A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman

BONUS: The Making of Suzette Charles' Debut Album

In Episode 80 — the final regular episode of A Journey Through SAW — we heard about "Free To Love Again" by Suzette Charles, which was one of the final singles released d

5TH BIRTHDAY SPECIAL: Burning Questions & Deep Cuts

To celebrate five years of A Journey Through SAW, Gavin and Matt are back for a special episode. And so is Mike Stock, who joins us in an interview conducted on the Calre

FINALE: Ultimate Stock Aitken Waterman Singles Countdown top 20

To mark reaching the end of the journey through every single produced by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman from 1984-1993, Gavin and Matt celebrate the music of t

Epilogue 2: Love This and beyond

Shortly after Mike Stock left PWL in 1993, he purchased a building to house a brand-new studio complex and record label, Love This, and reunited with Matt Aitken to resum

Epilogue 1: PWL 1994-96

Although both Matt Aitken and Mike Stock had left the building, PWL Records continued to release music — and in this epilogue episode, we look at some of the artists who

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

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 t

Ep 79: Looks Like I'm In Love Again to Energize

The top 40 resurgence was over, with the next few Stock and Waterman singles released in 1993 struggling on the UK chart. But it wasn't for want of trying. Tapping i

Ep 78: More, More, More, When I'm Good And Ready, Wrestlemania and One Voice

The commercial resurgence at PWL continued in 1993, with all four of the singles covered in this episode becoming UK hits. Still on her hot streak following the success o

Ep 77: The Love I Lost

Things were looking up at the Hit Factory in early 1993. Mike Stock and Pete Waterman found themselves in the UK top 5 with back-to-back singles — something that hadn&apo

SNEAK PEEK: 1993 preview and Greatest Hits by Kylie Minogue track-by-track teaser

Before we begin our journey through Mike Stock's final year working with Pete Waterman at PWL, we have a preview of what's still to come. Plus, we share the fir

Ep 76: Did I Say Ti Amo, Last Thing On My Mind, Celebration and Slam Jam

To wrap up 1992, Stock and Waterman worked with two new artists and two returning favourites. In the case of Kylie Minogue, it was to be her final single released with PW

Ep 75: Summer Holiday, What Kind Of Fool (Heard All That Before), Higher And Higher and Movin' On

Summer 1992 didn't yield much in the way of Stock and Waterman productions. But in August that year, there was a sudden rush of releases, kicked off by a curious nov

Ep 74: All You Have To Do to Finer Feelings

In early 1992, Boy Krazy were still a year away from their belated massive success in the US with "That's What Love Can Do" and they followed up that debut single in

BONUS: Get Ready For This — The 2 Unlimited Story with Ray Slijngaard 

Following their launch in 1991 with debut single "Get Ready For This", Eurodance duo 2 Unlimited enjoyed a string of more than a dozen hits around the world. What does th

Ep 73: Keep On Pumpin' It to Give Me Just A Little More Time (and Do You Dare)

There was no denying the popularity of rave and techno in the UK in 1991, and Stock and Waterman went all clubby as the year drew to a close — with help from some key col

Ep 72: Make This A Special Night to So Proud Of You

Late in 1991, PWL was trying all sorts of things to get back in the charts on a regular basis, including working with '80s funk/soul band Cool Notes. Single "Make Th

Ep 71: Happy Together to Word Is Out

They were the pop stars that changed everything for the Hit Factory — and in this episode we discuss pivotal singles for Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue. In Jason's

BONUS: Remixing The Hits with Tony King

To mark the third anniversary of A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman, former PWL remixer Tony King joins us to share his story of going from Phil Harding's assis

Ep 70: That's What Love Can Do

The Boy Krazy story is one of the most interesting — and complicated! — in the SAW history. The American girl group was put together through auditions in New York, going

Ep 69: Roadblock 91 to All Mixed Up and Matt Aitken's departure

It had to happen at some point. In May 1991, the Stock Aitken Waterman era ended when Matt Aitken walked away from his role as one third of the songwriting and production