Jimmy Iovine, as is often the case, has a tale to tell. And as usual with this record producer turned label executive turned headphones billionaire, it involves a rock star. It is, he barks in his grainy New York accent, a “funny story”, one to explain people’s motivations so “they don’t bullshit you, OK?”“I was in the studio with John Lennon and we were doing Walls and Bridges,” he begins, referring to the 1974 solo album, one of three that Iovine — at the time a newbie engineer/producer at Record Plant in New York — made with the former Beatle. “When you’re in there six weeks in a row, every day, with somebody, you start to forget things to talk about. So John looks at me…

Source: The Times March 23, 2018 00:01 UTC