The sound? Remastered excellence. The selection? Do you get all 36 of the Ronettes' ever-recorded tracks? No. But you get most of the good stuff, and all the great stuff. Do not hesitate!
Forget the Abkco label stuff, here are the fabulous Ronettes singing 29 great songs, with all but a handful in TRUE STEREO. Any stereo mixes of early Phil Spector "Wall of Sound" recordings are exceedingly rare, but on this collection you are in for a treat as such classics as "Be My Baby", "Baby I Love You" and "Walking In The Rain" unfold on on a wide STEREO soundstage, taking your breath away like those narrow, tinny and very busy (transistor radio) sounding versions NEVER could. A few, like "I Can Hear Music", aren't available in stereo, but at least they're included here. And three of their Christmas classics also appear here in wide stereo! All other Ronettes collections will be either mono or remakes; again, THIS is the real deal, the original hits, mostly all in stereo.
There are not many CD releases to find with Phil Spector's The Ronettes. This collection contains 28 tracks, of which 23 are Spector productions, the other five come from the group's 1962 pre-Spector album.
According to the very cheap looking cover, the songs are digitally remastered, and most tracks sounds clearer than on the 1992 abkco release "The Best of Ronettes". Some tracks do sound somewhat metallic, and in some cases, there is outright distortion - for instance on "Lovers". You can have your doubts whether the people behind the remastering have had had access to the original master tapes. You would expect that the sound presentation could have been better and the general impression of the CD is that of a bootleg, with its very cheap one-sheet cover; badly printed with lots of factual errors on the songwriting credits.
Most tracks sound however do sound acceptable, and the songs are indeed in many cases brilliant.
The band's second album, "Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes" is represented in its entirety, and it actually could appear a little like a greatest hits album with tracks like "Be My Baby," "Walking in the Rain," "You Baby" and "Baby I Love You" - all great songs that really deserve a better presentation.
Inexplicably, the group had difficulty in maintaining the popularity achieved by the two big hits "Be My Baby" and "Baby I Love You" in 1963. Despite several excellent single releases during 1964-66, the group's singles never again reached the top 20. "The Best Part of Breaking Up," "Walking in the Rain," "Is This What I Get For Loving You Baby," "Here I Sit," "Keep On Dancing" and "I Can Hear Music" all sound sound like sure hit-songs.
This release contains the majority of what the group recorded with Spector, and it is definitely worth a listen. After a recording break of 2-3 years in 1969 the group released their last single, "You Came, You Saw, You Conquer". The song is missing on this release, but in turn, the fine B-side "Oh, I Love You" is included - in reality a much better track.
The Ronettes - Ultimate Collection
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(01) Recipe For Love - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(02) I Want A Boy - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(03) Be My Baby - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(04) (Best Part Of…) Breaking Up - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(05) Baby I Love You - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(06) You Baby - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(07) Do I Love You - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(08) Good Girls - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(09) Silhouettes - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(10) You Bet I Would - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(11) I*m Gonna Quit While I*m Ahead - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(12) I Wonder - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(13) Chapel Of Love - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(14) Is This What I Get For Loving You - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(15) Here I Sit - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(16) Soldier Baby - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(17) Why Don*t They Let Us Fall In Love - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(18) How Does It Feel - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(19) Walking In The Rain - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(20) Woman In Love - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(21) I Can Hear Music - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(22) Oh I Love You - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(23) Lovers - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(24) So Young - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(25) Keep On Dancing - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(26) Paradise - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(27) I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(28) Sleigh Ride - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
(29) Frosty The Snowman - Ronettes - The Ultimate Collection.flac
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