My Favourite Things – John Coltrane

He made the most esoteric and beautiful album in jazz history and he also made the most accessible and beautiful album in jazz history.

Shiv Kumar Sharma with Zakir Hussain - Live Concert at Rang Bhavan, Bombay

In the collection of LPs records a friend was giving away, I found this rare gem of a disc offering sinuous, sensuous music from the maestro Shivkumar Sharma on his santoor.

Mighty Baby – Live In The Attic: Underground Unearthed Series Part 3

‘Mighty Baby’ was formed in UK in 1968 from the ashes of British beat-psych act, The Action. Their sound was typically British, but drew influences from jam rock/prog styles and fused with blues, jazz and folk elements with heavy doses of hippy psychedelia.

The Who – Live at Leeds

‘Live at Leeds’ is one of the greatest live albums ever recorded in the history of rock ‘n’ roll. The LP was originally released in 1970 on Polydor Records and contained just 6 tracks. It reached #3 on Billboard Charts in UK and #4 in USA.

Space Shanty - Khan - Underground Unearthed Series Part 2

'Space Shanty' is the lone album from Canterbury progressive rock supergroup Khan, and is a masterpiece in heavy prog genre

Demons and Wizards -- Uriah Heep

Demons and Wizards is the 4th studio album of Uriah Heep and is a fine slice of British heavy progressive rock, or progressive hard rock.

Grannie - Grannie - Underground Unearthed Series Part 1

Grannie was formed by guitarist Phil Newton in 1968/69 and was initially a cover band playing gigs around East London. Newton then began to write for the band and they began to master tracks like Leaving, Romany Refrain and Saga of the Sad Jester in rehearsals.

How The West Was Won – Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin released How the West was Won as a 3 CD boxset in 2003 and it still remains their only official live album till date (with the exception of Live at the Olympia which was included as a bonus LP with 2014 reissue of Led Zeppelin I).

Pet Sounds – The Beach Boys

Ask any music lover or critic about their Top 10 bands, and the name The Beach Boys is highly unlikely to figure in that list. But ask the same music lover or critic about the Top 10 albums, and ‘Pet Sounds’ will certainly appear in it.

Hooked onto Vinyl on World Record Store Day

With Record Store Day on 21st April, Verus Ferreira explores how the invention of Thomas Edison’s marvel of the phonograph and Emile Berliner’s invention of the disc, is making a comeback in today's digital age.