In 1974, Composer/singer-songwriter Winslow Leach is heard by widely acclaimed record producer Swan as Winslow plays an original composition following a set run through by the 1950s-style nostalgia band ''The Juicy Fruits'', which Swan produces. Swan believes Winslow's music perfect to open "The Paradise"—Swan's highly anticipated new concert hall—and has his right-hand man Arnold Philbin steal it under the guise of producing Winslow.