Music Murderer Phil Spector Produces First Album In 30 Years... From Behind Bars
Posted on May 24, 2010 @ 07:45AM - 5 comments
Phil Spector is a jailbird music mogul, producing his first full recording project in three decades — from California’s Corcoran State Prison.
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Spector, who is serving a prison sentence of 19 years to life for the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson, worked on wife Rachelle’s debut album Out of My Chelle.
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The 70-year-old even released his own press release from behind bars, obtained by RadarOnline.com, trumpeting the June 8 release.
"I trusted her with my life and songs and production,” Spector said. "She's fantastic on this album.”
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Rachelle’s music is described as “upbeat, mainstream adult pop, with hints of R&B, rock and dance.”
On her website, Rachelle said one the album’s songs, Here in My Heart, describes the couple's troubled romance.
“It has special meaning for me. Like the lyric says, 'No matter where you are, you’re here in my heart’,” she said.
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“For the time being, of course, Philip is actually far away. But he's still the shining light in my life, and I can always feel him here with me.”
Rachelle has stood by her husband, who shot and killed Clarkson on February 3, 2003, at the his Alhambra mansion.
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During his first trial for the shooting death of Clarkson, the jury hung 10-2 in favor of conviction. In a retrial in 2009, he was convicted and sentenced to prison.
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Posted on May 29, 2009 @ 04:54AM - Add a comment
Upon leaving the courthouse after the sentencing of her husband Phil Spector to 19 years to life for the murder of Lana Clarkson, Rachelle Short maintained Spector’s innocence and also shed light on the rumors that the legendary record producer has throat cancer.
“My husband is not doing very well. He absolutely maintains he is innocent and that he was a victim of a character assassination during his trial,” Rachelle Short told reporters. “This is a sad day for everyone. The Clarksons lost a daughter and a sister but I have lost my best friend too. We will still try for options to bring Phil home where he belongs.”
As for the rumor that Spector is suffering from throat cancer, Short confirmed that, “he does have pre-cancerous pollups on is throat that continually have to be removed and he receives treatment for.”
It took two trials to convict Spector. His first trial was abandoned in 2007 after a jury failed to reach a unanimous decision.
The "Wall Of Sound" producer had been linked with several gun incidents with various women, trial witnesses claimed, over the years before the Clarkson shooting.
Spector's attorney Doron Weinberg says that the 69-year old producer (who worked with icons such as John Lennon, Tina Turner and Leonard Cohen) has kept his spirits high during the trial and sentencing process by focusing on an appeal.
"He's adjusting to the circumstances and settling down to wait out an appeal with high hopes," Weinberg said. "He feels he will win the appeal."
Weinberg also claimed that Spector has “steadfastly maintained since February 3, 2003… that he did not kill Lana Clarkson, and he is not responsible for her death.”
(Photo: Splash News)
