Black And Blue UMC/POLYDOR

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

From the bayou to Woodstock and back – the easygoing adventures of Bobby Charles. By John Mulvey.

74-75: Night Life / Fighting UMR

Fifty years on from their first successes, Roger McGuinn, the 12-string architect of THE BYRDS , tells Uncut about their exceptional first 18 months – and his relationship with Gene Clark. As the young group make their jet-powered escape from the folk think tank, we hear about making the scene on the Strip, outraging Iowa and a muted response in the United Kingdom. But ultimately how “Eight Miles High” became the spectacular conclusion of the band’s first era. “I almost left The Byrds entirely to go and be in this space band With Dino Valente,” McGuinn tells John Robinson

Early Steps RHINO/WARNER BROS.