The First Time With... Tony Visconti - BBC 6 Music interview (Moz mentions)

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Posted on 17 Feb, 2019.

"As part of 6 Music Loves Berlin weekend, Matt Everitt chats to acclaimed producer Tony Visconti about working with David Bowie on the Berlin album trilogy, plus other fascinating key musical moments from his life. It’s hard to underestimate Visconti’s impact on the evolution of ground-breaking music, having worked his sonic magic on not only Bowie’s records but for artists as diverse as T Rex, Badfinger, Iggy Pop, Thin Lizzie, Rick Wakeman, The Boomtown Rats, Adam Ant, Ralph McTell, The Moody Blues, Sparks, Morrissey, Kaiser Chiefs, The Good, The Bad & The Queen (and many, many more).
In this candid chat, Visconti reveals – with the help of many a colourful anecdote - his musical upbringing in New York, his first band (and its terrible name), what drew him to producing, and how that career grew and grew. And hasn’t stopped – including reuniting with Bowie for his final two albums, The Next Day and Blackstar. Listen out for tales of a mischievous Mick Jagger trying to sabotage Bowie’s recording of The Lodger – the third in the Berlin trilogy.
Plus Visconti transports us to the earlier scenes of creating Low and Heroes in the German city, revealing some of the secrets of how he and Bowie recorded those records, such as the singer’s very last-minute approach to writing lyrics.
Other insights include Visconti’s unusually friendly working relationship with Morrissey (despite reaching an impasse about meat eating).
Also find out about Marc Bolan’s unusual music-making techniques on a budget (it involves pliers), and what Visconti thinks about Nirvana’s cover of The Man Who Sold the World. And, of course, the super-producer reveals what it was like working on Bowie’s final two albums – and how the latter, Blackstar, nearly became a full-on jazz record."


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0002rc8

A good interview and worth a listen.
Moz & Boz mentions start at 44:05.

Unfortunately, the BBC have started to make people register to use iPlayer.
If you are unable to listen via the above link, here is the entire thing taken from my sound card to bypass their restrictions:

The First Time With... Tony Visconti. BBC 6 Matt Everitt interview MP3:

https://www.sendspace.com/file/wffza6

Regards,
FWD.
 
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Thanks! FWD. :thumb:
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Posted on 17 Feb, 2019.

"As part of 6 Music Loves Berlin weekend, Matt Everitt chats to acclaimed producer Tony Visconti about working with David Bowie on the Berlin album trilogy, plus other fascinating key musical moments from his life. It’s hard to underestimate Visconti’s impact on the evolution of ground-breaking music, having worked his sonic magic on not only Bowie’s records but for artists as diverse as T Rex, Badfinger, Iggy Pop, Thin Lizzie, Rick Wakeman, The Boomtown Rats, Adam Ant, Ralph McTell, The Moody Blues, Sparks, Morrissey, Kaiser Chiefs, The Good, The Bad & The Queen (and many, many more).
In this candid chat, Visconti reveals – with the help of many a colourful anecdote - his musical upbringing in New York, his first band (and its terrible name), what drew him to producing, and how that career grew and grew. And hasn’t stopped – including reuniting with Bowie for his final two albums, The Next Day and Blackstar. Listen out for tales of a mischievous Mick Jagger trying to sabotage Bowie’s recording of The Lodger – the third in the Berlin trilogy.
Plus Visconti transports us to the earlier scenes of creating Low and Heroes in the German city, revealing some of the secrets of how he and Bowie recorded those records, such as the singer’s very last-minute approach to writing lyrics.
Other insights include Visconti’s unusually friendly working relationship with Morrissey (despite reaching an impasse about meat eating).
Also find out about Marc Bolan’s unusual music-making techniques on a budget (it involves pliers), and what Visconti thinks about Nirvana’s cover of The Man Who Sold the World. And, of course, the super-producer reveals what it was like working on Bowie’s final two albums – and how the latter, Blackstar, nearly became a full-on jazz record."


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0002rc8

A good interview and worth a listen.
Moz & Boz mentions start at 44:05.

Unfortunately, the BBC have started to make people register to use iPlayer.
If you are unable to listen via the above link, here is the entire thing taken from my sound card to bypass their restrictions:

The First Time With... Tony Visconti. BBC 6 Matt Everitt interview MP3:

https://www.sendspace.com/file/wffza6

Regards,
FWD.
 

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