Only Pick One - Phil Spector

I am boring and I pick "Be My Baby". The rare true stereo version.

lolol

People who don't pick "Be My Baby" are the same people who have some shit like Marky as their favorite Ramone.

i was going to pick 'christmas (baby please come home)' ;_;

I'm going to pick whatever MONO song Geir hates the most

I vote for the Treasures' "Hold Me Tight"

what is this track 'robitaille and carr' that i have as a b-side of one of the 70s rereleases? internet is not telling me much. it's a rawsome instrumental.

i think maybe 'then he kissed me'.

"River Deep, Mountain High," suckers.

"Be My Baby" is top 3, easy, though.

Geir, where can one find this rare stereo mix of BMB?

Hmm. I'd say "RD, MH" is a good candidate for his best production - it's the one that flashes me the best glimpse as to why the guy was considered such a heavyweight. As for the (GREAT) Ronettes/Crystals/Darlene Love recordings - well, I tend to love 'em DESPITE that damned Wall of Sound. And Shakey OTM: Stereo's a wonderful thing, but not in Phil's hands.

Are we gonna see a "Phil Spector, what's on your iPod?" thread in the near future?

the alt. stereo mixes are all over soulseek.

were these mixes that Spector himself did...? I really don't see the point. Its like saying the Godfather would be SO MUCH BETTER in 3-D or something.

Maverick: She's lost that loving feeling.
Goose: No, she hasn't. She has not lost...
Maverick: She's lost it, man. Come on.
Goose: I hate it when she does that.
Maverick: Excuse me, miss...

naw, it's the Ronettes doing "I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine." Why? Because it's in my opinion the Spector production that shows you what he was actually trying to do, beyond the cliches about Wall of Sound...in that the voices and the orchestration are just gauze, thinned down like his hair as he sat there and contemplated nothingness, and the drums are not there at first and then you realize the drumming and the drum sound is totally insane, assertive, carrying all the rage or wistfulness for whatever Spector was wistful for (youth, respect, his mom, his dad, success which proved the bitch goddess, etc.) and which he sublimated so well. it's my favorite Spector production, altho I do always like "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" a lot as a statement of banality and of course I like "River Deep."

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah is so great. love that psych-fuzz guitar break.

Another vote for "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)" Even U2 couldn't ruin it, as Phil's bombast somehow remained unscathed, emerged whole and overtook theirs, like Jonah swallowing the whale.

darlene love doing it on letterman every year (this still happens i hope?) is like my very favorite cheesy tv convention of all time

Besides "Be My Baby," which is obv. the choice: "This Could Be the Night" by the Modern Folk Quartet, the greatest Beach Boys song Brian Wilson never wrote.

"baby, I love you" always gets overshadowed by "be my baby", and it's just as great!

I didn't vote for it, but does anybody else like the Ronettes cover of "I'm So Young" by The Students?

huh I thought the Ronettes' was the original

(Beach Boys cover is also great)