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Phil Spector at work

“It goes to 11″ – Phil Spector’s Wall Of Sound

Posted 11 November 2010 | By | Categories: Music - Retro, Podcast | No Comments

In this episode, I pay tribute to the man who brought the LOUD to pop music: Phil Spector.  His Wall Of Sound was both smart marketing and a revolution in how records were made.  The songs were pretty good, too.  Then he started hanging with The Beatles and things just got weirder from there.  Really weird.

Preparing for the brawls over The Beatles Rock Band

Posted 13 April 2009 | By | Categories: Arts Biz, Culture, Music - Retro | 1 Comment

Virtually unremarked upon in the hullabaloo last week over the imminent reissue of The Beatles catalog is its tie-up with Rock Band. Obviously for marketing reasons its no coincidence that The Beatles Rock Band will arrive on the same day: September 9, 2009. (Prepare for Number nine, Number nine, Number nine to feature strongly in [...]