ACROSS

1 Also known as Duncan Jones (5,5) 5 He played drums for Mott The Hoople (6) 9 In 1973, this band promised Nirvana For Mice (5,3)

12 Chant the name of this ’67 Coltrane LP (2) 14 The Vibrators’ frontman (4) 15 Clannad’s Brennan (4)

17 The Chemical Brothers’ was private and psychedelic (4)

18 Jazz piano great (4,5)

19 Mickie Most’s label (3)

22 Parping Stones comp? (4)

23 Kenny Rogers’ Lionel Richie-penned hymn to her (4)

24 Willie Mitchell’s soul label (2)

25 Nick Cave’s monarch (3) 26 Nashville label that took over the King catalogue (5)

29 See photoclue A (6,3)

31 Atoms For Peace run wild? (4) 33 Where Mike Nesmith wanted to go in ’77 (3)

34 Songs In The Key Of Life’s last 45 (2) 35 Cambridge punks who were Sick Of You (5)

36 Messy Sonic Youth LP (3)

37 In short, a long-player (1,1) 39 NWOBHM panzers (4)

40 The Fall’s discerning bellyful, in ’85 (3,2,3,10)

45 1992 Peter Gabriel LP (2)

46 -- Music, for New Order side projects (2) 47 London boutique beloved of Bolan and Bryan Ferry (4)

51 They reunited at the Rite Time (3) 52 See 55 Down

53 The Jacksons’ 1980 success (7)

54 AKA the Dixie Dewdrop (5,4,5) 59 Brian Epstein’s shop (4)

60 Kevin Coyne and Dagmar Krause talk fast? (6)

61 ’85 Velvets rarities set (2) 64 Ex-Buffalo Springfield country rockers (4) 65 Futureheads’ 2005 EP (4)

67 Scott Walker’s US solo debut (5)

68/42 down Co-writer of Dancing In The City (3,4)

69 Hawkwind odds’n’sods collection from 1983 (5) DOWN 2 Mick Weaver’s amphibious organ? (6,1,4) 3 Purveyor of Stereopathetic Soulmanure (4) 4 Helen Reddy had candy for it (3) 6 AKA Frank Tovey (3,6)

7 Leonard Cohen’s were old (5)

8 See photoclue B (3,5) 9 Spacemen 3’s alternative to revolution (6)

10 Jarvis Cocker directed this 1993 Aphex video (2)

11 Macca’s type of classical (7)

13 Jazz entertainer Ms Barnes (3)

15 See photoclue C (3)

16 Danny Brown, getting on a bit in 2013 (3) 18 Former Birdland cigarette girl Carla (4) 20 Enrico Rava, pensive in 1980? (2) 21 1965 US album for Ray, Dave, Pete and Mick (5,7)

27 Rory Gallagher’s first band (5) 28 Mumford & Sons-affiliated London venue (6)

29 Abrupt California punk-poppers (4) 30 Albert saluted in song by Neil Diamond (5)

32 Sugarcubes’ Einar (3)

36 The Specials’ second Number 1 (5,4) 38 A glitching Berliner, or a steel one in a bathtub? (4)

41 Chaos, Subs or Decay? (2)

42 See 68 Across

43 Stereo, doubled (4)

44 Laura who hit big with Up On The Roof (4) 47 Bassekou Kouyate’s band Ngoni -- (2) 48 Bert Kaempfert’s was Swinging (6) 49 Da Da Da was their big hit (4)

50 My Cherry Is In Sherry, they said (5) 51 Portly hip-hopper with a door key? (5,4)

55/52 across Nagging Sheffield trio (7,8) 56 Refuel with Xpress-2 man? (6) 57 Mr Spock’s reggae label? (6)

58 AKA Dinger and Rother (3) 61 Shocking Blue’s planet (5)

62 The minds behind The Ape Of Naples and Horse Rotorvator (4) 63 Nickname of the late Martin Hannett (4) 66 Live, this Underworld banger often merges into Cowgirl (3)