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The Beach Boys Pet Sounds album gets the full 50th anniversary CD and vinyl reissue treatment

The Beach Boys Pet Sounds album gets the full 50th anniversary CD and vinyl reissue treatment
The Beach Boys Pet Sounds album gets the full 50th anniversary CD and vinyl reissue treatment

We’re still getting over missing out on the Brian Wilson dolls some years back. Thankfully there is plenty of ‘Brian’ heading out way to ease the pain in the form of The Beach Boys Pet Sounds 50th anniversary reissues. Read more

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The Smiths limited edition Complete Collector’s Boxset on Rhino

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Morrissey continues to get the headlines (for better or worse) some 30 years or so after the group formed, but very soon, you'll be able to re-discover just why he came to prominence in the first place – by grabbing The Smiths Complete Collector's Boxset on Rhino.

It's impressive. Even if you have all the original albums in your collection, you'll be tempted by this. As long as you are a Smiths fan, that is. The collection has been 'reworked' by Johnny Marr and Rhino UK, with the set including all four of the band's studio albums (The Smiths, Meat Is Murder, The Queen Is Dead and Strangeways, Here We Come) plus live album Rank and compilations Hatful Of Hollow, The World Won’t Listen and Louder Than Bombs. Each has been taken back to original tape sources and remastered by Johnny Marr at Metropolis Studios in London.

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Floppy disk-shaped recordable CDs at Urban Outfitters

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Missing the floppy disk drive on your PC? Well, worry no more – these floppy disk-shaped recordable CDs should sort you out.

Yes, we said 'CD', with each of the disk-like discs holding up to 200MB of data, which is more than enough for a pile of photos or a good number of MP3s. Of course, there's also the novelty value as your friends look on confused at your use of old school tech in your new school computer.

Available online, they sell for £6.

Find out more at the Urban Outfitters website