While living in London in the early ’60s, Bacharach recorded his first collection of Bacharach/David songs, aptly titled Hit Maker! (1965)…the slightly updated arrangements are scored for a decidedly more discerning and mature ear.

Compared to the albums that would follow, Ma Kelly is revealed as little more than a tentative blueprint for the Quo’s new direction. At the time, however, it was a spellbinding shock, perhaps the last one that the Quo ever delivered.

This album has acquired a bit of status as a minor legend over the moons, and it’s not too hard on balance to hear why…

Finbar Furey is a member of a very small body of musicians who are masters of the Irish pipes, a complex instrument which has developed over the centuries into the most sophisticated form of bagpipes.

The sons of fiddler Ted Furey from Ireland, Finbar and Eddie rose to fame in the ’60s. Finbar is a flamboyant and forceful uillean piper who won his first all-Ireland championship at the age of 15, while Eddie is a singer and guitarist. They have been members of the Furey Brothers and Davey Arthur, but their most charming recordings are the ones they did as a duo.

Rock music’s first two-LP box set, A Gift from a Flower to a Garden overcomes its original shortcomings and stands out as a prime artefact of the flower-power era that produced it.

Bare Wires was the first Bluesbreakers album of new studio material since A Hard Road, released 16 months before. In that time, the band had turned over entirely, expanding to become a septet. Mayall’s musical conception had also expanded…

Waterloo Lily is a 1972 released album by Caravan on the Deram label. It is the only album made by Caravan with Steve Miller as the keyboard player. He brought a jazzier feel to the sound of Caravan than had been heard on the previous album. The stand out track is "The Love in Your Eye" which has been featured as a live track for many years by the band.

In the Land of Grey and Pink is considered by many to be a pinnacle release from Caravan. A blending of jazz and folk instrumentation and improvisational styles….

The Man Who Sold the World is odd, but the music is bizarre itself, with Bowie's bizarre, paranoid futuristic tales melded to Ronson's riffing and the band's relentless attack…there's an unsettling edge to the band's performance, which makes the record one of Bowie's best albums.

Peebles sings her heart out, and with those somehow bright-sounding Hi grooves behind her, it all comes together to make a classic album of dark, bouncy, and beautiful Southern soul.

Quintessence offered a blend of Hare Krishna Chant, droning sitar, jazz flute and some fine rock jamming. 'In Blissful Company' is their first album and perhaps their best. The sense of a more innocent age and the smell of incense pervade its grooves.

Fay’s three albums are incredible treasures of British music, which I could vaguely describe as a cross between Syd Barrett and Scott Walker, though such simplification does them a gross disservice.

Magical and mysterious songs with female vocals, powerful instrumentation and an ever-so-English opium and afternoon tea atmosphere. Tally ho!

On Blue Afternoon, Buckley takes the folk song as his starting point and expands it, drawing on jazz influences to create new dynamics and to emphasize atmosphere and mood.