{"product_id":"tearing-down-the-wall-of-mick-brown-9781400076611","title":"Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning biography of \"pure self-interest and cruelty, tempered only slightly by the great musical achievements of Mr. Spector's golden age in the early 1960s\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe had a number one hit at eighteen. He was a millionaire with his own record label at twenty-two. He was, according to Tom Wolfe, \"the first tycoon of teen.\" Phil Spector owned pop music. From the Crystals, the Ronettes (whose lead singer, Ronnie, would become his second wife), and the Righteous Brothers to the Beatles (together and singly) and finally the seventies punk icons The Ramones, Spector produced hit after hit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut then he became pop music's most famous recluse. Until one day in the spring of 2007, when his name hit the tabloids, connected to a horrible crime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this \"bruising portrait of legendary music producer Phil Spector\" (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ethe last journalist to interview him before his arrest tells the full story of the troubled genius.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mick Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1400076617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400076611\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.28w x 1.08d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/22\/2008 pg. 20","brand":"Mick Brown","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043330552063,"sku":"9781400076611","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a68d161e-7f0a-4bb5-a87e-0bdb9a0fabe7.jpg?v=1684966537","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tearing-down-the-wall-of-mick-brown-9781400076611","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}