The obstacles Pink Floyd ran into ahead of their 1967 U.S. debut were only a small sampling of what was to come.

Having been young and impressionable in the 1950s, David Gilmour was particularly taken aback by the first two records he ...

From glam to punk, prog to soul, the 1970s defined the album era – here are the decade’s standout releases, year by year.

This ended up with Bob Dylan putting out a covers album of standards made famous by Frank Sinatra with Shadows in the Night.

Several other big artists with CDs ranking outside the top five, but still in the top 50 most expensive CDs of all time, ...