Deal alert / Depeche Mode: Live in Berlin / five-disc box set

I bought this when it came out and I wasn’t disappointed. The live tracks are quite good, but I primarily bought it for the Blu-Ray Audio disc. While the 5.1 mix of Delta Machine is just OK — the balancing of the channels seems a bit off — the stereo high-resolution mix is noticeably better than the original CD release, especially in how it translates the hard transients and dynamics of all that lovely analog synthesis. It’s a worthy edition to Depeche Mode’s amazing SACD releases from 2004-2005, though those multi-channel mixes are far better than this set offers.

This is back up at Amazon for £12.99. Stock due in on 10 Sept.

Picked this up yesterday for US$19.96 at (hangs head in embarrassment) WalMart. Felt like I got a good deal. I have no idea why they had it in stock as the music department there is always dire.

Its dead Jim.

Popped into Newcastle HMV branch earlier.

Some items of note were the complete Abba vinyl box £50.

The The – Soul mining box set £20

Monty python – Toal rubbish CD box set £25

There was loads of springsteen and kasabian reduced on vinyl as well (individual titles)

Ordered last night. Thanks.

Thanks SDE, I got a copy for £12.99 – these DEAL ALERT’s you post are excellent – Many Thanks.

Alas, we have nothing to do with the website but I can certainly suggest it!

It’s not ideal, but at least there’s the opportunity to get some of these things online without having to find them instore. If you go into the music section of the HMV website then into the different categories, then order by price. Doesn’t work with CDs really as there is so much rubbish at £2.99 etc, but works well for the vinyl – some good stuff available at £9.99 at the moment there.

We’re running lots of these crazy deals at the moment, but it’s store specific, so we’ve agreed markdowns with suppliers over a large number of lines, but obviously not all stores will have all the lines, so there’s no point me listing everything because not there’s a good chance you’ll go into store and it won’t be there. It’s annoying I appreciate, but this is just a way of clearing stock on slow moving lines. Amazon will price match some until they sell out, as they have here. But if you’ve got a local HMV, pop in. You might find a bargain!

Damn. It’s gone. Back up to £27 on Amazon. You can get from the states for around £20 though.

Thanks Paul

Went to see them on that tour and was just too expensive when came out

Would have missed this but for the alert

Got it!! Thank you! I mainly wanted this for the 5.1 mix of Delta Machine so never wanted to pay the $35 stateside price. It actually went down to 10.83 when I added it to the basket, $22.10 total with shipping. Friday is shaping up nicely now!

Nice one! Snapped this up (still gutted I missed out on the Isley Brothers at £40 though!).

Haven’t got Delta Machine but enjoyed the singles and, whilst I agree with Mark Dynamix that Playing the Angel is the best recent album, I did enjoy Sounds too. I snagged the deluxe box of that from Zavvi’s monster clearout for £16.99 and still play it regularly now.

Just bought! Thanks for the heads up.

It’s not prohibitively expensive on Amazon U.S. either.

Obviously lots of left over stock. Prob didn’t sell as well as expected upon release. Maybe due to 2 mediocre albums in a row and a million compilations? Last decent release was Playing The Angel 10 years ago IMHO.

This deal is part of Amazon price matching all of HMV’s in-store promotions at the minute.

That is a bargain. I bought this for double that price when it was released.

Bargain!

thanks Paul for sharing as always – what would we do without you!

Great deal. Thanks Paul

BTW HMV are also doing this deal in store.

Just bought it today.

Chris

Nice deal and also a great package! Already own, but this post should make more than a few people VERY happy. =)