A Christmas Gift For You From Philles Records M- 63 PHIL SPECTOR 1ST PRESS RARE

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Various Artists-A Christmas Gift For You From Philles Records (PHLP 4005) featuring Darlene Love, The Ronettes, Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans, The Crystals, Phil Spector & Artists. 
LP is M-/VG+ few marks on B-side that don’t affect the play. Comes with Strong VG+ cover with a 1” x 1 1/2” light brown stain on the bottom back right corner and two very small stains in the top right and bottom left corners. There are also four small “X” in ink next to 4 songs on the back cover. Otherwise a very decent cover and vinyl.
Very respectable copy of legendary 1963 album that is the ULTIMATE Holiday Classic--ask Brian Wilson who says it's his Favorite LP of ALL TIME. Period!
FIRST PRESSING with the following dead wax hand-written inscriptions: Side One: PHLP4005 Side One Side Two: PHLP4005 Side Two
"A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector (originally released as A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records) is an album of Christmas songs, produced by Phil Spector, and originally released as Philles 45 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. The album peaked 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—a photograph of Spector dressed as a heavily bearded Santa Claus, wearing a "Back to Mono" button—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, which was its highest chart ranking. It was also in 1972 that it made its debut on the UK charts. It would also re-chart in 1983 peaking at UK #19.
In 2003, the album was voted 142 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2017, it was ranked the 130th greatest album of the 1960s by Pitchfork. Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys has cited this album as his favorite of all time. The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
The album, released in the United States on 22 November 1963—the same day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated—was a relative failure at the time. Original pressings are scarce and collectable, now selling for $400–$500 in excellent condition."(from Wikipedia)
Track listing (All Recorded at Gold Star recording studio) Side One: 1. "White Christmas" Irving Berlin / Darlene Love 2:52 2. "Frosty the Snowman" Steve Nelson, Walter Rollins / The Ronettes 2:16 3. "The Bells of St. Mary's" A. Emmett Adams, Douglas Furber / Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans 2:54 4. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie / The Crystals 3:24 5. "Sleigh Ride" Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish / The Ronettes 3:00 6. "Marshmallow World" Carl Sigman, Peter DeRose / Darlene Love 2:23
Side Two: 1. "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" Tommie Connor / The Ronettes 2:37 2. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" Johnny Marks / The Crystals 2:30 3. "Winter Wonderland" Felix Bernard, Dick Smith / Darlene Love 2:25 4. "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" Leon Jessel / The Crystals 2:55 5. "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector / Darlene Love 2:45 6. "Here Comes Santa Claus" Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman / Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans 2:03 7. "Silent Night” Josef Mohr, Franz X. Gruber / Phil Spector and Artists 2:08
Session musicians: Jack Nitzsche – arrangements, percussion Larry Levine – engineer Barney Kessel – guitar Bill Pitman – guitar Irv Rubins – guitar Tommy Tedesco – guitar Nino Tempo – guitar Ray Pohlman – bass Hal Blaine – drums Leon Russell – piano Sonny Bono – percussion Frank Capp – percussion Louis Blackburn – horns Roy Caton – trumpet Steve Douglas – saxophone Jay Migliori – saxophone Johnny Vidor – strings
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