November 22, 1963 –
Unbeknownst to Phil Spector, he unfortunately chose this date to release his holiday record, A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector, which he worked on all summer with his best musicians.
Given the timing with the events in Dallas this day, the album suffers dismal sales initial. Later, the album would go on to be ranked No. 142 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in 2012. And in 2017, it was ranked the 130th greatest album of the 1960s by Pitchfork.
The Haus of Dcaligari 