late 1960s Talmy worked with American artists Lee Hazlewood and Tim Rose and supervised film music with his favored arranger David Whitaker. For CBS, he produced Music To Spy By and The Revolutionary Piano of Nicky Hopkins, both arranged and conducted by Whitaker. By the early 1970s, Talmy did less record work and pursued his other interests in the book publishing and film making worlds. He was however still in demand as a producer and worked on records by The Small Faces, String Driven Thing, Fumble, Coven, Chris White, Mick Cox Band, Blues Project, Rumplestiltskin and others. He had production deals with the Bell and Charisma labels in the 1970s. Amongst his final UK productions was a collector’s item single by punk group, The Damned (“Stretcher Case Baby” / “Sick of Being Sick”). Talmy returned to the United States in 1979. Though he reduced his workload, Talmy continued to be sought after to produce artists. He has produced albums by Fuzztones, Nancy Boy and Sorrows. Most recently he has produced records by Hidden Charms and Strangers In A Strange Land. In 2003, a tribute to Talmy was aired on the radio program Little Stevens Underground Garage. In 2017, Ace Records began issuing a series of compilations from Talmy’s vintage catalog, including the career anthology Making Time - A Shel Talmy Production. Personal life Shel Talmy now lives in the Los Angeles area. He is a long-time member of the high IQ association the Triple-Nine Society. He is the brother of the noted American linguist Leonard Talmy. According to Chris Hunt, Talmy eventually became almost completely blind due to a "hereditary condition that has hampered him for most of his adult life." Selected discography The Kinks Singles "Long Tall Sally" b/w "I Took My Baby Home" (1964) "You Still Want Me" b/w "You Do Something To Me" (1964) "You Really Got Me" b/w "It's Alright", Pye (UK), Reprise (U.S.), (1964) "All Day and All of the Night" b/w "I Gotta Move" (1964) Kinksize Session (EP) (1964) "Tired of Waiting for You" b/w "Come On Now" (1965) "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" b/w "Who'll Be the Next In Line" (1965) "Set Me Free" b/w "I Need You" (1965) "See My Friends" b/w "Never Met a Girl Like You Before" (1965) Kwyet Kinks (EP) (1964) "Till the End of the Day" b/w "Where Have All the Good Times Gone" (1965) "Dedicated Follower of Fashion"