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A deluxe edition of the Kinks’ 1971 album “Muswell Hillbillies” will be released on October 7 in the UK and on import a week later in North America. According to the band’s Facebook page, the newly remastered album will feature “unreleased tunes, sessions and alt versions”. A deluxe edition of “Lola” is also reportedly in the pipeline.

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The New Releases page has been updated to include music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases for August.

Highlights for August include:

• “Elvis At Stax – 40th Anniversary” deluxe 3 album set (6 Aug)
• “Glen Campbell’s new studio album “See You There” (13 Aug)
• The Monkees’ “Headquarters – The Deluxe Edition” (20 Aug)
• Fleetwood Mac’s “Then Play On – Deluxe Edition” and “1969-1972” vinyl box set (20 Aug)
• The Beach Boys’ “Made In California” 6-CD career-spanning set (27 Aug)
• Bob Dylan’s “Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series Vol 10” in standard and deluxe editions (27 Aug)
• Sly & The Family Stone’s “Higher!” in standard and deluxe editions (27 Aug).

The New Releases page has been updated to include music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases for May.

Highlights for May include:

• Rod Stewart’s “Time” (14 May US, 7 May UK)
• Huey Lewis and the News’ “Sports 30th Anniversary” deluxe edition (14 May)
• David Bowie’s “Zeit 77-79” box set (14 May)
• “The Beach Boys Live – The 50th Anniversary Tour” double album (21 May)
• Burt Bacharach’s “Anyone Who Had a Heart: Art of the Songwriter” 6-CD box set (21 May)
• North American debut for the Rolling Stones’ “Crossfire Hurricane” on DVD/Blu-ray (21 May)
• Wings’ reissue of “Wings Over America” in standard and deluxe editions (28 May)
• John Fogerty’s new duets album “Wrote a Song For Everyone” (28 May).

The New Releases page has been updated to include music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases for April.

Highlights for April include:

• Deluxe editions of Transvision Vamp’s “Pop Art” and “Velveteen” (2 Apr)
• “The Eagles – The Studio Albums 1972-1979” 6-CD box set (2 Apr) and “History of the Eagles” DVD and Blu-ray (30 Apr)
• The Beatles’ iTunes debut for “Let It Be… Naked” (2 Apr)
• OMD’s brand new “English Electric” album in standard, deluxe and vinyl editions (9 Apr)
• Deluxe 2-CD edition of Bob Marley and the Wailers’ “Kaya” (23 Apr)
• Iggy & The Stooges’ new album “Ready to Die” on CD and vinyl (30 Apr)
• Deep Purple’s new album “Now What?!” in standard, deluxe and vinyl editions (30 Apr).

The New Releases page has been updated to include music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases for February.

Highlights for February include:

• Richard Thompson’s “Electric” in standard and deluxe editions (5 Feb)
• the Bee Gees “Festival Album Collection – 1965-1967” (12 Feb)
• a range of “Threads & Grooves” music/tshirt collections from Sony featuring artists such as Elvis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and Jimi Hendrix (12 Feb)
• Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell’s “Yellow Moon” (26 Feb)
• Sun Records 6-CD box set “Country Music Recorded by Sam Phillips 1950-1959” (26 Feb)
• the 40-CD “Rock a Billy Dynamite – 1000 Explosive Hits” box set (25 Feb UK).