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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] ..In Memoriam

From: ferrograph@...
Date: 2002-07-26

<< > Dudgeon also produced David Bowie's "Space Oddity"

He did? I thought this was Tony Visconti. >>

it was "guff dungeon" (as xtc knew him); bowie had met visconti during the
original acoustic recording at maida vale (bbc), and (according to one
account) recruited him as bassist. he was hired after the single, not for it,
and probably copped a few ideas from the late-lamented. it's a damn shame.

duncan.