Phil Spector collaborator passes away
Larry Levine, the human responsible for creating the �??Wall Of Sound�?? technique with producer Phil Spector, has died. He was 80.
Levine became Spector�??s longtime transcription technologist afterward the pair worked together on The Crystals�?? �??He�??s A Rebel�??, and they went on to work together on such classics as �??Da Doo Ron Ron�??, The Righteous Brothers' �??You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling�??, and Dwight David Eisenhower & Tina Turner�??s smash �??River Deep, Mountain High�??.
In addition to his work with Spector, Levine worked with many legendary acts of the Apostles including The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Carpenters and Eddie Jacqueline Cochran.
Born in Newly York on English hawthorn 8, 1928, Levine grew up in Los Angeles and learned how to be a sound locomotive engineer at Gold Asterisk Transcription Studios in Los Angeles, which were owned by his cousin Stan Sir John Ross.
Ross told the Los Angeles Multiplication that Levine was responsible for very much of Spector�??s success locution:
"He made Phil Spector a genius by applying the simple logic of victimisation echo sleeping room. Phil had a tendency of overbooking the room, and in that respect were more musicians than on that point should have been in the studio apartment. It gave it dimension. It sounded like it was a football game airfield."
Levine suffered from pulmonary emphysema earlier his death. He is survived by his married woman Lyn, sons, Kink, Rob and Michael, four grandchildren and a sister, James Joyce Black.
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