Stereo Topical

Win! A fine, fine turntable, amp and speakers.

IS YOUR HOME hi-fi in need of a refresh? Then take a seat. This month we have a complete music system, worth £900 in total, to give away! First, there’s an Audio-Technica direct drive LP5x turntable with an AT-VM95E Dual Moving Magnet cartridge mounted on an AT-HS6 headshell, to play vinyl at 33, 45 and 78 rpm. Next you get a Cambridge Audio AXA35 integrated amp, with 35 watts per channel and an on board phono stage. To complete the package, Q Acoustics 3020i standmount speakers will deliver knockout large-scale sound and deep bass. What to play first? Some Bog-Shed on 45, perhaps, and then some Regal Zonophone 78s (remember to use your separate AT-VM95SP stylus).

So get Jazz Hierophant El-Dellar-Ra’s crossword filled in and send it Stereo Topical, MOJO, Academic House, 24-28 Oval Road, London NW1 7DT.

Please include your home address, e-mail and phone number. The closing date for entries is February 2. For the rules of the quiz, see www.mojo4music.com.

ACROSS

1 The original Muswell Hillbilly (3,6) 7 She’s So High was their introductory hit (4) 9 GN’R’s Terminator 2 success (3,5,2,4) 10 Ditto, Orton or Hart maybe? (4) 12 The much-missed Ms Winehouse (3) 13 Doherty – but not Pete (3) 14 In ’67 he sang of the House Of Jansch (7) 17 Early Seattle grunge act (3) 19 City that spawned Radiohead (6) 20 B. Bumble & The Stingers’ UK Number 1 (3,6)

21 Kate Bush’s lofty comeback (6)

22 Me And --- Jones (Billy Paul) (3) 24 Label created by Bert Berns (4) 25 This Steve sang on the OST to Loot (5) 28 Take It Easy was their debut single (6) 31 Interpol’s song about Rosemary and Fred West (4) 33 Supernatural Fairy Tales – their only LP (3) 34 Kiki’s Dee’s first Top 20 success (9) 35 It was the lead single from McCartney & Wings’ Red Rose Speedway album (2,4) 38 ---- She Flies (Al Stewart album) (4) 39 Could be Tormé, could be Tillis (3) 40 Love Travels At ------- Speeds (Graham Coxon album) (7)

43 Aretha’s heavenly release (5)

46 Room To ---- (Waterboys’ album) (4) 47 The Nice’s official final album (5)

49/29 British-born jazz singer linked with Dave Lambert and Jon Hendricks (5,4) 50 See photoclue A (5)

51 Advice given by The Exciters in 1962 (4,3) 53 Tympany Five leader Louis (6) 54 Sayer or Kottke maybe (3)

55 Music Corporation of America (1.1.1.) 56 James Brown’s was On Ah Roll (4) 57 ------- Up With Billy Bragg (7)

58 They provided the soundtrack to Zidane: A 20th Century Portrait (6) 59 Johnny Cash’s boy (3)

61 --- Love (Stone Roses) (3)

62 Part One provided a Fleetwood Mac hit in 1969 (2,4)

64 Yes’s tenth studio album (5)

65 A number of performed songs (3) 67 In short, Jeff Lynne’s band (1.1.1) 68 The Coral’s 2016 album (8,9)

DOWN

1 He released Love Country Style (3,7) 2 Paul Simon’s friendly name-check (3,3,4,2,2) 3 Voyage Of The ------- (Steve Hackett album) (7)

4 ------ Of Lost Souls (Blondie) (6) 5 Massachusetts indie rockers headed by Lou Barlow (7)

6 Rod Stewart album that spawned Some Guys Have All The Luck (10) 7 Morrissey’s 1990 compilation album (4,4) 8 This R.E.M. album had a two-headed snake on the cover (9)

11 Sash! hit with Adrian Rodriguez (7) 15 --- To Billy Joe (Bobbie Gentry) (3) 16 The Breeders’ fifth album (3,5) 18 Peanuts Wilson’s was famously made from cast iron (3)

23 Holly cover by Steeleye Span (4,2) 26 Music genre (4)

27 Irish rock and blues band formed by Rory Gallagher (5)

28 See photoclue B (6,5)

29 Roger Waters’ broadcaster (5,1,1,1,1) 30 Stones live album (5,4)

32 Jimmy Cliff protest song, rated by Dylan as the best ever written (7) 36 Mike Oldfield’s third studio album (8) 37 He was an original member of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (5,6) 41 Chris Spedding’s sneezy-listening? (10) 42 --- Me Live (Queen) (3)

43 Free Jazz innovator Albert (5) 44 Punk band whose debut album was

City Baby Attacked By Rats (1.1.1)

45 Ray whose Supernova album topped the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart (10) 48 Howe of Giant Sand (4)

52 Lisa who did Stay (I Missed You) (4) 60 Joe Cocker’s chart Lady (5)

61 Hall And ----- (5)

63 See photoclue C (4)

64 Ronnie of The Dubliners (4)

66 Kane, Peter Sarstedt’s brother (4) 67 One reverses for this musician (3)