SF heroes' 1990 cassette-only release makes it onto CD

Welcome solo career retrospective from former Icicle Works man

Bluegrass pioneers' LPs 3-5 on two CDs

Treasure-trove of dirge and lullaby over three CDs and one DVD

From 1968, two post Mike Bloomfield albums by groundbreaking Chicago blues merchants on one CD

Inventor of Britpop wallows gloriously on 'suicide standards' twofer

Their finest moments, plus a few of their worst ones

When papa found the brand new bag called The One—the funk beat wherein the first accent hits at the start of the bar—he revolutionised African-American dance music. The next 10 years ('65-'75) were spent honing the most propulsive grooves ever laid down on tape: "Cold Sweat", "Mother Popcorn", "Sex Machine" and their kind. Prior to his golden decade, Brown and the crack unit that was the Famous Flames were an impassioned rhythm'n'gospel line-up.

American Music Club/Richmond Fontaine QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL LONDON Sunday May 23, 2004 Richmond Fontaine take to the stage looking like they've walked out of Bob Rafelson's Five Easy Pieces.

The timing of this show is somewhat odd, coming as it does nearly a month before the release of Malin's second album, The Heat. The audience doesn't know the new songs and Jesse chides them for their reserve when he plays the unfamiliar material. He admits it's his own fault, though. The album was meant to be out now, but was delayed when he added two extra tracks.