Reviews

Breakbeat virtuoso explores new pan-global pastures on solo debut

Star-studded double dose of live and studio work from country's original outlaw

The stars come out for Captain Kirk

At their mid-'70s peak, the stoner Laurel & Hardy personified friendly drug culture - and, accordingly, now seem dated. There are flashes of inspired humour, but only the most devoted pothead would want to wade through this box set, which contains Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (with Pee Wee Herman), Nice Dreams, Things Are Tough All Over, Get Out Of My Room and Cheech's solo Born In East LA.

Sidney Pollack directed, Coppola co-wrote, Natalie Wood, Robert Redford and Charles Bronson star; how come it's so disappointing? A Tennessee Williams adaptation, Wood plays a dreamy but slinky belle in a stifling Southern smalltown boarding house. She falls for golden stranger Redford?then gets left behind. Hard to swallow, but Wood is highly watchable, and the cinematography is exemplary.

Extraordinary existential investigations yield mixed-up results

Lavish nine-CD box of unreleased scream-up by visionary saxophonist

Career-spanning survey of Americana masters, including demos and rarities

The lover's discourse of disco, expanded, remastered and repackaged for the 21st century

Mini compilation from obscure Glaswegian trio, featuring now not-so-obscure drummer