Phil Spector Back to Mono 5LP box set

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Abkco 7118-1. An absolutely remarkable collection featuring ALL of the significant recordings produced by the man who invented "The Wall of Sound," from "To Know Him is To Love Him" by The Teddy Bears through "Love is All I Have to Give" by The Checkmates. Those hits comprise the first four records, and the fifth record is the legendary Phil Spector Christmas Album. The package includes a 12" by 11" book packed with lyrics, photos, liner notes about all the songs, and essays by Tom Wolfe and David Hinckley. The book includes an introduction and dedication by Spector himself. Also included is a 1 1/4" "Back To Mono" campaign-style button.

All content is in excellent to near-mint condition, except for 2-3" splits along the bottoms of the glossy-paper record sleeves and some ringwear on the sleeves. The vinyl is especially nice, having been played only a handful of times on my vintage, lovingly preserved Dual turntable. (P.S. The brown discoloration at the bottom of the box and booklet in the photos is a trick of the light - they're both clean and in excellent condition.)

The original Phil Spector tunes preserved in mono and on vinyl where they belong! Here's what you get:

Record One - A: To Know Him is to Love Him (The Teddy Bears)/Corrine Corrina (Ray Peterson)/Spanish Harlem (Ben E. King)/Pretty Little Angel Eyes (Curtis Lee)/Every Breath I Take (Gene Pitney)/I Love How You Love Me (The Paris Sisters)/Under the Moon of Love (Curtis Lee)/There's No Other Like My Baby (The Crystals) ... B: Uptown (The Crystals)/He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)(The Crystals)/He's A Rebel (The Crystals)/Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans)/Puddin' N' Tain (The Alley Cats)/He's Sure The Boy I Love (The Crystals)/Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts (Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans)/(Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry (Darlene Love)

Record Two - A: Da Doo Run Run (The Crystals)/Heartbreaker (The Crystals)/Why Don't They Let Us Fall in Love (Veronica)/Chapel of Love (Darlene Love)/Not Too Young To Get Married (Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans)/Wait Til My Bobby Gets Home (Darlene Love)/All Grown Up (The Crystals)/Be My Baby (The Ronettes) ... B: Then He Kissed Me (The Crystals)/A Fine Fine Boy (Darlene Love)/Baby I Love You (The Ronettes)/I Wonder (The Ronettes)/Girls Can Tell (The Crystals)/Little Boy (The Crystals)/Hold Me Tight (The Treasures)/(The Best Part of) Breaking Up (The Ronettes)

Record Three - A: Soldier Baby of Mine (The Ronettes)/Strange Love (Darlene Love)/Stumble and Fall (Darlene Love)/When I Saw You (The Ronettes)/So Young (Veronica)/Do I Love You? (The Ronettes)/Keep On Dancing (The Ronettes)/You, Baby (The Ronettes) ... B: Woman in Love (With You)(The Ronettes)/Walking in the Rain (The Ronettes)/You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (The Righteous Brothers)/Born To Be Together (The Ronettes)/Just Once In My Life (The Righteous Brothers)/Unchained Melody (The Righteous Brothers)

Record Four - A: Is This What I Get For Loving You? (The Ronettes)/Long Way to Be Happy (Darlene Love)/(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (The Righteous Brothers)/Ebb Tide (The Righteous Brothers)/This Could Be The Night (The Modern Folk Quartet)/Paradise (The Ronettes)/River Deep Mountain High (Ike & Tina Turner) ... B: I'll Never Need More Than This (Ike & Tina Turner)/A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knockin' Every Day)(Ike & Tina Turner)/Save the Last Dance for Me (Ike & Tina Turner)/I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine (The Ronettes)/You Came, You Saw, You Conquered (The Ronettes)/Black Pearl (Sonny Charles and The Checkmates)/Love is All I Have to Give (The Checkmates)

Record Five - A: White Christmas (Darlene Love)/Frosty the Snowman (The Ronettes)/The Bells of St. Mary's (Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans)/Santa Claus is Coming to Town (The Crystals)/Sleigh Ride (The Ronettes)/Marshmallow World (Darlene Love) ... B: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (The Ronettes)/Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (The Crystals)/Winter Wonderland (Darlene Love)/Parade of the Wooden Soldiers (The Crystals)/Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)(Darlene Love)/Here Comes Santa Claus (Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans)/Silent Night (Phil Spector and Artists)