Not Fade Away 1957: The Complete Recordings

Compilation by Buddy Holly

Released 2008

Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    I’m Looking for Someone to Love
    1:57
  • 2
    That’ll Be the Day
    2:17
  • 3
    Last Night (undubbed original version)
    1:55
  • 4
    Maybe Baby (first version)
    1:59
  • 5
    Last Night
    1:54
    5.0 ★
  • 6
    Words of Love (demo)
    1:34
  • 7
    Words of Love
    1:56
  • 8
    Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues
    2:12
    4.0 ★
  • 9
    Not Fade Away (incomplete alternative take)
    1:34
  • 10
    Not Fade Away
    2:23
  • 11
    Everyday
    2:08
    4.9 ★
  • 12
    Ready Teddy
    1:32
  • 13
    Valley of Tears
    2:08
    4.0 ★
  • 14
    Tell Me How
    2:00
  • 15
    Buddy’s Phone Call to Paul Cohen of Decca Records
    6:20
  • 16
    Go Boy Go (KDAV demo)
    2:30
  • 17
    Gone (KDAV demo)
    2:12
  • 18
    Go Boy Go (Norman Petty demo)
    2:35
  • 19
    The Golden Rocket (Norman Petty demo)
    2:20
  • 20
    Gone (Norman Petty demo)
    2:13
  • 21
    I Overlooked an Orchid (Norman Petty demo)
    2:44
  • 22
    On My Mind Again
    2:38
  • 23
    Viva la matador
    1:55
  • 24
    A Whole Lot of Lovin’ (take 1)
    2:06
  • 25
    A Whole Lot of Lovin’ (take 2)
    2:12
  • 26
    A Whole Lot of Lovin’ (take 3)
    2:10
  • 27
    A Whole Lot of Lovin’
    2:10
  • 28
    It’s a Wonderful Feeling
    2:30
  • 29
    Starlight (original without echo)
    2:10
  • 30
    Believe Me (original without echo)
    2:37
  • 31
    Starlight
    2:06
  • 32
    Believe Me
    2:31
  • CD 2
  • 1
    Peggy Sue (alternative take)
    2:33
  • 2
    Peggy Sue
    2:31
    4.5 ★
  • 3
    Listen to Me
    2:21
    3.5 ★
  • 4
    That’ll Be the Day (promotional recording for Bob Thiele of Coral Records)
    0:36
  • 5
    That’ll Be the Day (promotional recording for Murray Deutch of Southern Music)
    0:35
  • 6
    Oh Boy! (Undubbed original version)
    2:09
  • 7
    Oh Boy!
    2:09
    4.0 ★
  • 8
    That’ll Be the Day (promotional recording for Bill Randle of WERE radio, Ohio)
    0:35
  • 9
    I’m Gonna Love You Too
    2:14
    4.5 ★
  • 10
    Send Me Some Lovin’ (original undubbed version)
    2:36
  • 11
    It’s Too Late (original undubbed demo)
    2:25
  • 12
    Send Me Some Lovin’
    2:37
  • 13
    It’s Too Late
    2:26
  • 14
    Man From Texas
    2:18
  • 15
    Honey, Honey
    2:36
  • 16
    Look to the Future
    1:57
  • 17
    By the Mission Wall
    2:36
  • 18
    Wreck of the Old ’97
    2:08
  • 19
    Scarlet Ribbons
    3:33
  • 20
    Sugartime (take 1)
    2:00
  • 21
    Sugartime (promo?)
    2:20
  • 22
    One Faded Rose (take 1)
    2:35
  • 23
    Sugartime
    2:18
  • 24
    One Faded Rose
    2:49
  • 25
    Humble Heart
    2:28
  • 26
    Broken Promises
    2:36
  • 27
    Moondreams
    2:36
  • 28
    Moondreams (instrumental)
    2:36
  • 29
    Moondreams
    2:38
  • CD 3
  • 1
    You’ve Got Love
    2:07
    4.0 ★
  • 2
    Maybe Baby
    2:02
    3.8 ★
  • 3
    An Empty Cup (and a Broken Date)
    2:13
  • 4
    Rock Me, My Baby
    1:50
  • 5
    That’ll Be the Day (unidentified live fragment)
    0:15
  • 6
    That’ll Be the Day (live on the Ed Sullivan CBS TV show)
    1:50
  • 7
    Peggy Sue (live on the Ed Sullivan Cbs TV show)
    2:07
  • 8
    Interview With Ed Sullivan
    0:35
  • 9
    Little Baby
    1:56
    5.0 ★
  • 10
    You’re So Square (Baby I Don’t Care)
    1:36
  • 11
    Look at Me
    2:05
    5.0 ★
  • 12
    Mona (rehersal)
    2:08
  • 13
    Mona (take 1)
    1:16
  • 14
    Mona (take 2)
    3:27
  • 15
    Mona (take 3)
    2:46
  • 16
    Peggy Sue (live on the Arthur Murray TV show)
    2:27
  • 17
    Don’t Do Me This Way! (first version)
    2:17
  • 18
    Patty Baby
    2:14
  • 19
    Don’t Do Me This Way!
    2:25
  • 20
    Promotional Spot for Bill Randle of WERE Radio, Ohio
    0:27
  • 21
    Promotional Spot for Bill Randle of WERE Radio, Ohio #2
    0:27
  • 22
    Promotional Spot for Don Passerby of Cornwall Radio, Canada #1
    0:15
  • 23
    Promotional Spot for Don Passerby of Cornwall Radio, Canada #2
    0:17
  • 24
    Promotional Spot for Don Passerby of Cornwall Radio, Canada #3
    0:12
  • 25
    Promotional Spot for Don Passerby of Cornwall Radio, Canada #4
    0:11
  • 26
    Interview With Red Robinson of CKWX Radio, Canada
    3:05
  • 27
    Promotional Spot for Red Robinson of CKWX Radio, Canada
    0:08
  • 28
    Interview With Freeman Hoover of KCSR Radio, Nebraska
    11:01
  • 29
    Promotional Spot for Freeman Hoover of KCSR Radio, Nebraska
    0:08
  • 30
    Interview With Dale Lowery of KTOP Radio, Kansas
    1:39

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Release credits

  • background vocals [3.2, 1.5, 2.7]
  • background vocals [2.7, 3.2, 1.5]
  • background vocals [11], guitar [3.1-2, 3.9, 3.11, 1.1, 1.5, 1.8, 1.11, 1.13, 2.2-3, 2.7, 2.9], lead vocals [1.5, 1.11, 2.7], vocal [2.2-3, 2.7, 2.9, 3.1-2, 3.9, 3.11, 1.1, 1.8, 1.11, 1.13]
  • piano [9]
  • background vocals [1]
  • background vocals [11], drums (drum set) [3.1-2, 3.9, 1.1, 1.5, 1.8, 1.13, 2.2-3, 2.7, 2.9], percussion [1.11, 3.11]
  • bass [2.2-3, 2.7, 2.9, 3.1-2, 3.9, 3.11, 1.8, 1.11, 1.13], double bass [5]
  • background vocals [1.5, 2.7, 3.2]
  • background vocals [1]
  • bass [1]
  • background vocals [1, 11], guitar [1.5, 2.2-3, 3.1-2]
  • organ [13], producer [2.2-3, 2.7, 2.9, 3.1-2, 3.9, 3.11, 1.5, 1.8, 1.11, 1.13]
  • background vocals [1]
  • background vocals [3.1, 1.5]
  • celesta [11], piano [1.8, 1.13, 3.11]

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