Buddy Holly - Memorial Collection 3CD (2008)
FLAC LOSSLESS 16Bit-44kHz
Geffen - B0011337-02


Wikipedia

Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born in Lubbock, Texas, to a musical family during the Great Depression, and learned to play guitar and sing alongside his siblings. His style was influenced by gospel music, country music, and rhythm and blues acts, which he performed in Lubbock with his friends from high school.

He made his first appearance on local television in 1952, and the following year he formed the group "Buddy and Bob" with his friend Bob Montgomery. In 1955, after opening for Elvis Presley, he decided to pursue a career in music. He opened for Presley three times that year; his band's style shifted from country and western to entirely rock and roll. In October that year, when he opened for Bill Haley & His Comets, he was spotted by Nashville scout Eddie Crandall, who helped him get a contract with Decca Records.

Holly's recording sessions at Decca were produced by Owen Bradley, who had become famous for producing orchestrated country hits for stars like Patsy Cline. Unhappy with Bradley's musical style and control in the studio, Holly went to producer Norman Petty in Clovis, New Mexico, and recorded a demo of "That'll Be the Day", among other songs. Petty became the band's manager and sent the demo to Brunswick Records, which released it as a single credited to "The Crickets", which became the name of Holly's band. In September 1957, as the band toured, "That'll Be the Day" topped the US and UK singles charts. Its success was followed in October by another major hit, "Peggy Sue".

The album The "Chirping" Crickets, released in November 1957, reached number five on the UK Albums Chart. Holly made his second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in January 1958 and soon after toured Australia and then the UK. In early 1959, he assembled a new band, consisting of future country music star Waylon Jennings (bass), famed session musician Tommy Allsup (guitar), and Carl Bunch (drums), and embarked on a tour of the midwestern U.S. After a show in Clear Lake, Iowa, he chartered an airplane to travel to his next show, in Moorhead, Minnesota. Soon after takeoff, the plane crashed, killing Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and pilot Roger Peterson in a tragedy later referred to by Don McLean as "The Day the Music Died" in his song "American Pie".

During his short career, Holly wrote and recorded many songs. He is often regarded as the artist who defined the traditional rock-and-roll lineup of two guitars, bass, and drums. He was a major influence on later popular music artists, including Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, The Hollies (who named themselves in his honor), Elvis Costello, Dave Edmunds, Marshall Crenshaw (who later played Holly), and Elton John. He was among the first artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in 1986. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 13 in its list of "100 Greatest Artists".


Tracklist:


CD1 -

01. Down The Line (Undubbed) (Buddy & Bob)
02. Soft Place In My Heart (Undubbed) (Buddy & Bob)
03. You And I Are Through (Buddy & Bob)
04. Midnight Shift
05. Love Me
06. Don't Come Back Knockin'
07. Blue Days, Black Nights
08. Baby, Won't You Come Out Tonight
09. I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down
10. Changing All Those Changes
11. Rock-A-Bye Rock
12. Rock Around With Ollie Vee
13. Girl On My Mind
14. Ting-A-Ling
15. Modern Don Juan
16. Holly Hop (Undubbed)
17. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
18. That'll Be The Day
19. I'm Looking For Someone To Love
20. Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues

CD2 -

01. Words Of Love
02. Not Fade Away
03. Everyday
04. Ready Teddy
05. Tell Me How
06. Oh Boy!
07. Listen To Me
08. Peggy Sue
09. I'm Gonna Love You Too
10. It's Too Late
11. Maybe Baby
12. You've Got Love
13. Rock Me My Baby
14. Look At Me
15. You're So Square (Baby I Don't Care)
16. Little Baby
17. Rave On
18. Well...All Right
19. Take Your Time
20. Fool's Paradise

CD3 -

01. Think It Over
02. Heartbeat
03. It's So Easy
04. Lonesome Tears
05. Love's Made A Fool Of You
06. Wishing
07. Early In The Morning
08. Now We're One
09. Reminiscing
10. True Love Ways
11. It Doesn't Matter Anymore
12. Raining In My Heart
13. What To Do (Undubbed)
14. Peggy Sue Got Married (Undubbed)
15. That Makes It Tough (Undubbed)
16. Crying, Waiting, Hoping (Undubbed)
17. Learning The Game (Undubbed)
18. You're The One (Undubbed)
19. Smokey Joe's Cafe (Undubbed)
20. Dearest (Undubbed)




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