Talk:Bolan's Zip Gun

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BetacommandBot 03:32, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

According to Tony Visconti's Autobiography, he in fact resigned from working with Marc Bolan.

The opening paragraph states that Marc was through with producer, after having "dispensed with the services of previous producer Tony Visconti." This makes it sound like Marc was the one who "fired" his producer. However, according to Tony Visconti's autobiography, "Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy," (p.209-210), it was Visconti and not Bolan who first threw in the towel. To quote:

"Again, I dutifully wrote all the string parts, played Mellotron, mixed the album, tied up all the loose ends and left Marc for good. I made my decision midway through the making of the album; I wrote him a letter of resignation as were finishing it up. In it I said I was leaving because his behavior towards his band members and me was rude and insulting, and that he showed no signs of wanting to progress musically. I can't remember the exact wording; he never responded. When the album came out I was surprised to see on the cover that the band was now called Marc Bolan and T. Rex and that the album was 'co-produced' by Marc, downplaying my roles even further. Technically, because he was paying the bills, he could call himself a co-producer. But he did no more on Zinc Alloy...than he did on former albums. Apparently he remixed '(Whatever Happened To The) Teenage Dream' and credited himself as the sole producer-possibly his way of getting back at me."

It seems from this firsthand source that Visconti, and not Bolan as alleged in the article, was the one who broke off professional relations between the two individuals. Perhaps someone who is logged in and cares about facts can remedy this oversight, unless you have some further evidence to go by (say, Marc's own assertions.) Thanks123.225.175.28 (talk) 17:44, 19 May 2012 (UTC)