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Broadcaster Huw Stephens analyses the highlights of the careers of the most important recording artists that Wales has ever produced, singing in English or Welsh favourites such as Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, Dafydd Iwan, Max Boyce, Manic Street Preachers, Super Furry Animals, Adwaith and Kelly Lee Owens.

Wales: 100 Records showcases incredible records to create a fascinating and memorable journey through Wales musical history. Taking in different genres, geography, languages, decades and styles, there are surprises, discoveries and connections n every page.

Welsh music obsessive and BBC 6 Music DJ Huw Stephens has sifted through the archives and his own record collection to bring us his selection of 100 records both notable and obscure by favourites including Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, Meic Stevens, Dafydd Iwan, Max Boyce, Duffy, Datblygu, Bonnie Tyler, Manic Street Preachers, Super Furry Animals, mclusky, John Cale, Gwenno, Stereophonics, Mace the Great and Adwaith. From pop to punk, techno to traditional, rap to rock and everything in between, sung in both English and Welsh, he assesses and shares stories of each record and artist to create an information-packed treasure trove of some of the very best in Welsh music.

Ultimately, this is a book written with passion, skill, dedication and a deep love of Welsh music in all its strange and beautiful variations. Nicky Wire, Manic Street Preachers

Huw has really dug in here, cracking open the wide and wonderful world of Welsh popular music. His research and knowledge is impeccable, coming up with a fun and informative read for everyone to enjoy. Sir Tom Jones

It is a vanishingly small audience who would not have their knowledge of Welsh music in some way expanded by this broad-reaching, diligently researched and entertainingly presented work. Hugh Russell, Buzz magazine