Pre-sale of the week: The Rolling Stones – Black and Blue, out 14 November

Celebrate The Rolling Stones’ 1976 album, Black and Blue, with a brand-new mix by Steven Wilson. This album marked a pivotal moment, as it was the first to feature Ronnie Wood as a full member, contributing his iconic guitar work. Acclaimed at the time by Billboard as being “one of their most purely enjoyable albums…

Pre-sale of the week: Taylor Swift – The Life of a Showgirl, out 3 October

Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, really needs no introduction. This is Swift’s first new album since announcing that she bought back her masters, giving her complete ownership of her musical catalogue and effectively rendering her ‘Taylor’s Version’ project moot. The album’s cover art was inspired by her behind-the-scenes experience of…

Pre-sale of the week: Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here (50th Anniversary), out 12 December

  To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Pink Floyd’s iconic album Wish You Were Here is being reissued in various formats. Featuring ‘Shine on You Crazy Diamond’, the hypnotic ‘Welcome to the Machine’, the scathing ‘Have a Cigar’ and the essential title track, this is undoubtedly one of the most important albums in the history of…

Pre-sale of the week: The Beatles – The Anthology Collection (2025 Edition), out 21 November

  The Anthology Collection (2025 Edition) set includes the three groundbreaking Anthology albums from the mid-1990s, remastered in 2025 by Giles Martin, plus a new compilation, Anthology 4. Containing 191 tracks, the collection’s studio out-takes, live performances, broadcasts and demos reveal the musical development of The Beatles from 1958 to the final single ‘Now And…

Pre-sale of the week: Radiohead – Hail to the Thief Live Recordings 2003-2009, out 31 October

Hail to the Thief Live Recordings 2003-2009 re-evaluates Radiohead’s relationship with their 6th studio album, comprising performances of songs in London, Amsterdam, Buenos Aires, and Dublin. The album was mixed by Ben Baptie and mastered by Matt Colton. Thom Yorke says: “I heard some archive live recordings of the songs. I was shocked by the…

Pre-sale of the week: Creeper – Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death, out 31 October

  Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death is larger-than-life, darker-than-death, and the best album Creeper have ever recorded. It is a thematic sequel rather than a direct continuation of the original Sanguivore story. Like a classic horror anthology, it spins a new tale from the same bloodline as the original, this time using its bloodied vampiric…

Pre-sale of the week: David Gilmour – The Luck and Strange Concerts, out 17 October

  The Luck and Strange Concerts features live perfoormances from the acclaimed tour for David Gilmour’s most recent album. The CD and LP versions feature 23 live tracks, and include a 24-page booklet, featuring photographs from the tour. The Blu-ray features a film of the concert at the Circus Maximus in Rome, plus audio concert…

Pre-sale of the week: Led Zeppelin – Live EP, out 12 September

  Led Zeppelin celebrate the 50th anniversary of their iconic sixth album, Physical Graffiti, with the release of their new Live EP. The EP features live recordings of ‘In My Time Of Dying’ and ‘Trampled Under Foot’ from Earl’s Court 1975, alongside ‘Sick Again’ and ‘Kashmir’ from Knebworth 1979. These live performances were originally released…

Pre-sale of the week: The Last Dinner Party – From the Pyre, out 17 October

The Last Dinner Party’s new album, From the Pyre, is a collection of stories, and the concept of album-as-mythos binds them. ‘The Pyre’ itself is an allegorical place in which these tales originate, a place of violence and destruction but also regeneration, passion and light. The songs are character driven but still deeply personal, a…