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Celebrating SDE’s 10th anniversary

Paul Sinclair, with the obligatory balloons, celebrates SDE’s 10th anniversary

By Paul Sinclair

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Celebrating 10 Years of SDE

Ten years ago today, I posted a fairly innocuous news story about Kate Bush‘s then new album Director’s Cut. Not many people read it and only two commented on it (one of which was spam). SDE was born.

A DECADE on and SuperDeluxeEdition.com is approaching 100m lifetime page views and is read by around a quarter of a million music fans every month!

This is truly incredible, since the site started off as nothing more than a hobby; an exercise designed – in part – to help me acquire some new skills!

As a teenager in the 1980s, I was fascinated by formats and limited editions, be they cassette singles, poster sleeve seven-inch vinyl, remix 12-inches, or CD singles. I figured there must be lots of people a bit like me, in that respect. I loved physical music, deluxe formats and after the depressing period early in the new millennium, where everything was about MP3s and illegal downloading, things seemed to turn a corner around 2010 and 2011.

Paul McCartney kicked off his long-running Archive Collection campaign with Band on the Run. Pink Floyd announced their ‘Immersion’ box sets (marbles!).  Suddenly, some very cool looking physical products were being made available. Things were changing. I was intrigued.


The SDE site as it looked back in September 2011!

It’s seems I was not alone in my fascination. SDE has been a life-affirming experience and wonderful to connect with so many like-minded individuals over the last ten years. It feels like a truly global community and I’d like to thank each and every SDE reader, wherever you may be in the world, for coming to this site, reading the content posted here and perhaps leaving a comment.

Today is a good time to tell you about two exciting new initiatives…

New SDE website

I’m excited to tell you that next month SDE will be given something of a facelift with a brand new website! The site has been redesigned and will boast a fresh look and feel, new functionality and a totally revamped comments section. I hope this will be a solid foundation for the next ten years and a platform for more great content and improved reader interaction.

Commemorative book

There’s currently over 6,000 posts on SDE, with plenty of great interviews and features somewhat hidden away. For the tenth anniversary, I thought it would be an appropriate time to produce a book to bring together the best of SDE from between 2011 and 2021. Therefore I’m happy to announce DECADE: The Best of Super Deluxe Edition 2011-2021 a 128-page softcover book which offers content highlights from the last ten years.

This publication is our biggest ever (more than twice the size of McCartney: 10 Years of Archive Reissues) and will bring together special features and interviews. The book includes newly commissioned illustrations, new annotations from me, giving the behind-the-scenes commentary on all the interviews, along with unseen photos and more. This is the first of three planned volumes for 2021 which together will form a wonderful physical memento of the first ten years of SDE.

Read more about DECADE and pre-order your copy here.

Finally, thanks for being here on this very special day!!

SuperDeluxeEdition.com helps fans around the world discover physical music and discuss releases. To keep the site free, SDE participates in various affiliate programs, including Amazon and earns from qualifying purchases.

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  1. Congratulations Paul And SuperDeluxeEdition for 10 years. I just can’t believe it’s gone this fast. So here’s to another 10 years or more. This website is absolutely the best when I need to find any certain useful info about something to be released and such.

  3. Congratulations Paul/SDE on ten years,I discovered this site when I was looking for some info on a UB40 reissue and still check it everyday,hope you carry on for another decade.

  4. Looking forward to the day you go public with this website and become a zillionaire,,,and being the man you are,,you do. A Julian Richter and give all your top comments people a share of your wealth,,thanks in advance John

    1. Haha… top ‘comments people’ will get some recognition on the new SDE site (coming soon) but sadly it won’t be in the form of cash :)

  5. Congratulations Paul! And SDE for ten glorious years.The bank that holds my credit cards thanks you! And I thank you,and like many others here my wife doesn’t thank you.But ten years sort of fills me with dread,please tell us that you have charged someone with carrying on SDE when your no longer able to do so? For all that is holy please tell us that SDE will carry on!

  6. Congratulations Paul. Best website out there for the detailed content. I appreciate all the work you put into it and my music collection is better for it.
    Cheers. Mike

  9. How time flies… My first quite random visit to SDE was sometime around 2013. Can´t remeber what I was searching for back then, but SDE soon became one of those sites that I visit daily. And soon after that SDE became my favourite music-related site and has remained so during all these years.

    SDE is such a wonderful place and as someone said earlier in these comments, an oasis of peace and calm in these challenging and somewhat quite mad times we are living at the moment. It´s always so nice to take a little break and read the informative and brilliantly written articles and comments from SDE community. The comments section has to be one of the most sane and well-behaving in the world wide web.

    So, happy anniversary Paul and all the best for future and next ten years of SDE!

  10. Hi Paul,
    You bring enjoyment to people worldwide on a daily basis—what a great thing to do! Thank You and congratulations on SDE’s tenth anniversary.

  12. Congrats, Paul, and thank you for a great job of keeping all of us music lovers informed about what’s going on in the music. I, for one, check your site at least a few times per week.
    Stay well, and stay in the groove ;-) !

  15. Happy Anniversary Paul . Thanks for all your hard work , much appreciated . Look forward to looking you up most days . SDE’s have become my passion nowadays and look forward to what’s to come . Cheers Paul and HAPPY SAINT PATRICKS DAY ☘☘☘

  16. Happy birthday SDE. Saved to my favourites in 2017 just so I could find details of The Beatles 50th Anniversary reissues but became so much more ! Just this year, I became a fan of Steven Wilson because of your site as I’d never heard of him before (amazingly) and wondered what the new album of a guy who looked like a Bank Manager sounded like…which was pretty good ! Congratulations Paul as the effort, energy and enthusiasm put into Superdeluxeedition is incredible. And I like the fact it’s accurate which indicates a lot of care and quality on the site. Look forward to another 10 years and more…

  17. Congratulations on your big achievement Paul. I’ve been visiting the site for quite a few years and even though a lot of the music covered is far from my personal tastes I still enjoy reading the content and watching the videos.
    Good luck with the new website and here’s to the next 10 years and beyond.

    cheers

    Carl

  20. Hi Paul, Happy 10th Anniversary to SDE. I’m from Malaysia and I check-in your site almost everyday. Many thanks for the great reviews and interviews. Cheers

  21. Happy anniversary Paul and thank you for starting up your passion into an entity all its own.
    Through SDE I have purchased lots and lots of Super Deluxe Editions which I would otherwise not been aware of.
    Thanks and continued success in the next decade.

  22. Without needing a reply from Paul but to add to the page views and skew numbers by at least one more, thanks to SDE for all it’s brought to us reading over it’s lifespan so far!!!!!
    I’m interested in the upcoming SDE book but hoping it won’t be limited as I can’t order it immediately and knowing any shipments to the US may potentially be delayed (through no fault of Paul of course!) Looking forward to the site upgrade and here’s to many more years here!!

  24. Congratulations, Paul, on reaching your 10th anniversary. I always check in on here before going to sleep. I’d have missed a lot of great records (at great prices!) if you weren’t around. Thanks. Looking forward to your 20th :)

  25. Happy birthday SDE and many thanks to you, Paul, for all the work. Been here from the beginning and still visit everyday. Everything’s already been said, so here’s to next 10. Take care, my good man.

  27. Brilliant website Paul. You were great sorting out my St Etienne box sets. Upsides? Can sneak a new album in like a ninja. Downsides? None, unless having six vinyl copies/editions of Vol 4 by Sabbath is a problem. Which it isn’t. Well done to all involved.

  29. Wow. What an achievement!! I was thinking about this today, I think the 1st thing I read here was your review of Duran Duran’s “Paper Gods” album back in September 2015. For some reason I never checked back regularly for a while but alas I soon saw the error of my ways. Now, at best it’s fascinating for the stuff you never get anywhere else, the interviews, the unboxing videos. Fantastic. It’s definitely “Go to” site to find out what’s happening release-wise without getting the “Woke” / right on spin on things which is very refreshing these days.

    Paul: Keep up the excellent work & I’ve just ordered the book. Looks brilliant!!

    1. Thanks Burt and to everyone! Sorry I haven’t replied to each and every comment individually but I really touched by all the positive vibes! Thank you.

  30. Congratulations Paul on a job well done. I will be forever grateful to you for the heads up on the T.Rex Slider 40th Anniversary box set a few years back which I got for £20.00, one of my prize possessions. These days my finances don’t stretch to SDE’s but I’m always on the lookout for a bargain so keep up the good work.

  31. Paul, if you had started one day later, SDE and me could celebrate together! :-D

    In all seriousness, it’s truly amazing to look back at your first posts and consider how far this venture has come since then. Your writing was probably just as good back then but the lack of comments shows how little attention it got in the beginning. Clearly, your involvement with the reissues by Tears for Fears and Paul Young played a part (certainly in my case due to the The Hurting box set) but it’s also a case of quality finding an audience.

    Looking forward to what you have in store for us in the future. Although I have somewhat re-adjusted my priorities and slowed down my consumption (eh) of box sets in favour of streaming (yeah, I know…), I still check in here often to see what’s going on.

    Cheers
    Julian

  32. Congrats Paul/SDE!
    After my morning news doom-scroll your site lifts me up.
    Thanks for not banning me after my very first post raised your hackles!

  34. I remember 2009 being a big year for deluxe reissues. The big Beatles event (Stereo and Mono), The Stone Roses album’s 20th anniversary, U2’s first four albums, and Scott Walker’s solo albums appearing on vinyl after decades of being unavailable.

    I also remember thinking what was needed was a top site that covers all these releases and was by a real music fan and a genuine lover of CDs and vinyl. Lucky for all of us that SDE came along in 2011. No other site does it better. Cheers, Paul.

  36. Reading SDE every day has been a pleasure so far, Paul, and I’m sure it will be the same in the next 10(0) years.
    Cheers from Bologna, Italy.

  37. Many congratulations Paul – an impressive milestone. The most visited website by me by a country mile. I was lucky to find you very early on when the Pink Floyd marbles box sets were released and I have never looked back (or counted the cost). Shine on !

  38. Congratulations and thank you!!!! Like others, you have cost me a lot of money but the joy and happiness in finding the releases……far out weighs! :-) This is the one site I visit daily. Thank you….be safe and well.

  39. One of my few “go to” sites every day… informative, interesting and just plain fun. Well done and Congratulations on your tenth!

  40. Congrats , there are many precious items in my collection
    that would not be there without the invaluable heads up this site provides.
    Long may you run Paul (to quote young/stills) All the best to the next 10 !!

  41. You bastard, you’ve cost me so much money over the years :D

    But seriously, congratulations on 10 years and let’s raise a glass to the next 10.

  43. Paul,

    All I can say is “Thanks.” Your blog is appreciated. It has made me aware of both releases and deals I would have missed entirely, or would have discovered too late on my own to take advantage of them. I wish you and yours the best and look forward to continuing visiting this site. I also appreciate the unboxing videos. Many times, some of the artists you feature are entirely unknown to me as they appear to be entirely UK/European-based with little US presence, but there is enough of other artists I have heard of to keep me coming back. Thanks, again.

  44. I have been coming to superdeluxeedition every day for several years now .. This is my reference site .. Thank you Paul and I take this opportunity to advertise the new Terence Trent D’arby / Sananda Maitreya’s album which is wonderful

  47. Thanks Paul for the blog, I would of giving up on picking up music back in 2012 after losing all my vinyl in a flood. SDE has been a godsend to me when I found this site in 2012 for a last musical hurrah, I have since kept list of what is coming out and my music has increased ten fold and back to the capacity it was when I lost my collection.

  49. Hey Paul! Many, many congratulations on the tenth anniversary of SDE. I had no idea the site had been in existence for that long, coming across it as I did purely by chance. I would echo the sentiments of all the other collectors who post here to say that you are a one-of-a-kind essential resource for us all and the depth of your knowledge and the extent of your industry connections ensures that you are (nearly!) always the first to break cover on new releases etc. Allowing the fans themselves the platform from which to wax lyrical about whether or not a certain product is worth shelling out for or not is also extremely helpful. There has, undoubtedly, been a resurgence in interest in physical media for music (vinyl mainly, but also in lavish reissues – although sadly not all of them are as essential as their producers may think) and I am sure you are at least partially to blame for it! Here’s to the next ten years and beyond!

    1. A massive congratulations as what Pink Floyd would say 10 years have got behind no one told you where to run, hope you & family have a wonderful celebration, your input in all musical tastes is nothing short of superb.

  51. Many congratulations Paul on 10 wonderful years.

    I’ve lost count of the number of times that I’ve been ‘tipped off’ by one of your News Items and then managed to get hold of some very limited releases. This is one of very few sites that I look at several times a day no matter where I am or what I’m doing.

    Please keep it going!!

  52. Congratulations and a big thanks to you, Paul! I check this site daily for updates and for your insightful commentary. Your work here is such a meaningful contribution to our community. Thank you!!!

  54. Happy Anniversary SDE.
    This website has cost me already a lot of money but I love it. :-)
    Thanks for helping us with deals, etc.
    Reviews that test the time …
    As a music lover this became a reference to buy, pre-order or just read …
    Music Is Life, Life Is Music.

  55. Happy anniversary, Paul. I love your work from the beginning. It has helped me to keep on collecting physical formats of music and kept the joy of collecting music alive. Through the years your website has “cost” me a fortune. But it was worth every penny!

    I wish this website (and physical formats) a very long life. Keep on collecting and stay happy!

  56. Great anniversary Paul, could you have guessed 10 years ago that SDE would be this big now?
    You are kind of influencial in the music industry. At least you are in the lives of many music lovers. Also in mine. Thank you for all the great unboxings and items, as well as the great bargains you displayed here. Thank you! Many happy returns.

  57. Awww, just had to go and mention the marbles didn’t you? They’re great! Well my daughter likes playing with them anyway, ha ha ha.

    Seriously though, thanks for the website, it’s much appreciated Paul. Here’s to the next 10…

  58. I think I first came here looking for news about the reissue of So – so in honour of that and of many years reading … physical edition of Flotsam and Jetsam, please …

  59. Congrats, Paul! Your site has guided me towards lots of deals and has helped me discover some nice gems over the years. Cheers to one of the most helpful sites on the internet!

  60. Congratulations Paul for 10 years, I discovered this site when looking for some reviews of Peter Gabriel’s So reissue about 8 years ago. From that point, I think I have really gained a deeper appreciation of the Deluxe edition and reissue process. The comments here are also a great sourse of information. The deal alerts have been great as well, though, I have been less inclined to buy since international shipping went off this last year. This site has really evolved to an online magazine of sorts. So thanks for following your passion and creating this site, I have found it to be a source of countless hours of entertainment. A sanctuary for record collectors from around the world.

  62. Happy Birthday SDE! I really like your site, Paul. I must say that there are few women contributors as far as I can see. My wife and I are both enthusuastic phyisical music collectors and we have no problems “smuggling” records into the house. Our tastes are different but we have educated each other! And how many women collect records? Just asking.

  63. Hi Paul,
    After several years of avidly following this site I am finally getting around to posting my first comment but I couldn’t let this landmark moment go by without sending you massive congrats for reaching this amazing milestone.
    Like so many others I visit this site daily as it provides so much useful, interesting and entertaining info. And yes, like many, many others, I have also spent far too much money, filled my house to the brim and tested my wife’s patience to its limits because of this site! However, I wouldn’t have it any other way!
    Also, I would just like to mention that one of the highlights of your site for me is the opportunity to read everybody else’s thoughts and comments. Informative and highly amusing at times, it’s just reassuring to know that there are so many other like-minded people around the globe!
    Anyway, cheers Paul for all your hard work and here’s to the next decade of SDE!

  65. Congratulations Paul on your first 10 years, essential viewing and I’ve bought a lot of stuff I probably wouldn’t have known about reading your Deals section. Here’s to another 10. Such a great site and a great resource.

  66. Congrats Paul! I remember discovering your site back in 2011 when the Pink Floyd immersion editions and reissue campaign was announced. I hadn’t heard of an ‘unboxing’ video until your site. Can’t believe it’s been 10 years.

  68. Rather like, the congratulatory comments on here, I was a bit late to the SDE party. Probably about 4 years ago, but this is my favourite website now. Not just for music, but for anything. I have the link saved to my home page and check it every day (more so in lockdown).
    Paul you get the perfect balance between geeky detail, and newcommer’s overview for each release, and I find myself reading even the posts on albums I’ll never buy.
    Thank you so much, keep up the great work!

  69. Paul, I know this will be probably lost in the huge swathes of messages, but congratulations and heartfelt thanks for everything you have done, and hopefully will continue to do.

    You have really enriched my musical life, for which I will be ever grateful.

    Richard

  70. Well done Paul. It’s not easy to maintain such a high level of quality output for so long, but you’ve done just that. I’ve often trawled through earlier articles for many hours over the years, as it is a wealth of information that isn’t a once only read. I screen shot my own comments, as I often write them as a means of recollecting my own musical memories and what something meant to me. As with your articles, it really is living your life through music.

    It helps that many of the artists you like cross over with personal favourites, none more so than Kate Bush. Having a bridge to the past of older acts, via new super deluxe editions, or not in Kate’s instance, enables the flames of interest to burn brightly for us to enjoy.

    The community that has developed around SDE is as interesting as the articles you write. It’s a great symbiotic relationship that encapsulates what SDE is all about.

    The internet is generally a dull and dreadful medium, but SDE is a brilliant shining star that lights up my life.

    Regards,

  71. Congratulations and thanks for all of the hard work. SDE is a daily destination for me. Always informative and a great source of the occasional bargain. Keep up the good work and take a well deserved bow. Cheers.

  72. Can I add my own congratulations on reaching 10 years and thanks for providing a focal point for those of us determined to keep physical formats alive!

  75. Hi bit late to the party . Many Happy Returns of the Day for ten years of giving life to the unaware. Thank you for ten years of critical content and informative posts re the hundreds of releases a lot of which I ended up buying and which are now preventing me from moving about the house freely lol. To fully prevent myself getting about unhindered you need to keep doing what you do. And for a long time. Which I hope you will. Here is to years more of trying to figure out how to smuggle more stuff past the non- existent wife

    Best always Robert

  76. I played ‘Ten Years Gone’ by Led Zeppelin as a sorta tribute…

    I am not one for having many icons or apps on my phone screen but I have saved the SDE page on my main screen next to NatWest and Bandcamp which means you are very important.

    It’s a great site and I appreciate it and all the work that must go into it.

  77. Congratulations from NYC!! The joy this website brought me over the years cannot be put in words. Many thanks!!! You managed to make SDE the center of the reissue world while connecting the fans with each other and bringing us the greatest deals. I blame Amazon’s GEO coding of its deals on your global success. Looking forward to the updated website. Humans are all creatures of habit and SDE readers are not shy (however friendly) so I am anticipating lots of feedback. Can’t wait to see what the next decade brings. THANK YOU!!!

  78. Happy Anniversary SDE! Congratulations Paul. Quality sites with quality input will always find viewership and support I believe. I don’t post or comment much but SDE is a daily visit for me, thank you for the work you do and keep it up.

    Well done and here is to the next ten years!

  79. Congratulations Paul on a successful first ten years and to future decades. Glad to purchase the Decade Book to contribute. Hopefully the people who are in a position to influence the future of physical media are also avid readers here and realise that there is a market if only it is handled and produced properly.

    Looking forward to the planned changes on the site, but alas I fear it is unlikely to feature the much-requested Crystal Ball function allowing us to predict which SDEs we should purchase straight away and which to delay to save money so we can buy even more.

    When moving house about ten years ago I looked through my stored vinyl and found two items that I forgot I had bought. They are Nimbus Supercut Editions of Sgt. Pepper and Band on the Run. They cost a substantial percentage of my weekly wage when I bought them as an Apprentice Mechie in the mid-eighties (I think I bought Jackson Browne Running on Empty as well but can’t find it), I was delighted to find out what they are worth now. But music should be purchased to enjoy and increases in value are just a bonus.

    I bought the large format Jethro Tull Aqualung SDE and was so impressed with the presentation and fantastic sound quality that I have since bought all of the Book Format SDEs of their other albums, because as others have said, they are the ultimate condensed representation of quality, content and value.

    Dave Fisher raised an interesting point further down the comments, March 15 18:17, regarding what the what would be the first SDE. You have a lot to do with the Website and Online Shop, but an article with a basic overview of the history of special and deluxe editions would be interesting. A quick search of Discogs shows that Box Sets started a lot earlier than I thought, in the 1910s. I got the impression that it was the early ’90s that they really kicked off and personally I think that unofficial releases such as The Beatles Artifacts Box Sets made the record companies up their game with the content after realising how big a market there was for well-presented unreleased material.

    Looking forward to this site introducing me to new versions of both new and familiar music for the next ten years

  80. Can’t believe it’s been 10 years but this quickly became one of my favourite blogs. You have pointed me in the direction of so much great music so thank you so much.
    I look forward to another 10 years :)

  82. Congratulations and Happy Anniversary Paul!
    SDE is an invaluable resource for me. Many times it has prompted me to jump on a great deal or more importantly, snag some extremely limited release just in the nick of time- something I would have been crushed to have missed. My Blancmange: The Blanc Tapes Box (signed) – is a jewel in my collection and probably something I would have completely missed out on had it not been for SDE! Thank you for all the work and effort you so selflessly put into this endeavor.

  83. Happy 10th Anniversary mate, love your site and everything you do. Wishing you the very best for the next 10 years and beyond. Take care pal.

  84. Congrats Paul, I get an rss feed from your site so I never miss anything. I’ve purchased numerous albums over the years which i’ve found out about here.

    A highlight for me was the discovery of Felt through their reissue campaign as reported on this site. Up until then I had never heard of Felt. I don’t think they were ever played on Australian radio or TV. I’ve listened to their music almost every day since then and am extremely grateful to you for your album reviews which prompted me to check them out.

  85. DUDE! You have no idea how happy finding this website has made me. It was sometime in 2017 when I stumbled across SDE while trying to find the 7″ version of ‘Emergency’ by Kool and the Gang. Super glad to see that things are going so strong! Here’s to 10 more!

  86. Congratulations on 10 years Paul. Not a day passes that I do not visit your site. Informative and highly addictive. Your passion for box sets is appreciated and respected. Thank you for your onsite guidance and wisdom, your reviews are excellent. Wishing you many years of continued success. [PS Ronnie Lanes’s Just For A Moment boxset is available on Amazon AU – ex Amazon UK – for $121.00 AUD + shipping]

  87. Lucky you! You obvisouly love what you do. What a fab service you offer us oldtime record collectors and music afficiandos. Thanks for all you do to keep us excited about the premium releases.

  88. Dearest Paul and SDE,

    Happy 10th Anniversary, Paul and SDE.

    I would just like to say thank you. SDE is now the only site I make sure to check everyday, as you say it is indeed a life-affirming experience. The care, passion and dedication you’ve lavished on it has been a treasure to all of us. Thank you for saving us countless pennies on otherwise unaffordable box sets and giving us all-important alerts when something limited and beautiful is announced and being snapped up. Thanks to you and SDE, I’m starting to run out of room in our little flat a bit, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. You’ve also helped broaden my taste into places I may well have never thought to go. Either way, SDE is truly a reassuring presence in this increasingly scary world… and a little guiding light in all the darkness. Don’t change too much, and never stop doing what you’re doing. Love and gratitude from Sydney, Australia.

    Thank you for being the drunken sailor up in the Crow’s Nest of the ships of our ever-burgeoning collections, shouting hark about glorious new treasures appearing on the horizon across the high seas so that we may sail forth. Happy Birthday Paul and SDE. With Love from the GentleRabbit.

  89. Happy 10 Year Anniversary Paul and SDE! This is a site I visit everyday to get the latest reissue news. This is THE BEST site! Cheers to many, many, more years!

  90. Congratulations Paul and thanks for an excellent website, which I check & read daily. Fabulous job you do keeping us all updated on the important physical music formats. Here’s to many more years.

  93. Congratulations on the 10 YearAnniversary,Paul! I absolutely love the site and read almost every article even when I don’t have a clue who the artist is (e.g. Toyah). In addition to the stories about my favorite artists from the 60s – 90s, every once in a while I also discover new music through the site (e.g. Bat For Lashes).

    I’m curious about the statement “…to help me acquire some new skills.” Are you referring to creating/managing a web site?

    Very much looking forward to the new site unveil. I hope it will have improved comments section that allows for easier comments and the subsequent replies to be read in order.

    Here’s to 10 more years!

  94. As a not so long time (but now very loyal) reader, I thought this was a great opportunity to post my first comment! Congratulations on 10 years! You have a fantastic site, offer fair and honest assessments, and run a tight ship. It’s a pleasure to come here every day.

  97. Congratulations Paul!! An awesome milestone! Im not sure how many of those years I have been here, but its almost the whole time. I visit every day at least once. Its such a great resource and a great place to be. Thanks for all your hard work! :)

  98. Well done Paul on ten years.
    SDE is a must visit every day, often multi-visits every day.
    Favourite website by far and that’s entirely down to you.
    Hard to imagine life without it.
    Here’s to many more.

  99. Extremely grateful salutations for all that you do Paul! You have amazed, amused, enlightened and educated me with your style, panache, quick wit and knowledge on a daily basis. Don’t know what I would have done without your stupendous site, especially during this last year’s uncertain times. Stay safe and here’s to many more wonderful informative articles, box sets, deluxe editions, and deals! Be still my depleted wallet… well worth the journey of an avid collector.

    Thank you so much,

    Chris

  100. Congratulations on 10 years! I don’t recall exactly when I started reading the site, but it was some years ago now. It has been consistently interesting to read, and has opened me to some music I otherwise probably would not have discovered, and helped a lot in planning some of my purchases. Thanks for doing it and I hope for a great next 10 years.

  104. Hey Paul, THANKS for all the hard work and dedication. Not sure how long it has been since I first saw the site, possibly, four years???? Anyways, it is the daily email, I look forward most seeing and reading, to see what is happening. :) Congrats on ten years and look forward to the journey for the next ten and then the next ten…………….

  106. What a great story… congratulations Paul and here’s to the next 10 years (let’s hope we can raise an actual celebratory glass or two together before too long!)

  107. Many Happy Returns to one of my favourite – and best – sites on the internet.
    Thank you for all the hard work you put in Paul, it’s very much appreciated.
    Here’s to the next 10 years (and perhaps McCartney IV as well).

  110. Congrats on the first 10 years, Paul! I stumbled onto your page back in 2015 looking for information surrounding the Beatles 1+ reissue, and have been a daily reader ever since.

    Here’s to the next 10 years!

  112. Congratulations Paul. I has really entertained me over the years. One of the many highlights was the effort you made over the FITD download debacle. Although it changed nothing at the time, I think it certainly improved the Archives since. Will never forget when it was mentioned again on the Flaming Pie thread and your response reminded me of The Dirty Fork sketch.
    The other thing I admire is your fiercely independent views within your article’s and Unboxing videos and you pull no punches, heck I even forgive you for saying Elton was overrated the other day;)

  113. Many congratulations on reaching this fantastic milestone Paul. I’m only sorry I didn’t find out about SDE from the start but I’ve been a faithful follower for many years now (can’t remember exactly). Like many others here, I check your site every day for updates and they’ve led to many additions to my collection.

    Your dedication has been really appreciated especially in the last 12 months which have been so tough for everyone. I’m sure like me, your site gives everyone a much needed lift. I’m so glad you plan to keep going. Thanks very much!

  115. Many congratulations Paul for these 10 years. I have been following you for more than 7 years and I hope to follow you for many more. Congratulations again. A hug

  116. Congrats on the 10th anniversary of SDE!
    Everyday I visit this wonderful site and enjoy your posts and unboxing vids.
    Thank you for your continuing efforts and succes with your future activities!

    Gunther

  118. Happy Anniversary!

    SDE is my sanctuary in a world dominated by crap, fake and yoof orientated nonsense.
    SDE is a place to have [mostly] grown up discussions and excited chats about things we love more than life itself or dislike more than [insert something universally despised].
    SDE is born/borne from a passion for the subject which is evident in every post.

    I feel lucky in having found it. I am Peggy in a Yellowcoat. Long may it continue.

  119. Congratulations Paul and hi from Australia. I don’t recall when I started reading SDE but it was when a fellow Prince-obsessed work colleague sent me a link to a Prince-related article, maybe early news about the Purple Rain deluxe edition. It was at least pre 2016 as Prince was still with us.
    Like many of the comments I check SDE everyday. I can’t always afford box sets or deluxe editions but I manage to get a few each year and I usually find out about them here.
    I like how you give your honest opinion. Keep well and keep it up!

  120. Happy 10th Birthday to SDE Paul!

    I’m guessing, based on parallel musical tastes and common milestones that we’re give or take the same age and as such your site resonates with me and my musical passion.

    However this wouldn’t be enough of a reason to make this the only site I visit everyday; what keeps me hooked is the quality of writing, the honest reviews, the in-depth videos and, of course, the deals!

    I’m sure I echo many who are looking forward to your next decade

  121. Congratulations Paul and thank you so much for what is absolutely the best site for lovers of good music out there. I check in at least twice a day and you’ve cost me a fortune! Long may you continue.

  123. Congratulations on ten years Paul! I am an avid long-term SDE reader and occasional commenter. Looking forward to the updated site and future engagement. Hoping the new site includes a ‘Get in Touch’-like forum for ad-hoc posts by the community. Also would love a virtual tour of your music collection as a future feature. Thank you for all of your efforts!

  124. Congratulations Paul. It must be 6 or 7 years ago i stumbled across the site looking for box set news.

    Then i kept coming back, first for the updates and then for the community that grafually built up around the site. Thank you for all your work on SDE and thank you to everyone else reading who chime in from time to time to flag other deals and news or just to shoot the breeze on when they first saw aha/duran/neil young etc.

    Now if only your influence could help nudge some new inxs or duran duran sde’s over the line then i would be even happier. :)

    Here is to another 10 years.

  126. Absolutely brilliant site Paul … stumbled across SDE a few years back and now check it daily … as a massive fan of Depeche Mode and New Order over the last 30 plus years I always look forward to information on new releases and especially unboxing videos …

    All the best

    Iain

  128. I can’t remember exactly when I first stumbled across this website, 2012 maybe but it was at a time when it was difficult to find out about new super deluxe releases because record stores like Our Price, Woolworths, Virgin Megastore, Tower Records and some HMV’s were all shutting down. Even some of the independent stores I used to frequent in London had closed its doors.
    Once I found SDE there was an immediate bookmark on my browser with the knowledge that I’d be kept up-to-date with all the new releases and wouldn’t miss out again on releases like The Who’s Live at Leeds Box Set with the Live at Hull bonus. At the time the only place to find this gig.
    The down side is the amount of money I’ve spent because of this site and the amount of space these deluxe editions are taking up in my house.
    Congratulations on your 10th Birthday and keep up the good work.
    Paul, will the new version let you know if someone has added a comment to an old story? It’ll be nice to be able to find any new recently added comments.

  130. Congratulations, Paul! You’re doing a great job.
    SDE is one of a handful sites I visit almost every day.
    It’s absolutely essential for anyone interested in SDEs.
    Keep up the great work and all the best from Croatia!

    P.S. Somebody here mentioned that there’s a reprint of DOA Sophisticated Boom Box that is reasonably priced. I can’t seem to find it anywhere. Please use your connections to find some info about it. Thanks!

  133. Congrats, Paul! I remember in my early days of visiting SDE you did a piece on unusual CD single formats/packaging. One of the items was a Japanese 3″ from Duran Duran and you reignited my interest in collecting that format. Finally, a collection that doesn’t take up much space!

  134. Seems i’m a bit late to the party after just having read all 146 previously posted comments…

    I hope it is an excuse that i was originally too early because your LinkedIn profile wrongly states that you’re an editor to SDE since 1/1/11.

    Damn you LinkedIn… ;-)

    Congratulations for running my favourite website for ten years now.
    Like other readers before i can’t quite say exactly when i first found your site as a highlighted result for a search on Google, but i suppose it must have been sometime around 2013 or 2014 because those were the days when i discovered how fulfilling it can be to buy the same records over and over again (of course only when at least some marbles or, even better some additional music was added to the original content).
    Like others have mentioned before you helped me to save a lot of money with your regular deal alerts (Vangelis, Blur, Tangerine Dream or lately the Sign O’ The Times-cd-box come to mind) and then helped me to get rid of the savings when introducing me to stuff i didn’t know i needed…

    I wish that you can run the SDE-site as long as you want to and am curious of things to come.

    I will continue to check on a daily basis.

    All the best to you and my fellow readers all over the globe from Mönchengladbach, Germany.

  135. Congratulations Paul! Your site is the first one I look at every morning. Thank you for giving me something positive and politics-averse to get my day started.

  136. Happy Anniversary to the site that has saved me and cost me so much money over the years! It offers so much more than that though too.
    Thought it was a well hid secret for a long time but queuing outside Tower Records in Dublin early on Record Store Day you find that many other record geeks are using it as a daily resource.
    Here’s to the next 10!

  140. Happy anniversary, Paul! A big thank you for your amazing dedication. Your site’s been just great and I’m looking forward to the next ten years. Cheers!

  141. Dear Paul Sinclair

    I first discovered your site last year during the lockdown here in Denmark but since then I am here more than Pornhub! Eitherway, for me it’s all about the deluxeexperience.

    Thank you and congratulations.

  143. Congratulations, Paul! When I found SDE it quickly became (and remains) one of my go-to sites. Thanks for your hard work and dedication and for being so communicative with your readers! All the best to you and yours now and for the future!

  144. Thanks, Paul, I respect and enjoy what you do. I check the site every day – mainly to see how many Neil Young and David Bowie albums were released while I was asleep!

  145. Congratulations and thank you on your 10 years Paul. SDE has become my go to music info site and visit most days. Here’s to another 10 years (at least!) and flying the flag for physical product you can hold in your hand (and lighten my wallet )

  146. Congratulations! I don’t comment much but find SDE the only music website I check daily – normally more than once.
    Keep up the great work!

  148. Joining everyone else in congratulations and gratitude for this wonderful site.
    I came across it when someone referred to your withering criticism of the So box which I had been feeling the same things about from when it was announced.Had a look at the site and have never left coming here every day.
    It is great to see someone turn their passion into something that is a tangible success and universally praised and recognised.
    Let’s hope we have as many great archival releases to look forward to in the next 10 years and that physical releases keep flowing so we can “hold the music in our hands”.

  149. Thank you for this site, Paul, and congratulations. It’s good to know that you get so much from running it as we do from interacting with it. Keep on keeping on.

  150. Another reminder that all the best things happen organically – not as a consequence of highly paid consultants’ strategies. Happy Birthday!

  152. Congratulations on SDE’s first 10 years, Paul! Your mix of upcoming releases, interviews, great deals, international travel to exotic record stores, unboxing videos is the best!

    Looking forward to the next 10!

  156. Congrats on the big 10!
    First site I visit with my morning coffee before I even login to my work laptop.
    So many in the nick-of-time limited edition purchases have been initiated here.
    Cheers,
    Neal

  157. Many congratulation, Paul. This site is a great resource and has provided me with many hours of happy browsing. Thanks for all your hard work, here’s to the next decade.

  158. Congratulations on a well deserved milestone, Paul. This site is my regular daily pitstop (not always a wise thing when you’re trying to save money) and has been for many years.

    They say you should find a passion and try to make it your job. Music is very much mind, so I wish I’d thought of your site first. But then again, I doubt very I’d be able to produce the quality you manage almost on a daily basis.

    Well done from Down Under and many happy returns.

  160. Happy first (of hopefully many) decades. Can’t believe I’ve been reading this site for 10 years (I remember posting a comment on the Pink Floyd reissues thread). Book ordered, but one question: do those balloons offer a 5.1 option?!

  161. Congratulations on your 10 Year Anniversary!! Thank you for all of your hard work and insight as they are greatly appreciated. I check your website every single day looking forward to seeing all of the new announcements and special offers. You are the best!! :-)

  162. Congrats Paul on reaching the 10 year milestone.

    The hard work you put into the site is clearly evident and greatly appreciated too !

    Ive ‘discovered’ a number of new artists during my 6 years as a visitor.

    Thanks again Paul

  163. Happy anniversary, Paul. Brilliant site and service you provide, and I also check the page every day. Mind you, not sure the missus is as keen, as I’m rapidly running out of space for box sets!

  166. Congratulations Paul, and thanks for ALL you do. I only discovered your site a couple of years ago by accident, and now visit on a daily basis. SDE is consistently informative and entertaining, not to mention wallet busting! By the way, is this the first post where all the comments are in complete agreement?! Long may you run.

  169. Congrats Paul! I first came here to read about the then new Tears For Fears The Hurting box set and never left. You are always are great source for release news and great deals. Thanks for all the great work.

  170. Well done Paul and congratulations.

    I wish I could figure out when and how i found your site. Your kind writing and the content value are the reasons I return daily.

    I recall an article you wrote about the job you didn’t get with a music mag. The things that get us to who we become…

    I think your lockdown posts were excellent and important to me.

    And what can we say about your unboxing videos, other than that you owe all your success to your Great Hands
    :-)

  171. Wow. I stumbled across SDE when Suede were putting out the deluxe cd editions with the dreadful spines. I didn’t realise it was so in bits infancy back then.

    Thank you for all the good work you do Paul. SDE is an essential part of my browsing and often a springboard to reconsider artists I wouldn’t normally engage with.

    The addition of the SDE alerts has enabled me to bag some bargains over the years and the comments section is, in the main, a respectful place populated by likeminded people.

    Here’s to another ten years of quality physical media. And here’s to reading about it first on SDE.

  173. Always look at your site when I rise for my 3.30am wee wee.
    It’s like having a drug addiction only more expensive.
    Looking forward to the next ten years.
    I think your next move should be to hire a venue with a band, guest speakers with you hosting.
    Well done you deserve your success.

  174. Wow! Congratulations Paul. So happy to see a lifetime passion fuel such a wonderful, warm and witty site (and community). Amazing work! Well done. Here’s to the next 10 years…

  175. Happy 10th anniversary Paul! My go to music website daily, always an interesting and informative read, even for artists I’m not that fond of. The attention to detail on formats, tracklisting, unboxing videos, truly understanding what us like minded physical fans want. Keep it going, here’s to the next 10! Congratulations

  177. I had to good fortune to meet Paul in New York for dinner at the end of November of 2015. I can’t remember how long I was following SDE before that meeting, but I’m probably one of the “early adopters.” To say it is my favorite site on the internet would be an understatement. Most days I visit SDE a few times. I’ve probably referred over 100 people to SDE and may have cause almost as many marital spats over space and money. Although I only met Paul for a few hours and have emailed him just a handful of times I always mention, when I am referring SDE to anyone, that Paul is a nice guy. SDE is well written, entertaining, educational, and gives good advise about rarity, quality control issues, and deals but what makes it great is that it has a good heart. Paul is as much of the reason that this site is great as is the content. His choices in what he posts, fair moderation of comments, and personal warmth are make this a great site. May the next ten years be as successful as the first ten. Congratulations!

    1. Thanks Greg for the kind comments. That New York trip was so good and of course I remember spending some time in your company. Be well and stay safe!

  178. Congratulations! I can’t even remember how I found your site in the first place, but I am now regularly checking it. Have found (and missed!) some great deals because of it.
    I like reading the comments and seeing what others have found or have to say, it gives it a great community feel.
    Looking forward to the new site and all the best for the future!

  179. Congratulations on a decade of the most essential music site there is. I have discovered so much music through this amazing website and spent/saved so much on deals over the years. Top 5 artists/editions I’ve (re/)discovered thanks to SDE:
    1. Jellyfish
    2. Lloyd Cole
    3. Bobbie Gentry
    4. Alan Parsons
    5. The Beatles (mono LPs)

  180. Happy 10th Anniversary, Paul!

    I’ve always started off each morning reading local and international news online, which usually makes me feel a little stressed or depressed. Now my daily routine includes a subsequent visit to the SDE website to bring back my happy feeling :-) Thank you.

  181. My go site for music news. Massively informative and doesn’t suffer from the cooler than you music snobbery of most other music sites/publications. Not only that,the comments are from genuine music enthusiasts. This is a haven for any rock/pop music lover. Cheers Paul.

  183. Congratulations! Altough I have never commented on any of your posts here, I visit your website as a weekly ritual. In the ever more digitalized age, it feels like a safe haven for me who seems to be the only person left in my surroundings who still loves the physical music product. Thank you.

  184. Thanks Paul for all your hard work you put into this site, its the one I check several times a day, interesting to read about the SDE’s coming out, keep up the good work and here’s to the next 10 years.

  185. Congratulations Paul! Thanks for all the hard work. Checking this website has become part of my essential morning routine. It’s cost me a fortune in purchases but music makes me so very happy!

    I just got to thinking about what counts as the first ever SDE release? John and Yoko’s lavish “Wedding Album” in 1969 probably – it beat The Beatles “Let it Be” deluxe box with photo book and The Who’s “Live at Leeds” with all the inserts by a year. Thoughts anybody?

    Crack open a bottle of whatever your poison is. I shall raise a glass to you myself tonight. Here’s to the next ten years Paul!

  187. Congrats from the sunny south (Atlanta,GA) Paul! I can’t remember how I first heard of and when I subscribed to SDE but I sure have enjoyed it the past few years! Truly,the only site I visit multiple times per week. Keep up the good work!

  188. Congratulations Paul/SDE.

    A wonderful webite that is not only informative but highly entertaining. Unfortunatley not so good news for my wallet!!!! But hey ho. Thank you for posting the latest news and commentary on the latest, as well as the legacy, physical releases and deluxe versions brought to market.

    Fanastic work. Here’s to the next 10 years and beyond.

    Regards

    Sixcontrabass

  189. I always fascinated by the inner workings of SDE Paul, the day to day if you like. I love dropping by each morning to check the news/releases/features, and often wonder how you cram it all in! A working diary etc of the things you do relating to the site would be very cool, i.e. handling your interviews, how you film your unboxing videos, the retail side of operations etc! Can we expect this in ‘Limited Edition of One: The Paul Sinclair Memoirs’?? :-)

  191. Congratulations, Paul, for the invaluable services you provide to physical music lovers like myself. Many a deal (Abba’s albums box set for €33 euro springs to mind) was brought to our attention. Your videos introduced us to special editions which we surely would have missed otherwise (the Divine Comedy!) I especially love your tone of voice: well written, well informed, well funny and slightly sarcastic when necessary. Looking forward to the new website design. Enjoy your anniversary and keep up the splendid work!

  192. Congratulations Paul and thanks for 10 years of informative reading, SDE product releases and deal alerts. The booklets that you produce have all been of the highest quality and I’m delighted you’re releasing material to commemorate the past decade. Absolutely no hesitation in ordering ‘Decade’, looking forward to the end of April and the two further editions later in the year.

    Here’s to the next 10 years

  193. Congrats Paul, the first site I head to each day and my favourite by far ( even though it’s meant i’ve spent the equivalent of a small mortgage over the years )

  194. Why no Blu-ray version?

    Sorry but it continues to be funny.

    Seriously, congrats. Just ordered the book.

    Whatever happened to the movie version of SDE Paul? Serious question honestly.

  195. Paul, I’m hoping that you might widen the scope of the site to include more general music news stories, which you already do from time to time, but on regular basis. There isn’t another website like this, the NME website is a waste of time, they seem more interested in celebrities and movies. I really miss the music pages which used to be on 4Tel (for the foreign readers, that was a teletext service which ran in the UK in the 80s and 90s. For younger readers teletext was the internet….on the telly!)
    Hope you get to interview Macca and Pet Shop Boys at some point, I know you would ask some decent questions and get a decent interview.

  196. Thanks for a fantastic 10 years Paul! I check the website everyday just in case something fantastic pops up. What is cool about your website is that you don’t even have to like the groups that are talked about in order to enjoy the content. I love viewing the SDE of bands I can’t even stand. In the next 10 years, maybe consider a little bit more about you personally, what a normal day is like for you, how you interact with the record companies and artists….and so on. More on who you are! Thanks again!!!!!!

  199. Congratulations on the milestone. I feel like SDE has been around forever. Well, not quite forever, but a long time. Part of the furniture! My memory’s so poor now that I can’t remember what was the trigger to me finding this place. Probably a google search for news on a reissue of some kind!

    EG.

  203. Well done on celebrating 10 years of SDE, for music fans it is a regular source for information, reviews and features, it is one of the few websites that I check out more than once a day.

    Well done!

  205. Sincere congratulations Paul. I wasn’t here at the start but I stumbled in in 2012 having googled info regarding the Frankie Sex Mix saga where the first five tracks ( I think ) on cd1 were in mono rather than stereo. Suffice to say , I never left and have probably visited the site every day since then ( give or take the odd day ). As many have said , it is the place to go when looking for info , news etc on physical product.
    Here’s to the next ten years Paul. Onwards and Upwards. All the very best !

  207. Congratulations on the 10th anniversary. Every day I take a look at the site and with your alerts I have sometimes managed to find good prices. Thanks for the hard work and passion you put into it.
    Greetings from Italy

  210. Congratulations, Paul! You are an indispensable resource for me; I check the sight at least daily, sometimes multiple times a day. Cheers for ten or many more!

  212. Congratulations Paul on S.D.E.`s 10th Birthday.

    During that time you have managed what I thought was impossible.

    You have consistently managed to empty my wallet faster than in my Poker playing playing days,

    The difference is I have come out a winner every time!

    Looking forward to the next 10 years+ of collecting and listening to great music.

    Stay Cool, Keep Warm, wishing you, Anne and everyone else involved with S.D.E. good health, happiness and prosperity.

  214. Congratulations Paul on your SDE 10th anniversary and for all the hard work you’ve put in to achieve this.
    Quite simply my favourite website …

  216. Congratulations Paul, on my favourite music site bar none. What I love is the way you’ve turned your passion – a passion for several of us – into more than a solitary hobby and into something of a community where you can come and contribute and listen and learn from each other. It’s like being down the pub with likeminded people, just (ultimately) even harder on the wallet ;-) Here’s to the next 10 years!

  219. Well done Paul, I dip into your site many times a day, costs me a fortune and a long hard look from the wife.
    Always upfront with the detail that certain others cannot be bothered with.

  220. Happy 10th anniversary Paul. The SDE site has been an absolute godsend to me. I moved from the UK to a tiny town in the wild west of USA 9 years ago and i really miss the discussions I had at work and with friends about music and all its wonderful physical formats. Here, music doesn’t seem to play a part in people’s lives which is so sad. This is why SDE is so important to me – I have bought directly from your site and look forward so much to reading about new releases.
    Thank you for your wonderful work and for your enthusiasm! please keep it going!

  223. Outstanding work over the decade, Paul. Looking forward to additional decades to take us into our golden years, where all my retirement money is tied up in box sets.

  224. Happy birthday Paul! It’s a great site and one that I return to constantly. Thanks for all of the work you put in – it is appreciated! The info is invaluable and the interviews are always insightful. The Pete Burns interview was easily one of the highlights of the 10 years, and the best I’ve seen with him). I look forward to the upcoming changes, and wish you all the best in the future!

  226. Congratulations from all those who check in every time. You’ve cost me a fortune but you’ve also saved me money so let’s call it even. Here’s to all the decades to come.

  227. HUGE CONGRATS Paul on 10 years, bloody awesome & incredible!! I think I discovered the site by accident while perusing Pause & Play…thanks to you I don’t think I would have known about or bought certain boxsets in my collection…and your visit to NY was fun…thanks again for the shirt…will def get that book…

  229. A taxi driver told me about the site on the way to a Paul Weller gig in York. I must look at the site 10 times a day just to see when there’s something special to get. It’s a fantastic site and full of great interviews and information. Congratulations on 10 years. Keep up the good work. The site fans will always be here.

  231. Congratulations on 10 years Paul. It seems like you’ve always been there.
    I honestly can’t recall how and when I found SDE, but it’s certainly been quite some time.
    Wake up, feed the cats, get my coffee and the first thing I check on the web is SDE.
    Quite simply the best music website there is bar none.
    Cheers!

  232. Happy anniversary Paul,

    Your tiny website cost me a sackload of money…

    …and I’m grateful for it.

    Continue your great work, cheers

  234. Many congratulations to all at SDE!
    Loads of comments here about how you’ve helped people spend money, which is certainly true in my case, but I have to say you’ve also really helped me save money. Often a product comes out that I would blindly chance my money on and then subsequently regret if it wasn’t for your honest and insightful reviews! I’m only in it for the music and then possible a good bit of informative literature (I judge everything by Jethro Tull’s gold standard) not branded marbles and tea towels!
    Many thanks for all your hard work and Happy Birthday.

  236. I’ll never forget the time when I discovered this site completely by accident and thinking “OMG there are other people like me!”
    As mentioned by others, this site is a “go to” site and an oasis of calm in these challenging times.
    Well done Paul!

  238. Happy 10th birthday to SDE and congratulations Paul on your wonderful site which is a ‘must visit’ for me every day. Keep up the fantastic work!
    P.S. Great service from your shop as well which I would highly recommend. I’ve ordered from it previously and my items was delivered promptly and well packaged.

  239. Congratulations Paul. I have to confess that I come back to this site every day eagerly awaiting news on archival deluxe releases as well as on new music. Thank you very much for many of your great in-depth analysis and also for your always patient replies in the comments section. I appreciate your work very much!

  240. Many congratulations Paul. You provide a valuable service, and there hasn’t been a day in the past number of years that I haven’t logged into your site. It’s fun to read the comments by everybody, even though some of them are infuriating. Ha ha. Keep up the good work.

  241. Congratulations on your 10th birthday. My first ever comment but couldn’t let this pass…. I’ve found details on so many new releases (all on CD !) that I wouldn’t have found any other way. Thanks for all your hard work !

  243. Many congratulations Paul. SDE is a wonderful resource and provides great info both from yourself and all those who post comments.
    Thanks for all that you do to maintain the quality of the site, looking forward to checking out the revamp. Here’s to the next 10 years!

  245. As that first spammer I have to say that your site has gradually changed my life. So many articles led me reissues and new music I would have never known about. Slowly, I’ve become more of a record collector than a spammer. I feel rehabilitated.

    It’s cost me a lot of money over the years but thankfully I now earn mega $$$$ working form home – and you can too, just click HERE!

    Sorry, old habits die hard.

    Congratulations, Paul, and thanks for everything.

  246. Congratulations Paul .
    Thank you for all your hard work finding the deals and some insightful interviews.
    Here’s to another 10 years !!

  247. Congratulations Paul! Your site has cost me a bloody fortune!! Great work, here’s to the next Decade (don’t think the DD reference didn’t go unnoticed!!) ;)

  249. Congratulations Paul and thank you for all your information. I check everyday your site along with The Highwaystar for the Purps. May the next 10 years be as good as the last.

  250. Congratulations on a decade of music fandom! I think I discovered SDE.com a couple of years ago when I was searching for info on Tears For Fears. And now I’m the proud owner of multiple SDEs that I first heard about on this very site. I can’t wait to see what the next 10 years bring to us obsessive collectors!

  253. I discovered your site early on. It was at a time when there were tonnes of blogs hosting illegal downloads and I initially thought I’d stumbled upon a goldmine of pre-release content!

    Congratulations!

  254. Congratulations Paul. A lot of your hard work has kept SDE the go to place over the last 10 years. Well
    done, I’ve really enjoyed it. What I haven’t enjoyed is I have also had no money for the last 10 years!!!
    Keep up the good work.

  255. Aye, congratulations laddie!
    Like many, many others, your site is a go to every day.
    We’re the same age and yep, agree with your thoughts regarding music through the decades.
    Here’s to the next 10 years, cheers Paulie!

  256. I discovered this site while looking for information on the Pink Floyd Early Years set, and have been coming back ever since. This is about the only web site I visit daily (often multiple times a day). You have informed me of such great content which I thank you for, while also costing me soooo much money, which…well, was still my choice haha. I actually wish I had found out about this site sooner as I might have the Thick as a Brick book edition filling the empty space in my collection and the Arcadia Special Edition.

    Thanks for all the great content, trustworthy & honest reviews, the best un boxing videos around and just enjoyable reads. Looking forward to the next 10 years.

  257. Paul, of those initial two comments, did one of them mention the words ‘cash grab’, or ‘what’s the point?’ or ‘I have no interest in this, other than spending precious life minutes telling the other reader I have no interest in it’?

    1. @Paul Murphy, good points, well made. I hope the new comments section isn’t too different from the present. As it seems to limit / prevent the slagging off and personality clashes than can happen on other forums.

  258. Congratulations and well done!

    Your writing is so informative and entertaining that I usually read all the stuff – even for bands I don’t care musch about. Extra thanks for having the perspective of a journalist and being critical where it is due.

  260. It doesn’t seem like it was that long ago, but it must have been somewhat near the beginning of the site, I was trying to find some information about the massive Pretenders reissue box that had just recently come out. I Googled it, and a little site called “Super Deluxe Edition” popped up in the search results. It had everything I was looking for and more when I was making the decision about spending all that money on such a large set at a time when I only had a part-time position and was trying to be more careful about how I spent my money. (And I bought the box set.)

    And then I started coming back to poke around on the site to see what else was posted. It wasn’t long before SDE became a morning ritual for me–the first thing I read even before I open my email or make my first cup of coffee. On days when there isn’t an update, I’m not always sure what to do with myself. I always have it open in a tab so I can check back and see if there is a new update.

    This site has cost me a ton of money, and I’ve enjoyed spending every penny of it, especially since, in the intervening years, I finally landed full-time employment, and the need to choose between buying groceries and buying a new box set isn’t quite as difficult as it used to be (I still can’t buy EVERYTHING I want, but I can buy more than I used to be able to). I’ve also developed a fondness for bands I had never heard before.

    SDE has been my #1 source for discovering new music, and it is an essential site in a world where music publications have often given themselves over to becoming “lifestyle magazines.” I even wound up giving up on Rolling Stone after decades of being a subscriber, because they stopped focusing on music in favor of politics, movies, and television.

    Thank you, Paul, for everything that you do. It’s hard work, and I’m sure it sometimes seems thankless, but your passion shines through, and you’ve created one of the best music resources on the internet. Happy 10-year anniversary, and cheers to another 10+ more years to come!

  262. I imagine I might be one of your younger readers, but this site has, for many years, been a constant for me. I can never afford many of the things, but it’s fun to read about them and helps me be selective about what to buy. I never really comment though, so thought perhaps I should!

    Perhaps the best aspect of it for me is the willingness to lay praise on when warranted and also criticism when justified too, especially around pricing. I also appreciate greatly too that it has never succumbed to ‘vinyl fever’- which I find so tiresome, and really turns me off to physical music. I buy CDs to use and listen to, and I’m glad the site seems to recognise how many of us there are out there, where others seem to think the entire music buying public constitutes of people being super-excited about the colour or number of copies in existence of a vinyl reissue they want to keep their home looking ‘Instagram friendly’.

    Your piece on how well CD copies sell remains one of my favourute reads, and I’ve forwarded it to so many ‘vinyl bores’ I know in the past!

    Glad thing are going well. It’s a great site, and a welcome distraction from the seemingly never-ending search for a job!

    Thanks for doing it!

  265. Wow! Happy Αnniversary. i m in my late 40s and 10 years ago i got my first laptop. Since then i new nothing,i was just able to send sms via my cellphone. It was a time when all the music magazines in greece were no longer exist. But my love for physical music products will always remain. So the first met of me and sde was an accident that was about to happen. It s relief to know that to these complicate times there are people out there who share the same interests. It s to late to stop buys cds and vinyl. Streaming is convinience but cds/vinyl is a longlife affair.Happy birtday to your site Paul. Happy Anniversary to all of us ,physical music,old fashion lovers!

  266. Congratulations Paul from a long time reader, occasional comment poster and regular purchaser from your shop. Thanks for bringing so many physical releases to my attention over the past 10 years, including many that would have otherwise passed me by, including the recent (and massive) Mansun box…. even if it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find space to put them all!
    Thanks too for the unboxing videos, which are very well put together, always interesting to watch, and sometimes the deciding factor on whether to belatedly proceed with a purchase.
    Something that often goes unnoticed and which I am grateful for is the sheer breadth of genres the site covers. I have always been a multi-genre music lover and it’s great to see equal attention being paid to Now… releases as The Beatles, The Grateful Dead, King Crimson, Bobbie Gentry, Tangerine Dream, Depeche Mode, etc.
    And a final thank you for all the effort you put into the site, the frequency of new content being added, the efficient running of the SDE Shop and, of course, the peace of mind in knowing that anything ordered from you will be so beautifully packed!
    I look forward to seeing the new SDE website when it becomes available.
    Here’s to the next 10 years of SDE!

  269. Congratulations, Paul. As a once-and-former blogger, it’s great to see you’ve been able to keep SDE going strong so long and finding ways to make it even better. Immediately ordered the book! And if you need another set of eyes for proofing, give me a shout.

  272. Thanks for all of your efforts Paul, this site is so informative and I love the way you post on all things that interest you (which in turn tends to interest me)!!
    This is my favourite website bar none. Must look at it at least 6 times a day in the hope of new news and a boxset I am desperate to own, or an update about a band or artist I really like.
    Keep going with all if the great work and here’s to the next 10 years!

  273. Thank you Paul for all your hard work this last decade producing a very informative and entertaining website. Like many, it is part of my morning routine to check for the latest news and updates!

    Here’s to another 10 years!

  276. I’ve been on your journey since 2014 and, as many have already said, it is ALWAYS my first port of call in the morning. You consistently not have the most interesting website I use but also the most pleasant, honest and open. Allowing people to run with disagreements until it becomes unhealthy and then they are nipped in the bud. That is just about perfect.
    Difference of opinion whilst having a similar desire is what holds communities like this together something many other areas of the world about us could do with imitating.
    Here’s to another Decade – you couldn’t resist the Duran reference could you, what will be the next book? SDE – The Whole Story? Followed by Pure SDE….
    Many best wishes from the South West and Thank You for brightening our world and lightening our wallets..

  277. Congratulations Paul, for 10 years for running this amazing Site. I wish you all the best for the future and be healthy Witz your family.
    Sunny greets from Germany
    Thomas

  278. Hi Paul. Congratulations on an amazing 10 years. This remains the best music website in the world. You put so much into it and it’s hugely appreciated.

  279. Congratulations and thank you Paul!. Happy 10th birthday SDE and well done for all your work in making, maintaining and monitoring this hub for music lovers. It is not only full of insightful information from yourself, but a great place to read and exchange suggestions, tips and opinions with other SDE readers.

  282. Congratulations on this brilliant site Paul. SDE is my goto source if there’s any rumblings of a forthcoming release and you and the many knowledgeable contributors never fail me. Here’s hoping that the record companies keep you even busier over the next decade.

  283. It’s been a joy every week reading your posts Paul, and as for the bargains I’ve grabbed after receiving a heads-up…
    Here’s to the next 10 years, now if only you can persuade the Bowie team to stop releasing his music in increasingly ridiculous ways…[I’ve thrown down the gauntlet ]

  286. Amazing and informative site that has covinced me to spend a fortune over the last 10 years!!!!! So naturally i’ve spent another £30 on the book

  288. Happy anniversary, Paul! I’ve been a daily visitor almost since the beginning. The book sounds wonderful, but the shipping to Nashville is too costly for me to justify the purchase at this time. Let us know if you’re able to identity a less expensive shipping option in the future.

  291. Thanks Paul for all you do…..your site has been a great source for all of us music geeks out there…..cant wait to see the new look…..and keep up the good work!!!!

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