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The Smiths repackage their complete works in a clamshell!

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The Smiths have repackaged their complete works in a clamshell box set. The box set compiles their eight great albums from the '80s.

The collection includes all four of the band's studio albums The Smiths (1984), Meat Is Murder (1985), The Queen Is Dead (1986), Strangeways, Here We Come (1987), their sole live album Rank (1988) as well as firm fan favourite compilations Hatful Of Hollow (1984), The World Won’t Listen (1987) and Louder Than Bombs (1987).

Each album has been taken back to original tape sources and remastered by master-engineer Frank Arkwright, assisted by Johnny Marr at the world famous Metropolis Studios in London.

Order your copy of The Smiths Complete (8CD) [Remastered Box Set] today as these won't last long!

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Black Sabbath 9xLP + Book + 7" LIMITED EDITION

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We've just secured some very limited stock of Black Sabbath's new LP box set. Don't sleep on this as once gone, they will not be available a second time round. This stunning box set features 9× full remastered 180 gram LP albums, 1× 7", and a hard-backed book containing all of the bands ‘70’s tour programmes all housed in a lavish box with slipcase. What more could a Sabbath fan ask for!?

Don't miss out – order your Black Sabbath box set today & save $30.00 off!

New Meat Loaf Blu-ray & DVD concert film is shipping now!

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If you're a fan of rock music and managed to see the Prime Rocks documentary last night on Meat Loaf you'll be pleased to know he's just released a new concert film Live in Sydney 2011. Having sold over 40 million copies of ‘Bat Out Of Hell’, Meat Loaf is still the number one selling international artist in Australia alone.

“Legendary 70’s rocker dominating the stage, blasting out his iconic hits such as ‘Bat Out Of Hell’, ‘You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)’, ' Paradise By The Dashboard Light' and ' Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad'. In front of a sold out and wildly passionate crowd, Meat Loaf proves why his multi-platinum hits have shadowed the charts for nearly 40 years!”

Order your copy of Meat Loaf's Live In Sydney today and save up to 17% off!

New Bruno Mars album has arrived & shipping now!

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Bruno Mars's highly anticipated new album has arrived & is shipping now!

As its title suggests, Unorthodox Jukebox once again sees Mars melding a multitude of musical approaches to create his own distinctive sound. The album was executive produced by The Smeezingtons, the hit-making production team comprised of Mars, Philip Lawrence, and Ari Levine. An additional array of top producers also joined in the creation of Unorthodox Jukebox, including such award-winning studio superstars as Jeff Bhasker (fun., Kanye West, Jay-Z), Mark Ronson (Amy Winehouse, Lil Wayne, Black Lips) and Diplo (M.I.A, Usher).

‘Young Girls’ is the second single from the new album UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX, it follows-on from the current smash hit single, ‘Locked Out Of Heaven’ (currently #10 singles chart and #2 all airplay in New Zealand).

Order UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX today & save 27% off full price!

HOT music box sets slashed for Christmas, up to 20% off!

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Music box sets make for fantastic gift ideas for music lovers at Christmas time. We have over 150 music box sets across all genres available. Save up to 20% off our latest picks for Christmas which include the following limited edition box sets:

Check out all of our music box set gift ideas now!

Metallica are back with Quebec Magnetic on Blu-ray & DVD next week!

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As Metallica's own website states, they are running things their way now that they have launched their own label “Blackened Recordings”. This is very exciting as there has been rumours and talks of their own label since the Black album era. Their debut release entitled Quebec Magnetic, a concert film shot in Canada, which releases on DVD and Blu-ray on Friday next week.

Quebec Magnetic was shot by Metallica's long time cohort Wayne Isham, capturing the two World Magnetic shows in Quebec City in the fall of 2009. The set list for the second show was determined by Metallica fans who voted on the band's official website. All the songs played at those two shows will be included on the DVD/Blu-ray.

Pre-order Metallica's Quebec Magnetic today on Blu-ray or DVD to secure your copy from the first shipment!

Check out the trailer of this epic concert film which is loud enough for your neighbours to possibly indulge in the enjoyment too!

Stone Sour play live in NZ early 2013 just in time for Bones Pt 2...

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If you haven't heard already Stone Sour are supporting headline act Linkin Park on their tour to New Zealand on Feb' 21 next year and no doubt some of you will be very excited about this.

Grammy nominated, this rock band have currently landed ‘Absolutely Zero’ as the number one Active Rock track in the U.S from their 1st installment of their two album series House Of Gold & Bones Pt 1 – this just in from their record company:

Stone Sour have the number one Active Rock track in the United States with ‘Absolute Zero’, which Billboard Magazine calls “A ruthless hard rocker, the track pummels the listener in the gut…” House of Gold & Bones, on Roadrunner Records, October 19, 2012; it debuted in the Top 10 on the Billboard Top 200 album charts. House of Gold & Bones Part 2 will be released early 2013."

House of Gold and Bones Part 1 illuminates that Stone Sour remains peerless in modern hard rock. No one else has the guts to transmute a conceptual, multimedia vision this grandiose into a record… It's on par with Alice In Chains' Dirt, Metallica's Master Of Puppets, Queens Of The Stone Age's Songs For The Deaf, Soundgarden's Su­perunknown, and any other game-changing albums you can think of” said Artist Direct (US).

Singer, songwriter and lyricist Corey Taylor, himself a bestselling author courtesy of last year's Seven Deadly Sins, wrote the lyrics for the 23 tracks that make up House of Gold & Bones, which follows the compelling story of a character created by Taylor. Music is just one of the mediums used to tell the story; Corey Taylor recently revealed details of the new project with Dark Horse Comics, House of Gold & Bones which follows, and expands on, the story contained within the albums. With stunning covers from Jason Shawn Alexander (Empty Zone, Batman, Abe Sapien), this limited four-issue series marks Corey Taylor’s debut in the comics genre.

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Howard Shore's amazing Hobbit soundtrack is coming!

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Original Soundtrack features the original score by Academy Award winner Howard Shore and was recorded at famed Abbey Road studios with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. It also includes an original song entitled “Song of the Lonely Mountain,” written and performed by New Zealand’s own Neil Finn.

The soundtrack comes in two versions, standard and deluxe, and will be shipping on the 7th of December. The deluxe version includes six exclusive bonus tracks, seven extended score cues, and deluxe liner notes. Pre-order now to secure your copy from our first shipment!

Visit our Hobbit store to find more great collectors items from the upcoming movie!

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor II a work of rap art!

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Listening to this new Lupe Fiasco album five times over has me thinking that he's has always had great rap talent and moved with the times so well on this latest release.

Lupe's most recent album Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt.1 was released in late September. This is his fourth album since emerging in 2006. The stand out tracks on his new offering include “B*tch Bad, "Around The Way”, “Lamborgini Angels” and “Hood Now”, which is a smart outro to finish up on.

Order Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt.1 now and experience one of 2012's best hip hop albums!