grimtraveller
If only for a moment.....
And there goes Phil Spector.
I'm fascinated that he made it to 81.
I'm fascinated that he made it to 81.
And there goes Phil Spector.
I'm fascinated that he made it to 81.
It's officially "both" now, though not "already" and I guess not simultaneously, as they took him to the hospital from jail.I thought he was already dead. or in jail. or both.
None of us bar Phil and God can say. I don't know where he stood with God or his true mental condition or responsibility concept.If you believe in heaven and hell, where is Phil going?
I have mixed feelings about this because while it was innovative for its time, the progression of tracks in multitracking rather rendered his method redundant. The wall of sound was great when there was 3, 4 and maybe even 8 track recording {which America had long before the UK}. Once beyond that, there were other ways of building sound and it's interesting that his method ceased to be looked at as a viable way or standard practice, rather, it was seen as an "of its time" thing, a bit like that Beatle stereo thing of the voices on one side, the instruments on the other.his "wall of sound" approach was absolutely a game changer
I have mixed feelings about this because while it was innovative for its time, the progression of tracks in multitracking rather rendered his method redundant. The wall of sound was great when there was 3, 4 and maybe even 8 track recording {which America had long before the UK}. Once beyond that, there were other ways of building sound and it's interesting that his method ceased to be looked at as a viable way or standard practice, rather, it was seen as an "of its time" thing, a bit like that Beatle stereo thing of the voices on one side, the instruments on the other.
I heard he murdered some woman and went to prison. Sounded like a nutcase to me.
I've never thought of it that way. I think Phil Spector gets a real bad press for it but as far as John Lennon was concerned, he saved that rambling pile of junk. And none of the Beatles at the time sanctioned Glyn John's version, which is why it was shelved and they did Abbey Road instead. They were trying to get back to their early days of recording an album live but found that after all the sophistication and experimentation from late '64 to then, they couldn't do it. They had gotten spoiled in "cheating."Let It Be was the worst sounding Beatles album ever
Mind you, in terms of pure clarity of sound, all of the Beatles' albums are lesser than Abbey Road. It was that 8 track recorder, I tell you !Compare it to Abby Road, which was recorded after Let it Be but released before Let It Be
It's no coincidence though, that Lennon left within a month of its release, the band broke up for good soon after and Harrison and Lennon had already moved away from George Martin in their solo stuff long before the break up {from '68} and neither used him again and Ringo only used him on his first solo album which came out before the official break up.thank goodness they went back to George Martin.
From my memories, most people (UK) never even had stereo record players until around 1970 onwards and they were very basic. I remember the little mono players being sold well into the 70's. So my point is ...... nobody could hear much of a difference anyway. I think most 'pop' radio in the UK was AM well into the 70's.
You lucky Americans probably had the technology a lot sooner and could tell the difference in sound quality music productions.
None of us bar Phil and God can say. I don't know where he stood with God or his true mental condition or responsibility concept.
Let's face facts: we're ALL going to hell .