How would you like to a) have Phil Spector produce your band and b) fire Phil Spector from producing your band?
Starsailor’s James Stelfox got the lucky job:
“I shot two straight brandies and just said, ‘Phil, it has been great working with you,'” he says. “‘But we feel we need to carry on.'” Spector seemed “slightly stunned” at first. “He said, ‘I understand. This is your baby. It’s your dream. Go realise it.'” The next time they met, he “wasn’t very amicable”.