Coming on October 18th is a box set that many Phil Spector fans have been waiting for. The seven-disc set will include six original albums from Spector’s Philles label:

• The Crystals Twist Uptown (The Crystals, 1962)
• He’s a Rebel (The Crystals, 1963)
• Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans, 1963)
• The Crystals Sing the Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (The Crystals, 1963)
• Philles Records Presents Today’s Hits (Various, 1963)
• Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica (The Ronettes, 1964)

and a bonus disc,

• Phil’s Flipsides (The Phil Spector Wall of Sound Orchestra)

This represents six of Philles’ first seven albums (the seventh, A Christmas Gift for You, has been reissued separately and as part of box sets several times), and includes numerous non-hit album tracks that have not been included on standard Spector anthologies. The bonus disc provides sixteen rare B-sides that Spector used to pad his hit singles (and, with no commercial appeal, to ensure jocks stuck to the A-side). On the same day, a two-CD hits collection, The Essential Phil Spector, will be released.

You can pre-order the box set at www.philspector.com and Amazon.com, or find it through standard retail on October 18th. Check back here for a review in October!