PHIL SPECTOR Back To Mono 5-LP Vinyl Box Set SEALED NEW ronettes

$

195

Cleaning out my studio and what do I find? But an unopened Phil Spector box set.

Still has the plastic on it. I must have bought this and forgot about it...

Album Features

Artist: Phil Spector Format: Vinyl Release Year: 1991 Record Label: ABKCO Records Genre: Girl Groups, Oldies Number Of Discs: 4 Discs
Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. To Know Him Is to Love Him - Teddy Bears/Phil Spector
2. Corrine, Corrina - Ray Peterson/Phil Spector
3. Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King/Phil Spector
4. Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Curtis Lee/Phil Spector
5. Every Breath I Take - Gene Pitney/Phil Spector
6. I Love How You Love Me - The Paris Sisters/Phil Spector
7. Under the Moon of Love - Curtis Lee/Phil Spector
8. There's No Other Like My Baby - The Crystals/Phil Spector
9. Uptown - The Crystals/Phil Spector
10. He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss) - The Crystals/Phil Spector
11. He's a Rebel - The Crystals/Phil Spector
12. Zip-a-Dee-Do-Dah - Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans/Phil Spector
13. Puddin' N' Tain - Alley Cats/Phil Spector
14. He's Sure the Boy I Love - The Crystals/Phil Spector
15. Why Do Lovers Break Each Others Hearts - Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans/Phil Spector
16. Boy I'm Gonna Marry, The (Today I Met) - Darlene Love/Phil Spector
17. Da Doo Ron Ron - The Crystals/Phil Spector
18. Heartbreaker - The Crystals/Phil Spector
19. Why Don't Let Us Fall in Love - Veronica/Phil Spector
20. Chapel of Love - Darlene Love/Phil Spector
21. Not Too Young to Get Married - Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans/Phil Spector
22. Wait til My Bobby Gets Home - Darlene Love/Phil Spector
23. All Grown Up - The Crystals/Phil Spector

DISC 2:
1. Be My Baby - The Ronettes/Phil Spector
2. Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals/Phil Spector
3. Fine, Fine Boy, A - Darlene Love/Phil Spector
4. Baby, I Love You - The Ronettes/Phil Spector
5. I Wonder - The Ronettes/Phil Spector
6. Girls Can Tell - The Crystals/Phil Spector
7. Little Boy - The Crystals/Phil Spector
8. Hold Me Tight - The Treasures/Phil Spector
9. Breakin' up, (The Best Part of) - The Ronettes/Phil Spector
10. Soldier Baby of Mine - The Ronettes/Phil Spector
11. Strange Love - Darlene Love/Phil Spector
12. Stumble and Fall - Darlene Love/Phil Spector
13. When I Saw You - The Ronettes/Phil Spector
14. So Young - Veronica/Phil Spector
15. Do I Love You? - The Ronettes/Phil Spector
16. Keep on Dancing - The Ronettes/Phil Spector
17. You, Baby - The Ronettes/Phil Spector
18. Woman in Love (With You) - The Ronettes/Phil Spector
19. Walking in the Rain - The Ronettes/Phil Spector

DISC 3:
1. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - Righteous Brothers/Phil Spector
2. Born to Be Together - The Ronettes/Phil Spector
3. Just Once in My Life - Righteous Brothers/Phil Spector
4. Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers/Phil Spector
5. Is This What I Get For Loving You? - The Ronettes/Phil Spector
6. Long Way to Be Happy - Darlene Love/Phil Spector
7. For Sentimental Reasons, (I Love You) - Righteous Brothers/Phil Spector
8. Ebb Tide - Righteous Brothers/Phil Spector
9. This Could Be the Night - Modern Folk Quartet/Phil Spector
10. Paradise - The Ronettes/Phil Spector
11. River Deep-Mountain High - Ike & Tina Turner/Phil Spector
12. I'll Never Need More Than This - Ike & Tina Turner/Phil Spector
13. Love Like Yours, A (Don't Come Knockin' Everyday) - Ike & Tina Turner/Phil Spector
14. Save the Last Dance For Me - Ike & Tina Turner/Phil Spector
15. I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine - The Ronettes/Phil Spector
16. You Came, You Saw, You Conquered - The Ronettes/Phil Spector
17. Black Pearl - Sonny Charles & The Checkmates, Ltd./Phil Spector
18. Love Is All I Have to Give - The Checkmates/Phil Spector

DISC 4: A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU:
1. White Christmas - Darlene Love/Phil Spector
2. Frosty the Snowman - The Ronettes/Phil Spector
3. Bells of St. Mary, The - Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans/Phil Spector
4. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - The Crystals/Phil Spector
5. Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes/Phil Spector
6. Marshmallow World - Darlene Love/Phil Spector
7. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - The Ronettes/Phil Spector
8. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Crystals/Phil Spector
9. Winter Wonderland - Darlene Love/Phil Spector
10. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers - The Crystals/Phil Spector
11. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love/Phil Spector
12. Here Comes Santa Claus - Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans/Phil Spector
13. Silent Night - Phil Spector & Artists/Phil Spector

Details Playing Time: 173 min. Contributing Artists: Darlene Love, The Crystals, The Righteous Brothers, The Ronettes Producer: Larry Levine, Phil Spector Distributor: Universal Distribution Recording Type: Studio Recording Mode: Mono SPAR Code: n/a
Album Notes
Performers include: The Ronettes, The Crystals, Darlene Love, The Righteous Brothers.
A collection of 73 tracks spanning the years 1958-1969. Most of the tracks, including the entire classic A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU (included here) were originally released on Philles Records. The set was digitally remastered for mono by Phil Spector and Philles original engineer, Larry Levine. The package comes in a 12" x 12" box with a 96-page booklet containing the complete lyrics and track-by-track annotation.
At the time Back to Mono was released in 1991, Phil Spector's reputation as one of pop's great visionaries was intact, but there was no way to hear his genius. It wasn't just that there were no collections spotlighting his productions, there weren't collections of artists he produced. It wasn't until Back to Mono that there was a thorough overview of Spector's greatest work, and while it's not without flaws, it still stands as one of the great box sets. Some may complain that there are no selections from his superstar '70s productions for John Lennon, George Harrison, Leonard Cohen, and the Ramones, but that's for the best, since their presence would have been incongruous, taking attention away from the music that forms the heart of Spector's legacy. All of that music is here, not just on the first three discs, all devoted to singles, but also on the fourth disc, his seminal 1963 holiday album, A Christmas Gift for You, which isn't just the greatest rock Christmas album, but a crystallization of his skills. It could be argued that the song selection overlooks some obscure fan favorites, such as "Do the Screw," but that's simply nitpicking, because what's here are all the great Spector records, which were hardly just great productions, they were great songs as well. As the set plays, it's hard not to be stunned by the depth of the material and clarity of Spector's vision for his famed Wall of Sound, whether you've heard these songs hundreds of times or not at all -- especially because they gain power when grouped together. Many producers have been credited as the true creative force behind many rock records, but usually that's hyperbole. In Spector's case, it wasn't, as this set gloriously proves. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Editorial Reviews
5 Stars - Classic - ...Spector brought a grand, ennobling passion to the teen love song and a soaring, sonic architecture to teen dance music....his style has been enormously influential, but his achievement remains unique...
Rolling Stone (11/28/1991)

5 Stars - Classic - ...Spector's genius was for matching voice to material...
Q (12/01/1991)

...the master of the Wall Of Sound... one of the few box sets whose existence is justified more by merit than marketing... - Rating: A+
Entertainment Weekly (11/08/1991)

Ranked #64 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
Rolling Stone (12/11/2003)