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That Spector Spectre

The other two discs in the set
had the misfortune of being
co-produced by Phil Spector. One
would think that the Beatles would
never work with Spector again after
his disgusting butchery of "The
Long and Winding Road."

Yet here he is again, arranging
almost every cut as though George
were the Crystals or the Righteous
Brothers. Phil Spector has in fact
produced some great records, but
he feels obliged to force his style on
every song he touches, even when it
clearly doesn't fit.

Once you wade through the
orchestrations, there are some very
good songs, yet nothing that even
approaches the quality of
Harrison's earlier material, nothing
as good as "Here Comes the Sun,"
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps,"
"Something," "Sour Milk Sea,"
"Savoy Truffle," "It's All Too
Much," or "If I Needed Someone."