# Jim Cook - Former Head of A&R at Polydor (1975-1984) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/paul-weller-fan-podcast-3417954/jim-cook-former-head-of-a-r-at-polydor-1975-1984 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/paul-weller-fan-podcast-3417954/jim-cook-former-head-of-a-r-at-polydor-1975-1984.md Podcast: [Paul Weller Fan Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paul-weller-fan-podcast-3417954) Published: 2026-05-28T07:27:32+00:00 Episode link: https://paulwellerfanpodcast.com/jim-cook/ Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/63bbb8a0cddc41001180d8d5/e/6a17edc369630795d881100f/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/paul-weller-fan-podcast-3417954/episodes/jim-cook-former-head-of-a-r-at-polydor-1975-1984 Duration seconds: 2367 ## Resource In this episode, recorded for my book, Jim Cook shares his inside perspective from his years as Head of A&R at Polydor Records (1975-1984) during one of British music’s most exciting eras. As the man who signed The Jam and oversaw their rise, Jim reflects on the real-life stories behind the deals, the challenges of the music business in the punk and new wave era, and what it was like to work alongside one of the sharpest British bands of the time (in fact, change that to all time!) Find podcast show notes and sign up for regular information at PaulWellerFanPodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/paul-weller-fan-podcast-3417954/episodes/jim-cook-former-head-of-a-r-at-polydor-1975-1984/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/paul-weller-fan-podcast-3417954/jim-cook-former-head-of-a-r-at-polydor-1975-1984.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.