On January 16, 2021, Harvey Phillip Spector died aged 81. He was musician (guitar, piano), vocalist, songwriter and music producer. He developed music production “Wall of Sound”, he described as “Wagnerian approach to rock and roll”. Spector started the music career as member of the band Teddy Bears, at age of 21 he co-founded “Philles Records” and became the youngest ever US label owner to that point. In the 60’s he wrote songs or produced music for The Ronettes, The Crystals, Ike & Tina Turner, produced Beatles album “Let It Be”, and few solo John Lennon and George Harrison recordings. He also worked with Leonard Cohen, Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans, Darlene Love, Ronnie Spector, The Wrecking Crew, The Righteous Brothers, and The Ramones. In 1973 Spector won “Grammy Award for Album of the Year” for co-producing Harrison’s “Concert for Bangladesh”, in 1989 he was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”, and in 1997 he was inducted into the “Songwriters Hall of Fame”. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at number 63 on their list of “The Greatest Artists in History”.In 2009, he was convicted for the 2003 murder of the actress Lana Clarkson and sentenced to 19 years to life in prison, where he died.
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Alice Cooper: Muscle of Love
On November 20, 1973, “Warner Bros” label released “Muscle of Love”, the seventh and final Alice Cooper band studio album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, “Record Plant” in New York, “The Cooper Mansion” in Greenwich, Connecticut, and was produced by Jack Richardson and Jack Douglas.
Personnel:
- Alice Cooper – vocals
- Glen Buxton – lead guitar
- Michael Bruce – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Dennis Dunaway – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Neal Smith – drums, backing vocals
- Mick Mashbir – guitar
- Dick Wagner – guitar
- Bob Dolin – keyboards, backing vocals
- Paul Prestopino – banjo
- Dave Libert, Dolly, Stu Daye, Dennis Ferrante, Joe Gannon, The Big Cheese, Liza Minnelli, Labelle, Ronnie Spector, The Pointer Sisters – backing vocals
Track listing:
- Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo) – Alice Cooper, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith
- Never Been Sold Before – Alice Cooper, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith
- Head Hearted Alice – Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce
- Crazy Little Child – Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce
- Working Up a Sweat – Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce
- Muscle of Love – Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce
- Man With the Golden Gun – Alice Cooper, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith
- Teenage lament ’74 – Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce
- Woman Machine – Alice Cooper, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith
The Raveonettes: Pretty in Black
On May 3, 2005, “Columbia” label released “Pretty in Black”, the second Raveonettes studio album. It was recorded in 2005, and was produced by Sune Rose Wagner and Richard Gottehrer.
Personnel:
- Sharin Foo – vocals, bass guitar, percussion
- Manoj Ramdas – guitar
- Sune Rose Wagner – guitar, bass, drums, percussion
- Stella Psaroudakis – voices, spoken word
- Anders Christensen – bass guitar, organ, percussion
- Jakob Hoyer – drums
- Moe Tucker – drums, percussion
- Ronnie Spector – vocals
- Martin Rev – keyboards
- Patrick Fong – design
- Nitin Vadukul – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Sune Rose Wagner, except where noted.
- The Heavens
- Seductress of Bums
- Love in a Trashcan
- Sleepwalking
- Uncertain Times
- My Boyfriend’s Back – Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer
- Here Comes Mary
- Red Train
- Twilight
- Somewhere in Texas
- You Say You Lie
- Ode to L.A.
- If I Was Young
George Harrison: Extra Texture
On September 22, 1975, “Apple” label released “Extra Texture (Read All About It)”, the sixth George Harrison studio album. It was recorded February 1971, April –June 1975, August–September 1974, at “A&M Studios” in Los Angeles; “FPSHOT” in Oxfordshire, and “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by George Harrison.
Personnel:
- George Harrison – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, ARP synthesizer, Moog synthesizer, piano
- Legs Larry Smith– vocal
- Ronnie Spector– vocal
- Jesse Ed Davis– electric guitar
- David Foster– piano, organ, ARP synthesizer, electric piano, tack piano, string arrangements
- Leon Russell– piano
- Nicky Hopkins– piano
- Billy Preston– electric piano
- Gary Wright– organ, electric piano, ARP synthesizer
- Klaus Voormann– bass
- Carl Radle– bass
- Willie Weeks– bass
- Paul Stallworth – bass, backing vocals
- Jim Keltner– drums, percussion
- Jim Gordon– drums, percussion
- Andy Newmark– drums
- Norm Kinney – percussion
- Jim Horn– saxophones
- Tom Scott– saxophones
- Chuck Findley– trumpet, trombone
Track listing:
All tracks by George Harrison.
- You
- The Answer’s at the End
- This Guitar (Can’t Keep from Crying)
- Ooh Baby (You Know That I Love You)
- World of Stone
- A Bit More of You”
- Can’t Stop Thinking About You
- Tired of Midnight Blue
- Grey Cloudy Lies
- His Name Is Legs (Ladies and Gentlemen)
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