The Mad Director: Phil Spector and the Sound of Walls
Phil Mershon, Perfect Sound Forever, March 2003
HAD PHIL SPECTOR accomplished nothing more than recording The Ronettes singing Be My Baby, he would deserve at least one get-out-of-jail-free card.
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