Various Artists - Phil Spector's Flips And Rarities - (2013) Marginal PS001 - Rare Soul/R&B/Doo Wop/Pop (FLAC)

The original flip sides to everybody’s favorite convicted murderer/hugely influential pop music producer phil Spector‘s string of mega hits issued on his own Philles label have never been re-issued in any way until this CD came out. Certainly this is an unauthorized CD compilation of rare 1960s tracks that Phil Spector had something to do with, as either producer, songwriter, or even artist.  Just because Spector was involved in a record didn't necessarily mean it was good, and the merits of this 30-song anthology are extremely erratic, though there are more undoubted high points than lows. Most of these cuts are good and still in demand by colllectors. The sound quality is pretty good, but the tracks have almost certainly (sometimes quite audibly so) been taken from vinyl records rather than master tapes as is the case with most Marginal/Bar releases. But back in the day there was a huge demand for rare Soul/R&B/Pop that the record companies ignored so Marginal from Belgium stepped up and filled that gap thankfully! These Marginal CD,s are still very much in demand today and hard to obtain. Love him or hate him Spector was years ahead of his time and a great innovator.

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