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Review: Back in 2021 UK synth-pop treasures Erasure embarked on The Neon Tour, stopping at Manchester Apollo for two dates along the way in a celebration of their enduring success and glittering career. The duo of Andy Bell and Vince Clarke have got too many hits to mention, and all the best tracks got an airing at the shows, which have been documented as this lavish triple-vinyl edition which will be a must for any Erasure fan, whether you were there or just wish you had been. Pressed on a very fetching violet-sparkle wax, bundled with a booklet and limited to 1500 copies, you'll need to be quick to own one of these gems.

Review: This is a new double vinyl version of The Very Best of Erasure, first released In 2015 as a limited-edition 3-CD hardback book edition and digital release, or a standard single CD edition. This wax version has all 20 tracks from the album and they span the entire length of the band's career from its start up until the point of release. It shows a subtle evolution in songwriting and sounds but always with that signature style that made the dance-pop icons so well-loved. Andy Bell and Vince Clarke are some of the most enduring and award-wining songwriting duos to ever come from the UK and this shows why.

Review: One of many one-off bonus records to emerge from preexisting albums during lockdown, 'Day-Glo' is the spinoff of Erasure's previous 'The Neon' album. With Vince Clarke experimenting with the original's sound files, the artist views 'Day-Glo' as a hidden album emergent from the intertextual spaces and silences of the original. Atmospheric and introspective compared to the original album's uptempo urgency, we're more than bowled over by its mystical mood, one for true Erasure initiates.