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76 In The Shade follows in the footsteps of Bob Stanley’s hugely successful comps for Ace, including English Weather and The Tears Of Technology...

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A celebration of the songwriting talent of this beloved country music icon. Pour yourself a cup of ambition and listen.

Taking its cue from Bobbie Gentry's masterpiece, Ode To Billie Joe, Bob Stanley and Martin Green's latest compilation looks to country music...

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Symbols Clashing Everywhere is a cross-genre fertilisation of Punk, Post-Punk, Electronica, Dub, Euro Disco and unique one-offs

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This is exciting! All Our Times Have Come, Jon Savage's 1972-1976, a guided tour through five years of rock in its many variants...

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It’s the day after the 60s. You turn on the radio and there is news about John leaving the Beatles – or will Paul be the first to jump?

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Paris in the Spring is a fabulous collection of music styles that illuminated the late '60s and early '70s French pop culture.

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America coming down, the sound of a country trying to work its way out of a crisis.

First compiled by writer and Saint Etienne member Bob Stanley 15 years ago, the original “Tea And Symphony” CD now sells for between £50 and £100.

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Various Artists (Bob Stanley presents...) 76 In The Shade