which if used on CD’s would reduce the CD format’s resolutiom from 16-bit to 13-bit.
    I know that I speak for many music collectors when I say, that if the day comes when I can no longer purchase music to posess it permanently, then I will no longer be a customer for the music industry. The avid collectors who want physical product, and who buy all releases by their favorite artists, are customers that the industry can rely on during periods of economic downturn. It would be foolish for the industry to arrogantly jettison these customers.

  1600. In late March, Rhino will release expanded/remastered editions of The Cars’ “Shake It Up” & “Heartbeat City”. No track listings available yet.

  1601. Michael,I’m sure the Tesla is playing Space Oddity.You are referring to the launch video.At any rate they say the sound of his music can’t be heard in space.I still think Musk should pay or get permission. As for smiling from heaven that is something I won’t comment on here.

  1602. So,we are all fans of Space-X and it’s launch of a Tesla into space,but I have a question.It sounds like Space Oddity will be broadcasting on a loop out for well, a long time. Does the David Bowie estate get paid for that or is this a outer space royalty rip-off? These are the things I wonder about.

  1605. @Philip Cohen.
    Thanks for the update Philip re: Made In Europe. Looks like I’ll just have to be content with that wonderful Connoisseur release ” MK 3 The Final Concerts”. I mean, I can’t really complain about the archival releases Purple have had over the years. We have been spoilt.
    I’m 61 too, must have bought the LP same time as you.

  1606. Does anybody have an update of Deep Purple’s proposed “Made In Europe” box set which I believe was due about 2 years ago before EMI went under?

  1607. RIP Dennis Edwards who died last Thursday at the age of 74. Dennis was the wonderful lead vocalist for The Temptations during their great and IMHO, the best era of this group when they delved heavily into Funk/Psych/Protest during the late 60s & early 70s. Who could forget such wonderful tracks as Papa was a Rolling Stone [Oh that bass line….], Cloud Nine, Psychedelic Shack, Ball of Confusion etc.
    About to delve into 12.01 minutes of glorious “Papa”
    Sincere condolence to his Family & friends. We have lost another golden voice

  1609. A boxed set project by “The Idle Race”(Jeff Lynne’s 1967-68 group) that was abandoned more than a decade ago (when EMI Records or the compiler lost interest) may now be revived by the recordings’ present-day owner ,Warner/Parlophone. But, be cautioned that the compiler (then and now) is Rob Caiger, whose ability to take projects from the concept stage(tape research) to actual physical product(CD’s spinning in our disc players) is, at best, questionable.
    Caiger has also been mixing down some Immediate Records recordings by John Williams (a 1960’s UK folk singer whose recordings were produced by Jimmy Page).

  1613. What has happened to the website ‘This Is Pop’ that sold CD collections and deluxe editions?

    It goes to a page stating “will be opening soon” but when I put in my password or email address neither of them are no longer recognised despite the fact I have purchased CDs from them.

  1614. Despite the renowned quality of Japanese-pressed vinyl, in the past(1960’s-1980’s), Japan has not had a vinyl pressing plant for many years. That changes in late March, when Sony inaugurates its new vinyl pressing plant with the Billy Joel album “52nd Street”.

  1615. 2 Peter Banks sets coming in March:

    The Self Contained Trilogy – his 3 90s albums in 1 box set
    Be Well, Be Safe, Be Lucky : the Anthology – 2 Disc set 1 disc of the best of plus the 2nd disc is called Can I Play You Something Moree – looks like rare/unreleased tracks

    Also a reissue of Rick Wakeman’s first solo album “Piano Vibrations” coming in February..i believe he was originally paid 9 quid for this back in the day as the tracks were just for a session and they were going to add vocals to the tracks…but he started having success with the Strawbs so the record company stuck this out sans vocals and Rick didn’t see another penny! He’s had not much success with record companies over the years! Think i’ll pick this up just to give him some cash!

    I also heard that pretty soon we should see Rick’s originally version of the Litzomania soundtrack coming in various different deluxe sets..CDs/DVDS/vinyl etc

  1617. BMG has acquired the brand name and audio/video rights to the 1960’s UK T.V. show “Ready Steady Go”. Whether the show’s previous owner Dave Clark has sold the material or merely licensed it, is not entirely clear from BMG’s press statement. The statement says the deal includes “certain video footage”. Whether anything further (beyond what Clark licensed to EMI for VHS & Laserdisc release decades ago) has survived, is unknown.
    It was long overdue for Clark (who will be 80 years old this year) to agree to some sort of deal.

  1618. With Tom Waits ANTI and Asylum catalogs getting reissued, anyone know if the treasured Island catalog is slated to receive the same treatment? Those have needed upgrading for quite some time.

  1619. Amazon UK
    Enjoy £10 off any qualifying order of £50 or more with promo code BIGTHANKS
    This offer ends on 25 January, 2018. One per customer. The offer applies to items dispatched from and sold by Amazon only. It does not apply to items sold by third-party sellers, including items Fulfilled by Amazon.

  1620. Cherry red issuing a peter banks box set containing all his 90s solo albums…the self contained trilogy in march..only 12.99 so pretty good deal all round

  1622. Numerous deluxe editions of the Led Zeppelin live album “How The West Was Won” coming in late March. I don’t know what, if any bonus content will be added. The album was a composite of two shows which had the same song line-up. There will be editions on vinyl, CD & Blu-ray Audio, and a super deluxe edition containing all of those formats.

  1623. Has anyone else had any issues during the 3 for 2 offer at Amazon, Germany with the Radiohead Vinyl Box Set?
    I ordered it as part of the deal but so far I’ve been sent a replacement vinyl in a white sleeve four times. Even when e-mailing Amazon and tell them to look at their website to see the black box I’ve ordered, their warehouse keeps sending me the wrong item. Today’s delivery was even after an investigation.
    I believe both items have the same ASIN code.
    Has anyone else had the same issue?

  1624. Tentative 27th of April release for 3-L.P. & 2-CD expanded reissues of “Small Faces-The Autumn Stone”. After the nearly four year wait, the result is an anti-climax. Compiler Rob Caiger has announced the tracklisting for the vinyl edition. There will be exactly one unreleased track; an instrumental. The 2-CD set will, in all likelyhood, have the same music.
    Sides 1,2,3 & 4: The contents of the original 2-L.P. set. All fake stereo tracks (and a couple of true stereo tracks) have been changed to mono. If Caiger had wanted to maximise the amount of stereo tracks, all but four songs could have been presented in stereo.
    Side 5: Assorted alternate mixes and one unreleased instrumental jam. Most of the alternate mixes have appeared on other Charly CD’s.
    Side 6: The five Live in Newcastle tracks (in the slightly different mixes that appeared on the “Here Comes The Nice” CD box). This is despite the fact that 3 of the 5 tracks appeared (via the originally released mixes) earlier in this collection. The performances were from a various artists Immediate review concert. None of the artists played a full-length set…even by 1968 standards. Apparently only Small Faces and The Nice were recorded.

    It is apparent that for “Small Faces”, the bottom of the barrel has been scraped. As for the 27th of April release date, remember, any release date from Rob Caiger is very, very tentative. With the possible exception of the instrumental jam(that is, if it isn’t an alternate title for one of the unfinished backing tracks released by the “Repertoire” label in the 1990’s), Caiger had all of these mixes/tapes 4 years ago, and could have reissued “The Autumn Stone” back in 2014.
    Let’s hope that Caiger’s “Yardbirds” series has some worthwhile archival material. Caiger also intends to release a various artists collection (in September) celebrating the history of the London music club “The Marquee”, and he’s located some unreleased 1960’s recordings by Marianne Faithful, which he intends to release “One Day”

  1626. Bought van morrison,s latest Versatile for a fiver in Adsa yesterday!A real bargain because I nearly bought it for £10 the day before in hmv.
    On a different subject does anybody know what,s happening with The Comsat Angels .A couple of years ago I read that they were back in the studio but to my knowledge nothing has come of this.Anybody with some inside info. out there??

  1627. By the way, I’ve just visited Rob Caiger’s Twitter page, which shows a photo of some “Immediate Records” session tapes, and one is labelled “117-Mick Jagger”, but before anyone guesses that it might be some great lost unreleased 1960’s Mick Jagger solo recording, it isn’t.
    “One One Seven” was a London-based psychedelic band that never released any records. Their two song audition demo for Immediate Records (“Venusian Moonshine” and “Like The Sun”) was PRODUCED by Mick Jagger. It is unlikely that Jagger had any performing role on these tracks, even as a sideman.

  1628. In the past, Paul Sinclair has suggested that my criticisms of Charly Records executive (and “Immediate Records” compiler) Rob Caiger were something personal, but after what I’ve seen today, it is indeed something personal.
    Today, Mr.Caiger announced on a social networking site, that over the past five years, he has located master tapes, multitracks and unreleased material by The Yardbirds( a group who music that I compiled for Charly on the boxed set “Train Kept a-Rollin'(The Complete Giorgio Gomelsky Productions)”, later revised and upgraded as “The Yardbirds Story By Giorgio Gomelsky”). Caiger’s post shows a photo of some tape boxes, and two of the reels are “Phony Stereo” U.S.A. copy tapes made for a (never-released) 1960’s U.S.A. L.P. of “Five Live Yardbirds”. The reels are from “Dimensional Sound”, a New York studio where producer Giorgio Gomelsky compiled the U.S.A. EPIC Records L.P.’s “Having a Rave-up” & “For Your Love”. The other reel shown in Caiger’s photo is a reel from Advision Studios in the UK(it lists “Shapes of Things”), but “Shapes of Things” was recorded at Chess Studios in Chicago. The Advision tape box lists the engineer as “Ron Melow”. The engineer’s name was Ron Malo. Malo also worked with The Rolling Stones. This gives you an idea of Caiger’s understanding of what constitutes an original master tape.
    The tapes that I used (For the “Five Live Yardbirds” recordings in my two boxed sets), while also Dimensional Sound” copies, were pure mono tapes at least a generation better than Caiger’s “Phony Stereo” copies.
    Charly Records knows how to contact me. Caiger should swallow his pride and contact me, before he does damage to The Yardbirds’ recorded legacy with his “Phony Stereo” tapes, which he’ll re-christen “Enhanced Stereo”. My two Yardbirds boxed set were highly acclaimed. I could give Mr.Caiger some info about where to find unreleased Yardbirds music, but he doesn’t seem to care. I once tried to contact him by letter a few years ago, but got no reply. Will Charly ever release anything from these tapes that Caiger has found? Given Caiger’s highly inefficient compiling methods, probably not within the original fans’ lifetimes. Perhaps not even within Mr.Caiger’s own lifetime. The one photo that I’ve seen of him suggests that he’s somewhere between his mid-50’s and mid-60’s.
    Though I spoke to the late Giorgio Gomelsky in 1992 by telephone while compiling “Train Kept a-Rollin'(The Complete Giorgio Gomelsky Productions)”, I later met him in person, and spent an afternoon with him at his New York City loft in 1995, and he gave me a lot of information about The Yardbirds. And this is the most important (and tantalising) piece of information that I learned: with the exception of “Shapes of Things” and “I’m a Man”(both recorded at Chess studio in Chicago), Gomelsky never left any other multitrack tapes behind at the studio after recording. Most should still exist…somewhere. Some are held by Sony in New York, others with Gomelsky’s ex-Wife (or her descendants) at a Paris bank vault, and one song (“New York City Blues”) is held at Abbey Road (though “New York City Blues” was actually recorded ar CBS in New York City with engineer Roy Halee).

  1630. Marllion’s concept album “Brave” gets the Deluxe 3-CD + Blu-ray treatment (with Steven Wilson 5.1 surround mix) in March from Warner/Parlophone. The Surround mix will be on Blu-Ray.

  1632. There’s now a tentative date for Charly Records’ reissue of “Small Faces-The Autumn Stone”, but it’s in April (not March as compiler Rob Caiger promised). There’s a page on amazon.co.uk, but they are not accepting preorders, nor is there any tracklisting.
    In other news, some of Cherry Red’s forthcoming boxed set product can (at least at this point) only be ordered from Cherry Red’s website. Hopefully, Amazon.co.uk will also be selling these products, because Cherry Red’s shipping charges are quite high, and they don’t subtract the UK VAT for non-UK customers. These forthcoming boxed sets include “Procol Harum-Still There’ll Be More”, a 5-CD/3-DVD set(Released late March), and Chris Squire-Fish Out of Water”(a 2-CD, 2-DVD, 1-L.P., two 7″ vinyl singles set) to be released Late April. The Squire set contains new and original stereo mixes, a 5.1 surround mix by Jacko Jacksyk, and the Chris Squire/Alan White single “Run With The Fox” b/w “Return of The Fox”, which appears(on vinyl & CD) only in stereo. One of the DVD’s contains the surround mix, and the other contains promo videos and an interview(which was originally included on Sanctuary’s CD + DVD edition). As per what Chris Squire told an interviewer many years ago, the “Fish Out of Water” sessions did not produce any unreleased material. Clearly, Cherry Red’s “Esoteric” label has done everything possible with the album. Presumably, the surround mix is either Dolby Digital or DTS, since Cherry Red never offers high resolution audio.

  1633. On the 9th of February Legacy Recordings will release a new greatest hits album of Toto “40 Trips Around The Sun”. “Alone” is one of the three new songs on this album.

    There is also going to be a picture disc, with on side A “Hold The Line” and on side B “Alone”.

  1639. Great deals on Amazon.de at the moment. Buy 3 pay for 2 on selected items (music, films, video games). There are some great Boxsets in this offer like Sweet, Donald Fagen, Phil Collins, E.L.O., Leonard Cohen etc..

  1641. I haven’t seen this mentioned anywhere yet – There’s a new 2 CD Rezillos complete recordings compilation coming out on March 2nd according to Amazon (the US site has full track listing) :

    https://www.amazon.com/Flying-Saucer-Attack-Complete-Recordings/dp/B0788XVVKG/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1515233528&sr=1-1&keywords=rezillos+complete

    It looks like it’s being done right this time with no tracks omitted from the live album and all the single versions and b-sides included.

  1643. Compiler Rob Caiger has now posted (on a social networking site) a partially obscured page from “Shindig” magazine, which describes Caiger’s proposed expanded 50th anniversary reissues of Small Faces’ “The Autumn Stone” & “Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake”. What these CD’s & L.P.’s will offer(that is, IF they are released) is somewhat underwhelming….an instrumental jam and some alternate single mixes.
    I won’t be worried over whether these CD & L.P. reissues happen or not. I long ago made my own expanded “The Autumn Stone” CD-R set (using mostly Caiger’s remasters from Sanctuary, Charly & Universal Music CD’s, eliminating all fake stereo mixes that had been presented on the original 1960’s 2-L.P. set), and I created a more than acceptable bonus disc of related rarities.
    So, the fans have waited four years to (maybe) get product that has little new content.
    There’s too much great upcoming archival product coming in 2018, to obsess over this. In 2018, we’ll see archival product from The Beatles, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, and “50th Anniversary” product from Jethro Tull & Yes.

  1646. Paul, look out for the Japanese Macca SHMs arriving as mine came today, in an A5 box (not the usual CDJapan flatish box). The fact they came straight through without additional charge is a huge bonus..

    1. Totally go along with the last line of the write up….”…and as for the rest of you, we’re a bit jealous that you’re getting to hear Lewis Taylor for the first time.”
      I encountered him first through a 99p CD single of Bittersweet, and got one of those visceral obsessions about ‘Lewis III’ – the fourth track! Hoovered up as many of his releases afterwards as I could find until he retired.
      Just an astonishing body of work. I hope he’s happy and well, and thank you.

    2. Does anyone know if i can pick up the super deluxe edition of simple minds once upon a time for a decent price any where because it seems to be going for a fortune everywhere any ideas anybody

  1651. “Immediate Records” compiler (and Charly Records executive) Rob Caiger is (once again) claiming that he’s working on “Immediate Records” archival projects, but should he be believed anymore? The last time that Caiger was able to complete and issue any “Immediate Records” archival projects(I.E. CD’s with previously unreleased songs, versions or mixes) was four years ago. (I don’t count verbatim vinyl reissues of original 1960’s L.P.’s)
    Now being hyped: Expanded multi-disc CD & L.P. editions of the Small Faces compilation “The Autumn Stone”, a multi-disc “50th anniversary” vinyl reissue of “Small Faces-Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake”, and a boxed set of some sort by Billy Nichols.(Charly has the complete set of multitracks by Billy Nichols, though whatever originally unreleased materials that they contain were long ago issued by Nichols himself, albeit from original, mostly mono 1960’s mixes).
    As for whether Rob Caiger gets anything released during 2018, his credibility is on the line.

  1652. 2-CD + DVD sets by The Pretty Things and Atomic Rooster coming from Repertoire/Uk in February. The audio material is from the BBC, and the video material is from Germany’s “Beat Club”

  1653. JimmyPage.com started shipping the corrected “Disc one” for “The Yardbirds-Yardbirds ’68” today. I had to e-mail them 3 times before they finally replied. The faulty first pressing had a brief silent gap towards the end of the song “Over Under Sideways Down”.

  1654. “Chris Squire-Fish Out of Water” Several Deluxe editions, due Spring 2018 from the “Esoteric” label. These will include a 5.1 surround mix by Jacko Jakczyk. the most deluxe edition will also include a vinyl l.P.

  1656. What do you want first; the good news or the bad news? The Good News: Universal’s limited (1000 sets) 4-CD set “Motown Unreleased 1966” started shipping on the 18th of December.
    The bad news: Warner/Rhino’s limited (4500 sets) 3-CD expanded edition of “More of The Monkees” has now been subject to a second postponement, and customers won’t receive it until sometime early next year. I’ll believe that this set is real, only when it is in my hands.

  1659. Heard a rumor about a reissue of the Yes album Fly From Here. Called Fly From Here – Return Trip. With lead vocals by Trevor horn, remixed by horn and with an unreleased track…anyone heard of this one?

  1660. Now this is “cool”

    Rick Parfitt ” Over and Out” will be released on March 23 2018. Will be released on CD, Vinyl and special collector’s edition CD which will feature the album in both the “finished form” and the original “raw” band mix.

    Includes overdubs by Queen’s Brian May and Muse’s Chris Wolstenholme as well as Rick Parfitt Jnr, and John “Rhino” Edwards and Alan Lancaster.

    In a related note…I once had an argument with a friend that Rick Parfitt’s son was in The 60ft Dolls…he did not believe me and claims it was a different guy with the same name…anyone know for sure??

  1661. Slightly off topic, those of a certain age may have heard TV star Keith Chegwin has died. You may remember Cheggars Pkays Pop or indeed Naked Jungle (I know I do..!)

  1663. The 8th of December deadline for creating copyright extension releases of unreleased 1967 recordings has passed, and this is the outcome: The only “copyright extension” releases were two Beach Boys collections, “Sunshine Tomorow 2”, a 29-track collection of session material(largely “Track + Background vocals” mixes) and “Live Sunshine”(six 1967 concerts presented in their entirety,plus rehearsals). So far, these Beach Boys collections have only been offered as “Lossy” data-reduced MP3 or AAC downloads. As for Bob Dylan, there is no further unreleased 1967 material. “Motown Unreleased 1967” went into limbo because of legal clearance issues on 2 or 3 of the intended 92 songs. And “Experience Hendrix” opted to allow all of Jimi Hendrix’s unreleased (but already bootlegged) 1967 recordings to enter UK/Europe public domain. It is a decision that they may come to regret.

  1664. 9th of March is release date for “Both Sides of The Sky”, the first posthumous Jimi Hendrix studio album since 2013’s “People Hell & Angels”. The new disc will have 13 songs, 10 of them previously unheard songs. This disc inaugurates Experience Hendrix’s new licensing deal with Sony Musc.

  1665. A new Felt re-issue project is available for pre-order. First five albums available on vinyl or as CDs in deluxe boxes with a 7″ single and lots of bumph. Ignite The 7 Cannons remixed and Let The Snakes Crinkle Their Heads To Death retitled.

  1666. Was wondering if we might discuss Super Deluxe Editions we’d (still) like to see coming in 2018? A few personal favourites (with potential to add hard-to-find mixes and additional material) below.

    1. Hopefully Grace Jones ‘Living My Life’ (arguably the best of the Compass Point albums) will come in the next 12-18 months.

    2. The much-neglected Madonna back catalogue could really do with special editions, particularly ‘Like A Prayer’ (30 years old in 2019), & ‘Ray Of Light’ (20 years old in 2018) and ‘Music’ (2000). I know she’s not one to look back, but really think she should crack open the vaults and blow off the dust. Have a listen to the William Orbit-produced version of Abba’s ‘Like An Angel Passing Through My Room’ (recorded as a demo for ‘Music’).

    3. Scritti Politti ‘Cupid & Pysche’. Still sounds extraordinarily bright and airy.

    4. She may be off the pop radar, but like Madonna, Janet Jackson’s Jam & Lewis era albums have been much-neglected. ‘Control’ and the still sparklingly good ‘Rhythm Nation 1814’ could do with repackaging.

    5. The Beloved’s ‘Happiness’ & ‘Blissed Out’. If you’ve never played ‘Love Takes Me Higher’ (Calyx of Isis Mix) you’re missing out. The album came in three versions; vinyl (8 tracks), CD (11 tracks) and most annoyingly the MC (16 tracks). Most of these mixes hard to find.

    6. Electribe 101’s ‘Electribal Memories’. The 1990 originals all such bad pressings! The Frankie Knuckles & Larry Heard mixes and dubs are sublime.

    7. Boy George at his most interesting with Jesus Loves You’s ‘The Martyr Mantra’. Plenty of incredible and creative mixes floating about that should be heard again. If you ever need an instant lift on a crap day just give ‘Bow Down Mister’ (Nayana Banana Govinda Goulash Mix) a spin; joyous.

    What else?

  1667. Any Stephen King / Soundtrack / Box Set fans out there? Got something for you here…it looks pretty cool too…

    Varese Sarabande has announced the full details of the Stephen King Soundtrack Collection. The 8-CD set features 2-CD deluxe editions for the 2003 horror thriller Dreamcatcher directed by Lawrence Kasdan featuring the film’s expanded score composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, Maleficent, King Kong, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) and the post-apocalyptic mini-series The Stand starring Gary Sinise, Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Ray Walston, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis featuring the show’s expanded score by W. G. Snuffy Walden (The West Wing, Friday Night Lights) who received an Emmy nomination for his score. Also included is a reissue of the soundtrack album for 1984’s Firestarter starring Drew Barrymore featuring original music by Tangerine Dream (Legend, Risky Business), as well as the first-ever commercial release of the score for the 1997 mini-series The Shining on three discs featuring music by Nicholas Pike (Return to Me, Captain Ron). Visit the label’s official website to order the box set, which is limited to 1500 copies.

    Here’s the track list of the album:
    Dreamcatcher:
    Disc One:
    1. Main Titles (2:47)
    2. Finding The Keys / Be Careful (2:15)
    3. Accident / To The Cabin (2:03)
    4. Gathering Wood / Remembering Duddits (1:01)
    5. Memory Warehouse (0:35)
    6. Toasting Duddit (0:53)
    7. Saving Duddits (2:56)
    8. Finding Rick (1:50)
    9. Animal Exodus (3:43)
    10. The Bathroom / What Is It? (3:55)
    11. Weasel Kills Beaver (5:43)
    12. Military Moves In (1:06)
    13. Scout’s Honor (2:43)
    14. Becky Bleeds (1:14)
    15. Weasel Attacks Pete (3:32)
    16. Jonesy And Gray Debate (5:00)
    17. Henry Returns To The Cabin (4:20)
    18. Boys Find Josie (4:19)

    Disc 2:
    1. I’m That Monster (3:50)
    2. Gray Kills Pete / Trucker (2:37)
    3. Jonesy Gets Files (2:10)
    4. Soldiers Find Henry (2:27)
    5. Reading Curtis’ Mind (0:45)
    6. Henry Tells Owen (2:49)
    7. Owen Rescues Henry (1:08)
    8. Jonesy Calls Henry (2:06)
    9. Picking Up Duddits (2:54)
    10. Killing Trooper (1:06)
    11. Duddits Tells Story (3:27)
    12. Curtis Takes Chopper (3:18)
    13. Curtis And Owen Battle (2:55)
    14. Owen Dead (2:06)
    15. Mr. Gray Go Away (3:35)
    16. Duddits and Mr. Gray (2:40)
    17. It’s Over (0:37)
    18. End Credits (5:37)

    Firestarter:

    Disc 3:

    1. Crystal Voice (3:13)
    2. The Run (4:53)
    3. Testlab (4:04)
    4. Charly The Kid (3:58)
    5. Escaping Point (5:13)
    6. Rainbirds Move (2:36)
    7. Burning Force (4:24)
    8. Between Realities (3:01)
    9. Shop Territory (3:19)
    10. Flash Final (5:19)
    11. Out Of The Heat (2:33)

    The Shining:

    Disc 4 (Night #1):
    1. Main Titles – Night #1 (1:55)
    2. Flashback (1:23)
    3. Hello / Nice Day For Croquet (Tied) (2:03)
    4. Tire Slash Time / Time To Play (3:26)
    5. Memory Of Dad (5:14)
    6. Scary Stop Sign (2:19)
    7. Read Between The Lines (1:37)
    8. A Scary View (2:02)
    9. The Hotel Waits / Comin’ To Get Doc / Lend Me A Hand (4:33)
    10. Danny Holds Back (2:14)
    11. That’s How It Is For Me (1:06)
    12. Give Me A Holler (1:53)
    13. The Lonely Wind / The Picture Changes / What’s So Sweet About It? (2:24)
    14. Alone (2:00)
    15. A Near Fall (2:09)
    16. No Sale (1:40)
    17. Safe As Safe Can Be / There Is No Tony (2:31)
    18. Night Nest / Freeze You Bastards (2:45)
    19. End Credits – Night #1 (0:54)

    Disc 5 (Night #2):
    1. Main Titles – Night #2 (2:00)
    2. How Did He Break His Arm? (1:35)
    3. The Usual Suspects (2:49)
    4. Behind The Door (5:40)
    5. Are You Gonna Hurt Me? / What Does Redrum Mean? (3:02)
    6. Please Stay (1:56)
    7. Dollhouse Mallet / Into The Room (6:17)
    8. Dad On The Radio / That Was Close (5:19)
    9. A Key Is Missing (2:29)
    10. Boy On The Stairs (1:56)
    11. Not My Shade (0:58)
    12. I’m Not Seeing That / Trapped (2:30)
    13. They’re After Danny (3:36)
    14. End Credits – Night #2 (0:53)

    Disc 6 (Night #3):
    1. Main Titles – Night #3 (1:49)
    2. Someone Got Their Fuse Blown (5:04)
    3. That’s Not The Problem (1:44)
    4. Dad In The Window / Where There’s A Will (4:56)
    5. Drive Through The Snow (2:23)
    6. Girl With A Knife / Interfering Again (2:27)
    7. It’s A Drag (2:49)
    8. Nothing But Spooks / Unmask (5:07)
    9. Batter Up / Run And Hide (1:50)
    10. Between The Eyes (3:37)
    11. Here’s Jack (2:31)
    12. What’s Been Forgotten (2:57)
    13. Take Your Medicine (4:29)
    14. What Could You Know? (2:29)
    15. Dump It (2:09)
    16. Think The Party’s Over (3:04)
    17. All’s Well That Ends Well (3:38)
    18. End Credits – Night #3 (0:53)
    19. Main Titles – Night #1 [Mix 1] (1:57)
    20. Hello (0:17)
    21. Nice Day For Croquet (1:34)
    22. They’re After Danny [Mix 1] (3:24)
    23. Main Titles – Night #3 [Mix 1] (1:49)
    24. What Could You Know [Mix 1] (2:28)

    The Stand:

    Disc 7:
    1. Project Blue (1:33)
    2. The Dreams Begin (2:07)
    3. On The Road To Kansas (3:56)
    4. The Trashman In Vegas (1:57)
    5. Headin’ West (1:55)
    6. Larry & Nadine (The Rejection) (2:38)
    7. Mother Abigail (3:10)
    8. “Sorry Mister, I Don’t Understand” (Tom & Nick Meet) (2:53)
    9. Mid Country: By The Stream (3:21)
    10. Mother Greets The Multitudes (1:25)
    11. M-O-O-N…That Spells Suicide (2:12)
    12. “One Will Fall By The Way” (3:43)
    13. Beginning Of The End (3:21)
    14. The Stand (3:45)
    15. Tom & Stu Go Home (2:33)
    16. “Ain’t She Beautiful” (6:00)

    Disc 8:
    1. Escaping (2:06)
    2. Streets Of New York (0:53)
    3. Trashy And The Dark Man (1:24)
    4. Sewing The Canvas (1:27)
    5. Corn Fields (2:06)
    6. Locked Up (2:03)
    7. New York No More (3:51)
    8. The Funeral (2:58)
    9. Leaving Mother Abigail’s (1:43)
    10. Las Vegas (3:14)
    11. Nadine Seduction (1:55)
    12. Table Talk (5:44)
    13. Boulder To Vegas (3:07)
    14. Trashy Lights Up (1:56)
    15. Nadine’s Dream (2:51)
    16. Captured (2:06)
    17. War Preparations (3:25)

  1668. Two Beach Boys “copyright extension” download releases coming on the 8th of December: “Sunshine Tomorrow 2″(29 studio tracks from the “Wild Honey” & “Smiley Smile” sessions and the simulated “live album” sessions at Wally Heider’s Studio). Also, “Live Sunshine” which contains 109 concert tracks from seven 1967 concerts in five American states. Presumably, these are mostly or entirely from the November 1967 mono soundboard tapes, recorded shortly before the release of the “Wild Honey” album. They have all circulated unofficially with full sound quality. The main fault in these concert recordings isn’t the sound quality, but rather the group’s ragged performances.

  1670. Preordering has begun at Udiscover Music, for the “Physical Product'(I.E. CD release) of the various artists “Motown Unreleased 1966”, which is 4-CD set. Only 1000 sets will be pressed, which seems, perhaps too limited, considering that 1966 was, arguably Motown’s greatest year. As for “Motown Unreleased 1967”, whose finalised tracklisting has yet to be announced, it will be, at least initially download-only.

  1671. The first fruits of Cherry Red’s aquisition of numerous artist catalogs from Warner Music will arrive in January with the reissue of Curved Air’s “Air Conditioning” & “Air Cut”. “Air Conditioning” will be expanded to a 2-CD set with previously unreleased session outtakes & BBC sessions. “Air Cut”(recorded by a mostly different line-up including future “UK” & “Jethro Tull” member Eddie Jobson) won’t have bonus tracks, however, it will be the first CD release taken from the (until recently) long-lost master tapes (Previous CD releases were dubbed from vinyl)

  1673. any reason why John Lennon Live In New York City or Menlove Ave albums have never been reissued?

    Live in NYC would make a great CD/DVD (or Blu Ray) set…

  1677. Who knows what happened to The Who Live at Leeds Deluxe 3LP Vinyl complete concert reissue from last year? Vanished almost as soon as it appeared. Now there’s a reissue of the original release, who cares?

  1678. Anyone know why Elton John’s leather jackets has never been reissued? I mean i know it’s crap but it’s better than Victim Of Love! I believe it was even meant to be reissued along with VOL, the fox etc a few years back but it was pulled at the last minute…it’s the only one of his albums I don’t have now! Several of the b sides from the period are not that bad too. That’s my left field choice for a remastered version for 2018!!

  1679. I just received the “Yardbirds ’68” 2-CD set from Jimmy Page’s website. The live and studio tracks are newly remixed. Unfortunately, there is a digital drop-out(a momentary silent gap) near the end of “Over Under Sideways Down” on the live disc. I’m waiting to see if there will be a corrected pressing.

  1680. A 50th anniversary boxed set of concert recordings by “Chicago” is under development at Rhino, and it will include the group’s performance at the 1970 Isle of Wight festival. The compiler’s prediction of a December release is unlikely, but more likely early in 2018. The set will be offered on both CD & vinyl.

  1681. Like many, i had doubted that the “Iconoclassic” label still existed, since it seems like years since they’ve released anything. But, with a tentative 15th of December release date, the label returns with an expanded 2-CD edition of “American Woman”, the 3rd album by the Canadian band “The Guess Who”, from 1969.
    The first disc has the original album plus single edits, unreleased songs and alternate takes. Disc Two will contain the album “The Way They Were”. That album, originally released to complete the group’s recording contact after their 1976 disbandment, is a shelved 1970 album recorded between “American Woman” & “Share The Land”, recorded shortly before the group fired guitarist/songwriter Randy Bachman. This began a lengthy,ugly feud (played out in the music press) between Bachman and lead singer/keyboardist Burton Cummings.

  1683. Cherry red doing a great deal for all Yes fans. You can pick up all 8 of Billy Sherwood’s recently reissued solo albums for 50 quid plus you get a signed postcard. Might have to take them up on the offer!

  1684. Preordering for the first-ever “physical” release (CD) of one of Universal’s “Motown Unreleased” copyright extension collections will begin 15th of December. “Motown Unreleased 1966” preordering will be available at the Classic Motown site.

  1687. there will be a picture disc 10″ vinyl release on record store day black friday next week of falco’s “der kommissar”, celebrating its 35th anniversary release in 1982. the ep will include not only the title track but also 5 other songs, including the rare canadian/american release of his biggest hit “rock me amadeus”. you can find a first picture of this release here: vinyloteka.ru/falco/der-kommissar-35th-anniversary-ep

  1690. In January, Warner Music will release several expanded editions of the self-titled album by Fleetwood Mac(the group’s first with Stevie Nicks & Lindsay Buckingham). Predictably, the 3-CD + DVD edition will include a surround sound mix, predictably I say, because the surround version was mixed many years ago(circa 2002), but not released because Warner Music abandoned the DVD-Audio format. Warner has been holding the surround mix on the shelf, so why not use it? This clears Warner’s shelves of vintage Fleetwood Mac surround mixes.

  1692. another interesting release for 10cc fans…Listen People – The Graham Gouldman Songbook 1964-2005 (out on Dec 8th)

    1. That’s How (It’s Gonna Stay) – the Mockingbirds
      2. Bus Stop – the Hollies
      3. For Your Love – Larry Williams & Johnny Guitar Watson with the Stormsville Shakers
      4. I’m Twenty Eight (Getting Nowhere) – Toni Basil
      5. Evil Hearted You – the Yardbirds
      6. Look Through Any Window – Gary Lewis and the Playboys
      7. Pamela Pamela – Wayne Fontana
      8. Tallyman – Jeff Beck
      9. Listen People – the Outsiders
      10. I’m Gonna Take You There – Dave Berry
      11. The Cost of Living – the Downliners Sect
      12. People Passing By – High Society
      13. The London Look – Herman’s Hermits
      14. Uncle Joe the Ice Cream Man – the Mindbenders
      15. Behind the Door – Cher
      16. No Milk Today – Graham Gouldman
      17. Have You Ever Been to Georgia – the Peddlers
      18. I’m Not in Love – Dee Dee Sharp
      19. The Things We Do for Love – 10CC
      20. Heart Full of Soul – Rush
      21. East West – Morrissey
      22. Right Between the Eyes – Wax UK
      23. Treachery – Kirsty MacColl
      24. I’ve Got You – McFly

  1694. As you may recall, when Universal Music bought EMI, Universal were required to immediately divest themselves of parts of EMI, so that Universal would not control more than 40% of the worldwide market for recorded music. So Universal sold “Parlophone Label Group” to Warner Music. Essentially, Parlophone Label Group was all of EMI’s UK recordings except The Beatles, the Lennon, Harrison & Starr 1970-76 solo recordings and the “Virgin” label.
    Less well known is that Warner Music was required to, within 3 years of acquiring Parlophone, to divest themselves of one-third of the artist catalogs of Parlophone Label Group. Some EMI/Harvest & RAK Records recordings were sold to Cherry Red Music. Now, it has become known, that in July 2016, that most of Chrysalis Records(excepting Blondie & Jethro Tull) was sold to a group of 3 businessmen led by Chrysalis Records co-founder Chris Wright, who intends to revive the label with new artist signings. Incidentally, the origins of the name “Chrysalis” was a variation on parts of the names of CHRIS Wright & (record producer) Terry ELLIS (CHRIS-ELLIS, hence “Chrysalis”)
    All of the recordings which Warner Music sold off were sold by auction. Incidentally, Warner Music sold off some recordings that had always been part of Warner Music. Recordings by Howard Jones, Curved Air & Chris Squire were sold to Cherry Red.

  1695. New Steve Hackett live box coming early next year. Wuthering Nights: Live In Birmingham. Available as a 2 cd/2 dvd digipak and also stand-alone blu ray. Looks pretty great actually. Lots of tracks from wind and wuthering. Cool cover and title too!!

  1696. In case anyone is interested there is a new Cliff collection next week called Stronger Thru The Years. Bit of an odd track listing so maybe not the usually selection of the hits. Someone with more knowledge than me will know what it’s all about. Always liked a wee bit of cliff (mainly 50s to 80s singles) but not enough to actually pick up any albums…Still, you can’t argue that he had didn’t have some great hits…

  1697. Hey Paul…quick suggestion. You could do a post telling us what you be on your wish list for next year and also open up comments for your readers for what we would most like to see get the SDE treatment or reissued in 2018…

  1698. Star Wars : A New Hope 3LP box set announced
    The original motion picture soundtrack of composer John Williams’ score to be released in December

  1699. Not sure if you’re a fan, Paul, but I have just pre-ordered the DE of Thomas Lang’s debut album from Cherry Red (26 bonus tracks!).

    I believe Sam Brown did backing vocals on some of the tracks…

  1700. A mail order 3-CD deluxe edition of the Monkees’ 2nd album “More of The Monkees” to be released 15th of December by Rhino. 90 tracksa(56 of them previously unreleased) including demos, alternate mixes, remixes and live recordings.

  1701. I realise that there are now fewer CD pressing plants than there once were, but when an independant record company is taking preorders (and charging customers) 3 months before the intended release date, there is certainly adequate time to secure the services of a CD pressing plant.
    But, nonetheless, “The Yardbirds-Yardbirds ’68” compilation(of remixed live and studio tracks) from JimmyPage.com(which was supposed to be released today) was postponed.

  1704. Too bad that SDE didn’t want to believe me when I tried to post, to bring these new Beatles vinyl releases to your attention. Numerous online forums shut down or deleted discussion threads pertaining to forthcoming Beatles “product”. Perhaps it’s a fear of incurring the wrath of Universal Music.

  1707. Unfortunately, on the internet, there are some dishonest scoundrels who will list limited edition items for preorder, knowing that they are not an authorised seller and that they don’t (and won’t) have access to the product.
    You are cautioned not to try ordering the Bruford boxed set(or anything) through the seller “Pop Market”. They don’t (and have never) had the product. Their response to my e-mail inquiry: they couldn’t verify my billing address. The address is where I have lived continuously since 1962, and it is the address that I supplied in my one previous purchase from the company.
    Before offering a limited, numbered edition product for preorder, an internet merchant should ask the manufacturer if they are willing to supply the product. If the answer is “No”, then the internet merchant has no business accepting preorders. The dishonesty of Pop Market has cost me the ability to ever have the Bruford box in my collection. Lying to the customer is not the answer. The lone Ebay seller offering the Bruford boxed set is in Japan, and is scalping the product at two and a half times its intended selling price.

  1709. Amazon is about to open in Australia, speculation has it before the end of the year. No news officially, especially on what product categories it will start with but one would expect books and music will be in the mix. Our market is ripe for a shake up, especially in the sort of products featured on this site. One hopes for some really great deals in the early days so readers might like to keep an eye open.
    Paul, might I suggest that you look to include Amazon.au in your price widget once it is up and running.

  1710. It is apparent that, for whatever reasons, the Bill Bruford CD/DVD boxed set “Seems Like a Lifetime Ago” was not released. Neither Bruford’s authorised UK dealer(Burning Shed) nor his authorised U.S.A. dealer(Pop Market) was ever able to supply it to anyone. Neither was any other dealer. We will see if a re-scheduled release date is announced.
    While I did order it from Pop Market, and I’m somewhat disappointed to not have it in my collection, nobody else was able to obtain it either. So be it.

  1711. New Green Day Best of coming Nov 17th.

    Greatest Hits: God’s Favorite Band – all the big hits, decent cover and a couple of new tracks makes this look pretty good to me…although it would have been good if they’d found space for the non album singles like Saints Are Coming and When Its Time…
    1 2000 Light Years Away
    2 Longview [Explicit]
    3 Welcome to Paradise
    4 Basket Case
    5 When I Come Around
    6 She
    7 Brain Stew [Explicit]
    8 Hitchin’ A Ride
    9 Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) [Explicit]
    10 Minority [Explicit]
    11 Warning
    12 American Idiot [Explicit]
    13 Holiday
    14 Boulevard of Broken Dreams [Explicit]
    15 Wake Me Up When September Ends
    16 Know Your Enemy
    17 21 Guns
    18 Oh Love
    19 Bang Bang
    20 Still Breathing
    21 Ordinary World (feat. Miranda Lambert)
    22 Back in the USA

  1712. Charly Records executive and “Immediate Records” compiler Rob Caiger is (again!) saying that he’s assembling an expanded edition of the Small Faces’ 1969 compilation “The Autumn Stone”, but be cautioned that Caiger has been saying that for 3 years. All “Immediate Records” archival activity (I.E. involving remixing and previously unreleased versions) halted after a 2014 expanded 2-CD edition of Small Faces’ U.S.A. compilation “There Are But Four Small Faces”. Caiger has steadfastly denied that there are any legal obstacles to resuming “Immediate Records” archival activity, and, of late, he has claimed that he has many other artist and label catalogues to work with at Charly.
    Caiger now promises a 3-L.P. & 3 or 4-CD edition of “The Autumn Stone”, and while it won’t be released this autumn, it will be released “within 3 months of autumn”. We shall see, but be cautioned that whatever unreleased material Caiger adds will (Likely) be alternate mixes, remixes and alternate backing tracks. Most of the group’s unreleased songs had been issued within a year of the group’s 1969 disbandment. Remember: only four albums were released during the group’s existence, and one of those four (Decca’s “From The Beginning”) was (at best) a contractual obligation or (at worst) assembled and released without the group’s consent.
    In other news, a professional recording of a 1966 Small Faces concert has been found, but complex legal issues make its release unlikely. Too bad, since it contains a few never before heard Small Faces original compositions. The tape is apparently not held by Rob Caiger.

  1714. In NZ, but thankfully my delightful Mum popped down to Sainsburys for me for the two new Madonna coloured vinyls. Quite like the democracy of these releases and also enjoying that it is getting up the noses of the collectors’! Out of interest anyone got any idea what other releases came out at the same time as the two Madonnas? Thanks D

  1715. Compiler Andrew Sandoval recently completed the mastering for a 3-CD mail order edition of The Monkees’ second album “More of The Monkees”, hopefully for release by Christmastime. When that edition is released, it will leave only “Pisces Aquarius Capricorn & Jones Ltd.” & “Changes” without a 3-CD edition. There is nothing that can be added to “Changes” beyond what was added to the 1-CD edition, because the multitrack tapes are missing. To many, “Changes” is not a true Monkees album, but rather a Davy Jones/Micky Dolenz album, and a contractual obligation at that. The late Mr.Jones disowned the album.

  1717. there is another one of these Elvis with Philharmonic Orchestra doh-dahs coming this year…standard CD, Deluxe CD and vinyl…here is the track listing for the deluxe:

    Christmas with Elvis and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    1 Santa Claus Is Back In Town
    2 White Christmas
    3 Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)
    4 Merry Christmas Baby
    5 Blue Christmas
    6 I’ll Be Home for Christmas
    7 Winter Wonderland
    8 Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)
    9 Silver Bells
    10 Oh Little Town of Bethlehem
    11 O Come All Ye Faithful
    12 The First Noel
    13 Silent Night
    14 (There’ll Be) Peace In the Valley (For Me)
    15 I Believe
    16 Take My Hand, Precious Lord
    17 It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)

  1718. The Carpenters Vinyl Box Set available before Christmas featuring 12 albums in their original form. Also includes the booklet that was available with Singles 1969-73.

    The Sound Of Vinyl has this at £249.99 on pre-order but not on Amazon yet

  1720. Expect another “Motown Unreleased” copyright extension download release at the end of the year, according to UK-based Motown historian/compiler Keith Hughes(posting at the Soulful Detroit forum). The upcoming release(1967 recordings), presently being mixed and compiled, will likely contain even more songs than the 1966 collection(itself equivalent to a 4-CD set). Furthermore, Hughes hints that the “Motown Unreleased” series will eventually be released on CD. That would be good, because I opted to not buy the 1966 collection. It was priced quite high; higher than an equivalent “Physical Product”.

  1721. Tell me it’s not true! Mike Love is releasing a double cd on November called Unleash The Love. Not sure if it’s a new studio album, live album or old unreleased tracks…. any info at this stage?

  1722. The essential Ray Parker jr coming soon with the Searchin for the spirit 12 remix of the ghostbusters theme appearing for the first time ever on cd!! Reason enough to pick up if you ask me!!

  1724. 10th of November sees the UK release of “Sweet-Sensational Sweet:The Wild Bunch 1971-1978” a 9-CD set from RCA, that covers the group’s complete (originally) released recordings with original lead singer Brian Connolly. Disc 9 is entirely devoted to BBC sessions, most of them previously unreleased. Also included are all the songs from the albums “Funny Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be”, “Desoltation Boulevard”, “Sweet Fanny Adams”, “Strung Up”, “Give Us a Wink”, “Off The Record” & “Level Headed”, plus numerous B-sides, alternate mixes and takes and demo recordings by guitarist Andy Scott.

  1726. I don’t know where else to post this bit of news. Bananarama fans in the U.S. should keep their eyes open. It looks like the trio will be announcing U.S. tour dates as soon as tomorrow, October 10th.

  1727. Paul — leaving feedback here re SDE Week In Review email as I don’t see another place on SDE to comment on topics other than a specific “story.”

    I really like today’s (8 October 2017) SDE Week In Review email with its single page “Top Stories This Week” visual and brief description providing me an effective overview and an easy direct link to the story I choose to read or may have missed.

    Perhaps this visual element and Week In Review overview format could be integrated into the SDE website as an alternative to or expansion on the right-hand side navigation bar of reverse chronological text/title-only links

    For example, creating a Week In Review category under which each week in review email (or equivalent) could be accessed could be very effective as one mode of time-centric search for SDE content/coverage.

    Similarly, you may want to consider other potential such Categories that could enable effective and more productive and efficient search for and discovery of relevant content: off top of my head, these might include such Categories as Unboxings, Music Labels, Music Artists, Music Formats, Books, Picture Discs, Retailers, Countries, Images Of Paul Kicking Back, and such and so on.

    The current right-hand navigation bar is due to take the next step, I think. …You know, in the service of enhanced customer experience and all that.

  1728. Next XTC CD/Blu-ray to be released in November will be ‘Black Sea’ If you’re in the UK, Sky Arts are broadcasting a new documentary on the band which is available On Demand.

  1730. Dear Paul,

    Are you aware of the issues surrounding BluRay Disc 23 of the King Crimson Starless SDE?

    The disc are turning a sick nicotine like yellow colour and will not load properly.
    There are links on the DGM live forum as to how one can order a replacement.
    Following instructions from the helpful moderator Alex, I emailed the incredibly responsive Bartosz in Poland who has confirmed shipment of a replacement for my faulty disc.
    Even though I had evidence of my purchase some three years ago, he took me on trust. Great service!

    I thought this might be worth flagging up to the community.

    Thanks for all your hard work. I’m guessing you are getting fed up of playing “Heroes”!

    Here is Bartosz’s email: [email protected]

    Best Murray

  1733. It’s been a pretty disappointing year for fans of Jimi Hendrix. This year’s only CD release was a mail-order CD of 1965 Curtis Knight live recordings(with Jimi Hendrix as sideman).
    Experience Hendrix(the Hendrix family company) recently renewed their license to Sony Music, but they have no new product with which to launch that new contract. Japanese sites are listing a forthcoming DVD titled “American Landing”, but given the performance date, it is simply a re-titled reissue of the Monterey Pop Festival performance. The already available DVD & Blu-ray discs use all of the existing film footage. All of the songs were audio recorded, but “Can You See Me” was not filmed, and the one film camera still operating ran out of film towards the end of “Purple Haze”. There is nothing that could be added beyond what is in the previous release.

  1734. So, the legitimate “The Rolling Stones-On Air” BBC sessions collection is to be, after all. Released 17th of November, it will be offered in 1-CD, 2-CD & 2-L.P. editions. The artwork has been revealed(see the IMWAN site), but, so far, no tracklisting. Oddly, this release will not be from ABKCO or Rolling Stones Records, but, rather from Polydor. Go figure.
    While there was roughly two and a half hours of 1963-65 Rolling Stones BBC session recordings, only 50 minutes of it has circulated(unofficially) with full fidelity.
    Perhaps the reason to keep the tracklisting secret, is to stop UK public domain labels from assembling a musically identical compilation. but, undoubtedly, Polydor’s collection will have better, or at least, more consistent sound quality.

  1735. Hello Paul, Fantastic website and thank you for having created it!!! I wish I had your job. Can you tell me anything about these current projects, “Carpenters Vinyl Box Set” or Kool & The Gang’s “Forever Deluxe Edition” ?? Also, do you know if anyone is working on the freestyle girl group “Sweet Sensation” remasters? Thank you for your time and really, I wish I had your job.

  1736. I’m not asking SDE to reveal any big secrets, but have we seen announcements of all of the major artist boxed sets and archival releases for the remainder of this year?
    I know that that an official audio or video release of 1960’s Rolling Stones broadcasts was under development at ABKCO, but now it seems not to be, despite the publishing of a “Companion” book..

  1738. I have tried to buy three David Bowie boxsets at Amazon.de. They have an offer ‘3 for 2’.
    As only two items could be bought from Amazon.de, the third one had to be bought from a
    third party and than the offer does not work. Pretty useless offer made by Amazon.de

  1740. Paul you need to publicise the Heroes disaster on the new Bowie box.In all formats at 2min 50sec of the song the sound level drops dramatically.Amazon have been refunding a 10-20% of the cost of the box to anyone who gets in touch and have removed it from sale in some Amazon’s.I don’t want a refund,I want Parlophone to fix it and give me a free replacement copy of the album.
    This would be the biggest,most inexcusable stuff up I have ever seen in 50 years of collecting music.Also check all the Amazon review pages for the box.

  1742. “Alan Parsons Project -Eye in the Sky” boxed set has been postponed until 1st of December. The process of getting this set manufactured has been especially protracted.

  1744. Possible Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Fever To Tell 15th anniversary edition bring announced tomorrow. Has that really been 15 years ?? Time flies! Still a great record that. May pick it up if it has extra discs with the b sides and EP tracks.

  1745. XTC BLACK SEA BLU RAY package. November:
    01. Respectable Street
    02. Generals and Majors
    03. Living Through Another Cuba
    04. Love at First Sight
    05. Rocket From a Bottle
    07. No Language in Our Lungs
    08. Towers of London
    09. Paper and Iron
    10. Burning With Optimism’s Flames
    11. Sgt. Rock (is Going to Help Me)
    12. Travels in Nihilon

    • CD: Features 2017 stereo album mix by Steven Wilson with bonus tracks (many featuring 2017 Steven Wilson mixes).

    • Blu-Ray: a 5.1 Surround mix in 24bit/96khz mixed from the original multi-track tapes available in LPCM and DTS HD MA.

    • Additional Blu-Ray features include:
    – The 2017 stereo album mix in 24bit/96khz LPCM audio.
    – Additional songs from the album sessions in stereo and 5.1 (several featuring 2017 Steven Wilson mixes)
    – The original stereo album mix in hi-res stereo + bonus tracks.
    – Instrumental versions (mixed by Steven Wilson), and several bonus mixes in 24bit/96khz LPCM audio.
    – Many album tracks in demo form as recorded (mostly live) at Phonogram Studios prior to the main album sessions.
    – Three Andy Partridge demos from Phonogram studios.
    – Three Andy Partridge demos from Swindon Town Hall.
    – Promo films for Towers Of London, Generals & Majors & Respectable Street.

  1747. Nme has a great story right now about an unreleased Beatles demo on sale on eBay right now. It’s an acetate from 1963 of What Goes On – different lyrics and john on lead vocals. You can hear a snippet over at nme.com. Hopefully this can be bought by the right people and cleaned up for release cause it sounds amazing!!

  1748. Big couple of months if you are a Yes / Asia fan…lots of reissues/new releases..here is what I am aware of so far…

    iCon (Wetton/Downes) – Zero
    Empire (Peter Banks) – Complete Recordings Box
    Downes Braide Association – 3rd album – Skyscraper Soul
    Billy Sherwood – Act Of Survival
    Billy Sherwood – What Was The Question
    John Wetton – Austika I / Austika II
    Bodast (Feat Steve Howe) – Towards Utopia
    Rick Wakeman – Crimes of Passion
    Rick Wakeman – Creepshow 2 – first ever release, only available on vinyl but it looks amazing!

  1749. Any news on the 2 new Bowie boxes listed on Amazon? In Japan & Latin American

    I’m assuming some sort of semi legal radio broadcast sets.

    Always wondered people’s opinions on these sorts of releases. I have a few of the Dylan radio releases and sound quality not great but still worth having. Just wish the actual artist/record company would put out official product.

  1750. Two things….

    After several delays the CURVE Doppelganger 2CD has been released – except Amazon have not sent my pre-ordered copy and are currently showing it as ‘out of stock’ – but two reviewers on Amazon have noted that some copies have been remarkably badly mispressed. Perhaps they’ve been recalled – though they were still in stock in HMV today. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doppelganger-25th-Anniversary-Expanded-Curve/product-reviews/B072ZF3TPS/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterByStar=one_star&reviewerType=all_reviews#reviews-filter-bar

    Who knows what’s going on!

    Amazon are taking pre-orders (27-10-17) for a SEX PISTOLS ‘something’ – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Never-Mind-Bollocks-Heres-Pistols/dp/B074CW14ZZ/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1505857643&sr=1-1&keywords=sex+pistols

    It’s listed as ‘Never Mind The Bollocks CD+DVD box set’, and has 4 discs. Could this be a streamlined version of the very expensive 35th Anniversary box set? At approx £38 it would seem a far more enticing prospect for the impoverished (e.g. me)!

  1751. Paul
    Just looking at something else on Amazon this morning and happened across a new Tim Buckley box set on Rhino, due out in a couple of weeks. This seems to be an enlarging of the Original Album Series box to eight albums, in this case, all the Elektra albums, plus an outtakes CD originally issued by Rhino Handmade. It seems to be one of a series of enlarged box sets as I also spotted a Dr John box (now seven albums), and on by Bread (now six albums). The Dr John box is already out (and going for £23 plus change only), and is garnering great reviews on account particularly of the re-mastering. If the Tim Buckley (just under £26) is similarly re-mastered we’re in for a real treat. The first album had a deluxe Rhino Handmade release, and the other previously, easily available ones didn’t sound to bad. Blue Afternoon and Starsailor though were not too great, were you able to get them of course!
    In addition, and probably coincidentally Demon/Edsel seem to re-releasing his last two studio LPs (originally issued on Discreet); re-packaging three archival, live releases as the box set “Buzzin’ Fly – Live Anthology 1968-1973”: and, putting out a further two CDs from the 1969 Troubadour shows, “Venice Mating Call” and “Greetings from West Hollywood”.
    So if you’re a Buckley fan like me, it’s “pigs in shit” time.

  1752. A note about the Bluray of Tommy Live At Royal Albert Hall.Since this was first listed on the UK and other European Amazons they have added a note that it is encoded in the North American region format and will not play on Bluray players encoded for Europe(and Australia!).Some of the European Amazon’s have simply moved its status to unavailable.At the time it was first listed the Bluray was shown as European region.
    People may have preordered this on the assumption they might actually be able to play it.Maybe in week of release or some time before this you could note this and warn people about this change.
    I could say something about how ridiculous this is and that an industry that shows so little respect for its customers deserves to fail but I think I may be preaching to the converted.
    Fantastic site by the way.

  1754. Marillion are releasing a physical cd single and 12″ for the title track of last album Living In F.E.A.R. Preorder has started and will be released on Oct 6th

    Marillion – Living In F E A R

    1. Living in F E A R (edit)
    2. The Leavers : One Tonight (Live)
    3. Neverland (Live)
    4. Dry Land (Live)

  1755. Planning ahead…

    2020 will be the 40th Anniversary of Steely Dan’s ‘Gaucho’ – can we start some kind of campaign for a Super Deluxe Edition to include all the outtakes, demos and alternate versions which have been circulating online (in varying quality)…?

  1756. Hello- First Lp I bought was Ohh La la by Faces.
    Just ordered a limited edition RED vinyl Ohh La La from the amazing What records.
    Released in October apparently. Limted.

  1757. Erasure will be releasing a 3rd CD single from their current album “World Be Gone” on Friday October 6th.

    The CD single “Just A Little Love” has 10 tracks in total, including a new “b-side” track called “Unsung”.

    For collectors it’s nice to know there’s also an limited edition (of 2000 copies) with a collectors box which has space to include all 3 CD singles.

    This special edition can be found at Lexer Music
    http://www.lexermusic.com/all-erasure/erasure-just-a-little-love-cd-single
    as well as at Pledge Music
    https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/erasure-world-be-gone/exclusives

  1759. This year’s King Crimson mega-box will be the 27-disc “Sailors Tales”, which will cover the period of the group’s 2nd, 3rd & 4th albums(“In The Wake of Poseidon”, “Lizard” & “Islands”). the set will contain 21 CD’s, 4 DVD’s & 2 Blu-ray discs, plus additional download content. Surround mixes and outtakes from the 3 studio albums will be included, as will all concert recordings from the tour behind “Islands”.(There was no tour behind “In The Wake of Poseidon” & “Lizard”, because these Crimson line-ups were studio-only entities). Some of the concert recordings are previously unreleased.

  1762. Paul, have a word.
    Anyone who has a say in the release of box sets…
    Can you put the details of the release on the side of the box? An artists name, the title of the set?
    I know plain looks beautiful, but when you put them on a shelf it’s nice to see what they are without having to pull them out to see the front. You wouldn’t release a book with no details on the spine.
    Gilmour’s Rattle That Lock suffered from it and the News of The World 40th anniversary release appears to suffer the same fate from the photos.

  1763. Paul,
    There’s plenty of the ‘Original Album Series’ 5-CD sets at 7.99 euros on the German Amazon site at the moment. You just need to scroll through the pages to find the ones priced at 7.99 euros.

    A random comparism Chaka Khan is selling for £15.20 on the UK Amazon site.

  1766. Paul (or anyone else for that matter!), any idea on the content of the sex pistols deluxe box that has appeared on amazon UK for October release? Amazon item code is B074CW14ZZ, I’ve preordered for 37 quid just in case that ends up a good price.

  1767. Next Dylan Bootleg series will be out before end of year and it’s from the gospel years. A new concert movie from the period will be out at the same time called Trouble No More.

  1768. Also forthcoming(from “Pledge Music”): a 50th anniversary 10-CD set by Ten Years After. Limited Edition of 1500 sets. It contains all of their DERAM albums(excepting “Alvin Lee and Company”) and all of their Chrysalis albums(excepting live albums), plus a disc containing 8 unreleased songs recorded at sessions for the group’s “Rock N’Roll Music to The World” sessions. The 8 songa have been newly remixed.
    Now, the negative news about this set: all of the DERAM & Chrysalis albums are bare bones reissues, sripped of ALL the bonus tracks that are presently available elsewhere. What are the compilers thinking? The forthcoming Emerson,Lake & Palmer “Fanfare” box does the same thing, containing bare bones versions of that group’s catalog albums.
    As for the Ten Years After box, there’s also a costlier edition autographed by keyboardist Chick Churchill, drummer Ric Lee and (now retired) bassist Leo Lyons. Frontman Alvin Lee passed away some years ago.

  1769. “Yardbirds ’68” 2-CD set to be released exclusively through Jimmy Page’s website in November. It will also be offered as a 2-L.P. set, and as a £400 deluxe packaged 2-CD/2-L.P. + book and autographed slipcase edition(autographed by Jimmy Page, Chris Dreja & Jim McCarty). The album contains a newly remixed version of the group’s 1968 Anderson Theatre, New York City concert, plus the group’s final studio sessions from CBS Studios in New York, March 1968. The Anderson Theatre concert was briefly offered on vinyl in 1971 as “Live Yardbirds, Featuring Jimmy Page” by the EPIC & CBS Special Products labels. The album, which was mixed and released without Jimmy Page’s permission(with added audience sounds, supposedly from a bullfight!) was rapidly withdrawn due to a lawsuit from Jimmy Page. The tapes were surrendered to Jimmy Page, who now owns them. Most of the studio tracks had been released from cassette rough mixes, on a UK 2-CD set “Cumular Limit”. The songs will be newly remixed. New to official release will be the song “Knowing That I’m Losing You”, which has the same melody that Page later used in the Led Zeppelin song “Tangerine”, with Page crediting himself as sole author. To avoid the issue of whether Keith Relf, Chris Dreja & Jim McCarty should have been credited co-authors, Page has approved the Yardbirds version for release on the condition that the vocals be omitted….mixed out. This way, the song can be titled “Knowing That I’m Losing You(Tangerine) without changing the publishing or authoring information.
    By the way, rhythm guitarist/bassist Chris Dreja has now retired, and the latest Yardbirds line-up (with only drummer/vocalist Jim McCarty remaining from the 1960’s line-ups) is working on a new, crowdfunded album. The only other name that will be familiar to long-time fans will be guitarist/lead singer “Detroit” John Idan, who has been a Yardbird since the late 1980’s.

  1770. The well-regarded British reissue label “Esoteric” has announced the aquisition of a number of artist catalogues from Warner Music. These are not mere licenses, but outright purchases. Why Warner is divesting themselves of these artist catalogues is not clear. The recordings in question are the EMI/Harvest albums by Barclay James Harvest & Be Bop Deluxe, the Atlantic recordings by the late Chris Squire(bassist of “Yes”) & the RAK Records recordings of Kim Wilde(her first 3 albums).
    Whether there is any new content that could be added to these albums remains to be seen. The first released products will appear later this year.
    In other news, Esoteric has reissued the recordings by Bodast, guitarist Steve Howe’s pre-Yes group(whose 1969 recordings went unreleased until 1980), but,puzzlingly, Esoteric’s disc has fewer songs than the previous CD release(“Spectral Nether Street” on the “RPM” label)
    As for the artist catalogues that Esoteric has purchased from Warner Music, If there’s new content, I’ll be there to buy these discs. Otherwise, I’ll stick with my existing CD’s.

  1774. “Human League – A Very British Synthesizer Group Hardcover 3 X LP Deluxe boxset with 20 page book” good price (£30) at recordstore.co.uk and great offer store – postage £6.95 though.

  1775. Massive vinyl sale at Recordstore.co.uk. Loads of special editions – See the George Harrison Bluray set for £10. Not for me but some nice deals

  1778. Previously mentioned by Philip Cohen, contents of Bruford box set:

    The Bruford 1977-1980: Seems Like A Lifetime Ago box set contents
    DVD 1: Feels Good To Me: 5.1 surround sound and original 1978 mix remastered
    CD 1: 2017 remix from original masters
    DVD 2: One of a Kind: 5.1 surround sound and original 1979 mix remastered.
    CD 2: 2017 remix from original masters – previously unreleased: outtake of Five G
    CD 3: Gradually Going Tornado: Remaster
    CD 4: The Bruford Tapes: Remaster: Bonus track: Manacles
    CD 5: Live at the Venue: Previously unreleased. Recorded in London 1980.
    CD 6: The 4th Album Rehearsal Sessions: Previously unreleased: 18 rehearsal sketches of new material.
    16-Page 12-inch booklet
    Sid Smith essay with new interviews with producer, engineer, band members, eyewitnesses and others.
    Previously unseen archive visual material.
    Complete band date sheet with contemporary critical reaction.
    2 x black and white 10” x 8” band photos.
    1 x A3-size colour poster accompanying Live at the Venue
    1 x signed numbered certificate of authentication

  1779. The Who’s Tommy Live At The Royal Albert Hall available in October. Available as 2CD / DVD & Blu Ray – not sure if there will be a box set combining CD with DVD/Blu Ray…

    CD 1
    1. Overture
    2. It’s A Boy
    3. 1921
    4. Medley: Amazing Journey / Overture
    5. Sparks
    6. Eyesight To The Blind (The Hawker)
    7. Christmas
    8. Cousin Kevin
    9. The Acid Queen
    10. Do You Think It’s Alright?
    11. Fiddle About
    12. Pinball Wizard
    13. There’s A Doctor
    14. Go To The Mirror
    15. Tommy Can You Hear Me?
    16. Smash The Mirror
    17. Underture
    18. I’m Free
    19. Miracle Cure
    20. Sensation
    21. Sally Simpson
    22. Welcome
    23. Tommy’s Holiday Camp
    24. We’re Not Gonna Take It

    CD 2
    1 I Can’t Explain
    2. Join Together
    3. I Can See For Miles
    4. Who Are You
    5. Love, Reign O’er Me
    6. Baba O’Riley
    7. Won’t Get Fooled Again

  1780. Eagle Rock are releasing various Blu-ray/DVD/CD edition of (whisper it) 59 year old Madonna’s Rebel Heart Tour on 15 September 2017.

    You have been warned…

  1781. More super deluxe editions coming, including Bill Bruford’s “Seems Like a Lifetime Ago”, including several original albums + outtakes and surround sound mixes of two of the albums, and a 4-CD + DVD edition of Whitesnake’s self-titled album, generally known as “Whitesnake 1987”

  1782. Forthcoming Neil Young original album series sets.Both boxes, postage and duty from Amazon USA comes to £80 and a few pence. That’s a saving of £45 on the Amazon UK total price for both.

  1783. This looks pretty cool:

    Take What You Need: UK Covers Of Bob Dylan Songs 1964-69
    Disc: 1
    1. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right – The Fairies
    2. Blowin’ in the Wind – Marianne Faithfull
    3. Oxford Town – The Three City Four
    4. The Times They Are a Changin’ – The Ian Campbell Folk Group
    5. If You Gotta Go, Go Now – Manfred Mann
    6. It’s All Over Now Baby Blue – The Cops ‘n’ Robbers
    7. Mr. Tambourine Man – Chad and Jeremy
    8. Love Minus Zero – Noel Harrison
    9. One Too Many Mornings – Julie Felix
    10. Visions of Johanna – The Picadilly Line
    11. Tom Thumb’s Blues – Alex Campbell
    12. To Ramona – The Alan Price Set
    13. Absolutely Sweet Marie – The Factotums
    14. All Along the Watchtower – The Alan Bown
    15. I Shall Be Released – Boz
    16. I Am a Lonesome Hobo – Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity
    17. I’ll Keep It With Mine – Fairport Convention
    18. Million Dollar Bash – The Mixed Bag
    19. Down Along the Cove – Cliff Aungier
    20. Tears of Rage – Country Fever
    21. Just Like a Woman – Joe Cocker
    22. Lay Lady Lay – Sandie Shaw

    A compilation of cover versions of Bob Dylan songs recorded by British artists in the 1960s. Take What You Need gives a unique perspective on Dylan’s compositions, with the choice of songs starkly contrasting to those recorded in America during the same period. This collection runs the gamut of musical genres from folk to country rock, taking in singer-songwriters, rhythm & blues and pop. Several extremely rare cuts make their official CD debut here, notably tracks by the Fairies (their cover of Don’t Think Twice was the very first British Dylan cover), Julie Felix, Boz and Cliff Aungier. The sleeve note contains a detailed track-by-track commentary by Elektra Records and Sandy Denny biographer Mick Houghton.

  1784. Steve Miller Ultimate Hits tracklising:
    STEVE MILLER BAND: ULTIMATE HITS [1CD; Digital; 2LP]

    Harmony Of The Spheres 2
    Steve Miller at age five talking to his Godfather Les Paul
    Take The Money And Run
    Rock’n Me
    The Stake
    Threshold
    Jet Airliner
    The Joker
    Abracadabra
    Jungle Love
    Swingtown
    Dance, Dance, Dance
    Serenade From The Stars
    Space Intro
    Fly Like An Eagle
    Wild Mountain Honey
    Living In The USA (Live – Previously Unreleased)
    Space Cowboy (Live – Previously Unreleased)
    Seasons (Previously Unreleased)
    I Want To Make The World Turn Around
    Winter Time
    The Window
    STEVE MILLER BAND: ULTIMATE HITS (DELUXE EDITION) [2CD, Digital; 4LP]

    CD 1

    Steve Miller at age five talking to his Godfather Les Paul
    Gangster Of Love (Live – Previously Unreleased)
    The Joker
    Baby’s Callin’ Me Home (Previously Unreleased)
    My Dark Hour
    Little Girl
    Living In The USA (Live – Previously Unreleased)
    Space Cowboy (Live – Previously Unreleased)
    Seasons (Previously Unreleased)
    Journey From Eden
    Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma
    Going To Mexico
    Kow Kow Calculator (Live – Previously Unreleased)
    Come On In My Kitchen (Live)
    Sugar Babe (Live)
    The Lovin’ Cup (Live)
    Dance, Dance, Dance
    Take The Money And Run
    Rock’n Me
    Space Intro
    Fly Like An Eagle
    CD 2

    Wild Mountain Honey
    The Window
    Take The Money And Run (Demo) (Previously Unreleased)
    In The Midnight Hour (Previously Unreleased)
    Jungle Love
    Threshold
    Jet Airliner
    The Stake
    Swingtown
    Serenade From The Stars
    True Fine Love
    Heart Like A Wheel
    Abracadabra
    I Want To Make The World Turn Around
    Italian X Rays
    Don’t Cha Know
    Cry Cry Cry
    Stranger Blues
    Behind The Barn

  1785. …and now, some very good news to report: Steve Miller Is going to release vault material under his new license to Capitol Records. “Ultimate Hits”, to be released as a 1-CD set on September 15th, will contain two previously unreleased live tracks. On October 27th, 2-CD & 4-L.P. editions(with 8 previously unreleased tracks) will be released. These 8 tracks will be a combination of live tracks, studio alternate takes and demos. This is really something to look forward to. Miller hasn’t exactly been very active in the studio. His last albums of new material (“Bingo” & “Let Your Hare Down”, both blues cover versions albums) were released six years ago, and these albums followed 18 years of no new music whatsoever..

  1786. When a major record company pays significant money for a license to reissue a back catalog of an artist or group with a huge back catalog, you would think that the record company or their attorneys would insist that it be written into the contract that archival releases, expanded editions, boxed sets or previously unreleased audio or video content must be delivered as part of the deal. Clearly, Capitol Records naively believed that such material would be included in their license for The Bee Gees catalog….but it appears that Capitol Records has been conned. I’m hoping that the situation won’t be the same with the Steve Miller catalog.
    Obviously, Capitol (when permitted) can release superb archival products, for example, The Beatles’ “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” 50th anniversary Super Deluxe boxed set, The Beach Boys’ “The Smile Sessions” & “Made in California” boxed sets, and the recent 2-CD Beach Boys set “Sunshine Tomorrow”.

  1788. Capitol Records recently signed a long-term licensing deal with guitarist/vocalist Steve Miller, to bring his entire 18 album back catalog(plus compilations, boxed sets and archival material) to the Capitol label. This includes full access to Miller’s warehouse of recordings, artwork & memorabilia.
    Let’s hope that this deal(unlike the label’s recent license for the Bee Gees catalog) will produce something more interesting than “Greatest Hits”-type discs. But Miller has been very restrictive with vault material. in the early 1990’s, Capitol wanted to assemble a Steve Miller 4-CD set, which would have contained 40% unreleased material, and they had a respected compiler ready to assemble it…..but Miller said “No”(on the grounds that his fans wouldn’t be able to afford a 4-CD set). Instead, Miller compiled and submitted a 3-CD hits set(released 1994) with almost no unreleased material(barring one concert track and one new song).
    No surprise: the new deal will start with(what else?) a Greatest Hits disc.

  1791. Looks like a random lot of Elton John vinyl on the way in Sept/Oct

    One Night Only
    Blue Moves
    Sleeping With The Past
    The Big Picture
    Empty Sky
    Rock Of The Westies

  1793. Hi
    I´d like to see a coverage of the forthcoming 12 CD Boxset of the Whisky Priests!
    Any information on the set so far?
    Thanks

  1797. The forthcoming 50th anniversary edition of The Rolling Stones’ 1967 album “Their Satanic Majesties Request” consists of 2 hybrid SACD’s & 2 vinyl L.P.’s, containing the album’s stereo & mono mixes. This is housed in packaging that includes the album’s original lenticular (3-D) artwork. No bonus music whatsoever. I’ve got an original 1960’s stereo L.P., the stereo SACD and a Hi-Rez download of the mono mix…..so I’ll pass.
    The Stones are not going to relent in their prohibiting ABKCO to release 1960’s studio vault material. Have it your way Mick & Keith, because after the end of the year, 10 hours of full fidelity “Their Satanic Majesties Request” backing track sessions(in unofficial circulation since 1997) become public domain material in the UK & Europe. ABKCO founder Allen Klein may (or may not) have ripped off The Rolling Stones, but it’s not the fans’ fault. Mr.Klein died many years ago. Certainly, The Stones & Klein’s son Jody could reach some agreement which would permit better archival products for Stones fans. For ABKCO’s part, they’ve claimed to hold a 1968 letter from Mick Jagger, in which Jagger ,seemingly,acknowledges ABKCO’s ownership of The Stones'(1960’s) songwriting copyrights.

  1798. Underworld – Beaucoup Fish, super deluxe edition announced.

    The Beaucoup Fish super deluxe edition comes packaged in a hard 12″ x 12″ box case that complements the expanded reappraisals of dubnobasswithmyheadman and Second Toughest In The Infants.

    This edition includes a selection of rare and unreleased material from the time and 60-pages of new artwork alongside an essay on the album by Robin Turner. As with its predecessors, audio remastering was undertaken by Underworld’s Rick Smith and Abbey Road Studios’ Miles Showell, and the artwork created by long time Underworld collaborators, tomato.

    Available as Super Deluxe 4CD, heavyweight 2LP Vinyl & 1CD, all physical formats are available bundled with an exclusive album artwork t-shirt designed by tomato available only at underworldlive.com.

    Released on 25th August 2017.

    Beaucoup Fish super deluxe track-listing:

    Disc One
    1. Cups
    2. Push Upstairs
    3. Jumbo
    4. Shudder / King Of Snake
    5. Winjer
    6. Skym
    7. Bruce Lee
    8. Kittens
    9. Push Downstairs
    10. Something Like A Mama
    11. Moaner

    Disc Two
    1. Nifter – 5 A1317 Nov 97
    2. Bruce Lee – Ricks 1st Dobro Mix
    3. UW Orange Bed – Sept97
    4. Skym – A A1317 Nov 97
    5. Jumbo – Diff Bass 2 A1317 Nov 97
    6. Push Upstairs – Alt 1 A1336 July 98
    7. King Of Snake – Garage Mix A1313 Set 97b
    8. Something Like A Mama – Alt Mix A1340 July 98 A Upstairs)
    9. Please Help Me
    10. Yeah Plan – From A1385
    11. Ramajama

    Disc Three
    1. Cups – Salt City Orchestra Remix
    2. Jumbo – Jedi’s Sugar Hit Mix
    3. Jumbo – Futureshock Vocal Mix
    4. Push Upstairs – Darren Price Remix
    5. King Of Snake – Slam Remix
    6. King Of Snake – Fatboy Slim Remix
    7. King Of Snake – Dave Clarke Remix
    8. Bruce Lee – Micronauts Remix
    9. Bruce Lee – Buffalo Daughter Remix

    Disc Four
    1. Bruce Lee – DJ Hype & DJ Zinc Vocal Mix
    2. Bruce Lee – DJ Hype & DJ Zinc Instrumental Mix
    3. Bruce Lee – Futureshock Remix
    4. King Of Snake – Claudio Coccoluto Remix
    5. King Of Snake – Martinez Remix
    6. King Of Snake – Dave Angel Remix
    7. Jumbo – Rob Rives & Francois Kevorkian Dub
    8. Push Upstairs – Roger S Narcotic Haze Dub
    9. Push Upstairs – Adam Beyer Rmx 2

    later
    -1

  1802. i would love to see Dead Can dance Released as 12″ box set all the LP’s in one big box set with set along side the two John peel Sessions on a 10″ or a 12 ” as well in the box set As i have been after the John peel sessions for ages they did the CD Box of Albums But would love a 12″ box set for my collection for my Archive of box sets

  1804. 3 x China Crisis reissues on Amazon scheduled for September 1st:

    Difficult Shapes (2cd)
    Working with Fire and Steel (3cd)
    Flaunt the Imperfection (2cd)

  1805. Philip Cohen,

    Thanks once again for this information. You know a lot about The Rolling Stones, where did you find this information ?

    You also know very much about other bands like The Who. It’s always very interesting to read your posts.

  1806. It is likely that whatever additional songs were attempted during the “Satanic Majesties” sessions never received vocal overdubs. Starting at this point in their recording career, Mick Jagger decided to not add polished vocals(or in many instances, any vocals) to a song, unless it was being seriously considered for release.
    During these sessions, the group would record the basic tracks onto 4-track. then, the last (and best) basic take would be spliced out of these reels, and that take would be reduction-mixed onto 1 or 2 tracks of a second 4-track machine, so that vocals & guitar solos could be added. The Stones then abandoned the rejected takes(of the “Stage 1” multitracks) at Olympic Studios. Bootleggers got hold of those abandoned tapes, mixed them down and issued two 4-CD sets. Nearly 10 hours of Rolling Stones….and not even one vocal! There IS some great Mellotron work from Brian Jones on the outtakes of “2000 Light Years From Home”.
    We never do get to hear the last and best take of each unreleased song, and what(if any) vocals and guitar solos were added after the 4-track to 4-track reductions. For the record, the unreleased songs have the working titles “5 Part Jam”, “Title 15”, “Jam 1”, “Majesties’ Honky Tonk”.”Soul Blues”,”Blues #3″ & “Gold Painted Nails”.
    “5 Part Jam”(which not actually a jam, but rather a song recorded in 5 separate sections, intended to be edited together) shows some promise, but, basically, the songs that The Stones opted to complete and release on “Their Satanic Majesties Request” were the best tunes that they had. They made the correct choices. There’s (likely) no completed music that could be added to “Their Satanic Majesties Request”.

  1807. The Rolling Stones have more releases in store. There will be a (legitimate) DVD release of 1960’s TV performances, and a companion book(to be released separately), a live album of recent performances, and a new remastering(no bonus tracks) of the group’s 1967 album “Their Satanic Majesties Request”(but WHY?. The album’s mono & stereo mixes have already been high resolution DSD-remastered from the original master tapes). The existing masterings(of the mono & stereo mixes) sound fine. Though one U.S.A. dealer was listing the new edition of “Their Satanic Majesties Request”, ABKCO ordered them to take it down.
    And the group is nearing completion on 15 new songs(now at the mixing and editing stage) for a new studio album, to be released in 2018, to coincide with their return to UK concert stages. Universal Music has guaranteed The Stones £2 million for the album.

  1811. The website of Emerson,Lake & Palmer are accepting preorders for a large CD/Blu-Ray/Vinyl/book boxed called “Fanfare”. Included will be all of the group’s original studio & live albums(no bonus tracks), five unreleased audio concerts(four on CD; one on vinyl), two 7″ vinyl singles and a Blu-ray audio disc (the already released surround sound mixes of “Emerson,Lake & Palmer”, “Tarkus”,”Trilogy” & “Brain Salad Surgery”), plus a 12″ x 12″ book. Presumably, the surround sound mix of “Brain Salad Surgery” will be the disasterous attempt by Jacko Jacksyk(versus the superior earlier effort by John Kellogg). Both mixes featured alternate take vocals, because of changes that the group made to the multitracks subsequent to the finalising of the original stereo mixes. Kellogg’s mix was used on a Rhino DVD-audio & a Universal/Sanctuary 2-CD +SACD set. With all due respect to Mr.Jacksyk, he’s a fine guitarist and has done excellent remixes of live concert recordings for Jethro Tull, but remixing studio recordings is not his forte.
    People who preorder “Fanfare” from the ELP website will received a bonus disc containing alternate mixes of songs from the group’s final album “In The Hot Seat”….a commercialized album that the group disavowed. Greg Lake later remarked that there was no point making albums that won’t sell and which the fans won’t like. He said, “If you reverse those things, you have the reasons to make an album”(I.E. that will sell, and which the fans WILL like)
    It is unknown whether the 5 previously unreleased concerts are professional recordings, or whether the compilers are merely “Bootlegging The Bootleggers”, as they did on the four “Manticore Vaults” boxed sets(materials derived from 1970’s vinyl bootlegs, with no remastering, de-clicking or speed correction), and on “Disc Four” on the boxed set “A Time and a Place”.

  1812. Experience Hendrix has extended their licensing agreement with Sony Music, though it doesn’t appear that any new CD release is imminent. Odd that EH wouldn’t do anything to mark the 50th anniversary of the first two Jimi Hendrix albums “Are You Experienced” & “Axis:Bold As Love”; albums whose already bootlegged outtakes will enter UK/Europe public domain at the end of the year. You’d think that the estate’s legal advisors would have made them aware of that.

  1814. The release date for the 5-CD set of singles A’s & B’s by The Who will be October 27th. In addition to the singles that the group issued on the Brunswick, Track & Polydor labels, the set will also include the singles that the group issued on the short-lived “Reaction” label. Obviously, many fans would have prefered to see another one of the group’s original albums get the deluxe boxed set treatment.

  1815. Hi Paul

    Lou Reed The RCA & Arista Vinyl Collection, Vol. 1 on vinyl at 62,90 in amazon italy right now. I got it a few weeks ago at 77 and it was a good price even then.

  1816. Not an SDE or a re-release, but Martin Hannett’s “Homage to Delia Derbyshire” is being released for the first time on CD and triple orange vinyl (300 ltd edn) in August.
    Given his iconic status as producer of the late 70s/early 80s Manchester sound, this could be of interest to fans of Joy Division, New Order, Factory Records, 80s electronica etc.
    Available at the link below and via other indies:
    https://www.normanrecords.com/records2/166121

  1817. September Japan releases: The Decca/DERAM/Parrot/London album by Savoy Brown(from “Shake Down” through “Boogie Brothers”) will be released on SHM-CD, while The EPIC Catalog of “Cheap Trick”(excepting compilations & boxed sets) will be released on BluSpec CD2. The Cheap Trick discs will have bonus tracks, but the details have not yet been revealed. the Savoy Brown series will be 2017 remasterings.
    Both SHM-CD & Blu-Spec CD2 are manufacturing enhancements claiming to provide more accurate data retrieval. The discs play on any CD player.

  1818. The Man Who by Travis is now available for pre-order in a deluxe edition box set exclusively through their website from today. 2Lp + 2CD plus extras for an 18th anniversary edition of this 90s classic. Reasonably priced too

  1819. Coming later this summer: “The Who-Maximum A’s & B’s”, a 5-CD set. The contents: the same as the 3 boxed sets of 7″ vinyl singles covering the singles that the group issued on the Brunswick, Track & Polydor labels. Given the price (£62 at Amazon.co.uk), I think that I’ll pass. I’ve been collecting the music of The Who for 49 years, so I’ve got all of these recordings.

  1820. To date, Capitol Records license to release Bee Gees recordings has yielded nothing but disappointment for the group’s fans; a verbatim reissue of the 2-CD + DVD set “The Ultimate Bee Gees” plus one other greatest hits CD. No archival releases or even a verbatim reissue of even one of the group’s back catalogue albums.
    Later this year, that situation may change with a Deluxe Edition of the “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack album, and an upgraded reissue of the group’s “One For All” concert video. The video footage has been re-edited and “cleaned up”, and the soundtrack has been remixed by the group’s long-time engineer John Merchant(with Abbey Road Studios’ Andy Walter).
    Meanwhile, the one surviving Bee Gee, Barry Gibb is hinting at retirement. One of his concert tours was cancelled due to inadequate ticket sales, and his solo album “In The Now” was not commercially successful. I would say, that after 13 years without releasing any new music, that it was unrealistic to expect an immediate commercial comeback. To my knowledge, he played only one solo concert in the U.S.A.(Gibb lives in the U.S.A., in Miami Beach), and that was before the album was completed.

  1824. New Ringo album coming in Sept..

    Give More Love

    Disc: 1
    1. We’re On The Road Again
    2. Laughable
    3. Show Me The Way
    4. Speed Of Sound
    5. Standing Still
    6. King Of The Kingdom
    7. Electricity
    8. So Wrong For So Long
    9. Shake It Up
    10. Give More Love
    11. Back Off Boogaloo*
    12. Don’t Pass Me By*
    13. You Can’t Fight Lightening*
    14. Photograph*

    Not sure if the last 4 tracks are original versions, rerecordings or live versions…

  1830. Hi Paul,

    Deal alert (sort of) on Bowie’s “Who Can I Be Now?” (CD version). Sure, £87 isn’t exactly a ‘bargain’, but a £12 drop in one day is not to be sniffed at. The Donna Summer “Singles…” box slooooowly trickled down to under £40 quid, maybe ‘WCIBN?’ might slowly trickle down to a good deal too.

    So perhaps not a ‘deal alert’, but it’s something to keep an eye on.

  1831. By the way, the recent SDE deal(at amazon.co.uk) for the”Rick Wakeman-Journey To the Centre of the Earth” boxed set was gone within hours of your posting it, suggesting that it was a mistake at Amazon.
    At the lower price, I might have been willing to take a risk on a boxed set, in which the quadraphonic mix has reportedly been dubbed from vinyl, and some of the concert recordings are reported to have fairly poor sound. But at the higher price, no deal. In one other Rick Wakeman expanded edition(“King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table”), the quadraphonic mix was not only dubbed from vinyl, it had an uncorrected repetitive scratch through the first 90 seconds of “Merlin The Magician”. Universal had obtained the vinyl source from an unofficial posting on the internet. The illegal uploader later remarked, that if he had known that this was going to be used on an official release, then he would have cleaned up the sound better.
    Universal’s careless “efforts” with the Rick Wakeman expanded editions have scared Wakeman’s fans away from subsequent product. Presumably, some of the Wakeman Quadraphonic mixes(and many A&M Records multitracks) were lost in the Universal City , California vault fire.

  1835. Expanded version of the neverending story soundtrack coming to cd for the first time. This included limahl’s the end track and Giorgio morodor’s score. Also includes various remixes of the title track…

  1836. The Red Bull Music Academy held a week long event in early 2017 where they asked international artists to remix Austrian pop star Falco’s songs. The 18 remixes that were created will be released monthly, starting this Friday, in six 3-song-EPs. The first EP, called “JNG RMR 1” (the Falco song “Junge Roemer” without vocals) includes remixes by salute&Fono, Plastician&Klasey Jones and a cover by Austrian newcomer band Flut. The remaining 12 remixes (including remixes by Carl Craig, Tensnake, Peter Kruder, Ogris Debris, Tuff City Kids etc.) will all see the light of day in the months to come until October.
    Among the songs that were remixes are “Rock Me Amadeus”, “Vienna Calling”, “Jeanny”, “Der Kommissar” and many others.

    https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B072N1QSK2/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp

    If you have questions regarding these releases, just e-mail me :-)

    Cheers Michael

  1837. Hi Paul,
    Over on Pledgemusic is a campaign to reissue Spacemonkey’s set “On The Beam”, a rare and interesting 1980s electronic dance LP. The set includes remixes and a disc of unreleased demos – hopefully including the tracks they did with Colin Thurston.

    Worth checking out if you’re interested, release date (presumably if it hits the target) is October.

    http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/spacemonkey

    Cheers, Alan

  1844. Popeye soundtrack coming to CD for the first time- 2nd disc features 18 previously unreleased Nilsson Demos.

    Popeye: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (original album on Boardwalk Records LP 36880, 1980 – reissued Varese Sarabande, 2017)

    CD 1:
    1.Sweethaven (Performed by The Citizens of Sweet Haven)
    2.Blow Me Down (Performed by Robin Williams as Popeye)
    3.Everything Is Food (Performed by Paul Dooley as Wimpy, Allan F. Nichols as Roughhouse, The Toughs, Barbershop and The Steinettes) *
    4.Rough House Fight *
    5.He’s Large (Performed by Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl)
    6.I’m Mean (Performed by Paul L. Smith as Bluto)
    7.Sailin’ (Performed by Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl and Robin Williams as Popeye)
    8.March Through Town *
    9.I Yam What I Yam (Performed by Robin Williams as Popeye)
    10.The Grand Finale *
    11.He Needs Me (Performed by Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl)
    12.Swee’Pea’s Lullaby (Performed by Robin Williams as Popeye)
    13.Din’ We (Performed by Robert Fortier as Bill Barnacle – the Town Drunk)
    14.It’s Not Easy Being Me (Performed by Ray Walston as Poopdeck Pappy)
    15.Kids (Performed by Ray Walston as Poopdeck Pappy)
    16.Skeleton Cave *
    17.Now Listen Kid/To The Rescue/Mr. Eye Is Trapped/Back Into Action *
    18.Saved/Still At It/The Treasure/What? More Fighting/Pap’s Boy/Olive & The Octopus/What’s Up Pop/Popeye Triumphant * 3:10
    19.I’m Popeye The Sailor Man (Performed by Robin Williams as Popeye)
    20.End Title Medley*

    CD 2 (The Harry Nilsson Demos):

    (NOTE: The running order is not finalized)
    1.Sweethaven
    2.I’m Mean
    3.Swee Pea
    4.Blow Me Down
    5.Everything Is Food
    6.He Needs Me
    7.Everybodies Got To Eat**
    8.Sail With Me
    9.I Yam What I Yam
    10.It’s Not Easy Being Me
    11.Kids
    12.I’m Popeye The Sailor
    13.I’m Mean – Harry Nilsson with Paul L. Smith
    14.He Needs Me – Harry Nilsson with Shelly Duvall
    15.Din We
    16.Sailin’
    17.I’d Rather Be Me**
    18.Applause**

  1845. Really annoyed with my local HMV and the security bands they have wrapped around the Sgt Pepper box. Both boxes on the shelf have damage to the outer 3d sleeeve and at £109.. that is just not good enough – love music yeah right

  1849. Cherry Red releasing an Eric Stewart/10cc anthology. Looks better than the other 10cc set on the way to be honest! Lots of stuff never released on CD + Macca co-wrote Yvonne’s The One and plays on Code of silence

    Eric Stewart / 10cc: Anthology – 2CD Deluxe Edition
    TRACK LIST:

    DISC ONE

    MIRROR MIRROR (10cc)
    1. AGE OF CONSENT
    2. CODE OF SILENCE
    3. EVERYTHING IS NOT ENOUGH
    4. MARGO WANTS THE MUSTARD

    FROOTY ROOTIES
    5. NIGHT AND DAY

    DO NOT BEND
    6. MORE AND MORE EACH DAY (aka “I WILL LOVE YOU TOMORROW’)

    TEN OUT OF TEN (10cc)
    7. LES NOUVAUX RICHE

    DO NOT BEND
    8. A HUMAN, BEING

    MIRROR MIRROR (10cc)
    9. YVONNE’S THE ONE

    DO NOT BEND
    10. YOU ARE NOT ME
    11. A FRIEND IN NEED
    12. YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU
    13. THIS MUST BE HEAVEN. (aka, ‘THE GODS ARE SMILING’)
    14. HEAVEN KNOWS. (aka ‘SLEEPING WITH THE GHOSTS’)

    FROOTY ROOTIES
    15. DORIS THE FLORIST
    16. STRICTLY BUSINESS

    DISC TWO

    FROOTY ROOTIES
    1. THE RITUAL PARTS 1-2-3

    DO NOT BEND
    2. DO THE BOOKS

    FROOTY ROOTIES
    3. NEVER SAY I TOLD YOU SO
    4. MAKE THE PIECES FIT

    GIRLS
    5. GIRLS

    VIVA LA DIFFERENCE
    6. VIVA LA DIFFERENCE
    7. WE’RE NOT ALONE
    8. WORD OF THE MOUTH
    9. SLEEP AT NIGHT
    10. CAN’T GET ENOUGH
    11. IT’S IN THE BLOOD
    12. FRIENDS LIKE THESE
    13. DO NOT BEND

    DO NOT BEND
    14. NO,NO, NETTIE

    FROOTY ROOTIES
    15. GUITAAAAAARGHS

  1853. Paul – Just received the Japanese SHM Sgt. Pepper box. Really cool. Let me know if you want photos, either to post or just so you can see what is included.

  1857. Also…do you have details on the Rick wakeman crimes of passion box set? Think it’s out in June but can’t find any details on it….

  1858. Couple of interesting upcoming releases

    The Who live at the Isle of Wight 2004 2cd + blu Ray
    Paul Simon concert in Hyde park 2cd + blu day

  1859. Hi Paul

    I was just wondering if you had considered posting news/articles on releases from https://mondotees.com/ – I believe they are a US based site, but seem to do a great line of limited vinyl releases for cult films/video game soundtracks, often on coloured/patterned vinyl – it may appeal to the many readers of your excellent site? Recently they have released a nice 4 x LP complete ‘Alien’ vinyl set, as well as the ‘Fight Club’ OST in great themed packaging that reflects the rebellious/anti-corporate ethos of the book/film; sadly I missed out on both!

  1860. Paul,

    Thanks for your deal alert for the Pink Floyd-Interstellar Overdrive “Record Store Day” 12″ single. If not for that marketplace seller on Amazon.co.uk, I wouldn’t have been able to have this record in my collection. There hasn’t been a record store in my area for almost 20 years. The record was an excellent pressing, and the seller packed it well, to arrive in perfect condition. Of course, I transfered it to CD-R on the first play. It’s a very different, early(1966) version of the Pink Floyd instrumental, played at a much faster tempo than any later versions.

  1861. Over at Beach Boys forum http://www.smileysmile.net, liner notes writer Howie Edelson has revealed more information about the forthcoming Beach Boys 2-CD set “Sunshine Tomorrow”. The issue of rumoured rejected “Smiley Smile” songs has been clarified. “Hawaiian Song” was a working title for a section of the song “Little Pad”. “Good News” exists, but is not considered releasable. It consists of two acoustic guitars and Al Jardine singing and mumbling off-mic in a cover version of a gospel-influenced song that Jardine first heard on a 1959 album by the folk music group “The Kingston Trio”. Obviously, Jardine thought that Kingston Trio albums could be a source of good songs to cover. Almost 2 years earlier, Jardine had heard The Kingston Trio’s version of a traditional Bahamian folk song “I Wanna Go Home”, and approached Brian Wilson, who agreed that the song would be suitable for The Beach Boys. Re-arranged and re-titled by Wilson, “I Wanna Go Home” became “Sloop John B.”
    As for the one remaining unreleased song said to have been recorded at the “Smiley Smile” sessions, no tape, or tape box for “Good Time Mama” could be found, though Edelson guesses that it may have been a working title for a section of “She’s Goin’ Bald”.
    Rather appropriately for an archival project following so closely after The Beatles 50th anniversary “Sgt. Pepper’s” boxed set, “Sunshine Tomorrow” will contain a studio cover version of “With A Little Help From My Friend”. When first released in 1983 on the U.S.A. edition of the L.P. “Beach Boys Rarities”, Bruce Johnston remarked that the tape speed was intended to be faster. The truth is different: Johnston disliked his lead vocal, and asked for the recording to be slowed down. Now, persuaded that his vocal was good after all, the recording will be mastered at the correct speed, though, since the harmonies were recorded at a different speed, engineer/compiler Mark Linett has (with today’s technology) resolved that issue. This situation contradicts what The Beach Boys wanted fans to believe: that they hadn’t been involved in creating the “Beach Boys Rarities” album, though certainly, there was later some internal conflict within the group over an alternate version of “Good Vibrations” that was included. That Rarities compilation was briefly offered on CD by Japan’s Toshiba/EMI in 1991, but subsequently the “Rarities” version of “Good Vibrations” was never offered again.
    For five of the “Wild Honey” songs, only the master take’s multitrack tape was saved. Alternate takes only exist for the other six songs. Liner Notes writer Edelson’s only regret is that “Sunshine Tomorrow” couldn’t have been a 3-CD, 4-CD or 5-CD set. Apparently, Capitol Records would only O.K. a 2-CD set. Edelson also states that there is enough vault material to create similar vault projects for the remaining post-1967 Capitol Records and Brother Records Beach Boys albums.
    And, by the way, the “artwork” for “Sunshine Tomorrow” posted by UK dealer “Spin CD’s” is NOT the actual artwork.

  1862. Looks like a few random Rick Wakeman CD/DVD sets coming in June…
    Simply Acoustic
    The Other side Of
    Country Airs – The Original Version

  1863. Hi Paul,

    I read this article a while back around the time of the Purple Rain deluxe announcement. Interestingly, while may have moaned about the exclusion of the First Avenue concert from the set, it seems that it was entirely intentional. The Prince estate holds the footage and is shopping it around to streaming services (with footage that could be used for a documentary too). So it seems it was out of the record company’s hands altogether. Could be the reason behind any perceived limitations in content as well, so I thought it’d be worth directing your attention towards it, perhaps for the inevitable next article about the upcoming release.

    http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7784716/prince-estate-purple-rain-concert-film-documentary-streaming-services

  1864. Record companies keep telling us about declining sales of “Physical Product”, but they’re not helping matters when they don’t manufacture enough “units” to satisfy consumer demand. We’re looking at initial product shortages of The Beatles’ 6-disc “Sgt.Pepper’s” box and the Kraftwerk “3-D Catalog” Blu-ray box.
    Amazon.co.uk long ago stopped accepting preorders for the Kraftwerk box, and one major independant U.S.A. online dealer stopped accepting preorders for the Beatles box. I’m left wondering if those dealers will ultimately supply these items to me or not.

  1865. Giles Martin interview and a couple of remixed tracks can be found on BBCi player for those people who have access to it.
    The two tracks played in stereo sound more balanced than the original version as nothing needs to be bounced from 4 tracks to 1 track to make way for overdubs.
    The interview is just over an hour into the programme.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08pvpj1

  1866. The Beach Boys “Sunshine Tomorrow” 2-CD set will contain 34 tracks including both studio & live material. 10 of the 11 songs from the group’s “Wild Honey” album will appear in remixed stereo(all of the songs excepting the album’s last song, the acapellla piece “Mama Says”), and the remainder of the 2-CD set will contain session excerpts, backing tracks and alternate versions from both the “Wild Honey” & “Smiley Smile” sessions, plus 1967 concert recordings from Honolulu(summer 1967 muktitrack recordings from 2 shows intended for an aborted live album “Lei’d in Hawaii”) and November-December 1967 mono soundboard recordings from Boston, Pittsburg & Washington D.C. (the group recorded an extensive series of live shows from the weeks before and after the release of the “Wild Honey” album)
    The 1967 concert recordings were the last time that the group would perform without additional sidemen. Brian Wilson briefly rejoined the touring group for the Honolulu shows, while the other 3 concerts feature his touring replacement Bruce Johnston. All of these
    concert performances were generally quite ragged, so presenting any one of them in its entirety was not an option, but the goal was to present one version of every song that was in the group’s on-stage repertoire during that period. Furthermore, the Honolulu shows were an attempt to re-arrange older Beach Boys hits in minimalist “Smiley Smile” style, in a few instances with revised lyrics.
    As for the studio material, the known “Wild Honey” outtakes (“The Letter”, “With a Little Help From My Friends”,”Lonely Days”, “Game of Love” & “Honey Get Home”) are included, with both “Game of Love” & “Honey Get Home” being previously unreleased. However, “Honey Get Home” is an unfinished backing track. The “Smiley Smile” session material is alternate backing tracks and session excerpts. None of the 3 rumored unreleased “Smiley Smile” songs were found, though, in one instance, it was obviously a working title for a released song. However, you do get a backing track which Brian Wilson intended for the group “Redwood”(soon to be re-named “Three Dog Night”)
    Obviously, “Sunshine Tomorrow” gathers all of the group’s useable post-Smile 1967 vault materials.

  1868. In case you haven’t seen it already, new OMD album, The Punishment of Luxury, out on 1st September in various formats, including signed yellow vinyl, book & red vinyl, cassette etc. Also selling VIP access to gigs in UK & Europe
    Pre-orders already up on the band’s website, recordstore.co.uk, whatrecords etc.

  1869. Some of the 2016 Phil Collins reissue are very cheap on Amazon Italy! The Essential Going Back, No Jacket Required, Both Sides, Both Sides and Hello, I Must Be Going! at €9,99 ! Others cheap, too.

  1870. How long do we have to wait until there will be deluxe editions of The Divine Comedy’s albums? Or am I the only one who would be interested?

  1871. New Ray wilson double live album out in June. Time and distance. Looks like 1 disc of Genesis classics and 1 solo. All orders from raywilson.com personally signed by Ray and free shipping to anywhere in world I believe. Ordered my copy already.

  1873. The next 1967 album to get an upgrade will be The Beach Boys’ R&B-influenced December 1967 effort “Wild Honey”. The previously mono-only album will be remixed for stereo(though four of the songs “Wild Honey”, “Darlin’ “, “Country Air” & “Let The Wind Blow” have appeared, in recent years, in stereo remixes via the group’s “Made in California” 6-CD boxed set and other compilations). Whether this will be a one disc set or something more deluxe remains to be seen.

  1874. Anyone heard any news regarding a forthcoming Asia 35th anniversary CD release? Not sure if its the first album reissued or something else…but the website mentions it but gives no details as yet…

  1875. With the forthcoming 50th anniversary boxed set edition of “The Beatles-Sgt.Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” receiving widespread acclaim from those reviewers and dealers who have received advance copies, Universal Music and Apple Corps just HAD to do something that would anger avid fans. When the rare “Penny Lane” RM11(remix mono 11) appears in the new boxed set, it is dubbed from vinyl, from a record in poor condition, and with no de-cracking.
    After EMI dispatched RM11 to Capitol Records in California, and 1000 promotional singles with that mix had been sent to radio stations, The Beatles decided that they wanted that single withdrawn. A new mix (eliminating 7 trumpet notes over the song’s final chord) was then sent to Capitol. All subsequent mono & stereo mixes eliminate the 7 trumpet notes. It would seem apparent that Capitol disposed of their tape of RM11, and that EMI didn’t keep a backup copy.
    While Capitol Records did include a version with the trumpet ending in the 1980 U.S.A. version of “The Beatles-Rarities” L.P., that was a composite, using the standard stereo mix, then editing on the final few seconds from RM 11(possibly dubbed from vinyl)
    For Universal Music and Apple Corps to present an unrestored dub from vinyl is unprofessional. Even the bootleggers found a reasonable condition copy of the rare single, and they de-clicked it. Furthermore, Giles Martin had two other options: use the almost identical (and widely bootlegged) RM10, or create a new mono mix (from the original multitracks (which DO have the extra trumpet notes); a mix designed to be audibly identical to RM11.
    In my own collection, I have the rare promotional single, but I obtained it used(and only in fair condition), but certainly with 999 other copies of the single in collectors’ hands, there must be a few in clean condition.
    I hope that the remainder of this 6-disc set has reasonable quality control.

  1876. The Cars’ “Candy-O” & “Panorama” to get the expanded treatment(B-sides, demos & monitor mixes) in late July from Rhino.

  1877. New Steve Wilson deluxe available to order from stevenwilsonhq.com. £50/ $65/ €60. Only available “while stocks last”. Bonus cd of demoes, Bluray & DVD, book & one sided 7″ single. Post is expensive but doesn’t appear to be available elsewhere.CD, LP & BluRay also available. His deluxe editions have had very good production values.

  1878. Hi Paul,

    First at all, thank you for your service to all music community, very very useful site.

    Just I want to know, why or why not until now there are not any news of DL or SDL editions of any of Dire Straits’s albums. I really wish to have some demos, bsides and more someday.

    Thank you and greetings from Montevideo, Uruguay!

  1881. I just took advantage of amazon.co.uk’s amazingly low price of “The Beatles-The U.S. Albums” boxed set, obtaining the set for USD$68 after shipping(versus the $149 it would have cost from Amazon’s American site). The good news: it’s a legitimate U.S.A.-manufactured Capitol/Universal set(not a Chinese fake).
    But,alas, there is a reason why Universal is dumping these sets cheaply on amazon.co.uk, and I’m not the only consumer who encountered this issue. Because of some chemical interaction between the discs and either papers or inks used to fabricate the mini-album covers, the playback surface of all of the discs were covered in stains from a cloudy residue. The issue may be sulfur content in the inks or paper. Most consumers won’t think to try cleaning the discs, but having encountered this issue 3 times previously in 34 years of collecting CD’s, I was able(with two and a half hours effort, water, a wet towel and my thumb) to restore the discs to perfect condition. But few consumers will know, that to avoid a return of the cloudy residue, and potential damage to the discs, they can’t be re-installed into the original packaging. From now on, I must store the discs outside the boxed set. I opted to store the discs in CD envelopes, and, eventually to store them in slim cases.
    As I say, I’ve only encountered this issue three times before now: in an unofficial Rolling Stones 4-CD set(“Voodoo Brew”) and in two EMI/UK releases(the 3-CD set “Deep Purple-Live in Japan” and a limited 2-disc set of CD singles by Duran Duran, that was released simultaneous with that group’s untiled so-called “Wedding Album”)
    One consumer who purchased “The Beatles-The U.S. Albums” encountered the same issue with sets that he tried from HMV and from amazon.co.uk
    I guess that my lengthy cleaning effort and having to henceforth store the discs outside the original packaging, is a reasonable compromise for the low price I paid, but most people will simply opt to return the sets to the original dealer. Most people will think that the discs are irrepairably damaged.

  1882. Hi Paul,
    just recognized that on Elivs Costello the demo of back on mz feet was published. Why is this not on Flowers in the dirt of Paul McCartney. If I am right it is not part of any of the different releases.
    It can be downloaded for free from the McCartney homepage.

    Strange

  1883. 2 new Bowie picture discs to be released this month.

    Be My Wife – backed with an unreleased live version of Art Decade
    &
    I’m Afraid Of Americans – backed with acoustic live version of Heroes – this disc will only be available from the David Bowie Is exhibition in Barcelona!

  1884. Question. I was watching a YouTube unboxing video for the George Harrison vinyl box and I noted one puzzling departure from authenticity. If any of you have ever owned any Beatles group or solo L.P.’s or singles on the “Apple” label, then you’ll know that the side 1 features a complete unsliced apple, and the side 2 shows the inside of an apple (after being sliced open).
    In the new vinyl reissue of the album “All Things Must Pass”, the sides 1 & 2 of each record both have the “side 1” labels. Why such a departure from authenticity? Is it an error or is it intentional?
    By contrast, the previous vinyl reissue of the album, while hardly an audiophile-grade pressing(it was pressed in the U.S.A. by the dreaded “Rainbo Records”) had a reproduction of the original labels and packaging that was so exact(even the label texture, catalog number and the ring mark on the label), that the only way to tell that it wasn’t a 1971 original, is that the L.P.’s and the box were very slightly thicker than the originals.
    Why would Universal Music now depart from authenticity in the new reissue of “All Things Must Pass”? Two other “Apple” L.P.’s in the new vinyl box have the correct “Side 2” labels.
    In a boxed set as pricey as the Harrison vinyl box consumers have reason to expect Universal to be true to the original releases. Avid collectors of Beatles music(especially the people who lived during that era) expect authenticity.
    As for myself, I’ve got the “All Things Must Pass” vinyl reissue of a few years back, plua vintage(original) pressings of “Wonderwall Music”, “Electronic Sound” , “Living in The Material World” & “The Concert For Bangladesh” plus CD’s of Harrison’s entire album discography and Hi-resolution downloads of all of the “Apple” albums . For me, the vinyl box(If I ever buy it) will be (Largely) a piece of memorabilia.

  1885. With Johnny Cash’s Sun Records and Complete Columbia sets out – can’t understand why someone over at Mercury hasn’t thought to out put out a Mercury’s Years Box. I know its not his best but this would include:

    Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town
    Classic Cash – Hall Of Fame Series
    Water From The Wells Of Home
    Boom Chicka Boom
    The Mystery Of Life
    & would be great if they could include
    Country Christmas
    Return To The Promised Land

    Also would love to see them continue with the Bootleg Series – Volume V to include some or all of these rare albums:
    Destination Victoria Station
    Sings with the BC Goodpasture Christian School
    The Unissued Johnny Cash
    Johnny & June
    Tall Man

    Lets make it happen!

  1886. I am too upset to go into deep detail here, but suffice to say that Rob Caiger(the present-day compiler of Charly Records projects involving the recordings of the Immediate Records” label) has used the IMWAN forums(a forum from which I was banished a half decade ago) to make some blantantly false statements about me. Between 1994 to 1998(when I was compiling five “Immediate” projects for Charly), I didn’t overlook master tapes and multitracks. Despite what Mr.Caiger claims, though Charly did co-own a substantial lot of Olympic Studios tapes(relating to the artists of “Immediate Records”), Charly did not obtain 100% ownership and actual posession of the tapes until 2002(four years after my involvement with Charly had ended). Back then, Repertoire Records posessed the tapes. Charly did not have those tapes when I was there. For projects involving “Immediate” recordings,I had to simply use whatever materials that I could find at Charly’s offices and in my own CD or l.P. collection. I didn’t overlook anything. I did the best that I could with what was then available. I was not permitted to contact other labels to search for better sources or additional materials. My compilations were well-received by music fans.
    As I was told,after the 4-CD set “Small Faces-The Immediate Years”(which I compiled) was issued (in 1995), Universal Music DID express some displeasure over the use of four Decca A-sides.

  1888. Now that progressive rock musician and surround sound remixer Steven Wilson has completed his work for King Crimson & Yes(his contract to remix Yes only included the 1971-74 albums), you may be wondering whose music Wilson will be remixing next. He’ll be remixing vintage 1980’s Marillion. The group’s “Misplaced Childhood” album(including their biggest hit “Kayleigh”) will be released in a 4-CD + Blu-ray edition in July. This includes the original mix, Steven Wilson stereo & surround remixes of the album and related B-sides, plus a concert from Utrecht, Holland, demo versions and a video documentary about the album plus the videos for the singles.

  1889. US Depeche Mode fans will be able to pre-order all titles in the 2006/2007 remastered reissue campaigns as single disc only releases from Rhino at mid-price (Amazon pre-order prices: 7.99-8.99). Pretty cool deal if your only interested in remasters of the albums proper WITHOUT the bonus DVD included in the Collector’s Editions. I imagine these will be the same as the single discs that were available in 2013 in the UK/Europe.

  1891. I just received my Japanese 3-SACD set of Santana’s 1973 live album “Lotus”. The packaging is a fabulous 7″ x 7″ reproduction of the album’s elaborate album cover…and more. While the overall sound quality is superb, be cautioned that the 4.0 Quadraphonic mix is nothing special. The rear channels contain only applause and a little bit of reverb. As for the 35 minutes of previously unreleased material, many of these selections spotlight other members of Santana’s group, and most feature little or no guitar playing. Obviously, Carlos Santana made the correct decisions of what to include or not include in the original 3-L.P. set back in the 1970’s.
    Speaking of vinyl, there will be a new Japanese vinyl edition of “Lotus”(based on the DSD files prepared for the 3-SACD set), albeit with only 2 of the bonus tracks heard on the SACD set. And be cautioned that the vinyl set won’t be pressed in Japan, but instead the laquer cut will be by Mobile Fidelity in the U.S.A. with pressings by RTI in the U.S.A.
    The new 3-L.P. vinyl edition(to be released in June) will be sold at high Japanese prices(slightly over $100) for product that isn’t really Japanese, and won’t have the legendary quality control of real Japanese vinyl.

  1893. The world is a better place – Bananarama are back!!!!!!! Not just a first time ever tour with the original trio, but likely new studio recordings too – how fab is that??!!!

  1895. Cherry red today announced the next Anthony Phillips deluxe reissue. Slow Dance, 3 disc set. Really looking forward to this, although this does mean that they have missed Invisible Men, Tarka and Missing Links 1 if they are going chronologically. Really hope they go back and do these ones too, I imagine a missing links box set won’t be out of the equation.

  1899. Next Wdnesday, BBC Rafio 2 marks the first anniversary of Prince’s death with a one hour documentary Prince And Me.

    Maybe we’ll get to hear done of the unreleased Purple Rain era tracks…

  1902. I can also understand where Mark is coming from but not sure it’s an easy fix. It only gets difficult when there’s many replies like for Macca or The Beatles.
    Some people will use the reply button next to a certain comment while others will go to the bottom of the page to leave a fresh comment.
    Indentation comes to mind when replying to a certain comment but this can also look messy. A new comment will begin on the left hand margin with a reply to it indented.

    Anyway Paul, keep up the good work. Don’t forget to check out the Great Offer Store website – Lots of Easter goodies including Wet Wet West Picture This deluxe edition for £10

  1903. Hi Paul,
    As a regular visitor to your site I wanted to put forward a suggestion for your consideration….relating to the comments sections of the news items which are of course one of the interesting features of sde.com.
    I like to return to view additional comments posted under news items of interest to me and based on seeing that a number of extra comments have been posted since my initial viewing I will dive in to try and read the new ones.Oftentimes however though there may be a small few or even sometimes about a dozen extra comments added since my last reading,when I scan to the bottom of comments there may be no extras there or only one or two and I leave there dissatisfied at not seeing this ‘x’ number of newly added comments.
    My point being that (for me at least) it is quite a lot of scanning through to identify new comments/info due to the way in which the replies are formatted exactly the same as original comments…hence my suggestion of adjusting the format for replies so that they visually stand out from original comments…
    Either way thanks for the great site!

  1907. Just got an email from Amazon – George Michael’s “Listen Without Prejudice” SDE release date changed AGAIN! It’s now October 20!

  1910. Sting cardboard sleeve Japan reissues out May 24.

    Cardboard sleeve reissue release from Sting features SHM-CD format. The mini LP faithfully replicates the US first pressing LP design, including a 4-page insert. The obi faithfully replicates the one in the Japanese first pressing LP for the first time. Features 1998 remastering. Comes with lyrics and a description. Features enhanced CD format, including “Englishman In New York.” This series features the following titles: “The Dream Of The Blue Turtles,” “Bring On The Night,” “…Nothing Like The Sun,” “The Soul Cages,” “Ten Summoner’s Tales,” and “Mercury Falling.”

  1911. with April 1st tomorrow…I’m wondering what deluxe editions will be announced…

    loved last years Make It Bigger set..

    I wonder if the long awaited Girl You Know Its True Expanded Super Deluxe Edition with bonus Karaoke disc will be announced at long last…it is the largest selling album no longer in print so its about time!

  1912. The deal alerts appearing on home page are great, but they would be more accurate if they were rounded up, 3.99 is not 3 pounds, but 4 pounds.

  1913. All over the internet there have been rumours of a 50th anniversary edition of The Beatles’ 1967 album “Sgt.Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”. Apple Corps & Universal Music haven’t issued a denial, nor have they confirmed such a release. Maybe you can discover whether this “50th Anniversary” release is merely a hoax; an urban myth. After all, Apple Corps has never permitted an expanded edition of any Beatles studio album. And Olivia Harrison has been rigidly determined to continue George Harrison’s veto of any material whose inclusion(in the “Anthology” series) George had opposed.

  1916. The hidden files for the 5.1 surround mix of Pink Floyd’s “Meddle” have been omitted when the Blu-ray disc is released outside the complete “The Early Years” box. I am assuming that it will be omitted future production runs of “The Early Years” too.

  1917. At least 11 of 13 CD’s from the Vangelis – Delectus box set are expected to be released as single disc edition around 28th April 2017, this according to Dutch website bol dot com

  1921. I see that those six Elton John vinyl remasters which were exclusively issued in that expensive Burberry set are now being released via Universal on 14th April.

  1922. Macca vinyl Pipes of Peace at 9.99 GBP at amazon uk https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pipes-Peace-VINYL-Paul-McCartney/dp/B0131KAIRA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1490542557&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=oldsite_supered-21&linkId=ede695ee12d633286d6b1b73bcd6d671

    Beatles vinyl Live at the Hollywood Bowl at 14.99 GBP also at amazon uk https://www.amazon.co.uk/Live-At-Hollywood-Bowl-VINYL/dp/B01IO7OHUE/ref=tmm_vnl_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1490542586&sr=8-1

  1927. Bit of a vinyl sale online at HMV (probably instore at HMV and Fopp as well). Decent selection of lps at £7.99, and some of the big ticket vinyl boxsets are reduced – the Human League ‘Anthology’ vinyl boxset is £39.99. R.E.M ‘Out of Time’ 3 lp boxset £29.99. Bowie at the Beeb £39.99.

    Amazon might pricematch them hopefully, not as yet though.

  1928. Hey Paul. Just thought you’d like to know that the list for Record Store Day 2017 has been released (somewhat). The releases have been confirmed. Naturally, things are still being added, but it’s a good read. Go here to see what’s coming out:

    https://thefutureheart.com/2017/03/19/record-store-day-2017-david-bowie-flaming-lips-pink-floyd-spoon-animal-collective-pearl-jam-international-space-station-concert-peace-st-vincent-records-war-drugs-air-confirmed/

  1932. April 2017 sees albums by The Steve Miller Band released on Japan SHM-CD. This consists of all of the Capitol albums(excluding compilations) from “Rock Love” through “Living in the 20th Century”. If the series is issued as scheduled, it would mark the CD debut of “Rock Love” & “Recall The Beginning…A Journey From Eden”, two albums that Miller detests. They weren’t very popular with consumers either. He has permitted those two albums to appear as MP3 downloads, but on previous occasions when a Miller licensee has tried to issue them on CD, it never happened. Stay tuned to see if Miller permits a CD release this time. Other albums in the series include “The Joker”, “Fly Like an Eagle”, “Book of Dreams”, “Circle of Love”, “Abracadabra”, “Steve Miller Band Live”, “Italian X-Rays” & “Living in the 20th Century”

  1933. As I mentioned in an earlier post, only months after releasing the 40-track 2-CD set “The Yardbirds-Live at The BBC”, the Repertoire/UK label discovered some improved sources and 3 additional tracks and have reissued it as a 43-track 2-CD set. The catalog number of the upgraded set is REPUK 1309. The added selections are “Think About It”(alternate take), “White Summer” & “Dazed and Confused”. This is the first time that these have been released from full fidelity sources. In the 2016 edition(REPUK 1280), those performances had been omitted due to the poor quality of the sources available back then.
    The upgraded edition is also offered as a 2-L.P. vinyl set, albeit with 35 tracks(versus the 43 tracks on the 2-CD set). Due to vinyl running time restrictions, the vinyl edition omits some duplicate takes of songs(where the group played the same song more than once on the BBC).
    And I will proudly note, that for the new 43-track, 2-CD edition, I wrote some liner notes that appear on the last 2 pages of the booklet.
    The new CD version is definitive. With the exception of 3 songs where a missing section had to be inserted from an off-air recording[those songs were originally broadcast complete,but the BBC now posesses only an edited version] the set is full fidelity

  1934. Yardbirds fans may be aware that a CD boxed set from the group’s years with Jimmy Page is under developement, and it will include the “Little Games” sessions, the 1968 Anderson Theatre New York concert and the March 1968 CBS/New York studio sessions. Most of the songs from those March 1968 sessions have been released (albeit from cassettes of rough mixes) on a Uk 2-CD set “Cumular Limit”. Notably absent from that release, “Knowing That I’m Losing You”, whose release was vetoed by Jimmy Page. The reason: because it has the same melody that Page later re-used(without crediting Yardbirds singer Keith Relf) in Led Zeppelin’s song “Tangerine”.
    In the forthcoming boxed set, Page is remixing “Knowing That I’m Losing You” WITHOUT THE VOCAL, so that it no longer shares the same vocal melody with “Tangerine”. Really, the late Keith Relf should be belatedly be given a co-writing credit for “Tangerine”. Page’s vocal-less remix of “Knowing That I’m Losing You” doesn’t change the facts. The rough mix (with the vocals) has circulated unofficially for many years.

  1938. It’s good that I didn’t buy the American “Audio Fidelity” label hybrid stereo 2-SACD set of Santana’s 1973 Japanese 3-l.P. set “Lotus”, because, on April 21st, Sony Music in Japan will release something much better: a 3-SACD set of “Lotus” in 4.0 Quadraphonic sound with 35 minutes of previously unreleased bonus tracks and a 7″ x 7″ replica of the album’s very elaborate, multi-panel artwork. The SACD’s will be hybrid discs that contain SACD surround, SACD stereo & CD stereo. Hopefully, this will be the start of a series to reissue Santana’s large back catalog of quadraphonic mixes. Sony/Japan recently completed releasing all of Jeff Beck’s quadraphonic mixes on SACD.

  1940. Late April will see the expanded 2-CD Supremes series continue with “Supremes a-Go-Go”. Universal Music(who closed their mail-order label “Hip-O Select” a few years ago) finally accepted that Supremes fans wouldn’t accept MP3 download-only releases, so we will now get physical product, released through regular online retailers.

  1941. I hope this Sgt Peppers release mentioned in the Mirror isn’t true. Who are all these “mad” Beatle’s fan who were “annoyed” that Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane were not on the album!?

    Any other rumours on this?

  1943. Bad Company’s 3rd & 4th albums “Run with The Pack” & “Burnin’ Sky” to get the deluxe 2-CD treatment from Rhino on May 29th. The second disc will be alternate takes and mixes.

  1944. The Mirror newspaper website has reported that a 50th anniversary edition of sgt pepper will be issued on June 1st and the new edition will include strawberry fields and penny lane as they were always meant to be on it. No further info on any other additions to the original LP

  1945. Crowded House ‘Time on Earth’ deluxe edition has dropped to £7.99 on Amazon, although the rest of the reissues are still full price sadly.

  1946. Ex Wings guitarist Laurence Juber has a new solo acoustic Beatles covers album out in March. His third Beatles covers album plus he had a Wings acoustic album out also.

    LJ Can’t stop Playing The Beatles.

    Anyone who loves his playing on Old Siam Sir will love these albums!

  1949. Experience Hendrix’s long-dormant “official Bootleg” mail-order label “Dagger Records” returns in March, with a disc of pre-Experience concert recordings “Live at George’s Club 20”, recorded when Jimi Hendrix was a member of Curtis Knight & The Squires. Experience Hendrix got ownership of the Knight recordings a few years ago. To my knowledge, none of the recordings on the new disc are previously unreleased, though some tracks may be new to U.S.A. CD.

  1950. Lots of specials offers this morning on Amazon Italy. Go to daily offers section (offerte) and then music section (musica).

    Bob Dylan 1966 Live Box 81,90 €
    The Who My Generation Box 65,90 €
    Metallica Ride The Lightning Box 122,90 €
    Human League Anthology – A Very British Synthesizer Group Box 65,90 €
    REM Out of Time (3 CD + Blu-Ray) 42,90 €
    Cream Fresh Cream (3 CD + Blu-Ray) 42,90 €

  1951. Anybody know why new vinyl releases vary so much in price, forgetting pre sales my local HMV has 2 Disc Bowie Nassau at 18.99GBP and single disc Diamond Dogs at 24.99GBP

  1957. Uriah Heep’s “Look at Yourself”, “Demons and Wizards” & “The Magician’s Birthday” to get the 2-CD expanded/remastered treatment from BMG on the last week of March. The sets can be preordered at amazon.co.uk
    As with all previous Uriah Heep archival projects throughout the CD era, the sets have been supervised by Uriah Heep historian Robert Corich. Remastering is by Andy Pearce.

  1958. As per most weeks there is a new Status Quo release out next week

    Keep ‘Em Coming – The Collection. Looks like tracks from Don’t Stop, Under The Influence, The Party Ain’t Over Yet, In Search Of The Fourth Chord and Quid Pro Quo plus some live stuff…
    CD1
    01.The Party Ain’t Over Yet
    02.Fun Fun Fun (With The Beach Boys)
    03.Under The Influence
    04.Keep ‘Em Coming
    05.I Knew The Bride
    06.Get Back
    07.Sea Cruise
    08.I’m Watching Over You
    09.Get Out Of Denver
    10.Cupid Stupid
    11.All That Counts Is Love
    12.It’s All About You
    13.Don’t Stop
    14.The Winner
    15.Rock n Roll n You
    16.All Around My Hat (With Maddy Prior)
    17.In The Army Now (2010 Radio Edit

    CD2
    01.Pictures Of Matchstick Men (1999)
    02.The Beginning Of The End
    03.Two Way Traffic
    04.Round And Round
    05.Gotta Get Up And Go
    06.Making Waves
    07.Goodbye Baby
    08.Movin’ On
    09.I Don’t Wanna Hurt You Anymore
    10.Frozen Hero
    11.Twenty Wild Horses
    12.Bad News
    13.You Never Stop
    14.Tilting At The Mill
    15.Whatever You Want (Live 2010)
    16.Caroline (Live)
    17.Rocking All Over The World (Live)

  1959. Paul
    I am curious and very interested in some of the new live releases available via various U.K. Sites including Amazon. I just pre ordered a 21 disc Grateful Dead set from 1971 for 25 pounds. Back in the day these would have been bootleg released sold under the table but they seem widely available and increasing in the volume of releases. I did get a nice Dylan box and it was well presented even if the discs didn’t have the embedded date on track details etc. certainly none of the independent Australian stores stock this stuff.
    Your readers might appreciate an article on the copyright etc background on these releases and your comments on quality etc.
    Love your site and your deal alerts are costing me a small fortune.

  1960. Hi,

    does anybody know where I’d be able to get hold of a copy of the Soundtrack of Our Lives vinyl version of their album Behind the music?

    Thanks

  1961. Hi Paul,
    Since The Jam’s Live 6 CD box set “Fire & Skill” was released a couple of years ago, Universal has been releasing vinyl versions of each of the live concerts from each year. So far these concert have been issued in the set.

    1977 – http://www.recordstore.co.uk/recordstore/recordstore/Live-at-The-100-Club-Exclusive-Pressing/5A290000000

    1978 – http://www.recordstore.co.uk/recordstore/recordstore/Live-At-The-Music-Machine/5AN90000000

    1979 – http://www.recordstore.co.uk/recordstore/recordstore/Live-At-Reading-University-Exclusive-Pressing/5ANA0000000

    1981 – http://www.recordstore.co.uk/recordstore/recordstore/Live-At-Hammersmith-Palais-Exclusive-Pressing/5ANB0000000

    As you can see 1980 Newcastle City Hall has been missed from the set. This concert had been officially released on vinyl previously as a limited edition of 1500. My question is are Universal going to re-release this concert as part of the current series. I assume 1982 Wembley will be next.

    You can find info on 1980 on Discogs which, as you can see has a completely different cover design to the vinyls above.
    https://www.discogs.com/The-Jam-Live-At-Newcastle-City-Hall-28th-October-1980/release/7672120

  1962. After years of delays, it appears that the “Chris Wood-Evening Blue” boxed set has actually been released. I just received an e-mail from Amazon.co.uk which says that they have despatched it to me.

  1963. Status quo 7″ vinyl singles collection volume 1 out on March 10. Listed on Amazon.com. First in series of 5 sets, each covering a decade of releases…this one starts from accident prone…looks pretty great actually.

  1965. The smile has left my eyes. No doubt you’ll write about it shortly, but RIP John Wetton. Plaudits for many of his songs, but co-written with Geoff Downes, Don’t Cry is in my Top 10 of all time.

  1968. After permitting the unreleased (but already bootlegged) 1963-1965 Rolling Stones recordings to fall into UK/Europe public domain, ABKCO has taken a different, but unsatisfactory approach for the 1966 materials: ABKCO has created a “copyright extension” effort, but it’s not a CD, L.P. or download, but rather, they have posted 28 selections onto “YouTube”, but whether this legally constitutes a “release” is doubtful. The concert recordings were in widespread circulation(in some instances in better quality) anyhow, but amongst the studio tracks are some slightly different takes or mixes of tracks that had already circulated.
    It’s somewhat disappointing that this is all the unreleased 1966 Rolling Stones material that there is, but perhaps, it is all that ABKCO posesses, or thinks was already in circulation(and therefore requiring copyright extension). Then too, perhaps The Stones didn’t deliver all of their rejected material to London, Decca or ABKCO.

  1969. will there ever be a ‘pookah makes three’ cd ? there was 3 singles (“take it back”) and the band mentioned recording an album in several magazines.on the back of one of their vinyls it says “from the forthcoming mind maps lp” ?

  1971. The latest rock music fatality: Spooky Tooth drummer Mike Kellie, age 70. He had been terminally ill for the past year. He did extensive work as a sessionman in the 1970’s, notably for Island Records.

  1972. In late March, the RPM label will release a CD of interest to collectors of The Beatles’ “Apple Records” label. “Mortimer-On Our Way Home” is the unreleased Apple album by the American vocal harmony group. Lennon/McCartney’s “On Our Way Home”(Later titled “Two of Us”) was originally intended to be given to Mortimer, though, after the release of Mortimer’s album was cancelled, The Beatles recorded the song.
    One of the group members, who still resides in the UK, was able to obtain the masters (and outtakes) from The Beatles’ “Apple Corps”. The CD will also contain additional songs from the album sessions. The album and additional materials were produced by Peter Asher, who also took photos of the group, including the one for the album cover. More of Asher’s photos will be included in the booklet.

  1973. Flock of seagulls remixes and rarities march 24, from cherry red:
    http://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/remixes-rarities-deluxe-2cd-edition/

    DISC ONE:
    1. I RAN (SO FAR AWAY) (U.S. 7″ VERSION)
    2. SPACE AGE LOVE SONG (7″ VERSION)
    3. WISHING (IF I HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU) (7″ VERSION)
    4. NIGHTMARES (7″ VERSION)
    5. ROSENMONTAG (SHORTER VERSION)
    6. TRANSFER AFFECTION (7″ VERSION)
    7. I RAN (LIVE)
    8. IT’S NOT ME TALKING (7″ VERSION)
    9. NEVER AGAIN (7″ VERSION)
    10. WISHING (IF I HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU) (LONG VERSION)
    11. NIGHTMARES (12″ VERSION)
    12. COMMITTED (SHORT VERSION)
    13. THE TRAVELLER (LIVE)
    14. THE MORE YOU LIVE THE MORE YOU LOVE (FULL MOON MIX)

    DISC TWO:
    1. I RAN (LONGER VERSION)
    2. NEVER AGAIN (THE DANCER) (12″ VERSION)
    3. HEARTBEAT LIKE A DRUM (FULL LENGTH VERSION)
    4. WISHING (IF I HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU) (U.S. EDIT 12″ PROMO VERSION)
    5. THE FLIGHT OF YURI GAGARIN (FULL LENGTH VERSION)
    6. ROSENMONTAG (LONG VERSION)
    7. NIGHTMARES (U.S. 12″ PROMO VERSION)
    8. I RAN (SO FAR AWAY) (EDITED VERSION)
    9. NEVER AGAIN (THE DANCER) (RE-MIX)
    10. SPACE AGE LOVE SONG (LIVE)
    11. WISHING (IF I HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU) (SHORT VERSION)
    12. WHO’S THAT GIRL (SHE’S GOT IT) (INSTRUMENTAL)
    13. SINGLE MEDLEY

    later
    -1

  1974. hello paul,

    on february 17th sony music will release “falco 60”, a best of album of the late austrian popstar as he would have celebrated his 60th birthday on this day.

    it will include many mixes released for the first time on CD, such as the ‘american edit’ of “rock me amadeus”, the promo ’12” edit’ of “the sound of musik” and the rare shep pettibone ’12” remix” of falco’s version of the steely dan classic “do it again”.

    also included are 4 new remixes, among it a parov stelar remix of “vienna calling”

    https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/falco-falco-60/hnum/6055205

    there will be a 3CD, 2CD, 2LP (yellow vinyl) and also a DVD “falco 60” release

  1976. Amazon France, no longer honouring the deal on vangelis, ‘delectus’. very disappointing as the price is now 3 times as much! Any recourse when this happens?

  1977. The release of the “Fleetwood Mac-Tango in The Night” 3-CD/DVD/L.P. boxed set has gone into limbo, so now it’s a moot point that you won’t permit it to be discussed here. The stereo-only High Resolution(96Khz/24-bit) audio DVD was only going to include the original album tracks and 5 videos. None of the CD-2 & CD-3 bonus tracks were going to be included on the DVD. The set was shaping up to be a poor value. Not as poor as The Doors’ debut album box, but poor nonetheless. I’ll get by fine without either one of these boxes.

  1978. Hi Paul,

    Are you satisfied with your new cd-player ? You said a few weeks ago that you have a new one. I am curious about your experience with this player …

  1979. As an Australian and a lover of 80’s pop and a lover of 12″ mixes, I was very excited to stumble across this Amazon listing:
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/12-Inch-Dance-Australian-80s/dp/B01N5N0K6F/ref=wl_mb_wl_huc_mrai_3_dp

    These 12″ compilations are common in the UK and several of them trickle their way into Austalia, but – according to the ‘blurb’ – this is the first time an Australian edition/compilation has been produced.

    I hope there are future volumes (and good quality sourcing/mastering!)

    Amazon is pricey, but here are some wallet-friendly listings for Australian SDE-ers:
    http://www.sanity.com.au/products/2325971/12_Inch_Dance_Australian_80s_Pop
    https://www.jbhifi.com.au/music/browse/rock-pop/12-inch-dance-australian-80s-pop/332177/

    Plus an article (which is just the Amazon blurb, really):
    https://rhythms.com.au/festival-records-rhino-present-12-inch-dance-australian-80s-pop-february-10/

  1980. For Stevie Nicks to continue to tour with Fleetwood Mac, yet refuse to participate with the group in the studio is puzzling. Perhaps her solo recording and touring career is more profitable than working with Fleetwood Mac, since she doesn’t have to split the money with four other group members, but her most recent solo album was not a hit.
    If Lindsay. Christine, John & Mick release the album that they’re working on, and it is a chart hit, then Stevie Nicks is humiliated, because the fans accepted the group without her. But if the album fails commercially, Ms.Nicks goes down in history as the villainesse who destroyed the Fleetwood Mac reunion. It’s a no-win situation for Stevie Nicks. I predict that the Nicks-less album will be a hit. After all, the writer and lead singer of more Fleetwood Mac hits (than any other group member) is Christine McVie.

  1982. So quickly after the release of Fleetwood Mac’s “Mirage” box, “Tango in The Night” will get the same deluxe treatment on the 28 of February. 3 CD’s + surround sound DVD + L.P.

  1991. Capitol’s license for The Bee Gees’ back catalog will start in February with an apparently verbatim reissue of “The Ultimate Bee Gees”. No word yet on whether it will be the 2-CD edition or the 2-CD + DVD edition. I’ve already got the 2-CD + DVD edition. Thanks for nothing, Capitol.
    Then, it is apparent that consumers who bought the group’s back catalog on CD’s from Polydor and Warner/Reprise will have absolutely no reason to buy Capitol’s Bee Gees product. I’m shocked that Universal would have spent good money for a license from the Gibb Families, only to get no new material whatsoever.
    Oh well, I’ve just saved a lot of money, which can now be re-allocated to buy archival material from artists and labels that give the avid fans what they want.

  1993. Hi Paul, Happy New Year!
    I’m not sure if you’ve been down to your favourite vinyl supermarket recently (!), but Sainsbury’s are currently offering some of their LPs at ‘2 for £25’, including Amy Winehouse Back To Black, Bob Dylan Blonde On Blonde and Highway 61 Revisited, Depeche Mode Violator, Eagles Their Greatest Hits, Killers Hot Fuss, Genesis Invisible Touch, Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits and Rumours, Guns N Roses, Iron Maiden, Primal Scream and Stevie Wonder.
    Whilst some of these are priced at £14 each, buying two for £25 isn’t saving that much, but some of them are £18 or £20 each, so a decent saving can be made if you chose carefully.
    From the small print on the shelf price tags, it looks like the offer runs until 12th Jan 2017.
    Carl

  1994. Dear Paul, is there a chance that we could write an open letter to The Doors, their managment and label, petitioning to cancel the forthcomming debut album box set and ask for the complete Matrix set?

  1995. In March 2017, there will be a 50th anniversary boxed set of The Doors’ 1967 debut album. It will contain the original 1967 stereo mix, the CD debut of the mono mix, a disc featuring live Matrix Club versions of all of the debut album songs, and a vinyl L.P. of the album’s mono mix. The set is housed in a book. As for the Matrix Club recordings, the 2-CD set of Matrix Club recordings issued in 2008 was from a cassette copy, while the owner of the original reels held out for a good financial deal. Though The Doors’ management has posessed the original reels for at least 7 years, they’ve been reluctant to offer them, because it would mean admitting that the previous release was less than full quality. And plus, the passing(some years ago) of keyboardist Ray Manzarek seemed to put Doors archival activity in lengthy limbo.

  1996. As Santana fans may be aware, American audiophile label “Audio Fidelity” will release a 2-SACD set of Santana’s 1975 live album “Lotus”(originally a 3-L.P. set released only in Japan and Holland). It is a stereo mix, albeit encoded with the SQ Quadraphonic process.(if any of you have a vintage SQ Quadraphonic decoder, you can hear the album in 4.0)
    Original L.P. packaging and record labels listed the song “Savor” on “side 5”, yet, effective when the album appeared on CD (in the 1990’s), “Savor” was replaced by “Mr.Udo”. I checked my 1975 CBS/Holland 3-L.P. set (whose packaging and labels lists “Savor”) and discovered that it is “Mr. Udo”(an improvised, mostly instrumental piece) that has been on the album all along. That means that CD releases and the forthcoming SACD have the correct contents.
    It would appear that there was a last minute change of contents, when packaging and labels for the 1974 Japan 3-L.P. set had already been printed. The next year, when CBS in Holland released the set, they copied the artwork and label from the Japanese set verbatim (including the CBS/Sony logo on the labels) which caused many Americans to think that the Holland-pressed editions were “Japanese Imports”(though the labels on the Holland pressings do say “Made in Holland”).
    Mastering engineer Steve Hoffman(who mastered the forthcoming SACD) states that it is “Mr.Udo” on the original album master tapes. He did find an E.Q.’d copy album master with “Savor”, and a separate first generation reel with “Savor”. but it Carlos Santana’s wish that the “Lotus” concerts version of “Savor” not be released. No CD edition ever contained “Savor”, and it is highly unlikely that any vinyl release did either.

  1997. The Repertoire label will release an upgraded Yardbirds “Live at The BBC” 2-CD set in 2017. Wait:Didn’t they recently issue a Yardbirds “Live at The BBC” 2-CD set? Yes, but fans noted the absence of “White Summer” & “Dazed and Confused”. The omission was because Repertoire would have had to use the same poor quality sources that had been used by other labels. However, shortly after Repertoire released their 2-CD set, new, superior sources for those two songs were found. The new edition, to be released in 2017, adds those two songs, plus an alternate version of “Think About it”.

  1998. Enjoying the Rolling Stones in Mono LP Box Set thus far. However, when I reached Beggars’ Banquet, I discovered that my copy included, by mistake, the Stray Cats Disc 1 instead of the Beggars’ Banquet album (I also have both discs of the Stray Cats 2LP from the box). Could you please let me know how I can go about getting my copy of the missing Beggars’ record? Thanks, Peter

  2002. New Steve Hackett album out in March – The Night Siren. Looking forward to the CD/Blu Ray set. Inside-Out always do such great work with their releases, beautiful artwork and packaging.

  2003. This is not a surprise: The Chris Wood box has been postponed again; this time until February. It doesn’t matter, since the harsh $75 delivery fee caused me to decide againsat buying it.
    I don’t feel frustrated that I won’t have it in my collection, since, in all likelyhood, no one else will ever have it in their collection either.
    This boxed set is basically a mirage: if you get too close to it, or it gets too close to you….it disappears.

  2004. re: Genesis : does anyone know what happened to the Tony Banks solo album reissues – Cherry Red/Esoteric promised all the albums would be issued this year – so far only 2 came out back in January and then nothing since then…?

  2005. Finally, I got my bargain-priced “The Who-Live at Leeds” 3-L.P. set today. Looks great, and I’ll be playing it tonight. I also got my Alan Parsons Project “Tales of Mystery and Imagination” 3-CD/ Blu-Ray/2-L.P.+ Book boxed set.
    Universal has found a winning formula with these multi-disc + book (in slipcase) boxed sets. I’ve already preordered the “Fresh Cream” box, and I look forward to many more. Perhaps, more “Who” or some “Free”, Eric Clapton, “Abba” or “Bee Gees” (after all, The Bee Gees catalog is moving to Capitol, a UME label)

  2007. 3 new Status quo reissues coming in January:

    Under the Influence (with 5 bonus tracks)
    The Party Ain’t Over Yet (2CDs includes b-sides and single mixes)
    Don’t Stop – same set of bonus tracks as previous reissue so not sure why this one is included…should have done Riffs instead.

  2008. “Shoot-On The Frontier”(+ 2 BBC bonus tracks) to be released on CD for the first time by the Angel Air label in February 2017. The album, originally issued on vinyl by EMI in 1973, features Yardbirds member Jim McCarty, though the music is commercial pop/rock, not blues/R&B. McCarty who played drums and wrote songs in The Yardbirds leaves the drumming to Craig Collinge, so that McCarty can focus on keyboards and lead vocals. The group only lasted for one album.

  2009. Finally, after nearly two years of compiling, licensing and manufacturing struggles and a few aborted release dates, The Sierra label’s hybrid SACD of unreleased 1964-1982 recordings by Byrds founding member the late Gene Clark, “The Lost Studio Sessions” has finally been released, though if internet forums are any indication, I’m one of the few who have received it. The Sierra label is a one-man or two-man operation, so don’t expect prompt shipping. The vinyl version(with L.P.’s pressed in the UK to be housed in sleeves printed in California) has been postponed for a further 2 weeks.
    People who preordered the SACD got a lower price and either one or two bonus CD’s(one has 2 songs, the other has 4 songs), but my shipment didn’t have either one. I contacted Sierra, and the owner says that he’ll eventually send me one of those bonus discs…after he’s completed sending all of the SACD’s & L.P.’s.
    As my SACD, the printer forgot to staple one of the printed panels(4 pages) into the booklet(It was included free-floating inside the booklet), though after a while I was able to figure out where in the booklet those pages should reside (this wasn’t easy, since the booklet has three sets of liner notes)
    Despite the lack of the bonus discs(and the problem with the booklet), and considering how few people have actually received their pre-ordered SACD, I should consider myself lucky that I’ve actually received the SACD. It’s been a long struggle with an evasive and excuse-making record company.

  2011. Progressive rock artist (and surround sound remixer of 1970’s progressive rock) Steven Wilson usually only remixes albums by progressive groups, specifically British ones, but Wilson has departed from his usual policy and has remixed the 1969 self-titled second album by the American group “Chicago”. Now the bad news: the remix, to be released in July 2017 is a regular 1-CD set, stereo only. This has been confirmed on the IMWAN forum by Rhino Records project supervisor Steve Woolard.
    It’s not as if there was anything wrong with the original stereo mix. It sold millions of L.P.’s 8-track cartridges, cassettes & CD’s. Rhino had recently reissued the original 1970’s 4.0 Quadraphonic mix as part of a 10-disc Blu-Ray Audio boxed set “Chicago-Quadio”, and back in 2002, Rhino released a 21st century 5.1 surround mix on DVD-Audio.
    Why employ Steven Wilson and not let him do the thing that he is (justifiably) famous for: remixing vintage albums for surround sound.

  2013. With the conclusion of Warner Music’s (money-losing) 10 year/$10 million(2006-2016) license for The Bee Gees catalogue, the recordings were obviously going to leave Warner. Everyone assumed that they would move to Sony Music, where Barry Gibb recently released a solo album. but the new label home for The Bee Gees back catalogue will be Capitol Records.
    In other news, the reason why two French language movies(“More” & “La Vallee”) in Pink Floyd’s “The Early Years” boxed set have no English subtitles, is because it is a contractual restriction imposed in the licenses from the movie studios that own those two films. And the reason why the five previously unreleased outtakes from the “More” soundtrack sessions are in mono sound, is because those mono mixes are the only form in which the recordings exist. “Soundtrack From More” is one of two Pink Floyd albums for which the multitrack tapes no longer exist.

  2014. Release Date – 09.12.16 – Fabolous 2CD Deluxe Edition . A must buy!

    Karyn White – Karyn White (2CD Deluxe Editon)

    Digitally remastered and expanded deluxe two CD edition. Karyn White is the self-titled debut album from R&B singer Karyn White. Released in 1988, it went to #1 on the Top R&B Albums chart for seven weeks the following year. The album gave her four hits, “The Way You Love Me”, “Superwoman”, “Love Saw It” and “Secret Rendezvous”. Big Break Records proudly presents the first ever deluxe remaster of the album, which includes a staggering 19 bonus tracks, rare promotional remixes and exclusive interviews with Karyn White, Daryl Simmons and Jeff Lorber. This collection is a must for all new jack swing, soul, pop, R&B and dance fans everywhere!

    https://www.amazon.com/Karyn-White-Deluxe-KARYN-WHITE/dp/B01M7UZRN4

  2016. To destroy my street cred altogether, browsing today revealed Rihanna”s vinyl box set. All the King Crimson fans on your website will be thrilled, I”m sure. The pricing for it is truly wild though: Amazon Canada seems to be significantly cheaper than it’s sister sites.

  2018. Hi Paul,

    I don’t know if you are aware but Aldi have a range of vinyl this week at £6.99 alongside a compact turntable. I took some photos of the store display if you are interested – drop me an email.

    I’d imagine that the range on offer will only be available for a week or so as they ove their weekly specials on.

    Cheers, Phil

  2020. Pretty obscure he may be, but an anthology of the great (in my book!) Jack Lee entitled “Bigger Than Life” is out tomorrow on CD (and vinyl on 9th December). Who’s Jack Lee? Only the man who wrote “Hanging On The Telephone” (later recorded by Blondie) and “Come Back And Stay” (recorded by Paul Young) – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bigger-Than-Life-Jack-Lee/dp/B01LXCPUI5/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1479996047&sr=1-1&keywords=jack+lee+bigger+than+life

  2021. As For “The Who-Live at Leeds” 3-L.P. set, it appears that Amazon.co.uk will honour the low price that they initially offered, HOWEVER, it still appears uncertain when or if Universal Music will actually issue it. Perhaps SDE can get a clarification from Universal Music as to whether this vinyl set is to be or not to be. In the meantime, I’ve got nothing to lose continuing my preorder with amazon.co.uk .Certainly, the most recent proposed release date (25th Nov.) is not to be.

  2026. Another music industry passing: jazz vocalist/songwriter Mose Allison, whose best known songs are “Parchman Farm” (recorded by Cactus & John Mayall) and “Young Man Blues”(recorded by The Who)

  2028. Just to warn you, that there are quality control problems with Pink Floyd’s 11-CD/9-DVD/8-Blu-ray set “The Early Years 1965-1972”. Two of the Eight Blu-Ray discs are proving to be unplayable in many Blu-Ray players. And amazon.co.uk who claims that the set is “In Stock” does not have the set at their UK warehouse, causing shipping delays, as the task of despatching the sets is shifted over to the European continent.
    The last thing that I would need is to (initially) pay the postage costs of sending back this huge 10-12lb. set that is the size of a large toaster oven, so I cancelled my order. When I saw Amazon.co.uk backpedalling from “Preparing For Despatch” to “Not Yet Despatched”, I contacted them, and got a bogus excuse about my credit card bank declining the charge. It was a lie. My credit card bank never blocked the charge and had cleared a $436 “Charge Authorisation”. It never became an actual charge when amazon.co.uk was unable to supply the product.
    And add on these things: One day after the boxed set was announced, a dispute between Roger Waters and David Gilmour caused the 5.1 surround mixes of “Meddle” & “Obscured By Clouds” to be deleted from the boxed set. And, when the set was already in the manufacturing stage, superior sources for the 1967 BBC radio performances came to light.
    When corrected sets with fully playable Blu-Ray discs become available, I may order the set, but until then, I’ll enjoy the undoubtedly excellent audio material which I “located” on the internet.
    At present, the high likelyhood of receiving a set with faulty Blu-Ray discs makes this product too stressful for me. It was only yesterday, that I read on the internet of a problem with “Disc 23″( a Blu-Ray disc) in King Crimson’s 2014 27-disc set “Starless”. I had only played 80% of this massive set in the past 2 years, so I immediately tried playing “Disc 23”. My newest Blu-Ray player(Oppo BDP-105D) played it without problems, but my older player(Oppo BDP-83) ejected it, after failing to “load” it. Both players have the latest firmware updates. Supposedly, the record company(Panegyric) has produced corrected discs, but I don’t know how to contact them.
    That experienced finalised my decision to not buy the Pink Floyd box, at least for now. We will see if the record company(Pink Floyd Records) puts things right for people who have already purchased “The Early Years 1965-1972”

  2032. For anyone interested:
    Midlesbrough Sainsburys
    FGTH
    JT
    Superfly
    Elvis Greatest
    Sun Collection
    All coloured as usual

    Also current lightening deal for latest Red Hot Chilli Peppers Vinyl LP £10.80

  2033. Tesco have their xmas vinyl in again. Usual stuff but Madness on coloured vinyl and Phil Collins But Seriously is double 180gram limited clear vinyl both exclusive to Tesco

  2036. Price drop of sorts on the Rolling Stones In Mono box. It’s been $189.99 since it became available on Amazon US, now it’s $152.71. It’s also a comparable price on Amazon UK at £119.99.

  2039. Frankie goes to hollywood – deluxe white vinyl release (UK only)
    https://www.discogs.com/Frankie-Goes-To-Hollywood-Welcome-To-The-Pleasuredome/release/9194058

    http://www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/media/latest-stories/2016/1014-sainsburys-extends-vinyl-into-238-stores

    The new collection includes Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here and David Bowie Blackstar in addition to limited edition coloured vinyl exclusives such as Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Welcome to The Pleasure Dome (£20), Madonna, Like a Prayer (£16) and Jethro Tull, Aqua Lung (£18). From 21st October, Sainsbury’s will also be taking an exclusive silver coloured edition of Michael Buble’s new album ‘Nobody But Me’.

    later
    -1

  2042. Massive Attack vinyl LP catalogue is reissued in November/December 2016…

    Mezzanine has been available for a while but not the others (unless you count the 2012 Blue Lines SDE)

    It all seems very low-key, with no announcement, no mention on their website or twitter…But the order links are there on amazon

  2045. The Who – Live at Leeds, doe October 2016 is down to 12.99 at amazon now, although no-one seems sure how many discs or what track listing it is…

    Anyway it’s showing as 3 LPs in the picture and it’s described as a box set, but who knows?

  2046. Did you cover this on your website?
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Decades-Live–61-94-Box-Deluxe/dp/B01M15SWCK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1476901096&sr=8-1&keywords=decades+bob+dylan
    Since coming to prominence in 1962, Bob Dylan has never ceased to create and innovate, his remarkable songwriting being matched by the quality and quantity of his live performances. This 8-disc set gathers several historically important sets, all originally recorded for broadcast on various different stations, including WBAI-FM, WNBC-FM and others. They find him playing intimately and in front of huge crowds, with material ranging from protest folk to rock n roll, and are accompanied here by background notes and images. Disc One: Saturday Of Folk Music July 19th 1961 WRVR-FM / Folk Song Festival October 29th 1961 WNYC-AM / Broadside Show May 1962 WBAI-FM / Billy Faier Show October 1962 WBAI-FM /Madhouse On Castle Street January 4th 1963 BBC TV / Skip Weiner February 1963 WBAI-FM / Oscar Brand Show March 1963 WNBC-FM Disc Two: Folk Singer s Choice January 13th 1962 WBAI-FM / Stud Terkel s Wax Museum April 26th 1963 WFMT-FM Disc Three: Hard Rain US TV Broadcast Version, Fort Collins, May 23rd 1976 NBC-TV Disc Four: Dylan & Petty Sydney, Australia February 24th / 25th 1986 KSAN-FM Disc Five: Rich Stadium, Buffalo, New York July 4th 1986 MTV Disc Six: Rich Stadium, Buffalo, New York July 4th 1986 MTV Disc Seven: Woodstock 94, Saugerties, NY North Stage 14th August 1994 WNEW-FM Disc Eight: Johnny Cash ShowWorld Of John Hammond, WTTW-TV, Chicago, September 10th 1975 / The Bob Fass Radio Show Broadcast, WBAI-FM, New York, March 28th 1963

    Also this
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fox-Theatre-Louis-Missouri-1971/dp/B01M12KGT1/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1476901171&sr=8-1&keywords=grateful+dead+fox+theatre

    Another classic show from this transitional time for the Dead. Pigpen back, Keith settling in nicely showing signs of the greatness to come in ’72, Jerry’s vocals sublime on ‘Comes A Time’ and Phil’s thundering elastic baselines driving it along. A venue the band loved, even contemplating buying it, brings out a creative energised high octane performance ranking as one of the best shows of ’71. Broadcast in all its glory by KADI-FM.

  2047. Bit confused by the latest newsletter, as the Sainsburys I use has had vinyl albums on sale for around 6 months or so. The rack is handily placed next to the meat and fish counters!

  2048. For US readers and others who can get shipping for less than the price of a Maybach, Popmarket is currently offering The Who’s Vinyl Box Set at US$175 – that’s a heck of a saving given what it goes for these days.

  2050. Amazon.co.uk now has a photo(but still no tracklisting) for the 5-CD boxed set edition of The Who’s debut album “My Generation”, to be released by Universal Music on the 18th of November. The 5th disc is titled “Primal Scoop”. The other 4 discs have “Brunswick” logos. The set is housed in a 12″ x 12″ slipcase with a hardcover book, and numerous posters and pieces of memorabilia.
    As I’ve said previously, the set has two discs of mono material by The Who, two discs of stereo material by The Who(the 2014 wide stereo remixes, previously only offered as a high resolution 96Khz/24-bit download) and a disc of Pete Townshend demos.

  2053. Is there any news out there about win’s uh tears baby being released as a deluxe version, its about time it say the recognition it deserves.

  2058. What a day that was, Kraftwerk tickets secured, Elbow announce a Plymouth show for March, Jarre announces Oxygene 3 and we see him in Cardiff on Tuesday. Nothing else matters, for the next couple of hours at least

  2059. Hi Paul,
    Just been on the Popmarket website (don’t ask me why because their postage costs are horrendous) and they are advertising the “When Slade Rocked The World” box set using your “unboxing” video in the description!!!

  2060. Up and coming Expanded Deluxe Editions being released in November 2016: Animal Nightlife – “Shangri-La” (2 CD Set), Basia – “The Sweetest Illusion” (3 CD Set), Theatre Of Hate – “Westworld” (3 CD Set), Yazz – “Wanted” (3 CD Set).

  2062. As if Pink Floyd’s 27-disc set didn’t make the 11th of November a significant event for CD collectors, dig this:
    On the same day, Sony Music is releasing a 36-CD set “Bob Dylan-The 1966 Tour Recordings”, and also a 2-CD set “The REAL Royal Albert Hall Concert”. (remember, the so-called “Royal Albert Hall” concert released by Sony in Dylan’s “The Bootleg Series” was actually recorded at The Manchester Free Trade Hall)
    The 36-disc set has everything: multitrack(3-track) recordings, direct to mono soundboard recordings and also audience recordings.
    This will separate the hard core Dylan fans from the amateurs: Dylan plays (mostly) the same songs in every city!

  2063. As you may be aware, Marillion has a new studio album out titled “F.E.A.R.”, and initially, it was offered for preorder only in a number of deluxe, crowdfunded versions via “Pledge Music”, though the group’s website kept it secret that the album would also see a release through regular CD dealers, such as Amazon.
    Amongst the special editions offered only via crowdfunding is a $140 CD/DVD/Blu-Ray/Vinyl/Book boxed set including a 5.1 surround mix.
    The mainstream releases (to stores and online dealers) include CD, download & SACD. Unfortunately, the label licensed to release the SACD was not allowed to have access to the 5.1 mix, and they were repeatedly warned(by Marillion’s management) NOT to create a simulated surround upmix….but unfortunately, they did just that, and this fake 5.0(not 5.1) upmix has been disowned by the group and its management.
    Unfortunately, that SACD (with its bogus surround mix) is now in route to me.
    I had been reluctant to preorder any of the crowdfunded projects, not only because of my previous bad experiences with “Pledge Music”, but also because Marillion openly conceded that the high prices of these crowdfunded offers was to create tour support for the expenses of the group’s upcoming U.S.A. tour. Why should I (even as an American) support the group’s tour expenses, when the tour is not coming to my part of the country?
    The group’s actions in these crowdfunded projects essentially sell the genuine surround mix for $140. That’s a ripoff.
    Now that a bogus surround upmix has been sold under the group’s name, they need to put things right for their fans, and offer the genuine surround mix in an affordable release.
    I’ve been collecting Marillion’s music since 1983, and this release fiasco will likely end my collecting of their music. Marillion, (who usually releases their music via their own label) put their music into the hands of outsiders and gave up the ability to have complete control over the resulting products and their marketing…..and this is what happened.

  2066. The Cherry Red-affiliated “Now Sounds” label received much positive feedback for their 2015 expanded CD reissue of Paul Revere & the Raiders’ 1967 album “Revolution”, and the label planned further Revere CD’s. Finally, in mid-November, they are set to deliver. The group’s 1966 album “The Spirit of ’67” will appear in a deluxe reissue featuring the album in its stereo mix and (new to CD) mono mix. It is unknown whether there will be any additional bonus tracks.
    Unlike producer Terry Melcher’s other clients, the Byrds, The Raiders didn’t record much more than what was required for L.P.’s and non-L.P. B-sides. It would appear that all completed unreleased tracks have been issued by labels such as Columbia & Sundazed, and all that remains unreleased are backing tracks.
    As for the original 1966 stereo “The Spirit of ’67” album, it was mostly stereo. Any of the songs that were in mono on that original L.P. were later mixed for stereo in the CD era.

  2069. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ZBFNY5W/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&psc=1&linkCode=ll1&tag=oldsite_supered-21&linkId=a81a9e9d6348daf481d19d408d104320

    The Sparks´Island Years, a 5LP box, with 4 of their most popular albums (at least until their recent revival), and an additional collection of rarities, is available at amazon.co.uk at GBP 62 at the moment. It may not be a monster deal but still much cheaper than it was a while back.

  2071. Sony are reissuing some of thier Legacy edtion 2 CD sets in the UK as Japanese style edtions, with card artwork, Obis and inner jackets. They include the Stooges, Jeff Buckley and Dennis Wilson. They are reasonably priced as well. An interesting move me thinks.

  2073. As for the 5-CD set of “The Who-My Generation”, it will have two discs of The Who in mono, two discs of The Who in stereo(remixed for wide stereo in 2014), and a disc of Pete Townshend demos.
    The group’s sessions with producer Shel Talmy only produced one unreleased song(“Instant Party Mixture”, which was released on the 2002 2-CD edition of “My Generation”), but there are numerous unreleased alternate takes(with vocals) which will be included.

  2075. Coming this fall/autumn: “Black Sabbath-Paranoid” 4-CD + book box from Rhino/U.S.A. and “The Who-My Generation” 5-CD box from Universal Music/UK. No info as to the contents of either box, though obviously The Who box will include the 2014 stereo remix of the 1965/66 Shel Talmy productions. This mix (with much wider stereo separation than the 2002 remix) has, so far been offered only as a high resolution download, but never on any physical format. In the 2014 remix, some live-during-mixdown overdubs are re-performed by Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, specifically the lead guitar on “My Generation” & the tambourine on “Can’t Explain”. Townshend makes no attempt at a note-for-note re-creation of the guitar solo on “My Generation”. The guitar solo is audibly different.

  2081. After a year and a half of compiling and licensing efforts, and the most recent (4 month) release postponement, it finally seemed that the Sierra label would finally issue their mail order SACD of previously unreleased 1964-1982 recordings by ex-Byrds member Gene Clark(“Lost Studio Sessions”) on 8th of September, so I finally took the risk and ordered it from Sierra a few days ago, paying in advance by PayPal.
    Not surprisingly, further problems developed and the disc was not released. Sierra’s vague excuse e-mail does not even suggest when the next attempted release date will be. The Sierra label’s credibility is at an all-time low. If you insist on preordering it, pay by credit card, or better yet, only order it after it is released….if it ever is. Sierra offered an exclusive 4-song bonus CD for people that preordered, but even that disc seems destined not to be.
    My guess is that the problem is getting access to scarce SACD pressing plant time, or, possibly legal clearance problems with some of the recordings.

  2083. That George Michael ‘Freedom’ 12″ picture disc from last year (was it an RSD release ?) is £3.40 new on Amazon at the moment. Over-priced originally but current price is not to be sniffed at.

  2084. If you’re off to Berlin Spacehall (http://spacehall.de) Has a pretty big selection of vinyl and a small Cd selection , plus there is a fabulously cheap and tasty sushi place opposite ! Also Mokkabar around the corner do awesome früstück
    Also Hard. Wax records just off Paul-linke- Ufer ( https://hardwax.com ) there is a great market on the other side of the canal on Tuesday’s and Fridays . Lastly there is Saturn, a large electrical store with a good CD selection , that’s if you go the larger stores, particularly the one on Kurfurstendamm Or Alexandraplatz

  2087. Hi Paul,
    Just wanted to let you know the new PiL deluxe versions are up for sale on their official website – including signed copies.
    Thank you for the great job you do and keep it up!

  2088. PIL Metal box and ‘Album’ SDEs coming in October. Can’t see how they’ll resist mixing vinyl and CD in Metal Box, but fingers crossed there will be a separate issue…

  2090. Hi Paul,
    a few days ago, Jane’s Addiction announced the “Sterling Spoon” vinyl box set. it would be nice if you can find or get some informations about it, cheers!

  2091. Jethro Tull Stand Up Steven Wilson remix has been announced, with the Stockholm 69 second show added! Some repeated material from the past 2010 edition and a few unreleased tracks.

  2092. To echo Troy’s posting back in July; how about a shout out for the forthcoming Steve Hillage set ‘Searching For The Spark’. A mammoth 22 disc set covering Hillage’s entire career from 1969 to 1991, including all his Virgin albums, first System 7 album, live albums, collections of archive material, albums from early bands Uriel and Khan (nothing from the Gong era but you can pick those up on Charly’s fine Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy set) chunky book, scrap book, posters and a badge. It’s been put together by Mad Fish (through Burning Shed) who also did the acclaimed anthology sets from Family, Pretty Things and Streetwalkers so it’s in fine hands. Limited to just 2500 worldwide, it’s released October 21st. More info at stevehillage.com

  2093. Universal Music/UK is embarking on a very strange policy: reissuing CD’s that previously had loads on bonus tracks, but, this time in “bare bones”(no bonus tracks) editions and at full price. They’ve done this to the albums by “Free”, and they’ll soon do the same thing to the albums by Spooky Tooth and Pete Townshend. Who are these new reissues intended for? Universal’s actions could turn the previous CD editions into pricey rarities.

  2099. Graham Parker UPDATE!

    Have just received an email from Amazon Germany saying that the awesome deal price was a MISTAKE and have CANCELLED the order! Bastards!

  2100. Not that I am a huge fan, but Maroon 5 are jumping on the vinyl box set bandwagon with what appears to be a no-frills set of their first five albums. Two attractive things for their fans – (1) it’s not that expensive on Amazon.com and Amazon.ca at the time of writing (but the UK and German websites are displaying a much higher price) – working out at about US$18 an album and (2) after the no-frills CD box set back in 2014 where “Moves Like Jagger” was listed but did not appear (!), apparently it is confirmed that it will get its first LP release on this set. It’s a “limited edition”, not sure whether it’s down at the Elbow end of the spectrum or nearer Led Zep quantities…

  2102. Very good deal on Amazon UK for Bear Family’s Del Shannon “Home And Away” box set from 2010 – usually retails for around the £130 mark, but has been coming down in price on an almost daily basis and is almost half that currently. A very heavy box too, so with free shipping factored in this is a great deal!
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Home-away-complete-recordings-60-70/dp/B00061H22C/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1471252771&sr=1-3&keywords=del+shannon+home+and+away

  2103. Leonard Cohen has announced a new album for autumn release..You Want It Darker

    The most shocking news is, it’s actually got a half-decent sleeve design!

  2108. This is the tentative listing for the 3cd+dvd compilation for the human league.
    there will also be 3xlp version,

    A Very Synthesizer Group – The Anthology

    CD 1
    Being Boiled (A-Side single)
    The Dignity of Labour (Part 3)
    Empire State Human (A-Side single)
    Only After Dark (single edit)
    Nightclubbing (from “Holiday ’80 EP”)
    Boys and Girls (A-Side single)
    The Sound of The Crowd (instrumental version)
    Hard Times (B-Side single)
    Love Action (I Believe In Love) (A-Side single)
    Open Your Heart (A-Side single)
    Don’t You Want Me (A-Side single)
    Mirror Man (A-Side single)
    You Remind Me Of Gold
    (Keep Feeling) Fascination (extended version)
    The Lebanon (single version)
    Louise (DJ Edit)

    CD 2
    Life On Your Own (A-Side single)
    Human (extended version)
    I Need Your Loving (DJ Edit)
    Love Is All That Matters (DJ Edit)
    Heart Like a Wheel (William Orbit remix)
    Soundtrack to a Generation (edit)
    Tell Me When (radio edit)
    One Man In My Heart (A-Side single)
    Filling Up With Heaven (A-Side single)
    Stay With Me Tonight (single version)
    All I Ever Wanted (radio edit)
    Night People (radio edit)
    Never Let Me Go
    Sky (radio edit)

    CD 3 (Super Deluxe Edition)
    The Path Of Least Resistance (early version)
    No Time (The Word Before Last, early version)
    Being Boiled (State Of The Art Mix 1)
    Stylopops You Broke My Heart (Marianne, early version)
    I Am The Law (early version)
    Darkness (early version)
    Louise (early version)
    The Real Thing (early version)
    Love On The Run (early version)
    A Doorway (early version)
    F.M. (Soundtrack to a Generation, early version)
    Happening Woman (Filling Up With Heaven, early version)
    Give It Back (Houseful of Nothing, early version)
    New Start (All I Ever Wanted, early version)
    SH5 (Liar, early version)
    Biller 10 (Single Minded, early version)
    Jupiter 4c (Sky, early version)

    DVD
    The Circus of Death 1978
    Empire State Human 1979
    Love Action
    Open Your Heart
    Don’t You Want Me
    Mirror Man
    Keep Feeling (Fascination)
    The Lebanon
    Life On Your Own
    Louise
    Human
    I Need Your Loving
    Love Is All That Matters
    Heart Like A Wheel
    Soundtrack To A Generation
    Tell Me When
    One Man In My Heart
    All I Ever Wanted
    Filling Up With Heaven
    Night People
    Never Let Me Go

    HUMAN LEAGUE AT THE BBC
    The Path of Least Resistance (Mainstream 6/11/79)
    Empire State Human (Mainstream 6/11/79)
    Rock ‘n’ Roll – Part 2 (TOTP 8/5/80)
    The Sound of The Crowd (TOTP 30/4/81)
    The Sound of The Crowd (TOTP 21/5/81)
    Love Action (TOTP 6/8/81)
    Open Your Heart (TOTP 8/10/81)
    Don’t You Want Me (TOTP 24/12/81)
    Love Action (Christmas TOTP 25/12/81)
    Love Action (Multi Coloured Music Show 30/5/82)
    Mirror Man (TOTP 18/11/82)
    Keep Feeling (Fascination) (TOTP 5/5/83)
    The Lebanon (TOTP 3/5/84)
    Life On Your Own (TOTP 28/6/84)
    I’m Coming Back (On The Road 25/8/84)
    Rock Me Again and Again… (On The Road 25/8/84)
    Human (Wogan 13/8/86)
    Human (TOTP 28/8/86)
    Heart Like A Wheel (Wogan 13/8/90)
    Heart Like A Wheel (TOTP 23/8/90)
    Tell Me When (TOTP 22/12/94)
    Tell Me When (TOTP 5/1/95)
    One Man In My Heart (TOTP 16/3/95)
    The Stars Are Going Out (Later with Jools Holland 25/11/95)
    The Sound Of The Crowd (Later with Jools Holland 25/11/95).

    later
    -1

  2109. Thanks for the above Beach Boys info Philip and other messages that you’ve left. They are being read so keep posting.
    Even though the SACD’s are wrongly decoded, do they sound okay?

  2110. I need to be more vigilant in proof checking my posts or e-mails, because,like all “MAC” owners, I have to constantly do battle against a predictive “Spellcheck” system, which not only spells words differently to what I intended, but it can also insert entirely different words. In my previous post, I typed the word “encoded”, and spellcheck turns it into “enclosed”.

  2111. I just ordered Analog Productions’ hybrid SACD’s of The Beach Boys’ “Sunflower”, “Surf’s Up” and “Holland” albums, after it was revealed that “Surf’s Up” and “Sunflower” have an (unpublicized) Quadraphonic layer. Now the bad news: Analog Productions assumed that the stereo masters were enclosed with CBS’ “SQ” quadraphonic matrix system, and so they extracted the quadraphonic version with an SQ decoder. In fact, these quadraphonic matrix versions were made with the Sansui “QS” system, and/or an older Electro-Voice matrix system, so Analog Productions did not decode the quadraphonic material as intended.
    Original recording engineer Stephen Desper and present-day Beach Boys archivist Mark Linett are quite upset by Analog Productions’ actions. Capitol Records’ & Brother Records’ licenses to Analog Productions did not permit the SACD’s to contain anything other than original stereo mixes(stereo & mono for pre-1968 albums). Product pages at Acoustic Sounds(Analog Productions’ parent company) and other dealers describe “Surf’s Up” and “Sunflower” as “Stereo SACD”, so we can view these unpublicized 4.0 versions as a free bonus, but the news that these surround versions are bogus (not as intended by the original artists, producers and engineers) is quite sad. But Capitol themselves were not above releasing fake surround discs either (see the DVD-Audio disc of “Queensryche-Empire” which entirely simulated surround.)
    Oddly enough, an actual 5.1 mix of the “Surf’s up” album gathers dust somewhere at “Brother Records” or “Capitol Records”, consigned to the vaults when Capitol abandoned the DVD-Audio format. 5.1 mixes of the songs”Surf’s Up” and “Long Promised Road” (from the shelved mix), appear(via lossy Dolby Digital) on the The Beach Boys’s “Endless Harmony” documentary DVD.
    I hope that Capitol puts things right for consumers.

  2115. In the event that anyone was wondering whether “Experience Hendrix” would release any new CD this year, the answer is yes. The new release titled “Machine Gun”(released 30th September) will be the first (of the four) “Band of Gypsies” Fillmore East concerts. So Janie Hendrix was correct in saying that there would be four projects from the (recently acquired) “Band of Gypsies” multitrack tapes (alternate sources were used for the “Live at The Fillmore East” 2-CD set released by MCA). Experience Hendrix has, so far, released 4 songs from the original multitracks. Three appear on the “West Coast Seattle Boy” 4-CD set, and one more appears on a CD single. Those four selections are from the 2nd (of 4) shows.
    I wonder how many years Ms.Hendrix will take to release the other 3 shows.

  2120. Extreme´s Pornograffitti Live 25 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD coming out in September 23, including a bonus documentary with exclusive interviews, Extreme´s story, archive footage, etc etc

  2122. They are having box set sale this week on the U-Discover store, probably worth a look, its limited and nothing for me but some may get a deal.

  2123. Amazon subsequently took down their preorder page for the forthcoming 1-CD & mega-box Pink Floyd releases.Perhaps Sony (North American label for these projects) asked them to take it down. Let’s hope that Amazon’s price for the box set was a guess; incorrect…and too high.
    Hopefully, there will be other options; something more extensive than the 1-CD, but not as deluxe as the huge CD + vinyl + memorabilia box. I’m definitely a Pink Floyd fan, having collected their music from a time when “Ummagumma” was their latest album.
    I’ve never not had a turntable since I got my first one(at age 10) in 1966, but I started collecting CD’s in 1984, and became primarily a CD collector in 1987. To me, though I’m equipped to play vinyl, the inclusion of vinyl in sets such as this are simply a means to inflate the selling price.

  2124. I know that you won’t permit this to appear, but FYI, Amazon.com’s preorder price for “Pink Floyd-The Early Years 1965-1972” is $699.95.(I.E. $700) It is described as a 15-disc set, but that is counting the vinyl singles. Not all 15 discs are CD’s. There will also be a 1-CD highlights compilation. Release date: 11th of November.
    I would expect a very limited edition, not unlike the 18-CD + 9 vinyl singles edition of “Bob Dylan-The Cutting Edge”, with the deluxe edition being issued primarily as a “Copyright Extension” tactic.

  2126. Hi Paul.Fantastic site.
    The 7 disc Graham Parker box has just gone up on Amazon.uk for release(on the same day as the Bowie box-expensive week).
    Hoping you can get more details on this.

  2128. Hi, Paul. I was wondering if you had any remastering info with regard the upcoming (and umpteenth) Black Sabbath colored vinyl reissues and corresponding cds Rhino/Warner is putting out August 5th (in the States, anyway). I guess I was wondering if you knew if they were using the 2012 remasters.

    Cheers! Kevin.

    https://www.amazon.com/Vol-Limited-Opaque-Orange-Vinyl/dp/B01H2ROW84/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1469051428&sr=1-2&refinements=p_32%3ABlack+Sabbath%2Cp_n_binding_browse-bin%3A387647011

  2129. Just got an email to say that Temple Of The Dog are touring, probably only Stateside, though. There is also a 4 disc SDE of their one and only album coming out to mark the occasion.

  2131. I tried to alert you to The Led Zeppelin & Beatles releases via this forum, but you wouldn’t let the post appear. Consider me credible in the future.

  2133. A CD boxed set of 1960’s Rolling Stones mono albums is coming later this year from ABKCO, but it is not as much of an event as it seems. Of those 1960’s albums which had both a true stereo & a mono release, only 3 of the albums(“Aftermath”, “Between The Buttons” & “Their Satanic Majesties Request”) had a dedicated mono mix. The mono “Beggars Banquet” was (excepting one song) a fold-down. And the mono “Let It Bleed” was entirely a fold-down. No word yet on whether the pre-1967 album will be the Uk track listings or the U.S.A. track listings. It has always been ABKCO’s stance that “12 x 5” is the group’s actual second album, since it was released before the Uk “The Rolling Stones No.2”

    In other news, BMG(successor to the Sanctuary, Castle and Bronze labels) will be starting a series of 2-CD expanded editions by Uriah Heep in September. The group’s debut album “Very ‘Eavy, Very ‘Umble” will be the first release. It will have the original album on “Disc One”, and an “Alternate Album”(all previously unreleased mixes or takes) on “Disc Two”. As with the previous expanded Uriah Heep CD series(From “Castle Essential” & “Sanctuary”), the discs will be overseen by the very capable Robert Corich. A 2-CD career spanning compilation will also be released in September. Expect the 2-CD expanded editions of the group’s back catalog to continue throughout 2017.

  2137. Hello,

    On October 7th, the first three Falco albums “Einzelhaft”, “Junge Roemer”, “Falco 3” plus a fourth LP “Exquisite” with rare edits and mixes will be released for the first time on 180g black vinyl in a special box. Due to this release the albums have been remastered.

    That’s the mockup of the box:

    https://scontent-vie1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/s480x480/13707696_1045286152173834_302241288073708985_n.jpg?oh=0ef1e58dbe257993c81fa68ff9700517&oe=57F6CCA3

  2139. Hi Paul,

    I don’t know if Toni Braxton really fits the SDE bill, but I notice her first two albums are (will be) expanded/remastered/reissued by Funkytowngrooves. One is listed as a dualdisc, but I think that’s a mistake…it’s just a regular 2-CD, rather than CD/DVD.

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Toni-Braxton-2-CD-Deluxe/dp/B01EK08A0W/ref=pd_bxgy_15_2/278-0936577-5206667?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=8K4FWG5D3DTJEMKW7X5D

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secrets-CD-Deluxe-Toni-Braxton/dp/B01F4MC1DM/ref=pd_sim_15_50?ie=UTF8&dpID=51DSnBxXLdL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&psc=1&refRID=BNPWV8G4WSS4SCDEMXQ0

  2140. Hi Paul,

    Posted this here as not sure you would see it on the Grace Jones post as that is now a month old.

    I have repeatedly tried to contact the record company about the corrupt download and still have had no joy. Even using methods suggested by others I have only been able to extract 19 of the 32 wav tracks. I was hoping you might have better luck in resolving the issue. This is a copy of my most recent e-mail:

    ‘This my 3rd email.

    The Grace Jones download for Warm Leatherette is corrupt. I have repeatedly downloaded it – size 11,571,671 KB. Even with the ‘keep broken files’ option in Winrar only tracks 1-01 to 1-12, 2-10 to 2-13 and 3-01 to 3-05 are successfully extracted, leaving 1-13 to 1-14 and 2-01 to 2-09 not extractable. Reading online forums – this problem is global. I don’t have a blu-ray music system so the only way I can enjoy this music currently is via this download which is flawed and the problem has not yet been addressed. What is really grating is the complete lack of customer service – I still have not had acknowledgement if my last two emails. I look forward to your reply.’

    Chris

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  2148. Usually, June and October are the big months for classic rock archival product; multi-disc sets and boxed sets with previously unreleased material, but this summer looks to be quite bleak. Consider this:
    1.”Fleetwood Mac-Mirage box: postponed until the 23rd of September

    2. “Alan Parsons Project-Tales of Mystery and Imagination” box; turned into a crowdfunding project and was postponed until December.

    3.The Chris Wood box never happened. It didn’t look good when the compiler could never reveal a finished track listing.

    4. Analog Productions continues the endless stalling tactics with their last four Beach Boys L.P. & SACD titles, even after promotional copies of the SACD’s surfaced in Los Angeles (proving that the discs HAVE been pressed)

    5.The Who’s 50th anniversary boxed set and the Pete Townshend expanded/remastered CD series appear to have been quietly abandoned.

    6.The release of any Bee Gees archival product(if there is ever to be any more) and Barry Gibb’s new solo album are on hold until next year, pending the end of the Gibb family’s license to Warner Music, which runs until the end of the year.

    7.”Experience Hendrix”, which usually has two CD and/or DVD releases per year, had no new CD or DVD product for the first half of 2016.

    8. The “Paul McCartney Archive Series” went into long term limbo when the expanded “Flowers in The Dirt” box failed to appear. Management opted for the commercially safer strategy of a greatest hits box.

    9.Doors archival activity totally halted after the death of keyboardist Ray Manzarek.

    10. No release date has been announced for the remixed/surround/expanded edition of “Yes-Tales From Topographic Oceans”, despite the fact that Steven Wilson has stated that he’s completed the mixes.

    11. Rhino’s blu-ray boxed set of The Monkees’ T.V. series is now on its third postponement in the course of six months.

    I’ve been collecting recorded music for a half century, but it’s obvious that I’m nearing the end of the road. The well is running dry.

  2149. Hi Paul .
    I received my blu ray audio of Grace Jones Warm Leatherette , ( IMO the sound is not as good as other blu ray audios that I have ) .
    Anyway the reason for this question is that the download code dosnt work .
    Has any one else had problems with theirs ?
    All the best
    Adam

  2151. Congratulations to Rick Astley outselling Tom Odell on the album chart.
    He’s back, back, back as a young Neil Tenant used to say in Smash Hits of years ago…

  2152. July 29 sees the releses of a 3 CD tribute to Prince”The Many Faces Of Prince”.

    Featuring (if the description on Amazon is correct) tributes from Dead Or Alive, Sigue Sigue Sputnik (!), Gary Numan and Heaven 17, as well as some early Prince “recordings” too.

    Wha’s that strange barrel-scrapping sound…

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01GDGOM9Y/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_d0_i6?ie=UTF8&fpl=fresh&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=desktop-2&pf_rd_r=7GDBCV8WTD10Q3M9NM42&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=8bb7c2e7-5f70-459c-b5f7-e637db25898b&pf_rd_i=desktop

  2154. My local record shop is telling me they have a vinyl rerelease of Prefab Sprouts 2ns album “Stwve Mc Queen”, i usually read that stuff on here, maybe i missed it.

  2157. Hi

    If anybody is searching for the coloured vinyl Tesco exclusives (Jam/Clash/Dexy/Quo) make sure you visit your Tesco Extra stores as they seem to have them in stock. (make sure it’s the Extra store! not the regular superstores)

    I notice there’s loads of these on ebay, with chancers looking for big money…But I had no trouble buying Clash and Dexy at the weekend. Loads of Quo available also, but I didn’t see Jam)

    So keep trying Extra stores, before paying scalper prices!

  2163. Deal Alert:
    Rolling Stones ‘Totally Stripped’ 4 Blu Ray + CD option is currently £34.43 on Amazon UK for pre order, down from £44.99

  2164. I`m really fed up of waiting for the Deep Purple MIE box set and the JAkarta 75 documentary. They have been announced and in preparation for years and years both of them.

  2165. Hi Paul, I just found this by chance and ordered immediately; just wanted you to know – front page newsworthy.
    Lewis Taylor album expanded reissued double disc – remastered (disc 1) with b sides (disc 2) 22 April 2016, one of the best albums of the 90’s alongside Eg and Alice 24 years of hunger (different styles though but both unique albums)

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01DLBY33Y/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    https://www.discogs.com/Lewis-Taylor-Lewis-Taylor-Expanded/release/8416520

  2166. more information about the New Gold Dream Boxset:

    “Originally released in 1982, ‘New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)’ was Simple Minds’ fifth studio album and their crossover – the one that took them from revered cult status to a chart band with hit singles. Featuring the singles ‘Promised You A Miracle’, ‘Glittering Prize’ and ‘Someone, Somewhere (In Summertime)’, it turned the band into a major force in pop music, spending a full year on the UK album chart.
    This stunning new deluxe box set consists of six discs including an Abbey Road remaster of the original album and a swathe of remixes, 12” versions, radio edits and an entire disc of previously unreleased John Peel and Kid Jensen radio sessions, recorded in 1982. The set is completed by a DVD, featuring the 2005 5:1 Mix of the album by Charlie Burchill and Ronald Prent as well as promo videos and, being made available commercially for the first time, Top Of The Pops performances of ‘Promised You A Miracle’ and ‘Glittering Prize.’ It also includes a 36-page booklet with extensive sleeve notes by journalist and broadcaster, Billy Sloan including new interviews with Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill, as well as photos of the band during the period. ”

    later
    -1

  2168. Saturday morning, I posted links to details of Ramones 40th anniversary set, with tracklisting.

    Message didn’t get approved? I know it doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things, but I’d love to know what I did wrong… I didn’t post any real big comment, just the links for anybody that might be interested…My message couldn’t have been any less controversial and was about a forthcoming, physical, deluxe reissue set, so seemed to fit in here…lol

  2169. Hi Paul,

    Although not a deluxe CD set, hardcore Bowie fans will be thrilled to know that director Alan Clarke’s 1982 little-seen adaptation of Baal is included in a DVD box-set of the directors work for the BBC: Dissent and Disruption – Alan Clarke at the BBC (1969-1989).

    The Baal mention leapt out at me in the Guardian’s G2 feature ‘Your Next Box Set’ last week, so thought I’d pass it on as it’s easy to miss these one-line mentions :-)

    Rob

  2171. There’s info about Pet Shop Boys reissues in the new issue of their Literally magazine. Not sure if this is something people are already aware of. Let me know if you need details.

  2172. Tom Bailey Solo Single “Come So Far”

    Radio 2 played Tom’s single at about 11.35am on Friday 6 May. It sounds like something I’ve heard before, from the 60’s maybe, maybe that’s just me…

  2173. Was tipped off to a new reissue label that recently launched, Binge! Music, which has several upcoming reissues that are noteworthy.

    They’re issuing expanded single-disc editions of Cyndi Lauper’s ‘True Colors’ and Sheila E.’s ‘The Glamorous Life’ (the former licensed via Sony, the latter via Rhino/Warner Bros.) and reissuing OOP titles from LaToya Jackson (‘My Special Love’) and Cher (‘Stars,’ which has never been available on CD). There’s also an expanded edition of the ‘Showgirls’ soundtrack.

  2174. Any talk of a Simple Minds Street Fighting Years Box? Whilst NGD is their masterpiece SFY was for me and perhaps the Summer of 89 their peak and the single B sides all had additional tracks including the dreadful Prince cover.

  2175. Looks like Van Morrisons Its Too Late to Stop Now is coming out in June, with the original being re-named itltsn vol 1 and then a multi disc package called itltsn vols 2 – 4 including DVD.

  2180. Sony Music TV release Sounds Of The Eighties Vol 2 on 5 May. Featuring 36 cover versions of 80s classics(?) including The Waterboys take on Purple Rain, as well as Foxes cover of Ain’t Nobody, and Guy Garvey’s take on Lets Dance.

  2185. Looks like a 2LP version of UB40’s Present Arms may be releassed on Friday 22 April, listing on Amazon.co.uk and the uDuscover music store. CD Deluxe..?

  2187. Hi Paul

    There seems to be a John-Foxx era Ultravox box set due out next month that people may be interested in. There are 4 cd’s – the 3 original Island Records albums (newly remastered but with no extra tracks) plus a rarities disc. The rarities disc is mainly comprised of the additional tracks that were on the last series of the original album re-issues but also has the 4 tracks from the band’s peel session and the 2 tracks that they performed on Whistle Test.

  2188. Bbc Radio 2’S Sounds Of The 80S, Vol. 2 out May 6
    Disc 1:
    1. I’m on Fire – James Bay
    2. The Boys of Summer – Stereophonics
    3. Owner of a Lonely Heart – Seal
    4. Red Red Wine – James Morrison
    5. Another Day In Paradise – Ronan Keating
    6. Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Jamie Cullum
    7. Road to Nowhere – The Feeling
    8. Ain’t Nobody – Foxes
    9. This Woman’s Work – Ella Henderson
    10. How Will I Know – Will Young
    11. Dancing In the Dark – Tom Odell
    12. (Feels Like) Heaven – Manic Street Preachers
    13. Let’s Dance – Guy Garvey
    14. Sledgehammer – Jamie Woon
    15. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Gabrielle Aplin
    16. Heartbreaker – Katie Melua
    17. Like a Prayer – All Saints
    18. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – Rae Morris

    Disc: 2
    1. Billie Jean – Kodaline
    2. All Night Long – Jack Savoretti
    3. Through the Fire – Charlie Puth
    4. I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) – Hurts
    5. Time After Time – Leona Lewis
    6. Sign Your Name – Corinne Bailey Rae
    7. Teardrops – Izzy Bizu
    8. Once in a Lifetime – Lemar
    9. Baby Can I Hold You – Tom Chaplin
    10. Wonderful Life – Turin Brakes
    11. I’m on Fire – LeAnn Rimes
    12. Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes – Mika
    13. Here Comes the Rain Again – Shaun Escoffery and Andreya Triana
    14. Don’t Dream It’s Over – Nell Bryden
    15. All Through the Night – Stevie McCrorie
    16. Purple Rain – The Waterboys
    17. Borderline – Steve Mason
    18. Everywhere – The Shires & Ward Thomas

  2192. Martin Fry/ABC

    Sometime this morning, Tuesday 12 April, Martin Fry will be on The Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2 talking about The Lexicon Of Love II.

  2198. Hi Paul

    I see that ‘Strung Up’ by Sweet is being released as an Expanded Edition. Not sure if this has ever been released on CD before in the UK. Pre-order available on Amazon UK

  2199. Hello Paul,
    Thought this release would be worthy of a mention on the page.
    http://www.vinyl180.com/acatalog/Set.html#a101
    A red vinyl double for the Thompson Twins second album ‘Set’
    Lets just hope it sounds better than Edsel’s poor vinyl transfer released 8 years ago.
    Cheers
    Love the page by the way.
    Also this link may be of interest to Aussie fans. It is essentially mock wish lists of albums that could be re released.
    https://standingontheozsideblog.wordpress.com/

  2200. Night Of The Vinyl dead will be releasing a triple coloured vinyl set of Deep Purple ‘Live In Verona’. Item will be coloured vinyl representing the Italian flag (one vinyl green, one white and one red), housed in a “Physical graffiti”-like cover with die-cut sections. ltd 500, hand numbered. Pre orders are live now at Nuclear Blast.de and High Roller Records. Costs just under €50 + shipping but these records are always stunning quality from NOTVD and will appreciate quickly. Act now or pay high later, this has not even been advertised on the NOTVD site yet.

  2202. Have been hunting for months for details of the Adam And The Ants ‘Kings’ reissue. Amazon have been listing a box set for release at the end of April for £100+ but no information at all is on the Adam Ant website. I was therefore pleased to finally see a review in this month’s Classic Pop magazine.

    Apparently the album has been fully remastered and features 2 CD’s, A DVD and gold coloured LP, a replica of the Ant Catalogue included in the original release, a 36 page book and also a 12×12 fan pack full of memorabilia.

    Disc 1 includes the original album plus B-Sides (Press Darlings, Physical & Fall In) and four unreleased demos.
    Disc 2 includes a 1981 concert in Chicago plus some unreleased ‘rough cuts’
    The DVD includes videos for Dog Eat Dog, Kings & Antmusic, TOTP performances, a 1981 documentary & the live show in Tokyo.
    Disc 4 is a 180g gold vinyl version of Kings.

    Sounds great!!!

  2203. Paul,

    just a note to say that the first five years may have flown by but you have continuously delivered an amazing service and info and fun for all of us music collectors that continues to be an essential weekly and daily read!
    many thanks – long may it continue!

  2204. Pet Shop Boys

    On Graham Norten’s BBC Radio 2 Show, Neil said the EMI albums will be re-releassed with bonus discs. He thinks the first 3 this year.

    The interview was from about 12.30pm on Saturday 19 March 2016,

    Cherrs

  2209. No idea mate, it’s on Amazon (so must be legit then..). Aren’t/Cleopatra part of EMI – I have a Kraftwerk CD compilation somewhere…

  2210. 29 April sees Cleopatra Records release the unreleased demo recordings by 80s new wave icons Duran Duran featuring the group’s early frontman Andy Wickett alongside Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Roger Taylor! Includes the original version of the smash hit single Girls On Film plus See Me Repeat Me, which would later become Rio, and 2 other songs that the group shopped around to various labels, eventually signing with EMI!Available on both CD and on stunning clear colored vinyl!

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Girls-On-Film-1979-Demo/dp/B01B3WDX4I/ref=pd_sim_sbs_15_27?ie=UTF8&dpID=61k1ok3hZFL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=1N773WSA2XESTSPS0KZK

  2212. abba the albums on vinyl
    aprox 45 euros on amazon germany now
    ASIN: B00N3G3PAK
    I got them a while ago cheaper on amazon italy but they have a good price now
    your website is great
    regards!

  2213. Hi Paul
    Just wanted to let you know that I have just had an email from Amazon Uk saying they have had to cancel my order of the Wall Immersion edtion because the supplier can not source it .
    Very supprised as some people got theirs recently .
    Any thoughts on this ?
    All the best
    Adam

  2214. Toni Braxton – Toni Braxton (2 CD Deluxe Edition)

    CD 1
    1 Another Sad Love Song
    2 Breathe Again
    3 Seven Whole Days
    4 Love Affair
    5 Candlelight
    6 Spending My Time With You
    7 Love Shoulda Brought You Home
    8 I Belong To You
    9 How Many Ways
    10 You Mean The World To Me
    11 Best Friend
    12 Breathe Again (Reprise)

    Bonus Tracks:

    13 Give U My Heart (Feat Babyface) (Remix Radio Edit)
    14 How Many Ways (Bad Boy Mix Radio Edit)
    15 I Belong To You (Rollerskate Remix)
    16 Another Sad Love Song (Radio Edit)
    17 Seven Whole Days (Radio Edit)
    18 Breathe Again (Radio Edit)

    CD2 – Bonus Tracks
    19 Breathe Again (West End Master Radio Mix)
    20 You Mean The World To Me (Radio Edit Remix)
    21 Seven Whole Days (Ghetto Vibe Mix)
    22 I Belong To You (Soul Power Mix W/O Rap)
    23 Breathe Again (Extended Club Mix)
    24 Give U My Heart (Feat Babyface) (Upscale R&B Remix)
    25 How Many Ways (R. Kelly Remix)
    26 Breathe Again (D Jeep Mix)
    27 Breathe Again (Wild & Groovey Mix)
    28 Breathe Again (Spanish Version)
    29 Give U My Heart (Feat Babyface) (Extended Remix)
    30 Another Sad Love Song (Extended Remix)
    31 You Mean The World To Me (Extended Mix)
    32 Love Shoulda Brought You Home (Slow Sensual Mix)
    33 The Christmas Song

    Toni Braxton – Secrets (2 CD Deluxe Edition)

    CD1
    1 Come On Over Here
    2 You’re Makin Me High
    3 There’s No Me Without You
    4 Un-Break My Heart
    5 Talking In His Sleep
    6 How Could An Angel Break My Heart
    7 Find Me A Man
    8 Let It Flow
    9 Why Should I Care
    10 I Don’t Want To
    11 I Love Me Some Him
    12 In The Late Of Night
    13 Toni’s Secrets

    Bonus Tracks:

    14 Un-Break My Heart (Frankie Knuckles Radio Mix)
    15 I Don’t Want To (Frankie Knuckles Radio Edit)
    16 You’re Makin’ Me High (Classic Edit)
    17 How Could An Angel Break My Heart (Cuca True Radio Edit)
    18 You’re Makin’ Me High (Radio Edit)
    19 Un-Break My Heart (Diva Mix)

    CD2 – Bonus Tracks
    20 You’re Makin Me High (Classic Dub)
    21 Un-Break My Heart (Spanish Version)
    22 How Could An Angel Break My Heart (Remix Version)
    23 I Don’t Want To (Dance Extended Mix)
    24 You’re Makin’ Me High (Morales Classic Club Mix)
    25 I Don’t Want To (Classic Club Mix)
    26 Un-Break My Heart (Soul Hex Anthem Vocal)
    27 You’re Makin’ Me High (Tempo’s Private Club Mix)
    28 Un-Break My Heart (House Of Heart Mix)
    29 You’re Makin’ Me High (Groove Remix)
    30 Un-Break My Heart (188 Street Mix)
    31 You’re Makin Me High (Instrumental)

  2218. New Kylie compilation out Aprl 8: Confide in Me.
    It’s the 3rd Kylie collection named Confide in me !

    cd1
    1. Confide In Me
    2. Breathe
    3. Dangerous Game
    4. If I Was Your Lover
    5. Put Yourself In My Place
    6. Stay This Way
    7. Some Kind Of Bliss
    8. Love Is Waiting
    9. Gotta Move On
    10. Falling
    11. This Girl
    12. Did It Again
    13. If You Don’t Love Me
    14. Difficult By Design
    15. Automatic Love
    16. Say Hey
    17. Jump
    18. Where Is The Feeling (Brothers In Rhythm Remix)

    cd 2
    1. Dreams
    2. Surrender
    3. Cowboy Style
    4. If You Don’T Love Me (Acoustic Version)
    5. Time Will Pass You By
    6. Nothing Can Stop Us (W/Saint Etienne)
    7. I Don’T Need Anyone
    8. Through The Years
    9. Tears
    10. Drunk
    11. Limbo
    12. Too Far
    13. Falling (Farley & Heller Alternative Mix)
    14. Confide In Me (Brothers In Rhythm Mix)
    15. Where Has The Love Gone?

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Confide-Me-Kylie-Minogue/dp/B01BCWS7T0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1456083294&sr=8-1

  2223. Spotted a cracking deal in HMV York yesterday, Bruce Springsteens Album Collection Vol 1 on CD for just £16.99! There seemed to be quite a few deals on. Not SDEs, but collections of album type CD boxes. Well worth a look if its a national campaign.

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  2228. Hi Paul I don´t know if you are aware of this:

    According to Music Business Worldwide, a music industry newsletter, Deep Purple (Overseas) Ltd has appointed administrators. This means the business will continue to trade but will be protected from creditors until a buyer or buyers for the business are found.
    Do you have any clue what this could mean in terms of future archive releases?

  2229. spincds.com are havng a boxset flash sale – VU’s Loaded 5 cd+ dvd set – £40, Zep super deluxe sets £70, King Crimson multi disc boxes £80-£100 and various others……

  2232. This may be interesting:
    Amazon UK – today only !

    Enjoy £10 off any order over £50 with promo code BIGTHANKS
    This offer ends on January 22, 2016. One per customer.
    Spend £50 or more in a single transaction (on a single item or on multiple items) dispatched from and sold by Amazon at the website http://www.amazon.co.uk (“Qualifying Items”) and £10 will be deducted from your total order value when you enter promotional code BIGTHANKS at checkout (the “Offer”). This Offer applies only to products dispatched from and sold by Amazon

  2233. Just in case anyone is considering buying the Nick Kamen 2CD set there are reviews on Amazon stating that Disc 1 has a fault with track 14, in that it skips. Apparently a new master has been created, so anyone who has discovered they have this faulty disc should be able to get a replacement.

    Cherry Red Records
    Power Road Studios
    114 Power Road
    London
    W4 5PY

  2234. Hello, Paul! I have a Virgin white label CD by David Bowie called “Live Compilation 1999”. Although it lists the names of the songs, there isn’t much anything else written down. Could you help me with this? Thanks!

  2235. Just for any Tarantino fans out there, Jack White’s Third Man Records are releasing an extremely limited 7″ box set of the ‘Hateful Eight’ soundtrack – here’s the link, but unsure how to get hold of it unless you happen to be in Nashville or Detroit and can buy it in-store….looks a gem of a collector’s item for fans though!

    http://thirdmanrecords.com/news/hateful-eight/

  2236. There’s a rumor about a new Off The Wall reissue that will include a Spike Lee documentary, Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall (to be premiered at Sundance festival) and tracks “re-imagined” (I can’t recall the actual word, sorry) by contemporary artists.

  2237. Jason Donovan’s Ten Good Reasons – Extra tracks 1cd reissue on feb 19 ! Label: BMG.

    Featuring the original debut album from Jason Donovan + bonus tracks. Originally released in 1989 ‘Ten Good Reasons’ became the biggest selling album of that year and featured two solo No.1s and the massive No.1 hit duet with Kylie Minogue, “Especially For You”. This slim line digipack release includes a 20 page booklet featuring original sleeve notes, an exclusive postcard and message from Jason Donovan.

    1. Too Many Broken Hearts
    2. Nothing Can Divide Us
    3. Every Day (I Love You More)
    4. You Can Depend On Me
    5. Time Heals
    6. Sealed With A Kiss
    7. Question Of Pride
    8. If I Don’t Have You
    9. Change Your Mind
    10. Too Late To Say Goodbye
    11. Especially For You (Duet With Kylie Minogue)
    12. All I Wanna Do Is Make You Mine (Duet With Kylie Minogue)
    13. Wrap My Arms Around You
    14. I Guess She Never Loved Me
    15. Just Call Me Up
    16. Nothing Can Divide Us (Extended Version)
    17. Too Many Broken Hearts (Extended Version)
    18. Every Day (I Love You More)(Extended Version)
    19. Especially For You (Duet With Kylie Minogue)(Extended Version)
    20. Sealed With A Kiss (Extended Version)

  2243. Super Deluxe Editions of McCarney’s Ram and Clapton’s Give Me Strength (461 Ocean Boulevard plus) are being offered at almost a half of the retail prices at Amazon US at the moment.

  2247. Looking at the upcoming deals for Amazon starting now until Friday 27th Nov ie a Black Friday, and Prime members get access to the deals 30 minutes earlier than everyone else.
    Oh well….

  2249. Hi Paul

    Some excellent offers on the Universal ‘Great Offer Store’ site at the moment :

    https://greatofferstore.com/*/Boxset-Offers/

    Highlights (for me) :

    Underworld – Dubnobass… Super Deluxe cd boxset £24.99
    The Jam – Setting Sons Super Deluxe cd boxset £24.99
    INXS – All the Voices vinyl boxset £70.99
    Roxy Music – Vinyl boxset £59.99

    Vinyl 2 for £15 including :
    Simple Minds – Sparkle In The Rain
    Tears for Fears – The Hurting

    Cheers

    Stu

  2253. Okkervil River have thier sublime Black Sheep Boy reissued in December as a three disc CD set and on vinyl both for its tenth anniversary. Can’t wait:)

  2256. Roxy Music Complete Studio Albums vinyl box is down to £89.99 on amazon.co.uk. Cheapest I’ve seen it.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00SJ9UFNQ?keywords=roxy%20music&qid=1446535493&ref_=sr_1_19&sr=8-19

    Also, Herbie Hancock massive Complete Columbia CD box is an incredible £39.99 on amazon.co.uk!

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Columbia-Album-Collection/dp/B003M3UJIK/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1446535748&sr=8-11&keywords=herbie+hancock

  2257. Hey Paul, just wondering if you had any inside scoop on Oasis’ reissue campaign. I feel like I’ve been waiting forever for Be Here Now. Did the others not do as well as expected? Have they abandoned ship?

    Just curious. Thanks,

    – Kevin

  2260. Hi Paul

    Amazon.It have Lloyd Cole , Collected Recordings 83/89 for 36.45 euros which is about 26.50 UK pounds compared to Amazon Uk 44.83 Uk pounds. Quite a saving!

  2270. Went to a Record & CD Fair yesterday. These used to be great events to search our rarities and collectibles but I can see now why it’s been a long time since the last time I went to one and certainly a long time before I’ll go to another.

    What I saw were several stalls with pretty much the same stock as what I see when I go into my local charity shops but with inflated prices – a lot of CDs priced higher, for scuffed up 2nd hand copies, than what they can be bought for new. And, instead of being staffed by cheerful old ladies and teenagers, there were grumpy old men – not interested in collectors but just out to fleece unwary buyers.

    Or, is it just me!

  2271. Given the audio errors that exits on the new version of the Space Oddity disc in the Bowie Five Years set, would you be able to contact Parlaphone and see if they would consider reissuing that disc?

    Specifically digital noise at 01.24 on Cygnet Committee and 1.08 on Memory Of A Free Festival. The latter clips the end of a word, effectively altering the lyrics and renders the disc redundant. Cheers.

  2273. In the Deluxe editions of Paul McCartney’s POP and TOW there is a coming soon card for Flowers in the Dirt. Interesting its just one album this time, which makes me think that the rumour about just ten SDs being released might be true.. Will be interesting if it is and how the other albums are dealt with.

  2281. OK, it turns out the ‘change in EU law’ I mentioned above is in fact a loophole allowing the release of US radio recordings, and it’s been allowing stuff to slip through since 2010. So maybe not hot news, then!

  2282. Looks like there are some great “The Virgin Years” CD box sets coming out in a couple of weeks – Penetration, The Ruts, The Skids & The Motors. Must be worth a passing mention ….

  2283. Have you noticed that what were once bootlegs are now turning up in legit stores like Amazon, supposedly because of a change in EU law, or something. Includes some tempting Steely Dan and Talking Heads. Worth covering?

  2284. http://www.mbrokers.com.ar/MBBengl/AgrupadoBuscadorEnglPOP.php?cod=MBB7223#

    Out Oct 6 according to Amazon UK

    80s – RE:COVERED

    1: The Singles
    01. Long Train Runnin’ – Curiosity Killed The Cat
    02. High & Dry – ABC
    03. It’s Too Late – China Crisis
    04. Wicked Game – Black
    05. Rocket Man – Heaven 17
    06. Human – Go West
    07. Have You Ever Seen The Rain – Belinda Carlisle
    08. Under My Thumb – Kim Carnes
    09. Hot Stuff – Samantha Fox
    10. Girls And Boys – Wang Chung
    11. Love Will Keep Us Together – Kim Wilde
    12. Mr. Tambourine Man – Johnny Hates Jazz

    cd2: The Extended Mixes
    01. High & Dry – ABC
    02. Rocket Man – Heaven 17
    03. Under My Thumb – Kim Carnes
    04. Human – Go West
    05. Long Train Runnin’ – Curiosity Killed The Cat
    06. Hot Stuff – Samantha Fox
    07. Girls And Boys – Wang Chung
    08. Have You Ever Seen The Rain – Belinda Carlisle
    09. Mr. Tambourine Man – Johnny Hates Jazz
    10. Love Will Keep Us Together – Kim Wilde
    11. Wicked Game – Black
    12. It’s Too Late – China Crisis

  2286. got an email from one little indian today saying that Bjork’s back cat is available on 180gram black vinyl. Could this be down to the backlash that the coloured vinyl reissues received?

  2287. Just picked up the Springsteen box zero on CD for just under £30, was over 40 so a huge saving on the down under price of about 70 pounds.Amazon UK site says only eight left so not sure if worth deal alert.

  2290. Hi Paul,

    SpinCDs are advertising the 3rd volume of the Who Singles boxsets. 15 7″ singles this time. Can’t find anything on the universal site for it yet.

  2291. Paul,

    Domino Records have announced a limited re-pressing of ‘G Stands For Go-Betweens Volume 1’, a 4-LP, 4-CD anthology of Go-Betweens recordings from 1978 to 1984. The first pressing of the box has completely sold out. There will be a second run of the box, limited to orders received on the Domino Records website before 13th September 2015.

    http://www.dominorecordco.us/usa/albums/30-09-14/g-stands-for-go-betweens—volume-one-box-set

  2294. Hello
    Just to let you know that on november, there will be 4 deluxe editions from the Scorpions. There are Blackout (1cd+dvd), Love at first sting (2cd+dvd) , World wide live (2cd) and Savage amusement (1cd+dvd). They will also be available in Japan on blu spec 2.

  2296. Anymore information regarding this up and coming ‘Commercial Marketing’ release in November?

    “Bridge Of Spies” – T’Pau – CD+DVD – 3 Disc Box set.

  2297. Hi Paul, looks like there is going to be an extensive Van Morrison reissue campaign from Sony Legacy who have bought the rights to 33 of his solo albums and the Them material. Also Warners are putting out Astral Weeks and His Band and Street Choir remastered on 30th October.

  2299. Hi Paul,
    maybe you find it interesting that there is a new Original Album Classics out, this time from Austrian popstar Falco. It includes not only his first three (and best) albums but also a live concert from 1993 and a symphonic remix album. What makes this compilation interesting is that Sony decided to do high quality artwork replicas of the original album’s designs. His second album “Junge Roemer” for example has never been released in its original album artwork apart from a hard to find Japanese CD release from 1986, so this is the first time this album is released on CD in Europe with its intended artwork. I posted some pictures here (http://www.discogs.com/Falco-Original-Album-Classics/release/6639386), maybe you are interested.

  2300. Hi Paul,
    after the detailed job done for Roger Waters, could you please check if the quality of In My Wildest Dream off the Belinda Carlisle single boxset is really a YouTube ripoff ???
    I really can’t believe what I’m reading off the Net !

  2301. Hi Paul,

    Keep up the good work!

    I may have missed this on your website, but have you provided any details about the John Lennon Vinyl Box Set mis-pressings regarding the same Chuck Berry song being replicated on early editions of Rock ‘n’ Roll? I gather the record company will swap the records over but I cannot seem to find how to do it from Australia..? I know you have conveyed this information for other box set errors (e.g. Bob Dylan) – and yes, I know some will argue this will make it a collector’s item!! Cheers.

  2303. Hi Paul, can you shed any light on the supposed stand off between Universal and Amazon? There seems to be loads of Universal stuff that’s suddenly become ‘currently unavailable’ on the various amazon sites. Is it to do with Amazon’s recent music offering?

  2305. Yes’ Fragile album gets the Steven Wilson treatment and is out in late October and the latest King Crimson uber box is focused around the Thrak album.

    Details for both of these sets can be found on the burning shed website if you need links…

  2306. Hi,
    Just to let know about today press release of a new Glenn Gould boxset, The Complete Columbia Collection Remastered in CDs (81 cds) and USB editions. It is already listed on Amazon US and UK. But no DVD material as was available in the Complete Bach Edition of a few years ago. This also confirm that the Complete Bach Edition was not newly mastered as there was a complete lack of technical information in the booklet.

  2307. I see Edsel’s next CD Singles Box Set (after Belinda and the Nana’s) is… Showaddywaddy!? Not sure I am following their release plan – what next Napalm Death and Luciano Pavarotti..?

    Also – your link to CD Japan’s Aha box set points to Amazon UK…

  2308. Cherry Red is re-releasing Nick Kamen debut album on Sept 11 !!!
    http://shop.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=5175

    DISC ONE

    1. WIN YOUR LOVE
    2. OPEN THE DOOR TO YOUR HEART
    3. NOBODY ELSE
    4. INTO THE NIGHT
    5. COME SOFTLY TO ME
    6. LOVING YOU IS SWEETER THAN EVER
    7. EACH TIME YOU BREAK MY HEART
    8. THE MAN IN ME
    9. ANY DAY NOW
    10. HELP ME BABY
    11. BABY AFTER TONIGHT (BONUS TRACK) *
    12. MISS YOU (BONUS TRACK) *
    13. EACH TIME YOU BREAK MY HEART –
    DANCE MIX (BONUS TRACK) *
    14. NOBODY ELSE – ARTHUR BAKER DANCE
    MIX (BONUS TRACK) *

    DISC TWO

    1. EACH TIME YOU BREAK MY HEART –
    EXTENDED VERSION *
    2. LOVING YOU IS SWEETER THAN EVER –
    EXTENDED DANCE MIX *
    3. NOBODY ELSE – SPECIAL ARTHUR BAKER
    DANCE MIX *
    4. WIN YOUR LOVE – THE LOVE MIX *
    5. COME SOFTLY TO ME – 12″ VERSION *
    6. EACH TIME YOU BREAK MY HEART – DUB *
    7. NOBODY ELSE – JELLYBEAN US 12″ VERSION *
    8. EACH TIME YOU BREAK MY HEART –
    EXTENDED INSTRUMENTAL *
    9. LOVING YOU IS SWEETER THAN EVER –
    INSTRUMENTAL *
    10. EACH TIME YOU BREAK MY HEART – US
    RADIO MIX *
    11. NOBODY ELSE – JELLYBEAN US DUB *

    *DENOTES RELEASED ON CD IN THE UK FOR THE FIRST TIME

  2309. The Band’s “Capitol Albums 1968-1977” vinyl boxset is already available to order on Amazon.com; this week it also becomes available on Amazon’s European sites. The price on Amazon Italy is quite interesting, at about EUR 130. On the original SDE post introducing this release some time ago there were comments stating these would be digital remasters. The unboxing video actually states the remasters are done from the original analogue masters. I think it’s a great release that would warrant another post here on SDE.

  2310. alison moyet deluxe editions on cooking vinyl
    Voice (Deluxe Edition)

    Disc 1

    1 Windmills Of Your Mind
    2 The Man I Love
    3 Almost Blue
    4 Je Crois Entendre Encore
    5 What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
    6 God Give Me Strength
    7 The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies-O!
    8 Dido’s Lament: When I Am Laid In Earth
    9 La Chanson Des Vieux Amants
    10 Cry Me A River
    11 Bye Bye Blackbird
    12. Alfie (Bonus track)

    Disc 2 One Blue Voice Live (standalone audio – taken from the DVD – previously unavailable.)

    1. Satellite
    2. Mary, Don’t Keep Me Waiting
    3. Windmills of Your Mind
    4. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
    5. La Chanson Des Vieux Amants
    6. Almost Blue
    7. If You Don’t Come Back To Me
    8. Cry Me A River
    9. The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies-O!
    10. God Give Me Strength
    11. Dido’s Lament: When I Am Laid In Earth
    12. Momma Momma
    13. Ski
    14. This House
    15. You Don’t Have To Go
    16. Alfie (Bonus track)
    17. Only You (Bonus track)
    18. That Ole Devil Called Love (Bonus track)
    19. Should I Feel That It’s Over (Bonus track)

    Hometime (Deluxe Edition)

    Disc 1

    1 Yesterday’s Flame
    2 Should I Feel That It’s Over
    3 More
    4 Hometime
    5 Mary, Don’t Keep Me Waiting
    6 Say It
    7 Ski
    8 If You Don’t Come Back to Me
    9 Do You Ever Wonder
    10 The Train I Ride
    11 You Don’t Have To Go

    Disc 2 – Live Performances / B-sides / Bonus Tracks

    1. Tongue Tied (B-side to Should I Feel That It’s Over)
    2. Nobody’s Darling (B-side to Should I Feel That It’s Over)
    3. Yesterday’s Flame (Insects Remix / B-side to Do You Ever Wonder)
    4. Bilan (B-side to Do You Ever Wonder)
    5. If You Don’t Come Back To Me (Live October 2002 / B-side to More)
    6. Should I Feel That It’s Over (Live October 2002 / B-side to More)
    7. Si Tu Ne Me Reviens Pas (Additional track to the expanded Hometime album)
    8. Skipping Stones (King Britt presents Sylk130) (Taken from the album: Re-Member’s Only)
    9. The Train I Ride (Demo)
    10. More (Demo)
    11. Sea Child (Demo)
    12. How Long (Demo)

    The Turn (Deluxe Edition)

    Disc 1

    1 One More Time
    2 Anytime At All
    3 The Man in The Wings
    4 Can’t Say It Like I Mean It
    5 It’s Not The Thing Henry
    6 Fire
    7 The Sharpest Corner (Hollow)
    8 World Without End
    9 Home
    10 Smaller
    11 A Guy Like You
    12. Senses

    Disc 2 – Live Performances / B-sides / Bonus Tracks

    1. Fool, Reconsider Me (B-side to One More Time)
    2. Momma Momma (B –side to One More Time)
    3. A Guy Like You (Jeremy Wheatley Radio Edit)
    4. The Sharpest Corner (Hollow) (Unreleased Single Edit)
    5. One More Time (live – The Turn Tour 2008)
    6. Wishing You Were Here (live – The Turn Tour 2008)
    7. Dorothy (live – The Turn Tour 2008)
    8. Can’t Say It Like I Mean It (live – The Turn Tour 2008)
    9. Fire (live – The Turn Tour 2008)
    10. The Man In the Wings (live – The Turn Tour 2008)
    11. The Sharpest Corner (Hollow) (live – The Turn Tour 2008)
    12. Momma Momma (live – The Turn Tour 2008)
    13. Ski (live – The Turn Tour 2008)
    14. You Don’t Have To Go (live -The Turn Tour 2008)
    15. Head (Live at Shepherd’s Bush Empire 2010 / from the album A Concert For Kirsty MacColl)

  2311. Paul any news on why we are still unable to pre-order loads of box sets on Amazon.co.uk from Universal. It is also affecting the BGO reissues this not currenty available lark.

  2312. Tug of War and Pipes of Peace announced today on Paul McCartney.com as predicted via your newsletter. The deluxes seem reasonably priced to pre-order on the link from the site compared to what I payed for VAM and WATSOS from Amazon.

  2313. Finally! I see the next to McCartney reissues are available for pre-order on iTunes… Tug of War and Pipes of Peace. October 2nd is the date.

  2316. Any news on the various upcoming Genesis solo reissues. Plenty of stuff just out and coming soon.

    Coming soon:
    GTR 2 cd reissue
    Anthony Phillips 5 cd private parts & pieces clam shell box set ( along with the rest of his major albums being reissued)
    Tony banks A chord too farm box
    Tony banks all of his solo albums are beings reissued in the next year
    Phil Collins- also all of his albums getting the deluxe treatment this year
    Steve Hackett premonitions set

    Just out
    Ray Wilson complete studio album Box set
    Anthony phillips harvest of the heart box and geese and the ghost 3 disc set
    Steve Hackett Tribute, Tokyo tapes reissues
    mike & the mechanics Singles/ b sides cd and Living Years deluxe set

    might be good to have a list of these as they come out as it’s going to get pretty busy for the Genesis fan in the next 12 months….not to say expensive!

  2321. 12 Inch Dance: Chilled. Out July 31

    Disc: 1
    1. Barber’s Adagio For Strings – William Orbit
    2. Kelly Watch the Stars (American Girls Remix by Phoenix) – Air
    3. Somersault (Reworked by Yam Who) – Zero 7
    4. Rose Rouge – St Germain
    5. Midnight (Kygo Remix) – Coldplay
    6. Thrill Me (Steppin’ Razor Mix) – Simply Red
    7. Planet Telex (Karma Sunra Mix) – Radiohead
    8. Over And Over (Maurice Fulton Remix) – Hot Chip
    9. Million Town (Delores Del Amo Mix) – Strange Cargo
    10. Missing (Ultramarine Remix) – Everything But The Girl
    Disc: 2
    1. Josephine (La Version Francaise) – Chris Rea
    2. The Sun Rising (Danny’s ”Love Is”… Remix) – The Beloved
    3. Adios Ayer (Original Mix) – Jose Padilla
    4. Angels Landing (Jose Padilla And Sunchild Remix) – Salt Tank
    5. Floatation (Subsonic Grid Mix) – The Grid
    6. Autumn Love (Future 3) – Electra
    7. Never Get Out The Boat (The Gosh Mix) – The Aloof
    8. Belfast – Orbital
    9. Twin Peaks Theme (Instrumental) – Twin Peaks Soundtrack
    10. Elegia (Full Version) – New Order
    Disc: 3
    1. The Sea – Morcheeba
    2. A Warm Summer Night – Chic
    3. Riding High – Faze-O
    4. Misti Blu (Schmoov! Vocal Mix) – AMILLIONSONS
    5. You Might Need Somebody (Di Classic Radio Mix) – Shola Ama
    6. Be Thankful For What You Got – William De Vaughn
    7. Weekend Girl (12” Version) – The S.O.S. Band
    8. Just The Two Of Us – Grover Washington, Jr.
    9. Ain’t Nobody (Hallucinogenic Version) – Chaka Khan
    10. How Do You Say…Love (Remix Version) – Deee-lite

  2322. Everything But The Girl – Walking Wounded & Temperamental 2 CD Deluxe Editions out on 14th August. They are both £11,99 on Amazon.

    ‘Temperamental’ tracklist:

    Disc: 1
    1. Five Fathoms
    2. Low Tide Of The Night
    3. Blame
    4. Hatfield 1980
    5. Temperamental
    6. Compression
    7. Downhill Racer
    8. Lullaby Of Clubland
    9. No Difference
    10. The Future of the Future
    11. Firewall
    12. Come In
    13. Temperamental

    Disc: 2
    1. Five Fathoms [Club 69 Future Club Mix]
    2. Five Fathoms [Kevin Yost Enlightenment Mix]
    3. Temperamental [Pull Timewarp Mix]
    4. Temperamental [Hex Hector and Mac Quayle Reverse Drum Dub]
    5. Temperamental [Wamdue Project Remix]
    6. Blame [Fabio Remix]
    7. Blame [J Majik VIP Remix]
    8. Downhill Racer [Kenny Dope Remix]
    9. Lullaby of Clubland [Markus Schulz Tribal Journey]
    10. Lullaby Of Clubland [Matty Heilbronn II Deep Club Mix]

  2323. Hi Paul, you didn’t mention the 4 new Bucks Fizz The Definitive 2CD Editions by Cherry Red. At least I haven’t read it yet here yet. I ordered mine & got the dispatch notice from one of my fav online shop (grooves inc)!

  2325. I am one of those buyers that pre-orders from various Amazon web sites to see which ends up cheapest. I have created duplicate orders for Roger Waters’ “Amused To Death” vinyl. I have just had cancellation notices from Amazon.com, Amazon.ca and Amazon.de due to “a lack of availability”. Any other readers had this? Any idea what’s going on through your contacts? I note items still appear to be on sale..?

  2327. Hi Paul, Just to let you know that Amazon France have that Daft Punk box set `Alive` even cheaper than the other day 58.99 euros on their site now. It`s almost enough to make me want to like them!

  2328. A-ha HHAL reissue

    (4 CD & 1 DVD) LABEL: Warner RELEASE: 05/08/15

    CD 1: Original album (2015 Remaster)

    01) Take on Me
    02) Train of Thought
    03) Hunting High and Low
    04) The Blue Sky
    05) Living A Boy’s Adventure Tale
    06) The Sun Always Shines on TV
    07) And You Tell Me
    08) Love Is Reason
    09) Dream Myself Alive
    10) Here I Stand And Face the Rain

    CD 2: Demos

    01) Lesson One (Nærsnes demo)
    02) Presenting Lily Mars (Nærsnes demo)
    03) Sa Blaser Det Pa Jorden (Nærsnes demo)
    04) The Sphinx (Train of Thought) (Nærsnes demo) *
    05) Living A Boy’s Adventure Tale (Nærsnes demo) *
    06) Dot the I (Rendezvous demo)
    07) The Love Goodbye (Rendezvous demo)
    08) Nothing to It (Rendezvous demo)
    09) Go to Sleep (Rendezvous demo)
    10) Train of Thought (Rendezvous demo)
    11) Monday Mourning (Rendezvous demo)
    12) All The Planes That Come In On The Quiet (Rendezvous demo)
    13) The Blue Sky (early Rendezvous demo) *
    14) You Have Grown Thoughtful Again (Rendezvous demo)
    15) What’s That You’re Doing To Yourself In The Pouring Rain (Rendezvous demo)
    16) Hunting High and Low (Rendezvous demo)
    17) Dream Myself Alive (Rendezvous demo)
    18) Take on Me (Rendezvous demo)
    19) And You Tell Me (Rendezvous demo)
    20) Here I Stand And Face the Rain (Rendezvous demo)
    21) Love Is Reason (Rendezvous demo)
    22) The Blue Sky (Rendezvous demo)
    23) Never Never (Rendezvous demo)
    24) The Sun Always Shines on TV (Rendezvous demo)
    25) Presenting Lily Mars (Rendezvous demo) (Bonus Track) *

    CD 3: Non-album tracks, B-sides, 12″ remix versions

    01) Take on Me (1984 7″ mix)
    02) Take on Me (1984 12″ mix)
    03) Stop! And Make Your Mind Up
    04) Take on Me (1985 12″ mix)
    05) Take on Me (Instrumental mix)
    06) The Sun Always Shines on TV (Tarney 7″ edit)
    07) The Sun Always Shines on TV (Tarney 12″)
    08) The Sun Always Shines on TV (Thompson instrumental version)
    09) Driftwood (B-side)
    10) The Sun Always Shines on TV (Thompson 12″)
    11) Train of Thought (7″ Remix)
    12) Train of Thought (Thompson 12″)
    13) Train of Thought (Thompson dub mix)
    14) Hunting High and Low (7″ Remix)
    15) Hunting High and Low (12″ Remix)

    CD 4: HHAL unreleased alternate mix of album

    01) Take on Me (video version) **
    02) Train of Thought (early mix) *
    03) Hunting High and Low (early mix) *
    04) The Blue Sky (alternative long mix) *
    05) Living A Boy’s Adventure Tale (early mix) *
    06) The Sun Always Shines on TV (alternative mix) *
    07) And You Tell Me (early mix) *
    08) Love Is Reason (early mix) *
    09) Dream Myself Alive (early NYC mix) *
    10) Here I Stand And Face the Rain (alternative mix) *

    DVD: The videos

    01) Take on Me (1985 version)
    02) The Sun Always Shines on TV
    03) Train of Thought
    04) Hunting High and Low
    05) Take on Me (1984 version)

  2330. Any mention of the Grateful Dead 50th anniversary uber box and it’s variants? Based on the comments around pricing on some of the recent reissues this mentions this seems to be a decent deal when you take into account mastering, packaging, etc.

  2336. greetings paul, et al,

    imwan.com reports a 5cd Eddi Reader collection for her complete recordings on the Blanco y Negro label. i’m chomping at the bit for a tracklist.

  2337. Rare Pet Shop Boys Left To My Own Devices (Frankie Knuckles Royal Piano Version) available on Frankie Knuckles compilation CD currently available. The title is Defected Presents House Masters Frankie Knuckles

  2338. Hi Paul,

    There will be a limited edition double vinyl release of Stevie Nicks Crystal Visions on May 18th (see: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crystal-Visions-Stevie-Nicks-VINYL/dp/B00TTCK28U/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1429860607&sr=1-1&keywords=stevie+nicks+crystal). Also, there will be a super limited deluxe edition with clear vinyl, a record bag and a unique portrait poster (see: http://www.thestereoboutique.com/en/s/stevie-nicks/121681?intcmp=150420%2Fsnicks%2Fwbr%2Fspl%2Fs_pr%2Fbut%2Fbdy%2Fus%2Fcrystalvisionspreordervinyl).

    This is a fantastic item for the fans – please could you have a look and post on site?

    Cheers

  2339. Just to let you know. Halo James – Witness (Special Edition) is being released via Cherry Pop on 8th June and has been advertised for sale on Amazon UK. There is no tracklisting yet but this is a great early 90s release which I’m delighted is being reissued with hopefully all the b sides and 12 inch versions.

  2341. Please can you review Madonna – Rebel Heart vinyl please. One of the songs on my copy had loads of distortion on the vocals, I want to see if anybody else has this problem. It’s on Wash All Over Me.

  2345. Hi,
    Great work here! Just wanted to point out a 15th anniversary reissue of Super Furry Animals’ 4th LP “Mwng”, released on 4th May 2015 on Domino Records. It’s being reissued as a 3xLP white vinyl deluxe set, a 2xCD deluxe gatefold pack and a standard LP – the deluxe versions come with additional b-sides, a previously unreleased BBC session and a full live set from 2000. The band are also playing their first live dates in six years to promote it.
    http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/albums/23-02-15/mwng

    Also, on the subject of Welsh indie bands from the 90’s, Edsel are reissuing the 4 albums by Catatonia on 13th April 2015 as 2-disc sets in “casebound book” packaging (similar to the label’s previous Bananarama/Deacon Blue/Gene reissues), collecting b-sides from each era and all of their promo videos.
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Way-Beyond-Blue-Catatonia/dp/B00JYDGH7Y
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/International-Velvet-Catatonia/dp/B00JYDGHU6
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Equally-Cursed-Blessed-Catatonia/dp/B00JYDGHSS
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Paper-Scissors-Stone-Bonus-One/dp/B00JYDGHRE

  2347. Hi Paul,

    My suggestion is about the Rush vinyl re-issues. The upcoming 2112 re-issue has a hologram on the vinyl itself, featuring the star logo. Not sure if this is just limited to the American/Canadian edition or if European pressing will also have this. Another point is that Europe seems to be getting 180gram versions of these re-issues whereas America/Canada seem to have 200gram copies, so it might be worth posting links to amazon.com too.

    Keep up the excellent work!

  2348. Hi Paul .
    Has anyone mentioned to you about Rick Wakemans King Arthur reissue that the quad mix on the second disc is a needle drop .
    Theres no mention of it anywhere on the cd itself or his website .
    It was a bit of a shock when I listen to it but then thought maybe its meant to be like a throw back to the 70s .

  2349. After releasing no previously unreleased material in 2014, I’m stunned, disappointed and saddened by the planned next release from “Experience Hendrix”: a 1-CD compilation of Hendrix’s lackluster mid-1960’s work as a sideman with “Curtis Knight & The Squires”. The disc, titled “You Can’t Use My Name;Curtis Knight & The Squires featuring Jimi Hendrix” will be released by Sony Legacy on March 25th.

    Because of EH’s many lawsuits against music mogul Ed Chalpin over unauthorized releases(of so-called “Mike Jeffrey Estate” Hendrix bootlegs, and the release of many more Hendrix/Knight recordings than Chalpin had ever been contractually authorized to released), Chalpin owed EH many millions of dollars from court judgments which went against Chalpin. Chalpin finally settled with Experience Hendrix in 2014 by giving up ownership of the Knight/Hendrix recordings.

    Even if the Knight/Hendrix recordings are newly remixed by Eddie Kramer, they are still mostly crap.

    That Experience Hendrix would release this stuff, when they’ve got many excellent Hendrix concert recordings and jams in the vaults, this is just a slap in the face against Hendrix’s loyal fans. During his lifetime, Hendrix voiced his objections to record companies releasing the Knight recordings as “Jimi Hendrix” albums. Abide by Mr.Hendrix’s wishes and don’t put the Knight recordings back on the market!

    Janie Hendrix is totally, woefully out of touch. Give the fans an expanded CD & DVD edition of Hendrix’s Atlanta Pop Festival performance, or a boxed set of the complete Band of Gypsies concerts. Put out real Jimi Hendrix music, not lackluster pre-Experience recordings.

  2350. Hey Paul –

    Details are on Amazon for the next Jethro Tull reissue which will be Minstrel in the Gallery. As expected, it’s got a 5.1 mix from Steven Wilson. It also has a concert recorded in Paris in 1975, both on CD as well as being mixed into 5.1 by Jakko Jakszyk.

  2351. Until now, Germany’s respected “Bear Family” label has mostly focused on deluxe boxed sets and compilations by 1950’s country, R&B & M.O.R. artists, but now they’re moving into the 1960’s with the March 25, 2015 two-CD set “The Best of Herman’s Hermits:The 50th Anniversary Anthology”, a 2-CD set(with an astonishing 86 minute per disc running time), and 66 TRUE STEREO selections(56 of them in stereo for the first time). Some of these are from original (but never released) 1960’s stereo mixes, but mostly from the recently discovered multitrack tapes. The new mixes are by Ron Furmanek, best known for his 1990’s work in EMI Records Group/North America’s “Legends of Rock n’Roll” series, which included the 3-CD Hollies “30th Anniversary Collection” & The Yardbirds’ 2-CD “Little Games Sessions and More”. These collections consisted almost entirely of newly remixed materials. After parting ways with EMI UK early in the new century, Furmanek turned his attention to licensing vintage rock film footage. The new Herman’s Hermits project marks his return to the recording studio. The liner notes for the set will be by Andrew Sandoval, best known for his compiling work for The Monkees & The Kinks. The Herman’s Hermits set is licensed by Warner Music, whose Parlophone Label Group is the present-day owner of most formerly EMI UK recordings(excepting The Beatles & the “Virgin” label). This set will be a European-only release, since ABKCO retains a perpetual U.S.A. license for Mickie Most-produced 1960’s recordings. The Hermits set also features a 140-page booklet with an extensive interview with lead singer Peter Noone. The set can be pre-ordered at Bear Family’s site.

  2353. Hi Paul

    Re your email “What does limited edition mean” I would also like to add to this the very misleading “Limited Numbered Edition” as used by Audio Fidelity on some of their SACD releases e.g. Yes – Close To The Edge “Limited Numbered Edition” of 5000. Basically the “Limited Numbered Edition” was a sticky label with a number 00001 to 5000, stuck on the outer cardboard cover. They couldn’t even be bothered to emboss it and all of the other copies, without said sticky numbered label, still came with the outer cardboard cover labelled as “Limited Numbered Edition”. Frankly a complete conn. I have personally stopped purchasing from this label.

  2357. Hope you guys will soon have some “insider” information on this release for May 2015 listed on Amazon UK:

    Grace Jones: Portfolio / Fame / Muse – The Disco Years Trilogy (listed as either 3-CDs or 4-LPs).

    Thanks!

  2358. Paul,

    Ive been a follower from day one and make regular purchases based on what you advise and communicate.

    I’ve been buying deluxe editions and super deluxe boxes since day one they came out as well and have many rare e.g the first 12 inch box pressing of God and Hair by Ya How Ha 13 (very rare psych rock).

    I’m looking to sell some of my 300+ boxes and I thought rather than ebay or amazon is there an opprtunity through SDE to list boxes for sale (or boxes sought for second hand purchase) – after all, everyone here probably has eclectic taste and interest in the boxes …….would be great if you could

    Steve

  2363. Hi Paul,

    I found this a while back on Classic Whitney! But until now still no sign of them/no news about them:

    Whitney / The Bodyguard, Expanded Anniversary Editions of two of her best-selling albums featuring bonus and unreleased songs plus expanded booklets with new photos and essays!

    I believe you the only person who can poke around to see whether these will come out anytime soon! Many thanks in advance!

    Best regards,
    Griffin.

  2366. I know this is not a deluxe CD issue but thought you might like to report on the about to be released Bob Dylan The Lyrics Since 1962 deluxe book as it the sort of issue that would be of interest to your readers.
    My email from bobdylan.com mentioned a $200 rice tag but the link to Amazon US had the price moving between $120 and $135US. This morning it was listed as unavailable so must have sold out. Amazon UK Has it for just over 81 pounds but I found it listed on Amazon Canada for $55 Canadian. Must be a price mistake but they took my order and hopefully it will arrive in the fullness of time..Some Australian bookstores have it listed over $200AUS AND ONE HAD IT AT $285.
    Not sure it you are interested in expanding your ambit to this sort of product but I sugest that specialist music related deluxe books might be worth including on your excellent site.
    On another matter, I have found that the prices on PopMarket are now no where near competitive now that they charge for overseas postage. The reason seems to be that their postage rates are over the top when compared to the likes of Amazon. Over the past few years I would have spent several thousand dollars with PopMarket but nothing since the change in postage policy and pricing. On one small size item the price was competitive with Amazon but the postage was more than the item itself.
    Regards

  2371. What about the new Cocteau Twins reissues? (Heaven or Las Vegas, Blue Bell Knoll). I’m interested in comments on sound quality.

  2372. Just wanted to let you know ( if you didnt already) that you can buy a signed copy of Karl Bartos last album Off The Record from his web site .
    Only 100 of each , CD or LP .
    Not sold out yet .
    All the best
    Adam

  2373. I am trying to write to you about the Super-Duper Alice Cooper Deluxe Edition that was recently released by Eagle Rock Entertainment. If you are a fan of the Alice Cooper Group or even a fan of both the ACG and Alice Cooper solo BEWARE – this “Deluxe Edition” is a mis-advertised rip-off! RIP _ OFF and Eagle Rock refuses to address the issues with me.

    Let Me explain:
    The “Deluxe Edition” was promised to include an “Unreleased Concert DVD from 1972” featuring the Alice Cooper Group and a Live CD from AC solo from a few years ago. First of all the “unreleased concert DVD from 1972” is made up of entirely edited/incomplete performances. Nowhere in Eagle Rock’s advertisements did they say that this concert wasn’t complete, it wasn’t until I bought the package did I read the fine print where it says that the DVD is made up of “full and incomplete” performance of the songs. BUYER BEWARE – there is not ONE full performance on the entire DVD!

    I have emailed Eagle Rock a few times and they have yet to respond…why have they misled me? If I had known that this DVD was made up of incomplete performances I NEVER WOULD HAVE BOUGHT IT, and I told them as much. They obviously don’t care as they already have my money. To add insult to injury – the package is badly scratched down the middle – another complaint that has gone unanswered. If I had been able to see this in a record store (something which is long gone in my area) I never would have bought it for that alone!

    So the DVD is made up of entirely incomplete performances from a 1972 show that was filmed by the Canadian film board..now the live CD sounds horrible. This is a bootleg board tape at best and they make no reference to it’s quality anywhere in their advertisements! They also make no reference that the DVD is made up of an INCOMPLETE SHOW!

    So let me summarize – an 32 minute DVD made up of entirely incomplete performances and a bootleg quality live CD make up this “Deluxe Edition” plus a large book format, which is hardly worth the price as all the photos are featured in the documentary (which is included twice -one DVD and one bluray).

    Since Eagle Rock has been ignoring my emails could you please call them out on this? Iy’s bad enough that I got ripped off with a mis-advertised product. but I do not want anyone else to fall for their lies and buy this product.

    Thanks so much for your help. I am a big fan of your website and have contributed to comments many times in the past.

    Respectfully,

    Michael 1984

  2374. Just to let you know, that on July 28th, there will be a 5-CD boxed set(apparently a UK release) “Deep Purple-Hard Road:The Mark One Studio Recordings 1968-69”. You can see the full track listing at http://www.spincds.com

    The box will include the albums “Shades of Deep Purple”(the stereo & mono mixes), “The Book of Taliesyn”(the stereo & mono mixes), “Deep Purple”(3rd album in stereo), plus the non-L.P. single “The Bird Has Flown”(version one) b/w “Emmeretta”.

    All of the outtakes, rarities & vault tracks(unfortunately excluding the BBC tracks) from previous “Mark One” CD’s(including “The Early Years”) will be included, plus the single edits of “April” & “River Deep, Mountain High” and three unreleased selections: 2012 first-time-in-stereo mixes of “The Bird Has Flown”(version 1) & “Emmeretta”, and an instrumental version of “Why Didn’t Rosemary?”

    The “Mark One” group was Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore ,Ian Paice, Rod Evans & Nick Simper. They were quite prolific: these recordings were all produced in a mere 10 months(July 1968 to May 1969).

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