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Newstalgia Pop Chronicles - Girl Groups Of The Sixties - The Spector Years

(Phil Spector with The Ronettes - Factory Work of a kind) [media id=17264] Anyone who has even a passing interest in the history of Pop Music has


(Phil Spector with The Ronettes - Factory Work of a kind)

BBC 6 Music on the history of Sixties Girl Groups. This installment, which aired last week, features the girl groups produced and guided by the legendary Phil Spector (yes, that Phil Spector - the one currently serving time, but that's another story). It dives into the history of many of the great groups of the period and exposes a few myths for what they are, while also giving some background on what was really a factory atmosphere that turned out one hit after the next.

Good listening and great information on a period of music occasionally dismissed and often portrayed under false pretenses.

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