Buddy Holly & The Crickets
The First Three Albums CD
THE CHIRPING CRICKETS (released November 1957):
Oh Boy! / Not Fade Away / You’ve Got Love / Maybe Baby / It's Too Late / Tell Me How / That'll Be The Day / I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love / An Empty Cup And A Broken Date / Send Me Some Lovin' / Last Night / Rock Me My Baby.
BUDDY HOLLY (released March 1958):
I'm Gonna Love You Too / Peggy Sue / Look At Me / Listen To Me / Valley Of Tears / Ready Teddy / Everyday / Mailman Bring Me No More Blues / Words Of Love / You're So Square (Baby I Don't Care) / Little Baby.
THAT'LL BE THE DAY (released April 1958):
You Are My One Desire / Blue Days Black Nights / Modern Don Juan / Rock Around With Ollie Vee / Ting-A-Ling / Girl On My Mind / That'll Be The Day / Love Me / I'm Changin' All Those Changes / Don't Come Back Knockin' / Midnight Shift.
+ bonus track: Rock Around With Ollie Vee.
36 historic tracks - all the tracks from Buddy Holly & The Crickets first 3 LPs - all recorded in a highly-prolific two-year period between January 1956 and January 1958, by which time both Buddy Holly and The Crickets were established as major chart names.
"The Chirping Crickets" includes the million-selling singles "That'll Be The Day" and "Oh Boy", whilst "Buddy Holly" album included his equally successful hits "Peggy Sue" and "Rave On".
"That'll Be The Day" consists of the eleven tracks which Holly recorded for US Decca in 1956. These earlier recordings have a more stripped-down Rockabilly sound.
The accompanying booklet features full session details including personnel and recording dates.