brown roy

Like the many thousands who will eventually be here this evening, I’m still on my way to the Hop Farm when Los Lobos play, which is why when I get there, the band’s David Hidalgo, instrumental star of the last two Bob Dylan albums, is already in the hospitality bar, deep in conversation with a couple of confederates. Things moving to a strict schedule here and people going on surprisingly early means I’ve also missed Dr John and have in fact made it just in time for Blondie, who have just stepped out on the main stage to a great cheer.

This week’s new issue of Uncut features another 50 Great Lost Albums – those that are unavailable new or as legal downloads right now – chosen by the mag’s readers. Consequently, I thought it’d be useful to put our original Top 50 online, as they appeared in issue 156 of Uncut (Neil Young was on the cover, narrowing it down a little).

Band agree to waive royalties for the release

Impeccably gauged adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer-winning novel

We count down from 100 to 51...

Wes Anderson animation tackles Roald Dahl’s book: Toy Story it ain’t.

Hello campers - since touching down a couple of hours ago, I've made it my mission to dash around the Latitude site catching as many bands as possible, giving my boots their first coat of brown since Green Man '07 in the process. Hopefully they won't see quite as much muddy action this time around.

Neil, Bruce and Blur are joined by stellar supporting cast

Line-up already includes Echo&the Bunnymen, Wire and Billy Bragg

Ben Kweller, Metronomy and Passion Pit all confirmed