WALL OF SOUND: THE VERY BEST OF PHIL SPE - Phil Spector

Liner Note Author: Jim Bessman.Recording information: Gold Star Studios, Hollywood, CA (08/1962-03/1966); Mira Sound Studios, New York, NY (08/1962-03/1966); Gold Star Studios, Hollywood, CA (09/??/1961-02/08/1962); Mira Sound Studios, New York, NY (09/??/1961-02/08/1962).Photographers: Michael Ochs; Ray Avery; Barry Oliver.Phil Spector was really more of a back-tier session musician, songwriter, and occasional producer when he started his own Philles Records imprint in 1961. He had some success, having written, played guitar, and sung backup vocals on 1958's "To Know Him Is to Love Him" (which hit the top of the pop charts that year) as part of the Teddy Bears and he worked for a time as part of the production team for Leiber & Stoller, co-writing "Spanish Harlem" for Ben E. King and playing guitar on the Drifters' "On Broadway," and he produced minor sides for LaVern Baker and Ruth Brown, among others, but there was really little to distinguish him from any number of other hopefu