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Tag: Phil Spector

June 18, 2018 Film/TV Reviews / Music Reviews

Film & Music Reviews: ‘Bang—The Bert Berns Story,’ plus John Scott Sherrill and John Wesley Harding

A new film chronicles the life of underappreciated music producer Bert Berns. Plus, a CD from veteran country songwriter John Scott Sherrill and a covers collection from John Wesley Harding.

November 17, 2016 Film/TV Reviews

Film Reviews: ‘TAMI Show’ and ‘The Big TNT Show’

The Woodstock and Monterey Pop films offer quite a flash from the past, but if you want to know how

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December 13, 2014 Music Reviews

Music Review: Bob Dylan & the Band’s ‘The Basement Tapes Complete’

“When I saw the UPS guy drive up to my house, I went to the door and waited for him

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June 21, 2013 Book Reviews

Book Review: ‘Tearing Down the Wall of Sound—The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector’

I have finally gotten around to reading Mick Brown’s 2007 book, Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: The Rise and Fall

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April 7, 2013 News & Comment

A Fantastic Phil Spector Demo Recording

Phil Spector sang in the background with the Teddy Bears on “To Know Him Is to Love Him,” then turned

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December 15, 1991 Music Reviews

Music Review: ‘Back to Mono’ Delivers Four CDs’ Worth of Phil Spector Classics

One of the first people to consciously treat rock as an art form, producer Phil Spector influenced everyone from Abba

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