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What a bright spark... and a complete nut job

Season 1, Ep. 18

This week Angela and Grace tell the story of Phil Spector looking at his early life, his rise to fame, his demise and the murder of Lana Clarkson. It's a rollercoaster ride of the Wall of Sound, inflatable dolls, Christmas kids, and a whole lot more in-between.


Our artist hot picks this week are by Deux Furieuses 'Let them burn' and 1983 by The Tuts.


Please note that Grace's phone line has a bit of background noise. She wasn't standing next to a plane taking off, but more a case of lockdown playing with our phone line quality.


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SHOW RESEARCH


Deux Furieuses - https://www.deuxfurieuses.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deuxfurieuses/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/deuxfurieuses

Bandcamp: https://deuxfurieuses.bandcamp.com


The Tuts

Bandcamps: https://thetuts.bandcamp.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetutsband/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thetutsband

https://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/interviews/introducing-the-tuts

https://www.missguided.co.uk/babezine/discovered/interview-the-tuts/



PHIL SPECTOR


Da Doo Ron Ron The Phil Spector Story https://www.amazon.co.uk/Phil-Spector-Doo-Ron-DVD/dp/B002MR90BO

Wiki: The Teddy Bears: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Teddy_Bears

Wiki: Phil Spector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spector

The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/phil-spector/5150575/Phil-Spector-overtaken-by-his-own-demons.html

All Music - Phil Spectors Greatest Hits https://www.allmusic.com/album/phil-spectors-20-greatest-hits-mw0000854626

Clash Magazine - https://www.clashmusic.com/features/10-things-you-never-knew-about-phil-spector


The Telegraph: Ronnie Spector Interview: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/10676805/Ronnie-Spector-interview-The-more-Phil-tried-to-destroy-me-the-stronger-I-got.html


The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/12/ronnie-spector-i-love-metoo-and-times-up-because-mens-time-is-up

The Observer: https://observer.com/2018/11/phil-spector-ronnie-spector-adopted-twins-without-asking-wife/


Phil Spector: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1745862/


The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/14/phil-spector-lana-clarkson-murder

True Crime with Aphrodite Jones: Phil Spector (2010) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5IIGwyKdvs

Wall of Pain https://www.amazon.co.uk/Phil-Spector-Wall-Pain-Updated/dp/1849382379


Lana Clarkson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lana_Clarkson

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