Ep 80: Free To Love Again to Virginia Plain and Mike Stock's departure

A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman by Chart Beats

Nov 3, 202480:59Music

Every journey has an ending, and in this episode, we reach the final three singles produced by Mike Stock and Pete Waterman in 1993 — and discuss the events surrounding the termination of the partnership as Mike left PWL...

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