How Tom Jones became an oligarch’s 80th birthday gift
A bizarre tale for the grandkids.
From The Vault
The 1967 song Howard Stern called a religious experience: “More profound”
It opened up something with him he didn’t previously think was achievable.
The “fresh” 1969 Led Zeppelin riff that Jimmy Page thinks will live on forever
“It’s a really positive thing.”
The 1993 song that took Neil Young a decade to finish
Finding the right time to create musical magic.
The 1976 classic rock song Bruce Springsteen completely misunderstood: “Too soppy”
Too sugar-coated for his taste.
The one musician Eric Clapton couldn’t play without: “Instrumental in the way I make music”
The best kind of collaborator.
“People didn’t like it”: The controversial 1972 album Mick Jagger wants to be remembered for
“This new album is fucking mad”.
“No foresight”: Why Jeff Lynne found his hero tedious to work with
“You have to go through this chain of events before you do anything.”
