Release Round-Up: Week of May 17
No, you’re not seeing double. The first batch of 40th anniversary Queen expanded editions, available in the U.K. since March, make their stateside debuts. There’s an Amazon-exclusive box with all of them included, too. Dear readers: any big box retailers carrying these? The only one I imagine that is would be Best Buy. (Official site)
The Go-Go’s, Beauty and the Beat: 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Capitol/EMI)
The first time this seminal album has ever been reissued and remastered! One disc full of hits (“Our Lips Are Sealed,” “We Got the Beat”), another of a previously unreleased vintage live show in Boston. (Official site)
The last three Diana Ross-less Supremes records, expanded with a heaping helping of rare and unreleased bonus content. (Hip-o Select)
Iggy Pop, Roadkill Rising: The Bootleg Collection 1977-2009 (Shout! Factory)
Four disc of rock’s most wiry frontman in concert from all across his solo career. (Shout! Factory)
Queens of the Stone Age, Queens of the Stone Age: Deluxe Edition (Rekords Rekords)
This one’s been moved around a lot on the release calendar, but it looks like its time has finally come. QotSA’s first album from 1998, newly expanded with several unreleased tracks. (Official site)
The Hollies, The Clarke, Hicks and Nash Years: The Complete Hollies April 1963-November 1968 (Capitol/EMI)
The earliest years of the Manchester band, including some rarities and unreleased stuff, as a budget-minded, imported box set. (Amazon)
The Waterboys, In a Special Place: Piano Demos for This is the Sea (Capitol/EMI)
The first big hit record by the Scottish folk/rock band, in demo form. Another import from across the pond. (Official site)
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Wow I haven’t found a store in our area (near Chicago) that’s carrying the Queen remasters. Guess I’ll just buy online, but I would hope these would be bigger news here in the U.S.