the ronettes walking in the rain stereo alt version

[Savadorason1]

Even the instrumntl w/out the words is a beaut.

[S1l3nt101]

Won't play

[centralparocker]

Without a doubt, one of the best songs ever....!!!!

[dgbray54]

great vocals... no reverb on her lead vocal! and she sounds amazing... she really had a unique voice... thanks for posting

[chuckbuckbobuck]

@richdogg626--that's an understatement. They were fantastically good looking back then. Ronni has dropped a lot of weight (gastric bypass?) and she looks fantastic from the recent photos I have seen of her.

[frb223]

ahh 64 ....

[ssaylor423]

fantastic voices...they dont make music like this anymore....great sounds even after 50 yrs!...live on 60's music!!

[qingying1989]

i like this song so much

[smurfnit]

Maybe Paul McCartney mixed this (hear 'naked' Let it Be album)

[desert3347]

My God, Ronnies Voice Is "Unbelieable" On This Track!!

[Macroheart1]

All of the girls loved this song in 1964.....I didn't realize until a year ago, after listening close to the words; that Ronnie was singing about a boy she didn't know yet. "And some day some way I'll meet him." All the teener girls sang this song at my school...now I am in my 60's, but the song still holds up well....especially if you have ever been in love...hope you all get the meaning of the song!!

[bkeay100]

The Ronettes were the Girls you probably couldn t handle on on your first date!!!

John Sebastian (Loving Spoonful) said if He was abandoned on a desert island

and had to choose 1 record, This would be his choice !!!!!!!

[bkeay100]

Bad Ronettes is better than good Beatles

And this is good Ronetttes....ENJOY

[bkeay100]

Only 2 people dislike this!!!

I CANT IMAGINE WHY

[wexfordboyful]

WHY CANT MUSIC BE LIKE THIS ANYMORE BEAUTIFUL-BEAUTIFUL-BEAUTIFUL

[Sigueme1]

@wexfordboyful there is hope....Amy Winehouse (if she can stay sober) and the amazing Adele...cheers

[Macroheart1]

@Sigueme1

Sorry to see that you were right on with your thought about Amy....in my generation we saw Janet Joplin; MaMa Cass; Jim Morisson and many more die before their time....wonder what it is about the music industry that doesn't allow the artists to live with fame...maybe they started out that way. I know that John Lennon had some problems with booze and drugs....but he found himself in time....thanks for the thought Sigueme1

[genesis820]

@Sigueme1 Amy's dead

[danielbecket]

Fantatisc to find such titels. Thank you very much. With love from Switzerland/Europe

[blue29eyes]

I love this too...

[Jander4031]

Thanks for posting. This sounds so much better than on my little westinghouse (with leather case) transistor radio in 1967.

[desert3347]

How can I listen to this over and over?

[barnabas50]

@desert3347 burn the song to a disc and set the cd player for track repeat, or download it to an ipod or similar mp3 player and set it for track repeat also.

[estrellanortena14]

they were so beautiful!!

[philipsmovies]

Interesting. It lacks the magic of the original recording but with Ronnie's voice she can pull anything off. Obviously very similar to You've lost that loving feeling from the same songwrting, production team.

[tunesmith09]

I wonder if stars like them ever check out our comments...ladies...if you do...you are physically beautiful and awesome singers!...thank you for all you gave us... Tunesmith

[freshbeast23]

ah i love thiz rola!!!!!

[meiguoren50]

Man! I was so nutz in love with them. I'd look at the album cover, and dream.

Ok! Give me a break, I was a kid.

[MrRkersh]

not as good as Jay Black and The Americans cover version . . .

[autgoff]

i don't think she sounds older, i think her voice is just in higher quality - she sounds more real, like she is standing in the room singing it to us instead of being on a recording.

[BallsandPinstripes]

Music and aura better here, male vocals by Jay Black just as good; Walker Brothers version a step below.

[mbabbino]

Apparently this is the original vocal.. all the rest was added later. I own this on a set of outtakes of all of his sessions. It's been written many times he only took one vocal take on this song.

[partsmet]

They smoked?

[lovewalk101]

@partsmet haha. i know, right? ronnie and estelle? heck yes! especially ronnie! lol...but nedra? not so much so, i don't think.

[Iamnicodemusthegreat]

I think I head that Spector spent hours getting the thunder just right. And he DID get it just right! And the rainfall, too!

[yangyin09u]

Sweet voice!

[Roseroseize]

Thanks for the nice song theloveman11378 ....... i like! 

[squimscrum]

This is wonderful; thanks for posting. What CD is it from?

[peretz48]

I love the rain/thunder intro of the original. This version is nice, but the original is seared in my memory.

[Iamnicodemusthegreat]

Now I get it ... all these studio tapes are a superb find. My immeasurable KUDOs to you!!!

[Iamnicodemusthegreat]

Ronnie sounds older than on the original ... and there are no sound effects on this!! No thunder, no rain ... but the production and arrangement are otherwise identical or almost identical to the original Spector production ... although some of the tracks sound a little buried. Does anyone know how this could exist?

[johnreynolds71]

@Iamnicodemusthegreat all i know this is from the studio session which included several instrumental backing takes pre strings etc

[MYLADYBLANCA]

@Iamnicodemusthegreat FANTASTIC VOZ AND MUSIC ,,,+5...BLANCA

[synthbaron]

@Iamnicodemusthegreat

I think the master is sped up by a half-step, or this is being played a half-step lower. Sounds like an old cassette dub, so speed issues could be a problem.

[philipsmovies]

@synthbaron Pop music, television and hollywood are tools to hypnotise you and me. I am sure Phil didn't know this at the time, or did he. I am a music fan and will always be, i enjoy being captivted by the music. Welcome to the world of the hypnotised. The pop music industry is full of drug pushing svengali's and lowlife's whose aim is to corrupt the youth of a nation meanwhile lining the pockets of a secret elite."It's been really great working with you Phil, really really great." John Lennon

[sixtiesforever1966]

@Iamnicodemusthegreat Probably only a few recorded tracks from the original. I myself like the Thunder and Rain . Still Love the original record.

Sir David

[dowcushmanclark]

I can only add to what others are saying . . . hearing this without the overdubs is striking.

[sammijade29]

brilliant ,takes me back to my younger days love it

[nicodagger]

THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY WAS BETTER?????? Please please please tell me you are joking....these women had more soul and passion and talent in the tiniest strand of their beehive hairdo then the entire fake fucking Partridge Family had in all their combined lives.

[newhotman1001]

In their time, the best of the girl groups. This is their greatest song; sung with so much emotion. Thanks John for this posting.

[7beers]

Partridge Family version way better.

[BartA22]

@7beers What are you smoking dude?

[7beers]

@BartA22 Have you ever listened to the Partridge Family version?

[raelene101]

Best version yeeehhh

[TheGolfman84]

I luv this. Take me back.........somewhere?!

[FromHolbergsTime]

This is a very nice recording with a strong sense of warmth and clarity in the vocals, a viable alternative to the mono mix. It's an effective presentation of Phil Spector's grand "wall of sound" which sounded quite a bit different from most other recordings of that era. The vocal lines seem to stand out with great presence in this stereo version, making it sound still fresh and alive even after all these intervening years. First-class!

*****

Glenn

[clyde8her]

These ladies are SOOOOOOO under-rated...they make the Supremes look like amateurs...

[alloyrat]

Makes me want to go for a walk in the rain. It's nice to see the "beehive" is making a comeback

[scarypowers]

This is one of my favs by Ronnie.....

[sunkistdds]

Thanks Ronnie....

[JCASTRO1949]

Good in both mono and stereo.

[jondavi123]

Wonderful band and a timeless classic. Great post.

[M3town3]

It's better in MONO by far!

[ScriptWorker]

Brilliant. I never heard the song without the effects.

[stk6mkt]

I know it's overused, but this is a timeless classic.

[ktd9]

Great!!!

[richdogg626]

they were very good looking women back then

[7855waldo]

OH yes they were...

[PaulDePace]

Oh yeah....One more factoid for you Ronettes' fans! Phil Spector was a perfectionist, a fanatic, about the recording of his records. And he seemed almost obsessed with perfection during Ronettes' recording sessions. He would do take, after take, after take... It is said that Leon Russell's (pianist) fingers would sometimes bleed from all the re-takes. But on this recording...Ronnie sang, and Phil said they were all done...ONE TAKE!

Naturally, everyone there was blown away and relieved!!

[PaulDePace]

I don't totally disagree with you on your "clutter" comment, re. the thunderclap sounds on this record... But the technician got a Grammy that year for them! In fact, it is the only Ronettes' or even Phil Spector record that EVER earned a Grammy.

[is1531]

The Ronettes were a great group. They made you feel love. I was crazy for the Ronettes. I thought the Beatles got too much credit.

[Macroheart1]

Just turned 60 and was 15 when this song came out....until I got their greatest hits and listened to the song in better recording equipment....I didn't know she was talking about a made up dream guy...this version makes it more clear at the end....she's waiting for her dream lover....and the guys she knows now don't fill the bill...what a mind blower to learn this after 45 years....the girls all used to love this song in High School....know I can see why....Macroheart1

[ScriptWorker]

Wow. I wrote a scene that included this song with that story line in it. Very sweet and innocent for today. Love it.

[nauort23]

As much as I love Spector's "wall of sound," the weather-effects of this song always seemed a little cluttered to me. Thanks for this version--I can really hear how beautifully they sing.

[minzbonniepony]

jeah jeah jeah!

i like!

[kickassfan]

This is the way young sweet girls should sound,thanks Ronettes

[Johnathonq51]

Excellent. Thanks for posting. Aussie sisters Chrissie and Lyndsay Hammond recording as Cheetah did a great cover of this song around 1978. Would be good to see the Rage video posted.

[seattlebari]

This is a great song by the writing team of Vinnie Poncia and Phil Andreoli, who also recorded on their own as "The Fantastic Baggys" and "The Tradewinds" among others.

[luxyaltz219]

First time to hear this stereo version .

Magic

[johnreynolds71]

thanks glad you enjoyed :-)

[M3town3]

Mono is better than Stereo in his songs.

[C96c20]

Phil didn't record in stereo of course. And this song was his only Grammy win, for sound Effects.

[Jojoseahorse]

Beautiful :) RIP Estelle

[johnreynolds71]

strange it now plays stereo now lol

[Derry266]

R.I.P Estelle Bennett.

[FunWithStuttering]

Rest in peace, Estelle Bennett, who passed away February 11, 2009 at age 67.

[xerb64]

one of the greatest songs ever and it's great to hear ronnie's voice w/o the sound effects

[settenor1963]

Nobody can phrase a song like Ronnie,excellent

[johnreynolds71]

not sure why its playing mono as on me computer its true stereo i.e vocals on channel instrumental other