Various Artists-Phil Spector's Christmas Album (1972)


 

Artist: Various Artists (Darlene Love, The Ronettes, Bobb B. Soxx  and the Blue Jeans, The Crystals, Phil Spector & Artists)

Title: Phil Spector's Christmas Album

Label: Apple

Format: LP

Cat #: SW-3400

Year of Release: 1972

Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1972 Winchester Pressing

Listed Condition: G+/VG+

Sell Date: 12/17/21

Sell Price: $11.99

Discogs Last Sold: 11/20/21 VG+/VG+ $15.00

Low: $9.69

Median: $14.00

Average: $13.89

High: $19.55

Current low price: $16.85 NM/VG+

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 10

Have/Want: 141/99

Where Sold: Columbia, MD

Time it took to sell: 6 yeaars

Where and When Bought: NYC Archives record sale

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A

Sad To See It Go: No

1972 reissue of the 1963 A Christmas Gift For You From Philles Records Phil Spector compilation on the Beatles' Apple Records.  The cover was revised to feature the man as Saint Nick!  All the more beautiful since the original cover were with all the artists wrapped in boxes EXCEPT Phil.

There is a certain joy that the hits on this record can never be erased from permanent  Yuletide celebration, but it is the also rans that make this a great album.  That starts with the special message "Silent Night" outro from the man himself.  

If you think about it, these set the standard for the Christmas music in the rock era and it's never been matched, for better or worse.  Hal Blaine's drumming and the general thickness of these tracks make for a sonic event.  Coming one after the other the songs take on their own life in a way that differs from hearing "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" in the mall or "White Christmas" at the dentists.

Phil Spector is rock 'n roll after all.


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