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Massive Wagons conjure up more magic on Earth To Grace
By Rich Hobson published
Lancashire rockers Massive Wagons still going strong on album seven

The Grateful Dead accidentally invent the alt.country movement on American Beauty
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Having discovered they could harmonise, Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead released what many consider to be their most user-friendly album

T.Rex's back catalogue mined again on Bolan Boogie - The Best Of T.Rex
By Claudia Elliott published
Is there room for another small piece of Marc Bolan?

Phil Manzanera's collegiate spirit evident on the sprawling box set 50 Years Of Music
By David Stubbs published
11-CD collection of Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera's solo work

Warren Haynes craft some songs of deep-pile quality on Million Voices Whisper
By Johnny Sharp published
Allmans/Gov’t Mule man Warren Haynes goes it alone again

Peter Perrett returns with what might just be his best-ever album
By Everett True published
Only Ones singer Peter Perrett follows 2017's I Wanna Go With Dignity with an album of helpless romance and everyday reality

Rosalie Cunningham's innate theatricality and clever songwriting shine on To Shoot Another Day
By Dom Lawson published
Glittering prog-psych indulgence for all

Question Everything isn't great lost Boys Wonder album, but it’s as close as we’re going to get
By Ian Fortnam published
The greatest band you never heard. Again

The Quireboys nail it again on Wardour Street
By Sleazegrinder published
Breaking news: The Quireboys finally got off the barstool long enough to make a new album

Robert Smith charts his own grief and anxiety on The Cure's sombre Songs Of A Lost World
By Alex Burrows published

Album Of The Week Club review: Paul McCartney rails against everyone on Wings' Band On The Run
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Recorded in Nigeria as his bandmates deserted him, Band On The Run might just be the best post-Beatles work by any Beatle

Motörhead CD singles turned into delicious vinyl souvenirs on We Take No Prisoners: Singles 95-06
By Kris Needs published
That old wax magic works for a final lineup ‘best-of’ spread over eight 45rpm discs

Beth Hart proves she's far more than a blues siren on You Still Got Me
By Philip Wilding published
Beth Hart delivers soul, swagger and Slash on album number eleven

Mountain's noughties' incarnation celebrated across six live discs of varying quality
By Essi Berelian published
Six Mountain live sets – get ready to climb!

"Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks effortlessly recreate Duane Allman and Dickey Betts' searing guitar lines": The Allman Brothers Band's final show, officially preserved for all time
By Hugh Fielder published
The Allmans' big finish, recorded live at the Beacon Theater, New York

Stills, Nash & Young are still in thrall to each other on Fillmore East 1969
By Pat Carty published

The best of Bryan Ferry collected on the epic Retrospective 1973-2023
By David Quantick published
Celebrating 50 years of Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry as solo artist
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