On a sunny day in 1976, Phil Spector held a gun to Leonard Cohen’s head
An anarchic collaboration.
Phil Spector
The one musician Bob Dylan said ended rock and roll: “A period of reconstruction”
Reading the genre its last rites.
“My favourite riff ever written”: The best riff Brian Wilson ever heard
The best bit of musical perfection.
The two bands and one producer Brian Wilson envied the most: “Turn it right up”
Brian Wilson picks out his holy trinity of musical creativity.
Five songs produced by Phil Spector which people will still be listening to in 100 years
Classics through and through.