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Solomon Burke ★★★★ The King Of Rock ’N’ Soul SOULMUSIC. CD/DL For all the excellent LPs of his career’s late flowering post 2002, these 79 tracks on 3-CDs are his true legacy. Subtitled The Atlantic Recordings 1962-1968, it offers Stupidity, Down In The Valley, great country soul, great gospel steals, great pop covers. GB

Kellee Patterson ★★★★ Maiden Voyage BLACK JAZZ/REAL GONE. CD/DL/LP With her swooning voice, the first black Miss Indiana might have felt at home at Motown, who offered to release her 1973 soul-jazz debut, but she went with the politicall­y astute Black Jazz. Flautist George Harper elevates the Herbie Hancock-penned title track. JB

Various ★★★★ The Last Shall Be First BIBLE & TIRE. CD/LP Pastor Juan Shipp of Memphis had a gospel label, D-Vine Spiritual. Groups deemed not good enough went on JCR. The pastor was a hard judge, for the 18 JCR sides here – often raw, always real, brusque leads, flutey harmonies, flights of vocal fancy, sincerity and power – are a righteous riot. GB

Bert Jansch ★★★★ Crimson Moon EARTH RECORDINGS. LP Twentieth anniversar­y vinyl for a late-era gem by Scotland’s original guitar hero, featuring Bernard Butler and Johnny Marr (who also adds harmonica and vocals to The River Bank). Jansch’s wife Loren Auerback sings Owen Hand’s minor-key ballad, My Donald. JB

The Tremeloes ★★★★ The Complete CBS Recordings 1966-72 CHERRY RED. CD/DL When Brian Poole left, his backing band hit big. Giddy singles Here Comes My Baby and Even The Bad Times Are Good still sound great. This 6-CD box has their expansion into prog plus mesmeric 1970 soundtrack May Morning. LW

Various ★★★★ Solidarity With Beirut HABIBI FUNK. DL Excellent Bandcamp comp in aid of the victims of the Beirut explosion. Habibi Funk called on artists with roots in the city: jazz saxophonis­t Toufic Farroukh’s lovely oud and harmonica-full Villes Invisibles is a highlight. All proceeds go to the Lebanese Red Cross. JB

New Order ★★★★ Power Corruption & Lies: Definitive Edition RHINO. CD+LP+DVD Peter Saville-designed box set of 1983’s keystone dance-rock hybrid: a new remaster, 1982’s Peel Session, ’82-84 live sets on DVD, 13 unreleased ‘writing’ recordings (all sans vocals). A revelatory glimpse into New Order’s digital Big Bang. KC

Robert Wyatt ★★★★ His Greatest Misses DOMINO. LP Covetable double LP of 19742003 comp, a testimony to Wyatt’s individual­ity as a singer/songwriter of pop, prog, jazz and beyond. His sweet, sad voice pricking your conscience on Shipbuildi­ng, or

Rock Bottom’s queasy Sea Song (“when you’re drunk you’re terrific”), just two highlights. JB

Various ★★★ You Got The Power ABKCO. CD/DL Twenty Cameo-Parkway dancers that hit the Northern soul decks: future Maze-man Frankie Beverly & The Butlers’ Because Of My Heart, Twist king Chubby Checker’s You Just Don’t Know (What You Do To Me), The Orlons, Bunny Sigler, Eddie Holman and Candy & The Kisses’ The 81. GB

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