I Wonder-The Crystals

[Labaron26]

I heard an interview with Ronnie Spector, in which she said that while she was married to Phil Spector, he was so jealous, that he made her drive with blow up dolls in her car, as to make it look like she was not alone.....Yikes.

[Labaron26]

Cant beat "The Wall of Sound"....tremendous background...

[MingnonDunn]

Spector ultima!

[missdixie7]

The Ronettes DO NOT have a better version of this. This is the only version that is fit for human ears!

[RGD0756]

Unfortunately, true genius often contains a large dose of insanity.

[Desiree50]

sorry LaLa but the Ronettes blow this song away.

[stevel812]

The Ronettes version blows this version away!! Sing it Ronnie.

[malikscifi92]

forget be my baby; THIS is the definitive phil spector production in my mind.

[traintogirlstown]

crazy olll' tune!!! forever more!!!

[VinDcator]

He was great when he was good. I remember him for that. Let the state of California and her parents remember this maniac another way.

[klassicracer]

Excellent, a Spector classic.

[closedcircle1]

Great sound but can't help prefering the ronettes version.

[antoalv20]

The wall of Sound very very original

[MingnonDunn]

Wonderful fade out. Only Spector fade that's better this is Bell's of St. Mary's from the Christmas album.

[dpohunter]

@MingnonDunn Yes indeed! That fadeout on Bells of St Mary's is fantastic! I blast that sucker over and over through my car sound system. Love hearing Hal Blaine going madass on those drums all the way to the end!

[MingnonDunn]

@dpohunter They sure don't makem that that any more. While I ws surfing tunes lat night, I ran across STEREO versions of Walking in the Rain. Spector preferred mono because everything was layered, thick and tight. However WITR in stereo is a revelation: I came to appreciate how spectacular the strings and, especially, the the silvery shimmer of the backup vocals are. If you haven't, please enjoy.

[naltrexone23X]

all sax and guitar and a symphony of strings. what an explosion LOVE IT FOREVER

[vis720]

I bought this 45 in 1964 with "Uptown" on the flipside. In Sydney Australia "Then He Kissed Me' got to no.1 but this song never even charted. This, together with "Little Boy" and THKM is surely the best example of Spector's Wall of Sound. No-one sang better than La La Brooks.

[oxonsteve]

@vis720 Took the words out of my mouth. Wonderful!

[ScriptWorker]

Out of the 2 versions I know of I prefer the faster moving Crystals release.

[stefmagura]

I agree with you ScriptWorker.

[Jayplaysgitar]

Great times! LaLa Brooks is appearing live in a Christmas Special this Saturday, Dec 12, Bergen Performing Arts Center, Englewood, NJ. where she will be singing this song and her other hit records with her own backing band and singers. Starts 8.00pm. Check internet for "A Rockin' Holiday Doo-Wop Celebration"

[danieljosephleo]

Love it.

[dpohunter]

Good to finally hear the Crystals' version. La La hits it out of the park! Ronettes' take on this song is also great, but you should hear what the Butterflys' do with this...they make it into an entirely different type of song...and my favorite version. Thanks for posting!

[OmeletteThePuppy]

This is great, but I think the Ronette's version is better. VERY different takes on the song, which is nice. But I think the Ronette's version is a little more intense.

[nibs2lou]

Absolutely gorgeous. Any song with 'Gosh oh gee...' in it does it for me. Thanks for posting this - why is this track so neglected?

[mikenew44]

Wall of Sound!

[Taimak77]

It sounds amazing! What was it actually in sound engineering terms?

[ScriptWorker]

Hi Taimak77. If you haven't already check out all of Spector's productions. The Wall of Sound was coined for his type of techniques which developed over the years. The sound of the Crystal's earlier stuff wasn't as intense or thick sounding as this. Spector was the first to develope a sort of over layer dub of a previous take and then record the tracks again and again until it became full of sound. By the time he got to 1965/66 the sound was at its peak with the Righteous Bros and Tina Turner.

[piaggiolover77]

top tune ...

thanx for posting...

[soulfultony]

I think this should have been the follow-up to "Then He Kissed Me" in the US, instead of "Little Boy".

[gillisgrant]

Agreed. One of the greatest Spector records. I think along with "Then He Kissed Me", this is the Crystals' best. The Butterflys version is probably my second favorite rendition, with the Ronettes being third.

[JohnAGood]

I bought this record when it first came out in 1964, a classic with Little Boy on the other side. So underated,should have been a massive hit.

[brotherjulius]

This is the greatest pop production of all time.I think that part is spliced into The Crystals "Girls can tell" (can anyone confirm this?).Ronettes and Butterflies

have recorded cracking versions.

[FunWithStuttering]

As much as I love Ronnie Spector, I prefer this version over the Ronettes version.