Album

Various Artists – The Hit List: 24 Hot 100 American Chartbusters Of The 1970s

What American radio was playing instead of Mud, Slade and Stephanie De Sykes

The Cramps – How To Make A Monster

Psychobilly sickos' flotsam compiled

The Missing Link

The British Todd Rundgren explores his soft-rock roots

Hugh Cornwell – Beyond Elysian Fields

Fourth solo disc in new career that's almost as long as his old one

Meat Loaf With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra – Bat Out Of Hell Live

Pomp-rock Phantom Of The Opera refuses to die

Wu-Tang Clan – Disciples Of The 36 Chambers: Chapter 1

Live album recorded earlier this year in California

Martin Carthy – Waiting For Angels

Inspired, quietly confident mix of traditional folk with modern trappings

Led Zeppelin – A To Zeppelin: The Unauthorised Story Of Led Zeppelin

Passport have secured neither the band's help nor their music rights, although they provide some irresistible highlights, specifically a TV appearance by the pre-pubescent Jimmy Page and excerpts from a John Bonham interview. Misty old chats with Zep members and Peter Grant are bolstered by the contemporary perceptions of Jeff Beck, Roy Harper, Terry Reid, Chris Dreja, Simon Kirke and Richard Cole. Carol Clerk

The Durutti Column – The Best Of The Durutti Column

Thirty-track compilation tracking a quarter-century in the life of Reilly

Bruce Langhorne – The Hired Hand

Soundtrack for 1971 cult alt.western, recorded in self-overdubbing style by former Dylan guitarist Langhorne
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