Classic Rock Buying Guides

Buying guide Big in Japan and beloved at home, Harem Scarem are a triumph of passion and polish

Buying guide Taking the blues as their starting point and then giving it a twist, the Black Keys have created an energetic new strand of an old genre

Buying guide The hirsute Texan rockers have an extensive track record – here we pick out the ZZ Top records essential for any collection

Buying guide These label shop windows were a new music lifeline for fans and helped launch the careers of many future stars

Buying guide With the likes of Marguerita Time and In The Army Now lurking, you need to tread carefully while searching out Status Quo's best albums

Buying guide Captain Beefheart was an eccentric but hugely influential artist tortured by his failure to break into the mainstream. These are his best albums

Buying guide For more than half a century, Hawkwind's ever-changing line-up of space rockers has consistently created challenging and highly influential albums

Buying guide Hailed as heirs to classic Pink Floyd before their hiatus, much-missed Liverpudlian rockers Anathema had a unique, commanding catalogue

Buying guide Unequalled as a British-blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, Peter Green's best albums are studded with brilliance

Buying guide Post-progressive label Kscope have been putting out quality records for more than 15 years: These are their best albums

Buying guide The best albums from the Nashville label that brought together rock'n'roll and soul

Buying guide T-Bone Walker had an eye-popping live show, soulful vocals and a supple guitar style that provided a blueprint for what we know as modern blues today. These are his best albums…

Buying guide One of the greatest blues-rock/fusion guitarists ever, Jeff Beck's solo career spanned six decades. These are his best albums

Buying guide Prog? Art-rock? AOR? Pop? We don our capes and peer through the dry ice to guide you through the best Genesis albums

Buying guide Too punk to be pop, too loads of other things to be punk, The Stranglers had dozens of hits by doing it their own, unique, way

Buying guide Before Frankie Miller's career was ended tragically by injury, his records showed just how good a songwriter and great a singer he really was

Buying guide Heart-shaped guitars, Berklee music school and Frank Zappa – Steve Vai's had no ordinary career. Here are each of his albums, ranked from worst to best

Buying guide The musicians may have changed, but the search for musical transcendence never wavered. These are the very best albums by Yes

Buying guide T. Rex's singles were cloaked with glitter and stardust, but there was more to Marc Bolan than the pop charts, and these are his best albums