Back to Mono (1958–1969)

Compilation by Phil Spector

Released 12 November 1991

baroque pop blue-eyed soul doo-wop

Tracklist

CD 1
1
To Know Him Is to Love Him
The Teddy Bears
2:24
2
Corrine, Corrina
Ray Peterson
2:41
3
Spanish Harlem
Ben E. King
2:52
4
Pretty Little Angel Eyes
Curtis Lee
2:46
5.0 ★
5
Every Breath I Take
Gene Pitney
2:45
6
I Love How You Love Me
The Paris Sisters
2:07
4.0 ★
7
Under the Moon of Love
Curtis Lee
2:52
3.0 ★
8
There’s No Other Like My Baby
The Crystals
2:31
9
Uptown
The Crystals
2:21
5.0 ★
10
He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)
The Crystals
2:33
11
He’s a Rebel
The Crystals
2:27
5.0 ★
12
Zip‐A‐Dee‐Doo‐Dah
Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans
2:50
13
Puddin’ n’ Tain
The Alley Cats
2:48
14
He’s Sure the Boy I Love
The Crystals
2:45
15
Why Do Lovers Break Each Others Hearts
Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans
2:49
16
(Today I Met) The Boy I’m Gonna Marry
Darlene Love
2:48
17
Da Doo Ron Ron
The Crystals
2:18
5.0 ★
18
Heartbreaker
The Crystals
2:35
19
Why Don’t They Let Us Fall in Love
Veronica
2:40
20
Chapel of Love
Darlene Love
2:25
21
Not Too Young to Get Married
Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans
2:28
22
Wait Til My Bobby Gets Home
Darlene Love
2:23
23
All Grown Up
The Crystals
2:48
CD 2
1
Be My Baby
The Ronettes
2:41
4.2 ★
2
Then He Kissed Me
The Crystals
2:37
4.2 ★
3
A Fine, Fine Boy
Darlene Love
2:48
4
Baby, I Love You
The Ronettes
2:50
4.0 ★
5
I Wonder
The Ronettes
2:46
3.0 ★
6
Girls Can Tell
The Crystals
2:37
7
Little Boy
The Crystals
3:00
8
Hold Me Tight
The Treasures
2:54
9
(The Best Part of) Breakin’ Up
The Ronettes
3:03
3.0 ★
10
Soldier Baby of Mine
The Ronettes
2:53
11
Strange Love
Darlene Love
3:02
12
Stumble and Fall
Darlene Love
2:24
13
When I Saw You
The Ronettes
2:45
4.0 ★
14
So Young
Veronica
2:36
15
Do I Love You?
The Ronettes
2:52
4.0 ★
16
Keep On Dancing
The Ronettes
2:33
17
You, Baby
The Ronettes
2:57
3.0 ★
18
Woman in Love (With You)
The Ronettes
2:57
19
Walking in the Rain
The Ronettes
3:16
3.9 ★
CD 3
1
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
The Righteous Brothers
3:47
3.0 ★
2
Born to Be Together
The Ronettes
2:59
3.0 ★
3
Just Once in My Life
The Righteous Brothers
3:54
4
Unchained Melody
The Righteous Brothers
3:38
3.0 ★
5
Is This What I Get for Loving You?
The Ronettes
3:23
3.0 ★
6
Long Way to Be Happy
Darlene Love
2:48
7
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
The Righteous Brothers
2:48
8
Ebb Tide
The Righteous Brothers
2:49
9
This Could Be the Night
The Modern Folk Quartet
2:40
10
Paradise
The Ronettes
3:37
3.0 ★
11
River Deep—Mountain High
Ike & Tina Turner
3:37
3.5 ★
12
I’ll Never Need More Than This
Ike & Tina Turner
3:27
13
A Love Like Yours (Don’t Come Knockin’ Everyday)
Ike & Tina Turner
2:58
14
Save the Last Dance for Me
Ike & Tina Turner
2:47
15
I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine
The Ronettes
3:49
3.0 ★
16
You Came, You Saw, You Conquered
The Ronettes
2:49
3.0 ★
17
Black Pearl
Sonny Charles & The Checkmates, Ltd.
3:19
18
Love Is All I Have to Give
The Checkmates, Ltd.
4:09
CD 4: A Christmas Gift for You
1
White Christmas
Darlene Love
2:56
2
Frosty the Snowman
The Ronettes
2:17
3
The Bells of St. Mary
Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans
2:51
4
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
The Crystals
3:27
5
Sleigh Ride
The Ronettes
3:03
4.0 ★
6
Marshmallow World
Darlene Love
2:28
7
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
The Ronettes
2:42
3.5 ★
8
Rudolph the Red‐Nosed Reindeer
The Crystals
2:33
9
Winter Wonderland
Darlene Love
2:27
10
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
The Crystals
2:57
11
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Darlene Love
2:46
4.0 ★
12
Here Comes Santa Claus
Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans
2:08
13
Silent Night
Phil Spector and Artists
2:10

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Release credits

Alan Lauber
arranger [5]
Albeth Paris
background vocals [6], spoken vocals [6]
Arnold Goland
arranger [7-8, 10]
Barbara Alston
lead vocals [8-10]
Bill McGuire
engineer [4]
Bill Medley
vocal [1, 8]
Bobby Hatfield
lead vocals [4], solo [4], vocal [1, 8]
Bobby Sheen
vocal [12]
Darlene Love
lead vocals [11, 21-22], vocal [12, 16]
Dayton “Bones” Howe
engineer [13-15]
Don Simpson
producer [1]
Edna Wright
lead vocals [22]
Fanita Barrett-James
background vocals [11], vocal [12]
Gene Page
arranger [1]
Hank Levine
arranger [6, 9]
Henry Diltz
lead vocals [9]
Ike Turner
producer [11]
Jack Nitzsche
arranger [3.1-7, 3.9-12, 4.1-13, 2.1-16, 2.18-19, 1.11-23]
Jean King
background vocals [11]
Jerry Bruckheimer
producer [1]
Jerry Leiber
producer [3]
LaLa Brooks
lead vocals [2.2, 2.6-7, 1.17-18, 1.23]
Larry Levine
engineer [1.11-23, 3.1-18, 4.1-13, 2.1-19]
Mike Stoller
producer [3]
Perry Botkin Jr.
arranger [8, 13-18]
Phil Ramone
engineer [3]
Phil Spector
producer, arranger [1.1, 1.4, 1.6-10, 2.17], background vocals [6], guitar [9], instrument [1], producer [1.1-2, 1.4-23, 2.1-19, 3.1-18, 4.1-13], task [1]
Priscilla Paris
lead vocals [6]
Robert Mersey
arranger [2]
Ronnie Spector
vocal [1]
Sandy Nelson
membranophone [1]
Sherrell Paris
background vocals [6]
Stan Applebaum
arranger [3]
Stan Ross
engineer [1, 6]
The Ronettes
performer [1]
Tina Turner
lead vocals [11]
William McMeekin
engineer [7-10]

Issues

B
Back to Mono (1958–1969)
4x CD
12 November 1991
B
Back to Mono (1958–1969)
5x 12" Vinyl
1991
B
Back to Mono
3x CD