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2006's The Definitive Collection replaces 1996's Greatest Hits as the best available single-disc Buddy Holly collection on the market, and it replaces 1985's From the Original Master Tapes as the best single-disc Buddy Holly CD yet released. At 26 tracks, it's eight songs longer than the 1996 set and six songs longer than the 1985 set, so it's more comprehensive than either of the previous discs, adding such strong relative obscurities as "Midnight Shift" to the standard hits that form the bulk of this collection. Listeners who want a more thorough retrospective should turn to 2005's double-disc Gold, which is nearly twice as long, but The Definitive Collection has all of Holly's major songs -- "That'll Be the Day," "Words of Love," "Not Fade Away," "Everyday," "Oh Boy!," "Peggy Sue," "Maybe Baby," "Rave On," "Well...All Right," and "Think It Over," among others -- in one thoroughly entertaining package, which makes it a terrific overview and introduction of one of the greatest rockers in history.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Grady Martin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Holly, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Curtis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Owen Bradley, Producer - Earl Bud Lee, ComposerLyricist - Jimmie Rogers Ainsworth, ComposerLyricist - Don Guess, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Kirkham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Curtis, ComposerLyricist - Bob Montgomery, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Owen Bradley, Producer - Don Guess, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Niki Sullivan, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Crickets, MainArtist - Larry Welborn, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gary Tollett, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ramona Tollett, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Niki Sullivan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Holly & The Crickets, MainArtist - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - June Clark, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Welborn, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Tollet, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Romana Tollet, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, Producer - Jerry Allison, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Joe B Mauldin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Niki Sullivan, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Holly & The Crickets, MainArtist - Jerry Allison, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe B Mauldin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - The Crickets, MainArtist - Joe B Mauldin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Allison, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Joe B Mauldin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sonny West, ComposerLyricist - Niki Sullivan, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Petty, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - The Crickets, MainArtist - Bill Tilghman, ComposerLyricist - Joe B Mauldin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Picks, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Crickets, MainArtist - Joe B Mauldin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Niki Sullivan, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Petty, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Joe B Mauldin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Petty, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe B Mauldin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Vi Petty, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Holly & The Crickets, MainArtist - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Joe B Mauldin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Picks, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sonny West, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Holly, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Petty, Producer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Al Caiola, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - The Crickets, MainArtist - Bob Thiele, Producer - Bill Tilghman, ComposerLyricist - Joe B Mauldin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Harter, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Armone, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - William Marine, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Bollinger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Merril Ostrus, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Abby Hoffer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Niki Sullivan, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Linsley, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Petty, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Holly & The Crickets, MainArtist - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Joe B Mauldin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Leglaire, ComposerLyricist - The Roses, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Vi Petty, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Petty, Producer, Organ, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Joe B Mauldin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe B Mauldin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Petty, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - The Crickets, MainArtist - Charles Hardin, ComposerLyricist - Joe B Mauldin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Roses, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Vi Petty, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Barnes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Darin, ComposerLyricist - Panama Francis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Taylor, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - The Crickets, MainArtist - Woody Harris, ComposerLyricist - Phillip Kraus, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Jacobs, Producer - Al Chernet, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Hayes, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Sanford Bloch, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Way Singers, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Petty, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - The Crickets, MainArtist - Bob Montgomery, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Allsup, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Atwood, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - The Crickets, MainArtist - Joe B Mauldin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Allsup, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Roses, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, Producer - Bob Montgomery, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Allsup, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Atwood, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bo Clarke, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, Producer - The Crickets, MainArtist - Bob Montgomery, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Allsup, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Atwood, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bo Clarke, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Winter, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Holly, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, ComposerLyricist - Al Caiola, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Jacobs, Conductor, Producer - Ernest Hayes, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Kruczek, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Spice, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Julius Held, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Abraham Richman, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Posner, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Sanford Bloch, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Clifford Leman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Free, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Doris Johnson, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Sylvia Shulman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Herbert Bourne, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Winter, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Holly, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Caiola, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Anka, ComposerLyricist - The Crickets, MainArtist - Dick Jacobs, Conductor, Producer - David Schwartz, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Maurice Brown, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Hayes, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Kruczek, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Spice, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Julius Held, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Abraham Richman, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Howard Kay, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Posner, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Sanford Bloch, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Clifford Leman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Free, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Doris Johnson, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Maurice Bialkin, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Sylvia Shulman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Herbert Bourne, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Felice Bryant, ComposerLyricist - Paul Winter, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Holly, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Caiola, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Boudleaux Bryant, ComposerLyricist - The Crickets, MainArtist - Dick Jacobs, Conductor, Producer - David Schwartz, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Maurice Brown, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Hayes, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Kruczek, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Spice, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Julius Held, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Abraham Richman, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Howard Kay, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Posner, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Sanford Bloch, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Clifford Leman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Free, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Doris Johnson, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Maurice Bialkin, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Sylvia Shulman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Herbert Bourne, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
2006's The Definitive Collection replaces 1996's Greatest Hits as the best available single-disc Buddy Holly collection on the market, and it replaces 1985's From the Original Master Tapes as the best single-disc Buddy Holly CD yet released. At 26 tracks, it's eight songs longer than the 1996 set and six songs longer than the 1985 set, so it's more comprehensive than either of the previous discs, adding such strong relative obscurities as "Midnight Shift" to the standard hits that form the bulk of this collection. Listeners who want a more thorough retrospective should turn to 2005's double-disc Gold, which is nearly twice as long, but The Definitive Collection has all of Holly's major songs -- "That'll Be the Day," "Words of Love," "Not Fade Away," "Everyday," "Oh Boy!," "Peggy Sue," "Maybe Baby," "Rave On," "Well...All Right," and "Think It Over," among others -- in one thoroughly entertaining package, which makes it a terrific overview and introduction of one of the greatest rockers in history.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:10
- Main artists: Buddy Holly
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2006 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2006 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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