Music lovers would be hard pushed to find a body of work as impressive as Scott Walker's late 60's album output. This batch of reissues and remasters is largely unnecessary considering they are already available from any self-respecting music store but they coincide rather handily with the recent Walker-organised Meltdown festival. Newcomers to Walker's work could do a lot worse than checking out the 'Boy Child' collection which concentrates sensibly on the first 4 albums with a few tracks from his later period and some film soundtracks thrown in for good measure. The compilation demonstrates why Walker was such a huge influence on many singing stars of today such as The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon, Jacques, Momus, Perry Blake and Marc Almond who contributes a tribute in the sleevenotes here.