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sdavmor wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <kinchmusic@...>
> To: <mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 11:35 AM
> Subject: [Mellotronists] Gus Dudgeon
>
> > Sad news indeed my friends.
> > Buried somewhere beneath the latest Big Brother stories and much other non
> > news in our newspapers here in the UK you'll find a story that will sadden
> > all of us brought up during the seventies listening to the likes of Elton
> > John. Legendary producer Gus Dudgeon and his wife were killed in a
> > car crash on the M4 motorway over the weekend.
> > Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano
> > Player are still my favourite EJ albums. Both produced by Gus Dudgeon
> > and both featured some great Mellotron. All respect to a man who had
> > the vision to use the tron in a commercial situation seeing beyond the
> > "Prog Rock" tag it had been given.
> > Andy Kinch EMI m400 # E4/1405
>
> Yes. That is sad to hear. Worse yet, I can't find anything about it on the
> net after 30 mins of poking about... :-(
>
> But, while I was poking, I found a very good GD interview with some
> interesting technical sidebars. Go to:
> http://www.sospubs.co.uk/sos/jul01/articles/gusdudgeon.asp
> --
> Cheers, SDM -- a 21st century schizoid man
> www.systemstheory.net / www.thecleanersystem.com
>

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Hello All, I'm stepping out of my usual whacky but lovable personager
to expresss sincere condolances to the family of Gus Dudgeon
over their tragic loss.

Besides the tunes so well known above, let us also remember the "Spring",
and Al Kooper's "NYC,You're A Woman" LP's. Both directed
and produced by Gus in the golden Mellotron years. I'm certain there
are more. By all means,let's share these on our List.

Does anybody have the particulars of that M4 accident? Tragic indeed.
Unfortunately,time is our greatest enemy besides these unnatural causes.

Thanks for sharing that URL,Steve. Will look at it
Sincerely, Jerry Korb ("silent sorrow in empty Mariner-20 boats")

At 05:25 PM 7/23/2002 -0400, Jerry Korb wrote:

> > Yes. That is sad to hear. Worse yet, I can't find anything about it
> on the
> > net after 30 mins of poking about... :-(

Gus also produced "Space Oddity" by Bowie in 1969.

And did some engineering on the Moodies Blues "Caught Live + 5" in 1977.


Posted on Tue, Jul. 23, 2002

Elton John producer Gus Dudgeon dies

LONDON (AP) - Gus Dudgeon, a respected music producer who worked on many of
Elton John's hit recordings, died Sunday in a car crash in western England.
He was 59.

Dudgeon was killed when his car veered off a major highway and overturned
near Reading, west of London. He and a woman traveling in the car, believed
to be his wife, were pronounced dead at the scene. The woman's identity
could not immediately be confirmed.

Dudgeon produced "Rocket Man," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Your Song,"
"Daniel" and "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me."

"He was an incredibly talented producer and a very dear friend for many
years. I will miss him terribly," John said.

Dudgeon also produced David Bowie's "Space Oddity" and worked with other
stars, including Chris Rea and Joan Armatrading.

But it was his partnership with Sir Elton in the 1970s for which he will be
best remembered.

Dudgeon began his career in the early 1960s as a tea boy, running errands
at Olympic Studios in London before joining Decca Records.

He engineered the Zombies' classic "She's Not There" and the groundbreaking
"Blues Breakers" album by John Mayall with Eric Clapton, before moving into
producing.




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Jon E Salley
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> > Dudgeon also produced David Bowie's "Space Oddity"
>
> He did? I thought this was Tony Visconti.

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

He did? I thought this was Tony Visconti.

Mike Dickson (tron@...) M400 #996
The Official Cynic of Streetly Electronics
Streetly Sample Library http://www.blackcat.demon.co.uk/tron/

<< > 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.

-----Original Message-----
From: ferrograph@... [mailto:ferrograph@...]
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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] ..In Memoriam, Gus Dudgeon.....


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

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

it was "guff dungeon" (as xtc knew him);


Thought it was 'Gas Dungeon'. :-)

Andy T.
M400 #1145

http://freespace.virgin.net/andy.thompson/