The dazzling super-trouper of gentle enquiry is trained this week upon:-

… Sam Smith’s inflatable suit.

… “TV kills everything”.

… What do producers actually do? Old pal Kate Mossman joins us to talk about the inscrutable working methods of Rick Rubin, “the golden ratio”, the significance of his beard, the concept of being “Rubinised” and his transformation of Johnny Cash (and how the same thing worked later for Loretta Lynn, Glen Campbell and Willie Nelson).

… Lawyers will be the only winners in the Roger Waters v Gilmour/Samson spat – “bands tend to start on a whim in a scout hut with a bunch of 16 year-olds and generally end with someone wearing a wig”.

… Burt Bacharach’s magical eight-year run of hits from Three Wheels On My Wagon to Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head.

… the mystifying story of the re-recording of The Dark Side Of The Moon.

… if the BRITS wants to attract a teenage audience, why put it on terrestrial telly on a Saturday night? We’ve got a better idea.

… “wearing the iron hat”.

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Cilla and Burt Bacharach recording Alfie …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glpIgnmKrZc

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