Compil. US 2009 on Hip-O Select label
Rock, Folk, World and (Pop Rock, Rockabilly, Rock’n’Roll, Country)
The great and highly influential Buddy Holly had a relatively brief three year professional recording career. However, because of his enormous talent, enthusiasm for music, and the fortunate emergence of recording tape while he was quite young, we have been left with a vast recorded legacy of 203 tracks that fill out the six CDs of this new limited edition Hip-O Select box set, “Not Fade Away/The Complete Studio Recordings And More.” The 203 tracks range from his earliest recordings when 12 to 15 years old to demos with Bob Montgomery; from his earliest recordings with The Crickets and a set of garage recordings to his first studio recordings for Decca in Nashville; from the Coral and Brunswick recordings and hits that made him famous to his heralded apartment tapes. There are 6 previously unreleased tracks, including most of an August 1955 session, plus another 11 recordings previously unreleased in the U.S. Furthermore, all of the original, locatable undubbed original recordings are here as well as all 57 of the overdubbed versions recorded both in New York City and Clovis months and even years after the “day the music died.” Many of these recordings are also hard-to-find or are making their CD debut, having only appeared on the 1979 LP/cassette box set. The music on “Not Fade Away” is packaged in a yearbook size 80 page book, featuring numerous rare photos and session-by-session recording information. There are also two sets of liner notes: “Legacy” by Billy Altman, which puts Buddy’s career in perspective, and “The Music” by Bill Dahl, a lengthy tome that traces the music session by session. Consultant for this project is noted Holly historian Bill Griggs, with special thanks to Maria Elena Holly. “Not Fade Away” was produced by Universal’s Andy McKaie.
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No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | 1949-1956: Family Home - Wichita Falls - Lubbock - Nashville - Clovis | Buddy Holly | ||
2 | My Two-Timin’ Woman | Buddy Holly | ||
3 | I’ll Just Pretend | Buddy Holly | ||
4 | Take These Shackles From My Heart | Buddy Holly | ||
5 | Footprints In The Snow | Buddy Holly | ||
6 | Flower Of My Heart | Buddy Holly | ||
7 | Door To My Heart | Buddy Holly | ||
8 | Soft Place In My Heart | Buddy Holly | ||
9 | Gotta Get You Near Me Blues | Buddy Holly | ||
10 | I Gambled My Heart | Buddy Holly | ||
11 | You And I Are Through | Buddy Holly | ||
12 | Down The Line | Buddy Holly | ||
13 | Baby, Let’s Play House | Buddy Holly | ||
14 | Down The Line | Buddy Holly | ||
15 | You And I Are Through | Buddy Holly | ||
16 | Baby, It’s Love | Buddy Holly | ||
17 | Memories | Buddy Holly | ||
18 | Queen Of The Ballroom | Buddy Holly | ||
19 | Memories | Buddy Holly | ||
20 | Moonlight Baby A.K.A. Baby, Won’t You Come Out Tonight | Buddy Holly | ||
21 | I Guess I Was Just A Fool | Buddy Holly | ||
22 | Don’t Come Back Knockin’ | Buddy Holly | ||
23 | Love Me | Buddy Holly | ||
24 | Midnight Shift | Buddy Holly | ||
25 | Midnight Shift (False Start / Alternate) | Buddy Holly | ||
26 | Don’t Come Back Knockin’ (Alternate) | Buddy Holly | ||
27 | Don’t Come Back Knockin’ | Buddy Holly | ||
28 | Blue Days, Black Nights | Buddy Holly | ||
29 | Love Me | Buddy Holly | ||
30 | Baby Won’t You Come Out Tonight | Buddy Holly | ||
31 | I Guess I Was Just A Fool | Buddy Holly | ||
32 | It’s Not My Fault | Buddy Holly | ||
33 | I’m Gonna Set My Foot Down | Buddy Holly | ||
34 | Changin’ All Those Changes | Buddy Holly | ||
35 | Rock-A-Bye Rock | Buddy Holly | ||
36 | Because I Love You | Buddy Holly | ||
37 | 1956-1957: Nashville - Family Garage - Clovis | Buddy Holly | ||
38 | Rock Around With Ollie Vee | Buddy Holly | ||
39 | I’m Changin’ All Those Changes | Buddy Holly | ||
40 | That’ll Be The Day | Buddy Holly | ||
41 | Girl On My Mind | Buddy Holly | ||
42 | Ting-A-Ling | Buddy Holly | ||
43 | Rock Around With Ollie Vee | Buddy Holly | ||
44 | Modern Don Juan | Buddy Holly | ||
45 | You Are My One Desire (False Start) | Buddy Holly | ||
46 | You Are My One Desire | Buddy Holly | ||
47 | Gone (Incomplete) | Buddy Holly | ||
48 | Gone | Buddy Holly | ||
49 | Gone (Alternate Take) | Buddy Holly | ||
50 | Have You Ever Been Lonely (Incomplete Alternate) | Buddy Holly | ||
51 | Have You Ever Been Lonely (Alternate) | Buddy Holly | ||
52 | Have You Ever Been Lonely | Buddy Holly | ||
53 | Brown-Eyed Handsome Man | Buddy Holly | ||
54 | Good Rockin’ Tonight | Buddy Holly | ||
55 | Rip It Up | Buddy Holly | ||
56 | Blue Monday | Buddy Holly | ||
57 | Honky Tonk | Buddy Holly | ||
58 | Blue Suede Shoes | Buddy Holly | ||
59 | Shake Rattle And Roll (Partial) | Buddy Holly | ||
60 | Bo Diddley | Buddy Holly | ||
61 | Ain’t Got No Home | Buddy Holly | ||
62 | Holly Hop | Buddy Holly | ||
63 | Brown-Eyed Handsome Man | Buddy Holly | ||
64 | Bo Diddley | Buddy Holly | ||
65 | I’m Looking For Someone To Love | Buddy Holly | ||
66 | That’ll Be The Day | Buddy Holly | ||
67 | Last Night (Undubbed) | Buddy Holly | ||
68 | Maybe Baby (First Version) | Buddy Holly | ||
69 | Words Of Love | Buddy Holly | ||
70 | Mailman Bring Me No More Blues | Buddy Holly | ||
71 | Not Fade Away (Alternate Overdub) | Buddy Holly | ||
72 | Not Fade Away | Buddy Holly | ||
73 | Everyday | Buddy Holly | ||
74 | 1957-1958: Clovis - Oklahoma City - New York | Buddy Holly | ||
75 | Ready Teddy | Buddy Holly | ||
76 | Valley Of Tears | Buddy Holly | ||
77 | That’ll Be The Day (Greetings To Bob Thiele) | Buddy Holly | ||
78 | That’ll Be The Day (Greetings To Murray Deutsch) | Buddy Holly | ||
79 | That’ll Be The Day (Greetings To Bill Randle) | Buddy Holly | ||
80 | Peggy Sue (Alternate Take) | Buddy Holly | ||
81 | Peggy Sue | Buddy Holly | ||
82 | Listen To Me | Buddy Holly | ||
83 | Oh Boy (Undubbed) | Buddy Holly | ||
84 | I’m Gonna Love You Too | Buddy Holly | ||
85 | Send Me Some Lovin’ (Undubbed) | Buddy Holly | ||
86 | It’s Too Late (Undubbed) | Buddy Holly | ||
87 | Oh Boy | Buddy Holly | ||
88 | An Empty Cup (And A Broken Date) | Buddy Holly | ||
89 | Rock Me My Baby | Buddy Holly | ||
90 | You’ve Got Love | Buddy Holly | ||
91 | Maybe Baby | Buddy Holly | ||
92 | Send Me Some Lovin’ | Buddy Holly | ||
93 | It’s Too Late | Buddy Holly | ||
94 | Tell Me How | Buddy Holly | ||
95 | Little Baby | Buddy Holly | ||
96 | (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care | Buddy Holly | ||
97 | Look At Me | Buddy Holly | ||
98 | Mona (Rehearsal) | Buddy Holly | ||
99 | Mona (Version 1) | Buddy Holly | ||
100 | Mona (Version 2) | Buddy Holly | ||
101 | Mona (Version 3) | Buddy Holly | ||
102 | Rave On | Buddy Holly | ||
103 | That’s My Desire (Two False Starts Plus Undubbed Master) | Buddy Holly | ||
104 | Well…All Right Well…All Right | Buddy Holly | ||
105 | Fool’s Paradise (Alternate Take 1) | Buddy Holly | ||
106 | Fool’s Paradise (Alternate Take 2) | Buddy Holly | ||
107 | Fool’s Paradise (Undubbed Master) | Buddy Holly | ||
108 | 1958: Clovis - New York - Lubbock | Buddy Holly | ||
109 | Think It Over (False Start & Rehearsal Take) | Buddy Holly | ||
110 | Think It Over (Undubbed Alternate) | Buddy Holly | ||
111 | Think It Over (Undubbed Master) | Buddy Holly | ||
112 | Take Your Time (False Start & Alternate Take) | Buddy Holly | ||
113 | Take Your Time | Buddy Holly | ||
114 | Fool’s Paradise | Buddy Holly | ||
115 | Think It Over | Buddy Holly | ||
116 | Lonesome Tears | Buddy Holly | ||
117 | It’s So Easy | Buddy Holly | ||
118 | Heartbeat | Buddy Holly | ||
119 | Love’s Made A Fool Of You (Undubbed) | Buddy Holly | ||
120 | Early In The Morning | Buddy Holly | ||
121 | Now We’re One (Fragment) | Buddy Holly | ||
122 | Now We’re One | Buddy Holly | ||
123 | Come Back Baby | Buddy Holly | ||
124 | Reminiscing (Undubbed) | Buddy Holly | ||
125 | True Love Ways (Mono Mix) | Buddy Holly | ||
126 | True Love Ways (Stereo Mix) | Buddy Holly | ||
127 | It Doesn’t Matter Anymore (Mono) | Buddy Holly | ||
128 | It Doesn’t Matter Anymore (Stereo) | Buddy Holly | ||
129 | Raining In My Heart (Mono) | Buddy Holly | ||
130 | Raining In My Heart (Stereo) | Buddy Holly | ||
131 | Moondreams (Mono) | Buddy Holly | ||
132 | Moondreams (Stereo) | Buddy Holly | ||
133 | You’re The One | Buddy Holly | ||
134 | That’s What They Say (Fragment) | Buddy Holly | ||
135 | What To Do | Buddy Holly | ||
136 | Peggy Sue Got Married | Buddy Holly | ||
137 | That Makes It Tough | Buddy Holly | ||
138 | Crying, Waiting, Hoping | Buddy Holly | ||
139 | Learning The Game | Buddy Holly | ||
140 | Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie | Buddy Holly | ||
141 | 1959-1963: New York - Clovis | Buddy Holly | ||
142 | Slippin’ And Slidin’ (Slow Version #1) | Buddy Holly | ||
143 | Slippin’ And Slidin’ (Slow Version #2) | Buddy Holly | ||
144 | Slippin’ And Slidin’ (Fast Version) | Buddy Holly | ||
145 | Drown In My Own Tears (Fragment) / Buddy & Maria Elena Talking In Apartment | Buddy Holly | ||
146 | Dearest (Alternate Take) | Buddy Holly | ||
147 | Dearest | Buddy Holly | ||
148 | Untitled Instrumental | Buddy Holly | ||
149 | Love Is Strange | Buddy Holly | ||
150 | Smokey Joe’s Café | Buddy Holly | ||
151 | Peggy Sue Got Married | Buddy Holly | ||
152 | Crying, Waiting, Hoping | Buddy Holly | ||
153 | That’s What They Say (Version 2) | Buddy Holly | ||
154 | What To Do | Buddy Holly | ||
155 | Learning The Game | Buddy Holly | ||
156 | That Makes It Tough | Buddy Holly | ||
157 | Baby Won’t You Come Out Tonight | Buddy Holly | ||
158 | Because I Love You | Buddy Holly | ||
159 | Changin’ All Those Changes | Buddy Holly | ||
160 | I’m Gonna Set My Foot Down | Buddy Holly | ||
161 | It’s Not My Fault | Buddy Holly | ||
162 | Rock-A-Bye Rock | Buddy Holly | ||
163 | Brown-Eyed Handsome Man | Buddy Holly | ||
164 | Bo Diddley | Buddy Holly | ||
165 | What To Do | Buddy Holly | ||
166 | Peggy Sue Got Married | Buddy Holly | ||
167 | Crying, Waiting, Hoping | Buddy Holly | ||
168 | That Makes It Tough | Buddy Holly | ||
169 | That’s What They Say | Buddy Holly | ||
170 | Learning The Game | Buddy Holly | ||
171 | Reminiscing | Buddy Holly | ||
172 | Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie | Buddy Holly | ||
173 | Dearest (Version 2) | Buddy Holly | ||
174 | Slippin’ And Slidin’ (Slow Version 2) | Buddy Holly | ||
175 | 1962-1968: Clovis | Buddy Holly | ||
176 | Baby Let’s Play House (I Wanna Play House With You) | Buddy Holly | ||
177 | Down The Line | Buddy Holly | ||
178 | Wait Til’ The Sun Shines Nellie (Overdub Version 2) | Buddy Holly | ||
179 | Reminiscing | Buddy Holly | ||
180 | Flower Of My Heart | Buddy Holly | ||
181 | Door To My Heart | Buddy Holly | ||
182 | Soft Place In My Heart | Buddy Holly | ||
183 | I Gambled My Heart | Buddy Holly | ||
184 | Gotta Get You Near Me Blues | Buddy Holly | ||
185 | Gone (Version 3) | Buddy Holly | ||
186 | Rip It Up | Buddy Holly | ||
187 | Honky Tonk | Buddy Holly | ||
188 | Blue Suede Shoes | Buddy Holly | ||
189 | Shake Rattle And Roll | Buddy Holly | ||
190 | You And I Are Through | Buddy Holly | ||
191 | Baby It’s Love | Buddy Holly | ||
192 | Memories | Buddy Holly | ||
193 | Queen Of The Ballroom | Buddy Holly | ||
194 | Love’s Made A Fool Of You | Buddy Holly | ||
195 | Wishing (Mono) | Buddy Holly | ||
196 | Wishing (Stereo) | Buddy Holly | ||
197 | Maybe Baby | Buddy Holly | ||
198 | That’s My Desire | Buddy Holly | ||
199 | Have You Ever Been Lonely (Version 1) | Buddy Holly | ||
200 | Good Rockin’ Tonight | Buddy Holly | ||
201 | Blue Monday | Buddy Holly | ||
202 | Ain’t Got No Home | Buddy Holly | ||
203 | Holly Hop | Buddy Holly | ||
204 | Slippin’ And Slidin’ | Buddy Holly | ||
205 | You’re The One | Buddy Holly | ||
206 | Love Is Strange | Buddy Holly | ||
207 | (Ummm, Oh Yeah) Dearest | Buddy Holly | ||
208 | Smokey Joe’s Café | Buddy Holly |