The Best of the Crystals

~ Release by The Crystals (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1There's No Other Like My Baby
engineer:
William McMeekin
producer:
Phil Spector
lead vocals:
Barbara Alston (from 1961-09 until 1961-10)
arranger:
Arnold Goland and Phil Spector
recorded at:
Mirasound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1961-09 until 1961-10)
recording of:
There’s No Other (Like My Baby) (from 1961-09 until 1961-10)
composer:
Lee Bates and Phil Spector
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Mother Bertha Music Inc.
2:32
2Oh, Yeah, Maybe, Baby
2:26
3Uptown
engineer:
William McMeekin
producer:
Phil Spector
guitar:
Phil Spector (in 1962-02)
lead vocals:
Barbara Alston (in 1962-02)
arranger:
Hank Levine and Phil Spector
recorded at:
Mirasound Studios in New York, New York, United States (in 1962-02)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1962 (number: 23)
recording of:
Uptown (in 1962-02)
writer:
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
publisher:
Dyad Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
52:22
4What a Nice Way to Turn 17
2:42
5He Hit Me (and It Felt Like a Kiss)
engineer:
William McMeekin
producer:
Phil Spector
lead vocals:
Barbara Alston (in 1962-06)
arranger:
Arnold Goland and Phil Spector
recorded at:
Mirasound Studios in New York, New York, United States (in 1962-06)
recording of:
He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss) (in 1962-06)
lyricist:
Gerry Goffin
composer:
Carole King
lyrics quoted on:
Ultraviolence
2:35
6No One Ever Tells You
2:19
7He's a Rebel
engineer:
Larry Levine
producer:
Phil Spector
background vocals:
Fanita James (in 1962-07) and Jean King (in 1962-07)
lead vocals:
Darlene Love (in 1962-07)
arranger:
Jack Nitzsche (American musician and score composer)
recorded at:
Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1962-07)
recording of:
He’s a Rebel (in 1962-07)
lyricist and composer:
Gene Pitney
publisher:
January Music Corp.
52:28
8I Love You Eddie
1:59
9Another Country - Another World
2:56
10Please Hurt Me
2:15
11He's Sure the Boy I Love
engineer:
Larry Levine
producer:
Phil Spector
arranger:
Jack Nitzsche (American musician and score composer)
recorded at:
Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1962-11)
recording of:
He’s Sure the Boy I Love (in 1962-11)
writer:
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
publisher:
Aldon Music and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
2:44
12Look in My Eyes
2:48
13Da Doo Ron Ron
engineer:
Larry Levine
producer:
Phil Spector
lead vocals:
LaLa Brooks (in 1963-03)
arranger:
Jack Nitzsche (American musician and score composer)
recorded at:
Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1963-03)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 114) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 366)
recording of:
Da Doo Ron Ron (in 1963-03)
writer:
Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Group Japan (work publisher - do NOT use as a release label) (ended), ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Intersong (publisher), Mother Bertha Music Inc., Trio Music Co., Inc., Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, 日本アブコ音楽出版, フジパシフィック音楽出版 (until 2014-12-31), イーエムアイ音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30), フジパシフィックミュージック (from 2015-01-01 to present) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
52:18
14Heartbreaker
engineer:
Larry Levine
producer:
Phil Spector
lead vocals:
LaLa Brooks (in 1963-03)
arranger:
Jack Nitzsche (American musician and score composer)
recorded at:
Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1963-03)
recording of:
Heartbreaker (in 1963-03)
writer:
Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Mother Bertha Music Inc., Trio Music Company and Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
2:36
15Then He Kissed Me
engineer:
Larry Levine (in 1963-07)
producer:
Phil Spector
lead vocals:
LaLa Brooks (in 1963-07)
arranger:
Jack Nitzsche (American musician and score composer) (in 1963-07)
recorded at:
Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1963-07)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1963 (number: 11) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 493)
recording of:
Then He Kissed Me (in 1963-07)
writer:
Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Malt Shoppe Music, Mother Bertha Music Inc., Steeplechase Music, Trio Music Co., Inc. and Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
52:36
16I Wonder
2:51
17Little Boy
engineer:
Larry Levine
producer:
Phil Spector
lead vocals:
LaLa Brooks (in 1963-11)
arranger:
Jack Nitzsche (American musician and score composer)
recorded at:
Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1963-11)
recording of:
Little Boy (in 1963-11)
writer:
Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Mother Bertha Music Inc., Trio Music Company and Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
3:00
18Girls Can Tell
engineer:
Larry Levine
producer:
Phil Spector
lead vocals:
LaLa Brooks (in 1963-11)
arranger:
Jack Nitzsche (American musician and score composer)
recorded at:
Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1963-11)
recording of:
Girls Can Tell (in 1963-11)
writer:
Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Mother Bertha Music Inc., Trio Music Company and Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
2:38
19All Grown Up
2:30