There’s little doubt that Sylvester Stuart is a genius. You probably know (well, you should know) the floor-filling hits, but you owe it to yourself to dig your soul shovel through the tasty morsels hidden elsewhere. Digging the horns on the titanic, über-King Kong beast that is Crossword Puzzle from the album High On You.

Y’know… there are some days when the only thing that will do is a hefty dose of Blowfly. ‘Bubbly’ girls please look away now.

Television has been growing in popularity since its invention in 1966. Check out these clips of the show Soul – it’s Badder Than Evil, Gordon’s War!

Legendary drummer Mitch Mitchell is no more. His early years of pills, thrills and schlagzeug finally put his drumsticks to bed. High fives big man, rest in peace.

I’ve deliberately cropped Noel Redding out of this picture as he couldn’t play bass and he’s a moody bitch (read his autobiography for more details).

The legendary Isaac Hayes has passed away at the age of 65. May his Hot Buttered Soul rest in peace.

Now this is just silly…

The sleeveface Flickr photo pool is a work of genius! Please, somebody do a Don Blackman!

Fräuleinwunder Hildegard Knef’s über hip, neo-kitsch masterpiece “Holiday Time” is light-years ahead of its early 70s contemporaries. Remarkably, this was a B-side upon release!

Clive Sinclair’s Spectrum graced many a home in the 80s. It’s Herculean 48k of RAM (128k, if you were lucky) just doesn’t cut it these days, but the pioneering ZX Spectrum Orchestra is helping to keep the legend alive.

Everybody loves the theremin. What? You don’t? What the hell is wrong with you! Anyway, behold the curious mixture of thermin and amphibian.