Thomas Blanchard Wilson Jr. (March 25, 1931 – September 6, 1978) was an American

record producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...

best known for his work in the 1960s with

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the Mothers of Invention The Mothers of Invention (also known as The Mothers) was an American rock band from California. Formed in 1964, their work is marked by the use of sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Originally an R&B band ...

Simon & Garfunkel Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk rock duo consisting of the singer-songwriter Paul Simon and the singer Art Garfunkel. They were one of the best-selling music groups of the 1960s, and their biggest hits—including the electric remix of " ...

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Cecil Taylor Cecil Percival Taylor (March 25, 1929April 5, 2018) was an American pianist and poet. Taylor was classically trained and was one of the pioneers of free jazz. His music is characterized by an energetic, physical approach, resulting in complex ...

Sun Ra Le Sony'r Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993), better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific out ...

Eddie Harris Eddie Harris (October 20, 1934 – November 5, 1996) was an American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the electric piano and organ. His best-k ...

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the Blues Project The Blues Project is a band from the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City that was formed in 1965 and originally split up in 1967. Their songs drew from a wide array of musical styles. They are most remembered as one of the most artfu ...

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, and others.

Early life and education

Wilson was born in

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on March 25, 1931, to parents Thomas and Fannie Wilson (''née'' Brown). He attended A.J. Moore High School in Waco and was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Wilson attended

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before transferring to

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, where he became involved in the Harvard New Jazz Society, radio station

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, and was president of the

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. He graduated ''

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'' from Harvard in 1954.

Career

After university, Wilson borrowed $500 () to set up

Transition Records Transition Records was a jazz record company and label based in Cambridge, Massachusetts established by Tom Wilson in 1955. A short lived label, Transition announced several albums which were left unreleased, including recordings by Jo Mapes, Yuse ...

, having a goal in mind of setting up a record label and recording the most advanced

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musicians of the day. The label released about a dozen albums, including

's ''

Jazz By Sun Ra ''Jazz By Sun Ra'' (later titled ''Sun Song'') is the debut album by Sun Ra. The record label for the first pressing says "07-12-56", presumably when it was recorded. The LP originally appeared on Tom Wilson's short-lived ''Transition Records''. ...

'' (retitled ''Sun Song'' when reissued in 1968), which was Ra's first LP (a second LP of Transition material remained unreleased until 1968), and the album ''

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'' by

, which was Taylor's debut release. Transition also released the first sessions led by

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, and

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. The label went bankrupt in 1957 and the catalog was sold off to the

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and

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. Wilson's work with Transition Records helped him obtain a job with

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in 1957. He worked as a producer for jazz labels, including

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, for whom he again recorded Sun Ra in 1961.

Columbia Records

As a staff producer at

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, Wilson was one of the "midwives" of folk-rock, producing three of Bob Dylan's key 1960s albums: '' The Times They Are a-Changin''', ''

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'', and ''

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'', along with the 1965

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, "

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." Wilson also produced the final four tracks Dylan recorded for ''

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'', after he replaced John Hammond as Dylan's producer in 1963. Wilson produced

's 1964 debut LP ''

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'' which included " The Sound of Silence". Seizing on local radio interest in the song in

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and inspired by the huge success of

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' folk-rock version of Dylan's "

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", Wilson took the duo's original acoustic track and, without Simon's or Garfunkel's knowledge, overdubbed electric instruments, turning the track into a #1 pop hit, helping to launch the folk-rock genre. Simon and Garfunkel, who had already split, reunited after the hit and went on to greater success. After working with Wilson, both Dylan and Simon & Garfunkel worked with another Columbia staff producer,

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, who produced several albums for both acts.

Verve/MGM Records

In 1966, Wilson signed

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and was credited as producer on the group's debut album ''

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''. Also in 1966, after

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split from producer

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, Wilson became their producer, which continued until the original band broke up in 1967. Wilson also produced

, featuring

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and

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. Although

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is credited as the producer of the group's debut album, ''

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'', Cale credits Wilson as the true producer, as Warhol was mostly absent from the sessions. Another of Wilson's Verve production credits was

's first studio album ''Projections'' (1966) featuring

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(with whom Wilson had previously worked on Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone") as vocalist and keyboard player. Wilson co-produced the Soft Machine's eponymous first album with

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in 1968.

Achievements

Wilson was an important producer (alongside his contemporaries

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Jimmy Miller James Miller (March 23, 1942 – October 22, 1994) was an American record producer and musician. While he produced albums for dozens of different bands and artists, he is most closely associated for his work with several key musical acts of t ...

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Tom Dowd Thomas John Dowd (October 20, 1925 – October 27, 2002) was an American recording engineer and producer for Atlantic Records. He was credited with innovating the multitrack recording method. Dowd worked on a veritable "who's who" of recordings ...

, and

Teo Macero Attilio Joseph "Teo" Macero (October 30, 1925 – February 19, 2008) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer. He was a producer at Columbia Records for twenty years. Macero produced Miles Davis' ''Bitches Brew'', and Dave ...

) of the 1960s. He has been said to have had the skill of "putting the right people together for the right projects". Wilson made an important contribution to Dylan's rock and roll sound, producing his first rock recordings on ''Bringing It All Back Home''. In the 1969 ''

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'' Interview,

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asked, "There's been some articles on Wilson and he says that he's the one that gave you the rock and roll sound. Is that true?" Dylan: "Did he say that? Well if he said it... 'laughs''more power to him. 'laughs''He did to a certain extent. That is true. He did. He had a sound in mind".

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paid this tribute: "Tom Wilson was a great guy. He had vision, you know? And he really stood by us ... I remember the first thing that we recorded was 'Any Way the Wind Blows,' and that was okay. Then we did 'Who Are the Brain Police?' and I saw him through the glass and he was on the phone immediately to New York going, 'I don't know!' Trying to break it to 'em easy, I guess." "Wilson was sticking his neck out. He laid his job on the line by producing the album."

Death

Wilson died of a

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in 1978, aged 47. He was buried at the Doris Miller Memorial Park in

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Selected discography

*1956:

: '' Sun Song'' *1956:

: ''

'' *1956:

: '' Byrd’s Eye View'' *1958: Louis Smith: ''

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'' *1959:

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: '' Sliding Easy'' *1959:

: '' Love for Sale'' *1959:

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: ''

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: ''

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'' *1963:

: ''

'' (4 tracks, uncredited) *1964:

: '' The Times They Are a-Changin''' *1964:

: ''

'' *1964:

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: ''

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'' *1964:

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: ''

'' *1965:

: ''

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'' *1965:

: " The Sound of Silence" single (also on the 1965 album) *1965:

: ''

'' *1965:

: "

" single (also on the 1965 album ''

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'', otherwise produced by

) *1966:

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: ''

'' *1966:

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: '' Animalisms'' (UK) / ''

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'' (US) *1966:

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: ''

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'' *1966:

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: '' Projections'' *1967:

: '' Absolutely Free'' *1967:

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& the New Animals: '' Winds of Change'' *1967:

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: ''

'' (as post-production editor, remixer, and producer of the track "Sunday Morning") *1967:

: '' Chelsea Girl'' *1968:

: ''

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'' *1968:

: ''

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'' (credited as executive producer) *1968:

& the Animals: ''

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'' *1968:

Soft Machine Soft Machine are a British rock band from Canterbury formed in mid-1966 by Mike Ratledge (keyboards, 1966–1976), Robert Wyatt (drums, vocals, 1966–1971), Kevin Ayers (bass, guitar, vocals, 1966–1968) and Daevid Allen (guitar, 1966–196 ...

: '' The Soft Machine'' (co-producer) *1968:

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: ''

'' *1968:

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: ''The Fraternity of Man''

References

External links

Tom Wilson (American record producer)
– Britannica Online Encyclopedia
The Amazing Tom Wilson
– Blogcritics Music
Tom Wilson, Producer
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