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RICKY WILDE'S UNSUNG HEROES WITH JAKE WOOD & LEE BENNETT

TONY SWAIN

Season 1, Ep. 11

Rick and Jake chat with Tony Swain about his early days as a cameraman at Elstree.. where he met fellow musician Steve Jolley, before them going on to write and produce huge hits for Imagination, Bananarama and Alf Moyet. Tony talks about producing the smash hits with Spandau Ballet, including 'True' and 'Gold'. Rick and Tony talk about their collaboration with the 'Close' album which they produced for sister Kim. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1zxYECkvj4RQLbtGvRFp82?si=_V8OaFvRSK6S9nWsFcqQ9A

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