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Tony Clarke (record producer)

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I'm still not sure why he left. I know he had a lot of personal problems. We parted company with him and I haven't seen him since. None of us has seen him again. His lawyer writes us letters occasionally but that's about
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as a youngster. He worked with them closely over the course of their next six albums, helping them develop a complex sound which, among other things, involved copious use of the
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After the Moody Blues went on hiatus in the middle of the 1970s, he worked to have them reunite, and produced their 1978 comeback album,
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bands in the middle and late 1950s, and continued playing in rock bands into the early 1960s. Alongside this, he found work as a
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tasks, though he also worked as a songwriter; his tune "Our Song" was recorded by
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as a promoter. In 1964 he transferred to the production department, working under
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starting in 1966, when the group was fading after its first major hit, "
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The Machine and the Musicians That Revolutionised Rock
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Aside from the Moody Blues, Clarke also worked with
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Archived from 134:, he is best known for producing 36:relies largely or entirely on a 25: 577:"New Moody Blues disc pop gem" 575:Hunt, Dennis (2 August 1981). 519:"Tony Clarke: record producer" 395:Every Good Boy Deserves Favour 1: 314:Subsequently he produced for 215:He was assigned to work with 646:British male bass guitarists 198:Pinkerton's Assorted Colours 591:– via newspapers.com. 371:On the Threshold of a Dream 363:In Search of the Lost Chord 305:said of Clarke's departure: 687: 666:English session musicians 272:, by Moody Blues members 656:English male songwriters 651:English record producers 292:from Australia in 1972. 661:Musicians from Coventry 641:English male guitarists 636:English bass guitarists 280:. 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