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Radio 4 – Gotham!

Re-release of NY punk-funk debut, with bonus disc

Electric Dreams

When '80s Northern boys hooked up with a pair of disco and hip hop gods

Harlequin

The Omen echoes throughout Simon Wincer's camp but sporadically affecting 1980 re-imagining of Rasputin. Here the Mad Monk has been replaced by Robert Powell's mysterious glam-rock psychic healer, who cures the leukaemia-stricken son of venal senator David Hemmings and uses magic to expose the senator's crimes. It's clunky and dated, but Powell's typically messianic performance smoothes over the cracks.

The Children’s Hour – SOS JFK

Chicago duo craft unearthly, not quite folk debut, with added harp

The Wisdom Of Harry – Torch Division

Third album from erstwhile Weather Prophet Pete Astor and pal

Buddy Guy – Blues Singer

Rare unplugged outing for leading Chicago bluesman

µ-Ziq – Bilious Paths Planet

First album in four years from many-aliased Michael Paradinas

Diana Ross – Diana: Deluxe Edition

In 1980 Diana Ross, Motown and Chic all needed each other. With Rick James' breakthrough still a year away, Motown were forced to hire their biggest competitors to provide Hitsville with some hits. In turn, Diana was the last of the original sequence of classic Chic albums, the real follow-up to Chic's 1979 milestone Risqué. Disc one includes the original "Chic mix" of the album (essentially demos, with slightly gutsier vocals) as well as the familiar one. We are reminded just how skilfully "Upside Down" orbits around its absent centre.

Rapid Response

Jason Pierce and co blast back with album recorded in three weeks

Ned Kelly

Hit-and-miss retelling of legendary outlaw's tale
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