Holding the Music in Your Hands ®
Marking the 40th anniversary of director Martin Scorcese’s seminal film Taxi Driver, Waxwork Records present a deluxe double LP featuring the vinyl debut of Bernard Hermann’s complete original score, plus the remastered original 1976 soundtrack.
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Columbia/Legacy set to stand and deliver a four-disc deluxe compilation of vintage live performances by country music’s first supergroup, The Highwaymen, showcasing the talents of Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson.
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Ryan Adams hit the ground running with his critically acclaimed debut studio album Heartbreaker released back in September 2000 and slated for an expanded reissue this May by Universal Music Catalogue.
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Not so much, ‘Oh, Vienna’ as pre-Vienna… in May, Caroline International release a deluxe four-CD box set with newly remastered versions of Ultravox’s first three albums (and a bonus disc of rarities) originally recorded for Island Records in 1977 and 1978.
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To accompany the forthcoming film on the brave leaps and many falls of the endearingly hapless British ski jumper ‘Eddie The Eagle’, Take That star, and national-treasure-in-waiting Gary Barlow brings together a who’s who of Eighties’ pop stars for an album of new studio recordings and original songs…
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Gear up for two new collections from The Cars via Rhino Records this spring-summer: The Elektra Years 1978-1987 (6CD or limited edition coloured vinyl box set) and Moving In Stereo: The Best Of The Cars (CD or 2LP set)…
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Check out vintage live performances from some of Motown’s finest with Motortown Revue In Paris vinyl or CD sets, each featuring the legendary 1965 concert in full for the first time…
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The Long Ryders were pioneers of ‘alt country’ music a good decade before the genre got a name, and Final Wild Songs, a new four-CD set issued by Cherry Red Records, is a definitive career overview…
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The news of David Bowie’s passing has provoked a global outpouring of grief, personal memories, and celebration of his kaleidoscopic life and career. We’ve been very moved by the wonderful array of tributes SDE readers from around the world have posted on the site and on our Facebook page. Here’s just a small selection…
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Universal Music pay tribute to the short but prolific musical life of enigmatic Glasgow blues-rocker Alex Harvey with the biggest-ever, career-spanning, cross-label collection of his work.
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Snapper Music’s Madfish imprint have really thrown the kitchen sink at I’m Walking, The Complete Streetwalkers 1974-77 a fun-packed limited edition box set in tribute to under-the-radar Seventies rock band Streetwalkers…
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Actor and Hall Of Fame hit songwriter JD Souther takes centre stage with expanded reissues of three of his influential solo albums – John David Souther, Black Rose and Home By Dawn – courtesy of Omnivore Recordings…
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Stick ’em up punk, it’s the Fun Lovin’ Criminals’ 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of the multi-platinum selling Come Find Yourself…
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In part two an SDE exclusive feature (read part one here) to mark the release of the Roy Orbison: The MGM Years 1965-1973 box set and One Of The Lonely Ones album, Alex Orbison talks Elvis’s praise, MGM myths, his father’s phenomenal work ethic, plans for future Roy Orbison releases and more…
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Offer a David Frost-style greeting (and then goodbye) to Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine as 3 Loop Music deliver a live album of their last-ever radio session…
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Relive the magic of George Fest: A Night To Celebrate The Music Of George Harrison, featuring many superstar cameos, with this multi-format release from Hot Records and Vagrant Records…
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STILL SEEKING THE PERFECT PRESENT for family or friends? Got a bit of spare cash to treat yourself (Go on, you deserve it…)? Or just belatedly writing your letter to Santa? Get inspired as Justyn Barnespresents an SDE-curated array of box sets and deluxe editions that won’t disappoint…
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To mark the beginning of ‘The End’ world tour in January 2016, the Rhino label release two-CD and two-LP deluxe editions of Black Sabbath’s first three studio albums – Black Sabbath, Paranoid and Master Of Reality – plus a reissue of the 2002 live collection Past Lives…
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With today’s release of the Roy Orbison: The MGM Years 1965-1973 box set, SDE spoke to one of ‘Roy’s boys’, his son Alex Orbison, who spent three years overseeing its production. In the first part of an exclusive two-part feature, Alex talks about the personal and musical discoveries he made along the way – including a ‘lost album’ that is being released alongside the box set – and the long process of making a super deluxe edition…
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Remastered, pressed on 180-gram vinyl and presented with original sleeve artwork, American Recordings/Universal Music reboot the first four of The Black Crowes’ eight studio albums…
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