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CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'

A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU FROM PHIL SPECTOR (1963)

Various Artists

This holiday album was as much a showcase for producer Phil Spector’s formidable ‘Wall of Sound’ as it was a collection of festive pop tunes performed bythe Spector record was played endlessly at A7X gatherings. “We’d study those things during the holidays,” says Syn.

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