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Tony Visconti, producer of David Bowie's 2013 comeback record The Next Day, has said that the Thin White Duke has some 'astounding' songs left over from the recording sessions.
Visconti was in London on Bowie's behalf to pick up the Innovation Award at last night's Music Producers Guild Awards, when the BBC asked him about what it was like to still be working with him after all these years.
"On behalf of my friend David Bowie it feels absolutely great," said Visconti. "We were very excited with the reaction. Honestly I was in a daze for the first week, because keeping a secret for two years took quite a lot of lying. I almost started believing my own stories!"
He continued: "No one believed that David Bowie was going to make another album and so the timing was perfect, because everyone kind of gave up on him. There were rumours of bad health and rumours of retirement, and I'm laughing my head off every time I hear them."
Visconti went on: "I'm in the studio with a very healthy man who has no problem writing songs, he wrote easily 30 songs for that album," adding that there are that two or three "astounding" leftover songs may one day be released.
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