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MCA remastered 18 of Buddy Holly's best-known songs for 1996's Greatest Hits album. While the sound is fine, it isn't markedly better than that on From the Original Master Tapes, which also boasted a more complete track selection. Nevertheless, Greatest Hits is one of the most thorough single-disc collections ever assembled on Holly, and for audiophiles, it may be worth the extra money. For most fans, From the Original Master Tapes remains the definitive single-disc set, with the double-disc The Buddy Holly Collection or the LP-only The Complete Buddy Holly providing better, more comprehensive overviews, which provide more value for your dollar than Greatest Hits.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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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.
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, 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.
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.
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, 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, 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 - 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.
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
MCA remastered 18 of Buddy Holly's best-known songs for 1996's Greatest Hits album. While the sound is fine, it isn't markedly better than that on From the Original Master Tapes, which also boasted a more complete track selection. Nevertheless, Greatest Hits is one of the most thorough single-disc collections ever assembled on Holly, and for audiophiles, it may be worth the extra money. For most fans, From the Original Master Tapes remains the definitive single-disc set, with the double-disc The Buddy Holly Collection or the LP-only The Complete Buddy Holly providing better, more comprehensive overviews, which provide more value for your dollar than Greatest Hits.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:40
- Main artists: Buddy Holly
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen*
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2021 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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