Obituaries

Rolling Stone: Phil Spector 'Wall Of Sound' Sound Engineer Larry Levine dies.

Music engineer Larry Levine, an associate of famed producer Phil Spector and the creator of the ”Wall of Sound“ recording technique, died at the age of eighty.

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Liverpool Daily Post: Larry Levine

There are always stars, but behind them are the people who make them shine – or, in this case, throb, soar, rumble and then pierce the heavens in glorious layers of music.

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New York Observer: Larry Levine, Phil Spector's Engineer, is Dead at 80

Surprisingly, today's Phil Spector news doesn't involve the legendary 69-year-old producer's murder trial, although it does involve a death: that of the engineer who helped create Mr. Spector's famed "Wall of Sound" recording technique.

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Electric Roulette: Phil Spector cohort, Larry Levine, RIP

One of the most important people in rock 'n' roll history has joined the choir invisible. Engineer Larry Levine has died at the ripe ol' age of 80. Who is Larry Levine? Lemme tell you.

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Guardian: Larry Levine

Recording engineer who was Phil Spector's righthand man during the Wall of Sound era.

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Idolator: Larry Levine R.I.P.

Larry Levine, Phil Spector's longtime engineer, died on his 80th birthday Thursday, according to a statement released by his family.

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Telegraph (UK): Larry Levine

Recording engineer who built the 1960s Wall of Sound but fell out with Phil Spector and did not speak to him for 10 years.

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Associated Press: Phil Spector recording engineer Larry Levine dies

Larry Levine, the recording engineer who helped Phil Spector re-invent rock 'n' roll music with his "Wall of Sound" technique and won a Grammy for his work with Herb Alpert, died on his 80th birthday, his family said Tuesday.

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Los Angeles Times: Larry Levine, 80; engineered record producer Phil Spector's 'Wall of Sound' in the 1960s

Larry Levine, the recording engineer who helped translate the grandiose sonic vision of record producer Phil Spector into some of the biggest-selling and most influential recordings of the rock era, died Thursday, on his 80th birthday, at his home in Encino.

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The Independent (UK): Larry Levine: Gold Star recording engineer who played a crucial role in the building of Phil Spector's 'Wall of Sound'.

The recording engineer is the producer's right-hand man, there to help capture a performance from the musicians and singers and mix all the elements into a coherent, cohesive whole, and it was in this crucial role that Larry Levine helped the legendary Phil Spector build his "Wall of Sound" in the Sixties.

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New Musical Express: Phil Spector collaborator passes away

Larry Levine, the man responsible for creating the ‘Wall Of Sound’ technique with producer Phil Spector, has died. He was 80.

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New York Times: Larry Levine, an Inventor of ‘Wall of Sound,’ Is Dead at 80

Larry Levine, the recording engineer who helped create Phil Spector’s groundbreaking ”wall of sound“ technique on hit records by the Crystals, the Ronettes and the Righteous Brothers, died May 8 at his home in Encino, Calif. He was 80.

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Scott's News: Larry Levine: Gold Star recording engineer who played a crucial role in the building of Phil Spector's 'Wall of Sound'

Genius sound engineer Larry Levine passed away on his 80th birthday last Thursday.

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All About Jazz: Larry Levine "Wall of Sound" Engineer

Larry Levine: Gold Star recording engineer who played a crucial role in the building of Phil Spector's ”Wall of Sound".

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Mix Online: Larry Levine, 'Wall of Sound' Engineer, 1928-2008

Recording engineer Larry Levine passed away May 8, 2008, on his 80th birthday, at his home in Southern California.

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Times Online: Recording engineer who helped the producer Phil Spector create his hit-making ‘wall of sound’

Whatever the psychology behind Phil Spector’s ”wall of sound“ on such records as Be My Baby and You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’, his obsessions depended upon coolly diligent Larry Levine.

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