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‘I wanted a hit!’ Bryan Ferry on recording Slave to Love in Bette Midler’s house
‘Its first performance was at Live Aid. The drummer broke his kit, the bass was in a different tuning, David Gilmour’s guitar wasn’t working – and my mic was inaudible’
My Auntie Enid’s husband was stationed in Europe with the armed forces and I think he picked up American records and brought the Ink Spots home. Play that funky cowbell … the artwork for Slave to LoveI’d loved being in Roxy Music but, going solo, the world was my oyster. The drummer, Omar Hakim, recorded the big snare drum sounds in New York’s Power Station studios’ stairwell, which had a famous reverb.
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