'I got really stroppy, which is not like me, so I ended up smuggling in a case of Guinness, a case of lager and a load of spirits.’
He claims the band hid the alcohol in suitcases used by the band Madness, who also took part in the three-hour show.
Guy Garvey will be talking to Kirsty Young, pictured, in today’s Desert Island Discs on Radio 4
Garvey, 40, adds: ‘Word got round that Elbow had the booze and we had the great and the good from British (music) knocking on our door. Brian May knocked for a beer.’
But the frontman said the highlight was sharing a drink with Spall, who shot to fame in the Eighties TV drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
He said: ‘Me and Tim now are good buddies.’
Desert Island Discs is on at 11.15am, and on Friday at 9am.