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the early Happy Mondays at London's Rock Garden (Melody Maker, 1987)

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Venom (Record Collector, 2000)

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Long John Baldry and John Lee Hooker (Record Mirror, 1964)

Keith Richard (KRLA Beat, 1966)

the Who's Pete Townshend (Melody Maker, 1968)

Annette Peacock's I'm the One (RCA Records, 1971)

Helen Reddy (Sounds, 1972)

John Sinclair benefit, starring John & Yoko, Stevie Wonder, Bobby Seale et al (Creem, 1972)

Al Kooper about new-boys-on-the-southern-block Lynyrd Skynyrd (Disc and Music Echo, 1974)

Johnny Walker, about to take his leave from Radio One (NME, 1976)

Bad Company axe chap Mick Ralphs (Circus, 1977)

Malcolm McLaren (Musician, 1982)

Pigbag (Record Mirror, 1982)

Mantronix (NME, 1986)

Michelle Shocked (Sounds, 1988)

Stevie Ray Vaughan (Rolling Stone, 1990)

Radiohead's truculent Thom Yorke around the Los Angeles flesh-pots (Melody Maker, 1993)

Green Day, Offspring and US '90s punk (Kerrang!, 1999)

Green Day, Offspring, Rancid and US '90s punk (Kerrang!, 1999)

the musical heritage of New York City (Mail On Sunday, 2008)

Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous (The Guardian, 2010)

the xx (Filter, 2010)

Ornette Coleman (Rock's Backpages, 2010)

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the Beatles play Dodger Stadium (KRLA Beat, 1966)

Lenny Kaye's legendary Nuggets compilation (Creem, 1972)

Toots & The Maytals' Funky Kingston (International Times, 1973)

Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias, live at the Marquee (NME, 1975)

Kiss' Dynasty (Creem, 1979)

Talking Heads turn into a (Wembley) Arena act (Record Mirror, 1982)

the Beastie Boys and the Rollins Band (Rolling Stone, 1993)

Blur's Modern Life Is Rubbish (Melody Maker, 1993)

Wishbone Ash, live in Belfast (The Independent, 1998)

Tinie Tempah, conquer the O2 (The Independent, 2011)

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