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Fans of Phil Spector’s groundbreaking work on the Philles label will want to pick up the “Phil Spector Presents The Philles Album Collection” box set next month. The set contains six classic albums, originally released between 1962-64, and a bonus disc of Spector’s instrumental B-sides.

The remastered mono albums are packaged in mini-vinyl replica sleeves, which are housed in a deluxe box.

“Phil Spector Presents The Philles Album Collection” track list

CD 1 – The Crystals: The Crystals Twist Uptown (1962)

1. Uptown
2. Another Country – Another World
3. Frankenstein Twist
4. Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby
5. Please Hurt Me
6. There’s No Other Like My Baby
7. On Broadway
8. What a Nice Way to Turn Seventeen
9. No One Ever Tells You
10. Gee Whiz Look at His Eyes (Twist)
11. I Love You Eddie.

CD 2 – The Crystals: He’s a Rebel (1963)

1. He’s a Rebel
2. Uptown
3. Another Country – Another World
4. Frankenstein Twist
5. Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby
6. He’s Sure the Boy I Love
7. There’s No Other Like My Baby
8. On Broadway
9. What a Nice Way to Turn Seventeen
10. No One Ever Tells You
11. He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)
12. I Love You Eddie.

CD 3 – Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans: Zip-a Dee-Doo-Dah (1963)

1. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
2. Why Do Lovers Break Each Others Heart?
3. Let the Good Times Roll
4. My Heart Beat a Little Faster
5. Jimmy Baby
6. Baby (I Love You)
7. White Cliffs of Dover
8. This Land Is Your Land
9. Dear (Here Comes My Baby)
10. I Shook the World
11. Everything’s Gonna Be All Right
12. Dr. Kaplan’s Office.

CD 4 – The Crystals: The Crystals Sing the Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (1963)

1. Da Doo Ron Ron
2. On Broadway
3. He’s a Rebel
4. The Ronettes: Hot Pastrami
5. There’s No Other Like My Baby
6. The Ronettes: The Wah Watusi
7. The Ronettes: Mashed Potato Time
8. He’s Sure the Boy I Love
9. Uptown
10. The Ronettes: The Twist
11. Gee Whiz Look at His Eyes
12. Look in My Eyes.

CD 5 – Various Artists: Philles Records Presents Today’s Hits (1963)

1. Then He Kissed Me – The Crystals
2. Da Doo Ron Ron – The Crystals
3. Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby – The Crystals
4. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah – Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans
5. Why Do Lovers Break Each Others Heart? – Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans
6. Not Too Young to Get Married – Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans
7. Be My Baby – The Ronettes
8. Wait Til’ My Bobby Gets Home – Darlene Love
9. Today I Met) The Boy I’m Gonna Marry – Darlene Love
10. My Heart Beat a Little Faster – Darlene Love
11. Puddin’ N’ Tain – The Alley Cats.

CD 6 – The Ronettes: Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica (1964)

1. Walking in the Rain
2. Do I Love You?
3. Veronica: So Young
4. (The Best Part Of) Breakin’ Up
5. I Wonder
6. What’d I Say
7. Be My Baby
8. You Baby
9. Baby, I Love You
10. How Does It Feel?
11. When I Saw You
12. Chapel of Love.

CD 7 – The Phil Spector Wall of Sound Orchestra: Phil’s Flipsides

1. Flip and Nitty
2. Walkin’ Along La La La
3. Dr. Kaplan’s Office
4. Git’ It
5. Annette
6. Brother Julius
7. Tedesco and Pitman
8. Nino and Sonny (Big Trouble)
9. Miss Joan And Mister Sam
10. Harry and Milt Meet Hal B
11. Harry (From W. Va.) And Milt
12. Big Red
13. Larry L.
14. Chubby Danny D
15. Bebe and Susu
16. Irving (Jaggered Sixteenths)
17. Torpedo Rock (Surfing Corrido).

Also on the way is a 2-CD set titled “The Essential Phil Spector,” featuring 34 tracks spanning the years 1958 to 1969. The set commences with his first notable recording, the Teddy Bears’ “To Know Him Is to Love Him,” before moving on to Spector’s Brill Building productions of 1960-61 and then his most groundbreaking Philles period. The liner notes include an essay by Domenic Priore, author of “Riot on Sunset Strip: Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Last Stand in Hollywood.”

“The Essential Phil Spector” track list

CD 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. There’s No Other Like My Baby – The Crystals
8. Uptown – The Crystals
9. He’s A Rebel – The Crystals
10. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah – Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans
11. Puddin’ N’ Tain – The Alley Cats
12. He’s Sure the Boy I Love – The Crystals
13. Why Do Lovers Break Each Others Heart? – Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans
14. (Today I Met) The Boy I’m Gonna Marry – Darlene Love)
15. Da Doo Ron Ron – The Crystals
16. Not Too Young To Get Married – Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans
17. Wait Til’ My Bobby Gets Home – Darlene Love.

CD 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. (The Best Part Of) Breakin’ Up – The Ronettes
6. Hold Me Tight – The Treasures featuring Pete Anders
7. Stumble And Fall – Darlene Love
8. When I Saw You –The Ronettes
9. Do I Love You? – The Ronettes
10. Walking In The Rain – The Ronettes
11. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling – The Righteous Brothers
12. Unchained Melody – The Righteous Brothers
13. Ebb Tide – The Righteous Brothers
14. This Could Be The Night – The Modern Folk Quartet
15. Paradise – The Ronettes
16. River Deep, Mountain High – Ike & Tina Turner
17. I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine – The Ronettes
18. Black Pearl – Sonny Charles and the Checkmates LTD.

“Phil Spector Presents The Philles Album Collection” is out on Oct 18 in the US/Canada and Oct 3 in the UK. “The Essential Phil Spector” is out on September 13 in the US and October 18 in the UK/Canada.

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