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Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

S7E3: Phil Manzanera 2

Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

Rhino UK

Interviews, Rock, Pop, Music

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

This week on the podcast we welcome Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera to the show.

Chatting about his incredible childhood of island hopping that lead to his diverse musical influence. Phil also chats to Guy and Gary about his new book ‘Revolución to Roxy’ which is out now and available to buy.

Rockonteurs is produced by Ben Jones for Gimme Sugar Productions.



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0:00.0

Hi Gary. Hello guys. We were just talking, weren't we, about this new phenomenon that happens in a bar in

0:06.8

in Arlington to do with the song of yours? Yeah, Tony Swain who produced True Album and obviously Gold, sent me a clip that his daughter

0:16.6

had taken.

0:17.6

She goes to some bar and I don't know where it is.

0:19.6

In my old hometown, isn't it?

0:20.9

Obviously.

0:22.1

And at the end of it, and you can hear it's the end of it because

0:24.6

people sound pretty drunk. They sing gold, they play gold over the stereo, whatever

0:31.0

is and and at the moment of Tony singing gold they throw ice onto the ceiling

0:37.6

it's a it's a thing it's a thing it's so sticky horrible to sweep up afterwards.

0:43.0

Yeah, but 41 years later, who would have thought it would still be a thing?

0:46.0

You know, I'm sorry, I brought it up, I brought it up.

0:49.0

But talking of recording, of course, we've been in the studio this week I've been working with you

0:53.4

at RAC the legendary old London studio yeah you know I love RAC it's Mickey most's old studio

0:59.0

isn't it you know Mickey how do what do you have the great old 70s pop producer?

1:03.2

Well, there's something like ridiculous, like 700 million records with his name on it in some capacity,

1:09.9

either as producer or writer or artist.

1:13.0

And because I remember I used to tons of sessions in there back in the day.

1:16.0

And what was legendary was you'd walk in and there's that little office at the back,

1:19.8

which you see behind reception.

1:21.6

And he would just be lying on the sofa. He was lying there all day,

1:25.0

every day. Without a telephone to stare at what was he looking at?

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