Buddy Holly

INCLUDES FREE MP3 ALBUM DOWNLOAD Plus 2 BONUS TRACKS

This vinyl edition includes Holly’s eponymous second LP, Buddy Holly, which was first released by Brunswick Records on February 20, 1958. The album is overflowing with such catchy melodies that listeners will probably start humming along the first time they hear them. Most brilliantly of all is how these songs are rendered in the simplest of terms, with a rolling drum beat or a rhythm guitar solo whose tone couldn’t be improved by any amount of studio electronics or multi-track retakes.

In addition to the original masterpiece, this WaxTime collector’s item contains 2 bonus tracks: the magical “Ting-A-Ling” and Bobby Darin’s “Now We’re One” (issued as the B-side of Holly’s “Early in the Morning”). Perhaps the most extraordinary aspect of Buddy Holly’s work is that although he died fifty-six years ago, his records still sound so fresh.

BUDDY HOLLY, lead vocals and guitar, plus:

SIDE ONE [1,2, 4-6] & SIDE TWO 2 [1-3]: The Crickets: Joe B. Mauldin (b), Jerry Allison (d) with Niki Sullivan (g,voc), Vi Petty (p,on Side One, (5-6) and Side Two [1], Norman Petty (p, on Side One [5]).
Studios, Clovis, California, between April and July 1957.

SIDE ONE [3] & SIDE TWO [4 & 6]: The Crickets: Joe B. Mauldin (b), Jerry Allison (d). with C.W. Kendall, Jr. (p).
New Mexico, December 17-19, 1957.

SIDE ONE [7]: George Barnes, Al Chernet (g), Sanford Bach (b),
Ernest Hayes (p), Panama Francis (dr), Sam “The Man” Taylor (tS),
The Helen Way Singers (backing vocals).
Recorded at Phythian Temple, New York City, June 19, 1958.

SIDE TWO [5]: The Crickets: Joe B. Mauldin (b), Jerry Allison (d)
with Al Caiola, Donald Amone (g), Bob Thiele or Norman Petty (p),
JiveTunes (backing vocals).
Recorded at Bell Sound Studios, New York City, January 25, 1958.

SIDE TWO [7]: Sonny Curtis (lead guitar), Grady Martin (rhythm guitar)
Don Guess (b), Jerry Allison (d).
Recorded at Bradley’s Barn, Nashville, July 22, 1956.

SIDE 1

01. I’M GONNA LOVE YOU TOO
02. PEGGY SUE
03. LOOK AT ME
04. LISTEN TO ME
05. VALLEY OF TEARS
06. READY TEDDY
07. NOW WE’RE ONE (*)

SIDE 2

01. EVERYDAY
02. MAILMAN, BRING ME NO MORE BLUES
03. WORDS OF LOVE
04. (YOU’RE SO SQUARE) BABY I DON’T CARE
05. RAVE ON
06. LITTLE BABY
07. TING-A-LING (*)

(*) BONUS TRACKS