Tony Visconti Biography

Moves to London after working with producer Denny Cordell, entering the British rock recording scene.

Produces the debut Tyrannosaurus Rex album, beginning his long collaboration with Marc Bolan.

Produces Prophets Seers and Sages, continuing the acoustic psychedelic sound of early Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Works on David Bowie's second album, beginning a collaboration that lasts intermittently for decades.

Produces material for the Iveys, the Apple Records group later known as Badfinger.

Produces Unicorn, the third Tyrannosaurus Rex album with Marc Bolan and Steve Peregrin Took.

Produces A Beard of Stars, the final album issued under the Tyrannosaurus Rex name.

Produces Gentle Giant's debut album, adding progressive rock to his expanding production work.

Produces Ride a White Swan, the single that launches T. Rex into mainstream British success.

Produces the self-titled T. Rex album as Marc Bolan shifts from folk duo to electric pop rock.

Plays bass in Bowie's short-lived band The Hype alongside Mick Ronson and John Cambridge.

Produces The Man Who Sold the World and plays bass during Bowie's heavy rock period.

Produces Acquiring the Taste, the second Gentle Giant album.

Produces Electric Warrior, the album that makes T. Rex central to the glam rock movement.

Produces Hot Love, one of T. Rex's biggest early glam rock singles.

Produces Earth Song Ocean Song for Mary Hopkin, combining folk arrangements with studio detail.

Produces Metal Guru, another number one single from the peak T. Rex period.

Produces Telegram Sam, a T. Rex single that reaches number one in Britain.

Produces The Slider, one of Marc Bolan's best-known T. Rex albums.

Produces 20th Century Boy, one of Marc Bolan's most enduring singles.

Produces Tanx as T. Rex moves beyond its early glam formula.

Works with David Bowie on Diamond Dogs during Bowie's transition beyond glam rock.

Produces Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow during T. Rex's later glam period.

Produces Indiscreet for Sparks, applying theatrical and orchestral touches to the band's art pop.

Is married to singer Mary Hopkin during a period of family and production work.

Co-produces Low with David Bowie, helping shape the first album of the Berlin trilogy.

Produces Bad Reputation for Thin Lizzy, strengthening his work with hard rock bands.

Produces Live and Dangerous, Thin Lizzy's celebrated live album.

Produces Black Rose for Thin Lizzy during Gary Moore's return to the band.

Co-produces Lodger, completing Bowie's Berlin trilogy with Brian Eno.

Co-produces Scary Monsters and Super Creeps, Bowie's last studio album before the 1980s pop breakthrough.

Produces The Present for the Moody Blues, extending his work with established British rock acts.

Produces The Other Side of Life, including the hit Your Wildest Dreams.

Produces Sur la Mer for the Moody Blues, continuing their late-1980s studio period.

Performs Bowie material with Holy Holy, revisiting The Man Who Sold the World era with Woody Woodmansey.

Helps launch Visconti Studio at Kingston University, focused on analogue and tape-based recording techniques.