Classic Rock Buying Guides

Buying guide From The White Stripes to The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather, Third Man Records and beyond, Jack White is Detroit's latest favourite son

Buying guide Since lighting the fuse of the blues boom, reluctant superstar Joe Bonamassa has barely stopped. Here’s a guide to his best albums

Buying guide With their sharp songwriting and lyrical flair, Blondie are the pop-punk disco titans who embraced rap before it went mainstream. These are their best albums

Buying guide Rory Gallagher left a tremendous legacy of albums studded with real gems – and these are the best of them

Buying guide San Franciscan guitar genius Ronnie Montrose never quite lived up to his promise, yet he inspired a legion of imitators

Buying guide With major A-list anniversaries, overlooked landmark works and everything in between, the past 12 months haven’t been lacking in quality nostalgia and deluxe editions

Buying guide Celebrating the finest in American trash and kitsch culture, The Cramps played rock’n’roll at its delinquent, B-movie best

Buying guide Famously discovered by David Gilmour, Kate Bush made history with her first single and hasn't looked back

Buying guide An album-by-album guide to Beatle George’s greatest songs, solos, milestones and innovations

Buying guide If you have a friend who loves Ozzy Osbourne or Black Sabbath, these present ideas should hit the right note

Buying guide Twelve months of life-enriching, extraordinary new music

Buying guide From clothes to colouring books, these Maiden-related pressies are sure to go down a treat

Buying guide Cardiacs are easy to hate, with music that's unfathomable at times, but for fans of the weird and wonderful there's nothing else like them

Buying guide Want to know the best albums by The Clash? And the worst? Here is the ultimate guide

Buying guide David Coverdale has been there, done that, and sung a song of sweet love while doing it

Buying guide W.A.S.P's infamy as leading shock metallers of the 1980s belies a back catalogue full of serious classic rock-influenced songwriting

Buying guide The six-decade career of Meat Loaf was a carnival of excess, full of theatre, motorcycles, teen lust, and soaring, roaring guitars. Here's Meat's albums from disappointing worst to dizzying best

Buying guide Canada's prog rock heroes have amassed an immense discography over a 50-year career... and now they're hitting the road again

Buying guide From the late 60s through to the late 80s, some of the greatest and most influential albums ever made were doubles