Some Words from the Bird

 In the eighties, I recall hearing the "Be my little baby" in the Eddie Money hit "Take Me Home Tonight", and thinking that the singer's voice was remarkable. It was Ronnie Spector revisiting  twenty or so years before when she was a member of an all girl group the Ronettes. This album features Ronnie as the predominant force, with the Ronettes providing backup vocals, and the Phil Spector Wall of Sound rounding out the mix. I have to say that it is a little dated, but a good listen nonetheless.  The album starts out with some thunder and then Ronnie starts to sing. "Walking in the Rain" sets the tone for the rest of the album. Her voice is angelic and the backups are strong as well. The music is intriguing, it is in your face, but each instrument can still be discerned. It is not a muddy mess, but rather a testament to the recording genius of Phil Spector. I watched a YouTube piece on the studio they used to capture the Wall of Sound. It seemed real...

 One more post about the Beatles, and I promise we will move on to something different for an album or two. When creating my listening list, I sorted the albums more or less chronologically, and they were originally sorted by ranking. Thus, when I check which album I am listening to next, I sometimes have back to back (to back, in this case) entries from the same artist. It is unfortunate to a degree; I have listened to these three albums one after the other; so the impact of this album may have bled together with the others.    From the first chord this album stands out as more complex than the previous offerings from the Beatles. I heard this chord, and thought it sounded odd, and so I sought out it's identity via Google. There were several different answers given, often conflicting, and there are some thorough presentations as to how this sound is arrived at available online. I had no idea that this debate existed. It is fascinating that someone would go to the leng...