1971 Spector has a panic attack and exits a boarded plane headed from Los Angeles to New York, causing a bomb scare. In October 1971, he is heading from New York to Los Angeles after attending a John Lennon and Yoko Ono art show when he refuses to board a

1971

Spector has a panic attack and exits a boarded plane headed from Los Angeles to New York, causing a bomb scare. In October 1971, he is heading from New York to Los Angeles after attending a John Lennon and Yoko Ono art show when he refuses to board a plane for fear of it crashing, and even tries to persuade Ringo Starr to take another flight with him. He eventually goes alone on a separate plane.

1973
During a recording session with John Lennon, the frustrated producer apparently takes a shot at the ceiling of A&M Studios in Hollywood during an altercation with the Beatles' gofer, Mal Evans. To add insult to near-injury, he later absconds with Lennon's master tapes mid-project. Spector biographer Dave Thompson contends that it was Lennon and his friends who were "out of control," saying that "...pulling a gun was the only way Phil could ever get their attention."