Editing Pin Ups (section)

=== Recording ===
[[File:Ken Scott - 2014-11-14 - Andy Mabbett.JPG|thumb|left|upright=0.65|alt=Ken Scott in 2014|''Pin Ups'' was the final collaboration between Bowie and producer [[Ken Scott]] ''(pictured in 2014)''.]]
''Pin Ups'' was recorded at the [[Château d'Hérouville]] in [[Hérouville-en-Vexin|Hérouville]], France, in sessions lasting for three weeks from July to August 1973.{{sfn|Trynka|2011|p=484}}{{sfn|Cann|2010|pp=305–306}}{{sfn|Thompson|2006|p=313}} The venue was chosen after being recommended by [[Marc Bolan]], whose band [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]] who had just recorded ''[[Tanx]]'' there.{{efn|The Château had also become popularised after [[Elton John]] recorded his 1972 album ''[[Honky Château]]'' there, an album that was engineered by Ken Scott shortly after finishing ''[[The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars|Ziggy Stardust]]'' (1972).{{sfn|Pegg|2016|pp=364–367}}{{sfn|Spitz|2009|p=223}}}}{{sfn|Pegg|2016|pp=364–367}}{{sfn|Spitz|2009|p=223}} It was co-produced by Bowie and [[Ken Scott]] and marked the final collaboration between the two.{{sfn|Cann|2010|p=234}} According to O'Leary, rehearsing consisted of playing the band the original track a few times before recording began.{{sfn|O'Leary|2015|loc=chap. 7}} 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{{nbsp}}... [he had] a tremendous burden on him;"{{sfn|O'Leary|2015|loc=chap. 7}} 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 company to leave over MainMan not paying him royalties, while Bowie had, in O'Leary's words, an "increasingly remote and truculent attitude in the studio".{{sfn|O'Leary|2015|loc=chap. 7}}

A version of [[the Velvet Underground]]'s "[[White Light/White Heat (song)|White Light/White Heat]]" was recorded during the sessions but went unreleased; Bowie donated the backing track to Ronson for his 1975 solo album ''[[Play Don't Worry]]''.{{sfn|Pegg|2016|pp=311–312, 365}} [[The Beach Boys]]' "[[God Only Knows]]" was also attempted during the sessions, but was left abandoned.{{efn|Bowie later covered it for the aborted Astronettes project in October 1973, while he officially covered it for ''[[Tonight (David Bowie album)|Tonight]]'' (1984).{{sfn|Pegg|2016|pp=99–100, 365}}}} The sessions were put on hold in mid-July for the recording of the Scottish singer [[Lulu (singer)|Lulu]]'s covers of Bowie's tracks "[[Watch That Man]]" and "[[The Man Who Sold the World (song)|The Man Who Sold the World]]". The ''Pin Ups'' personnel contributed to the recording.{{sfn|Pegg|2016|pp=364–367}}{{sfn|Cann|2010|pp=305–306}}

''Pin Ups'' was the first of two "1960s nostalgia" albums that Bowie had planned to release. The second would have contained Bowie covering his favourite American artists, but was never recorded. Rumoured tracks to have appeared for the project include [[the Stooges]]' "No Fun", [[the Lovin' Spoonful]]'s "[[Summer in the City (song)|Summer in the City]]" and [[Roxy Music]]'s "[[Ladytron (song)|Ladytron]]".{{sfn|Pegg|2016|pp=364–367}} Bowie also considered making a ''Pin Ups'' sequel: he had compiled a list of songs he wanted to cover, some of which showed up on his later releases of ''[[Heathen (David Bowie album)|Heathen]]'' (2002) and ''[[Reality (David Bowie album)|Reality]]'' (2003).<ref name=SOS03>{{cite journal | url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct03/articles/reality.htm | title=David Bowie & Tony Visconti Recording Reality | date=October 2003 | access-date=30 July 2013 | first=Richard | last=Buskin | journal=[[Sound on Sound]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606111145/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct03/articles/reality.htm | archive-date=6 June 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref>