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|title=Tony Visconti: the Autobiography: Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy
|author=Tony Visconti
|reviewer=Paul Harrop
|genre=BiographyAutobiography
|summary=An intriguing peek behind the scenes of British rock music in the 60s and 70s through the eyes of a legendary producer.
|rating=3.5
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
|pages=400
|publisher=HarperCollins Entertainment
|date=February 2007
|isbn=978-0007229444
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Tony Visconti is a record producer. Apart from Phil Spector or George Martin, the profession hardly registers in the public consciousness in the same way as that of, say, film director. That's because a producer's role is usually more collaborative than dictatorial. They inspire and encourage; their names are in small print, if they appear at all. Which means that few, if any, have exciting stories to tell.
Our thanks to the publishers for sending this book.
If you're interested in rock autobiographies, you may also enjoy [[Light My Fire]] by Ray Manazarek. For some fiction about this period, try [[Stairway to Hell by Charlie Williams]].
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|name=Jill
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|comment= Actually, I could have said "comes across as fairly principled, sensitive, generous with his talent, but occasionally naive and overly susceptible to mystical mumbo-jumbo" about Ray Manzarek in my review of Light My Fire!
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|comment= It's probably a fair working definition of hippydom then!
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