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"It's Entertainment, You Know?" Trevor Horn's Favourite Albums
Jude Rogers , February 5th, 2019 09:57

Producer and innovator Trevor Horn guides Jude Rogers through 13 favourite albums, telling tales of how Kraftwerk led him to breaking the Official Secrets Act and tripping to Yes

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Yes – Relayer
This is the other tape I had in the three-wheeler. If you drive into Birmingham around Spaghetti Junction at night – man, it sounds fantastic! A few years after this, punk came along and it hit like a tsunami, really. I was in London by then. All these huge '70s rock bands like Bad Company suddenly being out on their arses. But that was a good thing. Punk music didn't appeal to me much, but I liked the idea behind it. If they can do this, you can do whatever you want. And I did.