Blue States – The Soundings

Blustery rock by former chill-out heroes

Brave Captain – All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace

Third album proper from ex-Boo Radley Martin Carr

The Jacksons & The Jackson 5 – The Very Best Of

Blameless boogie from two distinct golden eras

Outlaw Country

Roundup of Texan troubadour's seminal recordings

Southern Belter

Much-travelled Carolinian marks return with compelling, grown-up pop record

The Sound – The BBC Recordings

Treasures unearthed from '80s Beeb archives

Daryl Hall & John Oates

The '80s albums which made them the most successful duo in US chart history

Earth Opera

Two albums by Boston-based duo who subsequently fell in with the Haight-Ashbury crowd

Irma Thomas – Straight From The Soul

Unsung '60s soul queen of New Orleans

True Romantics

All the 45s from the sublime Scottish duo who briefly threatened to become part of the '80s pop circus
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