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According to the new Record Collector magazine (Christmas 2020 - Issue Issue 513 with Elton John on the cover) 2CD sets of Soft Cell's original 80s albums will be released next year.

My original copy of "The Art of Falling Apart" is terribly bronzed. I hope these won't be brick walled, but I'm not optimistic.

The "Keychains" Box gave me enough Softcell for some time

Well it's not my favourite Soft Cell album. But I still like it very much.

Urgently waiting for the CD/vinyl bundle to arrive here in Germany.

The New 2cd deluxe editions have all been pushed back til Feb. 2022 according to the band's Facebook page.

postpunkmonk wrote:I hope these won't be brick walled, but I'm not optimistic.

Interesting thing is that the 1998 reissues were quite loud already, like twice as loud as CDs of the same stuff pressed in late 1980s - early 1990s. Maybe it's the fate of their music

My copy in question was a 1992 PDO pressing. The first CD of the title I'd seen. Definitely not brick walled, but it bronzed in no time at all.

Hopefully the elusive Say Hello Wave Goodbye (instrumental) will be included on the debut album, to replace the horrible mp3