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Barbie Sings!

A Barbie girl in a Barbie world – easy-listening dreams for the young girls of the 1960s.

The Seductive World Of Hi-Fi Advertising

The Hi-Fi system was an essential part of any would-be swinging bachelor’s pad – and advertisers knew how to package the dream of sexy stereos and gorgeous girls.

Classic Albums Revisited: Nirvana’s Nevermind

The album that ushered in the grunge revolution is perhaps more important as a signpost in rock history than as a musical work.

Dora’s World: Remembering Dora Hall, Queen Of The Vanity Record

The prolific and pointless musical career of a woman with limited talent but unlimited resources.

Metal Meltdowns – Very Heavy, Very Horrible Album Covers

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A collection of heavy metal LPs where the artwork failed to live up to the ambition of the band.

Classic Albums Revisited: Barry White’s Can’t Get Enough

The most seductive album of the 1970s has lost none of its romantic intensity.

Arthur Brown Reheats Fire

The God of Hellfire returns with a new, all-star version of his classic hit song.

Histoire De Melody Nelson – The Film

Serge Gainsbourg’s 1971 masterpiece transformed into a work of video art starring Jane Birkin.

Danger! Low Voltage – Electric Six’s Album Of Lacklustre Cover Versions

The disco-rock miscreants return with an album of other people’s songs that offers nothing new to the original versions.

Sibylle Rauch – So Long And Goodbye To Tunefulness

The curious country and western song performed by the German sex symbol turned porn star.

Delia Derbyshire And Anthony Newley Get The Moogies Bloogies

An eccentric and ahead-of-its-time recording by two of the more interesting creative minds of the 1960s.

Marjoe Gortner, The False Prophet Who Exposed The Truth

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The child preacher turned movie star tried to pull the rug from under evangelical con-men, but no one wanted to listen.