Screen Play

Two-disc legends packages with a DVD thrown in

Blank Veneration

Four-CD box set of bolshy Ozpunks' three late-'70s albums and unreleased Live In London set from late '77, plus numerous outtakes, B-sides and EP tracks

Cher

A video compilation that's light on the '60s stuff but heavy on her years dressed as a member of Mötley Crüe: "If I Could Turn Back Time" is particularly fine. "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)" guest stars the young Winona Ryder (it was from 1990's Mermaids), "Love Can Build A Bridge" ropes in Chrissie Hynde, Neneh Cherry and Eric Clapton, and "Believe" is that irritating gay anthem with the Vocoder hook.

John Lee Hooker

Respectful, if bitty, retrospective, laying out the boogie man's career by linking archive performances with comments from the likes of Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt and Hooker himself. It could have done with more of the early years, and less of what Nick Cave once called "unfortunate guitar work from Carlos Santana."

Check Your ED

Six volumes of highlights from the Sunday night US television show that was the MTV of its day

Forever Young

North London gets an audience with a living legend who's found a brand new lease of life

Sparks

Meltdown Festival, London Royal Festival Hall Saturday June 12, 2004

One Foot In The Groove

Raucous Californians give their punk-funk stew a London airing, with a little help from the Godfather

Trash And Burn

The legendary New York glam-punk posse return in triumph

Carly Simon

Melodiously laid-back adult pop
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