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With a sprinkling of psychedelia, jazz and classical influences, Yes’s debut LP offered bounteous hints of a prog-rock harvest yet to come.

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Leaping beyond their bluesy beginnings, ‘Stand Up’ saw Jethro Tull pioneer a baroque fusion of ‘cocktail jazz’, English folk and hard rock.

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Joining forces with disco pioneer Nile Rodgers, Duran Duran weathered the storm of personnel changes to create a floor-filling funk album.

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Filmed live in New York City, David Bowie’s ‘VH1 Storytellers’ performance offered rare insight into the man behind the music.

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A mid-70s high point for Grateful Dead, the ‘From The Mars Hotel’ album gifted the band some future live favourites.

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Creating the zeitgeist, Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ era raised the bars for music, cinema and live performance. No one has come close since.

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All nine ‘Purple Rain’ songs broke the mould in their different ways. This track-by-track guide to the album reveals exactly why.

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Deepening her vision on a collection of dark-hued hip-hop cuts, Missy Elliott straddled the globe with her second album, ‘Da Real World’.

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Embracing punk on his own terms, Neil Young ended the 70s on a high with the coruscating Crazy Horse album ‘Rust Never Sleeps’.

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Sung from the perspective the film’s main characters, each song on Prince’s ‘Batman’ album furthered his own explorations of light and dark.

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