Out This Week 18 March 2013
Elvis Presley / Aloha From Hawaii via Satelitte
The horrible cover remains, but this new two-disc RCA/Legacy edition of Elvis‘s 1973 live concert comes with a freshly remixed bonus disc of the rehearsal performance, and five extra tracks that were unique to US TV at the time. No quad mix though.
Suede / Bloodsports
The overpriced box sets are best avoided, but Suede‘s new album works nicely as a 10-track CD, and is something of a return to form for a band (in this line-up) that has only really ever produced one great long player (Coming Up).
Billy Bragg / Tooth & Nail
Billy Bragg‘s new laid back album – produced by Joe Henry – is available as a CD+DVD deluxe edition packaged as a quality hardback book set. The bonus disc features 10 promo videos from 1986-2002 and the book includes some writings from Bragg.
- • UK Order: Tooth & Nail (CD+DVD Deluxe Edition)
- • USA Order: Tooth & Nail (Deluxe Edition)
- • CANADA Order: Tooth & Nail (Deluxe CD+DVD)
- • GERMANY Order: Tooth & Nail (Limited Deluxe Edition)
Inspiral Carpets / Life (Extended Edition)
EMI reissue the 1990 debut album from ‘Madchester’ indie band The Inspiral Carpets. This deluxe ‘extended’ edition comes with a DVD of the 21790 live gig recorded at Manchester’s G Mex on… you guessed it 21/7/90. A certain Noel Gallagher was part of the road crew for that day.
- • UK Order: Life (Extended Edition)
- • USA Order: Life (Extended Edition)
- • CANADA Order: Life (Extended Edition)
- • GERMANY Order: Life (Extended Edition)
Karl Bartos / Off The Record
The ex-Krafwerk man puts out a collection of previously unreleased recordings from his own “secret acoustic diary”. These date from 1975 to 1993.
One that’s slipped under the radar but should be screamed from the rooftops is the remastered re-release of the long deleted Billy Mackenzie (Associates) – Outernational album, no complete with bonus tracks, Long overdue, out on Cherry Red Records next week! :)
Jeez, dull stuff for me. Don’t know about anyone else but have not bought anything for a while now…..Flaming Lips vinyl set about 2 months ago was the last….