Post by rockinronnie on Feb 28, 2014 21:04:52 GMT
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quolion
Member
Member # 119
13 September 2008
John,
you co-produced two singles for Marietta Parfitt (Rick's 1st wife from germany) in 1982. Do you wanna Dance/Only in your Eyes and You're Only Lonely/Making Up my Mind.
Do you remember any other musicians (apart from Rick) and what's the story behind this project?
Precious Pup
Member
Member # 14582
13 September 2008
Hi quolion well we’re now 6 years on from R.A.O.T.W. and pretty much at the end of my period of involvement with S.Q. The tracks for Marietta were recorded at Richard and Marietta’s 24 track home studio in Hambledon, Godalming, Surrey.
The studio was originally a Games Room on the left wing of there home. Gorgeous views overlooking the South Downs and an inspirational place to record. Kevin Godley (from 10cc) played drums and to the best of my aging memory it was Gary Twigg on Bass.
Before this period Marietta had done some work with Francis at his 24 track home studio in Purley after which Richard put his together. Marietta was friendly with Bill Latham, Cliff Richard’s manager which led to Cliff visiting one day for a superb lunch she cooked and afterward Cliff doing the background vocals on “You’re Only Lonely” the J.D. Souther song we cut.
We did many tracks of vocal harmony and layering, it was a special time to be there with Cliff and Richard – sorry couldn’t resist that!
This was though a very difficult period from both Marietta and Richard after the sad loss of Heidi and I hoped that our time together helped with the healing process. It was certainly good to see her creatively involved. Marietta always wanted for her recordings to stand on there own and not be seen as the wife of R.P. in S.Q. She did not want to be managed by the S.Q. office which ended up in me getting more involved than normal in the record company process. In my lack of understanding of politics at the time this did not go down to well with the S.Q. management.
This was the period that Richard and I spent the most time together outside Quo. We had trips to the pub together, think nothing of driving down to Southampton to party with Dave Watson for the night. Plus thanks to all you fans out there who bought “Just Supposin’”, I’d made just enough to buy a used Porsche which was accepted by Richard as a real car!
I do hope Marietta is doing well she is such a beautiful person. I’ve not seen her since this time. Well that’s my thoughts that your questions brought up tonight, never spoken about this period till now.
quolion
Member
Member # 119
13 September 2008
John,
you co-produced two singles for Marietta Parfitt (Rick's 1st wife from germany) in 1982. Do you wanna Dance/Only in your Eyes and You're Only Lonely/Making Up my Mind.
Do you remember any other musicians (apart from Rick) and what's the story behind this project?
Precious Pup
Member
Member # 14582
13 September 2008
Hi quolion well we’re now 6 years on from R.A.O.T.W. and pretty much at the end of my period of involvement with S.Q. The tracks for Marietta were recorded at Richard and Marietta’s 24 track home studio in Hambledon, Godalming, Surrey.
The studio was originally a Games Room on the left wing of there home. Gorgeous views overlooking the South Downs and an inspirational place to record. Kevin Godley (from 10cc) played drums and to the best of my aging memory it was Gary Twigg on Bass.
Before this period Marietta had done some work with Francis at his 24 track home studio in Purley after which Richard put his together. Marietta was friendly with Bill Latham, Cliff Richard’s manager which led to Cliff visiting one day for a superb lunch she cooked and afterward Cliff doing the background vocals on “You’re Only Lonely” the J.D. Souther song we cut.
We did many tracks of vocal harmony and layering, it was a special time to be there with Cliff and Richard – sorry couldn’t resist that!
This was though a very difficult period from both Marietta and Richard after the sad loss of Heidi and I hoped that our time together helped with the healing process. It was certainly good to see her creatively involved. Marietta always wanted for her recordings to stand on there own and not be seen as the wife of R.P. in S.Q. She did not want to be managed by the S.Q. office which ended up in me getting more involved than normal in the record company process. In my lack of understanding of politics at the time this did not go down to well with the S.Q. management.
This was the period that Richard and I spent the most time together outside Quo. We had trips to the pub together, think nothing of driving down to Southampton to party with Dave Watson for the night. Plus thanks to all you fans out there who bought “Just Supposin’”, I’d made just enough to buy a used Porsche which was accepted by Richard as a real car!
I do hope Marietta is doing well she is such a beautiful person. I’ve not seen her since this time. Well that’s my thoughts that your questions brought up tonight, never spoken about this period till now.