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Peggy Sue

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This album is once again an overdubbing of Buddy Holly classic recordings with backing vocals by the Picks, a.k.a. John Pickering and the rest of The Picks who drown out Buddy's performances. Avoid this at all cost!

Buyers beware!

This album is once again an overdubbing of Buddy Holly classic recordings with backing vocals by the Picks, a.k.a. John Pickering and the rest of The Picks who drown out Buddy's performances. Avoid this at all cost!

Buyers beware!

This album is once again an overdubbing of Buddy Holly with backing vocals by John Pickering and the rest of The Picks which drown out Buddy's performance on most tracks. Because of the familiarity of most fans with the original versions this adaptation does not work all that well. However it is a different point of view on Buddy's music and as such could be of value to the new buyer not familiar with the brilliant original versions.

I accept that The Picks want recognition for the half a dozen or so early tracks of Buddy's on which Norman Petty used them before replacing them with The Roses but does John Pickering really have to authorise all the different compilations of these tracks under different names so that people step into buying the same stuff over and over again !

All some or most of this stuff was also released on
Forever 22 [SMDCD293]
Buddy Holly & The Picks Greatest Hits [GP2047]
Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue (no mention of The Picks but they are there) [ETOCD029]
Buddy Holly 57-59 The Rarities Collection (faint mention of The Picks on front) PLATCO521
The Very Best Of Buddy Holly (no mention of The Picks but they are there) (Metro330)
Buddy Holly & The Picks The Original Voices of The Crickets [CDNF088].

Sorry Picks but you were never that important in the first place.

I guarantee you will regret it. Honestly this is one of the only times I've actually been MAD at the person who made an album, and it's because these guys "The Picks" recorded their own terrible overdubs onto the album just so they could make some money! Ugh.

They make the music worse, and if you want real Buddy Holly recordings then go with another collection besides this without The Picks. Like this: Buddy Holly Gold

Trust me. At the end of the day Buddy Holly was a legend and he deserved better.

This album cover shows Buddy Holly with his band "The Crickets"...

For some incomprehensible reason, around 1985-90 someone in authority gave license to a group called the Picks to overdub any and all original Buddy Holly recordings with their vocal harmonies.

These modern overdubs of Holly's 1950s classics deface his finest work, and are widely distributed as "Buddy Holly and the Picks".

As result, there are surely a lot of people out there who think Holly's band was the Picks, and that Holly and the Picks were not very good (they're not).

Buddy Holly was an exceptional artist. Treat yourself to the real thing.

Collectors of Holly's works will know all about the Picks' saturation of the on-line market place with their often misleadingly-titled releases. If I am ever unfortunate enough to purchase any of this junk in error - simply because the merchandise description did not disclose that it was a Pick's "retro-dub" - I make a point of registering my displeasure when I leave feedback for the seller. Sellers should know what they're selling & describe it fully & accurately to their potential buyers; anything less is unacceptable.

Another thing; why use artwork / images that aren't even of Holly? Unfortunately, this cheapskate practice is becoming all too common.

This album cover shows Buddy Holly with his band "The Crickets" but...

For some incomprehensible reason, around 1985-90 someone in authority gave license to a group called the Picks to overdub any and all original Buddy Holly recordings with their vocal harmonies.

These modern overdubs of Holly's 1950s classics deface his finest work, and are widely distributed as "Buddy Holly and the Picks".

As result, there are surely a lot of people out there who think Holly's band was the Picks, and that Holly and the Picks were not very good (they're not).

Buddy Holly was an exceptional artist. Treat yourself to the real thing.