Terrific and exciting compilation of music inspired by mad genius Phil Spector ,famous for creating legendary "Wall of Sound".
Everything is here - from big hits,curiosities and one-offs to pure copies of Spector's work,ist of performers reads like "Who's who" of 1960s pop - Beach boys,Supremes,Jackie DeShannon,Walker brothers,Sonny & Cher... all of them recorded singles tat echoed Spector's megalomaniac vision,that particular brand of symphonic pop,grandeur that bursted out of transistor speakers.
As expected,it is not hits but lesser known gems that shines best - "On the spanish side" by The Corsairs,"It breaks my heart" by Ray Raymonds and "My baby looks but he don't touch" by Carol Conners - and almost any of these glorious oddities that sounds as good as big hits (if not even better). There is even a single "Please Phil Spector" that humorously shows how everybody expected Spector to have Mida's touch.
Personally, I worship Spector's 1960s work and always get totally swept away with his music .
Because his discography is after all,limited, compilations like this are welcome for Spector hungry fans and if they release one each year I would be the first one to buy them.
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