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Spector (Sky documentary)

Chris Charlesworth, Just Backdated, January 2023

THERE WAS no more pathetic sight than the prison shots of Phil Spector, wrinkled and bald, his dignity in ruins, his vanity undone, his arrogance tamed; the great record producer – some say the greatest ever – reduced to little more than a husk. Most of the interviewees in Spector, the Sky documentary film aired this week, believe he got his just deserts and it's hard to argue with them, though his daughter Nicole does her best and a handful of figures from his past, musicians and studio hands who'd worked with him long ago, draw more attention to his accomplishments than to the way it all ended.

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