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From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: Larry Fast as "Synthesist to the Stars"
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Date: Tue, 5-Jun-84 13:41:28 EDT
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> One other Synergy tidbit:  Larry Fast
> has developed a reputation as "synthesist to the stars", coming up with new
> timbres for various groups (to name one, "Foreigner").

I think it may be Thomas Dolby you are thinking of.  Thomas Dolby "made his
name", in part, by doing session work on Foreigner 4, especially "Waiting for
a Girl Like You", their last hit single.  My understanding is that Fast
does most of his outside work with Peter Gabriel.  (Michael Boddicker is the
name I most associate with "providing timbres to the stars".  To me, he sounds
like nothing more than just another hack L.A. studio musician who comes up
with nothing new on a bevy of MOR recordings.)

By the way, I checked out my recommendation of Fast's work on Peter Gabriel's
"San Jacinto".  It turns out that on the original cut (from the "peter gabriel"
album that wasn't called "SECURITY" on Geffen), it was Gabriel himself who
played the Fairlight ("blown drainpipe"---what a great sound; I now get to
hear it everywhere; is it a stock sound on the Fairlight?).  Actually, the live
version of that song is the one that really sends chills down my spine.
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