Pop Chronicles Interviews #107 - Phil Spector, Part 1
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- Role and status of record producers; overuse of the label "genius"; outsized prices commanded by current artists; Cass Elliot; artists not knowing what they want, and producers' role in providing guidance 0:07:02
- Producer's role continued; the "awful, good" record as opposed to a bad record; Burt Bacharach as a producer; Motown; brand recognition and successful formulas; the Bee-Gees; singability of current pop; similarity between current and recent popular songs; profiting from imitation 0:07:24
- Dominance of low standards; extensive discussions Tiny Tim; comparing 1958 with 1968; guns, police, and society; Beatles; appearances versus quality; critics; Ralph Gleason and Leonard Feather 0:12:24
- Critics continued; how he got into producing; Archie Bleyer; Lieber and Stoller; difficulties for independent labels; trying to avoid dysfunction in the record business; producing for a group and never telling anyone; taxation; conditions leading to groups breaking up; Doc Pomus 0:12:11
- Lenny Bruce; Bob Dylan; challenges of interviews; Albert Grossman; discussions with "Jewish liberals" and comments on race relations; racial scapegoating; what could not have been predicted ten years ago; commercialization and economic clout of stars 0:07:29
- Question about favorites of his own works; Spector responds; Sonny Bono; "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"; "Be My Baby"; question of whether he could pick one record as an exemplar of his work; Spector responds; question of how he works as a producer; Spector responds 0:08:19
- Question about favorites of his own works; Spector responds; Sonny Bono; "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"; "Be My Baby"; question of whether he could pick one record as an exemplar of his work; Spector responds; question of how he works as a producer; Spector responds 0:08:34
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Pop Chronicles Interviews #107 - Phil Spector, Part 1, audio recording, August 1, 1968; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1752027/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Music Library.