Back To Mono (1958-1969) Boxset

Back To Mono (1958-1969) Boxset

Performer: Compilation

Title: Back To Mono (1958-1969) Boxset

Track Listing:

Disc 1

To Know Him Is To Love Him (Phil Spector) The Teddy Bears 2:23

Corrina, Corrina (Mitchell Parish, Bo Chatman, J. Mayo Williams) Ray Peterson 2:40

Spanish Harlem (Jerry Leiber and Phil Spector) Ben E. King 2:51

Pretty Little Angel Eyes (Tommy Boyce and Curtis Lee) Curtis Lee 2:45

Every Breath I Take (Gerry Goffin and Carole King) Gene Pitney 2:43

I Love How You Love Me (Barry Mann and Larry Kolber) The Paris Sisters 2:06

Under The Moon Of Love (Tommy Boyce and Curtis Lee) Curtis Lee 2:50

There's No Other Like My Baby (Phil Spector and Leroy Bates) The Crystals 2:31

Uptown (Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann) The Crystals 2:19

He Hit Me (It Felt Like A Kiss) (Gerry Goffin and Carole King) The Crystals 2:32

He's A Rebel Ge(ne Pitney) The Crystals 2:25

Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (Ray Gilbert and Allie Wrubel) Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans 2:49

Puddin' N' Tain (Gary Pipkin, Alonzo Willis, Brice Coefield) The Alley Cats 2:48

He's Sure The Boy I Love (Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil) The Crystals 2:44

Why Do Lovers Break Each Others Hearts (Ellie Greenwich, Tony Powers, Phil Spector) Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans 2:48

(Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry (Greenwich, Powers, Spector) Darlene Love 2:48

Da Doo Ron Ron (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector) The Crystals 2:17

Heartbreaker (Greenwich, Barry, Spector) The Crystals 2:34

Why Don't They Let Us Fall In Love (Greenwich, Barry, Spector) Veronica 2:39

Chapel of Love (Greenwich, Barry, Spector) Darlene Love 2:24

Not Too Young To Get Married (Greenwich, Barry, Spector) Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans 2:27

Wait Til My Bobby Gets Home (Greenwich, Barry, Spector) Darlene Love 2:23

All Grown Up (Greenwich, Barry, Spector) The Crystals 2:49

Disc 2

Be My Baby (Greenwich, Barry, Spector) The Ronettes 2:40

Then He Kissed Me (Greenwich, Barry, Spector) The Crystals 2:37

A Fine Fine Boy (Greenwich, Barry, Spector) Darlene Love 2:46

Baby, I Love You (Greenwich, Barry, Spector) The Ronettes 2:50

I Wonder (Greenwich, Barry, Spector) The Ronettes 2:51

Girls Can Tell (Greenwich, Barry, Spector) The Crystals 2:36

Little Boy (Greenwich, Barry, Spector) The Crystals 2:59

Hold Me Tight (John Lennon and Paul McCartney) The Treasures 2:53

The Best Part of Breakin' Up (Vini Poncia, Pete Andreoli, Phil Spector) The Ronettes 3:02

Soldier Baby Of Mine (Poncia, Andreoli, Spector) The Ronettes 2:52

Strange Love (Poncia, Andreoli, Spector) Darlene Love 3:00

Stumble And Fall (Poncia, Andreoli, Spector) Darlene Love 2:22

When I Saw You (Spector) The Ronettes 2:43

So Young (William Tyus) Veronica 2:36

Do I Love You? (Poncia, Andreoli, Spector) The Ronettes 2:50

Keep On Dancing (Greenwich, Barry, Spector) The Ronettes 2:32

You, Baby (Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann, Phil Spector) The Ronettes 2:56

Woman in Love (With You) (Weil, Mann, Spector) The Ronettes 2:56

Walking in the Rain (Weil, Mann, Spector) The Ronettes 3:16

Disc 3

You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (Weil, Mann, Spector) The Righteous Brothers 3:46

Born to Be Together (Weil, Mann, Spector) The Ronettes 2:57

Just Once in My Life (Goffin, King, Spector) The Righteous Brothers 3:56

Unchained Melody (Hy Zaret and Alex North) The Righteous Brothers 3:37

Is This What I Get for Loving You? (Goffin, King, Spector)The Ronettes 3:21

Long Way to Be Happy (Gerry Goffin and Carole King) Darlene Love 2:48

(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (Deek Watson and William Best) The Righteous Brothers 2:47

Ebb Tide (Carl Sigman and Robert Maxwell) The Righteous Brothers 2:48

This Could Be the Night (Harry Nilsson and Phil Spector) The Modern Folk Quartet 2:39

Paradise (Perry Botkin Jr., Gil Garfield, Nilsson, Spector) The Ronettes 3:37

River Deep - Mountain High (Greenwich, Barry, Spector) Ike and Tina Turner 3:35

I'll Never Need More Than This (Greenwich, Barry, Spector) Ike and Tina Turner 3:27

A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knockin' Everyday) (Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland) Ike and Tina Turner 2:57

Save The Last Dance for Me (Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman) Ike and Tina Turner 2:47

I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine (Greenwich, Barry, Spector) The Ronettes 3:49

You Came, You Saw, You Conquered (Toni Wine, Irwin Levine, Spector) The Ronettes 2:49

Black Pearl (Wine, Levine, Spector) Sonny Charles and The Checkmates, Ltd. 3:19

Love Is All I Have to Give (Bobby Stephens and Phil Spector) The Checkmates, Ltd. 4:09

Disc 4: A Christmas Gift for You (Initially released as Philles 4005, November 22, 1963)

White Christmas (Irving Berlin) Darlene Love 2:52

Frosty the Snowman (Steve Nelson and Walter Rollins) The Ronettes 2:16

The Bells of St. Mary (A. Emmett Adams and Douglas Furber) Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans 2:54

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie) The Crystals 3:24

Sleigh Ride (Leroy Anderson and Mitchell Parish) The Ronettes 3:00

Marshmallow World (Carl Sigman and Peter DeRose) Darlene Love 2:23

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Tommy Connors) The Ronettes 2:37

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Johnny Marks) The Crystals 2:30

Winter Wonderland (Felix Bernard and Dick Smith) Darlene Love 2:25

Parade of the Wooden Soldiers (Leon Jessel) The Crystals 2:55

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry and Phil Spector) Darlene Love 2:45

Here Comes Santa Claus (Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman) Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans 2:03

Silent Night (Josef Mohr and Franz X. Gruber) Phil Spector and Artists 2:08

Notes:

Back to Mono (1958-1969) is a box set four-disc compilation of the recorded work of record producer Phil Spector, during the decade of the 1960s, released 1991, ABKCO 7118-2. The first track, "To Know Him Is To Love Him," presents the only exception as it was released in 1958, featuring Spector as performer as well, as part of the group The Teddy Bears. Initially a vinyl album-sized package, the box contained a booklet with photographs, complete song lyrics, discographical information, and a reproduction of the essay on Spector by Tom Wolfe, "The First Tycoon of Teen."

Back to Mono surveys recordings featuring and immediately leading up to the Wall of Sound, Spector's famed production trademark. Starting with "He's A Rebel" on disc one, through "I'll Never Need More Than This" and including disc four, all of the musical arrangements are by Jack Nitzsche. The list of musicians contributing to the tracks number in the hundreds, but prominent among them are Hal Blaine, Sonny Bono, Red Callendar, Glen Campbell, Al DeLory, Steve Douglas, Jim Gordon, Jim Horn, Carol Kaye, Barney Kessel, Larry Knechtel, Jay Migliori, Ray Pohlman, Don Randi, Lyle Ritz, Billy Strange, Tommy Tedesco, and Nino Tempo.

The set collects every single produced by Spector and issued on the Philles label, with the exception of Philles 132, "White Cliffs of Dover" by The Righteous Brothers, which did not chart. Of the catalogue items Philles 100 through 136, the set omits: Philles 101, 103, and 104, produced by Spector's early business partner and label namesake, Lester Sill; Philles 133, produced by Jeff Barry, although its b-side produced by Spector, "When I Saw You," does appear; and Philles 134, produced by Bob Crewe. Philles 105, withdrawn initially in 1962 owing to its controversial subject matter, has also been included. Both "Walking in the Rain" by The Ronettes and "Stumble and Fall" by Darlene Love are listed in most discographies, including the box booklet, as Philles 123. The single "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)," initially released in 1963 as Philles 119, was re-released the following year as Philles 125 with a different b-side, and did not chart either year. Philles 134 through 136 were not released in the United States.

In addition to the Philles singles catalogue, the first three discs present Spector productions for other labels, various unreleased material, and three album tracks from Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes featuring Veronica, Philles 4006, and River Deep - Mountain High, Philles 4011. Spector created additional imprints for specific projects, such as the Phil Spector label to promote the solo career of Veronica, the future Mrs. Spector, Veronica "Ronnie" Bennett of The Ronettes. Some of those items also appear on these discs.

The fourth disc contains the entirety of the holiday album released on the same day as the JFK assassination, A Christmas Gift for You, purportedly the only long-playing album from the time that Spector worked on with the same intensity that he generally lavished on the singles. It peaked at #13 on the Pop Album chart in 1963, although a reissue in 1972 went to #6.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 64 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. With the exception of an anthology of his productions for the girl group The Paris Sisters, Back to Mono represents the totality of Spector's singles from this period in print, as of Spring, 2007.

Details:

Producers: Phil Spector, Jerry Leiber

Engineers: Larry Levine, Bones Howe, Bill MacMeeken, Phill Ramone, Stan Ross

Mastering: Larry Levine, Jodi Klein

Released November 12, 1991

Recorded 1958-1969

Label ABKCO

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