Hipgnosis album art, the hardest working man in showbiz & the moment the world went mad

We check this week’s luggage on the rock and roll baggage carousel and remove the following items for inspection … 

… The People v OJ Simpson and why it’s worth re-watching.

… the only two convincing films about magazines and journalism.

… bands that look like mini-cab drivers.

… David’s upcoming appearance on University Challenge (cue the voice of Roger Tilling: “Middlesex Hepworth!”)

... the source of the phrase “Bring on the empty horses!”

… why someone called Riley asked John McVie and Nick Mason for his life back.

… who was more prolific, Michael Curtiz, Barbara Cartland or Mozart?

… the eternal destination of all Peter Pan royalties.

… the man who saved Po Powell from a spell in the cooler.

… “Morning, Gentlemen. Nice day for murder!”

… writing bands’ names on school bags.

… ‘I need a sheep, a psychiatrist’s couch, a vet and a ticket to Hawaii!’

... the old Word magazine gang and what they’re doing now.

Mentioned in despatches – the Atom Heart Mother cow, a duff Barry Gibb movie, the Mark Leeman Five and Balaam And the Angel.

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