Phil Spector Presents The Phillies Album Collection [7 cd Box]

-> amazon.com

PHIL SPECTOR PRESENTS THE PHILLES ALBUM COLLECTION

CD One – THE CRYSTALS TWIST UPTOWN by The Crystals (Philles PHLP-4000, originally issued 1962)

CD Two – HE’S A REBEL by The Crystals (Philles PHLP-4001, originally issued 1963)

CD Three – ZIP-A DEE-DOO-DAH by Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans (Philles PHLP-4002, originally issued 1963

CD Four – THE CRYSTALS SING THE GREATEST HITS, VOLUME 1 by The Crystals PHLP-4003, originally issued 1963)

CD Five – PHILLES RECORDS PRESENTS TODAY’S HITS by Various Artists (PHLP-4004, originally issued 1963)

CD Six – PRESENTING THE FABULOUS RONETTES FEATURING VERONICA by The Ronettes (PHLP-4006, originally issued 1964)

Bonus CD Seven – PHIL’S FLIPSIDES by The Phil Spector Wall of Sound

Check out this article for all tracks at legacyrecordings.com
(note there is no mention if these are mono or stereo, but there have been stereo vinyl versions of these albums in the past)

Article mentions also another 2CD set The Essential Phil Spector

Jerry Leiber and Nickolas Ashford: remember them this way

2011/aug/23 -> guardian.co.uk

It's a sad day for anyone who loves classic pop and soul songwriting as two great practitioners of the art have died. Jerry Leiber, who passed away aged 78 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles of cardiopulmonary failure, made an indelible mark on pop with songs he created with his writing partner Mike Stoller in the late-50s and early-60s.

Nick Ashford, who died aged 70 in New York of throat cancer, wrote songs with his wife Valerie Simpson that similarly defined an era – the late-60s and early-70s. Here are some of their finest moments: please share your own below. Full obituaries will follow shortly.

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+ More about Jerry Leiber:

Beach Boys songcredits on YouKiwi: ©Jerry Leiber (Lyr)

(& Smokey Joe's Cafe was also a fave of The Beach Boys)

Most important: The team Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller wrote 90% of the music of The Coasters!

The Coasters (Robins) - Smokey Joe's Cafe

1955

Wrecking Crew Movie Still Unreleased

07.06.2011 -> gibson.com

The collective of Los Angeles studio musicians dubbed “The Wrecking Crew” have earned tons of respect in the music community – and yet most of the music-loving public has no idea who most of these people were.
Sure, they know the songs by Frank Sinatra or The Beach Boys, but they’re not nearly as familiar with Wrecking Crew drummer Hal Blaine, bassist Carol Kaye or guitarist Tommy Tedesco. And that’s something Tommy’s son Denny wanted to change

'CRASHING THE SCENE' THE WRECKING CREW'S INFLUENCE ON ROCK 'N' ROLL

 Randi, 74, has since gone on to a career as a jazz musician, of late fronting Don Randi & Quest. He's also owned The Baked Potato jazz club in Studio City for 41 years, and has worked with Nancy Sinatra off and on for around 45 years.
He fondly recalls his days in The Wrecking Crew.

2011/06/10 -> vcstar.com
Don Randi, Glen Campbell and Hal Blaine



JIM O'ROURKE: ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE ~ LOVE BURT BACHARACH

NEW CD
Soft and Clear

When experimental musician and producer Jim O’Rourke named his recent tribute album All Kinds of People ~ Love Burt Bacharach he wasn’t being funny.

The pop composer has received accolades from notables in all genres during more than five decades of writing hit songs.

Tracklist
1.Close To You (Haruomi Hosono)
2.Always Something There To Remind Me (Thurston Moore)
3.Anonymous Phone Call (Jim O’Rourke)
4.After The Fox (Akira Sakata, Masaya Nakahara)
5.You’ll Never Get To Heaven (Aoyama Youiti)
6.Do You Know The Way To San Jose (Kahimi Karie)
7.Don’t Make Me Over (Kosaka Tadashi, Jim O’Rourke)
8.Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head (Koike Mitsuko)
9.I Say A Little Prayer (Yoshimi)
10.Trains And Boats And Planes (Jim O’Rourke)
11.Walk On By (Donna Taylor)


2 June 2010 Steve Horowitz
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/124576
-jim-orourke-all-kinds-of-people-love-burt-bacharach

Merry Christmas " Run, Rudolph Run "

1958 by Chuck Berry

1958 Written by: Johnny Marks and Marvin Brodie


youtube.com/watch?v=dB1n3XGViOM&fmt=18

+ wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_Rudolph_Run

Belmonts - That's My Desire (Acappella)

1972 a capella

1931 Helmy Kresa, Carroll Loveday
(1960 studio recording by Dion & The Belmonts)


youtube.com/watch?v=B8FLkdkUeH8&fmt=18

Girlfriends - Jimmy Boy

1963
Written by: ?
Production: David Gates
(sounds like Phil Spector/Brian Wilson/Wrecking Crew)


youtube.com/watch?v=ttGzYRfSxJ8&fmt=18

Ronettes Be my Baby Shingdig 1965

1965 live

1963 Written by: Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich


youtube.com/watch?v=oyGO5NRhzvk&fmt=18

FRANKIE VALLI: STILL VERY MUCH IN SEASON AT HARRAH'S LAUGHLIN

We're pretty sure that when a group of New Jersey teenagers decided to get together to form a rock and roll group in the late ‘50s, they weren't thinking a Tony-award-winning Broadway musical would come along in 2007 to tell their story.
They were probably thinking “chicks love singers” and little else. They most certainly weren't thinking 2007.

Nonetheless, a few years after that initial group evolved and when Frankie Castelluccio (later Vally and then Valli) and Bob Gaudio hooked up, the path was paved for a ride that would eventually lead to fame, fortune, good times, bad times, a 50 year career-and the musical “The Jersey Boys.”

(2009 March 12 / Laughlin Entertainer)
http://www.laughlinentertainer.com/articles/2009/03/12/news_features/cover_stories/news1.txt

THE SWEETER THE BERRY

Hip-O Select’s ambitious reissue philosophy has resulted in series devoted to the entire Motown catalogue (a dozen boxed sets to date) and James Brown’s complete singles (six so far), but Chuck Berry has made out like a bandit, too.
In 2007, Hip-O released a four-CD set of Berry’s complete Chess recordings from the fifties. The sequel, “You Never Can Tell: His Complete Chess Recordings 1960-66,” is available now, and it’s at once more uneven and more fascinating than its predecessor.

(2009 Mar 16 / Ben Greenman)
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/recordings/2009/03/16/090316gore_GOAT_recordings_greenman

+ http://www.crlf.de/ChuckBerry/blog/categories/3-Chuck-Berry-Recordings

BURT BACHARACH STRIPS DOWN TO TALK ROBBIE WILLIAMS, MONEY AND MARRIAGE

Our correspondent encounters the master of smooth listening Burt Bacharach oiling himself by his Los Angeles swimming pool

Burt Bacharach is naked. Or rather, he is very nearly naked. And as hard as I’m trying to ignore this fact, it is proving to be extremely difficult.
I could simply tell you, for example, that the 80-year-old songwriter — arguably the most successful who has ever lived — is sitting by the pool of his $8 million home in Pacific Palisades, a clifftop suburb of Los Angeles.

(2009 Feb 6 / The Times)
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5669794.ece

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