{"product_id":"tearing-down-the-wall-of-sound-the-rise-and-fall-of-phil-spector-paperback","title":"Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMick Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning biography of \"pure self-interest and cruelty, tempered only slightly by the great musical achievements of Mr. Spector's golden age in the early 1960s\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe had a number one hit at eighteen. He was a millionaire with his own record label at twenty-two. He was, according to Tom Wolfe, \"the first tycoon of teen.\" Phil Spector owned pop music. From the Crystals, the Ronettes (whose lead singer, Ronnie, would become his second wife), and the Righteous Brothers to the Beatles (together and singly) and finally the seventies punk icons The Ramones, Spector produced hit after hit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut then he became pop music's most famous recluse. Until one day in the spring of 2007, when his name hit the tabloids, connected to a horrible crime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this \"bruising portrait of legendary music producer Phil Spector\" (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ethe last journalist to interview him before his arrest tells the full story of the troubled genius.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMick Brown\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London in 1950 and has interviewed Salvador Dali, the Rolling Stones, James Brown, Don DeLillo, Richard Ford, Ravi Shankar, and the Dalai Lama, and has written several books as well on Richard Branson, the movie \u003ci\u003ePerformance\u003c\/i\u003e, and a guide to America through pop songs. His interview with Spector--the first in twenty-five years--was published in \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003ein England only days before Lana Clarkson was found dead in his \"castle\" in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.08 x 8.02 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47548445196541,"sku":"9781400076611","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/U0NRQVFGZWJUdnE4VVhFdVJNeXQzdz09.webp?v=1779123232","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/tearing-down-the-wall-of-sound-the-rise-and-fall-of-phil-spector-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}