The monumental songwriting prowess of Jacques Brel has traditionally been far too clever for the non-French-speaking masses to care. Even in English. According to the sophisticated French-speaking masses, the translations are a travesty. Not always so. In the devoted, talented hands of Elvis lyricist Mort Shuman, adaptor of the bulk of the songs on this compilation, they pack a heavyweight lyrical punch rarely experienced in the comparatively feeble 'rock' lexicon.

Waters' last Floyd album is harrowing and still surprisingly relevant

Sweet '70s jazz-funk revisited

Stirring story-so-far set from inspired indieniks

Essentially a Transatlantic label sampler of folksy recordings from the '60s and '70s

Comprehensive 'official bootleg' four-CD set compiled by Robbie Krieger

Moody Blues man's mid-'70s missives, produced mostly during the group's five-year break

The mould-breaking Nashville singer-songwriter gets a marvellous best-of

Former Fairport singer's brace of '70s albums for Elektra on one disc

The King's penance ignored