Album

Not so much a greatest hits as a musical autobiography, including new tracks and re-recorded B-sides

Twenty seasonal helpings of doo wop, country, blues and rockabilly

Formed around the original Ants, Bow Wow Wow were often dismissed as a cheap and nasty imitation of Adam's tribal formula. If anything, they were bolder, singing about tape piracy ("C30, C60, C90, Go!") and satanism ("Prince Of Darkness") while their Burundi-Drummers-meets-Ennio-Morricone interface often left the Ants trailing.

Woad-caked, ultra-heavy rock from the West Country

Genteel Bristolian electronica

R&B's hippie queen trances out

First-time CD release for pre-Big Star band recordings

Legendary Pacific Northwesterners go ape in the garage

First dozen replica 45s from "The Prince" to "Cardiac Arrest"

Marvellous third album from Swedish jazz trio