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...SHORTLY AFTER MY EXPOSURE TO THE GENIUS of Phil Spector - the producer of "Be My Baby" - Warner Brothers Records released the double-LP "Phil Spector's Greatest Hits." I picked it up. Great record: the surreal "Wall of Sound," Spector's trademark, meaning maybe three guys playing the same bass line, four or five rhythm guitarists strumming away, two pianists playing the same chords in different registers, percussionists plugging away on maracas and castanets, a full symphony string section, and underneath it all the drums of Hal Blaine ("my five favorite drummers", according to Max Weinberg) piped through the galactic...
...this sounds like a mess, but it isn't; all of Spector's productions have a solid beat - they swing, in fact - and in each number some distinctive solo instrument rides clearly above the mix, carefully placed, articulating the hooks. (Take a listen to the acoustic guitar in this segment from "Uptown.") One of the most interesting components in the Wall of Sound is the horn section, which modulates through the chords without accent, like a pianist who hits a chord once and then holds down the reverb pedal until the next harmonic shift. Other elements define the beat...
...soon as Thorpe walked onto the pool deck Sept. 16, it was like Phil Spector orchestrating thousands of paparazzi: a thunderous wall of sound combined with a dazzle of camera flashes. The 17,500-seat stadium rocked to the chants of "Thor-pee, Thor-pee, Thor-pee" as swimming-crazy Australian fans anticipated the showdown between their country and the world's top swimming team, the U.S. "Until tonight I hadn't got the Olympic buzz, the true spirit," said Thorpe. "But it was as if the gladiators had walked into the Colosseum. When I walked out I was ready...
...Better You Bette The audience responded enthusiastically to all the performances, but the appreciation became even more pronounced when a proudly svelte Bette Midler took the stage - and the audience - by storm. In addition to singing a hypnotic "The Rose" she brought on Spector chanteuse Darlene Love to duet with her on "He's a Rebel" and deliver a powerhouse "River Deep Mountain High." If anyone had given Midler the new party line on safe humor, she had mislaid the instructions, and she interpolated her singing with her trademark Sophie Tucker-esque one-liners. a cascade of ribaldry uncontaminated...
...Dorothy Fields (performed by Fred Astaire) 3. (Don't Fear) The Reaper - Donald Roeser (performed, of course, by Blue Oyster Cult) 4. Your Cheating Heart - Williams by Williams 5. Round Midnight - Thelonious by Thelonious (most particularly the solo piano version) 6. He's a Quiet Guy - Supposedly by Phil Spector with Poncia/Andreoli Phil probably had nothing to do with it; performed by Darlene Love on the B side of "Stumble and Fall" 7. Telstar - Joe Meek (performed by the Tornados in Meek's production) 8. Stroll On - Sort of by the Yardbirds (plagiarized from Johnny Burnett and His Rock...