Before And After Science

Before And After SciencePrefacing the ambient music which Brian Eno would pursue later on, Before And After Science pulled off the feat of uniting pro and anti punks in 1977. For record buyers, 1977 felt long and momentous. If you were on the pro side of the punk debate, the initial euphoria had been somewhat tempered by tabloid and or physical abuse, and mixed feelings over Sex Pistols crossing into the mainstream with a performance on Top Of The Pops. Meanwhile, those on

The sixth and final tale in the series

and tools of the trade

Dating to the 16th century

the original Shaft is studded with indelible elements—from Roundtree’s sleek leather fashions to the iconic funk and soul score by Isaac Hayes

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Babe Rainbow’s ‘Slipper Imp and Shakaerator’ is a sun-soaked celebration of psychedelic acid-pop

Online & instore

The Horde challenges our assumptions that nomads are peripheral to history and makes it clear that we live in a world shaped by Mongols

and Otis Redding

and religious aspects of our lives

Annette Gordon-Reed's On Juneteenth provides a historian's view of the country's long road to Juneteenth

composing an updated West Side Story with spectacular music that owed more to Bernstein than to Berry