Bowie at the Chateau d' Herouville Studios.The Pin Ups sessions & Interview (on KidJensen'sSpecial)

Pin Ups was recorded at the Château d'Hérouville France, in sessions lasting for 3 weeks from July to August 1973.The venue was chosen after being recommended by Bolan.It was co-produced by Bowie & Ken Scott & marked the final collaboration between the two.According to O'Leary, rehearsing consisted of playing the band the original track a few times before recording began.Tensions were high during the sessions. Bolder, believing he was unwanted, recorded his bass parts quickly and left. Richardson recalled Ronson overworking himself: "He did everything in the studio, he tuned everybody's instruments, he worked on all the arrangements [he had] a tremendous burden on him;"he also grew wary of his future after the collapse of the Spiders. Scott was facing personal issues on top of pressure from his management to leave over MainMan not paying him royalties, while Bowie had,, an "increasingly remote and truculent attitude in the studio".Artwork © Constantina Artemis P. Jones.