SPECTORESQUE 3

   MOST OF THE MUSICIANS PLAYING ON THE PHIL SPECTOR RECORDS WERE PART OF THE WRECKING CREW, A LOOSE GROUP OF MAINLY JAZZ SESSION MUSICIANS, WORKING IN L.A THROUGHOUT THE 50’S AND 60’S.     AS SESSION MUSICIANS THEY APPEARED ON HUNDREDS OF HIT RECORDS, FROM THE BEACH BOYS TO FRANK SINATRA, COVERING POP, ROCK AND JAZZ WITH EASE.    SOME OF THE TUNES ON THIS PLAYLIST WERE SPECTOR RELEASED, AND ALTHOUGH CREDITED TO THE MORE RECOGNISED GROUPS SUCH AS THE CRYSTALS AND THE RONETTES, IN TRUTH ARE JUST ODD B-SIDES AND JAZZ INSTRUMENTALS FEATURING THE SESSION MUSICIANS THEMSELVES.      THERE’S A FEW MORE BITS OF SPECTOR RELATED MATERIAL AND LASTLY SOME OF THE WRECKING CREWS SOLO PROJECTS.    WITH SOME JAZZ, BLUES AND BEAT, AND A FEW LITTLE INTERESTING (MODERNIST?) MOD GEMS! FOR GOOD MEASURE- AND APART FROM A FEW BACKING VOCALS, HARDLY A GIRL GROUP IN SIGHT!   1 PHIL HARVEY-BUMBERSHOOT 2 THE RONETTES- BEBE & SUSU 3 THE RONETTES-TEDESCO & PITMAN 4 THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS-THERE’S A WOMAN 5 DARLENE LOVE-NINO & SONNY 6 THE PHIL SPECTOR GROUP-BIG RED 7 THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS-I JUST WANT TO MAKE LOVE TO YOU 8 THE PHIL SPECTOR GROUP- HARRY (FROM W.VA) & MILT 9 THE CRYSTALS-(LETS DANCE) THE SCREW 10 THE CRYSTALS-BROTHER JULIUS 11 BOB B SOXX & THE BLUE JEANS-DR KAPLANS OFFICE 12 PHIL SPECTOR GROUP- MISS JOAN & MR SAM 13 THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS- GREEN ONIONS 14 JACK NITZSHE-THE LONELY SURFER 15 HAL BLAINE-THE BEAT GOES ON 16 CAROL KAYE-BOOGALOO 17 BARNEY KESSEL-SHUFFLIN’ 18 BUDDY COLLETTE-JAZZ CITY BLUES 19 THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS-THE RAT RACE 20 HAL BLAINE-DRUMS A GO GO 21 SONNY BONO-TONY (SONNY’S GROUP) 22 PLAS JOHNSON-GREASE PATROL 23 CHUCK BERGHOFER-AFTERNOON IN PARIS 24 JACK NITZSHE-EBB TIDE