BUDDY HOLLY 1957 : THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS
: Not Fade Away
THE COMPLETE 1957 RECORDINGS.
3 CD SET, 8 PAGE BOOKLET, FULL '57 DISCOGRAPHY 1957: The breakthrough year
After having served his apprenticeship on local West Texas radio in the early 1950s, Buddy Holly spent a year as a solo artist with the unsympathetic Nashville arm of mighty US Decca in 1956 (see El Toro ETCD 1012) which not only proved disastrous commercially, but also denied him the artistic freedom which he desired in order to carve his own niche in popular music.
Having learned a valuable lesson in Owen Bradley's clock-watched studio, in early 1957 Buddy Holly formed his own group, The Crickets, and began utilising the well-equipped recording facility belonging to Norman Petty in Clovis, to produce finished masters for the Brunswick and Coral labels, which would include influential rock 'n' roll classics such as "That'll Be The Day", "Peggy Sue", "Not Fade Away", "Oh Boy!" and "Maybe Baby" - all of which can be found on this entertaining and important compilation.
Like Eddie Cochran in California, Buddy Holly enjoyed being a creative musician perhaps more than being a famous recording star, and much of his short life was spent in the recording studio not only rehearsing and recording his own tracks, but also providing accompaniment to the stream of vocalists that stepped through the sound-proofed doors.
This three CD set (90 tracks!!) Provides a distillation of the high-points of the annus mirabilis which was 1957, featuring the complete recordings marketed as both The Crickets and as Buddy Holly - as well as a wealth of tracks on which Buddy, J.I. and Joe B. backed those other country, pop and rock 'n' roll singers, along with the soundtracks from TV shows, on-air interviews and amusingly-tailored promo jingles to massage the egos of various music industry figures.
These were the recordings that made Buddy Holly and The Crickets national, and indeed international, stars.
Things would never be the same again...
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Tracklist :
Disc One:
01. I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love
02. That'll Be The Day
03. Last Night
04. Maybe Baby
05. Last Night
06. Words Of Love [Demo]
07. Words Of Love
08. Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues
09. Not Fade Away
10. Not Fade Away
11. Everyday
12. Ready Teddy
13. Valley Of Tears
14. Tell Me How
15. Buddy's Phone Call To Paul Cohen Of Decca Records
16. Go Boy Go
17. Gone
18. Go Boy Go
19. The Golden Rocket
20. Gone [Norman Petty Demo]
21. I Overlooked An Orchid
22. On My Mind Again
23. Viva La Matador
24. A Whole Lot Of Lovin' [Take 1]
25. A Whole Lot Of Lovin' [Take 2]
26. A Whole Lot Of Lovin' [Take 3]
27. A Whole Lot Of Lovin' (epic)
28. It's A Wonderful Feeling
29. Starlight [Original Without Echo]
30. Believe Me [Original Without Echo]
31. Starlight
32. Believe Me
Disc Two:
01. Peggy Sue [Alternative Take]
02. Peggy Sue
03. Listen To Me
04. That'll Be The Day
05. That'll Be The Day [Promotional Recording For Murray Deutch Of Southern Music]
06. Oh, Boy! [Undubbed Original Version]
07. Oh, Boy!
08. That'll Be The Day [Promotional Recording For Bill Randle Of WERE Radio, Ohio]
09. I'm Gonna Love You Too
10. Send Me Some Lovin' [Original Undubbed Demo]
11. It's Too Late [Original Undubbed Demo]
12. Send Me Some Lovin'
13. It's Too Late
14. Man From Texas
15. Honey, Honey
16. Look To The Future Fred Crawford
17. By The Mission Wall
18. Wreck Of The Old '97
19. Scarlet Ribbons
20. Sugartime [Take 1]
21. Sugartime [Promo]
22. One Faded Rose [Take 1]
23. Sugartime
24. One Faded Rose
25. Humble Heart
26. Broken Promises
27. Moondreams-With The Picks
28. Moondreams [Instrumental]
29. Moondreams-With The Roses
Disc Three:
01. You've Got Love
02. Maybe Baby
03. An Empty Cup (And A Broken Date)
04. Rock Me, My Baby
05. That'll Be The Day [Unidentified Live Fragment]
06. That'll Be The Day [Live On The Ed Sullivan CBS TV Show]
07. Peggy Sue [Live On The Ed Sullivan CBS TV Show]
08. Interview With Ed Sullivan
09. Little Baby
10. You're So Square (Baby I Don't Care)
11. Look At Me
12. Mona [Rehearsal]
13. Mona [Take 1]
14. Mona [Take 2]
15. Mona [Take 3]
16. Peggy Sue [Live On The Arthur Murray TV Show]
17. Don't Do Me This Way!-Rick Tucker [First Version]
18. Patty Baby-Rick Tucker & The Picks
19. Don't Do Me This Way!-Rick Tucker &The Picks
20. Promotional Spot For Bill Randle Of WERE Radio, Ohio #1
21. Promotional Spot For Bill Randle Of WERE Radio, Ohio #2
22. Promotional Spot For Don Passerby Of Cornwall Radio, Canada #1
23. Promotional Spot For Don Passerby Of Cornwall Radio, Canada #2
24. Promotional Spot For Don Passerby Of Cornwall Radio, Canada #3
25. Promotional Spot For Don Passerby Of Cornwall Radio, Canada #4
26. Interview With Red Robinson Of CKWX Radio, Canada
27. Promotional Spot For Red Robinson Of CKWX Radio, Canada
28. Interview With Freeman Hoover Of KCSR Radio, Nebraska
29. Promotional Spot For Freeman Hoover Of KCSR Radio, Nebraska
30. Interview With Dale Lowery Of KTOP Radio, Kansas
