A shout out to fellow lovers of this kinda stuff that maybe aren't aware of it: A guy called John Reynolds has, over the last year, uploaded lots of studio tapes of the actual New York recording sessions by Phil Spector at his peak with The Crystals, The Ronnettes and Ike and Tina Turner etc. It's a great 'fly on the wall' (although only audio), peek into the process and sheer hard graft that went into these recordings, sometimes doing 25/30 takes. If you click on the youtube link below you should be able to work your way through to the whole catalogue of what Mr Reynolds has uploaded to find individual tracks/songs that maybe appeal to you. The Ronnettes ones are stunning, with the tracks being recorded without the girls in there to start with.   Proper musicians, proper singers, all directed by a proper record producer. Just : PROPER.

 

History in the making:

 

Regards,

 

Dave

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yz3d5g3XkI

Saw a clip recently, think it was the Ronettes Be my Baby, fascinating stuff 

Recently so a programme on bbc3 about producers & writers, phil Spector featured along with an interview with darlene love , great stuff,,Spector is /was a flawed genius..paul

'I'll Never Need More Than This' and 'Lord If You're A Woman' are two that have been big spins in their time that I just love.

Dx 

Brilliant, love this sort of stuff

PHIl Spector was the King of Teenage Operas. still sound fresh today.

 keep on Trucking. mick.L.

Excellent posting feels like your actually there,try it with head phones on.

good stuff.

This will be right up my street. That will be weekend listening for sure. Let me guess: 2 drummers, 2 upright/bass guitars, 7 guitars, 4 pianos, 2 accordions etc...

The guy was a genius in the studio, proper tw*t out of it  

 

Love to hear stuff like this, great insight into life in the studio and those behind the record.

Here we go, Baby I Love you take errrr 3

 

like he has to think to remember how many times

Some interesting reading about Gold Star Sudio, apparently it was a former dentists office!

 

https://cavehollywood.com/the-historic-gold-star-recording-studio-and-the-audio-legacy-of-producer-phil-spector-c-2009-harvey-kubernik/

Brilliant !!!

Always loved the Phil Spector productions especially this one taken from an unreleased Spector tracks album. Made aware of this one from the fountain of knowledge Pete Smith. 

Have a listen to this - You've Lost That Loving Feeling backing track - part takes 38 and 39 - just incredible

 

(removed it cos remembered not allowed to post mp3's)

Edited January 31, 201510 yr by Pete S

Have a listen to this - You've Lost That Loving Feeling backing track - part takes 38 and 39 - just incredible

 

(removed it cos remembered not allowed to post mp3's)

Would like to hear this Pete you know my email address??

Best,

Ian

Would like to hear this Pete you know my email address??

Best,

Ian

 

This is it I think....

 

This is it I think....

 

 

Exactly that Chalky.  Ian I"ve got, or had, stacks and stacks of this stuff, if I've still got them I'll put them in a shared folder somewhere

Exactly that Chalky.  Ian I"ve got, or had, stacks and stacks of this stuff, if I've still got them I'll put them in a shared folder somewhere

 

Love to hear them too Pete, great to hear all the studio happenings.  Back to Spector, for a musician, he must have been a nightmare as well as a genius, take after take after take! 

 

The film/documentary about the musicians at Gold Star called The Wrecking Crew is a great must see film.

In the middle of reading Little Symphonies - A Phil Spector Reader - edited by Kingsley Abbott. A good yarn and will have a listen to some of the clips above to compliment the book. This joke attributed to Spector made me laugh " Albert Einstein invented the bomb, nuclear fission, the theory of relativity and you look at every picture of him, the man couldn't invent a hair conditioner!".