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A Christmas Gift For You from Phil Spector [Digitally Remastered By Phil Spector]

~ Phil Spector
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  • Audio CD (26 Oct 2007)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: U.M.T.V.
  • ASIN: B00006RY1R
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 429 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. White Christmas - Darlene Love
2. Frosty The Snowman - Ronettes
3. The Bells of St. Mary's - Bob B. Soxx & 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 & The Blue Jeans
13. Silent Night - Phil Spector & Artists

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Amazon.co.uk Review

This lavish holiday set has been called the greatest rock & roll Christmas album of all time. That's an opinion that's tough to argue with when you find yourself immersed in the massive sounds painstakingly crafted by legendary producer Phil Spector. His "wall-of-sound" technique is perfectly suited to the music of the season, as he proves with layer upon layer of piano, sleigh bells, buoyant percussion, and, of course, those legendary Spector sound harmonies. The Crystals turn their sassy interplay into sheer magic on "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town", The Ronettes stroll sweetly through numbers like "Sleigh Ride", while Darlene Love delivers areal knockout punch with her yearning version of "Christmas (Baby, PleaseCome Home)". Sure to become the soundtrack for your holidays. --DavidSprague


Amazon.co.uk Review

This lavish holiday set has been called the greatest rock & roll Christmas album of all time. That's an opinion that's tough to argue with when you find yourself immersed in the massive sounds painstakingly crafted by legendary producer Phil Spector. His "wall-of-sound" technique is perfectly suited to the music of the season, as he proves with layer upon layer of piano, sleigh bells, buoyant percussion and, of course, those legendary Spector sound harmonies. The Crystals turn their sassy interplay into sheer magic on "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town", The Ronettes stroll sweetly through numbers like "Sleigh Ride" and Darlene Love delivers a real knockout punch with her yearning version of "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)". Sure to become the soundtrack for your holidays. --David Sprague
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Phil Spector does a "Wall of Sound" Christmas album, 25 Dec 2005
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I was never enamored with the results when Phil Spector tried the "Wall of Sound" approach with the Beatles on "Let It Be," but that failure was the exception that proves the rule. In 1963 Spector actually decided to use his approach to produce one of the great Christmas albums of all time. The goal was to have a holiday album that would stack up against both other Christmas albums and the pop albums produced by his quartet of artists: Darlene Love, the Ronettes, the Crystals, and Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans. The artists split up the first dozen tracks on "A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector," with everybody joining together for "Silent Night" as the album's grand finale.

Darlene Love was never really a success as a solo artist, although she did the lead vocals on "She's a Rebel." But she gets to make or break this album by singing the opening track, "White Christmas," and making it clear the song can work if not being crooned by Der Bingle. "Marshmallow World" is fun but a trifle, while her "Winter Wonderland" may be the best track on the album, with "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" a soulful plea not to be separated for the holidays. No wonder Love got the most tracks on the album. The Ronettes were sisters Veronica (Ronnie) and Estelle Bennett and their cousin Nedra Talley rock a bit more than usual with their version of "Frosty the Snowman" and keep the spirit going with "Sleigh Ride" and "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus."

The change of pace offering on the album would definitely be Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans doing "The Bells of St. Mary," although "Here Comes Santa Claus" is certainly more in keeping with the rest of the record. This was Spector's studio group and compared to the rest of the album you can understand why they only got two tracks. The best effort by the Crystals is obviously "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," which surely was the model for the better known rocking version by the Boss. Their version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" does not work nearly as well (it is one of those songs where you would swear it is really one of Spector's Top 10 hits with different words, which simply shows the producer was creating the effect he wanted here). "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" is in the same mode, but there is a sense in which the "Wall of Sound" is just effective.

Spector comes out to wish everybody the very merriest of Christmases and happiest of New Years for "Silent Night," which is a reminder of when music groups used to talk directly to their fans on records. That seems a bit strange now, but what stands out more is how the simple musical arrangement at the end is such a complete change of pace from the rest of the album, so that "A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector" ends on a much quieter note. But up to that point this is certainly one of the high energy Christmas albums of all time and if you need a burst of musical energy to get you through decorating, cooking, or whatever, this one fits the bill.

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas Is Finally Here!, 1 Jan 2004
Well this set is truly superb!

It has that great Christmas feel to it and you can play it on repeat all day without getting fed up with it.

The Ronettes and Darlene Love tracks are the standout tracks for me but saying that The Crystals `Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer` is the best yule hear!

Do a great deed and buy it- you will not regret it!

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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The soundtrack to all my Christmas's, 5 Nov 2002
Who can't like this album? I grew up listening to this album every Christmas and it remains a firm favourite now. Containing the very best of Phil Spectors crop of talent, the versions of the songs on this album will always be considered definative(at least by me).

If you remember this album from the past, buy it. Its still great.

If you've never heard this album, buy it. I million times better then all the other Christmas compilations with the same tracks on.

The best Christmas album in the world...ever!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Such a lovely boy!
Ah young Philip... Such a lovely lovely boy, and he reminds you of just how lovely on 'Silent Night'... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Ms. Felicia Davis-burden

4.0 out of 5 stars Review of Phil Spector - Christmas Album
The CD was bought as a present for a relative to replace a vinyl album that had been owned. The CD met every expectation and listening to the classic Phil Spector songs on CD... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Kirsteen Mackenzie

5.0 out of 5 stars Phil Spector is Not Just For Christmas
Born Harvey Phillip Spector, in the Bronx area of New York, it could be said that Phil Spector has Christmas in his blood being born on the 26th of December. Read more
Published 10 months ago by The Mancunian Candidate

5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas was cancelled
When this album hit the shops Pres.Kennedy had just been assasinated.As no one felt like celebrating-so they say-the album was a total flop and warehouses all over the country had... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Richard

5.0 out of 5 stars As near to Christmas pefection as you can get this far south of the North Pole!!
Brilliant, this is the soundtrack to everyones Christmas! From beginning to end this CD will have something for everyone. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Welsh John

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Christmas Album Ever
Not only will you know all the songs, you will know all these versions. After 43 years, these recordings still get played by most radio stations in December. Read more
Published on 15 Jun 2006 by David R. Bishop

5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas doesn't get any better than this!
Contender for the best Christmas album ever.
Many years ago I was given a lift home by a friend who started sneezing. Read more
Published on 10 Dec 2005 by Sian E. Chetty

5.0 out of 5 stars There is no "missing song"
Despite what someone implies in a previous posting, Darlene Love's "All Alone At Christmas" is most certainly NOT a missing track from this album. Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2005 by J. Pauley

5.0 out of 5 stars The classic album
This album was something of a revolution in its time, at least where Christmas music was concerned, although all that Phil Spector actually did was apply his normal production... Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2004 by Peter Durward Harris

3.0 out of 5 stars Why keep on re-issuing this version
I received this last Xmas, and having read a review, not from Amazon, stating that this was and I quote "Spector stereo- it dosn't get much better than this! Read more
Published on 21 Dec 2003

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