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Amarcord

The title translates as "I remember" in dialect, but Fellini's visionary 1973 work (an Oscar winner) wasn't the rosy nostalgia about childhood he'd originally planned. His unique, untethered imagination bleeds into every frame of these '30s-set seaside snapshots, with—of course—sex and religion figuring prominently. Warring parents, twisted priests, Fascists, fantasy, farce and melancholy. As they say, very Fellini.

Family – BBC Radio Volume One: 1968-1969

How Leicester's favourite freaks became the darlings of the London underground

Ray Manzarek – The Golden Scarab

Best-forgotten '74 solo album from Doors keyboardist

Various Artists – Sean Rowley’s Guilty Pleasures

Innocent nostalgia-fest; highly-charged

Kasabian

Thrillingly antagonistic rock'n'roll. From Leicester

Sékou “Bembeya” Diabaté – Guitar Fo

West African guitar legend delivers laid-back, melodic gem

Tommy Stinson – Village Gorilla Head

Former Replacement's tired of waiting

Tift Merritt – Tambourine

North Carolina songstress' second LP

N. Lannon – Chemical Friends

San Franciscan weds sombre songcraft to grooves and glitches

Embrace – Out Of Nothing

Long-lost Yorkshiremen's rousing return
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