 | Graceland by Paul Simon
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £8.99 The remastered sound is much better and Simon's best solo album deserves it.
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 | Abbey Road by The Beatles
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £7.88 Another classic that benefits from excellent remastering.
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 | Fire and Fleet and Candlelight by Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buy new: £7.98 Unique and very persuasive. Excellent.
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 | Later That Same Year by Matthews Southern Comfort
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £29.55 Matthews' voice is like gold.
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 | If You Saw Thro' My Eyes by Iain Matthews
Ex Fairport Convention singer's beautiful solo album, featuring Sandy Denny on the title track. Beautiful.
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 | Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake
Buy new: £4.78 / Used from: £3.00 'Way To Blue' is a real highlight on this moving album.
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 | Versatile Heart by Linda Thompson
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £10.04 Conclusive proof that there really is life after Richard. A fantastic record.
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 | Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens
Buy new: £3.48 / Used from: £3.35 Very distinctive, and Steven's masterpiece.
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 | Sweetheart Of The Rodeo by The Byrds
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.44 The Byrds' country album, adorned with the beautiful voice of Gram Parsons.
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 | Elite Hotel by Emmylou Harris
Buy new: £6.68 / Used from: £4.66 Gram Parsons' protege as a young solo artist. A very fine album of singing.
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 | England, Half English by Billy Bragg
Buy new: £7.48 / Used from: £5.89 One of Bragg's typically direct albums, albeit with slightly more production than usual.
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 | Talking with the Taxman About Poetry by Billy Bragg
Buy new: £7.48 / Used from: £7.25 Another fine Bragg offering.
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 | Lionheart by Kate Bush
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.20 Kate Bush has said this is her least favourite album, but it was the first of hers I heard and I still love it now.
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 | Absolution by Muse
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.90 The album where Muse brought it all together into a complete enthralling whole. Better than anything they've done since.
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 | Tightly Unwound by The Pineapple Thief
Buy new: £10.28 / Used from: £7.25 Starts with beautiful harmonies and develops into a varied and contemporary melodic rock landscape.
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 | Not Till Tomorrow by Ralph Mctell
Buy new: £11.69 Under-rated masterpiece by a great guitarist, singer and songwriter.
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 | That Lucky Old Sun by Brian Wilson
Buy new: £10.38 / Used from: £1.50 'Smile' was the highly anticipated album, but this is better. A musical genius at work.
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 | Misplaced Childhood by Marillion
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £3.50 Instead of hearing 'Kayleigh' butchered for compilations, listen to it in its true context. An incredible album.
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 | John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.00 Worth it for the title track alone, but its all excellent. Winwood truly has soul!
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 | Cogs Wheels and Lovers by Steeleye Span
Buy new: £8.98 A return to a folkier sound, very much dominated by Maddy Prior and Peter Knight, and all the better for it. Superb!
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 | The Traveling Wilburys Collection (CD + DVD) by The Traveling Wilburys
Buy new: £11.68 / Used from: £3.98 The whole output of a supergroup that should never have worked. Brilliant stuff.
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 | Secret Messages by Electric Light Orchestra
Buy new: £4.78 / Used from: £13.30 I love this album.
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 | Under the Covers by Maddy Prior & The Girls
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £6.96 Very clever, great fun and something you can listen to over and over again without tiring.
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 | Tempted and Tried by Steeleye Span
Buy used from: £13.77 One of the best Steeleye albums of later years. 'Betsy Bell and Mary Gray' is haunting.
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 | Poor Man's Heaven by Seth Lakeman
Buy new: £5.68 / Used from: £3.73 Modern folk with polished production that works very well indeed.
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