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THE ONE WITH STRINGS. THE SPACE-ROCK DEBUT. THE LIVE LP

WE’VE ALL GOT. THE LOST GEM. BUT WHICH ONE’S BEST?

James McNair rates the rock warhorses’ voluminous 50-year output.

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The Buyers’ Guide

Out of this world:

UFO’s Raymond,

Schenker, Way and

Mogg, Hammersmith

Odeon, June 28, 1978.