Fact #101744
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Short story:
Elton John and Bernie Taupin meet up in London, UK, for the first time with producer Gus Dudgeon and arranger Paul Buckmaster to discuss Elton's upcoming second album.
Full article:
Gus Dudgeon (producer) : The fellow who had produced the first Elton album [Empty Sky], Steve Brown, said to Elton, "It was great to produce your first album, but I'm not really a producer. I think if we're going to move this thing on, we really ought to be looking for a professional producer to take on the next album." I think it was admirable that he had the balls to say that.
So they started looking around, and one of the songs they kept talking about was "Space Oddity." Steve, Elton and Bernie thought the orchestral arrangements on it were really good. So they rang Paul Buckmaster and said they'd be really interested in me working with Elton John.
Elton John : I was very influenced by people like Charles Stepney with Rotary Connection. He also did arrangements for Ramsey Lewis. Charles was a big influence; I thought you should be able to do funky rock music with great string arrangements and brass arrangements, as he did.
But we were very, very fortunate in the fact that Buckmaster was available, who had worked on David Bowie's Space Oddity. So he became part of the team for the Elton John album, did the arrangements, and I recorded them live with the orchestra. I think the album cost about
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So they started looking around, and one of the songs they kept talking about was "Space Oddity." Steve, Elton and Bernie thought the orchestral arrangements on it were really good. So they rang Paul Buckmaster and said they'd be really interested in me working with Elton John.
Elton John : I was very influenced by people like Charles Stepney with Rotary Connection. He also did arrangements for Ramsey Lewis. Charles was a big influence; I thought you should be able to do funky rock music with great string arrangements and brass arrangements, as he did.
But we were very, very fortunate in the fact that Buckmaster was available, who had worked on David Bowie's Space Oddity. So he became part of the team for the Elton John album, did the arrangements, and I recorded them live with the orchestra. I think the album cost about