Cook Pye Productions

Cook Pye Productions

Cook Pye Productions Ltd is a podcast production company specialising in arts and social commentary.

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February 26, 2025 133 mins

 

Ever wondered what connects David Bowie’s teeth to A&R music legend Jack Steven. Join Douglas Pye in this personal insight into Jack Steven and his life and times in the cutthroat and often bizarre world of the music industry. With a career spanning over 50 years, he's worked with artists and bands such as, Eurythmics, Sade, Bow Wow ...

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Paul Anthony Cook was the former drummer with the iconic 80’s band Sade and this is his story of the highs and lows of being in a band that was the next big thing. With Paul being sacked just before the release of the massive 1984 album Diamond Life, we look at the rise, fall and legal fallouts of being in a band that sold millions. This journey takes us from 1979 to the present day.

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The band Sade hits the big time with its million selling album Diamond Life, but despite one final turn on Top of the Pops, Paul is out of the band and it is nearly 10 years later he gets told he could be entitled to royalties. And it’s here the legal story starts.

 

Producer, Writer, Editor and Presenter: Douglas Pye Executive Producer:...
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We meet up with Paul in his home town of Hull and get the lead up to the formation of the band Sade and Paul’s involvement in creating the Neo Soul sound that would permeate the 80’s pop scene, and continue to influence to this day.

 

Producer, Writer, Editor and Presenter: Douglas Pye Executive Producer: Paul Cook Recorded at Guilt Free...
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