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This week’s new releases include ‘Purity of Essence,’ a new studio album from the Hoodoo Gurus (out in Australia, anyway); ‘Sunflower Stories,’ a four-track EP from the Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie; and an Audio Fidelity gold-disc reissue of The B-52s’ ‘Cosmic Thing.’

This week’s new releases include the Gorillaz’s ‘Plastic Beach’ — featuring a reunion of The Clash’s Mick Jones and Paul Simonon — plus reissues of Spandau Ballet’s first two albums and a new early-’80s best-of from The Fleshtones.

This week’s new releases include ‘Almost Alice,’ the ‘Alice in Wonderland’ soundtrack with a rare solo track from The Cure’s Robert Smith, plus a new Bomb the Bass album and a new 2CD best-of from The Stranglers.

This week’s new releases include reissues from Frankie Goes to Hollywood (’Welcome to the Pleasuredome’), Buggles (’Adventures in Modern Recording’), Madness (’Absolutely,’ ‘7′), Julian Cope (’Peggy Suicide’) and A Certain Ratio (’Force’), plus a new Plimsouls live album from 1981.

This week’s new releases include Peter Gabriel’s new orchestral covers album, a live Pet Shop Boys CD/DVD, Niter Ebb’s first new record in 15 years and new reissues from Pixies, Bomb the Bass and 808 State.

This week’s new releases include a trio of expanded 2CD reissues from the Buzzcocks — ‘Another Music in a Different Kitchen,’ ‘Love Bites,’ ‘A Different Kind of Tension’ — plus ‘Live in London’ from The Pretenders and UB40’s latest covers album, ‘Labour of Love IV.’

Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, reissues and/or box sets. This week sees new releases from David Bowie, The Other Two, The Beat Farmers, Hurrah!, Big Country and Rain Parade.

[tweetmeme]Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, reissues and/or box sets.
ARTIST: Nitzer Ebb
RELEASES: Catalogue, Compilation
BACKSTORY: The five-disc Catalogue collects each of the reunited Nitzer Ebb’s Mute albums — That Total Age (1987), Belief(1989), Showtime(1990), Ebbhead(1991) and Big Hit (1995) — in a picture slipcase, while Compilation is a three-disc best-of/remix set that merges [...]

[tweetmeme]Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, reissues and/or box sets.
ARTIST: Elvis Costello
RELEASES: Live at Hollywood High
BACKSTORY: The 20-song live album is the second release in Costello’s newly launched The Costello Show series of archival concert recordings chronicles the singer’s historic June 4, 1978, performance with the Attractions at Hollywood High School, a [...]

[tweetmeme]Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, reissues and/or box sets.
ARTIST: Public Image Ltd.
RELEASES: Metal Box, Plastic Box
BACKSTORY: Virgin Records this week marks the reunion of John Lydon’s epic post-punk act be reissuing the band’s seminal second album in a CD edition split across three discs to mimic the original vinyl. The label [...]