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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Studio album by Phil Spector
Released
November 22, 1963
Genre
Christmas, Baroque pop
Length
34:12
Label
Philles / ABKCO
Producer
Phil Spector
Professional reviews
Allmusic link
Phil Spector chronology
Philles Records Presents Today’s Hits(1963)
A Christmas Gift for You(1963)
Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes featuring Veronica(1964)
A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector (originally released as A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records) is an album of Christmas songs, produced by Phil Spector, and originally released as Philles 4005 in 1963. Spector treated a series of mostly secular Christmas standards to his trademark “Wall of Sound” treatment, and the selections feature the vocal performances of Spector’s regular artists during this period. It is one of only twelve long-playing records released on the Philles label, peaking at #13 on the Top Pop Albums chart. The album was reissued by Apple Records in 1972, with different cover art and retitled Phil Spector’s Christmas Album; this version went to #6.
However, the album was a relative failure at the time it was unfortunately released on 22 November 1963, the same day as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In subsequent years, the album grew in popularity, considered now to be a holiday classic. Several of its tracks became iconic Christmas songs for generations, such as the original (and flop) single “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),” and the well-known “Ring-a-ling-a-ling Ding-dong-ding” background vocals in The Ronettes’ “Sleigh Ride.” The arrangement of Bruce Springsteen’s version of “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” is based in part on the Crystals’ version of the song.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 142 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The album has been released several times on different labels: the original release on Philles and the 1972 reissue on Apple were followed by additional reissues on Warner-Spector (1974 - the first version to feature a stereo mix of the songs), Pavillion (1981), Passport (1984), and Rhino (1987). The first CD issue was also on Rhino in 1987, co-credited to Phil Spector International RNCD 70235 and restoring the album’s original mono mix. The second CD issue was in 1987 as well, on Chrysalis (CCD 1625) in monophonic for the UK market. This one is co-credited “Spector Records International” and features the slightly different international artwork. The more common third CD issue came in 1989, a remastered release on ABKCO which restored the original title, artwork, and mono mix. The album also appeared as the fourth disc of ABKCO’s 1991 Spector box set, Back to Mono, and as the second disc of the 2006 UK-only ABKCO compilation The Phil Spector Collection. As of 2007 both the Back to Mono box and the standalone CD version of A Christmas Gift for You had been taken out of print by ABKCO; there are no current plans for a further US reissue.
Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, well-known as a fan of both the Ronettes and Spector, has cited this album as his favorite Christmas album of all time.
Track listing
Recorded at Gold Star recording studio
Track
Song Title
Writer(s)
Artist
Time
1.
White Christmas
Irving Berlin
Darlene Love
2:52
2.
Frosty the Snowman
Steve Nelson and Walter Rollins
The Ronettes
2:16
3.
The Bells of St. Mary’s
A. Emmett Adams and Douglas Furber
Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans
2:54
4.
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie
The Crystals
3:24
5.
Sleigh Ride
Leroy Anderson and Mitchell Parish
The Ronettes
3:00
6.
Marshmallow World
Carl Sigman and Peter DeRose
Darlene Love
2:23
7.
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Tommie Connor
The Ronettes
2:37
8.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Johnny Marks
The Crystals
2:30
9.
Winter Wonderland
Felix Bernard and Dick Smith
Darlene Love
2:25
10.
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
Leon Jessel
The Crystals
2:55
11.
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry and Phil Spector
Darlene Love
2:45
12.
Here Comes Santa Claus
Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman
Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans
2:03
13.
Silent Night
Josef Mohr and Franz X. Gruber
Phil Spector and Artists
2:08
Personnel
Jack Nitzsche arrangements, percussion
Louis Blackburn horns
Hal Blaine - drums
Sonny Bono - percussion
Leon Russell - piano
Roy Caton - trumpet
Steve Douglas - saxophone
Frank Capp - percussion
Barney Kessel - guitar
Jay Migliori - saxophone
Bill Pitman - guitar
Ray Pohlman - bass
Irv Rubins - guitar
Tommy Tedesco - guitar
Nino Tempo - guitar
Johnny Vidor - strings
Larry Levine - engineer
References
^ Aidin Vaziri, Pop Quiz: Brian Wilson, San Francisco Chronicle, December 18, 2005
Categories: 1963 albums | Albums produced by Phil Spector | Christmas albums | Compilation albums
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