Kraftwerk albums reissued as limited coloured vinyl pressings

Parlophone will issue eight Kraftwerk albums on limited edition coloured vinyl in October.

Autobahn (1974), Radio-Activity (1975), Trans-Europe Express (1977), The Man-Machine (1978), Computer World (1981), Techno Pop (1986), The Mix (1991) and Tour De France (2003) are the UK albums in question. Each will be pressed on 180g coloured vinyl (mostly translucent colours) and all come with 12, 16 or 20-page booklets.

There will also be German editions too. These are the five German language versions and Radio-Activät which features German song titles on the artwork but contains the same audio as the UK pressing.

Kraftwerk coloured vinyl LPs use the 2009 remasters and are released on 9 October 2020 via Parlophone.

Note: JPC in Germany have the German Versions and Rough Trade in the UK have an eight-vinyl bundle.

Three years after they staged the UK’s most successful comeback of the decade, enduring pop legends Steps – aka Claire, Faye, H, Lee and Lisa – return once again with their new album, What The Future Holds, to be released on November 27th 2020.

Their most ambitious album to date, What The Future Holds showcases the big melodic choruses of their top-tier bangers but also brings back the harmony-laden ballads and some atmospheric mid-tempos. What the Future Holds is the best distillation of Steps so far; an album that shows both a deeper shade of blue and a brighter future. 

Launching during the halcyon days of pop in 1997 with their line-dancing classic 5,6,7,8, Brit award winners Steps set about re-turfing the music landscape via 14 UK top 10 singles and three multi-platinum albums in three years including #1’s Tragedy and Stomp. Fast forward twenty years, the band returned with the mighty Tears On The Dancefloor, which went Gold within a matter of weeks, becoming the second biggest-selling independent album of 2017.

Pre-order now: Steps - What The Future Holds

London Records are to release Our History, a multi-format Shakespears Sister box set that contains remastered and expanded versions of the two original London Records’ albums on vinyl and CD and a host of other content.

The box set contains the following:

• Sacred Heart on black vinyl (remastered)
• Hormonally Yours on black vinyl (remastered)
• Sacred Heart (remastered) 3CD set (six-panel digipak with booklet)
• Hormonally Yours (remastered) 3CD set (six-panel digipak with booklet)
• DVD featuring the complete Brighton Dome gig from 2019 plus over 13 videos
• The Ride Again EP on white 12-inch vinyl
• You Made Me Come To This 10-inch vinyl
• Hardcover photo book (44-pages) designed by original designer Laurence Stevens
• Postcards, art print, circular patch

Our History: The Complete London Records Collection is a 12-inch lift of lid box set with gold foil-blocking on the cover.

It’s important to note that the three-CD expanded editions are exclusive to this box. They will not be released separately as triple-CD sets in the future. London Records have confirmed this with SDE.

Our History will be released on 11 December 2020 and is exclusive to the official store.
They are shipping with a bonus ‘I Can Drive’ CD single.