The Weeknd – Less Than Zero
On Dawn FM in January 2022, Less Than Zero pairs Abel Tesfaye with Max Martin and Oscar Holter for a clear synth-pop confession that later went to French radio as a single.
Aladdin Sane – Lightning bolt, tour diary, one-take piano
In April 1973, David Bowie released Aladdin Sane on RCA: Ziggy still in the makeup, recorded on the road between New York and London with Ken Scott and Mike Garson.
The Human League – Don’t You Want Me
In 1981, at Genetic Studios in Reading, Martin Rushent turned Philip Oakey's reluctant album track into the single that spent Christmas at No. 1.
Sex Pistols – Punk that burned the rulebook in public
Malcolm McLaren ran SEX, a clothes shop on King's Road, Chelsea, and assembled the Sex Pistols in 1975 around a look before he had a sound.
Liam Gallagher – Once
On 26 July 2019 Liam Gallagher issued Once from Why Me? Why Not.: Andrew Wyatt co-write and production, Abbey Road / LA sessions.
Interview of Freddie Mercury (1985)
Freddie Mercury’s 1985 interview with David Wigg catches him under pressure around the Live Aid year: fame, work, and a rare unguarded tone.
I Should Coco – Sawmills grin that started everything
In May 1995, Supergrass released I Should Coco on Parlophone: Sawmills sessions, Sam Williams at the desk, and a UK No.1 debut built on Caught by the Fuzz and Alright.
The Stranglers – Always the Sun
On 6 October 1986, Epic released "Always the Sun," the second single from Dreamtime, and it stopped at No. 30 in Britain.
The Kinks – Brother riffs and English detail
Ray Davies wrote "You Really Got Me" in the family home in Muswell Hill, North London, in 1964, and his younger brother Dave achieved the sound by slashing a razor blade through his amplifier speaker cone.
Tears For Fears – Woman In Chains
In August 1985, on a Kansas City stop, Tears for Fears heard Oleta Adams in a hotel bar and later built Woman in Chains around her voice.