In which we pedal the conversational tandem uphill and down dale, like a rabbit through the pea-vine or a turkey through the corn, stopping for moments of reflection which include …

… “If someone wants to steal your music, it means your music’s worth stealing.”

… cats, birdsong: spot the ‘silent track’ by Kate Bush.

… when Gene Hackman smiles, be very afraid.

… what was written on Walter Matthau’s funeral card.

… “Home-Taping Is Killing Music!” and other threats that failed to sink the business.

… double albums: never mind the quality, feel the width.

… how Exile On Main St became a symbol of peak-Stones grimy decadence.

… Hunter Davies, Mark Lewisohn, Ian Leslie, Richard DiLello?: the best Beatles book ever written?

… “is genius worth the collateral damage?”: homelife in Frank Zappa’s house.

… things we never say on the Word podcast.

… when rock critics get it wrong.

Plus birthday guest Nick Foreman flies the flag for Hunter Davies.

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