Topical for a change, after a very full easter weekend..
Phil Spector, American songwriter and one of the most distinctive producers ever. He created the "Wall of Sound' - a music production technique. A dense, layered and reverberant sound was created - large groups of musicians would play and the music was then fed into echo chambers. I don't want to say much about him as i'll just end up rambling so LOOK HIM UP if you don't know much about him... and not in the news. Here are a few Spector gems.
'And Then He Kissed Me' The Crystals 1963
'Be My Baby' The Ronettes 1963 (fucking amazing)
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'Imagine' John Lennon (co-produced) 1970
(and no religion either....EITHER!)
'Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio' The Ramones 1980
Procul Harem's Whiter Shade of Pale was today voted the most played song in public places over the last 75 years. Last year Procul Harum's singer Gary Brooker won his court battle to stop Matthew Fisher (who came up with the organ theme) getting 40% music royalties. previously Matthew had won the case but the Court of Appeal overturned the decision based mainly on the fact it had taken him 40 years to come forward and claim it. Because they are still fighting over legal costs and because its been played so much already, I give you King Curtis, Live at the Fillmore West 'A Whiter Shade of Pale'
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