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245 10 a| Tearing down the wall of sound :b| the rise and fall of Phil Spector /c| Mick Brown.;

250 a| First American edition.;

260 a| New York :b| Alfred A. Knopf,c| 2007.;

300 a| viii, 452 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

500 a| Originally published: London : Bloomsbury, 2007.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-452) and index.;

505 0 a| "Mr. Spector likes people to walk up" -- "It was Philip who was moving fastest" -- "To know him is to love him" -- On Broadway -- "A big hoot and howl" -- "They all thought he was a genius" -- Building the wall of sound -- "He wanted to be thought of as interesting" -- Little symphonies for the kids -- Going to the chapel -- "The wall of sound, it kinda sounds tired" -- "The last word in tomorrow's sound today" -- "A giant stands 5'7"" -- River deep, mountain low -- Marriage in purgatory -- "Out there, but in a beautiful way" -- The lonely bird in the gilded cage -- With the Beatles -- "These are pretty wild sessions, they get pretty out there" -- "Let's take five" -- "Leonard, I love you..." -- "Thank you, folks--have a good life" -- "A case that no one can reach" -- "Between grief and nothing, I will take grief" -- "I honestly thought he was kidding" -- "You don't tell Mozart what operas to write" -- "Anybody have a calculator?" -- "He wanted to prove he really was human" -- "It's very difficult, very difficult to be reasonable" -- "I think I killed somebody..." -- "A genius is not there all the time".;

520 a| He had a number one hit at eighteen. He was a millionaire with his own record label at twenty-two. He was, according to Tom Wolfe, "the first tycoon of teen." Phil Spector owned pop music. From the Crystals, the Ronettes (whose lead singer, Ronnie, would become his second wife), and the Righteous Brothers to the Beatles (together and singly) and finally the seventies punk icons The Ramones, Spector produced hit after hit. But then he became pop music's most famous recluse. Until one day in the spring of 2007, when his name hit the tabloids, connected to a horrible crime. In this "bruising portrait of legendary music producer Phil Spector" (Entertainment Weekly), the last journalist to interview him before his arrest tells the full story of the troubled genius. Includes a chapter on the death of Lana Clarkson.;

600 10 a| Spector, Phil,d| 1939-2021.=| ^A234780;

650 0 a| Sound recording executives and producersz| United Statesv| Biography.=| ^A1019208;

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Tearing down the wall of sound : the rise and fall of Phil Spector / Mick Brown.

Author/creator	Brown, Mick, 1950-
Format	Book
Edition	First American edition.
Publication Info	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
Description	viii, 452 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Spector, Phil, 1939-2021. Sound recording executives and producers--United States. --Biography.

Contents	"Mr. Spector likes people to walk up" -- "It was Philip who was moving fastest" -- "To know him is to love him" -- On Broadway -- "A big hoot and howl" -- "They all thought he was a genius" -- Building the wall of sound -- "He wanted to be thought of as interesting" -- Little symphonies for the kids -- Going to the chapel -- "The wall of sound, it kinda sounds tired" -- "The last word in tomorrow's sound today" -- "A giant stands 5'7"" -- River deep, mountain low -- Marriage in purgatory -- "Out there, but in a beautiful way" -- The lonely bird in the gilded cage -- With the Beatles -- "These are pretty wild sessions, they get pretty out there" -- "Let's take five" -- "Leonard, I love you..." -- "Thank you, folks--have a good life" -- "A case that no one can reach" -- "Between grief and nothing, I will take grief" -- "I honestly thought he was kidding" -- "You don't tell Mozart what operas to write" -- "Anybody have a calculator?" -- "He wanted to prove he really was human" -- "It's very difficult, very difficult to be reasonable" -- "I think I killed somebody..." -- "A genius is not there all the time".
Abstract	He had a number one hit at eighteen. He was a millionaire with his own record label at twenty-two. He was, according to Tom Wolfe, "the first tycoon of teen." Phil Spector owned pop music. From the Crystals, the Ronettes (whose lead singer, Ronnie, would become his second wife), and the Righteous Brothers to the Beatles (together and singly) and finally the seventies punk icons The Ramones, Spector produced hit after hit. But then he became pop music's most famous recluse. Until one day in the spring of 2007, when his name hit the tabloids, connected to a horrible crime. In this "bruising portrait of legendary music producer Phil Spector" (Entertainment Weekly), the last journalist to interview him before his arrest tells the full story of the troubled genius. Includes a chapter on the death of Lana Clarkson.
General note	Originally published: London : Bloomsbury, 2007.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-452) and index.
LCCN	2007004819
ISBN	9781400042197
ISBN	1400042194

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