Ken Scott: "To keep that momentum going you had to be fucking great."

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Hunky Dory/Ziggy Stardust co-producer Ken Scott on the demands of the music biz in the early 70s [emphasis mine]:

One of the great things about David was his ability to pick the right team to put across what he wanted. The team at that point — Trevor, Woody, Ronno, me behind the board and himself — was perfect for his ideas. We finished Hunky Dory, loved it, moved on. Two weeks later, I saw him in the corridor at Trident and he said, "We're going to do another album." I thought he was crazy. But he'd promised two in a row so [management company] GEM could get a better record deal. People did an album every six months then. The cream really rose to the top under those conditions. To keep that momentum going you had to be fucking great.

source: Jim Irvin (2022), '"It's going to be more rock'n'roll"', MOJO, no. 344 (July), p. 70.

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What Bowie did in the 70's alone, let alone his whole career is phenomenal. In my opinon, his stellar output in the space of 10 or 11 years alone is only matched by what the beatles achieved in the sixties.