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“I have never heard a better ‘rock’ piano”: From The Beatles to Bowie, Queen to Elton John, how the rich, distinctive tone of the Trident Studios house piano graced the grooves of some of the finest songs ever recorded

It’s what Macca played on Hey Jude

“Their albums hadn’t accomplished much. I went to see them and liked them, especially the new songs… I then witnessed their break-up”: How manager Dave Margereson rebuilt Supertramp and helped them deliver a set of classic prog albums

“Their albums hadn’t accomplished much. I went to see them and liked them, especially the new songs… I then witnessed their break-up”: How manager Dave Margereson rebuilt Supertramp and helped them deliver a set of classic prog albums

With an approach based on belief and cameraderie, the self-described captain of the band’s pirate ship steered them from failing pop group to hit records including Crime Of The Century and Breakfast In America

“It’s not a question of spirituality; it’s a question of right or wrong… he’s playing songs he didn’t even like at the time!” Supertramp co-founder Roger Hodgson’s beef with Rick Davies

“It’s not a question of spirituality; it’s a question of right or wrong… he’s playing songs he didn’t even like at the time!” Supertramp co-founder Roger Hodgson’s beef with Rick Davies

The breaking of a deal made when they went separate ways in 1983 made a 21st-century reunion impossible – although Hodgson said he’d offered and been rebutted

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"It was a pretty low time. We weren't sure of the kind of band we wanted to be": How time took its toll on Rush as they worked on the follow-up to Signals

For 1984's Grace Under Pressure, Rush brought in Supertramp producer Peter Henderson: It was not a good fit

“There have never been fisticuffs in this band… Just tense silences”: How Supertramp made the classic Breakfast In America

They were more likely to go out for dinner than indulge in drugs and groupies - but that didn’t stop their 1979 album becoming the second-biggest selling prog album of all time

“We’d fly into town, we’d place the road crew in the limos and we’d go in hire cars… we were in it for the music, not the personalities”: John Anthony Helliwell recalls Supertramp’s glory days

Saxophonist, keyboardist and backing singer became the voice of the band between songs because no one else wanted to do it

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