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From The Bottom Of An Old Grandfather Clock (reissue, 2004) DEAD OCEANS

This month…

If you want to know just how prolific Andy Bell and his producer Dave Audé were in making Mr Erasure’s first pop solo album since 2010’s Non-Stop in the shape of Ten Crowns, head to the bonus songs on

Squeeze ’s songwriting duo are back in harness, toting a rock opera they wrote in the ’70s with an all-new album to come. Given their near-constant strife, it’s a miracle. But as they insist, “the thing that always brings us together is the songs…”

Black And Blue UMC/POLYDOR

Comedy historian Robert Ross pays tribute to some of the finest and funniest, but often overlooked, names in showbiz