Crystals , The

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INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

This special collector’s edition on 180 gram vinyl includes The Crystals’ sensational debut LP, Twist Uptown, which was originally issued on the Philles label in the summer of 1962. The group’s first album was recorded at New York’s Mira Sound Studios before producer Phil Spector had perfected his style at California’s Gold Star Studios. In addition to the original album, this WaxTime collector’s item also includes 2 bonus tracks, consisting of a pair of soulful numbers from the same period. “He Hit Me (and It Felt Like a Kiss),” with a dark subject matter that remains just as controversial today.

THE CRYSTALS :

BARBARA ALSTON, lead vocals (side 1, tracks 1-3, 5 & 6 / side 2, track 6)
and backing vocals (side 1, track 4 / side 2, track 7)
PATSY WRIGHT: backing vocals on all tracks, except lead vocals on side 1, track 4
DOLORES "LALA" BROOKS: backing vocals on all tracks
MARY THOMAS: backing vocals on all tracks
DEE DEE KENNIBRE: backing vocals on all tracks
MYRNA GIRARD: additional backing vocals

(SIDE A-6 & SIDE B-7) (*) Bonus tracks:
Darlene Love (lead vocals on side 2, track 7),
Steve Douglas, Nino Tempo or Jay Migliori (saxophone),
Roy Caton (trumpet), Tom Tedesco, Bill Pitman or Irv Rubins (guitar),
Ray Pohlman or Jimmy Bond (bass), Leon Russell or Al De Lory (piano),
Don Randi (organ), Hal Blaine (drums), Frank Capp (percussion).

Hollywood, California, 1962.

SIDE 1

01 Uptown
02 Another Country (Another World)
03 Frankenstein Twist
04 Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby
05 Please Hurt Me
06 He Hit Me (and It Feels Like A Kiss) *

SIDE 2

01 There’s no Other (Like My Baby)
02 On Broadway
03 What A Nice Way to Turn Seventeen
04 No One Ever Tells You
05 Gee Whiz, Look at His Eyes (Twist)
06 I Love You Eddie
07 He’s Sure The Boy I Love (*)