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San Francisco acid rockers' 1969 live album and final studio masterpiece

Thirty-six-track best-of for bouffant boys

Great lost power pop from Ohio

"Re-transferring" of early ambient gems

So, the greatest album never made has finally been made. Thirty-eight years on from its conception, Brian Wilson has painstakingly gathered up all the shattered mosaic pieces, and with the help of the best little tribute ensemble in the world, The Wondermints, has produced a reasonably faithful facsimile of the bold, ambitious masterpiece that nearly cost him his sanity back in 1967. The resulting work, rigorously road-tested during this year's tour dates, is a 17-track song suite in three movements which clocks in at a second over 47 minutes.

Athenian trio deliver alternative state of the union address on sombre 14th album

Inessential but infectious comeback by big beat bossman

Eighties 'fireside soul' queen's first album in 10 years

Unlikely comeback from Santa Cruz bohos

Dazzling, genre-dodging debut from young American five-piece