Wil Malone (born Peter Wilson, 29 July 1942, Hornsey, North London)[1] is a British music producer and arranger, who has worked with artists including Black Sabbath,[2] Iron Maiden,[3] Todd Rundgren, The Verve, Massive Attack, Depeche Mode and Italian rocker Gianna Nannini. In 1976, Malone and Lou Reizner covered a Beatles song, "You Never Give Me Your Money", for the musical documentary All This and World War II. Malone also did the string arrangements for several songs by collaborative techno group UNKLE.

Malone released an eponymous solo album in 1970 and another called Motherlight and composed the score for the cult horror film Death Line in 1972.

In February 2024, a three disc compilation album, Old Feet, New Socks: The Many Faces of Wil Malone 1965-1972, was released on Morgan Blue Town Records.[4]

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  1. ^ Ian Shirley (2010). "Malone Again, Naturally". Record Collector. Retrieved 21 May 2012. (subscription required)
  2. ^ Wilkinson, Paul (July 2007). Rat salad: Black Sabbath, the classic years, 1969–1975. Macmillan. pp. 186–. ISBN 978-0-312-36723-7. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  3. ^ Wall, Mick (1998). Iron Maiden: run to the hills : the official biography. Sanctuary Publishing. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-86074-666-6. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Album Search for "old feet new socks the many faces of wil malone 1965 1972"". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
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