Name: The Buddy Holly Collection
Brand: MCA
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The Buddy Holly Collection

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Album: The Buddy Holly Collection
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Down the Line
2)	Soft Place in My Heart
3)	Holly Hop
4)	Blue Days (aka Blue Days, Black Nights)
5)	Love Me
6)	Midnight Shift
7)	Baby, Won't You Come Out Tonight
8)	Changing All Those Changes
9)	I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down
10)	Rock Around With Ollie Vee
11)	Girl on My Mind
12)	Ting-A-Ling
13)	Modern Don Juan
14)	Brown Eyed Handsome Man
15)	That'll Be the Day
16)	I'm Lookin' for Someone to Love
17)	Words of Love
18)	Not Fade Away
19)	Everyday
20)	Tell Me How
21)	Ready Teddy
22)	Listen to Me
23)	Oh, Boy!
24)	It's Too Late
25)	Peggy Sue
1)	I'm Gonna Love You Too
2)	Look at Me
3)	Little Baby
4)	You've Got Love
5)	Maybe Baby
6)	Rock Me My Baby
7)	(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care
8)	Rave On
9)	Fool's Paradise
10)	Take Your Time
11)	Well...All Right
12)	Think It Over
13)	Early in the Morning
14)	Heartbeat
15)	It's So Easy
16)	Wishing
17)	Love's Made a Fool of You
18)	Reminiscing
19)	True Love Ways
20)	It Doesn't Matter Anymore
21)	Raining in My Heart
22)	Peggy Sue Got Married
23)	Crying, Waiting, Hoping
24)	Learning the Game
25)	What to Do

Album: The Buddy Holly Collection
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Down the Line
2)	Soft Place in My Heart
3)	Holly Hop
4)	Blue Days (aka Blue Days, Black Nights)
5)	Love Me
6)	Midnight Shift
7)	Baby, Won't You Come Out Tonight
8)	Changing All Those Changes
9)	I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down
10)	Rock Around With Ollie Vee
11)	Girl on My Mind
12)	Ting-A-Ling
13)	Modern Don Juan
14)	Brown Eyed Handsome Man
15)	That'll Be the Day
16)	I'm Lookin' for Someone to Love
17)	Words of Love
18)	Not Fade Away
19)	Everyday
20)	Tell Me How
21)	Ready Teddy
22)	Listen to Me
23)	Oh, Boy!
24)	It's Too Late
25)	Peggy Sue
1)	I'm Gonna Love You Too
2)	Look at Me
3)	Little Baby
4)	You've Got Love
5)	Maybe Baby
6)	Rock Me My Baby
7)	(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care
8)	Rave On
9)	Fool's Paradise
10)	Take Your Time
11)	Well...All Right
12)	Think It Over
13)	Early in the Morning
14)	Heartbeat
15)	It's So Easy
16)	Wishing
17)	Love's Made a Fool of You
18)	Reminiscing
19)	True Love Ways
20)	It Doesn't Matter Anymore
21)	Raining in My Heart
22)	Peggy Sue Got Married
23)	Crying, Waiting, Hoping
24)	Learning the Game
25)	What to Do

Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Buddy Holly, Bob Montgomery (vocals, guitar); Niki Sullivan (guitar, background vocals); Tommy Allsup (guitar); Norman Petty (piano, celeste, organ); Vi Petty, C.W. Kendall (piano); Don Guess, Larry Welborn, Joe Mauldin, George Atwood (bass); Jerry Allison (drums, background vocals); Faris Coursey, Bo Clarke (drums); June Clark, Gary Tollet, Ramona Tollet, The Picks, The Roses, The Helen Way Singers (background vocals).
The Fireballs: George Tomasco, Keith McCormack (vocals, guitar,); Stan Lark, Lyn Baily (vocals, bass); Doug Roberts (vocals, drums).
Producers: Norman Petty, Owen Bradley, Bob Thiele, Dick Jacobs.
Reissue producer: Andy McKaie.
Prinicpally recorded at Norman Petty's Studio, Clovis, New Mexico between 1954 and 1959. Includes liner notes by Billy Altman.
Digitally remastered by Erick Labson (MCA Media Studios, North Hollywood, California).
Personnel: Buddy Holly (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals); Bobby Montgomery (vocals, guitar); Sonny Curtis (guitar, fiddle); Niki Sullivan (guitar, background vocals); George Tomsco, Tommy Allsup (guitar); King Curtis, Sam "The Man" Taylor , Boots Randolph (tenor saxophone); Norman Petty (piano, celesta, organ); C.W. Kendall, Vi Petty, Owen Bradley (piano); Jerry Allison (drums, background vocals); Doug Roberts , Bobby Clarke, Panama Francis, Farris Coursey (drums); David Bingham, Gary Tollet, Ramona Tollet, June Clark, Bob Linville, John Pickering, Bob Lapham, The Helen Way Singers, Bill Pickering, Helen Way, Ray Rush, The Picks, The Roses (background vocals).
Liner Note Author: Billy Altman.
Recording information: Bell Sound Studios, New York, NY (??/1954-01/1959); Bradley's Barn, Mount Juliet, TN (??/1954-01/1959); Holley's (Family Garage), Lubbock, TX (??/1954-01/1959); Norman Petty's Studio, Clovis, NM (??/1954-01/1959); Pythian Temple, New York, NY (??/1954-01/1959); T (??/1954-01/1959); Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City, OK (??/1954-01/1959); Wichita Falls, TX (??/1954-01/1959).
Director: Dick Jacobs.
Photographer: Colin Escott.
Few artists have exercised such a profound influence in such a short space of time. Holly's untimely death robbed pop of a performer adept as a solo act and as leader of his group, the Crickets. He wrote, or co-wrote, most of his own material at a time when many singers relied on outside material, and his sparse, but effective, guitar style proved highly influential, particularly on British beat groups. The Buddy Holly Story abounds with songs now indisputably pop classics and confirms Holly's status as a major figure. The Beatles, Tex-Mex music and the singer-songwriter genre each owe Holly a debt, which is itself a lasting tribute to the quality of his work.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (12/23/93, p.148) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...More than just another greatest-hits package, this 50-song survey stresses Holly's power as a performer as much as the strength of his songwriting...."

Vibe (12/99, p.157) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century