Olivia Coolidge

Almost all of country music's heavies contribute to this two-disc set, and many of the greatest anthems are all present. Forty tracks in all, including 'Rhinestone Cowboy' by Glenn Campbell, Kenny Roger's 'Coward of the County', 'Ring of Fire' by Johnny Cash, 'Me & Bobby McGee' by Kris Kristofferson, Tammy Wynette's 'Stand by Your Man', Patsy Cline's 'Crazy', 'Achy Breaky Heart' (Billy Ray Cyrus), The Charlie Daniels Band's 'Devil Went Down to Georgia', 'I Will Always Love You' by Dolly Parton and Much More.

Jackie DeShannon’s status as a singer is assured. Her vocal range, diversity and skill, as exemplified by her original and stunning performances of ‘Needles And Pins’, ‘When You Walk In The Room’, Bacharach and David’s ‘What The World Needs Now Is Love’ and the generational anthem ‘Put A Little Love In Your Heart’, will be well known to readers of this article. But her status as a songwriter also deserves to be celebrated – something that Ace have done for us with this 27-track cracker, “Break-A-Way”.

It wasn't too difficult to pull another collection of prime Jackie DeShannon copyrights together in order to assemble an eagerly-anticipated second volume of Jackie's songs for Ace's Songwriter Series. As ever, the hardest job for the compilers was to decide what to include now and what to save for another time. She Did It is a fine follow-up to Break-A-Way and will appeal to everyone who bought and raved about the first volume. As before, Ace have chosen songs for She Did It which cover Jackie's whole career. The final listing was approved by Ace fan-and-friend Jackie and includes several tracks of her suggestions. In the course of research, Ace have unearthed many rare gems that have not been on CD before and only two tracks have appeared previously on Ace.

Now That’s What I Call Music head back to the 1970s for NOW Yearbook 1977. In 4CD guise deluxe hardcover book and card sleeve versions this offers 80 tracks including Queen, Status Quo, Lake and Palmer, ELO, Leo Sayer, David Soul, Boney M, The Stranglers, The Clash, The Jam, Elvis Costello, Paul Simon, Bryan Ferry, Marvin Gaye, the Commodores, 10cc, Mike Oldfield, Kenny Rogers, and Paul McCartney and Wings. The 3LP blue vinyl edition delivers 49 tracks across its six sides of vinyl. Full tracklistings are below. Now Yearbook 1977 will be released on 1 November. 4 x CD, Compilation, Special Edition: Sony Music, Universal Music, Now Twic, EMI Records! As well as an addition to your collection and archives.