 | King at Nightfall / The Road of Silk by Pete Atkin
Buy used from: £16.00 Atkin and James are the finest songwriters of a generation
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 | Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
Buy new: £6.88 / Used from: £1.78 Idiosyncratic, genre denying magic from the Captain; a masterpiece
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 | In the Land of Grey and Pink by Caravan
Buy new: £5.68 / Used from: £4.09 Quintessentially English Canterbury sound; Caravan's best
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 | Songs of Love and Hate by Leonard Cohen
Buy used from: £3.98 Here not just for 'Famous Blue Raincoat'; Cohen at his bleakest yet most beautiful
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 | Kip of the Serenes by Dr. Strangely Strange
Buy used from: £9.40 Psychedelic Irish whimsy
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 | HMS Donovan by Donovan
Buy used from: £29.99 THE defining album of childhood; gentle, evocative and pure magic
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 | Blood on the Tracks by Bob Dylan
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.90 Dylan at his most acerbic; the best break-up album ever
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 | Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £3.10 The album that defined folk rock. Seminal performances from Denny, Thompson, Hutchings etc
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 | Chameleon in The Shadow of Night by Peter Hammill
Buy used from: £3.68 Early-ish, intimate Hammill. Power, subtelty, a deep experience of a listen
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 | Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris
Buy used from: £6.72 Beautiful songs written and performed by Emmylou, the most emotive voice in country; a magical, deep arrangement
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 | Element of Light by Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians
Buy used from: £9.15 Quirky, strange and eccentric, Hitchcock doffs his cap to Syd Barrett but makes this sound his own
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 | Wee Tam/the Big Huge by The Incredible String Band
Buy used from: £19.95 My favourite album; lyrically and musically, no one comes close to the scope of Robin and Mike on this album. Perfection. .
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 | Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull
Buy new: £9.88 / Used from: £8.22 A tour de force from Ian and the lads -- wonderfully arranged
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 | Modern Times Plus by Latin Quarter
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £4.99 Skaith and Jones writing clever, meaningful songs; the sound and production are great.
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 | The Hissing of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £3.25 Joni slinks her way through a sophisticated sound portrait and discovers jazz en route; beautiful.
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 | In Search Of The Lost Chord by The Moody Blues
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £4.78 A favourite of my teenage years; lovely mix of instruments; before the terms prog rock and concept album exitsed
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 | Moondance by Van Morrison
Buy new: £5.38 / Used from: £1.79 Van goes to the heart of jazz, soul and Celtic rock; an album of power and emotion
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 | Basket Of Light by Pentangle
Buy new: £5.88 / Used from: £6.03 Where jazz and folk combine; all acoustic and very special
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 | Past, Present and Future by Al Stewart
Buy new: £14.19 / Used from: £3.87 A personal stamp on 20th Century history; Al's songs are infectious.
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 | Just A Collection Of Antiques And Curios by Strawbs
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.79 At their best; captured live in an atmosphere of great creativity and originality
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 | Lah Di Dah by Jake Thackray
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £1.96 Jake could deliver humour and pathos in equal measure in his dry Yorkshire style; a true craftsman and master of his art
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 | Mirror Blue by Richard Thompson
Buy new: £5.88 / Used from: £3.40 Could have been any one of his albums, but chosen for 'Beeswing', a strong contender for best song ever written.
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 | Morning Way by Trader Horne
Buy used from: £10.00 Ethereal, pure magic; it draws you in to its world of child-like wonder with teenage angst -- an album to grow up with.
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![Unicorn [Expanded Edition]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51e8Zm9N8zL._SL75_.jpg) | Unicorn [Expanded Edition] by Tyrannosaurus Rex
Buy used from: £16.99 Seminal stuff; Marc at his most psychedelic and one of the defining albums of the 60s/early 70s.
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 | One from the Heart by Tom Waits
Buy new: £5.08 / Used from: £2.49 Waits growls and Gayle purrs through a soundtrack rich in beautiful 'show' songs
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