Phil Spector - Phil Spector's Christmas Album

With a "Back to Mono" button adorning his long white beard, Phil Spector comes off looking like the manic St. Nick one would expect to see on the cover of a "Wall of Sound" Christmas album. His jacked-up look is often mirrored in this generously multi-tracked collection of Yuletide classics. Enveloped in a sonic morass of strings, horns, guitars, and percussion, Spector faithful like The Ronettes, The Crystals, Darlene Love, and Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans give chestnuts such as "White Christmas" and "Winter Wonderland" a girl group makeover. Read More