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A name synonymous with ground-breaking music, Tony Visconti has
worked with the most dynamic and influential names in pop, from
T.Rex and Iggy Pop to David Bowie and U2. This is the compelling
life story of the man who helped shape music history, and gives a
unique, first-hand insight into life in London during the late
1960s and '70s. This memoir takes you on a roller-coaster journey
through the glory days of pop music, when men wore sequins and pop
could truly rock. Featuring behind-the-scenes stories of big names
such as Bowie, Visconti's unique access to the hottest talent, both
on stage and off, for over five decades is complemented by unseen
photographs from his own personal archive, offering a glimpse at
music history that few have witnessed so intimately. Soon after
abandoning his native New York to pursue his musical career in the
UK, Visconti was soon in the thick of the emerging glam rock
movement, launching T.Rex to commercial success and working with
the then-unknown David Bowie. Since his fateful move to the land of
tea and beer drunk straight from the can, Visconti has worked with
such names as T.Rex, Thin Lizzy, Wings, The Boomtown Rats, Marsha
Hunt, Procol Harum, and more recently Ziggy Marley, Mercury Rev,
the Manic Street Preachers and Morrissey on his acclaimed new album
'Ringleader of the Tormentors'. Even Visconti's personal life
betrays an existence utterly immersed in music. Married to first to
Siegrid Berman, then to Mary Hopkin and later to May Pang, he
counts many of the musicians and producers he has worked with as
close friends and is himself a celebrated musician.
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Various Artists - Greatest Hits (CD)
Jerry Finn, Stephen Street, Steve Lillywhite, Tony Visconti, Peter Asher; Performed by …
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