The Led Zeppelin album Robert Plant never connected with: “I thought I was going to go away”
Nowhere near his best work.
From The Vault Archives: 04/2026
The singer Roger Waters said was too good for words: “I don’t have the prose to describe it”
The pure sounds of soul.
The fire that almost “wiped out” Tom Petty and the song it inspired
Turning a brush with mortality into art.
The one album John Lennon couldn’t stand listening to: “Just throw this away”
Not getting the right sound.
The one genre George Harrison couldn’t stand listening to: “It’s a whole other train of thought”
Never sitting well with him.
David Bowie and Roger Moore: Britain’s most bizarre friendship
“Bowie could be found underneath the kitchen table pretending not to be in.”
The one singer Eric Clapton considered the model of greatness: “That’s how it’s done”
The sounds of pure rock and soul.
The musical Phil Collins called the greatest ever: “One of the best scores ever written”
The most heartfelt melodies ever.
