2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2MC: New Order Store (U.S.) / New Order Store (U.K.) New Order's landmark 1987 compilation is getting expanded as a 4CD set. The newly-remastered Substance 1987 collected a dozen classic sides from the British electronic band, from 1981's "Ceremony" to the then-new "True Faith" as well as exclusive updates of "Temptation" and "Confusion." The double
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret: Deluxe Edition
Marc Almond's Tenement Symphony isn't the only title involving the U.K. synthpop singer going deluxe this year. On October 20, UMR will give you all a boy could give you with a massive deluxe edition of Soft Cell's breakthrough debut album, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret. The 6CD set, housed in a 10" x 10" box, presents the beloved New Wave classic alongside a treasure trove of B-sides, remixes, live cuts, demos and other audio curiosities. Of the set's 98 tracks, 40 of them are previously unreleased,
The Bones of What You Believe: 10-Year Anniversary Special Edition
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The debut album by the Scottish electronic trio gets a 10th anniversary upgrade on 2CDs or 2LPs. The album, which introduced the world to multi-instrumentalists Iain Cook and Martin Doherty alongside Lauren Mayberry's distinctive vocals, gets a fresh remaster by Gavin Lurssen, who mastered the band's fourth album Screen Violence (2020). It'll also be augmented by nine unreleased bonus tracks: four
Get the Message: The Best of Electronic
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino is urging fans to "get the message" by reissuing and expanding their collection devoted to British dance-pop supergroup Electronic. Get the Message: The Best of Electronic, originally released in 2006, will be revisited as a new double-vinyl pressing or a 2CD edition pairing the original 15-track compilation alongside another 15 rare remixes and B-sides.
Music to Freak Your Friends and Break Your Lease
Tired of "Monster Mash"? Through with calling "Ghostbusters"? If your Halloween playlist is begging for something different, Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records have you covered with Music to Freak Your Friends and Break Your Lease. One of the most unusual records of all time, this "Symphony for Tape Delay, IBM Instruction Manual, & Ohm Septet" was credited upon its original release in 1974 to "recognized raconteur, genius, composer, musicologist, conductor" Heins Hoffman-Richter, whom
Dance Masters: Arthur Baker (The Classic Dance Remixes)
4CD: Amazon U.S. (TBD) / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada (TBD) 4CD with signed print: Amazon U.K. Dance Masters: Arthur Baker (The Classic Dance Remixes) brings Baker's work behind the mixing boards to life with a 43-track offering of classic 12" mixes. From club hits like Afrika Bambaataa and The SoulSonic Force's "Planet Rock" to mixes of pop classics by Daryl Hall & John Oates, Cyndi Lauper, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Fleetwood Mac, and more, this new volume of Dance Masters offering will
Smash: The Singles 1985-2020
6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD/2BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP White Vinyl: PetShopBoys.com 3 Cassette: PetShopBoys.com Pet Shop Boys have rounded up most of their A-sides released between 1985 and 2020 on this new box set available in a variety of editions including 3CD, 3CD/2BD (with two Blu-rays of music videos and extras), 6LP standard black vinyl, 6LP white vinyl, 3 cassettes, and digital formats.
Evacuate Your Seats
Iconoclassic expands and remasters the 1984 album from Ohio Players and Parliament-Funkadelic veteran Junie Morrison. This worldwide CD premiere of Evacuate Your Seats has been remastered by Nick Robbins from the original masters and adds six bonus tracks including three Arthur Baker remixes of "Tease Me," the U.K. single edit and 12-inch remix of "Techno-Freqs," and dub mix "T-Freqan." Andy Kellman has written the new liner notes in the 16-page booklet.
Random Access Memories (10th Anniversary Edition)
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Daft Punk's final album, 2013's disco-flavored, multiple Grammy-winning Random Access Memories, welcomed such all-time luminaries as Nile Rodgers, Paul Williams, Giorgio Moroder, Paul Jackson, Jr., Nathan East, John "J.R." Robinson, and Omar Hakim as well as contemporary greats Pharrell Williams, Julian Casablancas, and Animal Collective co-founder Panda Bear. Now, it's time to "Get Lucky" with a
Life Moves Pretty Fast: The John Hughes Mixtapes
4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4CD/7"/Cassette: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada A new box set devoted to late filmmaker John Hughes presents a diverse collection of pop songs he helped bring to the masses. Life Moves Pretty Fast. The John Hughes Mixtapes offers four volumes of songs from the writer/director's popular comedies and teen dramas including The Breakfast Club,
Remixes
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Kraftwerk's Remixes features 19 tracks remixed by the band as well as François Kevorkian, William Orbit, Étienne de Crécy, Orbital, Underground Resistance, DJ Rolando, and Hot Chip. These remixes were originally released on various 12" singles, CD singles, and digital releases over the past twenty years. The album additionally showcases Kraftwerk's latest Kling Klang Studio creations: "Non Stop"
The 12" Album + 12"ers Vol. 2
Cherry Red continues their ongoing excavation of the Howard Jones catalogue with a new set that collects two remix albums from the mid-'80s: one a special early part of his discography, and one a treasured rarity for Japanese collectors. The label will issue a 2CD set featuring the contents of The 12" Album and 12"ers Vol. 2, which collected a plurality of mixes, some B-sides, and the odd unique track from the Human's Lib and Dream Into Action albums. Both programs have been remastered from the
The Lockdown Sessions
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Amazon-Exclusive Slipcased CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD Blue Glitter Cassette, Green Cassette, Purple Cassette: EltonJohn.com Elton John's first new studio release since 2016's Wonderful Crazy Night is on the way. A spiritual successor to 1993's Duets, The Lockdown Sessions features Elton's collaborations with 16 diverse artists ranging from the late Glen Campbell and
Flaunt It: Deluxe Edition
Cherry Red is launching the debut album by Sigue Sigue Sputnik back into orbit with a greatly-expanded 4CD set. Flaunt It, the group's 1986 album introduction after several years of hype and a pair of Top 20 hits in the U.K., will be expanded to feature two discs of B-sides and remixes and a previously unreleased live-in-studio set at Abbey Road Studios. All the material is remastered from the original tapes and assembled with input by original group bassist Tony James and guitarist Neal X.