{"product_id":"tearing-down-the-wall-of-sound-the-rise-and-fall-of-phil-spector-9781400042197","title":"Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector","description":"\u003cp\u003eTearing Down the Wall of Sound is a remarkable book about  among other things  fame  obsession  genius  money and madness. It paints the fullest picture yet of a man who  whether creating some of the greatest pop music of all time  or destroying the lives of those closest to him  seems to have existed in a continuous state of mental agitation. The Phil Spector story still awaits its ending. In the meantime  this is the definitive study of the man  and the myth that engulfed him. Sean OHagan  The Observer (U.K.)  With a number-one hit at age eighteen  a millionaire with his own label by twenty-two  and proclaimed by Tom Wolfe The First Tycoon of Teen  Phil Spector owned pop culture  his roster as a producer including the Ronettes  the Righteous Brothers  Ike and Tina Turner  the Beatles  then John Lennon and George Harrison  as well as Leonard Cohen and the Ramones. But in the spring of 2007  he stands trial for murder.  A spectacularly troubled genius  Spector created with the Wall of Sound music never heard before  from Be My Baby and Youve Lost That Lovin Feelin to Imagine and My Sweet Lord. He suffered poorly the quantum shifts in rock and rollnot to mention the loss of his friends Lenny Bruce and John Lennongrowing ever more reclusive and abusive. By the turn of this century  however  he was not only sober but also attracted to new bands who knew his reputation  good and bad  all too well. Then  in February 2003  he leapt back into the headlines when Lana Clarkson  an actress  was found dead by gunshot in his Los Angeles mansion.  Only weeks before  Spector had granted Mick Brown the first major interview hed given in twenty-five yearsthe seed for this definitive  mesmerizing biography of a man who first became a king  then something else altogether.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45953284931637,"sku":"ByrdShop_1400042194","price":20.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781400042197.jpg?v=1788184074","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/tearing-down-the-wall-of-sound-the-rise-and-fall-of-phil-spector-9781400042197","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}