Wind

Definitive comp of Windy City vocal-group soulsters beloved of Tony Soprano

A concept album of sorts, the second solo release from the Mekons founder and Chicago-expat charts the rise and demise of honky-tonker Lofty Deeds as a metaphor for US history. Like all things Langford, though, it's not heavy-handed or portentous, the music rollicking like a midnight special braced against the hard wind of his uniquely British delivery.

Demos for Fay's eponymous 1970 Decca LP and rarely-heard late-'60s outtakes

Three DVDs which catch the rock'n'roll maverick onstage and backstage

The East End boy's entire CBS output remastered and reintroduced to a world perhaps now ready for it

Awesome rebirth of original Country Queen, produced and arranged by The White Stripes' Jack White

Hawaiian guitarist/pedal-steeler's expertly bottled Pacific breeze

Even the director of this film, recounting the tale of how road manager Phil Kaufman stole and burned Gram Parsons' corpse, was surprised when Parsons' wife and daughter okay-ed the use of his music. Parsons' "A Song For You" and "Love Hurts" and The Flying Burrito Brothers' "Wild Horses" evoke the era, along with Country Joe and Eddie Floyd. Gillian Welch tackles "Hickory Wind", and Starsailor handle "Hot Burrito No 2" bombastically. But The Lemonheads, Wilco and trend-whores Primal Scream just seek cred by association. Twangy.

Long unavailable album recorded in London in one hour in May 1965, between Simon & Garfunkel's Wednesday Morning 3am and Sounds Of Silence

Heaven-sent innovation from the legendary Beach Boy, plus supporting cast