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Rick Wakeman on His Proudest and Most Baffling Music

New York Magazine 10 Oct 2024

The producer Tony Visconti asked me how I did it, then said, “No, no, don’t tell me, you’ll earn a lot of money from that.” That was, say, 1969, then Gus Dudgeon called me, “Can you get to the studio ...

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Album Of The Week: Origami Angel Feeling Not Found

Stereogum 24 Sep 2024

It feels like treading water. Like you’re at the starting line of a marathon, already out of breath. Like spiraling, but you can’t tell if you’re headed up or down. Like all your stupid little songs are all starting to sound the same ... 1 ... Tony Visconti EP.

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How Paul McCartney Ran to the Top

The Atlantic 10 Sep 2024

Fifty years ago, Paul McCartney was basking in the glow of his new album’s reception ... 1963 ... It was scary ... By the time Tony Visconti was adding his orchestral score to the nine tracks, everyone within earshot of the studio knew that McCartney was back.

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'Forever grateful' – David Essex pays tribute to bassist Herbie Flowers

RTE 09 Sep 2024

Flowers, who was born in Isleworth in 1938, began his career in the 1960s as a session musician playing for producers, including Shel Talmy, Mickie Most and Tony Visconti, before becoming a founding ...

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‘Forever grateful’ – David Essex pays tribute to bassist Herbie Flowers

AOL 09 Sep 2024

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Bass guitar legend Herbie Flowers dies aged 86

NME 08 Sep 2024

Eventually, he began working as a session musician, lending his talents to producers such as Shel Talmy, Mickie Most, Steve Rowland, Richard Perry, Gus Dudgeon and Tony Visconti ... Posted by Tony Visconti on Sunday, September 8, 2024.

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Herbie Flowers, the bassist on Lou Reed’s Walk on the Wild Side, dies aged 86

The Observer 08 Sep 2024

Tim Burgess, lead singer of the Charlatans, said on X ... He will be sorely missed ... Flowers was born in Isleworth in 1938 and began his career in the 1960s as a session musician playing for producers including Shel Talmy, Mickie Most and Tony Visconti ... .

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He made the greats greater: Tim Burgess leads tributes to bassist Herbie Flowers

AOL 08 Sep 2024

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Legendary 70s bassist Herbie Flowers dies aged 86 as tributes flood in

Metro UK 08 Sep 2024

Following his military stint, Flowers briefly worked as a bandsman on the Queen Elizabeth ocean liner, before working as a session musician with producers including Shel Talmy, Mickie Most, Steve Rowland, Richard Perry, Gus Dudgeon and Tony Visconti.

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Herbie Flowers dies aged 86: Tributes to legendary bassist who played with Bolan, Bowie, McCartney,...

The Daily Mail 08 Sep 2024

Rex and Sky ... Pictured. Flowers in 1976 ... Pictured ... Read More ... EXCLUSIVE ... By the end of the decade, Flowers was working as a session player for record producers such as Shel Talmy, Mickie Most, Steve Rowland, Richard Perry, Gus Dudgeon and Tony Visconti ... .

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David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ lyrics inspired by day with girlfriend Clare Shenstone, new documentary claims

NME 07 Sep 2024

... album of the same name, was for a long time thought to have been inspired by an embrace under the Berlin Wall that Bowie witnessed between producer Tony Visconti and the German singer Antonia Maass.

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Bowie song Heroes inspired by star’s day with girlfriend, new documentary says

The Observer 06 Sep 2024

Bowie consistently claimed the song was written after he saw the producer Tony Visconti sharing an embrace with the German singer Antonia Maass by the Berlin Wall.

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Big Thief Are Tucker Zimmerman’s Band On New Album Dance Of Love

Stereogum 27 Aug 2024

The California-born folk musician Tucker Zimmerman released his debut album Ten Songs in 1969. Tony Visconti produced that record, and David Bowie was a big fan ... .

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‘Geldof was bulling because we got to Tony Visconti first’: Pete Holidai on recording Million Dollar Hero with

Irish Independent 16 Aug 2024

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Oasis: tribunes of the people

New Statesman 14 Aug 2024

... Creation labelmates Slowdive and Ride to full fuzz, and added studio techniques learned from Tony Visconti’s work on David Bowie’s Low and Phil Spector on John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Instant Karma”.