Tony Visconti, the producer of Bowie's last four studio albums, was originally scheduled to produce the new album. However, he chose Rodgers for the project and neglected to inform Visconti, a move that came as a surprise to Visconti, who had set time aside to work on the new record. Visconti was deeply hurt by the matter, later stating "I was hurt because I was booked to do "Let's Dance" and he blew me out two weeks before...for three months he kept saying, 'Keep December free, we're going to go in and record then.'" Closer to December, Visconti called personal assistant Coco, who said: "Well, you might as well know – he's been in the studio for the past two weeks with someone else. It's working out well and we won't be needing you. He's very sorry." The move damaged the two men's relationship and Visconti did not work with Bowie again for nearly 20 years (until 2002's "Heathen").