34. "i think it might have been the other way around" In response to In response to 30
Spector influenced The Beatles, Beach Boys, etc.
so maybe Spector is actually a prime candidate
but then again, you can't blame any of these 60s cats, because they still had solid songs that they just enhanced with production. they wanted to prove that a record could be more than just the document of a particular performance... it could be a work of art in itself. and they did.