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Sep 19, 2022 · Key to Bowie’s rise to prominence was the work of guitarist Mick Ronson, the perfect visual and sonic foil for Bowie’s unique vision. At the helm for Ziggy was producer Ken Scott, who’d engineered a couple of Bowie’s albums when Tony Visconti was producing. Scott’s own story reads as the unlikeliest of tall tales.
Ken Scott (born 20 April 1947) is an English record producer and engineer known for being one of the five main engineers for the Beatles, as well as engineering Elton John, Pink Floyd, Procol Harum, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, David Bowie, Duran Duran, the Jeff Beck Group, Supertramp, and many more.
May 13, 2022 · Ken Scott. Scott got his start at the age of 16 as a lowly tape logger at London’s EMI Studios and gradually rose through the ranks to second engineer and then full-fledged engineer, manning the board for the bulk of the Beatles’ sprawling 1968 self-titled double album.
Jun 24, 2022 · Producer Ken Scott has had a storied career. Starting as assistant engineer on The Beatles albums from 1964-67, graduating to engineer on Magical Mystery Tour and The White Album, he went on to work with Jeff Beck ( Truth and Beck-Ola ), David Bowie ( Space Oddity, The Man Who Sold The World, Hunky Dory, Ziggy ), Elton John ( Madman Across The ...
Jul 9, 2012 · Ken Scott calls himself a “creature of habit” when it comes to recording—he trusts specific techniques and gear. For electric guitar, he relies on a Neumann U 87 microphone, placed 18" in front of the speaker, plus a “distant” mic, placed farther away from the speaker.
Apr 23, 2012 · Bowie sang, played acoustic guitar, sax and harpsichord. The album was produced by Bowie and Ken Scott, who began his storied career as an Abbey Road tape-library tech and engineer who worked on The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour and the White Album, later moving to projects with the solo Beatles, Bowie, Jeff Beck, Dixie Dregs, Pink Floyd, The ...
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In the first of our two-part interview, producer Ken Scott tells stories from inside the studio with the Beatles, and shares his approach to mic''ing guitars and drums.
