Saturday, April 26, 2025

Tony Visconti


 



















Artist:  Tony Visconti

Birth Name:  Anthony Edward Visconti

Born:  April 24, 1944.  New York, City, New York, USA

Genre:  Rock, Glam Rock, Art Rock, Contemporary Pop,  New Wave, Progressive Rock, Punk, Album Rock, Alternative Rock, Experimental Rock

Occupations:  Producer, Arranger, Musician

Instruments:  Bass, Guitar, Piano, Flute, Mandolin


Tony Visconti is an American Record Producer, Musician and Singer.  He has worked with an array of performers.  His first single was T.Rex's "Ride A White Swan" in 1970, the first of many hits collaboration with Marc Bolan.  He involved with David Bowie for production and arrangement of Bowie's 1968 single "In The Heat Of The Morning", "London Bye Ta-Ta" to his final album Blackstar in 2016.  He produced and occasionally performed on many Bowie's albums.  He was awarded the Grammy Award For Best Engineered Album, and received the Grammy Award For Best Contemporary World Music Album.












Artist:  Tony Visconti and Woody Woodmansey's Holy Holy with Glenn Gregory and Steve Norman

Title:  The Man Who Sold The World Live In London (2015)

Genre:  Rock, Glam Rock, Art Rock, Contemporary Pop,  New Wave, Progressive Rock, Punk, Album Rock, Alternative Rock, Experimental Rock

Label:  Maniac Squat Records

Rating:   *****


Format:  LP


Tracks:


Side !:

 1.  The Width Of A Circle (8:07)

 2.  All The Madman (5:38)

 3.  Black Country Rock (3:33)

 4.  After All (3:52)


Side 2:


 5.  Running Gun Blues 3:12)

 6.  Saviour Machine (4:27)

 7.  She Shook Me Cold (4:13)

 8.  The Man Who Sold The World (3:58)

 9.  The Supermen (3:39)


Personnel:


Tony Visconti:  Bass, Backing Vocals

Woody Woodmansey:  Drums

Glenn Gregory:  Vocals

Steve Norman:  Acoustic Guitar, Saxophone, Percussion, Backing Vocals

James Stevenson:  Guitar, Backing Vocals

Paul Cuddeford:  Guitar, Backing Vocals

Erdal Kizilcay:  Keyboards, Backing Vocals

Lisa Ronson:  Backing Vocals

Hannah Berridge Ronson:  Backing Vocals, Percussion, Recorder

Jessica Lee Morgan:  Backing Vocals

Marc Almond:  Vocals on Track 4


The Man Who Sold The World Live In London is a live album by  Tony Visconti and Woody Woodmansey's Holy Holy with Glenn Gregory and Steve Norman, released on November 12, 2015 by Maniac Squat Records, featuring Marc Almond.










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