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After Keith Richard’s son Marlon had talked out that the Rolling Stones were working on a successor to “Hackney Diamonds”, producer Andrew Watt now confirmed that he was back in the studio with the band. “I’ve already said it, but it’s like working for Batman,” said Watt the Rolling Stone. “When the tongue is in the air, you just go off … I can say that we have accepted together, I can’t tell more.”
Many songs from the sessions of “Hackney Diamonds”
Marlon Richards had in an interview with Record Collector, which was now published, says that the band in London was “almost finished” with the recordings and that he would expect a European tour next year. (A spokesman for the Stones declined a comment.) “You got a Grammy, so you are now totally hyped,” said Marlon. “‘Oh yes – we can do another! We have more of it if you want.'”
According to reports, numerous songs from the “Hackney Diamonds” sessions remained. “It was a productive time for the band,” said Watt at the beginning of the year In the Podcast Rolling Stone Music Now. “They had accumulated material from around 18 years. There was so much to look through and choose, and then new songs were added because everyone was in the flow.”
The Stones toured through US stadiums last year, but supposedly canceled a planned European tour for this year. “Hackney Diamonds”, the first album with new material since “A Bigger Bang” (2005), contained guest appearances by Paul McCartney, Elton John, Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder. It was also the first album after the death of Charlie Watts, whose place on the drums Steve Jordan took (two songs still contained older recordings from Watts).
Andrew Watt about working with legends
For watts, the collaboration with its idols was formative. “That was the most educational process of my life,” said the producer. “Deep knowledge. These boys taught me things about music history and stories how records were made … It is unbelievable to watch the whole sound image, which a rolling stones song should be guitar. Or Mick, as he hears and decides that he sings too well-and then it goes in and makes it intentionally dirty and dirty.”