[tweetmeme]Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs.
Blondie
RELEASE: Blondie 4(0)-Ever: Greatest Hits Redux + Ghosts of Download
BACKSTORY: The New Wave legends celebrate their 40th anniversary with a 3-disc set that features a disc of re-recorded greatest hits, a brand-new studio album and the “Live at CBGB 1977″ DVD.
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk
Swans
RELEASE: To Be Kind
BACKSTORY: Michael Gira and Co. return this week with their thirteenth studio album, available as a triple LP, a double CD and a 2CD deluxe edition that includes a DVD filled with live performances.
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk
The Beat
RELEASE: The Complete Studio Recordings
BACKSTORY: Edsel Records this week releases, in the U.K., a 4CD box set from the ska legends featuring their three studio albums and a bonus disc of rarities. A similar set was released in the U.S. in 2012.
BUY: Amazon.co.uk
Talking Heads
RELEASE: Performance
BACKSTORY: The Applebush label this week releases, in the U.K., a live Talking Heads concert recorded at the Berklee School of Music in Boston on Aug. 24, 1979, during the Fear of Music tour and broadcast on FM radio.
BUY: Amazon.co.uk