Buddy Holly - Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings And More

Buddy Holly - Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings And More

Media Condition:  Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)

Format:      6xCD, Comp, RM + Box
Country:    US  
Released:  2009-11-23
Genre:       Rock, Folk World & Country
Style:         Pop Rock, Rockabilly, Rock & Roll, Country

Track List:

. 1949-1956: Family Home - Wichita Falls - Lubbock - Nashville - Clovis
1-1. My Two-Timin’ Woman
1-2. I’ll Just Pretend
1-3. Take These Shackles From My Heart
1-4. Footprints In The Snow
1-5. Flower Of My Heart
1-6. Door To My Heart
1-7. Soft Place In My Heart
1-8. Gotta Get You Near Me Blues
1-9. I Gambled My Heart
1-10. You And I Are Through
1-11. Down The Line
1-12. Baby, Let’s Play House
1-13. Down The Line
1-14. You And I Are Through
1-15. Baby, It’s Love
1-16. Memories
1-17. Queen Of The Ballroom
1-18. Memories
1-19. Moonlight Baby A.K.A. Baby, Won’t You Come Out Tonight
1-20. I Guess I Was Just A Fool
1-21. Don’t Come Back Knockin’
1-22. Love Me
1-23. Midnight Shift
1-24. Midnight Shift (False Start / Alternate)
1-25. Don’t Come Back Knockin’ (Alternate)
1-26. Don’t Come Back Knockin’
1-27. Blue Days, Black Nights
1-28. Love Me
1-29. Baby Won’t You Come Out Tonight
1-30. I Guess I Was Just A Fool
1-31. It’s Not My Fault
1-32. I’m Gonna Set My Foot Down
1-33. Changin’ All Those Changes
1-34. Rock-A-Bye Rock
1-35. Because I Love You
. 1956-1957: Nashville - Family Garage - Clovis
2-1. Rock Around With Ollie Vee
2-2. I’m Changin’ All Those Changes
2-3. That’ll Be The Day
2-4. Girl On My Mind
2-5. Ting-A-Ling
2-6. Rock Around With Ollie Vee
2-7. Modern Don Juan
2-8. You Are My One Desire (False Start)
2-9. You Are My One Desire
2-10. Gone (Incomplete)
2-11. Gone
2-12. Gone (Alternate Take)
2-13. Have You Ever Been Lonely (Incomplete Alternate)
2-14. Have You Ever Been Lonely (Alternate)
2-15. Have You Ever Been Lonely
2-16. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
2-17. Good Rockin’ Tonight
2-18. Rip It Up
2-19. Blue Monday
2-20. Honky Tonk
2-21. Blue Suede Shoes
2-22. Shake Rattle And Roll (Partial)
2-23. Bo Diddley
2-24. Ain’t Got No Home
2-25. Holly Hop
2-26. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
2-27. Bo Diddley
2-28. I’m Looking For Someone To Love
2-29. That’ll Be The Day
2-30. Last Night (Undubbed)
2-31. Maybe Baby (First Version)
2-32. Words Of Love
2-33. Mailman Bring Me No More Blues
2-34. Not Fade Away (Alternate Overdub)
2-35. Not Fade Away
2-36. Everyday
. 1957-1958: Clovis - Oklahoma City - New York
3-1. Ready Teddy
3-2. Valley Of Tears
3-3. That’ll Be The Day (Greetings To Bob Thiele)
3-4. That’ll Be The Day (Greetings To Murray Deutsch)
3-5. That’ll Be The Day (Greetings To Bill Randle)
3-6. Peggy Sue (Alternate Take)
3-7. Peggy Sue
3-8. Listen To Me
3-9. Oh Boy (Undubbed)
3-10. I’m Gonna Love You Too
3-11. Send Me Some Lovin’ (Undubbed)
3-12. It’s Too Late (Undubbed)
3-13. Oh Boy
3-14. An Empty Cup (And A Broken Date)
3-15. Rock Me My Baby
3-16. You’ve Got Love
3-17. Maybe Baby
3-18. Last Night
3-19. Send Me Some Lovin’
3-20. It’s Too Late
3-21. Tell Me How
3-22. Little Baby
3-23. (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care
3-24. Look At Me
3-25. Mona (Rehearsal)
3-26. Mona (Version 1)
3-27. Mona (Version 2)
3-28. Mona (Version 3)
3-29. Rave On
3-30. That’s My Desire (Two False Starts Plus Undubbed Master)
3-31. Well…All Right Well…All Right
3-32. Fool’s Paradise (Alternate Take 1)
3-33. Fool’s Paradise (Alternate Take 2)
3-34. Fool’s Paradise (Undubbed Master)
. 1958: Clovis - New York - Lubbock
4-1. Think It Over (False Start & Rehearsal Take)
4-2. Think It Over (Undubbed Alternate)
4-3. Think It Over (Undubbed Master)
4-4. Take Your Time (False Start & Alternate Take)
4-5. Take Your Time
4-6. Fool’s Paradise
4-7. Think It Over
4-8. Lonesome Tears
4-9. It’s So Easy
4-10. Heartbeat
4-11. Love’s Made A Fool Of You (Undubbed)
4-12. Early In The Morning
4-13. Now We’re One (Fragment)
4-14. Now We’re One
4-15. Come Back Baby
4-16. Reminiscing (Undubbed)
4-17. True Love Ways (Mono Mix)
4-18. True Love Ways (Stereo Mix)
4-19. It Doesn’t Matter Anymore (Mono)
4-20. It Doesn’t Matter Anymore (Stereo)
4-21. Raining In My Heart (Mono)
4-22. Raining In My Heart (Stereo)
4-23. Moondreams (Mono)
4-24. Moondreams (Stereo)
4-25. You’re The One
4-26. That’s What They Say (Fragment)
4-27. What To Do
4-28. Peggy Sue Got Married
4-29. That Makes It Tough
4-30. Crying, Waiting, Hoping
4-31. Learning The Game
4-32. Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie
. 1959-1963: New York - Clovis
5-1. Slippin’ And Slidin’ (Slow Version #1)
5-2. Slippin’ And Slidin’ (Slow Version #2)
5-3. Slippin’ And Slidin’ (Fast Version)
5-4. Drown In My Own Tears (Fragment) / Buddy & Maria Elena Talking In Apartment
5-5. Dearest (Alternate Take)
5-6. Dearest
5-7. Untitled Instrumental
5-8. Love Is Strange
5-9. Smokey Joe’s Café
5-10. Peggy Sue Got Married
5-11. Crying, Waiting, Hoping
5-12. That’s What They Say (Version 2)
5-13. What To Do
5-14. Learning The Game
5-15. That Makes It Tough
5-16. Baby Won’t You Come Out Tonight
5-17. Because I Love You
5-18. Changin’ All Those Changes
5-19. I’m Gonna Set My Foot Down
5-20. It’s Not My Fault
5-21. Rock-A-Bye Rock
5-22. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
5-23. Bo Diddley
5-24. What To Do
5-25. Peggy Sue Got Married
5-26. Crying, Waiting, Hoping
5-27. That Makes It Tough
5-28. That’s What They Say
5-29. Learning The Game
5-30. Reminiscing
5-31. Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie
5-32. Dearest (Version 2)
5-33. Slippin’ And Slidin’ (Slow Version 2)
. 1962-1968: Clovis
6-1. Baby Let’s Play House (I Wanna Play House With You)
6-2. Down The Line
6-3. Wait Til’ The Sun Shines Nellie (Overdub Version 2)
6-4. Reminiscing
6-5. Flower Of My Heart
6-6. Door To My Heart
6-7. Soft Place In My Heart
6-8. I Gambled My Heart
6-9. Gotta Get You Near Me Blues
6-10. Gone (Version 3)
6-11. Rip It Up
6-12. Honky Tonk
6-13. Blue Suede Shoes
6-14. Shake Rattle And Roll
6-15. You And I Are Through
6-16. Baby It’s Love
6-17. Memories
6-18. Queen Of The Ballroom
6-19. Love’s Made A Fool Of You
6-20. Wishing (Mono)
6-21. Wishing (Stereo)
6-22. Maybe Baby
6-23. That’s My Desire
6-24. Have You Ever Been Lonely (Version 1)
6-25. Good Rockin’ Tonight
6-26. Blue Monday
6-27. Ain’t Got No Home
6-28. Holly Hop
6-29. Slippin’ And Slidin’
6-30. You’re The One
6-31. Love Is Strange
6-32. (Ummm, Oh Yeah) Dearest
6-33. Smokey Joe’s Café

Notes: 

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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Mint NEW FACTORY SEALED! From private collection.

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