Guardian Music — How do you replace 1,600 LPs after a shipping mix-up results in US Customs destroying the whole lot? It takes a few generous friends, tenacious trawling of record shops, a research guru – and a whole lot of cash, writes Ed Vulliamy'But you can guar... more info

Guardian Music — The 50ft mechanical puppet, Little Girl Giant, will parade around the city this weekendThe long wait has ended; this morning a 50ft puppet 'woke up' in Stanley Park, Liverpool, and began parading around the city as part of a three-day spectacular.Tho... more info

Gigwise — Legendary musician who inspired The Beatles, Eric Clapton passes away more info

Guardian Music — Longing and loneliness, expounded over seven musical sections, each with a different tuneIn Dreams was released by Roy Orbison in 1963, and is generally regarded now as his finest recording. While the song was in the charts Orbison toured Britain wit... more info

Popdose — In 1966, two acts each had three #1 albums. The Beatles with Rubber Soul, Yesterday and Today, and Revolver and  . . . who? Who else was big in 1966? The Beach Boys? The Supremes? Yes, but the other act with three #1 albums in that blazing-hot year ... more info

Guardian Music — As bohemians flit between capitals, pop's centre of gravity is difficult to gauge. It's not where you're from, it's where you're atAccording to Pop Muzik, the 1979 hit single by M, the four corners of the tastemaker's world were once "New York, Londo... more info

Guardian Music — European competition regulator likely to allow Sony-led bid to buy EMI Music's publishing assetsThe European competition regulator is set to give a Sony-led consortium the green light in its bid to buy EMI Music's publishing assets for $2.2bn (£1.4b... more info

Guardian Music — Stanley Reynolds tries to give modern music a fair hearingFor a whole decade now we have been putting up with the loud and aggressive artistic pretensions of pop music and mainly - and especially if we did not want to seem too outre - we have sat qui... more info

Guardian Music — For four decades, Clark was not just the clean-cut face but the power-broker of American pop music. And he was a gentlemanDick Clark, who has died suddenly at the age of 82, was like a family member to Americans of all backgrounds – thanks both to ... more info

Guardian Music — Union Chapel, LondonFor self-confessed loner and cult superstar Daniel Johnston, the Union Chapel has become a sort of spiritual home. A gig here in 2007 spawned effusive praise and Johnston's first live DVD, and the mood is of admiration and unquest... more info