David Bowie
As the Conversation Piece boxset arrives, long-serving producer Tony Visconti relives the highs and lows of The Dame’s breakthrough years
During the past 12 months, a series of lavish boxsets have tracked DAVID BOWIE’S early development throughout 1968 and 1969. As this comprehensive archeological survey concludes with Conversation Piece, long-serving producer TONY VISCONTI relives the highs and lows of Bowie’s breakthrough. There are ham sandwiches, Marc Bolan impressions, the peerless “Space Oddity”, and tearful studio interludes… but, most importantly, we learn how the music made during this brief but pivotal period critically influenced one superstar in the making: David Bowie himself…