Back to Mono (1958-1969) [BOX SET] - Phil Spector

Disc: 1

1. To Know Him Is To Love Him - The Teddy Bears

2. Corrine, Corrina - Ray Peterson
3. Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King

4. Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Curtis Lee

5. Every Breath I Take - Gene Pitney

6. I Love How You Love Me - The Paris Sisters

7. Under The Moon Of Love - Curtis Lee

8. There's No Other Like My Baby - The Crystals

9. Uptown - The Crystals

10. He Hit Me (It Felt Like A Kiss) - The Crystals

11. He's A Rebel - The Crystals

12. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah - Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans

13. Puddin' N' Tain - The Alley Cats

14. He's Sure The Boy I Love - The Crystals

15. Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts - Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans

16. (Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry - Darlene Love

17. Da Doo Ron Ron - The Crystals

18. Heartbreaker - The Crystals

19. Why Don't They Let Us Fall In Love - Veronica

20. Chapel Of Love - Darlene Love

21. Not Too Young To Get Married - Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans

22. Wait Til My Bobby Gets Home - Darlene Love

23. All Grown Up - The Crystals

Disc: 2

1. Be My Baby - The Ronettes

2. Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals

3. A Fine, Fine Boy - Darlene Love

4. Baby, I Love You - The Ronettes

5. I Wonder - The Ronettes

6. Girls Can Tell - The Crystals

7. Little Boy - The Crystals

8. Hold Me Tight - The Treasures

9. (The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up - The Ronettes

10. Soldier Baby Of Mine - The Ronettes

11. Strange Love - Darlene Love

12. Stumble And Fall - Darlene Love

13. When I Saw You - The Ronettes

14. So Young - Veronica

15. Do I Love You? - The Ronettes

16. Keep On Dancing - The Ronettes

17. You, Baby - The Ronettes

18. Woman In Love (With You) - The Ronettes

19. Walking In The Rain - The Ronettes

Disc: 3

1. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - The Righteous Brothers

2. Born To Be Together - The Ronettes

3. Just Once In My Life - The Righteous Brothers

4. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers

5. Is This What I Get For Loving You? - The Ronettes

6. Long Way To Be Happy - Darlene Love

7. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - The Righteous Brothers

8. Ebb Tide - The Righteous Brothers

9. This Could Be The Night - The Modern Folk Quartet

10. Paradise - The Ronettes

11. River Deep-Mountain High - Ike & Tina Turner

12. I'll Never Need More Than This - Ike & Tina Turner

13. A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knockin' Everyday) - Ike & Tina Turner

14. Save The Last Dance For Me - Ike & Tina Turner

15. I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine - The Ronettes

16. You Came, You Saw, You Conquered - The Ronettes

17. Black Pearl - Sonny Charles And The Checkmates

18. Love Is All I have To Give - The Checkmates

Disc: 4

1. White Christmas - Darlene Love

2. Frosty The Snowman - The Ronettes

3. The Bells of St. Mary - Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans

4. Santa Claus is Coming to Town - The Crystals

5. Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes

6. Marshmallow World - Darlene Love

7. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - The Ronettes

8. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Crystals

9. Winter Wonderland - Darlene Love

10. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers

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

My Thoughts : I have always love box set. It is a collectible items showcasing some rich diversity of an artist throughout the years of hard work.

During the Peak years of Phil Spector, he has produced some of the finest pop music. This collection is in chronological order for the first three CD's which feature the cornerstone of any collections of 50's and 60's music. The fourth CD is his famous Christmas album, which is available separately for those who don't want the other music.

Phil's first success was with To know him is to love him (Teddy bears). Other early classics include Spanish Harlem (Ben E King) and I love how you love me (Paris sisters) but he is best remembered (apart from the Christmas album) for producing the Crystals, Ronettes and Righteous brothers.

Most of the tracks spawn over the 3 CD features the sounds of girl groups, The Crystals and Ronettes, The Checkmates and The Treasure which makes me think of The Best of Girl Groups Series release by Rhino in year 1990.

The Crystals are represented here by classics such as Da doo ron ron, Then he kissed me and He's a rebel. Whereas, The Ronettes are represented here by their signature hits, Be my baby and Baby I Love You. Both girl groups are superb however, The Ronettes hits are pale in comparison to The Crystals. The Righteous brothers recorded their two most famous tracks with Phil Spector, these being You've lost that loving feeling and Unchained melody. Others worth mention are Darlene Love, Gene Pitney, Curtis Lee and Ike and Tina Turner.

The rendition of their Christmas songs is superb. All the songs are sings with brilliant and energy in compare to the traditional Christmas tunes. This is a brilliant boxed set and a fitting tribute to one of the most important producers in pop music history.

The only problem is the songs are not jumbled properly. I would prefer to hear different artist in every number instead of 3 songs continously by 1 artist, so that it could appear not so boring.