But it’s pure Spector. He was an A&R guy for Liberty. Was supposed to produce it for Vicky Carr. Took it to England, with Darlene Love, cut it on his own label [Philles Records], credited it to the Crystals [who he had under contract], and released it.
Love got paid as a session musician [no royalties], Liberty and Carr got screwed, and Spector made all the money.
Speaking of which, somewhere on the internet there's a portion of Phil's "kiss-off" record to Les called "The Screw".
One of the best books on that era of recording is called "Temples of Sound" by Bill Clark. It was a twenty five buck paperback when it was released, it's now selling for around forty used. Next round, I'll skip the stock market and put all my money into recording history books.
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