Phil Spector produces new track

Phil Spector’s ongoing murder trial hasn’t stopped the fabled producer from returning to the career that made him famous. His production work in recent years has been sporadic, but he has produced a new track titled “Crying for John Lennon” by 20-year-old singer-songwriter Hargo, to be included in a forthcoming Lennon documentary, “Strawberry Fields.”

In the track, which Spector worked on weekends and at night following his court appearances connected to the 2003 shooting at his home of actress Lana Clarkson, he resurrects his signature “Wall of Sound” production. The track is posted on Hargo’s website, www.hargo.net.

-- Randy Lewis

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