[ Universal Music / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 5 March 2009
50 years after his tragic death the music lives on, with this 2CD collection of his works - including such classics as "That'll Be The Day", "Peggy Sue", "Oh Boy", "Maybe Baby", "Rave On" and "Think It Over".
Buddy Holly and the Crickets made some of the greatest rock & roll records of all time. It's a remarkable fact that such classics as "That'll Be The Day", "Peggy Sue", "Oh Boy", "Maybe Baby", "Rave On" and "Think It Over" were all recorded in a little less than twelve months during 1957-1958...
On January 27, 1959 Buddy began a 3-week tour through the frozen midwest with newly hired Crickets, Carl Bunch and Tommy Allsup. He was killed along with Ritchie Yalens and the big bopper on February 3, 1959 in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, travelling to the twelfth date of that tour. He was just 22 years old. In his 1971 song 'American Pie', Don McLean referred to Holly's death as 'The Day the Music Died'.
50 years after his tragic death his music lives on, with this 2CD collection of his works - along with his fantastic band, The Crickets. This album is packed with all the Buddy Holly tracks we know and love.
Disc 1:
1. Heartbeat
2. That'll Be The Day
3. Peggy Sue
4. Oh, Boy!
5. Rave On
6. Think It Over
7. Brown Eyed Handsome Man
8. Love's Made A Fool Of You
9. True Love Ways - Buddy Holly
10. Raining In My Heart
11. Everyday
12. Wishing
13. It's So Easy
14. Listen To Me
15. It Doesn't Matter Anymore
16. Words Of Love
17. I'm Gonna Love You Too
18. Well...All Right
19. Bo Diddley
20. Blue Suede Shoes
21. Shake Rattle & Roll
22. What To Do
23. Midnight Shift
24. Love Is Strange
25. Crying, Waiting, Hoping
Disc 2:
1. Peggy Sue Got Married
2. Maybe Baby
3. Early In The Morning
4. You're So Square (Baby, I Don't Care)
5. Reminiscing
6. Valley Of Tears
7. Learning The Game
8. Look At Me
9. Fool's Paradise
10. Take Your Time
11. Not Fade Away
12. Blue Monday
13. Girl On My Mind
14. Love Me
15. Baby Won't You Come Out Tonight
16. Rock-A-Bye Rock
17. Send Me Some Lovin'
18. Moondreams
19. You've Got Love
20. Ready Teddy
21. You're The One
22. You Are My One Desire
23. Changing All Those Changes
24. That Makes It Tough
25. It's Too Late