 | Hot Rats by Frank Zappa
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £5.70 The best album ever - Not a bum note on it
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 | Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.10 He just gets into a groove and goes for it
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 | Rattus Norvegicus by The Stranglers
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £5.55 The best punk album ever
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 | Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.29 You have to have a bit of Led Zeppelin. This one's my favourite, but I'd go with any of the first four
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 | A Love Supreme by John Coltrane
Buy used from: £5.29 The best jazz album ever
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 | Bitches Brew by Miles Davis
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £7.16 Turn off the lights, lie back and enjoy
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 | Exile on Main St. by Rolling Stones
Buy used from: £41.54 They really let rip on this one
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 | Cocaine by Dillinger
Buy new: £7.98 It's incredible the way he switches from funk to heavy dub
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 | Undead by Ten Years After
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.17 This captures the band at their best
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 | Apostrophe (') by Frank Zappa
Buy new: £9.78 / Used from: £9.29 Another gem from the dada genius
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 | Over-Nite Sensation by Frank Zappa & the Mothers
Buy new: £9.78 / Used from: £9.18 His guitar work on this is phenomenal, especially 'Zombie Woof' and 'Montana'
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![Santana [Legacy Edition]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RC2RWTK0L._SL75_.jpg) | Santana [Legacy Edition] by Santana
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £35.58 I'm a big fan of Santana and although they created a lot of great music, this was the high point for them
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 | Endless Boogie by John Lee Hooker
Buy new: £9.98 What an amazing line-up. The final track is a true tour-de-force
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 | Hard Again by Muddy Waters
Buy new: £4.98 This is Muddy at his best - Not bad for an old geezer
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 | Zombie by Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Buy new: £7.38 When I listen to this, I feel like I'm in the Shrine in Lagos, sweating, bumping and grinding
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 | Curtis by Curtis Mayfield
Buy new: £6.68 / Used from: £3.90 This man had the sweetest voice and some incredible lyrics
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 | Fireball by Deep Purple
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.56 Similar dilemma as Led Zeppelin. Any of their first four Mark II albums could have been chosen, but this one does it for me
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 | East-West by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Buy new: £10.29 / Used from: £6.49 Mike Bloomfield was one of the finest guitarists ever and listen to 'Work Song' and you'll realise why
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 | Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath
Buy new: £5.78 / Used from: £3.50 You look at Ozzy now and think why? Especially when he was partly responsible for this
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 | Back to the Roots by Mayall John
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £16.74 This is a lovely album that takes the Blues to a very cool, laid-back place
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 | Fleetwood Mac and Peter Green by Fleetwood Mac & Peter Green
Buy used from: £16.93 This is how they started out and things were never as good as this
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 | Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
Buy new: £8.68 / Used from: £7.15 John Mayall gave the world Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor and was the most influential guy on the scene at that time. Eric Clapton has never been meaner
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 | The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses
Buy used from: £1.99 This is so funky
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 | Blaxploitation, Vol. 1 by Various Artists
Buy used from: £17.99 I don't usually do compilation albums, but this is just a treat from beginning to end
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 | Pulp Fusion, Vol. 1: Funky Jazz Classics & Original Breaks from the Tough Side by Various Artists
Buy used from: £21.89 This is a great one for dancing and chilling out to
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