Buddy Holly/Chirping Crickets [Import, Original recording remastered]

Buddy Holly, the Crickets Buddy Holly | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 5, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Bgo - Beat Goes on
• ASIN: B000056ILC
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,103 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #53 in Music > Indie Music > Rock > Oldies & Retro

Track Listings

1. Oh, Boy!

2. Not Fade Away

3. You've Got Love

4. Maybe Baby

5. It's Too Late

6. Tell Me How

7. That'll Be the Day

8. I'm Lookin' for Someone to Love

9. An Empty Cup (And a Broken Date)

10. Send Me Some Lovin'

11. Last Night

12. Rock Me My Baby

13. I'm Gonna Love You Too

14. Peggy Sue

15. Look at Me

16. Listen to Me

17. Valley of Tears

18. Ready Teddy

19. Everyday

20. Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

A dream twofer CD for Hollyphiles of both 'Chirping Crickets' and 'Buddy Holly' on one CD. Digitally remastered and sounding crystalline, this is one of the best values in rock n roll history. Just look at some of the tracks, which are among Holly'sbest.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HOLLY'S 2 CLASSIC ALBUMS ON ONE CD, October 22, 2005

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Mark "a longtime record buyer" (Santa Monica, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Buddy Holly/Chirping Crickets (Audio CD)

During his brief 18 months of stardom on Brunswick/Coral, Holly released just these two albums, mostly recorded at Norman Petty's modest studio in Clovis, New Mexico. Though only the first album is credited, both are solidly backed by The Crickets: Jerry Allison (drums), Joe B. Mauldon (bass) and sometimes Niki Sullivan (rhythm guitar). Buddy's vocals and Stratocaster are an unbeatable combination, and these two albums contain most of the innovative and original rock and roll recordings that established his enduring reputation.

[NOTE: Amazon's list of tracks mistakenly attributes the first 12 to "Buddy Holly" and second 12 to "the Crickets, Buddy Holly". Actually the first 12 tracks are the "Chirpin' Crickets" album on Brunswick, and the following 12 are the Coral album "Buddy Holly". But this distinction was purely contractual -- it is the same group in the same studio on both albums. Drummer Jerry Allison has said in several interviews that when recording these songs, quite often they didn't really know (or care) whether a particular song would be released on Coral as "Buddy Holly" or Brunswick as "The Crickets".]

These two albums are available separately with bonus tracks:

CHIRPIN' CRICKETS [B0001JXQGA] contains all 16 Holly/Crickets releases on Brunswick.

BUDDY HOLLY [B0001XAQTQ] would have been a worthy companion if it contained all Coral releases in Holly's lifetime. Only two singles are omitted: Heartbeat/Well All Right and Raining in My Heart/It Doesn't Matter Anymore. A 19 track CD is not unreasonable and this one would have been exceptional.

ALSO RECOMMENDED:

BGO's companion double album REMINISCING/BUDDY HOLLY SHOWCASE [ASIN B000051JQT] is a reissue of two "lost" Holly albums which appeared posthumously in 1963 and 1964. Although many tracks are underproduced demos overdubbed by the Fireballs, Holly is at the top of his game and reaffirms his rock and country roots with some first rate performances of fresh material. REMINISCING made the Top 10 in the U.K and charted three singles.

CHIRPIN' CRICKETS and BUDDY HOLLY (with or without bonus cuts) plus REMINISCING/ SHOWCASE gives you four albums of prime Holly with no repeated tracks.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Double Your Pleasure, September 24, 2001

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Midnight Sun (Columbia Cross Roads, PA USA) - See all my reviews

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Two great Buddy Holly LP'S on one CD!! How can you go wrong with that? The sound is great and the material is timeless. A more than worth the money purchase..

5.0 out of 5 stars 78s, 45s, vs. CD Remastering, February 13, 2008

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Roger Strutton "A Young Oldy but GOING STRONG" (Assens Denmark) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Buddy Holly/Chirping Crickets (Audio CD)

This is a good studio mixed album and well worth the price.
Sterilized and clear sound, and of course no getting up and down from the couch to the turntable changing records and sides.
But there is something about the 78 and 45s that contain an atmosphere of warmth and solidity. Peggy Sue was one of my first 78s and I can still hear the bass, maybe not clean, but my record player, with one speaker gave out a real rock'n'roll beat. Maybe Baby on a 45 also has a solid sound.
Still those were the days and this album with my Pioneer receiver with Dolby Digital switched on sounds almost warm that gives me a lot of satisfaction, and is played quite often.