Note penned by Beatles legend was only expected to sell for £9,000

Guitarist extends invitation to Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor for band's meet up

One (or rather, three) from the heart of Coppola’s American Zoetrope dream...Hammett was intended by Francis Ford Coppola to be one of his American Zoetrope studio’s first movies, a calling card for the Zoetrope vision and the American debut of German director Wim Wenders. In the event, the film, an homage to novelist Dashiell Hammett boasting a rare lead from Coppola regular Frederic Forrest, did become synonymous with the studio. Just not the way Coppola had hoped.

Five whole remastered discs and a mountain of trinkets. But is it worth a ton?JEEZ, THE SOUND quality is INCREDIBLE. It’s like David Gilmour is playing his acoustic guitar IN YOUR ROOM. You really can hear the strings BUZZ and hear his fingers SCRAPE on the fretboard. You can hear Nick Mason’s drum stool SQUEAK, hear Rick Wright’s Clavinet THROB, and you can actually hear Roger Waters having a BREAKDOWN about two minutes into “Welcome To The Machine”. Amazing.

Wenceslasaire! Spangladasha! Shnamistoflopp'n! Come frolic in Kate Bush's winter wonderland...

'Mr M' will be released on February 20, 2012 before a five-date March tour

Peter Hook reckons new material will 'draw a line' under band's split

Guitarist says writing the track is still 'one of the best memories' of his life

The record is made up of acoustic Evan Dando tracks from nearly 20 years ago

Just kicking off the Uncut Music Award 2011 blog with a reminder of our shortlist this year, as the day when our judges reveal the winner gets closer.