Björk, Tears for Fears and S Club 7 are among the artists taking part in hmv’s Vinyl Week, with exclusive new editions of classic albums available for collectors. The entertainment retailer’s Vinyl Week begins on Saturday, June 18, with Exclusives Day, when the 20 new records will drop in-stores. Last year saw queues outside more than 100 hmv stores across the UK as fans sought to get their hands on the coveted records.
This year’s drop includes an exclusive splatter edition of influential ‘Madchester’ band Happy Mondays’ Pills ‘N’ Thrills and Bellyaches, as well as a specially curated Now That’s What I Call hmv compilation of some of the most important tracks since the retailer first launched more than 100 years ago. Desmond Dekker, The Kinks, Alison Moyet, 808 State, Human League and The Proclaimers are among the other acts with records in the drop. The drop also includes the first ever vinyl pressing of any of S Club 7’s albums, in the form of Sunshine.
A small amount of vinyl will go live online at 4pm on June 18 – though hmv is advising fans to head into stores for the best chance of nabbing the exclusives. For those who want to bolster their collections even further, there will be a huge 30% off flash sale on selected vinyl both in stores and online at hmv.com/store from midnight on Saturday 18 June, ending at 23:55pm on Sunday 19 June.
