Section 4 - the Philips Era 1964 to Pre-Motown 1971
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THE FRANKIE VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS SESSIONS 1953 TO 1974 Section 4 - The Philips Era 1964 to Pre-Motown 1971 The following list is of known productions that The Four Seasons/Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and Frankie Valli(solo) completed whilst at Philips and pre their joining Motown in October 1971. It is understood that some multi-track masters of theses sessions no longer exist as these where not collected by the Partnership(or Bob Crewe) from Bell Studios and where allegedly ‘dumped in a skip’ and only stereo masters are retained by the Four Seasons Partnership. As a result some masters now only exist on vinyl and are not preserved in the Partnerships archive (examples are some of the masters used on the Edizione D’Oro album PHILIPS 2-6501 - Where this is suspected or known such masters are highlighted). But what actually exists has not been confirmed by The Four Seasons Partnership. Only two un-released masters are known and listed. NOTE: All release dates refer to US vinyl issues and not to subsequent issue on CD Dates for sessions may be when the masters were completed by Bob Crewe and presented to Philips rather than the recording dates. Where this is suspected or known notes are included. The format is firstly the artist session name and performers, year and place. Then the tabulated information lists in columns across the page. [Session Nr ] [Time (on record)] [Title] [Record release No] [Date Issued] (or Master) THE FOUR SEASONS NOVEMBER 20TH 1963 Place ATLANTIC STUDIOS N.Y.C. FOUR SEASONS - FRANKIE VALLI; vocal ; BACK-UP VOCALS BY: THE FOUR SEASONS: FRANKIE VALLI; THOMAS DeVITO; NICK MASSI; BOB GAUDIO . Arranged & conducted by: "CALELLO" ; Engineer : TOM DOWD ; Produced by: BOB CREWE . A-7415, PHW1 30926 2:11 DAWN (GO AWAY) PHILIPS 40166,44011 JAN 64, (Bob Gaudio-Sandy Linzer) PHILIPS PHS 600-124,196 FEB 64, NOV 65 2:40 DAWN (GO AWAY) (overdubbed-background vocals) PHILIPS 2-6501 DEC 68 (alternate mix) A-7416, PHW1 30927 3:08 NO SURFIN' TODAY (As by THE FOUR SEASONS) PHILIPS 40166 JAN 64 3:11 (Bob Crewe-Bob Gaudio) PHILIPS PHS 600-129 FEB 64 THE FOUR SEASONS C. JANUARY 1964 STEA-PHILIPS STUDIO N.Y.C. FRANKIE VALLI; THOMAS DeVITO; NICK MASSI; BOB GAUDIO . Orchestra Arranged and Conducted by CHARLES CALELLO. Vocal Arrangements by NICK MASSI. Produced by BOB CREWE. Engineer: GORDON CLARK . PHW1-30989 2:38 BORN TO WANDER PHILIPS PHS 600-129 FEB 64 (Peterson) PHILIPS 40185 MAR 64 30990 2:00 DON'T CRY ELENA PHILIPS PHS 600-129 FEB 64 (Gaudio) 30991 3:54 WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE PHILIPS PHS 600-129 FEB 64 (Pete Seeger-Sholokov) PHW1-30992 2:50 CRY MYSELF TO SLEEP PHILIPS PHS 600-129 FEB 64 (Gaudio/Crewe) PHILIPS 40305 MAY 65 Section 4 Version 5 – May 2012 THE FRANKIE VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS SESSIONS 1953 TO 1974 (Note; This may have been recorded at the 20 th Nov 1963 Session according to Charles Calello) 30993 2:26 BALLAD FOR OUR TIME PHILIPS PHS 600-129 FEB 64 (Stallman-Jacobson) 30994 3:21 SILENCE IS GOLDEN PHILIPS PHS 600-129 FEB 64 PHW1-32690 (Bob Crewe-Bob Gaudio) PHILIPS 40211 JUN 64 30995 2:55 NEW TOWN PHILIPS PHS 600-129 FEB 64 (Ochs) 30996 3:08 GOLDEN RIBBON PHILIPS PHS 600-129 FEB 64 (Gaudio) 30997 2:15 LITTLE PONY GET ALONG PHILIPS PHS 600-129 FEB 64 (Gaudio-Massi) PHW1-30998 2:32 SEARCHING WIND PHILIPS PHS 600-129 FEB 64 (Crewe-Gaudio) PHILIPS 40260 1 FEB 65 30999 2:44 MILLIE PHILIPS PHS 600-129 FEB 64 (Gaudio) THE FOUR SEASONS c FEBRUARY 1964 STEA-PHILIPS STUDIO N.Y.C. FRANKIE VALLI; THOMAS DeVITO; NICK MASSI; BOB GAUDIO . Arranged & conducted by: "CALELLO" ; Musical Arrangement: BOB GAUDIO; Vocal Arrangements: NICK MASSI ; Engineer: GORDON CLARK . Produced by: BOB CREWE . (Note; all tracks on ‘Dawn’ album PHS 600-124 which shows incorrectly arranged and conducted by Bob Crewe) 31103 2:35 BIG MAN'S WORLD PHILIPS PHS 600-124 FEB 64 (Bob Crewe-Bob Gaudio) 31104 2:57 YOU SEND ME PHILIPS PHS 600-124 FEB 64 (L.C.Cooke) 31105 2:37 MOUNTAIN HIGH PHILIPS PHS 600-124 FEB 64 (Dick St John Gosting) 31106 3:01 LIFE IS BUT A DREAM PHILIPS PHS 600-124 FEB 64 (R Cita-S Weiss) 31107 2:19 CHURCH BELLS MAY RING PHILIPS PHS 600-124 FEB 64 (Craft/Davis/Martin/Martin/Middleton) 31108 2:40 ONLY YESTERDAY PHILIPS PHS 600-124 FEB 64 (E Rambeau-B Rehak) 31109 2:46 SIXTEEN CANDLES PHILIPS PHS 600-124 FEB 64 (Luther Dixon-Alison R.Khent) 31110 2:38 BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO PHILIPS PHS 600-124 FEB 64 (Howard Greenfield-Neil Sedaka) 31111 2:24 EARTH ANGEL PHILIPS PHS 600-124 FEB 64 (Jesse Belvin) Section 4 Version 5 – May 2012 THE FRANKIE VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS SESSIONS 1953 TO 1974 31112 2:54 DON'T LET GO PHILIPS PHS 600-124 FEB 64 (Jesse Stone) 31113 2:18 DO YOU WANT TO DANCE PHILIPS PHS 600-124 FEB 64 (Bobby Freeman) 0:59 BRUNSWICK BOWLING SPOT COMMERCIAL ? (Gaudio) THE FOUR SEASONS c FEBRUARY 1964 STEA-PHILIPS STUDIO N.Y.C. FRANKIE VALLI; THOMAS DeVITO; NICK MASSI; BOB GAUDIO .Arranged and conducted by “CALELLO ” PHW1-31178 2:25 RONNIE PHILIPS 40185,44010 MAR 64, (Bob.Crewe-Bob.Gaudio) PHILIPS PHS 600-146,196 JUL 64,NOV 65 THE FOUR SEASONS APRIL 1964 STEA-PHILIPS STUDIO N.Y.C. FRANKIE VALLI; THOMAS DeVITO; NICK MASSI; BOB GAUDIO . Arranged by The Four Seasons, 690 - Arranged and conducted by “CALELLO” Produced by: BOB CREWE . PHW1-32689 2:56 RAG DOLL PHILIPS 40211,44010 JUN 64, (Bob Gaudio) PHILIPS PHS 600-146,196 JUL 64, NOV 65 PHW1-32689 2:22 RAG DOLL GORDA 500 1965 (B.Gaudio) PHW1-32690 3:22 SILENCE IS GOLDEN PHILIPS 40211 JUN 64 (Bob Crewe-Bob Gaudio) PHILIPS PHS 600-129 JAN 64 THE FOUR SEASONS c JUNE 1964 STEA-PHILIPS STUDIO N.Y.C. FRANKIE VALLI; THOMAS DeVITO; NICK MASSI; BOB GAUDIO . Vocal arrangements by: NICK MASSI , - Arranged & conducted by: DENNY RANDELL except ; 844 - Arranged by The Four Seasons , Arranged and conducted by “Calello”, 843 , 845& 849 - Arranged and conducted by “CALELLO” Sound Engineers: GORDON CLARK & TOM DOWD; Produced by: BOB CREWE . PHW1-32843 2:29 THE TOUCH OF YOU PHILIPS PHS 600-146 JUL 64 (Bob Gaudio) PHW1-32844 2:48 DANGER PHILIPS PHS 600-146 JUL 64 (Gaudio/Linzer) PHW1-32845 2:18 MARCIE PHILIPS PHS 600-146 JUL 64 (Bob Gaudio-Sandy Linzer) PHW1-32846 2:25 NO ONE CARES PHILIPS PHS 600-146 JUL 64 (Bob Gaudio) PHW1-32847 2:27 AN ANGEL CRIED PHILIPS PHS 600-146 JUL 64 (Bob Gaudio) Section 4 Version 5 – May 2012 THE FRANKIE VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS SESSIONS 1953 TO 1974 PHW1-32848 2:10 FUNNY FACE PHILIPS PHS 600-146 JUL 64 (Bob Crewe-Bob Gaudio) PHILIPS 40225 AUG 64 PHW1-32849 2:34 HUGGIN' MY PILLOW PHILIPS PHS 600-146 JUL 64 (Bob Crewe-Bob Gaudio) PHILIPS 40393 AUG 66 PHW1-32850 2:52 THE SETTING SUN PHILIPS PHS 600-146 JUL 64 (Bob Gaudio) PHW1-32851 2:30 ON BROADWAY TONIGHT PHILIPS PHS 600-146 JUL 64 (Crewe-Gaudio) PHILIPS 40317 SEP 65 THE FOUR SEASONS Date c. JULY 1964? OLMSTEAD OR STEA PHILIPS STUDIOS? FRANKIE VALLI; THOMAS DeVITO; NICK MASSI; BOB GAUDIO . Arranged by: DENNY RENDELL ; Vocal Arrangement by NICK MASSI . Produced by: BOB CREWE . PHW1-33088 2:36 SAVE IT FOR ME PHILIPS PHS 600-146 JUL 64 (Bob.Crewe-Bob.Gaudio) PHILIPS 40225,44011 AUG 64, SAVE IT FOR ME (overdubbed-doubletrack vocals) PHILIPS 2-6501 DEC 68 (Bob.Crewe-Bob.Gaudio) THE FOUR SEASONS Date c. SEPTEMBER 1964 Place: STEA-PHILIPS STUDIO N.Y.C. FRANKIE VALLI; THOMAS DeVITO; NICK MASSI; BOB GAUDIO . Vocal arrangements by: NICK MASSI , Arranged & conducted by: DENNY RENDELL ; Produced by: BOB CREWE . PHW 33172 2:47 BIG MAN IN TOWN PHILIPS 40238,44017 OCT 64 (Bob Gaudio) PHILIPS PHS 600-164,196 MAR 65, NOV 65 PHW 33173 2:20 LITTLE ANGEL PHILIPS 40238 OCT 64 (Bob Gaudio-Bob Crewe) PHILIPS PHS 600-164 MAR 65 FRANK VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS Date ? Place ? FRANKIE VALLI; THOMAS DeVITO; NICK MASSI; BOB GAUDIO . Arranged & conducted by: "CALELLO" ; Produced by: BOB CREWE . Vocal arrangements by: NICK MASSI , Engineer: BILL MacMEEKIN . 34110 2:37 A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE PHILIPS PHS 600-164 MAR 65 (Belle/Leonard/Prima/Rhodes) PICKWICK LP 1971 THE FOUR SEASONS c. NOVEMBER 1964 OLMSTEAD STUDIO, N.Y.C. FRANKIE VALLI; THOMAS DeVITO; NICK MASSI; BOB GAUDIO . Arranged & conducted by: "CALELLO" ; Produced by: BOB CREWE . Vocal arrangements by: NICK MASSI , Engineer: BILL MacMEEKIN . PHW 34524 2:45 LIVING JUST FOR YOU PHILIPS PHS 600-164 MAR 65 (Nick Massi) Section 4 Version 5 – May 2012 THE FRANKIE VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS SESSIONS 1953 TO 1974 THE FOUR SEASONS c. NOVEMBER 1964 OLMSTEAD STUDIO, N.Y.C. FRANKIE VALLI; THOMAS DeVITO; NICK MASSI; BOB GAUDIO . Arranged & conducted by: "CALELLO" ; Produced by: BOB CREWE . PHW1-34574 2:32 BYE, BYE, BABY (BABY GOODBYE) PHILIPS 40260,44021 1 JAN 65, (Gaudio-Crewe) PHILIPS PHS 600-164,196 MAR 65, NOV 65 THE FOUR SEASONS c. JANUARY 1965 OLMSTEAD STUDIO, N.Y.C. FRANKIE VALLI; THOMAS DeVITO; NICK MASSI; BOB GAUDIO . Arranged & conducted by: "CALELLO" ; Vocal arrangements by: NICK MASSI , Engineer: BILL MacMEEKIN . Produced by: BOB CREWE . PHW1-34723-2 2:58 SHOW GIRL PHILIPS PHS 600-164 MAR 65 (B.Crewe-B.Gaudio) PHILIPS 40412 NOV 66 PHW-34724 3:27 WHERE IS LOVE PHILIPS PHS 600-164 MAR 65 (Lionel Bart) PHW-34725 2:37 ONE CLOWN CRIED PHILIPS PHS 600-164,201 MAR 65 (Bob Gaudio-Sandy Linzer) JAN 66 PHW-34726 3:03 MY PRAYER PHILIPS PHS 600-164 MAR 65 (George Boulanger-Jimmy Kennedy) PHW-34727 2:53 LITTLE DARLIN' PHILIPS PHS 600-164 MAR 65 (Maurice Williams) PHW1-34728 2:57 BETRAYED PHILIPS 40278 MAR 65 (D.Randell-S.Linzer) PHILIPS PHS 600-164,196 MAR 65, NOV 65 PHW-34729 2:30 SOMEWHERE PHILIPS PHS 600-164 MAR 65 (Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Sondheim) THE FOUR SEASONS c.