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The Divine Comedy / Venus, Cupid, Folly & Time 24CD box set

The Divine Comedy / Venus, Cupid, Folly & Time 24CD box set

UK: The Divine Comedy / Venus, Cupid, Folly & Time 24CD box £102 £136



Elton John / Elton: Jewel Box: Deep Cuts 4LP vinyl

UK: Elton John / Jewel Box: Deep Cuts 4LP vinyl £52 £60

Recently issued vinyl package. Wonderful packaging (watch the SDEtv unboxing video)

GERMANY: New Order/ Movement super deluxe €88 €102

UK: Paul McCartney / Wild Life 2LP vinyl £25 £38

Great bonus LP with home recordings and non-album tracks.

ITALY: The Police / Every Move You Make 6LP vinyl €80 €100

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  2. For those in the UK, Sainsbury’s currently have an instore promotion on CDs (£11 each or 2 for £15). Reasonable selection of titles – mainly chart obviously – but include new releases and multiple CD sets. Yesterday, I got new Spandau Greatest Hits (3CD) and new Les Miserables concert (2CD). 5 discs for £15 – not bad – covered off a couples of Xmas presents…

  3. The long deleted and now £100+ Ronnie Lane Just For A Moment (Music 1973-1997) 6CD Box set is currently on most European amazons. amazon.fr was cheapest, but most have it, so maybe check the difference of your local one in case the postage saving makes it more logical. There were 13 copies and now I have bought one there are 12 and they’ve all moved down to 12 copies, so probably the same Amazon Euro stock? Approx 70 euros upwards. Delivered to UK with ex rate guarantee is just under £69. No idea if this is a repressing or just some more stock they’ve found. Ebay chancers have got it up at £100, £150 and even £230 at the moment!

  4. Hurrah – I got the WH Smith deal on the Ultimate Imagine and the Amazon.de deal on the Magical Mystery Tour – both arrived this week. In total they came to less that I’ve seen either one going for.

  7. Thanks also to Paul – for such a great website and all the pounds you have saved me (and made me spend!) over the years. Nice to contribute and not just read for a change – thank you

    3. Just collected my Lennon box set from WH Smith. It was already massively discounted, but I got a further £10 off because I spent £50 in total. Even better, it’s in perfect condition – which is more than can be said for a lot of the stuff I get from Amazon.

      1. My Imagine set arrived today. As noted above I was concerned it may be an incorrect listing or they wouldn’t honour the price. Looking forward to immersing myself in this!

    2. Was back on there again tonight when I looked at 9:30pm & sold out again by 10pm , so I guess keep checking as things keep coming in and out of stock

  12. Couldn’t resist the While Album Super Deluxe for under €50. A very nice package indeed, very pleased with the purchase. The main reason I bought this was the Hi-Res Stereo Mix on BluRay and on my system it is a clear improvement over the CD version.
    This is advertised as a ‘Limited Edition’. My box is #143.532, so I can’t help but wonder: How ‘limited’ is this? One million copies, two million, maybe? I’m all for ‘limited editions’, but at a certain point, it gets silly.

    The Abbey Road Super Deluxe was not that much of a deal at €48, but still worth having. I haven’t opened it yet, but at least I saw no six-digit number on that one.

  13. US Black Friday got:

    Aimee Mann–Bachelor No. 2 (w/Magnolia tracks)
    Magnetic Fields–Quickies
    Jarvis Cocker–Jarvis (w/bonus 7″)
    Bird & the Bee–self-titled debut (non-RSD ltd reissue)
    Sharon Jones–Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Rendition Was In

    Not a huge day but those were some crucial titles…Aimee in particular!

    1. Nice one Brett. Aimee Mann’s Batchelor no. 2 is an enduring and amazing album. I picked up the original cd on a trip to New York, and it turned out to be one of my best ever purchases. It wasn’t released in the UK for some time after its US release, which made it feel more special.

    1. As Amazon didn’t get the set the first time around, I took the plunge to get one from the second print via the TCD artist’s store at Townsend, again not thinking it would appear on Amazon. Not only does it appear on Amazon, but they quickly discount it. At least I have a signed letter from Mr. Hannon.

      1. Same here Derek. My box is still in the hallway in the delivery packaging. I’ve been busy being ill with Covid and I am only just ready to open it up and enjoy. But… it could have gone the other way and got pricier. And for the content £125 is fine value for money. I think the box and signed letter from Neil via Townsend at that price is already a win situation. Best of luck though to those who pick it up at this even cheaper price/

          1. Thank you Paul. I’m now 8 days clear of all symptoms. It was rough and I urge everyone to be safe until the vaccine arrives. I appreciate your good wishes.

        1. Mine was $162 or £121 but shipping was $35.50 or £26.60 though it came within 4 days via DHL to California. My Tangerine Dream box coming from JPC via DHL got stuck in airports for 2 weeks and took 3.5 week overall.

      1. You know I picked that box up and I didn’t know why but it is superb and a great listen and not my normal by any stretch but another reason why this site is so essential as sometimes the deal price makes you think ‘do you know why not’

        Cheers guys

  17. Divine Comedy-box “Venus, Cupid, Folly And Time” now down to about 103 GBP on Amazon.uk.
    Just ordered one to Germany for less than 100 GBP because of the VAT-advantage.

    Including p&p it came to 105 GBP (or about 115 EUR).

  18. New faithless CD (which is amazing btw) is £6.99 on amazon. Same price for Kylie but I guess everyone who wants it has it one or more formats by now.

  20. I have to say the shakin steven set on amazon for $70 before taxes. Actually $84 after taxes seems like a price mistake when you look at the price on his official site and on amazon.co.uk. On his site it’s almost 50% more and on amazon.co.uk it appears that it is a little under 50% off after shipping

  21. I was told by a friend that on Cherry Red’s site is a Black Friday sale till tomorrow but saw nothing I would jump at…so just browsing, went to Pause & Play, saw the link to the Shakin’ Stevens set as it’s just out…was toying with either getting that or the Divine Comedy box first…so I go to Amazon US on Shakey & killer price…$79.99US!! On sale 20 bucks off, and it’s signed!! On his own site it’s $109 plus will charge shipping top dollar…I figure at that price, take the plunge, Also I bought the triple Singled Out cuz it both has a new song (not sure if on the box or not) but was also cheap at $16.99…so I took the Shakey plunge…I did like the duet with Bonnie Tyler on the new triple, his style reminds me of Robbie Williams…

    8. That’s a great price! Ordered, thanks. I was sceptical when I saw this the other day but great to see it’s actually shipping, and not an error. Don’t forget Quidco for an extra £1.26 cashback.

    10. Late seeing it, but this is still available although the Friyay code no longer works. Still a steal even at £32 though, I think, thanks very much!

  24. Did anyone pick up any RSD Black Friday items? I bagged the two Jarvis Cocker vinyl reissues with a bonus 7” and 12” single in each one. Also wanted the Soulwax ‘Nite Versions’ reissue but that’s now put back to December, got a preorder in though.

    1. Great gets Pete mate, I bagged Bill Evans Live at Ronnie Scott’s & Herbie Hancock Trio, passed up the live Lou Reed Transformer, I reckon it’s one I’ll regret down the line.

      1. I bagged the Herbie Hancock and the Sonny Rollins in Holland set. I wanted the Bill Evans also, but couldn’t find it anywhere! Two outta three ain’t bad, I suppose.

    4. Delivery arrived this morning:

      Ace Of Spades 12″
      Magic & Loss
      Boy

      Didn’t think there was much across all the RSDs this year that I’d want, but I ended up with a few things all the same.

    1. I also get the White Album and Abbey Road today, ordered both on thursday too. Fast shipping as always with Amazon, never had troubles with it. MMT I will get on monday I guess, ordered it yesterday. And as I had seen the deals with the three articles are over.

      1. My White Album superdeluxe also arrived in 3 days from Germany. Unbelievable, and half the price of the UK with no unexpected surprises. I have to leave it unopened as it is my Christmas present – hopefully the book is not in German…

  26. im annoyed I missed the brick ben folds amazon exclusive set from what records, for 29.99 quid before shipping
    would have been one of the best deals of black friday imo

    1. Thanks Jonathan for the BEN FOLDS BRICK tip , it’s always on the what records site for 36.99 £ , I take one ! for 13 CDS , I think it’s a very good price
      You make my day !

      1. Yes i think it is a good price too. Also thanks to Jonathan Riley for reminding me that this was in my wantlist for what seems like ages. I found one “Used-Very Good” from a third party seller on Amazon.uk for about 40 Euro incl. p&p which was (for me) about 10 Euro less than the one that Herve found on What.

        Unclear if it’s the “Amazon”-excusive or the regular release but if the box is really in “Very Good”-shape i can live without the signed ĺyric sheet.

  27. I blootered so much money on Black Friday RSD stuff today that ‘deals’ are going to be off the menu for a wee while!
    Certainly a better selection than previous Black Fridays

  31. What Records are advertising the Amazon exclusive 5 Star 9cd box set for £19.99. Not my thing but seemingly a bargain for anyone who was looking for a copy.

      1. They are a bit hit and miss to be honest. Several orders of mine have not been fulfilled as the item was advertised for sale but discovered not to be in stock. One order I placed recently for a single LP in mid October I have not received yet and as it’s disappeared from the website assume I won’t get it. Had to chase them up a couple of days ago for a refund which is still awaited.

    3. DAMN. Never occurred to me to check out What Records re Black Friday.

      I would have had that Gillan box set :(

      P.S. The 5 Star is sold out as well, should anyone be interested.

  33. On the general point re packaging, in particular Amazon UK, my experience tends to be better with click and collect at a local shop, compared with home delivery. Is that just coincidence?!

    1. Only issues I have had with amazon UK were with the Bowie picture discs (always dog-eared). Just received a number of vinyl items from amazon DE today and they are immaculately and individually packaged.

    1. Beatles / Abbey Rd super deluxe on Amazon USA for $67 & change + $4 shipping this morning!

      Been watching this regularly & I think this is lowest it’s been. The other day it was about $79 + shipping in a 3 for 2 offer, but nothing else I really wanted.

  39. Yeah the White Album price was too good to ignore. I’ve been waiting for a deal like that to come along. Great price even with shipping to the States! Thanks for the alert!

  40. Hmv are taking the mick a bit ..most of the prices have been jacked up and are more than before even with the 20% off.. look how many normal albums are £44.99 !

      1. If HMV is genuinely misleading about pre-sale/offer pricing, they fall foul of UK consumer protection legislation and you can report them to Trading Standards.

        1. Yeah they’re not though – legally if they sold it in only one shop in the Outer Hebrides for the higher price for a certain amount of time then they can claim legally that it retailed at the higher price (even though it was only in one shop in the middle of nowhere) . All stores I know of pull this one not just HMV & not just record shops, as it’s perfectly legal & common practice.

    4. I got the Depeche Mode Speak and Spell box set a couple of weeks ago with 30% off. £34.99 down to £24.49 with free tracked 48 hour delivery. It’s working out more expensive at the moment. Not a good Black Friday deal.

    5. Not always – got the Police vinyl box set in HMV a few month ago for £35 which is still waaaaay cheaper than any of the deals I’ve seen on it anywhere else.

    1. Think that is indeed the cheapest price yet and also applies to Who Can I Be now. The problem with the HMV Sales are that nearly always the original price is considerably inflated or is way out of line with that on Amazon, for example. Its a long search too – wish you could filter out sold out items. Having said that suspect the recent Abba colour vinyl set at £104 is lowest yet as well and Springsteen’s 4 LP “Live at Hammersmith” is only £19.99.

      1. Yes I noticed the same with their pricing. I also find the fact that you can’t filter out the sold out items really frustrating. I even emailed their support about it, I’m sure it’s simple enough to add. Lost count of the amount of times I’ve spotted something, only to then realise it is sold out.

    2. Got this from HMV. Box with a bump on corner, but I can live with that. Stranger was the first LP of David Live (2005 mix) has an Elvis RCA label on side 1! Side 2 is Ok. Have asked for replacement.

    3. Received my Bowie vinyl box and it is missing the ‘Scary Monsters’ album.

      Has this happened to anyone else? It was cellophane wrapped, so it hadn’t been tampered with. I’ve emailed HMV, but just checked their website and the box is now out of stock – what are the chances of them sending me the missing album on its own?

      :-(

      1. “What are the chances of them sending me the missing album on its own?” – Zero :-(

        HMV will exchange whole box if you bring it to store (25 mile round trip for me) assuming it is in stock (highly unlikely).

        Alternatively you can return for 60p collection fee and get a refund. Of course you lose the Black Friday sale price.

        It is £17.99 for Scary Monsters on Amazon, so you would only save £2.01.

        I have asked for a credit to buy my defective LP (will be happy with £22 so I can buy it from Amazon). Will wait and see.

  43. Damn you Paul Sinclair! Just kidding you are legend. I. Do. Not. Need. A box of 7” Beatles. But I bought the bloody things anyway. I’ve picked up the SDEs of the white album and abbey road at these great prices thanks to Paul so I’ll go easy on myself for the singles. Anyway I love 7”.

    1. With the greatest of respect Peter, You. Do. Need. A box of 7” Beatles. Every right thinking person should buy it. It’s the Fabs, it’s vinyl, it’s a box set! What’s not to like? I absolve you of any misplaced guilt. Bless you my son :-)

  44. Thanks, Paul!

    Went for the MMT box, but I recommend ordering from Amazon US if you’re in the States. You would do just as well doing it that way since it’s listed at $63 US which is roughly what you’d be paying with expedited shipping from DE. Plus, if I can minimize damage of any sort of deluxe box due to shipping, I’m going to.

  45. Spotted the Wild Life deal yesterday and jumped on it. Received this afternoon with no outer box and just the address label stuck on the shrink wrap!! What is going on at Amazon UK….first SOTT, then got 4LP Intersteller last week shipped in a plastic bag (corner dents and creasing of original and replacement shipped in same way) and now worst of all this. Think someone said to order as a gift but forgot to try that this time. Also noticed that they’ve taken down their vinyl packaging page which is now just blank…..

    1. I’ve had one similar experience but the LP arrived in perfect condition. If it’s damaged, simply send it back and they will send you another one.

    2. Would love to order but I’m nearly at the point of not using Amazon UK at all to be honest. I think from my last 8 or so orders only one vinyl came without any damage. I’ve had them damaged in perfect packaging (so careless at Amazon) I’ve had second hand vinyl being sold as new, i’ve had damaged vinyl in damaged packaging through ‘couldn’t care less’ Amazon logistics and had vinyl rattling around unprotected in boxes big enough to fit a microwave in. The books i got the other day were in an opened box so amazing they hadn’t been stolen or fallen out. It’s ok sending another but if they only have 1 copy it’s not much use. Really are very poor for me nowadays sadly, especially when they used to be so good.

      1. Couldn’t agree more Jeremy. Very similar experience here and we’ve actually started using Waterstones for books as Amazon envelopes don’t protect the corners of the book….had 2 copies of a Jamie cookbook sent through and both came with damage….and these are supposed to be xmas gifts….

      1. I thought so too.

        Recently i looked at the items on Amazon.com that were included in their 3-for-2-deal and thought at first glance that there were some really good deals to be made there but then watched the deal go up in flame when postage, handling and custom charges were added for sending it to Europe.

        I never thought how mean this is to all not US-based customers but that finally the Americans had some deal that really made sense for them to buy from…

        1. If it’s any consolation, it does cut both ways at the moment (more or less). For years, I relied on Amazon.uk to get so many of the awesome albums that were import-only here in the US to avoid paying the higher prices, and now most of them won’t even ship here no matter what.

  47. Well, after years of reading, I’ve just made my first ever purchase via SDE recommendation, and it’s also my first ever Super Deluxe box. That White Album price is too good to ignore.

    Thanks, Paul, I’m just sorry it wasn’t from you!

      1. at checkout, I typed in 999, and they said this seller only has 40
        I got the cheap price honored on mine when they were out of stock 90.29 quid shipped from the UK to the USA

      2. Hi Kauwgompie,

        first put the item inside your cart. Then click on the “Cart”-icon to see what you have inside. There you can click on the space where it says how many you want to order of an item (in this case, say, 1).
        Mark the number and delete it then fill in a higher number (i made it 100).
        Afterwards refresh your cart and if they don’t have as many as you’re trying to order in stock a message appears telling you that they don’t have as many as you wanted and automatically change the amount to the number they still have in stock. For the Divine Comedy-box that is currently 37.

        1. Surprised to see it in stock at Amazon UK as the first pressing sold out fast and they quickly set up another run. I got mine as part of the second pressing run from the artist’s website at Townsend Music. Came out to be about $25 more than from Amazon now but it came quickly via DHL with a humerous signed letter which is impossible to store in the set without folding.

          Beautifully presented set and so much music. The bonus CDs are packed. Would love to see other artist’s catalogues treated like this.

          Note: Amazon is now charging local tax rates on shipping to different territories. So while Amazon UK will take off UK VAT, they add back in the the VAT/sales tax of the recipient’s location, though the recipient’s tax seems to be on the item plus p&p which is not how US Sales taxes are calculated. So in addition to increased shipping costs we now pay extra taxes. I guess the good old days are over and we are all going to be paying more for our physical music. We in the USA were lucky to have it so good for so long – no VAT and low shipping from Amazon UK made it cheaper to import a UK version than buy the American version and also cheaper than for a Brit to purchase from Amazon UK which was silly.

  49. How many cd copies of the White Album do I have? 1987 issue, 2009 Mono and Stereo issues and the three disc version of this Anniversary edition. Did I need the Super Deluxe Version? Probably not. Is £52 a bargain? Of course it is! Order placed! Thanks Paul.

      1. Thanks. Yes the book looks great. Its the only one of the Deluxe Editions I really wanted. Sgt Pepper and Abbey Road look nice but I’ll stick with the 2cd versions. The Magical Mystery Tour box is very tempting as I don’t have the film and I’ve never seen it. Plus the EP…… Stop…. I’ve spent too much today!

  52. Does anyone have any discount codes for jpc.de please? Now I have ordered the 3 Beatles Super Deluxes, the shelf will look pretty odd without Sgt Peppers!

    Cheers

    1. I thought the same and bought the Peppers from JPC anyways don’t think the price is bad but not a patch on what it was two years ago, but such is life!, pitfalls of reading all the old SDE articles last evening about it 3/2 deals and £45 wish I’d bought it at the time now but only collected vinyl SDE at the time and have now started on the High Res Blu Rays which is my reason for buying these boxes.

  53. Also on Amazon.de and maybe interesting for some other readers:

    ABBA / Complete Studio Albums coloured vinyl x 8 = 99 EUR
    Temple Of The Dog / s/t 2cd + dvd + br (incl. 5.1-mix) = 60 EUR
    Max Richter / Sleep – complete edition 8 cd + br-a = 34 EUR
    Dream Theater / Distance Over Time 2cd + dvd + br (incl. 5.1-mix) = 70 EUR
    The Allman Brothers Band / Trouble No More vinyl x 10 = 285 EUR

  55. one doubt – can anyone confirm the abbey road included in the Germany deal the version with the book? It looks like that in here but the picture on the amazon.de site doesnt seem to be referring to the superdeluxe book version… am i wrong?

      1. Thanks Paul (for confirming it’s the Abbey Road, super deluxe book including edition), ordered with the White Album, plus Let it Bleed 50th anniv. LP, for 11 euros and a few more.

  56. Saw this at 1230am – night owl and got a copy of the Abbey Road to goi with my vinyl copy and also the John Lennon Imagine which was a steal at just under 20 euros

    Take care guys

  63. Amazon Germany also has the 5CD/2DVD version of Souvenir by OMD at just over 60 euros, which is about £55. The UK site is offering a new copy for £155.

    1. Couldn’t resist the White Album Super Deluxe at £52. I assume that the notes are not in German? And there are no nasty extra taxes?
      P.S. It looks like there is a VAT reduction in Germany – still does not explain the disparity with UK pricing…

      1. @Vils:

        When you order from a country where the Amazon-page you’re ordering from is not based at (e.g. from the German site to an adress in the UK) Amazon first subtracts the VAT of the country they’re based at (in the example Germany – 16 % and then adds the VAT of the country you want the item to be sent to, here UK – 21 % (i guess)).
        So when you order to the UK from Germany you pay a bit more than the price you first saw on the website, to Germany from the UK you (or, in this instance, i ;-)) ) save a bit.

        1. @Klaus
          Thanks for your update. The pricing difference was small in my case – they added delivery. Still does not explain why UK deals are not as good , but hey-ho.

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