NewsOut This Week / on 23 September 2016
David Bowie / Who Can I Be Now [1974-1976] CD and vinyl box sets
Parlophone follow-up last year’s Five Years box with Who Can I Be Now? which features three mid-period 1970s David Bowie albums. Despite this with live albums, alternate versions of some long-players and the ‘lost’ album The Gouster, this set comprises 12 CDs or 13 vinyl LPs. 
Fleetwood Mac / Mirage (super deluxe edition)
Remember this? The super deluxe edition box set of Fleetwood Mac‘s 1982 album was announced in May for July release, but for reasons unknown was delayed. All is forgiven though, since this box looks great with a disc packed with unreleased outtakes, a live CD and a DVD with a 5.1 surround mix. You get a vinyl LP, as well.
Pink Floyd / Atom Heart Mother, Meddle, Obscured by Clouds (vinyl)
The Pink Floyd vinyl reissue campaign continues with 180g pressings of 1970’s Atom Heart Mother, 1971’s Meddle and Obscured by Clouds from 1972.
John Williams / Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (2LP picture disc)
Use all the powers of The Force to resist buying this stunning double picture disc version of John Williams‘ timeless score to the original Star Wars film.
Bruce Springsteen / Chapter and Verse
This new compilation only exists to promote Bruce Springsteen‘s new autobiography. Diehard fans will want to purchase for the five previously unreleased tracks.
Betty Boo / Boomania (2CD deluxe)
Betty Boo‘s 1990 debut album is reissued as a two-CD deluxe edition with 12 bonus tracks/remixes on disc two.
Fatboy Slim / Better Living Through Chemistry (deluxe edition)
Norman Cook’s debut album as alter ego Fatboy Slim is reissued for its 20th anniversary. Two-CD deluxe or 2LP yellow vinyl available (the Greatest Hits is also being reissued).
My Chemical Romance / The Black Parade (2CD deluxe)
This 10th anniversary edition of My Chemical Romance‘s third album comes with a bonus disc which includes 11 previously unreleased demos and outtakes from the original recording session with producer Rob Cavallo.
Marillion / F E A R (new album)
Marillion release their 18 studio album which they will support with a UK tour in November and December of this year.
Billy Bragg & Joe Henry / Shine A Light
This collection of songs was actually written by Billy Bragg and Joe Henry on a four day train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles as the pair attempted to reconnect with the culture of American railroad travel and the music it inspired.
- • UK Order: Shine A Light: Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad
- • USA Order: Shine A Light: Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad
- • GERMANY Order: Shine A Light: Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad
Pet Shop Boys / Say It To Me (12″ single)
The vinyl version of the Pet Shop Boys new single follows a week on from the CD single release. Features four remixes.
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Saw Marillion last night in London and the new tracks from FEAR were stunning. Following some research this morning I’ve discovered that FEAR is available on SACD 5.1 from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/F-E-R-Marillion/dp/B01HC94ADO/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1480931683&sr=1-1&keywords=fear+sacd
Also available is a 5.1 96kHz version of Sounds That Can’t Be Made which appears on the third disc of a bluray set of the live performance. This particular version is available from the Marillion website:
http://www.marillion.com/shop/dvd/asnatr-bluray.htm
The version available from Amazon appears to be a single disc version that does not contain the studio album.
Looks as though the ultimate box set editions of Marillion’s much anticipated FEAR release have been delayed a couple of weeks due to equipment failure (at the pressing plant?) but ever the good guys the band are sending all ultimate box pledgers a special early disc to tide them over.
In the past, the deluxe edition of Marillion albums were available through their webshop for quite some time after release, meaning that even those who didn’t participate in the funding campaign could grab one. Don’t know if that will be the case with the new album.
In any case, the preview they send a few weeks ago is stunning, the F.E.A.R. seems to be another stunning addition to their discography. Can’t wait to receive mine (they’ve been posted last week). Very nice indeed to see it mentioned here.
Randy Newman Songbook vinyl set also out this week.
About Marillion F.E.A.R. if u go to his homepage can find a link to their Pledgemusic where will find more different edditions of the album including different sets from standard cd to boxes with extra content if not wrong…
…and from here is another project (now more than reached) from Gary Numan for next year album with a curious “extra” for contributors and usual bundles, included signed ones.
That pledgemusic campaign from Marillion has closed and if we all thought that Human League box set was expensive then Marillion really took the piss asking £158.16 for theirs.
It all depends on what is in the Human League box set versus Marillion.
Marillion has always given good value. After all, without them PledgeMusic and the others would not be around.
Maybe you should look and see what the Ultimate box set has to offer before you whine about the price. did you check?
The pledgemusic for Marillion’s FEAR album is now closed, you can’t get the limited editions / signed items anymore.
Very nice to see Marillion mentioned here by the way!!
Are the bowie albums going to be released on CD as standalone albums like the first set? With the first set they were issued separately on the same day as release, and then the vinyl was issued separately a few months later.
Yeah, I’m asking the same ever since the box set announcement, but still no answer. And no Amazon or Ebay listings.
Bound to be at some point, just a question of when.
I think they are supposed to be released separately, except for the box set exclusives (David Live Original Mix, Gouster, 2010 Station to Station, Re:Call 2). I’m waiting for the individual releases since I don’t even have copies of Diamond Dogs and Young Americans in my collection. I have the 3-Disc Station to Station set already. I’m tempted by the 2010 Station to Station Mix, but not going to buy the whole box for it. I’ll try to find it on iTunes or Spotify (GASP!)