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Making the best of The MOJO Collection

The albums are arranged chronologically by release date. At the rear of the book are indexes by artist and album title. This is a celebration of an art form – the pop album. We’ve selected hundreds of them from the very first vinyl pop album in 1946 to important releases from the first half of 2007 – and found out how they happened.

As well as the main text for each album, every entry of The MOJO Collection comprises the following information where available:

Artist

Album Title

If an album is known by more than one name we’ve used that of the original issue

Label

The label the album originally appeared on in the UK

Producer

Recording Information

Location and date recorded, if known

Release Date

Date first issued in the UK

Chart Peaks

Highest album chart placing in the UK and US, if available

Personnel

The key players and technicians. Abbreviations as follows:

ae = assistant engineer

ag = acoustic guitar

ar = arranger

as = alto saxophone

b = bass

bs = baritone sax

bv = backing vocals

c = cello

d = drums

db = double bass

e = engineer

ep = electric piano

g = guitar

hm = harmonica

k = keyboards

m = mixer

o = organ

p = piano

pc = percussion

ps = pedal steel guitar

rg = rhythm guitar

s = saxophone

sg = steel guitar

syn = synthesizer

t = trumpet

tb = trombone

ts = tenor sax

v = vocals

va = viola

vn = violin

More esoteric instruments – zither, vibraphone, alpine horn etc – are listed in full

Track Listing

Running order of the original UK release

Running Time

Total time of original album

Current CD

The catalogue number of the most recent CD edition of the album. If no label is shown the original label applies. If the album has been reissued on a different label, that’s here, plus the details of any bonus tracks, omissions or alterations

Further Listening

Other albums by the same artist that best complement this one, interesting solo albums or side projects

Further Reading

The best biographies (whether or not they are still in print) and/or the most informative website

Download

Pointing you in the direction of where/whether you can download the record