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Released 4 December 2015

  • Bruce Springsteen - The Ties That Bind: The River Collection
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  • The Ties That Bind: The River Collection is a comprehensive look at era in which Bruce Springsteen’s legendary album The River was created. The set contains 52 tracks on 4 CDs with a wealth of unreleased material, and 4 hours of never-before-seen video on 3 DVDs. It comprises: the original The River double album; the first official release of The River: Single Album; a CD of studio out-takes from 1979–80; a two-DVD film of never-released, newly edited multi-camera footage from Springsteen’s famed 1980 show in Tempe, Arizona, long-rumoured but never seen before; rare tour rehearsal footage; a brand-new documentary, ‘The Ties That Bind’; and a coffee-table book of 200 rare or previously unseen photos and memorabilia with a new essay by Mikal Gilmore.
  • The River, Springsteen’s fifth album, was released on 17 October 1980 as a double album and reached number 1 on the US Billboard 200 chart. In his notes, Gilmore calls The River Springsteen’s ‘pivotal album – [the] hinge between the ambitious commotions that had preceded it and the more succinct musical riots, and sometimes terrifying storytelling, that followed.’
  • ‘The Ties That Bind’ is a brand new 60-minute documentary produced and directed by Zimny that features an intimate interview with Springsteen in which he reflects on the tumultuous, extended period writing and recording The River. The film transitions between Springsteen telling the stories behind the music – and illustrating them with solo acoustic guitar performances – interspersed with period concert footage and rare photos of Bruce and the band in and out of the studio.
  • The Ties That Bind: The River Collection is packaged in a 10" x 12" box with a hardcover 148-page coffee table book containing 200 studio and live photographs – most of which have never been seen before – plus pages from Springsteen’s notebooks, single covers, images and out-takes from the original album package, and other memorabilia documenting the album. Liner notes include a new essay from journalist Mikal Gilmore, the original Rolling Stone album review from 1980, and Springsteen’s updated comments about the album from the 1998 book Songs.
  • Contents
  • Audio: 4 CDs
  • The River original album (20 songs on 2 CDs)
  • The Ties That Bind original album (10 songs on 1 CD)
  • The River out-takes (22 songs on 1 CD, 12 previously unreleased)
  • Video: 3 DVDs
  • ‘The Ties That Bind’: 60 minute documentary
  • The River Tour – Tempe, 1980 live concert (Part 1)
  • The River Tour – Tempe, 1980 live concert (Part 2)
  • The River Tour rehearsals, 1980: 5 songs.
  • Book: 10" x 12" (horizontal) hardcover
  • 10" x 12" hardcover outer slipcase
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    Released 27 November 2015

    • John Coltrane - A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters
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      • John Coltrane  A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters 
    • Impulse Records commemorate the 50th anniversary of John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme with the release of a complete masters edition, including unreleased session reels and alternative versions from Coltrane’s personal collection.
    • The album was recorded over two days at the Van Gelder Studio, New Jersey, in December 1964. Musicians at the sessions included Coltrane’s quartet – Elvin Jones, drums; Jimmy Garrison, bass; and McCoy Tyner, piano – plus Archie Shepp and Doctor Art Davis, who joined Coltrane on the second day to re-record the opening part of the suite. The various takes, alternative versions and overdubs from these sessions make up this release.
    • A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters includes a 32-page book featuring an essay by Ashley Khan, photographs taken at the session, as well as detailed notes and musical sketches by Coltrane.
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    Released 20 November 2015

      • The Comsat Angels  4 Vinyl Reissues
    • Named after the J.G. Ballard story of the same name, The Comsat Angels were born in the UK’s post-punk era. One of the most underrated acts of the early 80s, the Sheffield four-piece twinned together sparse, economical musicianship and a large sound. While other bands of the era with a big sound, such as U2, Simple Minds, Echo and the Bunnymen and the Teardrop Explodes, achieved mainstream success, The Comsat Angels never made the breakthrough into the main arena. Perhaps too dark for populist tastes at the time, their music has been described as ‘abstract pop songs with spare instrumentation, many of which were bleak and filled with some form of heartache.’
    • Unjustly overlooked for their important contribution to music, their influence however, is enormous; the haunting atmospherics and simply played but expansive nature of their music has has a direct effect on countless post-punk revival bands, including Blacklist, Bell Hollow, Editors and Interpol.
    • The Comsats’ first three albums all receive the deluxe treatment: the introspective, but absorbing debut album Waiting For A Miracle; the intense, monumental follow-up Sleep No More and the understated and equally under-rated third, Fiction.
    • Also, reissued for the first time, is the long out-of-print album Chasing Shadows, which lists Robert Palmer (a constant champion of the band) as co-producer.
    • These albums prove beyond all reasonable doubt that while commercial recognition may have eluded the Sheffield-based quartet, they still accumulated one of the most enviable, enduring and unsung catalogues known to rock.
    • Included in the deluxe editions are non-LP singles, demos and BBC radio session tracks, plus booklets with rare photos, memorabilia and detailed liner notes.
    • The Comsat Angels - Waiting For A Miracle
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      • Waiting For A Miracle  CD 10.99 / LP £19.99
    • The Comsat Angels - Sleep No More
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      • Sleep No More  CD 10.99 / LP £19.99
    • The Comsat Angels - Fiction
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      • Fiction  CD 10.99 / LP £19.99
    • The Comsat Angels - Chasing Shadows
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      • Chasing Shadows  CD 10.99 / LP £19.99
    • The Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland Era Vinyl box set
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      • The Sisters Of Mercy  Floodland Era Vinyl box set 
    • The first phase of The Sisters Of Mercy came to an end when the band broke up soon after finishing the tour for their 1985 debut, First And Last And Always. Undaunted, the group’s founder and frontman Andrew Eldritch continued to make music, aided by his ever faithful drum machine Doktor Avalanche. The Sisters of Mercy came back stronger than ever in 1987 with their second album, Floodland, an even bigger commercial and artistic breakthrough.
    • The second incarnation of The Sisters – which featured bassist Patricia Morrison of Gun Club and The Damned – explored new sonic avenues on Floodland. The tone was still dark and brooding, but now the guitars shared space with keyboards and the rich orchestrations of producer Jim Steinman (Meat Loaf) on tracks like ‘This Corrosion’ and ‘Dominion/Mother Russia’. When the album was released in November 1987, it climbed the charts in the UK where it reached the Top Ten.
    • Along with the studio album, Floodland Era Vinyl box set includes a trio of 12" singles from that era: ‘This Corrosion’, ‘Dominion’ and ‘Lucretia My Reflection’. It features a different mix of the title track, along with the non-LP B-sides ‘Torch’ and ‘Colours’.
    • The 12" version of the second single ‘Dominion’ also appears in this set. It contains a different mix of ‘Dominion’, as well as three additional tracks: ‘Untitled’, ‘Sandstorm’ and their unique cover of Hot Chocolate’s ‘Emma’. The third single, ‘Lucretia My Reflection’ is represented here by the nine-minute 12" version from 1988 that features the B-side ‘Long Train’, originally recorded in 1984. This new boxed set marks the digital debut of several of the songs featured on the 12" singles.
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    Released 13 November 2015

    • David Bowie - Golden Years – 40th Anniversary Picture Disc Series
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      • David Bowie  Golden Years – 40th Anniversary Picture Disc Series 
    • Golden Years will be the last of the David Bowie 40th anniversary 7" picture discs for 2015.
    • Originally released on 21 November 1975, ‘Golden Years’ had a lot to live up to: 1975 was a good year for Bowie chart action. ‘Fame’ had given Bowie his first US number 1, and the re-release of ‘Space Oddity’ became Bowie’s first UK number 1. ‘Golden Years’ made it into the Top Ten in the UK, peaking at #8. Nevertheless, it was a great advert for the upcoming Station To Station album, even though it was a bit of a curveball stylistically. The generally upbeat flavour of ‘Golden Years’ didn’t begin to hint at the emotionally cold Thin White Duke who was waiting in the wings of 1976.
    • Both sides feature photos by Steve Schapiro. The AA side is a previously unpublished shot.
    • Various Artists - Back to the River: More Southern Soul Stories 1961–78
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      • Various Artists  Back to the River: More Southern Soul Stories 1961–78 
    • Kent’s first anthology of Southern Soul – the award-winning Take Me To The River – was critically and publicly acclaimed in equal measure. It has gone on to become one of the best-selling items in the Ace catalogue and continues to sell well more than half a decade after its release.
    • Southern Soul has so many stories to tell that a second collection was inevitable. Back To The River has taken the premise of its predecessor and expanded its brief to bring you soul not only from the south, but also southern-styled music from the north, east and west of the United States. As before, the 75 tracks run the gamut from well-known classics to little-known and highly valuable obscurities, topped off with a generous helping of previously unissued titles by familiar names. The booklet abounds with rare photos, and once again each of the 75 tracks gets its own individual annotation. Some of the greatest names in soul music can be heard at their best in a total playing time that runs just a fraction under four hours. Kent’s commitment to Southern soul remains as strong as ever and there’s much more of it to come in the future.
    • Gong - Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy
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      • Gong  Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy 
    • For the first time ever, Gong’s quintessential trilogy – Flying Teapot, Angels Egg and You – have been remastered from the original tapes and gathered together in a lavish package as Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy. Maintaining the incredible sound quality and repackaging of 2015’s critically acclaimed Camembert Electrique remasters, each album has been digitally remastered by Nick Robbins at SoundMastering Studios. The hardback CD edition features exclusive content including 60 pages full of artwork, rare photos, sleeve notes by Mojo magazine’s Mark Paytress and more, together with a fourth CD of bonus material, including both sides of Gong’s impossible-to-find debut single on BYG Records, released only in France in 1970.
    • Dedicated to the memory and ongoing legacy of Daevid Allen, Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy will be released in November 2015 to coincide with Gong’s ‘You Can’t Kill Me’ series of concerts in the UK and other territories around the world.
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    Released 6 November 2015

    • Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Volume 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966
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      • Bob Dylan  The Bootleg Series Volume 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 
    • Between 1965 and 1966 Bob Dylan recorded three albums that many believe changed the course of modern music: Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde On Blonde. The Cutting Edge 1965–1966: The Bootleg Series Volume 12 takes you inside the studio during the recording of those three albums. With a staggering wealth of unreleased songs, outtakes, rehearsals and alternate versions, The Cutting Edge provides a unique insight into a legendary icon’s creative process.
    • The six-CD deluxe edition features over 100 previously unreleased tracks. Includes alternate versions of songs such as ‘Desolation Row’, ‘Visions Of Johanna’, ‘Highway 61 Revisited’ and the complete 16-take session for ‘Like A Rolling Stone’. It is packaged in a slipcase with a separate 120-page hardcover book with exclusive photography and liner notes.
    • Ride - Nowhere
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      • Ride  Nowhere 
    • Mighty shoegaze legends Ride re-release Nowhere with extra tracks! Widely considered one of the greatest albums not only of the ‘shoegaze’ genre, but of the 90s, Nowhere features classic tracks including ‘Vapour Trail’, ‘Polar Bear’ and Dreams Burn Down’. The 15-track album version features three tracks from the Fall EP, released 25 years ago, in September 1990, in the lead up to Nowhere, plus four songs from the Today Forever EP, which came out the week of the Town & Country Club show in March 1991. This show was part of a short UK tour to support Today Forever, the first new material from Ride since Nowhere.
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    Released 30 October 2015

      • Van Morrison 
    • Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (Expanded & Remastered)
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      • Astral Weeks (Expanded & Remastered)  CD £9.99
    • Astral Weeks failed to make the charts when it was released in the autumn of 1968. Over the years, however, the album has achieved a near-mythic status across generations of listeners who have ‘ventured in the slipstream’ and fallen under the music’s spell. Any best-of list is unthinkable – and worthless – without it. This version will include the mythical and long-rumoured long version of ‘Slim Slow Slider’ – the album version of which, as fellow Van obsessives will know, fades out in mid-flow before 3 minutes is up.
    • Bonus tracks (previously unreleased)
    • 1. Beside You (Take 1)
    • 2. Madame George (Take 4)
    • 3. Ballerina (long version)
    • 4. Slim Slow Slider (long version)
    • Van Morrison - His Band And The Street Choir (Expanded & Remastered)
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      • His Band And The Street Choir (Expanded & Remastered)  CD £9.99
    • Following Moondance’s breakthrough success, His Band And The Street Choir arrived in November 1970. While Astral Weeks and Moondance contemplate the cosmos and love’s rich conundrums, Street Choir resonates with a purposefully loose ebullience on songs like the Top Ten hit ‘Domino’, ‘Blue Money’ and ‘Call Me Up In Dreamland’.
    • This remastered version of the album is expanded with five previously unreleased bonus tracks, including an early, raw take of ‘Give Me A Kiss’ without piano, horns or backing vocals. Morrison’s impressive falsetto gets a workout on Take 3 of ‘Gypsy Queen,’ while the band turns up the funk on the greasy alternate version of ‘I’ve Been Working’ featured here.
    • Bonus tracks (previously unreleased)
    • 1. Call Me Up In Dreamland (Take 10)
    • 2. Give Me A Kiss (Take 3)
    • 3. Gypsy Queen (Take 3)
    • 4. I’ve Been Working (alternate version)
    • 5. I’ll Be Your Lover, Too (alternate version)
    • Otis Redding - Soul Manifesto: 1964-1970
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      • Otis Redding  Soul Manifesto: 1964-1970 
    • With his powerful voice and boundless energy, Otis Redding helped define the sound of Sixties soul like no other male singer. Before his untimely death, the Georgia singer recorded an unrivalled body of work with the Stax Records house band that includes such incomparable classics as ‘Try A Little Tenderness’, ‘Pain In My Heart’, and the number 1 hit ‘(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay’.
    • Soul Manifesto: 1964–1970 offers an in-depth look at Redding’s remarkable career, including his 1964 debut, Pain In My Heart, and 1967’s King & Queen, an album he recorded with singer Carla Thomas and the last studio album released during his lifetime. The set also comes with four posthumous releases, including 1968’s The Dock Of The Bay, which topped the R&B chart that year.
    • With the albums on Soul Manifesto, Redding forever raised the benchmark for singers with his unforgettable performances on indispensable tracks like ‘Tramp’, ‘Shake’, ‘Security’, ‘Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)’, ‘I Can’t Turn You Loose’, ‘Mr. Pitiful’, and ‘Chained And Bound’.
    • The collection features the eight studio and live albums that Redding recorded between 1964 and 1967, as well as several essential posthumous sets.
    • Albums included:
    • Pain In My Heart (1964) / The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads (1965) / Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965) / The Soul Album (1966) / Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul (1966) / King & Queen – with Carla Thomas (1967) / Live In Europe (1967) / The Dock Of The Bay (1968) / The Immortal Otis Redding (1968) / In Person At The Whisky A Go Go (1968) / Love Man (1969) / Tell The Truth (1970)
    • Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill 20th Anniversary
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      • Alanis Morrisette  Jagged Little Pill 20th Anniversary 
    • Since 1995 Alanis Morissette has been one of the most influential singer-songwriter-musicians in contemporary music. Her deeply expressive music and performances have earned her vast critical praise, 14 Canadian Juno Awards, 7 Grammy Awards (with an additional 14 nominations), a Golden Globe nomination and sales of over 60 million albums worldwide.
    • This year, her legendary album Jagged Little Pill hits its 20th anniversary. To celebrate the milestone, the multiple Grammy-winning singer-songwriter has curated a special collector’s edition of her global debut, an album that’s sold more than 33 million copies around the world and ranks as one of the best-selling albums of all time.
    • This new four-disc Jagged Little Pill: Collector’s Edition includes:
    • Disc 1: remastered audio of the original album
    • Disc 2: ten unreleased demos from the era handpicked by Morissette from her archives, recorded between 1994 and 1998, which offer a deeper and more personal look at the classic album
    • Disc 3: a previously unreleased concert from recorded at Subterranea in London on 28 September 1995, which captures Morissette at the peak of her success as she makes her highly anticipated UK concert debut. For this powerhouse performance, she was backed by her touring band (dubbed Sexual Chocolate), which featured a stellar rhythm section with bassist Chris Chaney (Jane’s Addiction) and drummer Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters).
    • Disc 4: 2005’s Jagged Little Pill Acoustic album.
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    • The single-disc version contains the remastered album, and the 2-CD version includes the disc of demos.
    • In addition to selecting music for the set, Morissette dug into her personal collection to include never-before-seen photos and other ephemera from the time. She also contributes a new essay reflecting back on this time in her life along with stories behind the 10 demos included on Disc 2.
    • The Velvet Underground - Loaded: Re-Loaded
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      • The Velvet Underground  Loaded: Re-Loaded 
    • One of the greatest albums of all time, The Velvet Underground’s Loaded returns as a 6-disc collection that includes:
    • • The original album remastered in both stereo and mono;
      • A generous selection of demos, early versions and alternate mixes from that era;
      • A newly remastered/re-edited version of Live At Max’s Kansas City;
      • Two high-resolution mixes, plus a surround sound mix in DTS and Dolby Digital;
      • An unreleased concert recorded in Philadelphia, May 1970.
    • Remastered stereo and mono versions of the album fill out the first two discs, along with various out-takes, and the mono mix for the unissued single ‘Rock & Roll’/‘Lonesome Cowboy Bill’. The third disc explores the creative process behind many of the songs on the album with more than 20 demos, early versions and alternate mixes.
    • Fans will be excited to hear the unreleased live performance featured on the fifth disc. It was recorded on 9 May 1970 at the Second Fret in Philadelphia by Bob Kachnycz, a fan who hitchhiked to the show and recorded it on reel-to-reel. The band was down to a trio that night: Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison and Doug Yule, who alternated between bass and drums to fill in for Moe Tucker, who was pregnant at the time.
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    Released 23 October 2015

      • a-ha  a-ha Reissue Series
    • Continuing an epic year for a-ha, the Norwegian trio marks the 25th anniversary of East of the Sun, West of the Moon with a series of remastered and expanded album reissues.
    • a-ha - East of the Sun, West of the Moon
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      • East of the Sun, West of the Moon  2-CD / DVD £15.99
    • East of the Sun, West of the Moon was the band’s fourth studio album, and introduced a darker tone that hadn’t been explored before. It reached number 13 in the European album chart, and the lead single, ‘Crying in the Rain’, hit number one in Norway.
    • The deluxe edition features the remastered original album plus an additional disc of bonus content of demos, alternate mixes and live songs, including ‘Trees Will Not Grow On Sand’, a previously unissued demo. This release will also feature a DVD of Live in South America, first released on VHS in 1993 and made available here on DVD for the very first time.
    • a-ha - Memorial Beach
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      • Memorial Beach  2-CD £13.99
    • Memorial Beach was the band’s fifth studio album, released in 1993 and hitting number one on the Norwegian album chart. The album features three top fifty UK singles for the group: ‘Move to Memphis’, ‘Dark is the Night’ and Angel in the Snow’.
    • The deluxe edition features the remastered original album plus an additional disc of bonus content of previously unissued demos, alternate mixes and writing sessions, including the song ‘Bar Room’.
    • a-ha - Stay On These Roads
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      • Stay On These Roads  2-CD £13.99
    • Stay On These Roads, the band’s third studio album, sold over 4 million copies worldwide and achieved platinum status. The lead single, ‘Stay on These Roads’, hit number one in Norway, and was in the top 10 across Europe. The album also includes ‘The Living Daylights’, made famous after featuring in the James Bond film of the same name.
    • The deluxe edition features the remastered original album plus an additional disc of bonus content of previously unissued demos, alternate mixes and writing sessions, including the song ‘Evitar’.
    • Skids - The Virgin Years
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      • Skids  The Virgin Years 
    • A ‘monster’ of a release – 6 CDs containing 113 tracks covering the Virgin Records career of acclaimed New Wave legends Skids:
    • Disc 1 contains their debut album, Scared To Dance, complete with eight bonus tracks, including the singles ‘Sweet Suburbia’, ‘The Saints Are Coming’ and ‘Into The Valley’.
    • Disc 2 features the original Days In Europa album from 1979, and includes singles such as ‘Charade’ and ‘Working For The Yankee Dollar’ as well as a version of Mott The Hoople’s ‘All The Young Dudes’ from a BBC Radio 1 Kid Jensen session.
    • Disc 3 contains The Absolute Game complete with the bonus Strength Through Joy LP. Includes the singles ‘Circus Games’, ‘Goodbye Civilian’ and ‘Woman In Winter’.
    • Disc 4 presents the band’s fourth album, Joy – which has never before been issued on CD – along with six bonus tracks!
    • Disc 5 sees, for the first time on CD, the remixed version of the Days In Europa album, which includes the hit single ‘Masquerade’. Also included is the BBC In Concert show from March 1979.
    • Disc 6 is another Skids collector’s dream – all five of the band’s sessions for John Peel! The 21 tracks here include many which were never re-recorded by the band, and all appear here on CD for the first time.
    • Add in a 40-page booklet full of detailed sleeve notes by band devotee Tim Barr, all overseen by the official website, and you have the ultimate Skids release!
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    Released 16 October 2015

    • Trader Horne - Morning Way
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      • Trader Horne  Morning Way 
    • Originally released on Pye’s alt-label Dawn, Trader Horne’s Morning Way is widely agreed to be one of the unsung musical treasures of the 70s. Judy Dyble (Fairport Convention / Giles, Giles & Fripp, amongst others) and Jackie McAuley (Them) formed Trader Horne in 1969, naming their group – so the legend goes! – after John Peel’s nanny. By turns folk (‘Jenny May’), pop (‘Sheena’) and something altogether more esoteric (‘Velvet To Atone’), Trader’s only album is a shining example of the cult British psychedelic era.
    • The LP comes with high-quality download, which includes two additional non-album tracks, Here Comes The Rain and Goodbye Mercy Kelly (which are included on the CD).
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    Released 9 October 2015

    • Small Faces - The Decca Years 1965-67
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      • Small Faces  The Decca Years 1965-67 
    • Released as part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of their debut release, this stunning 5-CD box set brings together, for the first time, everything that Small Faces recorded for Decca during their 18-month record deal with the label. Housed in a rigid, deluxe, lift-off lid box set, the 5 CDs come complete with a 72-page booklet, which includes interesting and insightful liner notes by respected music journalist and Small Faces aficionado, Mark Paytress.
      • Status Quo  Vinyl Reissue Series
    • Status Quo - Dog Of Two Head
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      • Dog Of Two Head  LP £18.99
    • The oddly titled Dog Of Two Head featured the classic Status Quo line up of Francis Rossi (guitar,vocals), Rick Parfitt (guitar, vocals), Alan Lancaster (bass) and John Coghlan (drums). Released in 1971, it was to be their last record for Pye. Finally available again, this remastered classic is given another chance to be re-evaluated as a high point in this remarkable band’s fifty year career.
    • Status Quo - Ma Kelly’s Greasy Spoon
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      • Ma Kelly’s Greasy Spoon  LP £18.99
    • Status Quo’s third album, Ma Kelly’s Greasy Spoon, was released in August 1970 and has become something of a cult classic, with Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus proclaiming it a masterpiece. This was the record that ushered in Quo’s famous ‘boogie shuffle’, a sound that would stand them in good stead in the coming years. Finally remastered from the original tapes, this 45th anniversary edition is at long last available on vinyl again.
    • Status Quo - Spare Parts
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      • Spare Parts  LP £18.99
    • Quo’s second album, Spare Parts, was to be their last in the psychedelic genre. The years have been kind to this record and although the album was not a success when released in April 1969 it now has many fans. This was the last album Quo were to make before exploring more hard rock territory and their eventual transformation into a twelve bar boogie band. Released for the first time in many years on vinyl, this remastered edition casts the spotlight on the band’s most underrated record.
    • Status Quo - The Best Of Status Quo
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      • The Best Of Status Quo  LP £18.99
    • The excellent compilation The Best Of Status Quo gathers together the best of the post-psychedelic ‘boogie’ period material which Status Quo recorded for Pye. Classic album tracks rub shoulders with bona fide hits (‘Mean Girl’ and ‘Gerdundula’) and the superb non-album 45 ‘Down The Dustpipe’. Long since deleted, this essential part of the Quo canon is remastered and finally available again.
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    Released 25 September 2015

    • David Bowie - Five Years 1969–1973
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      • David Bowie  Five Years 1969–1973 
    • Five Years 1969–1973 is the first in a series of box sets spanning David Bowie’s career. The ten-album, 12-CD / 13-LP box set features all of the material officially released by Bowie during the nascent stage of his career from 1969 to 1973. The set includes tracks that have been unavailable in any format for many years, as well as fresh remasters.
    • Contents
    • 6 original studio albums: David Bowie (a.k.a. Space Oddity)*, The Man Who Sold The World*, Hunky Dory*, The Rise and Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, Aladdin Sane and PinUps*. (* New remasters)
    • 2 live albums: Live Santa Monica ’72, Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Exclusive to the set
    • Re:Call 1 – a new 2-disc compilation of non-album singles, single versions and B-sides. Featuring a previously unreleased single edit of ‘All The Madmen’ and the original version of ‘Holy Holy’, which was only ever released on the original 1971 Mercury single.
    • The Rise and Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars – the 2003 stereo mix by the album’s original co-producer, Ken Scott, previously only available on DVD with the LP/DVD format of the 40th anniversary edition of the album.
    • Book – the 128-page book (84-page in the larger format vinyl edition) features rarely seen photos as well as technical notes about each album from producers Tony Visconti and Ken Scott, an original press review for each album and a short foreword by legendary Kinks front-man Ray Davies.
    • Features
    • The CD box set includes faithfully reproduced mini-vinyl versions of the original albums, the CDs will be gold rather than the usual silver, there is an alternate cover for the 2003 mix of Ziggy Stardust by Ken Scott and newly originated artwork for Re:Call 1 featuring a 1973 in-studio image from renowned photographer Mick Rock.
    • The vinyl box set has the same content as the CD set, pressed on audiophile quality 180g vinyl.
    • Queen - The Studio Collection
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      • Queen  The Studio Collection 
    • Queen always had a special fondness for vinyl, the medium in which they first began to create, around 1970. As a matter of principle, every Queen studio album was offered at the time of original release on vinyl, even well into the era when CDs had taken over as the medium of choice for most of the public. However, the final two albums, Innuendo and Made In Heaven, were actually formatted primarily with the CD in mind, and had a longer running time, so the contents had to be edited down to fit them on to the two sides of a vinyl album. Now, especially for this edition, for the first time, these two albums have been cut at full length as double vinyl LPs – four sides each – making up a vinyl set that is complete in every way.
    • The box set offers many other special features. Most noticeable is the coloured vinyl: designed for collectors, each album has been given a different colour, in keeping with its original artwork, giving a unique record-deck experience. The coloured discs have been custom-produced especially for this set, using new material technology which ensures the sound quality is uncompromised.
    • There are more surprises in the box set: Queen II originally never had designated A- and B-sides, but ‘Side White’ and ‘Side Black’. For this new edition, the album has been cut on two separate discs, black and white, each with a custom etching on the reverse side, a nice bonus for collectors.
    • The 18-LP box set comes with a lavishly illustrated 12" x 12" 108-page hardback book which features introductions to each album, quotes from Queen themselves, hand-written lyrics, rare photographs, memorabilia, and information on singles and videos – all made possible with unlimited access to Queen’s own archive plus the personal archives of Brian May, Roger Taylor and some generous fans.
    • Albums included
    • Queen (1973) / Queen II (1974) / Sheer Heart Attack (1974) / A Night at the Opera (1975) / A Day at the Races (1976) / News of the World (1977) / Jazz (1978) / The Game (1980) / Flash Gordon (1980) / Hot Space (1982) / The Works (1984) / A Kind of Magic (1986) / The Miracle (1989) / Innuendo (1991) / Made in Heaven (1995)
    • Billy Cobham - The Atlantic Years
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      • Billy Cobham  The Atlantic Years 
    • A definitive collection of Billy Cobham’s early career as a bandleader on Atlantic Records, lavishly packaged, remastered and featuring unreleased material, as well as singles.
    • The discs are packaged in a clamshell box, with each album in an individual mini-LP cardboard replica sleeve with spine and the original artwork, and a 60-page, perfect-bound booklet, with period photos and liner notes.
    • Contents
    • Disc 1: Spectrum (1973) / Disc 2: Crosswinds (1974) / Disc 3: Total Eclipse (1974) / Disc 4: Shabazz (1975) / Disc 5: A Funky Thide Of Sings (1975) / Disc 6: Life & Times (1976) / Disc 7: Live On Tour In Europe (with George Duke) (1976) / Disc 8: Inner Conflicts (1978)
    • Nino Rota - The Godfather Part II o.s.t.
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      • Nino Rota  The Godfather Part II o.s.t. 
    • The Godfather Part II is the Academy Award-winning soundtrack from the film of the same name, first released in 1974. This original score was composed by Nino Rota and conducted by Carmine Coppola. Rota expands upon two of the three main themes from the first film: ‘The Godfather Waltz’ and ‘Michael’s Theme’, while ‘The Love Theme’ from the first film makes a brief appearance during a flashback sequence. There are several new themes, including one for Kay (Diane Keaton), and two for the young Vito (Robert De Niro).
    • In 1974, the soundtrack won the Academy Award for original music score/original dramatic score, and it was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for best original score.
    • First pressing of 1000 numbered copies on red transparent vinyl.
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    Released 18 September 2015

    • Taste - What’s Going On – Live at the Isle of Wight
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      • Taste  What’s Going On – Live at the Isle of Wight 
    • Originally formed in Cork, Ireland in 1966 by Rory Gallagher, Taste had a brief but influential career, releasing two studio albums in 1969 and 1970, before disbanding shortly after their legendary appearance at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival – a performance captured on this album. This expanded CD includes four additional tracks which were not included on the original 1971 release. Rory Gallagher would go on to enjoy an acclaimed and highly successful solo career and this electrifying show by Taste is an early example of Rory s justified reputation as the ultimate live performer.
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    Released 28 August 2015

    • Nirvana - Nirvana
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      • Nirvana  Nirvana 
    • Nirvana’s eponymous 7 x platinum-selling posthumous collection makes its debut on deluxe 45rpm double LP on heavyweight 180-gram vinyl with a digital download card, as well as a standard 33rpm single LP 180-gram heavyweight vinyl edition which also includes a download card.
    • The Faces - You Can Make Me Dance, Sing, Anything
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      • The Faces  You Can Make Me Dance, Sing, Anything 
    • The Faces squeezed a lifetime’s worth of rock ’n’ roll into just five years. But despite their relatively short time together, Kenney Jones (drums), Ronnie Lane (bass/vocals), Ian McLagan (keyboard), Rod Stewart (vocals) and Ronnie Wood (guitar/vocals) have earned a spot on the short list of the world’s greatest rock bands.
    • This brand new boxed set features newly remastered versions of all four of the Faces’ studio albums, plus a bonus disc of rarities. All of the music has been remastered from the original analogue tapes and approved by the surviving band members. Without a doubt, this is the best-sounding version of the band’s music ever released.
    • The limited edition vinyl LP set You Can Make Me Dance, Sing Or Anything (1970-1975) includes: The First Step (1970), Long Player (1971), A Nod Is As Good As A Wink … To A Blind Horse (1971), Ooh La La (1973) along with the bonus disc from the CD set. To deliver superior audiophile quality, each album was cut from the original analogue master tapes directly to lacquers and pressed on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl. The records will come packaged in sleeves that accurately recreate the original release. For instance, when you push the sleeve for Ooh La La, the man’s eyes move and his mouth opens, creating a look that’s reminiscent of Terry Gilliam’s animation work with Monty Python.
    • In addition to the studio albums, the collection also features a bonus disc that gathers up nine essential tracks that didn’t appear on proper albums, including the 1973 single ‘Pool Hall Richard’, a live performance of the Temptations’ ‘I Wish It Would Rain’ from the 1973 Reading Festival, and ‘Dishevelment Blues’, a song that came free as a flexi-disc in copies of the New Musical Express.
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    Released 21 August 2015

      • John Lennon  5 Vinyl Reissues
    • If John Lennon had only been one of the four members of The Beatles, his artistic immortality would already have been assured. John brought a vision of life that was simultaneously reflective, utopian and poignantly realistic.
    • But it was only after the breakup of The Beatles in 1970 that the figure the world now recognizes as ‘John Lennon’ truly came into being. Whether he was engaging in social activism, giving long, passionate interviews that broadened the nature of public discourse for artists, defining a new life as a self-described ‘househusband’, or writing and recording songs, Lennon came to view his life as a work of art in which every act shimmered with potential meaning for the world at large. It was a Messianic attitude, to be sure, but one that was tempered by an innate inclusiveness and generosity. ‘You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one,’ he sang in ‘Imagine,’ which has become his best-known song and an international anthem of peace. ‘I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will live as one.’
    • Such imagery, coupled with the tragedy of his murder in 1980, has often led to Lennon being sentimentalised as a gentle prince of peace gazing off into the distance at an Eden only he could see. In reality, he was a far more complex and difficult person, which accounts in part for the world’s endless fascination with him.
    • John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
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      • John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band  LP £19.99
    • John Lennon - Imagine
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      • Imagine  LP £22.99
    • John Lennon - Rock ’n’ Roll
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      • Rock ’n’ Roll  LP £19.99
    • John Lennon - Double Fantasy
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      • Double Fantasy  LP £19.99
    • John Lennon - Milk and Honey
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      • Milk and Honey  LP £19.99
      • The Fall  Live At The Witch Trials / Dragnet
    • To quote the very great John Peel, ‘The question I’m always asked about The Fall is: “Which album should I start my collection with?” My short answer is that you have to get them all.’
    • Nothing much sounds like The Fall, and on Live At The Witch Trials and Dragnet, featuring one of the classic Fall line-ups, they sound like nothing else. Live At The Witch Trials, their debut album, contains the mighty ‘Industrial Estate’ and Dragnet contains ‘Psykick Dance Hall’, both of which are worth the admission price on their own. Now available on vinyl for the first time in eons, they won’t last for ever so grab one whilst the grabbing’s good!
    • The Fall - Live At The Witch Trials
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      • Live At The Witch Trials  LP £19.99
    • The Fall - Dragnet
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      • Dragnet  LP £19.99
    • The Isley Brothers - RCA Victor & T-Neck Album Masters (1959-1983)
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      • The Isley Brothers  RCA Victor & T-Neck Album Masters (1959-1983) 
    • The RCA Victor & T-Neck Album Masters (1959–1983) is a 23-disc box set collection chronicling the sonic evolution and abiding achievements of an unsurpassed R&B ensemble. This box set follows The Isley Brothers through their transformation from a 1950s doo-wop/gospel vocal group into the world’s pre-eminent R&B rock’n’soul powerhouse party band.
    • Featuring newly remastered versions of the 21 albums released by The Isley Brothers for both RCA Victor and their independent T-Neck Records, nearly all of which are expanded with rare mixes and tracks making their CD and digital debuts. This set also includes, for the first time, the previously unreleased live album Wild In Woodstock: The Isley Brothers Live At Bearsville Sound Studio 1980 in its entirety, as well 84 rare and previously unreleased bonus tracks.
    • Contents
    • Shout! (RCA Victor, 1959)* / It’s Our Thing (T-Neck, 1969)* / The Brothers: Isley (T-Neck, 1969)* / The Isley Brothers Live At Yankee Stadium (T-Neck, 1969) / Get Into Something (T-Neck, 1970)* / In The Beginning … The Isley Brothers & Jimi Hendrix (T-Neck, recorded 1964-1965; remixed/released 1971)* / Givin’ It Back (T-Neck, 1971)* / Brother, Brother, Brother (T-Neck, 1972)* / The Isleys Live (T-Neck, 1973) / 3+3 (T-Neck, 1973)* / Live It Up (T-Neck, 1974)* / The Heat Is On (T-Neck, 1975)* / Harvest For The World (T-Neck, 1976)* / Go For Your Guns (T-Neck, 1977)* / Showdown (T-Neck, 1978)* / Winner Takes All (T-Neck, 1979, 2 CDs)* / Go All The Way (T-Neck, 1980)* / Wild In Woodstock: The Isley Brothers Live At Bearsville Studios 1980 (previously unreleased)* / Grand Slam (T-Neck, 1981)* / Inside You (T-Neck, 1981)* / The Real Deal (T-Neck, 1982)* / Between The Sheets (T-Neck, 1983)*
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    Released 14 August 2015

      • Red House Painters  4 vinyl re-issues
    • At last, if you missed out on the RSD 2015 box set containing the above albums, they are now available individually after many years of being out of print. What better way to start a life-time’s addiction to the doings of Mark Kozelek than the first four Red House Painters albums. Health Warning – Kozelek is prolific under a number of different names; I must have nearly 50 different releases tucked away at home, including, strangely, two AC/DC covers albums, which are weirdly brilliant!
    • Ocean Beach includes a second disc containing the Shock Me EP.
    • Red House Painters - Self-Titled (Bridge)
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      • Self-Titled (Bridge)  LP £17.99
    • Red House Painters - Self-Titled (Rollercoaster)
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      • Self-Titled (Rollercoaster)  2 x LP £22.99
    • Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill
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      • Down Colorful Hill  2 x LP £17.99
    • Red House Painters - Ocean Beach
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      • Ocean Beach  2 x LP £21.99
    • Keith Hudson - Entering The Dragon
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      • Keith Hudson  Entering The Dragon 
    • This 1974 release by Keith Hudson is something of a lost gem – with his gravelly vocal style gaining more and more prominence in recent years. Housed in some sunshine cover art, Entering The Dragon – with the man Keith bringing an abrasive edge that probably sounded quite startling in its day – now acts as a sign-post to the dancehall/hip-hop evolutions that were to come. With particular highlights including ‘Will You Come Out Tonight’, ‘It Was When Friends Started to Talk About You’ and ‘Rage Of Love’.
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    Released 31 July 2015

    • Led Zeppelin - Presence
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      • Led Zeppelin  Presence 
    • Finally we come to the end of the run of Led Zeppelin remasters plus extras, all painstakingly curated by Jimmy Page. The extra discs on the deluxe editions of all three releases include companion audio in much the same style as the previous six. Once my wallet has recovered from this battering I can start to save for the Bowie box set in September!
    • Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door
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      • Led Zeppelin  In Through the Out Door 
    • Led Zeppelin - Coda
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    Released 24 July 2015

    • Various Artists - Chess Northern Soul
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      • Various Artists  Chess Northern Soul 
    • Compiled and annotated by all-round soul oracle Ady Croasdell, the Chess Northern Soul 7" set brings together fourteen classic tracks from the legendary Chess and its affiliate labels Cadet, Argo and Checker. Big names featured here include Terry Callier, The Dells, Mitty Collier and Tony Clarke over fourteen sides that have lit up dance floors since the soul club scene’s inception, while Etta James’s stunning 1964 side ‘Can’t Shake It’ gets its first ever vinyl re-release. All of the sides have been lovingly cut from the best quality audio available and come in a smart presentation box with replica UK Chess livery and 8-page leaflet with detailed notes. Chess Northern Soul also includes a download card.
    • Various Artists - Capitol Northern Soul
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      • Various Artists  Capitol Northern Soul 
    • Ranging from well known soul legends to names known only by the scene’s hardcore dancers and collectors, the Capitol Northern Soul 7" box set brings together the likes of Gloria Jones, Doris Troy, Bobby Paris and Sam Williams in a glorious celebration of the vintage label’s soul output and that of its esteemed spin-off imprints, Tower and Uptown. Strictly limited and with sleeve notes from compiler and northern soul aficionado and DJ Richard Searling, this super-smart box includes the first ever vinyl pressing outside the US, and the first ever legal vinyl re-issue, of The Outsider’s club classic ‘Lonely Man’. Capitol Northern Soul also includes a download card.
    • Roger Waters - Amused to Death
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      • Roger Waters  Amused to Death 
    • An unblinking look at an entertainment-obsessed society, Amused to Death addresses issues that have only grown in complexity and urgency over the past two decades. With Amused to Death, Roger Waters sounded the alarm about a society increasingly – and unthinkingly – in thrall to its television screens. Twenty-three years later, Amused to Death speaks to our present moment in ways that could scarcely have been anticipated two decades ago. Today, television is just one option in an endless array of distractions available to us anytime, anywhere, courtesy of our laptops, tablets and smartphones. With eyes glued to our screens, the dilemmas and injustices of the real world can easily recede from view. The 2015 CD edition features remastered audio.
    • There is also a picture disc double LP of this album, also priced at £34.99. Please specify if you want this when ordering.
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    Released 17 July 2015

    • Michael Head & The Strands - The Magical World of The Strands
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      • Michael Head & The Strands  The Magical World of The Strands 
    • The Magical World of The Strands, finally reissued after being criminally out of print for an age, is an album of exquisite beauty. Very few albums like this are made anymore. It is music stripped to the basics: lovely songwriting and beautiful musicianship. Imagine a melange of Bryter Layter, Astral Weeks, Forever Changes and Harvest and you are getting somewhere near the sound of this superb album.
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