Rare The Crystals (Let's Dance) The Screw 45 R & B tittyshaker Phil Spector
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(Let's Dance/Do) The Screw The Crystals (not original)
In January 1963, Phil Spector went into the studio with Philles’ best-selling act, the Crystals, along with pianist Michael Spencer and two other musicians, to record a Spector-penned tune entitled “(Let’s Dance) The Screw – Part 1.” The “song” featured the Crystals, backed by a catchy dance beat provided by piano, bass, and drums. This song, written by Phil Spector, who also "sings" what passes for the chorus ("Dance the screw") was never released or even intended for release. It was meant as a parting shot at Spector's former business partner Lester Sill.
"The Screw" and the story surrounding it has passed into rock and roll legend. "The Screw" and the legend surrounding it even has echoes in two later songs. In 1970 the Rolling Stones recorded a song called "Schoolboy Blues" with blatantly obscene lyrics to render it unreleaseable, in order to complete their contract with Decca Records (much like the legend surrounding "The Screw"). Then in 1975, Queen's Freddie Mercury wrote "Death On Two Legs" (which was released) as a "Screw"-like parting shot at their estranged former manager.
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