In the Studio with Tony Visconti.

In the Studio with Tony Visconti mixing JEEPSTER and RIDE A WHITE SWAN. Plus Extra Deleted Scenes of interviews with guests.

[@stephenvine3104]

Tony Visconti is solid gold , a great producer, so responsible for and integral for the massive success that T Rex had, and unless you were there at the time, you wouldn't realise how big they were!!! Tony was the 'fifth' member of the band , and the sound he achieved was brilliant, a wall of sound. Rock on !!! KALMIYH ❤❤❤❤

[@chantelleadlington]

How interesting is this? Tony was definitely a big part of Marc's success!

[@tjcint]

What a lovely man.

[@caryheuchert]

Even though Tony Visconti produced so many artists in his long career (Bowie, Gentle Giant, Sparks, etc) to me, his most memorable and significant work was with T. Rex.

[@guttersnipe77]

Just think, in a hundred years time people will still be able to marvel at this amazing process of making art

[@user-iu3yj2dl8j]

What a joy to get this information. Thank you! Happy 2024!

[@thomasberk182]

Als T Rex 1971 eine kleine Deutschland Tour machten , stieg die Band in dem Hotel ab , in dem ich gerade eine Lehre als Restaurantfachmann machte ! Das war wirklich eine bemerkenswerte Erfahrung für mich , denn ich war damals grade 16 Jahre alt . Meine Chefs hingegen waren nicht grade begeistert davon , das eine Rockband im Haus war . Selbst für die damalige Zeit waren die Klamotten und Haare der Bandmitglieder mehr als extravagant . Ich selbst war überrascht wie klein Marc Bolan war . Heute noch denke gerne an diese Zeit zurück ! Später stiegen noch andere Stars bei uns im Hotel ab , aber T Rex waren die erste berühmte Band die ich bedienen durfte .

[@aldoschiavone4167]

Yesssss! That boy CAN play guitar

[@beatleschick]

This is great. What an incredibly talented bunch (including Mr. Visconti)! I was captivated by Marc Bolan back in early 70s and still am.

[@stupendousmusic4190]

👏🏻The way it should be done 👍🏻

[@djbryanladd]

It doesn't get any more cooler or interesting than Mr Visconti

[@MagillSvenski]

Pure gold

[@ronwhitehouse23]

I wish that a video of Tony Visconti going through the Tyrannosaurus Rex master tapes would be my life's journey worthwhile.

[@timchurchill6975]

Absolutely beautiful to bring my childhood to life I would run home with my new T rex single put it on my garrard mono record player warm up the valves and this explosive enegry from the speaker would fill my bedroom with this skillfully constructed wall of sound I even built my own sound booth out of cardboard boxes so I could focus on the track I was the same with the B sides it was a real event and I've never felt that excitement from music since the 1970s playing on my brothers burgundy ripple AJAX drum kit and drumming to bill legends groove amazing times thankyou for your work Tony and love to the band and there families x

[@kevinpeters928]

I just simply love this!! Tony blessed both Marc and Bowie with his input...magic hits the tape machine!

[@iggy9955]

👍💯

[@rosscopantani4678]

And morrissey

[@neilrushworth5958]

This is gold dust ❤

[@geoffreykeane4072]

Oh yes!

[@stevenfitzsimmons3840]

Some of the greatest sounding records ever made. Tony you caught the wind. Accidents and genius combined made this fantastic track. I love this so much it’s hard to put it into words. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@tjcint]

Great comment Steven.

[@terrydavis5915]

I've been waiting for this. Not enough credit for Tyrannosaurus Rex.

[@mickguite9651]

I love Tony nearly as much as Marc

[@cricketbat09]

White Swan started it all for me. Tony Visconti is such a talented man. 'Lofty Skies' is another song that still rocks my world.

[@MrMjp58]

I’ve just read his autobiography. It’s a really great read.

[@trubrit5036]

That was absolutely fascinating. Thank you!

[@MarcBolansRockShrine]

Our pleasure!

[@yvesklein5414]

what a fantastic presentation!!! thank you!!!!

[@steveparkins6854]

Fantastic by the master🎸 And now we can have 120 tracks in pro tools cubase etc, and still not finish a song, or sound as good I finished more songs on my 8 track and captured the immediate energy...then i do now with all the bells whistles and plugins 😳🎸😎

[@cookiestar3069]

Thank you for sharing this.

[@onabolan]

Tony The Legend

[@djbryanladd]

Bill Legend as well :)

[@djbryanladd]

Genius..

[@wesstarmedia]

Simple arrangements, just as he concedes. But expertly produced with material from a fine artist.

[@daviddonnkin611]

Wonderful x.

[@supermamamaxi]

Great fly on the wall stories. Tony is a great producer.

[@anzatzi]

Thank you!

[@randolfo1265]

3:09 - Marc did a lot of that enthusiastic shouting, on a LOT of songs, whilst playing the guitar. Caught by the room mic. Another reason Tony Visconti is a brilliant producer

[@hardlines2635]

Always be a fan but I cringe at the shouty bits in his songs, spent a long time editing them out of some of my favourite tracks.

[@beatleschick]

Yeah! Always loved the enthusiasm! Isn't that what rock's about? Even his boot-stomping is talented. 👢

[@galetinm]

​​@@hardlines2635Noo! Resist the urge to cringe! Why edit?! That's rock'n'roll!

[@danteshydratshirt2360]

Visconti seems like a nice guy

[@coolbro6969]

Tony is the MAN

[@manofparadox]

If I had musical talent, THIS is the guy I'd want to work with! He's wonderful!

[@cannonschaos3525]

Amazing and very inspiring !!!

[@tonydesarzec907]

Awesome! I really loved this. Thank you.

[@michelebergman4336]

Imagine Tony working with Jeff Buckley

[@zzyzzx8]

Totally fascinating

[@xwsftassell]

Too great.

[@michaelholmes4374]

Lovely interviews 😊

[@GrahamByrne63]

Recordings back in these days were better,4-8 tracks was enough for the sound engineer who could still work magic on the tracks,tony worked on many hit recordings.. legend 👌

[@wallacelovecraft8942]

Great video. I liked the end of it where they were talking about him.

[@krt5524]

Amazing. Thought the studio takes and mixing by Tony Visconti were well explained. I learnt something there ! The string arrangements were beautifully arranged when added, something dearly missed in later songs. Eight track recording on tape...wow, sounds a labour compared to digital tracking, but all this sounds lovely. Interesting sounds from the FLY brown album, maybe EMI next ?

[@nicholasjohn-child9940]

The Strokes vocal treatment, Tenement Lady, Tanx, T.Rex.

[@HonaloochieBoogie-sx5le]

great so cool!

[@AndyMangele]

8:22 - Back when a bass used to have 4 strings. 🤣🤣🤣

[@markbrooks4471]

Visconti is responsible for most of the greatest music I've experienced during my life.

[@geoffreykeane4072]

I like that original ending.

[@junpurcell]

Steve great

[@newellbate]

Killer

[@mckayuk]

Tony I am curious, my first ventures into recording was with the 1968 Phillips EL 3302 cassette recorder that my parents bought me for my 14th B,day in 1972. It came with a hand held external plug in mic and had one button for record one for play and a forward & rewind button. What was yours and your first recording memories with it. You take care now and god bless you.

[@Juno58]

17:24 Tony mentioned Marcs Gold Top Les Paul, if i understood that right. But i have never seen Marc with a gold Top Les Paul, and i'm a Marc and T.Rex fan not later than Telegram Sam. Marcs normally used Les Paul was in naturally wood top finish. P.S. in the meantime i've found a video "Lifes a gas" german tv show where Marc indeed played a Les Paul Gold Top with P90 pickups. 👍

[@hardlines2635]

His home was raided within hours of him being killed in the car crash.

[@annelirantala8689]

💞🇫🇮🥀💞

[@jamescoleman6503]

How often can you compete for the crown? Is it a limited term like a president or multiple title bouts like a boxer?

[@owenstunes5804]

So we were able to send men to the moon but we only had 8 tracks to record music on. And there was no storage device like a USB or floppy disc so when you deleted a track it was gone forever. Hard to fathom...

[@AnitaKrings]

Weil wir genau das nicht konnten, könnte es sein, dass wir auch nicht wirklich auf dem Mond waren.

[@urrrccckostan]

Speaking of distorted channel, who messed up the sound on this clip? What happened to the right channel?

[@galetinm]

I'm hearing both channels

[@Kevin.Hearty]

Great video, but I wish Tony Visconti would make up his mind? In his excellent biography he trashes Marc as being "a not very good guitarist, who couldn't even tune his guitar", yet in this video he gushes how wonderful a guitarist and musician he was???? To be fair, when Visconti stopped producing T.Rex, the sound on the later albums was pretty poor.

[@capnjack7668]

That's because Bolan was not a record producer. He had a different skill set. Unfortunately, he didn't know his limitations. Thought he could anything. That's cocaine talking. His music during that period paid the price.

[@Indi3R]

old man Tony doesnt like modern music production, wants to live in in the past when he actually had a clue how things work. He thinks all modern producers who work in Ableton use only loops and know nothing about the production process

[@AndyMangele]

8:22 - Back when a bass used to have 4 strings. 🤣🤣🤣