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JANUARY
5/1/04 Van Morrison
Beautiful Vision (45.08)*
5/1/04 Underworld
Second Toughest In The Infants (73.07)**
5/1/04 Oasis
The Masterplan (66.30)***
5/1/04 Squeeze
Big Squeeze - The Very Best Of Squeeze (76.53/65.19)*
17/1/04 Compilation
Don't Fight It - The Original Versions Of The Songs That Inspired Tom Jones
(52.22)*
17/1/04 Compilation
Mod Fave Raves (Vol. 1) (53.21)**
17/1/04 Compilation
Mod Fave Raves (Vol. 2) (55.09)**
17/1/04 Compilation
That's Soul 3 (38.21)*
17/1/04 Compilation
That's Soul 4 (34.34)*
27/1/04 Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (65.34)***
27/1/04 Crystals
The Best Of The Crystals (48.37)****
FEBRUARY
5/2/04 Grateful Dead
Anthem Of The Sun (79.40)****
8/2/04 Joni Mitchell
Court And Spark (36.58)****
19/2/04 Compilation
Mojo: Raw Soul (Music Guide Vol. 3) (42.21)**
20/2/04 Jimmy Reed
Found Love (42.06)**
20/2/04 BB King
His Definitive Greatest Hits (70.00/69.09)**
MARCH
2/3/04 Pink Floyd
Ummagumma: Live Album/Studio Album
(39.21/46.57)**
2/3/04 Four Tops
The Ultimate Collection (72.30)**
6/3/04 Kim Fowley
Impossible But True - The Kim Fowley Story (76.10)***
5/3/04 Compilation
Uncut: The Roots Of Tommy
(46.52)**
8/3/04 Compilation
Balling The Jack - The Birth Of The Nu-Blues (67.52)*
8/3/04 Howlin' Wolf
Come Back Home (56.29)**
15/3/04 Compilation
Mojo: Blues Power (Music Guide Vol. 4)
(44.04)**
18/3/04 Pretty Things
Get The Picture? (46.05)***
23/3/04 Rickie Lee Jones
The Evening Of My Best Day (55.18)**
23/3/04 Yardbirds
Roger The Engineer (79.35)***
APRIL
7/4/04 Josh Ritter
Hello Starling (Promo) (43.16)**
7/4/04 Dr John
Remedies (40.42)*
19/4/04 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
Ooo Baby Baby: The Anthology (US Import) (80.06/76.35)****
MAY
1/5/04 Ronettes
All The Hits (57.04)****
1/5/04 Junior Walker And The All Stars
Groovin' With Junior (53.33)**
7/5/04 Sir Douglas Quintet
The Prime Of Sir Douglas Quintet (62.21/61.10)***
7/5/04 Spencer Davis Group
Eight Gigs A Week - The Steve Winwood Years (71.48/79.05)***
8/5/04 Florence Ballard
The Supreme Florence Ballard
(49.41)*
10/5/04 Compilation
John Lennon's Jukebox (55.20/52.33)***
11/5/04 Secret Goldfish
Jet Streams
(41.08)**
16/5/04 Muddy Waters
Blue Skies - The Best Of Muddy Waters (63.21)**
26/5/04 Little Eva
L L L L Little Eva! (73.32)**
M&VE TRIP
23/5/2004 Yoko Ono
Ono Box (71.33/71.56/65.17/57.51/73.10/49.15)***
23/5/04 Tim Buckley
Blue Afternoon (39.55)****
23/5/04 Aretha Franklin
Aretha Now (29.28)***
23/5/04 Mary Lee's Corvette
Blood On The Tracks (55.41)**
23/5/04 This
Mortal Coil
Blood (76.24)**
23/5/04 Secret Goldfish
Aqua-Pet....You Make Me (42.27)**
23/5/04 Ecstasy Of St Theresa
Slowthinking (41.41)***
23/5/04 Gary US Bonds
Take Me Back To New Orleans (61.53)*
23/5/04 Compilation
Studio One Soul (60.31)*
23/5/04 Lesley Gore
The Golden Hits Of Lesley Gore (43.04)*
23/5/04 Dr John
The Very Best Of Dr John (69.57)**
JUNE
1/6/04 Don Covay
Mercy/See-Saw (63.08)***
1/6/04 Brenda Holloway
Greatest Hits And Rare Classics (50.46)**
8/6/04 Who
My Generation (47.08/44.28)****
8/6/04 Howlin' Wolf
Howling Wolf Sings The Blues (59.44)****
17/6/04 Compilation
This Is...The Front Line (72.55)**
17/6/04 Tony Joe White
Black And White (41.48)***
17/6/04 Compilation
The Roots Of The Grateful Dead (53.32)**
17/6/04 Jefferson Airplane
Surrealistic Pillow (58.38)***
21/6/04 Compilation
Some Guys Have All The Luck - The Original Versions Of The Songs That Inspired
Rod Stewart (59.55)*
21/6/04 Little Richard
The Explosive Little Richard (32.37)*
29/6/04 Supremes
More Hits By The Supremes/The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland (64.26)***
JULY
4/7/04 Joy Division
Unknown Pleasures
(39.26)***
4/7/04 Joy Division
Closer (44.28)***
4/7/04 Joy Division
Substance (63.07)**
4/7/04 St Etienne
Foxbase Alpha (48.22)***
4/7/04 Ike & Tina Turner
The Soul Of Ike And Tina Turner/Dynamite
(54.35)***
4/7/04 Ike & Tina Turner
Don't Play Me Cheap/It's Gonna Work Out Fine (65.40)***
4/7/04 Compilation
The Roots Of Chuck Berry
(62.02)**
21/7/04 Chuck Berry
The EP Collection (61.13)**
28/7/04 Bob Dylan
Blonde On Blonde (73.03)*****
28/7/04 Ruts
Bustin' Out (74.23)**
28/7/04 Compilation
But Officer! More Original Jamaican Sound System (54.01)***
AUGUST
4/8/04 Billy Fury
The Sound Of Fury
(22.27/44.30)***
8/8/04 Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
The Pious Bird of Good Omen (64.20)*
23/8/04 Nashville Teens
Tobacco Road (76.24)**
23/8/04 Fontella Bass
Rescued - The Best Of Fontella Bass (46.57)***
SEPTEMBER
7/9/04 Mary Wells
Looking Back 1961-1964 (55.52/59.05)**
16/9/04 Jeff Buckley
Grace (51.48/66.15)****
20/9/04 Marvelettes
When You're Young And In Love (52.02)***
20/9/04 Isley Brothers
This Old Heart Of Mine (51.49)**
21/9/04 Annette Peacock
My Mama Never Taught Me To Cook - The Aura Years 1978-1982 (78.33)***
21/9/04 Clash
London Calling/The Vanilla Tapes (65.07/67.35)****
28/9/04 Velvelettes
The Best Of The Velvelettes (49.12)**
28/9/04 Marvelettes
The Best Of The Marvelettes (49.34)***
30/9/04 Supremes
Love Child/The Supremes A' Go-Go (63.35)**
OCTOBER
12/10/04 Miracles
Lost And Found - Along Came Love
(55.05)***
22/10/04 Temptations
Lost And Found - You've Got To Earn It
(56.42)***
22/10/04 Miracles
Going To A Go-Go/Away We A Go-Go
(68.08)***
NOVEMBER
2/11/04 Tyrannosaurus Rex
My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair... But Now They're Content To Wear
Stars On Their Brow
(78.24)***
2/11/04 Tyrannosaurus Rex
Unicorn
(73.43)***
27/11/04 Electric Prunes
Lost Dreams (63.52)***
29/11/04 Liliput
Liliput (65.39/72.05)***
DECEMBER
1/12/04 Tyrannosaurus Rex
Prophets Seers And Sages, The Angels Of The Ages (59.49)***
17/12/04 Detroit Cobras
Life, Love And Leaving (29.46)***
17/12/04 Dr Feelgood
Going Back Home - Live At The Kursaal Flyer 1975 (73.35)***
25/12/04 Siouxsie and the Banshees
Downside Up (64.55/71.42/73.53/19.40)****
25/12/04 Compilation
Where The Girls Are (Vol. 3) - Chess Female Singers And Groups (66.03)***
30/12/04 Grateful Dead/John Oswald
(60.00/46.49)****