February 9, 2023:
Production candy.
Gus Dudgeon: sitar wash over the canvas of Madman Across the Water.
Lewis Merenstein and Van Morrison: fluid, stream-of-consciousness, yet precise and completely free: Astral Weeks.
Bowie and Ronson: the staccato strings on "Walk on the Wild Side", lifted I'm certain from "Astral Weeks".
Jack Antonoff and Lorde: from intimate whisper to earth-shaking crescendo: Melodrama.
Jimmy Miller: all that rhythm!
Chris Blackwell: the Marley records.
Greg Wells: sophistication and accessibility.
Pierre Marchand: the incredible ambiance on &uot;Building a Mystery".
Me! Fuck yes.