Phil Spector: Murderer!

"Wall of sound, eh? Yeah you'll make a sound of sorts after I bash you up against a wall."

He did it.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/02/twit_uptown/

Somehow I don't believe that's really him twittering. Look at the background for pete's sake.

that Twitter's gone :-(

The Daily Express fell for it: PHIL SPECTOR'S BIZARRE BLOG ENTRYS (sic)

Why did these papers not even consider the idea that this could be a hoax?

because that would have meant not running a story.

and since when did truth get in the way of a good story?

request thread title change to Phil Spector: Murderer! Twitterer!

also this interview has so many WTFs in it, came at a weird time in his career. Its quoted a bunch in the Ribowsky bio "He's A Rebel" but I'd never read the whole thing before: http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/philspector/articles/story/5939971/phil_spector_sounds_off

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/5580/philspectorhotness.jpg

Gollum

5'3"

his wigs were pretty good. Some of them were very convincing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA4bw7tIPNs

lolz

That works on so many levels ("screw" = prison guard)

you know what's weird is that Stephen Erlewine says on his review of the "Back to Mono" box set that some fan favorites like "Do the Screw" are missing. Kind of an odd comment given that the song is really obscure except as folklore.

its a 10 minute long joke song that's not that good and was never officially released, why would it be included? What a weird thing to complain about.

I gotta say; I like the song-- especially the monotonous radio voice (Spector?) that comes on and says "Dance the Screw" at the end of every verse. That voice is just perfect.

the song is also written about on Snopes.
http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/spector.asp

That's so cool. That's so badass.

abused in his former prison:
http://www.huliq.com/6168/82650/phil-spector-lands-cushy-prison-assignment

precancerous tumors:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/06/even-in-prison-phil-spector-will-be-allowed-jam-sessions-with-fellow-prisoners.html

Rachelle Spector was very relieved to see her husband transferred out of North Kern State Prison where she complained that Spector was being abused. She even wrote a letter to prison officials about the alleged abuse in which she detailed how he was forced to sleep naked on the floor for two nights and to eat out of a bowl with his hands "like a dog."

That's really not how most dogs eat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8LVxcmmJMs&feature=related

Spector does disco!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBIUdhvGCro

^^^don't think this was actually produced by him though (sure doesn't sound like it)

Phil, Ronnie, and George's ode to Tandoori Chicken

some insanely rare stuff here including Phil's lone "disco" foray, Jerri Bo Keno's "Here It Comes (and There I Go)"

nice! links are still active?

yep

still annoyed I can't find his Cher productions from the 70s anywhere

this is one of 'em right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87-Ua7sVjig

VERY rare

haha yeah but I want MP3s

dirpy.com, yo!

how's that disco song?

Out on the streets, they call him Phil Speccccctor.

how's that disco song?

her voice isn't a patch on Ronnie Spector's that's for sure. but its good! about what you would expect a Spector approximation of a disco beat to sound like

that cher stuff is good but every rip i've ever downloaded is really muffled. or maybe the production is horribly muffled (even by wall-of-sound standards)?

do people think his incarceration will mean that we won't get nice remastered/repackaged collections of his material ever? i mean, it was taking long enough even before he killed a woman.

wow, that sounds callous. sorry.

but as everyone knows there are tons of p.s. productions (even from the mid-60s heyday) that have never seen official rerelease. and the mastering from that early 1990s box set leaves much to be desired. i should probably be collecting original philles 45s but, you know, life is short and stuff.

dunno, i kind of imagine once Phil shuffles off this mortal coil, the stigma of his (admittedly horrible) personality/life will be lessened and there'll be a good overview of his stuff. a lot of what was wonderful about so-called Spector music was the result of a lot of different factors/musicians/arrangers, rather than being the result of one mastermind. it'd be a shame if all of that was lost imo.

Uh:

Legendary music producer and convicted killer Phil Spector has produced his first recording project from behind bars.

The project is the debut CD for his wife Rachelle Spector.

Titled "Out of My Chelle," the disc features 10 tracks of upbeat, mainstream adult pop, with hints of R&B, rock and dance.

The man known for the "Wall of Sound" technique said of his wife, "I trusted her with my life and songs and production. She's fantastic on this album," Spector said in a statement.

haha waht

"Out of My Chelle," eh? I like that.

tracklisting

1. Chelle of a Man
2. She Chelles Sea Chelles by the Seashore
3. Ghost in the Chelle
4. My Mi Chelle
5. Gimme Chelle-ter

(C)(R) File Cake Records

I never quite understood how people record albums in jail. Like, what are the legal logistics of getting studio access?

A case of cigarettes = two tape reels and a microphone

also per the press release this was recorded between trial dates, not while he was incarcerated

still, i heard that there is amazing natural reverb in solitary confinement at Corcoran State Prison