80's Symphonic, a brand new compilation combining the original classic tracks of 15 iconic 80s songs from David Bowie, a-ha, Foreigner, Simple Minds, Simply Red, Tina Turner, Pretenders, Ultravox and more with brand new symphonic and string arrangements creating unique versions of these timeless tracks like you’ve never heard them before.
The new orchestrations on 14 of the tracks of the album are the work of producer Andy Wright and arranger Sam Swallow and recorded over three days by the 50 piece London Studio Orchestra in the legendary Studio 2 at Abbey Road Studios.
The new version of David Bowie’s 1983 classic ‘Let’s Dance’ was orchestrated and arranged for strings by the track’s original producer Nile Rodgers at Abbey Road Studio 1.

The Wild Life box set is three CDs and includes a remarkably generous selection of audio - 25 bonus tracks including rough mixes of the album, original single edits, B-sides, home recordings and other previously unreleased material. The packaging looks consistent with the last few, so what you have is a slipcase into which slot a few books. The "main" book is a 128-page tome written by David Fricke which tells the story of the album etc., but there is also a 48-page scrapbook of tour diaries (from the 1972 tour), lyrics, setlists, unpublished polaroids and the like.
The irony of the first Wings album is that it seems more domesticated than Ram, feeling more like a Paul McCartney 'n' Linda effort than that record. Perhaps it's because this album is filled with music that's defiantly lightweight - not just the cloying cover of "Love Is Strange" but two versions apiece of songs called "Mumbo" and "Bip Bop"…

Sus Primeros Discos En España (1964-1967) is an extensive double-CD retrospective collection highlighting the early career of iconic Italian singer Gigliola Cinquetti. Released in 2018 by the reissue label Rama Lama, this comprehensive 47-track anthology gathers over two hours of material spanning the pivotal years following her historic rise to international fame. Cinquetti first captured global attention in 1964 at just fifteen years old, winning both the Sanremo Music Festival and Italy's first-ever Eurovision Song Contest with the classic anthem Non ho l'età. Following her breakthrough, she established a tradition of recording Spanish-language versions of her catalog for Spanish and Latin American audiences. Disc one gathers her complete early Spanish recordings, including hit titles like No tengo edad, El primer beso, and ¡Dios mío, cómo te quiero!—her second Sanremo winner from 1966—alongside a unique French-Italian duet with the legendary Maurice Chevalier on L'italiano. Disc two presents the original Italian master versions of these defining tracks. Characterized by lush orchestral arrangements, romantic melodies, and Cinquetti's endearing, crystal-clear vocal delivery, this set stands as a definitive tribute to a beloved era of 1960s European pop music.

The Action are one of the great "lost" bands of mid-'60s England. Though they filled mod clubs with happy patrons and managed to score George Martin as a benefactor, they only released a handful of unsuccessful singles during their brief existence. Most of their music remained in the vaults for years, only to be discovered later and celebrated. After years of reissues that only told part of the band's story, Grapefruit's 2018 Shadows and Reflections: The Complete Recordings 1964-1968 collects everything: their five officially released singles, BBC sessions, their legendary demos from 1967, backing tracks, alternate takes, different mixes, and songs they recorded just before the band broke up in 1968. It's an impressive haul made even better by the excellent liner notes, session information, and crisp sound…

Released in 2018 by Omnivore Recordings, The Complete Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Recordings is a definitive 2-CD anthology gathering all three studio albums recorded by legendary jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi during his late-1960s tenure with Warner Bros. Remastered from the original tapes and featuring insightful liner notes by Guaraldi biographer Derrick Bang, the collection includes Oh, Good Grief! (1968)—where he reimagined his famous Peanuts themes with electric harpsichord and electric guitar—the adventurous experimental project The Eclectic Vince Guaraldi (1969), and his acclaimed final studio album Alma-Ville (1970). The set is further enhanced by 4 previously unissued bonus tracks.

Released in 2018 by Caroline Records, The Island Years is a definitive 6-CD box set capturing the peak output of Essex pub rock pioneers Eddie And The Hot Rods during their legendary stint with Island Records from 1975 to 1979. Packing 98 tracks, this comprehensive collection includes remastered expanded editions of their seminal studio albums—Teenage Depression (1976), Life On The Line (1977), and Thriller (1979)—loaded with rare non-album singles, B-sides, live EPs, and their iconic collaboration with MC5's Rob Tyner. The set is bolstered by unreleased John Peel BBC sessions, explosive BBC In Concert broadcasts from 1977/1978, and the ultra-rare 1977 Fan Club LP (originally limited to just 100 copies), making it an essential historical chronicle of high-octane British rock 'n' roll.

Norwegian EBM pioneers Apoptygma Berzerk have announced a reissue campaign for their debut album, Soli Deo Gloria, with Artoffact Records.
Soli Deo Gloria was a massive hit for the band, and includes some of their best-loved songs, Including such classics as "Bitch", "Burnin' Heretic", "Ashes to Ashes", "Stitch"… Apoptygma Berzerk was formed in 1989 and has released six studio albums, several live albums and best of collections, and a series of experimental EPs. The band has played live on every continent in the world save Antarctica. Released as a CD digipak with seven bonus tracks!

50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of The Moody Blues third album. This set features three CDs and two DVDs. The CDs include both the original stereo mix and a new stereo mix, along with mono ‘A’ and ‘B’ sides of the original Deram-era singles, BBC radio sessions, alternate mixes and other bonus tracks (including a never-before-heard mono version of ‘Legend Of A Mind’).
This In Search of the Lost Chord box set includes a 76-page book with photos and a new essay.
In Search of the Lost Chord is the album on which the Moody Blues discovered drugs and mysticism as a basis for songwriting and came up with a compelling psychedelic creation, filled with songs about Timothy Leary and the astral plane and other psychedelic-era concerns…

Released in April 1973 and featuring the #1 single ‘My Love,’ Red Rose Speedway was the first Wings album to hit #1 on the U.S. chart. The Red Rose Speedway limited deluxe edition features three discs of audio including the original album remastered at Abbey Road, no less than 35 bonus audio tracks, including a reconstruction of the originally conceived double album version of Red Rose Speedway, singles, B-sides, alternate mixes and previously unreleased tracks.
The package includes a folio containing 14 replica hand drawn original character sketches by Paul and facsimile dialogue sheets for the film, a 128-page book containing many previously unpublished images by Linda McCartney, expanded album and single artwork from the archives and story behind the album - including new interviews with Paul McCartney, and key album personnel - and track-by-track information, written by Amanda Petrusich, five replica handwritten lyric sheets…

Vivaldi still dominates the picture of Venetian musical life, even though there were almost equal contemporaries there. Among them are currently hardly common names like Giorgio Gentili or Johann Friedrich Schreyvogel. Mensa Sonora gives the works of these composers a new platform on their recording and also an insight into the music culture of the Serenissima beyond the paths of the 'red priest'. Mensa Sonora, an early music ensemble founded in Deux-Sèvres by Jean Maillet, it's musical director for 25 years, set out to introduce the public to forgotten composers and their unknown or unpublished works. Since 2015, Gabriel Grosbard and Matthieu Boutineau, both from Niort and both musicians working in the biggest French ensembles, are the new artistic directors of this ensemble. Armed with the history of Mensa Sonora, which has been performing since 1989, and their experience gained, especially within the ensemble, they are keen to continue this research work, while continuing the task of bringing ancient to all audiences.

Reissued in 2018 on King Records' iconic Nexus imprint, Open The Next Page is a classic Japanese progressive rock artifact originally recorded in 1986 by Black Page. Led by keyboardist and composer Fumiaki Ogawa alongside guitarist Itsufumi Ogawa, bassist Tsuneo Komine, and renowned drummer Kozo Suganuma, the band blends virtuosic symphonic rock with intricate jazz-fusion sensibilities. Packed with lush analog synth textures (DX-7, Mini Moog, Super Jupiter), dynamic rhythmic signatures, and dramatic multi-part arrangements—highlighted by the multi-movement "Suite: A Story Of Music Stone"—the album stands as a hidden gem of 1980s Japanese progressive music.