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Buddy Holly - Down the Line: Rarities Audio CD

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Buddy Holly Band: Buddy Holly
Title: Down the Line: Rarities
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Release Date: 2009-01-27
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: My Two-Timin' Woman 2: Footprints In the Snow - Buddy & Bob 3: Flower Of My Heart* - Buddy & Bob 4: Door To My Heart* - Buddy & Bob 5: Soft Place In My Heart - Buddy & Bob 6: Gotta Get You Near Me Blues - Buddy & Bob 7: I Gambled My Heart* - Buddy & Bob 8: You And I Are Through - Buddy & Bob 9: Down The Line - Buddy & Bob 10: Baby, Let's Play House 11: Moonlight Baby a/k/a Baby, Won't You Come Out Tonight 12: I Guess I Was Just A Fool 13: Don't Come Back Knockin' 14: Love Me Buddy Holly & The Crickets 15: Gone 16: Gone (alternate take) 17: Have You Ever Been Lonely (alternate take) 18: Have You Ever Been Lonely 19: Brown-Eyed Handsome Man 20: Good Rockin' Tonight 21: Rip It Up 22: Blue Monday 23: Honky Tonk 24: Blue Suede Shoes 25: Shake Rattle And Roll (partial) 26: Bo Diddley 27: Ain't Got No Home 28: Holly Hop 29: Last Night (undubbed) 30: Not Fade Away (alternate overdub) 31: Peggy Sue (alternate take) 32: Oh Boy (undubbed) 33: That's My Desire (two false starts plus undubbed master) 34: Take Your Time (false start & partially undubbed take) 35: Fool's Paradise (alternate take undubbed) 36: Fool's Paradise (undubbed master) 37: Fool's Paradise (alternate #2 undubbed) 38: Think It Over (false start & rehearsal take) 39: Think It Over (undubbed alternate) 40: Think It Over (undubbed master) 41: Love's Made A Fool Of You (undubbed) 42: That'll Be The Day (greetings to Bob Thiele) 43: That'll Be The Day (greetings to Murray Deutsch) 44: That's What They Say (w/fragment) 45: What To Do 46: Peggy Sue Got Married 47: That Makes It Tough 48: Crying, Waiting, Hoping 49: Learning The Game 50: Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie 51: Slippin' And Slidin' (slow version #1) 52: Slippin' And Slidin' (slow version #2) 53: Slippin' And Slidin' (fast version) 54: Buddy & Maria Elena talking in an apartment 55: Dearest (fragment) 56: Dearest 57: Untitled Instrumental (a/k/a Buddy's Guitar/listed as a Tremolo Instrumental") 58: Love Is Strange 59: Smokey Joe's Caf�

THE BEST!!!!!!!!!
I think I have every recording that was ever published, and like many other Buddy Holly fans still miss him. From the first time I heard Buddy, I loved his style and his voice.
He was taken from us just as he was just reaching his peak, and any of his recordings are well worth buying.
He was, and STILL IS THE BEST!!! .


For Buddy Holly freaks mostly
Final, polished recordings are few and far between. This CD set is mostly for Buddy Holly feaks. But for real Holly fans the unadorned, naked tapes of Holly, his guitar and couple of other musician friends present is a rare treat. That voice of his still sounds as sweet as ever.


hollyhop
Some are "basement tape" quality, some much better. Nice collection showing how Holly & company developed songs. For the more serious collector this completes whatever hits package you now have.


pure sweetness
. The home tape-recordings are precious. . so sweet, so sweet -- thank you Buddy.
(I downloaded the ones i thought were best from Amazon).


For The First Time Anywhere...
For those of us in middle age who have been afflicted by this rock and roll bug for decades, our collections include more than a few albums of historical and critical note which were played once and gather dust. I am always a bit wary of material dredged up from the vaults, especially if it's from an artist like Buddy Holly, whose catalog has been picked over, debated, and studied for decades.

This set is not one of them. Like the Beach Boys Singles Collection that came out not too long ago, this set shows just what the recording industry is capable of, when they take a little time and effort to do things right. It also is a set that will appeal to casual listeners AND hardcore fans.

In addition to the absolutely gorgeous sound quality, the recordings are simply wonderful. A lot of the contemporary and posthumous "enhancement" on these songs has been stripped away, and you can hear Buddy and the band as they intended these songs. "Peggy Sue", "Oh Boy", "Not Fade Away", and the others on disc 2 are the high points in this set. Gone are the saccharine backup vocals on most of these tracks, and you get to hear better than ever the too-infrequently noted high caliber of Holly's guitar playing in his downstroke-only style on his then-newfangled Stratocaster.

The liner notes and packaging could have been perhaps a bit more luxe, but that's nitpicking. This set is not only highly recommended from a historical standpoint, but also as one which you will listen to time and again.


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