The Wrecking Crew: A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector (Film Outtake)

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A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records (later re-released as A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector) is an album of Christmas songs, produced by Phil Spector, and originally released as Philles 4005 in 1963. Spector treated a series of mostly secular Christmas standards to his trademark "Wall of Sound" treatment, and the selections feature the vocal performances of Spector's regular artists during this period. It is one of only twelve long-playing records released on the Philles label, peaking at number 13 on Billboard magazine's special, year-end, weekly Christmas Albums sales chart in December 1963. The album was reissued by Apple Records in 1972, with different cover art and retitled Phil Spector's Christmas Album; this version went to number 6 on Billboard's special Christmas Albums sales chart in December of that year. However, the album was a relative failure at the time and was released on 22 November 1963, the same day as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Original pressings are now scarce and collectable, now selling for $400--$500 in excellent condition.

In subsequent years the album grew in popularity and is considered now to be a holiday classic. Several of its tracks became iconic Christmas songs for generations, such as the original (and flop) single "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)," and the well-known "Ring-a-ling-a-ling Ding-dong-ding" background vocals in The Ronettes' "Sleigh Ride." The arrangement of Bruce Springsteen's version of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" is based in part on the Crystals' version of the song , and U2's late 80s cover of "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" that appeared on the first A Very Special Christmas album is patterned after the Darlene Love original that appeared on the Spector LP . The Ronettes version of "Frosty The Snowman" and "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" also usually get some radio airplay during the holiday season. In 2003, the album was ranked number 142 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, well-known as a fan of both the Ronettes and Spector, has cited this album as his favorite of all time.

1. White Christmas (Irving Berlin)
by Darlene Love
2. Frosty the Snowman (Steve Nelson and Walter Rollins)
by The Ronettes
3. The Bells of St. Mary's (A. Emmett Adams and Douglas Furber)
by Bob B. Soxx & Blue Jeans
4. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie)
by The Crystals
5. Sleigh Ride (Leroy Anderson and Mitchell Parish)
by The Ronettes
6. Marshmallow World (Carl Sigman and Peter DeRose)
by Darlene Love
7. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Tommie Connor)
by The Ronettes
8. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Johnny Marks)
by The Crystals
9. Winter Wonderland (Felix Bernard and Dick Smith)
by Darlene Love
10. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers (Leon Jessel)
by The Crystals
11. Christmas "Baby Please Come Home" (Greenwich, Barry and Spector)
by Darlene Love
12. Here Comes Santa Claus (Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman)
by Bob B. Soxx & Blue Jeans
13. Silent Night (Josef Mohr and Franz X. Gruber)
by Phil Spector and Artists

The Crew ...
Jack Nitzsche -- arrangements, percussion
Louis Blackburn -- horns
Hal Blaine -- drums
Sonny Bono -- percussion
Leon Russell -- piano
Roy Caton -- trumpet
Steve Douglas -- saxophone
Frank Capp -- percussion
Barney Kessel -- guitar
Jay Migliori -- saxophone
Bill Pitman -- guitar
Ray Pohlman -- bass
Irv Rubins -- guitar
Tommy Tedesco -- guitar
Nino Tempo -- guitar
Johnny Vidor -- strings
Larry Levine -- engineer

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The Wrecking Crew:
The Critically Acclaimed Music Documentary,
Directed by Denny Tedesco.

Featuring Tommy Tedesco, Carol Kaye, Hal Blaine, Don Randi, Glen Campbell, Earl Palmer, Dick Clark, Brian Wilson, Cher, Al Casey, Herb Alpert, Joe Osborn, Jimmy Webb, Nancy Sinatra, Micky Dolenz, and many more.

The Wrecking Crew film soundtrack includes music made popular by Sonny and Cher, Glen Campbell, The 5th dimension, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, The Mamas and the Papas, Dean Martin, Nancy and Frank Sinatra, The Carpenters, Nat King Cole, Sam Cooke, The Byrds, Jan and Dean, The Beach Boys, Ike and Tina Turner, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Henry Mancini, Ricky Nelson, The Monkees, The Righteous Brothers, The Chipmunks, Captain and Tennille, Simon and Garfunkel, Ronnie and Phil Spector, The Ronnettes, Wayne Newton, Tommy Roe, Johnny Rivers, The Partridge Family, Elvis Presley, The Crystals and much more!

Merry Christmas!

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[JeffinBoxers]

I just love this...Its history.

I'm a big Cher fan and it was cool to see her.

[capitolemiproducer]

I sent Carol Kaye a message about the Wrecking Crew movie on facebook, and she got so pissed off about it she sent me a real nasty grahm with Denny Tedesco and Hall Blaine's name on it, then she unfriended me. Talk about someone with a grudge. Merry Christmas Carol

[itsstillfriday]

"Hello, this is Phil Spector...click BANG!!!" :-D hehehee!!

[kawentzmann]

So for six weeks the wrecking crew was blocked for other projects.