Anthony Newley - Revision history

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	Presumably it was Delia who gave him [[Henk Badings]]' ''[[Evolutionen 5]]'', from which he made another piece ''[[I ~~have~~ Decoded You]]''.		Presumably it was Delia who gave him [[Henk Badings]]' ''[[Evolutionen 5]]'', from which he made another piece ''[[I Have Decoded You]]''.

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Martinwguy at 16:44, 18 March 2020

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	<I>The late Anthony Newley told his label that he wanted to do something electronic. So they got on to me. So I produced this bloopy track and he loved it so much he double-tracked his voice and he used my little tune.		<I>The late Anthony Newley told his label that he wanted to do something electronic. So they got on to me. So I produced this bloopy track and he loved it so much he double-tracked his voice and he used my little tune.

	He said to me that the only songs are, "I love you, I love you" or songs saying "~~you~~'ve gone, you've gone."		He said to me that the only songs are, "I love you, I love you" or songs saying "You've gone, you've gone."

	I'd written this beautiful little innocent tune, all sensitive love and innocence, and he made it into a dirty old raincoat song. But he was really chuffed! Joan and Jackie Collins dropped him off in a limousine at my lovely little flat above a flower shop, and he said "If you can write songs like this, I'll get you out of this place"! It was only a single-track demo tape. So he rang up his record company saying "We want to move to a multi-track studio". Unfortunately the boss of the record company was on holiday, and by the time he returned Anthony Newley had gone to America with Joan Collins.</I><ref>Delia in the [[Surface interview#Newley\|Surface interview]]</ref>		I'd written this beautiful little innocent tune, all sensitive love and innocence, and he made it into a dirty old raincoat song. But he was really chuffed! Joan and Jackie Collins dropped him off in a limousine at my lovely little flat above a flower shop, and he said "If you can write songs like this, I'll get you out of this place"! It was only a single-track demo tape. So he rang up his record company saying "We want to move to a multi-track studio". Unfortunately the boss of the record company was on holiday, and by the time he returned Anthony Newley had gone to America with Joan Collins.</I><ref>Delia in the [[Surface interview#Newley\|Surface interview]]</ref>
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			Presumably it was Delia who gave him [[Henk Badings]]' ''[[Evolutionen 5]]'', from which he made another piece ''[[I have Decoded You]]''.

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Martinwguy at 11:15, 8 December 2014

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In 1966, [[Anthony Newley]] commissioned Delia to write an electronic backing track for which he did a voiceover to create [[Moogies Bloogies]], as well as a second piece [[I Have Decoded You]].

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For Delia and Brian, a pivotal moment was working with Anthony Newley, a highly versatile songwriter and stage star who would influence the likes of Syd Barrett and David Bowie. Brian Hodgson recalls: "We did a thing with Tony Newley [[Moogies Bloogies]] and he introduced us to [[David Platz]] at Essex Music.<ref>John Cavanagh in the [[GLOSPOT1104 sleeve notes]]</ref>
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<I>The late Anthony Newley told his label that he wanted to do something electronic. So they got on to me. So I produced this bloopy track and he loved it so much he double-tracked his voice and he used my little tune.

He said to me that the only songs are, "I love you, I love you" or songs saying "you've gone, you've gone."

I'd written this beautiful little innocent tune, all sensitive love and innocence, and he made it into a dirty old raincoat song. But he was really chuffed! Joan and Jackie Collins dropped him off in a limousine at my lovely little flat above a flower shop, and he said "If you can write songs like this, I'll get you out of this place"! It was only a single-track demo tape. So he rang up his record company saying "We want to move to a multi-track studio". Unfortunately the boss of the record company was on holiday, and by the time he returned Anthony Newley had gone to America with Joan Collins.</I><ref>Delia in the [[Surface interview#Newley|Surface interview]]</ref>
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