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Even before Belle & Sebastian and Franz Ferdinand cited jangling, DiY indie as a touchstone, it had influenced Kurt Cobain (who covered The Vaselines' "Molly's Lips", featured here), the Manics and Saint Etienne. Essentially, indie-pop continued where Postcard records (Orange Juice, Josef K et al) left off a few years earlier (though minus the soul influences).

Star-crossed line-up shines on underrated singer's catalogue

Jaz Coleman's (not so) merry men short-changed by another piecemeal compilation

McGhie's solo debut is one of those funk records whose price (circa $600) and legend climbs in inverse proportion to the number of people who've actually heard it. Mercifully, it proves to be worth at least some of the fuss. A Studio One veteran who emigrated to Toronto in 1967, McGhie mostly abandoned reggae (save the fabulously amiable "Cool It") in favour of a grab-bag of funk and soul styles. The Sounds Of Joy have an easy grace, and McGhie makes a decent fist of "By The Time I Get To Phoenix". Militant crate diggers, though, will be weeping over the over-priced vinyl.

Two-CD set of mainly live jazz-folk genius from early '70s to mid-'90s, plus DVD interview from last year

Lost album from Eric Clapton's erstwhile mentor and sometime partner of Bonnie

Listening to the music Again

Reprised fun and frolics from Fee, Prairie and the girls

Impressive collection spanning 1969 to now, including unheard material

Another tasteful Soul Jazz series rolls on