The Essential Phil Spector

by Phil Spector

Overview

Producer Phil Spector's famed and innovative Wall of Sound recording techniques, which consisted of massed instruments, close-quarter ensemble recording, symphonic structure, and, above all, good songs (most of which Spector wrote or co-wrote) sung by vital artists, influenced, in one way or another, every pop producer who followed him. This two-disc set collects Spector's most essential and enduring productions, including classics like the Crystals' "Da Doo Ron Ron," the Ronettes' marvelous "Be My Baby," the emotionally epic "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" by the Righteous Brothers, and the majestic "River Deep, Mountain High" by Ike & Tina Turner, among others, making this indeed the essential Phil Spector. The cornerstones are all here. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	10/24/2011
Label:	Legacy / Sony Legacy
UPC:	0886978642226
Rank:	6172

Tracks

Disc 1

1. To Know Him Is to Love Him  - Stan Ross  - Phil Spector  -  Teddy Bears
2. Corrine, Corrina  - Bo Chapman  - Robert Mersey  - Mitchell Parish  - Ray Peterson  - Phil Spector  - J. Mayo Williams
3. Spanish Harlem  - Stan Applebaum  - Ben E. King  - Jerry Leiber  - Phil Ramone  - Phil Spector  - Mike Stoller
4. Pretty Little Angel Eyes  - Tommy Boyce  - Curtis Lee  - Bill MacMeeken  - Phil Spector
5. Every Breath I Take  - Gerry Goffin  -  Halos  - Carole King  - Alan Lorder  - Gene Pitney  - Phil Spector
6. I Love How You Love Me  - Larry Kolber  - Hank Levine  - Barry Mann  -  Paris Sisters  - Stan Ross  - Phil Spector
7. There's No Other Like My Baby  - Leroy Bates  -  Crystals  - Arnold Goland  - Bill MacMeeken  - Phil Spector
8. Uptown  -  Crystals  - Hank Levine  - Bill MacMeeken  - Barry Mann  - Phil Spector  - Cynthia Weil
9. He's a Rebel  -  Crystals  - Larry Levine  - Jack Nitzsche  - Gene Pitney  - Phil Spector
10. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah  -  Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans  - Ray Gilbert  - Larry Levine  - Jack Nitzsche  - Phil Spector  - Allie Wrubel
11. Puddin' n' Tain  -  Alley Cats  - Brice Coefield  - Larry Levine  - Jack Nitzsche  - Gary Pipkin  - Phil Spector  - Alanzo Willis
12. He's Sure the Boy I Love  -  Crystals  - Larry Levine  - Barry Mann  - Jack Nitzsche  - Phil Spector  - Cynthia Weil
13. Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart?  -  Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans  - Ellie Greenwich  - Larry Levine  - Darlene Love  - Jack Nitzsche  - Tony Powers  - Phil Spector
14. (Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry  - Ellie Greenwich  - Larry Levine  - Darlene Love  - Jack Nitzsche  - Tony Powers  - Phil Spector
15. Da Doo Ron Ron  - Jeff Barry  -  Crystals  - Ellie Greenwich  - Larry Levine  - Jack Nitzsche  - Phil Spector
16. Not Too Young to Get Married  - Jeff Barry  -  Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans  - Ellie Greenwich  - Larry Levine  - Darlene Love  - Jack Nitzsche  - Phil Spector
17. Wait 'Til My Bobby Gets Home  - Jeff Barry  - Ellie Greenwich  - Larry Levine  - Darlene Love  - Jack Nitzsche  - Phil Spector

Disc 2

18. Be My Baby  - Jeff Barry  - Ellie Greenwich  - Larry Levine  - Jack Nitzsche  -  Ronettes  - Phil Spector
19. Then He Kissed Me  - Jeff Barry  -  Crystals  - Ellie Greenwich  - Larry Levine  - Jack Nitzsche  - Phil Spector
20. A Fine, Fine Boy  - Jeff Barry  - Ellie Greenwich  - Larry Levine  - Darlene Love  - Jack Nitzsche  - Phil Spector
21. Baby, I Love You  - Jeff Barry  - Ellie Greenwich  - Larry Levine  - Jack Nitzsche  -  Ronettes  - Phil Spector
22. (The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up  - Peter Andreoli  - Jack Nitzsche  - Vince Jr. Poncia  -  Ronettes  - Phil Spector
23. Hold Me Tight  - Pete Anders  - John Lennon  - Larry Levine  - Paul McCartney  - Jack Nitzsche  - Phil Spector  -  Treasures
24. Stumble and Fall  - Peter Andreoli  - Larry Levine  - Darlene Love  - Jack Nitzsche  - Vince Jr. Poncia  - Phil Spector
25. When I Saw You  - Jack Nitzsche  -  Ronettes  - Phil Spector
26. Do I Love You?  - Peter Andreoli  - Larry Levine  - Jack Nitzsche  - Vincent Poncia  -  Ronettes  - Phil Spector
27. Walking in the Rain  - Larry Levine  - Barry Mann  - Jack Nitzsche  -  Ronettes  - Phil Spector  - Cynthia Weil
28. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'  - Larry Levine  - Barry Mann  - Gene Page  -  Righteous Brothers  - Phil Spector  - Cynthia Weil
29. Unchained Melody  - Larry Levine  - Jack Nitzsche  - Alex North  -  Righteous Brothers  - Phil Spector  - Ralph Valentin  - Hy Zaret
30. Ebb Tide  - Perry Jr. Botkin  - Larry Levine  - Robert Maxwell  -  Righteous Brothers  - Carl Sigman  - Phil Spector
31. This Could Be the Night  - Larry Levine  -  Modern Folk Quartet  - Harry Nilsson  - Jack Nitzsche  - Phil Spector
32. Paradise  - Perry Jr. Botkin  - Gil Garfield  - Larry Levine  - Harry Nilsson  - Jack Nitzsche  -  Ronettes  - Phil Spector
33. River Deep, Mountain High  - Jeff Barry  - Ellie Greenwich  - Larry Levine  - Jack Nitzsche  - Phil Spector  -  Turner
34. I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine  - Jeff Barry  - Perry Jr. Botkin  - Ellie Greenwich  - Bones Howe  - Larry Levine  -  Ronettes  - Phil Spector
35. Black Pearl  - Perry Jr. Botkin  -  Charles  -  Checkmates Ltd.  - Irwin Levine  - Larry Levine  - Phil Spector  - Toni Wine

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Phil Spector   Primary Artist
Ben E. King   Primary Artist
The Teddy Bears   Primary Artist
Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans   Primary Artist
The Paris Sisters   Primary Artist
Ray Peterson   Primary Artist
The Righteous Brothers   Primary Artist
Modern Folk Quartet   Primary Artist
The Ronettes   Primary Artist
Darlene Love   Primary Artist
Sonny Charles & the Checkmates, Ltd.   Primary Artist
Curtis Lee   Primary Artist
The Treasures   Primary Artist
Checkmates Ltd.   Primary Artist
Ike & Tina Turner   Primary Artist
The Crystals   Primary Artist
Gene Pitney   Primary Artist
The Alley Cats   Primary Artist
Pete Anders   Featured Artist
The Halos   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Carole King   Composer
Vincent Poncia   Composer
Tom Burleigh   Project Director
Gene Pitney   Composer
John Lennon   Composer
Domenic Priore   Liner Notes
Bill MacMeeken   Engineer
Ralph Valentin   Engineer
Tony Powers   Composer
Brice Coefield   Composer
Gary Pipkin   Composer
Vince Poncia, Jr.   Composer
Jeff Gilligan   Design,Art Direction
Kabir Hermon   Analog Transfer,Digital Transfers
Alanzo Willis   Composer
Bo Chapman   Composer
Alan Lorder   Arranger
Perry Botkin, Jr.   Arranger,Composer
Phil Ramone   Engineer
Robert Maxwell   Composer
Stan Ross   Engineer
Paul McCartney   Composer
Bones Howe   Engineer
Rob Santos   Compilation Producer
Robert Mersey   Arranger
Jerry Leiber   Composer,Producer
Ray Gilbert   Composer
Mike Stoller   Producer
Harry Nilsson   Composer
Mitchell Parish   Composer
Tommy Boyce   Composer
Alex North   Composer
Gerry Goffin   Composer
Gil Garfield   Composer
Hank Levine   Arranger
Allie Wrubel   Composer
Carl Sigman   Composer
Phil Spector   Arranger,Composer,Producer,Original Recording Producer
Stan Applebaum   Arranger
+   Analog Transfer,Digital Transfers
Curtis Lee   Composer
Barry Mann   Composer
Gene Page   Arranger
Vic Anesini   Mastering
Jeff Barry   Composer
Leroy Bates   Composer
Hy Zaret   Composer
Roger Semon   Project Director
Peter Andreoli   Composer
Toni Wine   Composer
Arnold Goland   Arranger
Irwin Levine   Composer
Jack Nitzsche   Arranger
J. Mayo Williams   Composer
Larry Kolber   Composer
Larry Levine   Engineer
Cynthia Weil   Composer
Ellie Greenwich   Composer