It's been exactly 25 years since Mark Hollis of Talk Talk released his last record and retired from music. I spent the past month writing this deep dive about the production of "Spirit of Eden", "Laughing Stock", and his only solo album. Read it on Reverb: https://t.co/2WanTqty0c

A fun thing I learned from Dan Charnas' J Dilla book is that the clap in the original Linn drum machine that Prince used extensively in the 80s was a recording of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers clapping backstage as a favor to Linn who was struggling with getting a good clap sound