Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector by Mick Brown
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a fascinating insight into icon/tragedy/high functioning mad man Phil Spector. The birth of the girl group sound and the "wall of sound" from The Crystals to "Let it Be" and the John Lennon "Rock N' Roll" album get coverage making this a music history entwince witht he true crime tale of the foyer gunshot that brought it all crashing down. When this book was published, Spector has not yet been found guilt, let alone appealed lost and sentenced. However, the near hour-by-hour retelling of that fateful night including police call transcripts are particularly revealing on that crime.
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