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Invisible Jukebox
Mark Springer takes the ear test!

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Chris Parker in the reel world

Abdullah Ibrahim
Back to Africa, via Brian Priestley

HMV Competition
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Hard Wire
Tom Corbin meets a prehistoric Walkman

Michael Jackson
He's bad, but is he great? Richard Cook thinks so

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John Coltrane
Steve Lake takes the last blow of our CD survey

Mozart on CD
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David Byrne
From The Forest to buildings on fire, with Mark Sinker

Elvis Costello
Barney Hoskyns meets The Beloved Entertainer

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Teldec Competition
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