Talk:I'm the Urban Spaceman

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Identity of Apollo C. Vermouth[edit]

The article currently states:

produced by Paul McCartney and Gus Dudgeon under the pseudonym "Apollo C. Vermouth"

with two references.

Both references say only McCartney is Apollo C. Vermouth. The second reference, a published discography of The Beatles ("All Together Now – The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961–1975"), seems more authoritative and states:

Prod: Paul McCartney (as Apollo C. Vermouth)

Neither reference mentions Dudgeon in regard to this song.

Gus Dudgeon was indeed a producer best known for his work with Elton John. However, in this case, it seems he was the engineer. This site has an article 'Natural Exuberance: The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band’s “I’m the Urban Spaceman”' that states that Dudgeon was the engineer:

After an eight-hour recording session, both McCartney and the Bonzos were satisfied with how ‘I’m the Urban Spaceman’ sounded. But the song still had to be mixed, and at that point the band’s recording budget was nearly exhausted. So engineer Gus Dudgeon sneaked into Decca Studios, where he used to work, and surreptitiously mixed ‘I’m The Urban Spaceman’ during a break in a Moody Blues recording session.

That same article mentions McCartney was the producer:

and McCartney responded by offering to produce ‘I’m the Urban Spaceman’. The Bonzos accepted McCartney’s offer because, in Innes’ words, “that was the only way we were going to get Gerry off the control desk, to have somebody like Paul, who wasn’t known as a record producer, but he was known.”

In addition, The Paul McCartney Project "Apollo C. Vermouth" page has a 1995 quote by McCartney, from what appears to be an interview, explaining that he was the producer.

As such, I will remove Dudgeon from the description of producer Apollo C. Vermouth in the article intro and add the two above references. Wantnot (talk) Wantnot (talk) 07:34, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]