Out This Week / 9 December 2013

The Velvet Underground / White Light / White Heat  (Super Deluxe Edition)

The death of Lou Reed makes the reissue of The Velvet Underground‘s second album White Light / White Heat all the more poignant. This Super Deluxe Edition echoes the packaging of last year’s Velvet Underground & Nico set although it only contains half the number of CDs (three). 

Eric Clapton  / Give Me Strength: 1974-75 Recordings (5CD+Blu-ray audio)

Expanded versions of 461 Ocean Boulevard, There’s One In Every Crowd and E.C. Was Here (all with previously unreleased material), plus a disc of Freddie King sessions AND a blu-ray audio with hi-res surround sound versions (including an unreleased Elliot Scheiner 5.1 of 461 Ocean Boulevard) make this set an absolute feast for Eric Clapton fans. 

John Mellencamp  / 1978-2012 (19CD box set)

This massive box is effectively the entire studio catalogue of John Mellencamp – 223 tracks over 35 years. Includes bonus offerings with many of the albums. 

Neil Young/ Live at the Cellar Door  (CD / Vinyl)

A superb 1970 solo performance from Neil Young just months after the release of After The Goldrush. Issued on CD (in the usual gatefold card packaging) and 180g vinyl. 

Nick Drake / Tuck Box (5CD box set)

All three official Nick Drake studio albums feature in Tuck Box along with two compilations and a poster housed in a seven-inch box set.  

The Beatles  / Live at the BBC (3LP vinyl) 

The triple-vinyl, six-panel gatefold, remastered Live at the BBC is issued today, a month after the remastered CD version was issued. 

Paul McCartney / New (vinyl)

Almost two months (!?) after the album came out on CD, Paul McCartney‘s New is finally available on vinyl. It’s a gatefold and comes with a digital download card.