Murderer Phil Spector left terrified after receiving 'creepy' prison note from notorious killer Charles Manson
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 8:10 PM on 26th July 2009
Phil Spector used to take calls from Tina Turner and John Lennon, but now the only person who wants to work with him is mass murderer Charles Manson.
Manson is anxious to make music with the 69-year-old producer, who is serving life in prison for the shooting of actress Lana Clarkson.
Spector’s wife Rachelle told a U.S. newspaper: ‘A guard brought Philip a note from Manson.
‘He said he considers Philip the greatest producer who ever lived. It was creepy. Philip didn’t respond.’
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Manson, 74, is being held at Corcoran State Prison in Los Angeles, where he is serving a life sentence for conspiring to murder seven people, including movie star Sharon Tate, in 1969.
‘I think Manson wants to glean some musical advice from Phil, who was a Sixties music god with his “Wall of Sound”,’ publicist Hal Lifson said.
‘But Phil’s like, “I used to pick up the phone and it was John Lennon or Celine Dion or Tina Turner and now Charles Manson is trying to get a hold of me!’’.’
Manson is being held in a separate wing to the producer of hits Be My Baby and Unchained Melody.
The cult leader was initially sentenced to death in 1969 for the deaths of movie star Sharon Tate, coffee heiress Abigail Folger and three others stabbed and shot to death at Tate's LA home.
Phil Spector allowed to have jamming sessions with inmates
Cell of sound: Phil Spector
Phil Spector could be allowed to take part in 'jamming sessions' with other inmates while he serves his life sentence for murder.
The 69-year-old music producer, who is classified as a medium security prisoner, has also been told he can keep personal items in his cell.
Spector was moved to the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility in California State Prison, after it was deemed he may be at risk of attack by other inmates.
A prison spokesman said: 'The facility he is on now, there are a bunch of inmates that have instruments and they all play together on the exercise yard.'
Spector, who worked with some of the music world's biggest names and was responsible for the 'Wall of Sound' production technique, may be allowed to join in.
He was convicted in April of the 2003 killing of actress Lana Clarkson.
He was convicted of second-degree murder in April after the first trial ended with a mistrial.
As a medium security prisoner he has a cell to himself and can make some requests for items he wants in his cell.
His wife, Rachelle, said a list was already being compiled.
‘He wants a TV and an iPod or something like that for listening to music - and he would like to be able to receive e-mail,’ she said.
Mug shot: Phil Spector, pictured for the first time without a wig after arriving in jail last month, will now be housed with under-threat gangsters and sex offenders
Rachelle Spector said she was relieved her husband was out of North Kern State Prison, where he has been undergoing evaluation.
He had been forced to ditch his trade-mark wigs and posed for a less than flattering prison mug-shot which showed him to he bald.
Rachelle said Spector said he was forced to sleep naked on the floor for two nights and to eat out of a bowl with his hands ‘like a dog.’
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Prison authorities denied the claims.
The state prison in Corcoran, which houses 6,900 inmates, has played host to other entertainment figures in the past.
Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr served time there in 1999 for violating his probation in a drug conviction and ended up counselling other inmates before he was released.
