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Various Artists – Maybe Someone Is Digging Underground

In 1967, John Peel used to justify the frequent inclusion of Bee Gees tracks on his legendary Perfumed Garden show by saying, "If you're going to copy anyone it might as well be The Beatles." He was right, of course, and this excellent comp is testimony both to that assertion and the undeniable endurance of the Gibb brothers' early material. Gerry Marsden, Billy J Kramer, Marmalade, Status Quo and Paul Jones are just some of the acts who elect to don the red velvet cape of love in order to deliver appropriately idiosyncratic interpretations of those delightfully eccentric songs.

Simple Minds – Silver Box

Five-disc box of demos, sessions and lost album

Camper Van Beethoven – New Roman Times

Unlikely comeback from Santa Cruz bohos

The Hacker – Reves Mechaniques

French techno star's second solo album

Estelle – The 18th Day

UK hip-hop hope's promising debut offering

Savath & Savalas – Manana

Disappointing and mildly indulgent alter ego of Prefuse 73 mastermind

Chromeo – She’s In Control

Groovy chunk of synthetic funk from two super-cool Canucks

Ken Stringfellow – Soft Commands

Third solo LP from Posies co-founder

Spear Of Destiny

Barely six months after the demise of Theatre Of Hate, Kirk Brandon was braving it on stage in Manchester in March 1983 with a new band, name and repertoire. That his audience look mighty perplexed by SOD's brassier tribal goth-dub makes his fearless performance, caught here, even more compelling.

John Martyn – One World

Reissue of Mr Echoplex's 1977 classic
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