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...this sounds like a mess, but it isn't; all of Spector's productions have a solid beat - they swing, in fact - and in each number some distinctive solo instrument rides clearly above the mix, carefully placed, articulating the hooks. (Take a listen to the acoustic guitar in this segment from "Uptown.") One of the most interesting components in the Wall of Sound is the horn section, which modulates through the chords without accent, like a pianist who hits a chord once and then holds down the reverb pedal until the next harmonic shift. Other elements define the beat...
...What did interest me, however, was LP number 5: "The Phil Spector Wall of Sound Vol. 5: Rare Masters." To an obsessive, of course, the words "rare master" are Pavlovian triggers like "never released", "obscure B-side" and "the Beatles butcher-cover." That it turned out to be a great record was irrelevant - I had no choice. I was Ahab, the white whale was off the starboard. Somehow I got the money (probably around six or seven dollars) and "Rare Masters" was in my hands...
...Finally there are two masterpieces, songs as good as "Be My Baby" or "River Deep Mountain High." The first is a Veronica number called "Why Don't They Let Us Fall In Love." Phil opens with a seismic riff - a sax line of tectonic dimension, especially on crankin? speakers - but the song's just starting, and the second time through he adds the backup vocals: "Bop bop bop, bop bop ba-dah-dah dah-dah..." I'm sitting on that couch in the dark, my next-door neighbor is pounding on the wall...
...Rare Masters 2"! The whole series was promoted on the back of each LP, but there was nothing anywhere about a number 2. My God! And I don?t have any cash! Since I am a starving musician I also have no credit card. ATMs are just beginning to appear but that doesn't help - a bank card needs a bank account! I hurry home but I can't get back to Newberry?s till late that afternoon. I am so sure no one else loves this music as much as me that maybe I didn't hustle like...
...scandal that led to the HIID's demise was perpetrated by a small number of highly-placed people; meanwhile, the other members of the HIID's staff remained deeply committed to improving the plight of the world's worst-off. The Crimson should be smarter than to presume guilt by association. Rather than attacking the CID, we should be praising it--and getting involved. As long as a million people die each year of malaria, and as long as students don't know about it, the CID is a necessary part of Harvard...