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Geffen/Decca/Chronicles' 2005 release Gold is a retitled reissue of the 1993 double-disc set The Buddy Holly Collection, bearing different artwork but the same liner notes. Given the reluctance of MCA to release a CD version of the complete Buddy Holly recordings (due to either legal issues or a skepticism of its commercial worth), this set -- whether in its Gold incarnation or as The Buddy Holly Collection -- stands as the most comprehensive and greatest CD-era retrospective of the legendary rock & roller. Though it contains all the big hits, this is not the place to turn if you're only looking for "That'll Be the Day," "Not Fade Away," "Everyday," "Oh Boy!," "Peggy Sue," "Maybe Baby," "Rave On," "Well All Right," and "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" -- they're all here, but they don't start unrolling until track 15 on the first disc. No, this collection is for listeners who know the hits but need more; namely, they need proof that Holly was one of the greatest, most inventive artists in the first wave of rock & roll, which this collection certainly illustrates, through its selection of lesser-known sides that showcase both his wild-man rockabilly ways and his sensitive songwriting. If the set takes a little while to get going -- it kicks off with the dynamite "Down the Line," but then the collection, and Holly, take a little while to find a groove -- there are also no bum tracks here, and taken as a whole, Buddy's gifts as a songwriter and a rocker are staggering. Until the complete box is finally issued on CD, this will have to stand as the most comprehensive Holly collection on CD, and as such, it's absolutely necessary for anybody who loves American music of the 20th century.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Buddy Holly, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sonny Curtis, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Montgomery, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Don Guess, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Fireballs, Unknown, Other
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, MainArtist - Norman Petty, Producer - Sonny Curtis, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Montgomery, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Don Guess, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Fireballs, Unknown, Other
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, MainArtist - Norman Petty, Producer - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ella Holley, ComposerLyricist - The Fireballs, Unknown, Other
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Grady Martin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Curtis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Owen Bradley, Producer - Ben Hall, ComposerLyricist - Don Guess, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Faris Coursey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Grady Martin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Holly, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Sonny Curtis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Owen Bradley, Producer - Don Guess, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Faris Coursey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sue Parrish, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, Producer - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Curtis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Guess, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1983 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, Producer - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Curtis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Guess, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1983 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, Producer - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Curtis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Guess, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1983 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, Participant, MainArtist - FLOYD CRAMER, Participant - Sonny Curtis, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - E.R. Mcmillin, Participant - Don Guess, Participant
℗ 1958 Geffen Records
Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Curtis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Owen Bradley, Producer - Don Guess, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, MainArtist - AHMET ERTEGUN, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Curtis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Owen Bradley, Producer - Don Guess, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Boots Randolph, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Martin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Holly, MainArtist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Don Guess, ComposerLyricist - Jack Neil, ComposerLyricist - Faris Coursey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, MainArtist - Norman Petty, Producer - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Berry, ComposerLyricist - Sonny Curtis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joe B Mauldin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Guess, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1983 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.
Niki Sullivan, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Holly & The Crickets, MainArtist - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe B Mauldin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Picks, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John S. Marascalco, ComposerLyricist - Niki Sullivan, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Petty, Producer - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Joe B Mauldin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Vi Petty, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Alexander Robert Blackwell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1958 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, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Petty, Producer - Chuck Willis, 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.
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.
DISC 2
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, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Petty, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Unknown, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Joe B Mauldin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Kendall, ComposerLyricist - C.W. Kendall, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Niki Sullivan, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Petty, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Holly & The Crickets, MainArtist - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - ROY ORBISON, ComposerLyricist - Joe B Mauldin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Picks, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 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.
Niki Sullivan, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Petty, Producer - Buddy Holly & The Crickets, MainArtist - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Joe B Mauldin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Susan Heather, ComposerLyricist - Shorty Long, ComposerLyricist - The Picks, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Petty, Producer - Jerry Leiber, ComposerLyricist - Mike Stoller, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Joe B Mauldin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 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.
Buddy Holly, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Petty, Producer - King Curtis, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Allison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Joe B Mauldin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 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.
Buddy Holly, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, Producer - The Fireballs, Unknown, Other
℗ 1966 Geffen Records
Buddy Holly, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, Producer - The Fireballs, Unknown, Other
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, Producer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Holly, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, Producer - The Fireballs, Unknown, Other
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Geffen/Decca/Chronicles' 2005 release Gold is a retitled reissue of the 1993 double-disc set The Buddy Holly Collection, bearing different artwork but the same liner notes. Given the reluctance of MCA to release a CD version of the complete Buddy Holly recordings (due to either legal issues or a skepticism of its commercial worth), this set -- whether in its Gold incarnation or as The Buddy Holly Collection -- stands as the most comprehensive and greatest CD-era retrospective of the legendary rock & roller. Though it contains all the big hits, this is not the place to turn if you're only looking for "That'll Be the Day," "Not Fade Away," "Everyday," "Oh Boy!," "Peggy Sue," "Maybe Baby," "Rave On," "Well All Right," and "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" -- they're all here, but they don't start unrolling until track 15 on the first disc. No, this collection is for listeners who know the hits but need more; namely, they need proof that Holly was one of the greatest, most inventive artists in the first wave of rock & roll, which this collection certainly illustrates, through its selection of lesser-known sides that showcase both his wild-man rockabilly ways and his sensitive songwriting. If the set takes a little while to get going -- it kicks off with the dynamite "Down the Line," but then the collection, and Holly, take a little while to find a groove -- there are also no bum tracks here, and taken as a whole, Buddy's gifts as a songwriter and a rocker are staggering. Until the complete box is finally issued on CD, this will have to stand as the most comprehensive Holly collection on CD, and as such, it's absolutely necessary for anybody who loves American music of the 20th century.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 50 track(s)
- Total length: 01:44:56
- Main artists: Buddy Holly
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1993 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1993 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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