The Spokesman-Review

Commentary: Phil Spector was brilliant but disturbed record producer

There’s a fine line between genius and insanity in the world of rock and roll. There’s the well-documented issues that have plagued the brilliant but troubled Brian Wilson. The late alt-rock icon ...
Variety

Phil Spector, Wall of Sound Music Producer and Murderer, Dies at 81

Producer Phil Spector, the legendary studio revolutionary of the ’60s and ’70s who ended his life imprisoned for a 2003 murder, has died. He was 81. “Phillip Spector, 80, was pronounced deceased of ...
Lincoln Journal Star

Blast from the past: 'Phil's Spectre III: A Third Wall of Soundalikes'

With Phil Spector’s murder trial wrapping up in Los Angeles, it’s somehow appropriate to examine something of the legacy left by the ’60s producer who created the Wall of Sound, stacking instrument ...
insider.si.edu

Tearing down the wall of sound : the rise and fall of Phil Spector / Mick Brown

"Mr. Spector likes people to walk up" -- "It was Philip who was moving fastest" -- "To know him is to love him" -- On Broadway -- "A big hoot and howl" -- "They all thought he was a genius" -- ...
People

Phil Spector's Murder Trials: Inside the Producer's Infamous Crime That Rocked Hollywood in 2003

Songwriter and producer Phil Spector was convicted of killing actress Lana Clarkson in his California home in 2003 Jae C. Hong-Pool/Getty ; Albert L. Ortega/WireImage Phil Spector was both a prolific ...
Nashville Scene

Flipping Channels: Pacino and Mamet Scale the Wall of Sound for HBO's Phil Spector

The rise and fall of legendary music producer Phil Spector is epic, even by music business standards. Creator of the remarkable arrangement tapestry known as "the Wall of Sound," Spector was behind ...