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The pioneering early recordings of perhaps the greatest producer of pop records in US music history, and features his earliest attempts at production on the ultra rare recordings of The Spector’s Three. Includes stereo tracks and the international No 1 hit, “To Know Him is to Love Him” by the Teddy Bears and features all known recordings of the Teddy Bears, which featured Phil as singer and guitarist. Fully detailed liner notes explain the complex route Spector took to “The wall of sound”.
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1-To Know Him Is To Love Him 2-Don't You Worry My Little Pet 3-I Don't Need you Anymore 4-Oh Why 5-If Only You Knew (The Love I Have For You) 6-You Said Goodbye 7-Don't Go Away 8-Seven Lonely Days 9-Wonderful Lovable You 10-Til Your Mine 11-Unchained Melody 12-My Foolish Heart 13-True Love 14-Little Things Mean A Lot 15-Tammy 16-Long Ago And Far Away 17-If I Give My Heart To You 18-Bumbershoot (Phil Harvey) 19-Willy Boy (Phil Harvey) 20-I Really Do (Spector 3) 21-I Know Why (Spector 3) 22-Mr. Robin (Spector 3) 23-My Heart Stood Still (Spector 3) (2010/JAS) 23 early tracks incl. The Teddy Bears, Phil Harvey and The Spector Three.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Before the 60's started swinging,two men were responsible for making the production of pop records as much a vehicle for stardom as it always had been for the recorded performer(s).Today both men are more famous than most of the hit artists they worked on,yet both have acknowledged heydays nearly fifty years old,and both have had their ground breaking musical achievements diluted by the notoriety of being gun murderers.
Despite being 11 years younger than Joe Meek,it was the teenage Phil Spector who first produced a number one pop record,the centrepiece of this collection.As was common in the late fifties,the Teddy Bears proved just another one hit wonder act,but by then their producer/songwriter was already networking the second division cigar chomping industry reptiles to learn what it took to be a contender.He was a fast learner and within a year or so was starting to post those monumental recordings on which his legend rests.
The Teddy Bear era is therefore a natural for an "early works" retrospective,the twenty odd tracks recorded ideal for a single CD release.The fact that they are now out of copyright means more can be spent on remastering and packaging to create a worthy historical artifact from this embryonic work of one of the most famous names in the history of popular music.
This is not that artifact.Even allowing that much of the material sounds
as dated and schlocky as most late fifties pop album filler,the inconsistent sound quality here renders listening to the whole CD as an ordeal you won't put yourself through.The first track,the big hit,the timeless oldie...ruined by a trebly mix of a clearly inferior copy tape.For crying out loud,can't you hear those high frequencies dipping and distorting???Track two,the B side,and a bit of a classic in it's own right...you will never hear a worse mix than this.Get the cardboard cores of fifty toilet rolls...glue end to end...listen at one end while the track comes out of a clock radio speaker at the other,and it's better than the CD version here.
Unsurprisingly,the Teddy Bears Sing was their only LP release,yet as notes here mention,copies have been pressed for over 50 years.That can't just be down to Spector's later fame,but on this CD the tracks are de-sequenced which is the final insult on this dog's breakfast.I just cannot understand why a label with Jasmine's reputation let this substandard product out.I implore you to withdraw it and do it again properly,we can't wait around till 2028 for Phil to do it can we?
Despite being 11 years younger than Joe Meek,it was the teenage Phil Spector who first produced a number one pop record,the centrepiece of this collection.As was common in the late fifties,the Teddy Bears proved just another one hit wonder act,but by then their producer/songwriter was already networking the second division cigar chomping industry reptiles to learn what it took to be a contender.He was a fast learner and within a year or so was starting to post those monumental recordings on which his legend rests.
The Teddy Bear era is therefore a natural for an "early works" retrospective,the twenty odd tracks recorded ideal for a single CD release.The fact that they are now out of copyright means more can be spent on remastering and packaging to create a worthy historical artifact from this embryonic work of one of the most famous names in the history of popular music.
This is not that artifact.Even allowing that much of the material sounds
as dated and schlocky as most late fifties pop album filler,the inconsistent sound quality here renders listening to the whole CD as an ordeal you won't put yourself through.The first track,the big hit,the timeless oldie...ruined by a trebly mix of a clearly inferior copy tape.For crying out loud,can't you hear those high frequencies dipping and distorting???Track two,the B side,and a bit of a classic in it's own right...you will never hear a worse mix than this.Get the cardboard cores of fifty toilet rolls...glue end to end...listen at one end while the track comes out of a clock radio speaker at the other,and it's better than the CD version here.
Unsurprisingly,the Teddy Bears Sing was their only LP release,yet as notes here mention,copies have been pressed for over 50 years.That can't just be down to Spector's later fame,but on this CD the tracks are de-sequenced which is the final insult on this dog's breakfast.I just cannot understand why a label with Jasmine's reputation let this substandard product out.I implore you to withdraw it and do it again properly,we can't wait around till 2028 for Phil to do it can we?
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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To know him is to love him is one of my all time favourites - I hoped I would find a lot more like it - sadly I didn't -this is an interesting album to have but not one I will have spinning very often
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Spector might have the Wall of Sound but he was not the architect-that was Joe Meek.But that was further down the line after he copied the ideas of Frank Guida.
Phil was a master of copycatting and its no problem to me as I love copycats.After all enough people copied HIS copies and proved that anyone could do what he did .
The blueprint for Phil's first attempt at making a record was the AQUATONES.All he had to do was find a girl with a soprano voice as lead singer.
Ace have even done a CD set of 3 called Phil's Spectre to illustrate how the Spector sound was copied.
But it seems a waste of time that Jasmine should do this collection.The Teddy Bears sole album has never been off the catalogue.They would have been better employed in this case compiling the 2 Lennon Sisters LPs which were on the London label in the 60s
Phil was a master of copycatting and its no problem to me as I love copycats.After all enough people copied HIS copies and proved that anyone could do what he did .
The blueprint for Phil's first attempt at making a record was the AQUATONES.All he had to do was find a girl with a soprano voice as lead singer.
Ace have even done a CD set of 3 called Phil's Spectre to illustrate how the Spector sound was copied.
But it seems a waste of time that Jasmine should do this collection.The Teddy Bears sole album has never been off the catalogue.They would have been better employed in this case compiling the 2 Lennon Sisters LPs which were on the London label in the 60s
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