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Johnny Cash—The Man, His World, His Music

First issued on video in 1985, this is a fully absorbing, occasionally revealing insight into the country legend's late '60s heyday. A fly-on-the-wall documentary charting a typically grinding US tour, Cash is never less than engrossing, be it gleefully jamming with a nonchalant Dylan (a searing version of Billy Edd Wheeler's "Blistered"), duetting with 'er indoors June Carter ("Jackson") or cutting rug with lead guitarist Carl Perkins ("Blue Suede Shoes").

Magnificent Seventh

In most cultures, seven is a magic number. Not in rock'n'roll, where to sustain any degree of originality beyond album three or four is about as rare as a sober Shane MacGowan.

Ashley Hutchings – Human Nature

Folk-rock giant follows up last year's Street Cries

Love – Out Here

Blue Thumb label-era Love. Includes a ho-hum summit meet with Hendrix

The Year Of The Sex Olympics

Brian Cox and Leonard Rossiter are the TV executives broadcasting Sportsex and Artsex to keep the masses lulled into passivity in Nigel Kneale's 1968 dystopian TV play. It's creaky and dated, with the production values of Dr Who, and not in the least bit erotic—but it's also prophetic (of reality TV) and strangely compelling.

Various Elektroids – 2CDs & MP3s

Format-busting electro jamboree spans 20 years of machine music

Ghosts Of The Abyss

James Cameron's IMAX marvel

Rock & Roll Animal

Fourth album proves crowning glory of Detroit duo's meteoric career to date

Anders Parker – Songs In A Northern Key

First UK release for NYC singer/guitarist/multi-instrumentalist responsible for immortal The Moray Eels Eat The Space Needle LP

Cave In – Antenna

Massachusetts noiseniks' major label debut
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