Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings and More

Tracklist

• CD 1: 1949–1956: Family Home – Wichita Falls – Lubbock – Nashville – Clovis
• 1
  My Two‐Timin’ Woman
  2:15
• 2
  I’ll Just Pretend

  Buddy & Bob
  2:20
• 3
  Take These Shackles From My Heart

  Buddy & Bob
  1:50
• 4
  Footprints in the Snow

  Buddy & Bob
  1:20
• 5
  Flower of My Heart

  Buddy & Bob
  2:36
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Door to My Heart

  Buddy & Bob
  2:23
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Soft Place in My Heart

  Buddy & Bob
  2:16
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Gotta Get You Near Me Blues

  Buddy & Bob
  1:53
  3.0 ★
• 9
  I Gambled My Heart

  Buddy & Bob
  2:43
  4.0 ★
• 10
  You and I Are Through

  Buddy & Bob
  2:05
• 11
  Down the Line

  Buddy & Bob
  2:03
• 12
  Baby, Let’s Play House
  2:28
• 13
  Down the Line

  Buddy Holly & Bob Montgomery
  2:19
• 14
  You and I Are Through

  Buddy & Bob
  2:08
  4.0 ★
• 15
  Baby, It’s Love

  Buddy & Bob
  1:53
  3.0 ★
• 16
  Memories

  Buddy & Bob
  2:16
• 17
  Queen of the Ballroom

  Buddy & Bob
  2:25
  3.0 ★
• 18
  Memories

  Buddy & Bob
  2:19
• 19
  Moonlight Baby a.k.a. Baby, Won’t You Come Out Tonight
  1:53
• 20
  I Guess I Was Just a Fool
  2:13
• 21
  Don’t Come Back Knockin’
  1:59
• 22
  Love Me
  1:53
• 23
  Midnight Shift
  2:12
  4.0 ★
• 24
  Midnight Shift (false start, alternate)
  2:50
• 25
  Don’t Come Back Knockin’ (alternate)
  2:31
• 26
  Don’t Come Back Knockin’
  2:15
• 27
  Blue Days, Black Nights
  2:05
• 28
  Love Me
  2:08
• 29
  Baby Won’t You Come Out Tonight
  1:57
• 30
  I Guess I Was Just a Fool
  2:16
• 31
  It’s Not My Fault
  1:21
• 32
  I’m Gonna Set My Foot Down
  2:18
• 33
  Changin’ All Those Changes
  1:41
  5.0 ★
• 34
  Rock‐a‐Bye Rock
  2:23
• 35
  Because I Love You
  2:38
• CD 2: 1956–1957: Nashville – Family Garage – Clovis
• 1
  Rock Around With Ollie Vee
  2:12
  5.0 ★
• 2
  I’m Changin’ All Those Changes
  2:14
• 3
  That’ll Be the Day
  2:29
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Girl on My Mind
  2:18
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Ting‐A‐Ling
  2:42
  5.0 ★
• 6
  Rock Around With Ollie Vee
  2:19
• 7
  Modern Don Juan
  2:40
• 8
  You Are My One Desire (false start)
  0:10
• 9
  You Are My One Desire
  2:23
• 10
  Gone

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  1:15
• 11
  Gone

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  1:12
• 12
  Gone (alternate take)

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  1:16
• 13
  Have You Ever Been Lonely (incomplete alternate)

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  0:53
• 14
  Have You Ever Been Lonely (alternate)

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  1:28
• 15
  Have You Ever Been Lonely

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  1:21
• 16
  Brown‐Eyed Handsome Man

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  2:08
• 17
  Good Rockin’ Tonight

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  1:57
• 18
  Rip It Up

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  1:25
• 19
  Blue Monday

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  1:57
• 20
  Honky Tonk

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  3:26
• 21
  Blue Suede Shoes
  1:52
• 22
  Shake, Rattle and Roll (partial)

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  1:21
• 23
  Bo Diddley

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  2:19
• 24
  Ain’t Got No Home

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  2:01
• 25
  Holly Hop

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  1:38
• 26
  Brown‐Eyed Handsome Man
  2:03
• 27
  Bo Diddley
  2:22
• 28
  I’m Looking for Someone to Love

  The Crickets
  1:58
• 29
  That’ll Be the Day

  The Crickets
  2:17
  4.6 ★
• 30
  Last Night (undubbed)
  1:56
• 31
  Maybe Baby (first version)

  The Crickets
  1:59
• 32
  Words of Love
  1:55
• 33
  Mailman Bring Me No More Blues
  2:12
  4.0 ★
• 34
  Not Fade Away (alternate overdub)
  2:23
• 35
  Not Fade Away

  The Crickets
  2:22
  4.6 ★
• 36
  Everyday
  2:07
  4.9 ★
• CD 3: 1957–1958: Clovis – Oklahoma City – New York
• 1
  Ready Teddy
  1:31
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Valley of Tears
  2:08
• 3
  That’ll Be the Day (greetings to Bob Thiele)
  0:34
• 4
  That’ll Be the Day (greetings to Murray Deutch)
  0:31
• 5
  That’ll Be the Day (greetings to Bill Randle)
  0:34
• 6
  Peggy Sue (alternate take)
  2:33
• 7
  Peggy Sue
  2:31
  4.5 ★
• 8
  Listen to Me
  2:22
  3.5 ★
• 9
  Oh Boy (undubbed)
  2:09
• 10
  I’m Gonna Love You Too
  2:14
  4.5 ★
• 11
  Send Me Some Lovin’ (undubbed)

  The Crickets
  2:37
• 12
  It’s Too Late (undubbed)
  2:24
• 13
  Oh Boy
  2:09
  4.0 ★
• 14
  An Empty Cup (and a Broken Date)
  2:13
• 15
  Rock Me My Baby

  The Crickets
  1:50
• 16
  You’ve Got Love

  The Crickets
  2:08
  5.0 ★
• 17
  Maybe Baby

  The Crickets
  2:03
  3.8 ★
• 18
  Last Night

  The Crickets
  1:55
  5.0 ★
• 19
  Send Me Some Lovin’

  The Crickets
  2:36
• 20
  It’s Too Late

  The Crickets
  2:24
• 21
  Tell Me How

  The Crickets
  2:00
  4.0 ★
• 22
  Little Baby
  1:57
  5.0 ★
• 23
  (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care
  1:37
  5.0 ★
• 24
  Look at Me
  2:07
  5.0 ★
• 25
  Mona (rehearsal)
  2:06
• 26
  Mona (version 1)
  1:14
• 27
  Mona (version 2)
  3:25
• 28
  Mona (version 3)
  2:45
• 29
  Rave On
  1:50
  4.2 ★
• 30
  That’s My Desire (two false starts plus undubbed master)
  4:11
• 31
  Well… All Right
  2:14
  4.0 ★
• 32
  Fool’s Paradise (alternate take 1)
  2:30
• 33
  Fool’s Paradise (alternate take 2)
  2:33
• 34
  Fool’s Paradise (undubbed master)
  2:30
• CD 4: 1958: Clovis – New York – Lubbock
• 1
  Think It Over (false start & rehearsal take)
  2:13
• 2
  Think It Over (undubbed alternate)
  1:50
• 3
  Think It Over (undubbed master)

  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  1:50
• 4
  Take Your Time (false start & alternate take)
  3:31
• 5
  Take Your Time
  1:58
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Fool’s Paradise

  The Crickets
  2:30
• 7
  Think It Over

  The Crickets
  1:47
• 8
  Lonesome Tears

  The Crickets
  1:48
• 9
  It’s So Easy

  The Crickets
  2:11
• 10
  Heartbeat
  2:10
  4.6 ★
• 11
  Love’s Made a Fool of You (undubbed)
  2:04
• 12
  Early in the Morning
  2:07
  5.0 ★
• 13
  Now We’re One (fragment)
  0:13
• 14
  Now We’re One
  2:04
• 15
  Come Back Baby
  1:49
• 16
  Reminiscing (undubbed)
  2:00
• 17
  True Love Ways (mono mix)
  2:49
• 18
  True Love Ways (stereo mix)
  2:51
• 19
  It Doesn’t Matter Anymore (mono)
  2:05
• 20
  It Doesn’t Matter Anymore (stereo)
  2:05
• 21
  Raining in My Heart (mono)
  2:48
• 22
  Raining in My Heart (stereo)
  2:50
• 23
  Moondreams (mono)
  2:40
• 24
  Moondreams (stereo)
  2:42
• 25
  You’re the One
  1:34
• 26
  That’s What They Say (w/fragment)
  1:52
• 27
  What to Do
  1:54
• 28
  Peggy Sue Got Married
  1:50
• 29
  That Makes It Tough
  2:17
• 30
  Crying, Waiting, Hoping
  1:52
• 31
  Learning the Game
  1:34
• 32
  Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie
  1:13
• CD 5: 1959–1963: New York – Clovis
• 1
  Slippin’ and Slidin’ (slow version #1)
  3:11
• 2
  Slippin’ and Slidin’ (slow version #2)
  3:35
• 3
  Slippin’ and Slidin’ (fast version)
  1:28
• 4
  Drown in My Own Tears (fragment) / Buddy & Maria Elena Talking in Apartment
  3:38
• 5
  Dearest (alternate take)
  1:13
• 6
  Dearest
  1:53
• 7
  Untitled Instrumental (a/k/a Buddy’s Guitar / listed as “Tremolo Instrumental”)
  1:20
• 8
  Love Is Strange
  1:46
• 9
  Smokey Joe’s Cafe
  2:16
• 10
  Peggy Sue Got Married (overdubbed)
  2:07
• 11
  Crying, Waiting, Hoping (overdubbed)
  2:14
• 12
  That’s What They Say (version 2, overdubbed)
  2:12
• 13
  What to Do (overdubbed)
  1:55
• 14
  Learning the Game (overdubbed)
  2:11
• 15
  That Makes It Tough (overdubbed)
  2:27
• 16
  Baby Won’t You Come Out Tonight (overdubbed)
  1:54
• 17
  Because I Love You (overdubbed)
  2:40
• 18
  Changin’ All Those Changes (overdubbed)
  1:43
• 19
  I’m Gonna Set My Foot Down (overdubbed)
  2:18
• 20
  It’s Not My Fault (overdubbed)
  1:52
• 21
  Rock‐A‐Bye Rock (overdubbed)
  2:23
• 22
  Brown‐Eyed Handsome Man (overdubbed)
  2:05
  3.4 ★
• 23
  Bo Diddley (overdubbed)
  2:22
• 24
  What to Do (overdubbed)

  Buddy Holly & The Fireballs
  1:55
• 25
  Peggy Sue Got Married (overdubbed)

  Buddy Holly & The Fireballs
  1:51
• 26
  Crying, Waiting, Hoping (overdubbed)
  2:06
• 27
  That Makes It Tough (overdubbed)
  2:17
• 28
  That’s What They Say (overdubbed)
  2:17
• 29
  Learning the Game (overdubbed)
  2:02
• 30
  Reminiscing (overdubbed)
  1:55
• 31
  Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie (overdubbed)
  1:55
• 32
  Dearest (version 2, overdubbed)
  1:53
• 33
  Slippin’ and Slidin’ (slow version 2, overdubbed)
  3:29
• CD 6: 1962–1968: Clovis
• 1
  Baby Let’s Play House (I Wanna Play House With You) (overdubbed)
  2:22
• 2
  Down the Line (overdubbed)
  2:04
• 3
  Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie (overdub version 2)
  1:56
• 4
  Reminiscing (overdubbed)
  1:56
• 5
  Flower of My Heart (overdubbed)
  2:35
• 6
  Door to My Heart (overdubbed)
  2:23
• 7
  Soft Place in My Heart (overdubbed)
  2:15
• 8
  I Gambled My Heart (overdubbed)
  2:42
• 9
  Gotta Get You Near Me Blues (overdubbed)
  1:53
• 10
  Gone (version 3, overdubbed)
  1:11
• 11
  Rip It Up (overdubbed)
  1:27
• 12
  Honky Tonk (overdubbed)
  3:28
• 13
  Blue Suede Shoes (overdubbed)
  1:54
  4.0 ★
• 14
  Shake Rattle and Roll (overdubbed)
  1:23
• 15
  You and I Are Through (overdubbed)
  2:06
• 16
  Baby It’s Love (overdubbed)
  1:51
• 17
  Memories (overdubbed)
  2:15
  4.0 ★
• 18
  Queen of the Ballroom (overdubbed)
  2:22
• 19
  Love’s Made a Fool of You (overdubbed)
  2:01
• 20
  Wishing (mono, overdubbed)
  2:03
• 21
  Wishing (stereo, overdubbed)
  2:03
• 22
  Maybe Baby (overdubbed)
  1:57
• 23
  That’s My Desire (overdubbed)
  2:25
• 24
  Have You Ever Been Lonely (version 1, overdubbed)
  1:27
• 25
  Good Rockin’ Tonight (overdubbed)
  2:02
• 26
  Blue Monday (overdubbed)
  2:03
• 27
  Ain’t Got No Home (overdubbed)
  2:05
  4.0 ★
• 28
  Holly Hop (overdubbed)
  1:44
• 29
  Slippin’ and Slidin’ (overdubbed)
  2:34
• 30
  You’re the One (overdubbed)
  2:05
• 31
  Love Is Strange (overdubbed)
  3:06
• 32
  (Ummm, Oh Yeah) Dearest (overdubbed)
  1:54
  3.4 ★
• 33
  Smokey Joe’s Café (overdubbed)
  2:13

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Release credits

• Abby Hoffer
  background vocals [6.23, 3.29-30]
• Abraham “Boomie” Richman
  tenor saxophone [17-24]
• Al Caiola
  guitar [6.23, 3.29-30, 4.17-24]
• Al Chernet
  guitar [12-14]
• Andrew Ackers
  piano [10-15]
• Bill Pickering
  background vocals [13-21]
• Bo Clarke
  drums (drum set) [4.11, 6.19]
• Bob Lapham
  background vocals [13-21]
• Bob Montgomery
  guitar [1.2-11, 1.13-18, 6.2, 6.5-9, 6.15-18], vocal [1.2-11, 1.13-18, 6.2, 6.5-9, 6.15-18]
• Bob Thiele
  producer [29]
• Buddy Holly
  acoustic guitar [5.2-8, 5.10-15, 5.24-25, 5.27-29, 5.31-33, 4.26-32, 3.25-28, 6.3, 6.29, 6.31-33], background vocals [34-36], electric guitar [1], guitar [3.1-10, 3.12-18, 3.18, 3.20-21, 3.21-24, 3.29, 3.31-34, 2.1-5, 2.10-20, 2.22-23, 2.25, 2.27-28, 2.28-29, 2.29-35, 2.35, 2.35-36, 4.4-6, 4.8-9, 4.9-12, 4.15-16, 4.25, 5.9, 5.16-23, 5.30, 6.1-2, 6.4-19, 6.22, 6.24-28, 6.30, 1.1, 1.4-23, 1.29-31, 1.33-34], lead vocals [4.9, 3.13, 3.18, 3.21, 2.28-29, 2.34-36], mandolin [2-3], vocal [1.1-31, 1.33-34, 4.4-6, 4.8, 4.10-32, 5.1-25, 5.27-33, 2.1-19, 2.22-23, 2.25, 2.27, 2.30-36, 3.1-17, 3.19-20, 3.22-29, 3.29-34, 6.1-11, 6.13-19, 6.22-33]
• C. W. Kendall
  piano [22]
• Cliff Leeman
  drums (drum set) [17-24]
• David Schwartz
  viola [17-24]
• Dick Jacobs
  producer [12-14, 17-24]
• Don Guess
  bass [2.1-9, 1.7-9, 1.14-29, 1.31, 1.33, 6.7-9, 6.16-18], steel guitar [6.5-6, 1.5-6]
• Donald Amone
  guitar [3.29-30, 5.10-15, 6.23]
• Doris Johnson
  harp [17-24]
• Doug Kirkham
  percussion [23-28]
• Doug Roberts
  drums (drum set) [5-12, 14, 22-26, 28-32]
• Dutch McMillin
  alto saxophone [6-9]
• Eric Budd
  drums (drum set) [3-4]
• Ernest Hayes
  piano [12-14, 17-24]
• Farris Coursey
  drums (drum set) [6-9]
• Floyd Cramer
  piano [6-9]
• Gary Tollett
  background vocals [28-29]
• George Atwood
  bass [4.8, 4.10-11, 6.19]
• George Barnes
  guitar [12-14]
• George Tomsco
  guitar [5.20-21, 5.23-25, 5.27-33, 6.1-12, 6.14-18, 6.22-26, 6.28-32]
• Grady Martin
  guitar [2.6-9, 1.23-28]
• Harold Bradley
  guitar [6-9]
• Harriet Young
  background vocals [12-14]
• Helen Way
  background vocals [12-14]
• Herbert Bourne
  violin [17-24]
• Howard Kay
  viola [17-24]
• Irving Spice
  violin [17-24]
• Jack Hansen
  producer [10-15]
• Jerry Allison
  acoustic guitar [26], additional [6.11, 6.14, 2.18, 2.22], background vocals [34-36], cymbal [31], drums (drum set) [5.16-19, 5.21-23, 5.30, 1.10-13, 1.19-22, 1.29-31, 1.33-34, 6.1-2, 6.4, 6.10-15, 6.22-28, 2.1-5, 2.10-20, 2.22-23, 2.25, 2.27, 2.29-33, 2.35, 3.1-20, 3.22-23, 3.25-29, 3.29-30, 4.8-10, 4.15-16], membranophone [3.21, 2.28], percussion [2.34, 2.36, 3.24, 3.32-34, 4.4-6]
• Joe B. Mauldin
  bass [4.4-6, 4.8, 4.15-16, 3.1-17, 3.19-20, 3.22-24, 3.29, 3.29-34, 5.30, 2.30-36, 6.4, 6.22-23], double bass [4.9, 2.35, 3.18, 3.21]
• John Pickering
  background vocals [13-21]
• Julius Held
  violin [17-24]
• June Clark
  background vocals [28-29]
• Keith McCormack
  guitar [5.20-21, 5.23, 5.30-33, 6.1-12, 6.14-18, 6.22-26, 6.28-32]
• King Curtis
  tenor saxophone [5.30, 6.4, 4.15-16]
• Larry Welborn
  bass [6.1-2, 6.5-6, 6.15, 2.27, 1.5-6, 1.10-13, 5.22-23], double bass [28-29]
• Leo Kruczek
  violin [17-24]
• Leonard Posner
  violin [17-24]
• Lynn Bailey
  bass [5-9]
• Maeretha Stewart
  background vocals [12-14]
• Maurice Bialkin
  cello [17-24]
• Maurice Brown
  cello [17-24]
• Merril Ostrus
  background vocals [6.23, 3.29-30]
• Milton DeLugg
  producer [6.23, 3.29-30]
• Niki Sullivan
  background vocals [28-29, 34-36], guitar [3.1-8, 3.11, 3.14-19, 3.21, 2.29]
• Norman Petty
  organ [3.32-34, 4.4-6], piano [3.29, 3.29-30, 6.23], producer [2.27-36, 5.16-25, 5.27-33, 6.1-12, 6.14-26, 6.28-32, 1.30-31, 1.33-34, 4.4-6, 4.9-11, 4.15-16, 3.1-8, 3.10, 3.13, 3.17-24, 3.29, 3.31-34], recording [6.22, 1.29, 1.31, 1.33-34, 5.17, 5.19, 5.22]
• Owen Bradley
  producer [1.23-28, 2.1-9]
• Panama Francis
  drums (drum set) [4.12-14, 5.10-15]
• Paul Winter
  violin [17-24]
• Phil Kraus
  drums (drum set) [12-14]
• Ramona Tollett
  background vocals [28-29]
• Ray Free
  violin [17-24]
• Robert Bollinger
  background vocals [6.23, 3.29-30]
• Robert Harter
  background vocals [6.23, 3.29-30]
• Sam “The Man” Taylor
  alto saxophone [13-14], tenor saxophone [12]
• Sanford Bloch
  bass [4.12-14, 4.17-24, 5.10-15]
• Slim Corbin
  handclaps [6.30, 4.25]
• Sonny Curtis
  fiddle [6.5-9, 6.16-18, 1.5-9, 1.14-18], guitar [5.16-21, 2.1-5, 1.19-31, 1.33-34]
• Stan Lark
  bass [5.20-21, 5.23-25, 5.27-29, 5.32-33, 6.1-12, 6.14, 6.22-23]
• Sylvan Shulman
  violin [17-24]
• The Helen Way Singers
  background vocals [12]
• The Picks
  background vocals [18, 21]
• The Ray Charles Singers
  background vocals [10-15]
• The Roses
  background vocals [6-9]
• Theresa Merritt
  background vocals [12-14]
• Tommy Allsup
  guitar [4.8-11, 6.19]
• Vi Petty
  celesta [36], piano [3.1-2, 3.24, 2.33, 6.10-12, 6.14, 4.6-7]
• Waylon Jennings
  handclaps [6.30, 4.25]
• William Marine
  background vocals [3.29-30, 6.23]
• Wolfman Jack
  spoken vocals [29]
• Show all credits (79)

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  Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings and More

  6x CD
  30 October 2009