Phil Spector, obsessions, etc

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I am a big fan of the music of Phil Spector. I find the wall of sound to be a fascinating thing. The many layers and levels, and all the hooks you can discover upon repeated listens. And, Hal Blaine, who is the greatest rock drummer ever, makes simple backbeats so interesting with his swinging style. I would recommend to the uninitiated the song "He's a rebel" by The Crystals. I'd estimate I've listened to it at least 1,000 times. Now I don't recommend drug use, infact I discourage it. But, if you're into the wacky tobackky I would highly reccomend listening to anything produced by phil spector, its what I like to call an aural orgasm. anyways, music being one of my obssesions, I can be very picky about it. I hate when people want to listen to backround music, If i want to hear music....I want to really listen to it. If I find a good song, I will listen to it non stop, for a long time. I rememeber once listening to the song Mrs. Robinson for 6 hours. Anyways, the big thing is its gotta be analog, I love the sound of music recorded on tubes, and tape. The two T's. Tubes and tape. I dont even know where I am going with this. anyways, anybody else dig phil spector's music?

...Me .
When I had a place , a while ago , I finally got the Abkco CD of the best of the Ronettes .
Some songs that really interest me were the late-period songs on them , the post-Beatles-U. S. arrival like " Everything Under The Sun " and " so on , which were really interesting to me .
I'm really bummed out that " oldies " music ( Corny phrase but it gets the point across . ) has basically totally disappeared from U. S. mainstream/commercial radio .

Admittedly, I could use a bit more familiarity with Phil Spector's oeurve, but what I know of his work I usually tend to like. Granted, I don't think he was the right producer for the Ramones' first album, particularly when he purportedly pulled a gun on them at a recording session so they would see things his way concerning inclusion of a string section on one of their tracks.

If you like Spector, you may want to check out the productions of Joe Meek, England's first independent record producer. He's best noted as the producer for "Telstar" by the Tornados as well as "Have I The Right" by the Honeycombs. Unfortunately, he was also noted for horrendous behavior similar to that of Phil Spector. Music journalist/DJ Irwin Chusid wrote a bit about him in his book Songs in the Key of Z. See as well http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Meek

analogue is the best sound. digital sucks - it's a flat cold dead sound.

love phil's work. also love the work of his most famous follower....brian wilson (god only knows is entirely phil-inspired).


just too bad he's an over-controlling murderer....and he did a horrible thing by producing the ramones.

..." End Of The Century " was Los Ramones' fifth album .

I can't wait until December, so I can listen to my Phil Spector Christmas Album.