Phil Spector's Christmas Album

Darlene Love (Performer), Ronettes (Performer), Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans (Performer), Crystals (Performer), Phil Spector And Artists (Performer) | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Label: Passport
• ASIN: B000X9QCZU
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #320,225 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Phil Spector Christmas Album, September 25, 2010

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Paul G. Depace "Paul D" (Plano, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Phil Spector's Christmas Album (Audio Cassette)

Phil Spector Christmas Album (11/63) Great album you will love to play, especially at Christmas time. All of Spector's top singers and groups contribute. A nice gift item if you have a friend that is into vinyl records.

4.0 out of 5 stars Back to STEREO! Humbug to mono!, December 4, 2009

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theatre organ afficionado (spanaway, washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Phil Spector's Christmas Album (Vinyl)

I have been searching for a good, clean stereo copy of this record for a LOOONNGGG time [decades] and have failed so far, as I have only a distorted used copy. Still, I would take my damaged STEREO version any day over the mushy, constricted mono version which is the only one in print these days. Instead of an amorphous monophonic cloud [wall] of sound, you can actually pick-out instruments and vocalists in this version- in the mono version you can't even hear the string section most places, it is drowned-out by the rhythm section and band! [Wall of Sound my foot - More like Wall of Sound through wet blankets!] Clarity- what a concept! The stereo sound is, how shall I put it- vivid, like watching a Christmas movie in Color versus black-and-white. It is spacious, almost binaural, most noticeably through headphones. This Impression [label] version is somewhat louder and clearer than the Passport/Gem and Apple stereo pressings- during the intro to "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" you clearly hear one of the Crystals [vocalist] clear her throat "Ahem" before singing, which on the other versions it can barely be heard. One additional difference [between stereo and mono versions] I found is that on the track "The Bells of St. Mary" there is a 4-beat chime lead-in on the mono version, absent from the stereo version, which also suffers from abrupt fade-outs. Anyways, this album DESERVES to be heard in STEREO!

The main problem is that this is a phonographic disc [and not a CD or cassette] so there are the typical phonographic distortions [mostly from being a used LP that was played on [and received mistracking damage from] crummy misadjusted equipment with blunted needles/lousy gimbal bearings- typical of used records, as only a tiny minority of folk ever had properly-functioning record-playing systems]. My copy has distorted vocals. My hopelessly unrealistic goal is to find a good pristine [unplayed and/or undamaged] stereo Impression copy, or even the extremely rare Holland import CD [Duchesse CD352032- "Xmas Party With..."] which contains the entirety of the stereo [from the 3-track master tape] Phil Spector Christmas album plus 5 Elvis Presley Christmas songs. Such a specimen is viewable only [the website appears to be dead] at [...]. I would truly appreciate anybody who could write me with more information on obtaining this. Thanx to all for reading.