1. To Know Him Is to Love Him - Phil Spector, Spector, Phil
2. Corrine, Corrina - Phil Spector, Chatmon, Bo
3. Spanish Harlem - Phil Spector, Leiber, Jerry
4. Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Phil Spector, Boyce, Tommy
5. Every Breath I Take - Phil Spector, Goffin, Gerry
6. I Love How You Love Me - Phil Spector, Mann, Barry
7. Under the Moon of Love - Phil Spector, Lee, Curtis
8. There's No Other (Like My Baby) - Phil Spector, Spector, Phil
9. Uptown - Phil Spector, Mann, Barry
10. He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) - Phil Spector, King, Carole
11. He's a Rebel - Phil Spector, Pitney, Gene
12. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah - Phil Spector, Gilbert, Ray
13. Puddin' N' Tain - Phil Spector,
14. He's Sure the Boy I Love - Phil Spector, Mann, Barry
15. Why Do Lovers Break Each Others Hearts? - Phil Spector, Greenwich, Ellie
16. (Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry - Phil Spector, Greenwich, Ellie
17. Da Doo Ron Ron - Phil Spector, Barry, Jeff
18. Heartbreaker - Phil Spector, Barry, Jeff
19. Why Don't They Let Us Fall in Love - Phil Spector, Barry, Jeff
20. Chapel of Love - Phil Spector, Barry, Jeff
21. Not Too Young to Get Married - Phil Spector, Barry, Jeff
22. Wait 'Til My Bobby Gets Home - Phil Spector, Barry, Jeff
23. All Grown Up - Phil Spector, Barry, Jeff
24. Be My Baby - Phil Spector, Barry, Jeff
25. Then He Kissed Me - Phil Spector, Barry, Jeff
26. A Fine, Fine Boy - Phil Spector, Barry, Jeff
27. Baby I Love You - Phil Spector, Barry, Jeff
28. I Wonder - Phil Spector, Barry, Jeff
29. Girls Can Tell - Phil Spector, Barry, Jeff
30. Little Boy - Phil Spector, Barry, Jeff
31. Hold Me Tight - Phil Spector,
32. (The Best Part of) Breakin' Up - Phil Spector, Spector, Phil
33. Soldier Baby (Of Mine) - Phil Spector,
34. Strange Love - Phil Spector, Poncia, Vini
35. Stumble and Fall - Phil Spector, Spector, Phil
36. When I Saw You - Phil Spector, Spector, Phil
37. So Young - Phil Spector,
38. Do I Love You? - Phil Spector, Andreoli, Peter
39. Keep on Dancing - Phil Spector,
40. You Baby - Phil Spector, Mann, Barry
41. Woman in Love (With You) - Phil Spector,
42. Walking in the Rain - Phil Spector, Mann, Barry
43. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - Phil Spector, Mann, Barry
44. Born to Be Together - Phil Spector, Mann, Barry
45. Just Once in My Life - Phil Spector, Goffin, Gerry
46. Unchained Melody - Phil Spector, North, Alex
47. Is This What I Get for Loving You? - Phil Spector, Goffin, Gerry
48. Long Way to Be Happy - Phil Spector, King, Carole
49. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - Phil Spector, Best, William
50. Ebb Tide - Phil Spector, Maxwell, Robert
51. This Could Be the Night - Phil Spector,
52. Paradise - Phil Spector, Botkin, Perry Jr.
53. River Deep, Mountain High - Phil Spector, Barry, Jeff
54. I'll Never Need More Than This - Phil Spector,
55. Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday) - Phil Spector, Dozier, Lamont
56. Save the Last Dance for Me - Phil Spector, Pomus, D.
57. I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine - Phil Spector, Barry, Jeff
58. You Came, You Saw, You Conquered - Phil Spector, Levine, Irwin
59. Black Pearl - Phil Spector, Levine, Irwin
60. Love Is All I Have to Give - Phil Spector,
61. White Christmas - Darlene Love
62. Frosty The Snowman - The Ronettes
63. The Bells of St. Mary - Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans
64. Santa Claus is Coming to Town - The Crystals
65. Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes
66. Marshmallow World - Darlene Love
67. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - The Ronettes
68. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Crystals
69. Winter Wonderland - Darlene Love
70. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
71. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love
72. Here Comes Santa Claus - Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans
73. Silent Night - Phil Spector and Artists
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Among producers, his name remains the simile of choice. If some hotshot studio whiz emerges in, say, hip-hop, he's inevitably labeled "the Phil Spector of rap." That's quite a statement given that decades have passed since this boy from the Bronx remodeled rock & roll to suit his own visions of grandeur. The story of the girl-group auteur is a fascinating one. Spector composed a No. 1 hit at 17 (the Teddy Bears' "To Know Him Is to Love Him," its title inspired by the inscription on his father's tombstone). By 19 he was head of A&R for Atlantic Records. By the time he was 22, he'd founded his own label (Philles) and was churning out Wall of Sound hits at an unprecedented clip, beginning with the Crystals' "He's a Rebel." The four-disc Back to Mono befits its singular subject in both presentation (the richly annotated booklet includes a piece by Tom Wolfe) and content (60 songs cut between 1958 and 1969, plus the entire classic Yuletide LP A Christmas Gift for You). --Steven Stolder
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Back to Mono (1958-1969)
- Audio CD: 0 pages (1991-11-12)
- Publisher: Abkco
- Label: Abkco
- Format: Box set
- Studio: Abkco
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 58 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #6145
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Summary: Worth the price and more 2008-11-19
Comment:
Three CDs of Phil Spector produced songs plus a Christmas Album. In many ways, the man's career was as symmetrical as songs. There's a kind of slow start with sings that are, well, nice to listen to but nothing that hits you as worthy of memorial. Then, at least for me, comes "To Know Him Is to Love Him!" That's when you are faced with the first clear indication that something is going on here that you didn't expect. The songs have suddenly transformed from little melodies supporting childlike thoughts into waves of deep, loud, dramatic and near-operatic music that carries the message of absolute and pure undying, unselfish love.
Through this piece of his career, Spector defined what teen music was all about. He did this with a cast of characters - both in front or and behind the mike - from whom their work can only be described as synergistic. Not that these folks - Darlene Love and Hal Blaine, to name but two - were bereft of true talent. Spector gave them the means, motive and opportunity to use those talents for a musical greater good. These CDs capture each and every one of the songs. Which songs fit here? While - to quote my wife's ex-husband: "It must be obvious." - let's name just five, OK?
`Be My Baby'
`He's a Rebel'
`Spanish Harlem'
`Unchained Melody'
`Save the Last Dance for me'
After that, well, something changed. Maybe it was the times or maybe it was the music itself...or maybe it was the producer. It's to say what had happened, but there's no question that the music simply did not sell. There is nothing specifically wrong with `River Deep, Mountain High' or `Black Pearl,' mind you. It's just that there is a little less magic. And, the magic is gone, the buying public leaves and few ever recapture it. Judging by subsequent efforts across decades with The Beatles and The Ramones, it is - to this reviewer's mind - more likely it was the producer.
But, in the end, we are left with some magnificent music, well worth the original listed price for this box set, and a very precious gift in the Christmas album. It stands as a monument to a talented but flawed individual.
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Summary: Just like O.J. 2008-06-21
Comment: Just like O.J. ...... The fact that Phil is now involved in a huge murder trial does not diminish what was accomplished years ago........a great box set from one of the most creative producers ever. You will recognize almost every track....Yeah , so maybe the guy is guilty (that's for a jury to decide)... it does not take away his accomplishments of the past . Just like O.J. and his football records
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Summary: It's the music ,stupid! 2007-11-04
Comment: I was amazed to see this great box going for less than 20 bucks; no doubt because of Phil's present difficulties with the law. What a load of garbage! This is, was, and will forever remain great great music crafted by a bona fide genius producer. If some dumb record company (and we all know where their taste comes from) wants to prejudge Spector and lose money by "giving away" this box, that's OK by me!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Rhino! Shout Factory! Somebody! Anybody! 2007-09-04
Comment: Please....RE-MASTER THIS THING!! A great, great collection that would sound wonderful coming from an AM radio. As it is, reproduced through a decent sound system, it can be tough to listen to. The Phil Spector "Definitive Collection" has much better sound, but is much more incomplete. This'll have to do until Phil works out his legal problems....one way or another, I guess.
It pretty much goes without saying, this is docked a star for not being re-mastered.
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Summary: Genius? 2007-08-07
Comment: Spector made a few great records, but his "genius" is probably a little overstated.
All his best work is here including the girl group classics by the Ronettes and the Crystals (which you probably won't find on other compilations as Spector is averse to licensing his work to third parties).
One track every person must hear before they die is Ike and Tina Turner's "River Deep Mountain High".
This song is so mind-blowingly overwhelming, it's astonishing the effect it has.
People would never have heard anything like this at the time, hence the lack of sales/airplay, but now it's an obvious classic.
Turn the volume to maximum!
Overall, though it's not worth the list price of $74.
Get it on special or secondhand. There aren't enough essential tracks to be worth the full price and the sound quality is less than superb.
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