Actually if I'm honest, Phil's 58-65 stuff could do with decent remastering.
As great as the BAck To mono box set is, the sound is a little muddy. Just Once In My life sounds very thin on that set, all way have to turn it up and whack on some bass.
The best sound I've heard from Spector is on the original PHILLES 45's. Unfortunatly ,being a brit, most of my Spector singles are on LONDON records but I have Philles singles of pretty much all the major hits, and they sound top notch, especially BABY I LOVE YOU.
One Complaint, "Lovin Feelin" on PHILLES seems to be cut off centre, i.e. the stylus moves left and right when playing, which of cause causes a fluctuation in pitch
I finally got an original mono of
Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes (for only $50!), and this thing just sounds INCREDIBLE! Of course, it's only in VG condition, so there's some hiss in the background, but it's not very distracting, and the sound of the music is just crystal-clear, not muddy at all! It's by FAR the best sounding record pressing I've heard from that time period. It's MUUUUUUUUUCH better than any of the Capitol albums from that same period.