As luck would have it, Andy Wright found himself with quite a collection of studio technology back in the 80s, and so knowledgeable did he get with it, he ended up programming the synths and drum machines of the era, so the stars he worked for didn’t have to. Now, though, he’s become something of an über record producer, so in demand that he’s working with a wealth of artists, both old and new.
However, many of his current projects still echo with the sounds of that classic decade – particularly as he has long-term working relationships with both Simply Red and Simple Minds – so when a project was mooted to take some of the best songs from the 80s and rework them into new orchestral pieces, Wright was the only man for the top job. 80s Symphonic is the result, a collection of tracks by everyone from A-ha to Ultravox, Bowie to Bronski Beat, and a spectacular album of orchestral rearrangements, all recorded at Abbey Road.
The project was no small task; Wright had to revisit every song’s original masters and, in doing so, sieve through all the original multitracks in isolation. It was likely the first time they had been played in years and many included material that most of us can only dream of hearing – that three-octave vocal from Take On Me, for a start. Andy would then have to decide which parts to leave in, and which would be reworked into glorious classical tones by a full orchestra.
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