BUDDY HOLLY

Among the very first inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in January 1986, along with Elvis, Jerry Lee, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Ray Charles, Buddy Holly has come to be known as one of the foremost performers and innovators of the first wave of rock 'n' rollers in the 1950s, even though his actual recording career lasted less than three years before being cut short by his death in an horrific plane crash. Perhaps revered even more in Europe than in his home country, singer-songwriter-musician-producer Buddy inspired The Beatles and the Rolling Stones and their like much more than even Elvis ever could.

Hollybilly features the complete 1956 recordings of Buddy Holly - his first as a solo artist - and includes all the surviving masters from his three Nashville sessions for US Decca, together with his first demo sessions cut at Norman Petty's state-of-the-art recording studio in Clovis, New Mexico, and home recordings from Lubbock. In addition to Buddy and his usual cohorts, such as Jerry Allison, Sonny Curtis and Don Guess, the tracks also include the accompaniment of the famed Nashville "A" Team, boasting Floyd Cramer, Harold Bradley and the always superb Grady Martin.


ETCD 1034
BUDDY HOLLY & FRIENDS
BUDDY’S BUDDIES

Over the last three years, El Toro Records has been leading the field in systematically reissuing the neglected legacy of the late, great Buddy Holly. When Universal finally announced a box set of his complete recordings last year we thought that our task was over - but not so! The complete set turned out to be far from complete; so this final Buddy Holly release from El Toro Records has gathered the material ignored by the otherwise exemplary Universal box set, notably all those commercial recordings which featured Buddy as session-musician-cum-producer from his golden years of 1957-58 and a bonus CD to collate all the remaining radio/TV interviews and the live radio/TV/promo clips from 1958 that hadn't been featured in our previous volumes. Sandwiched in between, and taking advantage of our title of “Buddy’s Buddies”, we have a jam-packed compilation CD of talented Texas artists with whom Buddy crossed paths in the 1950s. Rave on!"



ETCD 1012 - BUDDY HOLLY - HOLLYBILLY - THE COMPLETE 1956 RECORDINGS
2 CD SET - 41 TRACKS
Superb 8 page booklet with liner notes from Dave Penny plus many pix.
Track listing:
 DISC 1
1. Baby, Won't You Come Out Tonight?
(BUDDY HOLLY/PEERMUSIC (UK) LTD)
2. Love Me (with studio chat)
(BUDDY HOLLY - SUE PARRISH/UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LIMITED)
3. Don't Come Back Knockin'
(BUDDY HOLLY - SUE PARRISH/CARLIN MUSIC CORP)
4. Midnight Shift
(EARL LEE - JIMMIE AINSWORTH/GOOD MUSIC LTD)
5. Blue Days, Black Nights
(BEN HALL/CARLIN MUSIC CORP)
6. Rock Around With Ollie Vee (fragment)
(SONNY CURTIS/CARLIN MUSIC CORP)
7. Rock Around With Ollie Vee (July 1956 version)
(SONNY CURTIS/CARLIN MUSIC CORP)
8. Because I Love You
(BUDDY HOLLY/PEERMUSIC (UK) LTD)
9. Changing All Those Changes (Clovis demo version)
(BUDDY HOLLY/PEERMUSIC (UK) LTD)
10. I Guess I Was Just A Fool
(BUDDY HOLLY/HOLLY HOUSE INC)
11. It's Not My Fault
(BEN HALL - WELDON MYRICK/EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING LTD)
12. I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down
(BUDDY HOLLY/UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LIMITED)
13. Rock-A-Bye Rock
(BUDDY HOLLY/PEERMUSIC (UK) LTD)
14. Girl On My Mind
(DON GUESS/UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LIMITED)
15. That'll Be The Day
(BUDDY HOLLY - JERRY ALLISON - NORMAN PETTY/PEERMUSIC (UK) LTD)
16. Ting-A-Ling
(AHMET ERTEGUN/CARLIN MUSIC CORP)
17. I'm Changin' All Those Changes (fragment)
(BUDDY HOLLY/PEERMUSIC (UK) LTD)
18. I'm Changin' All Those Changes (Nashville version)
(BUDDY HOLLY/PEERMUSIC (UK) LTD)
19. Modern Don Juan
(DON GUESS - JACK NEAL/ UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LIMITED)
20. You Are My One Desire (false start)
(DON GUESS/VALLEY MUSIC LTD)
21. You Are My One Desire
(DON GUESS/VALLEY MUSIC LTD)
22. Rock Around With Ollie Vee (November 1956 version)
(SONNY CURTIS/CARLIN MUSIC CORP)

DISC 2
1. Honky Tonk (undubbed Lubbock demo)
(B. BUTLER - B. DOGGETT - C. SCOTT - SHEP SHEPHERD/TRO ESSEX MUSIC LTD)
2. Good Rockin' Tonight (undubbed Lubbock demo)
(ROY BROWN/LARK MUSIC LTD)
3. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man (Lubbock demo)
(CHUCK BERRY/JEWEL MUSIC PUBLISHING CO LTD)
4. Bo Diddley (Lubbock demo)
(ELLAS McDANIEL/GOOD MUSIC LTD)
5. Rip It Up (undubbed Lubbock demo)
(BUMPS BLACKWELL - JOHN MARASCALCO/PETER MAURICE MUSIC CO LTD)
6. Blue Monday (undubbed Lubbock demo)
(FATS DOMINO - DAVE BARTHOLOMEW/CHAPPELL MUSIC LTD)
7. Blue Suede Shoes (undubbed Lubbock demo)
(CARL PERKINS/MPL COMMUNICATIONS LTD)
8. Shake, Rattle & Roll (undubbed Lubbock demo)
(CHARLES CALHOUN/CAMPBELL CONNELLY AND CO LTD)
9. Ain't Got No Home (undubbed Lubbock demo)
(CLARENCE HENRY/FRANCIS DAY & HUNTER LTD)
10. Holly Hop (undubbed Lubbock demo)
(BUDDY HOLLY/PEERMUSIC (UK) LTD)
11. Bo Diddley (undubbed Clovis demo)
(ELLAS McDANIEL/GOOD MUSIC LTD)
12. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
(undubbed Clovis demo)
(CHUCK BERRY/JEWEL MUSIC PUBLISHING CO LTD)
13. Have You Ever Been Lonely? #1
(undubbed Lubbock demo)
(PETER DE ROSE - BILLY HILL/SHAPIRO BERNSTEIN & CO LIMITED)
14. Have You Ever Been Lonely? (fragment)
(PETER DE ROSE - BILLY HILL/SHAPIRO BERNSTEIN & CO LIMITED)
15. Have You Ever Been Lonely? (fragment)
(PETER DE ROSE - BILLY HILL/SHAPIRO BERNSTEIN & CO LIMITED)
16. Have You Ever Been Lonely? #2
(undubbed Lubbock demo)
(PETER DE ROSE - BILLY HILL/SHAPIRO BERNSTEIN & CO LIMITED)
17. Gone (fragment)
(SMOKEY ROGERS/CARLIN MUSIC CORP - MCS MUSIC LIMITED)
18. Gone #1 (undubbed Lubbock demo)
(SMOKEY ROGERS/CARLIN MUSIC CORP - MCS MUSIC LIMITED)
19. Gone #2 (undubbed Lubbock demo)
(SMOKEY ROGERS/CARLIN MUSIC CORP - MCS MUSIC LIMITED)





ETCD 1016 - BUDDY HOLLY - NOT FADE AWAY
THE COMPLETE 1957 RECORDINGS.
3 CD SET, 8 PAGE BOOKLET, FULL '57 DISCOGRAPHY.
1957: The breakthrough year.
After having served his apprenticeship on local West Texas radio in the early 1950s, Buddy Holly spent a year as a solo artist with the unsympathetic Nashville arm of mighty US Decca in 1956 (see El Toro ETCD 1012) which not only proved disastrous commercially, but also denied him the artistic freedom which he desired in order to carve his own niche in popular music. Having learned a valuable lesson in Owen Bradley's clock-watched studio, in early 1957 Buddy Holly formed his own group, The Crickets, and began utilising the well-equipped recording facility belonging to Norman Petty in Clovis, to produce finished masters for the Brunswick and Coral labels, which would include influential rock 'n' roll classics such as "That'll Be The Day", "Peggy Sue", "Not Fade Away", "Oh Boy!" and "Maybe Baby" - all of which can be found on this entertaining and important compilation.

Like Eddie Cochran in California, Buddy Holly enjoyed being a creative musician perhaps more than being a famous recording star, and much of his short life was spent in the recording studio not only rehearsing and recording his own tracks, but also providing accompaniment to the stream of vocalists that stepped through the sound-proofed doors. This three CD set (90 tracks!!) Provides a distillation of the high-points of the annus mirabilis which was 1957, featuring the complete recordings marketed as both The Crickets and as Buddy Holly - as well as a wealth of tracks on which Buddy, J.I. and Joe B. backed those other country, pop and rock 'n' roll singers, along with the soundtracks from TV shows, on-air interviews and amusingly-tailored promo jingles to massage the egos of various music industry figures. These were the recordings that made Buddy Holly and The Crickets national, and indeed international, stars.

Things would never be the same again...

Tracking Lists:
Disc One:
 1. I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love [Brunswick 55009]
2. That'll Be The Day [Brunswick 55009]
3. Last Night [Undubbed Original Version]
4. Maybe Baby [First Version]
5. Last Night [Brunswick LP BL-54038]
6. Words Of Love [Demo]
7. Words Of Love [Coral 61852]
8. Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues [Coral 61852]
9. Not Fade Away [Incomplete Alternative Take]
10. Not Fade Away [Brunswick 55035]
11. Everyday [Coral 61885]
12. Ready Teddy [Coral LP CRL-57210]
13. Valley Of Tears [Coral LP CRL-57210]
14. Tell Me How [Brunswick 55053]
15. Buddy's Phone Call To Paul Cohen Of Decca Records [28/02/57]
Gary Dale
16. Go Boy Go [KDAV Demo]
17. Gone [KDAV Demo]
18. Go Boy Go [Norman Petty Demo]
19. The Golden Rocket [Norman Petty Demo]
20. Gone [Norman Petty Demo]
21. I Overlooked An Orchid
Billy Walker
22. On My Mind Again [Columbia 40920]
23. Viva La Matador [Columbia 40920]
Jim Robinson
24. A Whole Lot Of Lovin' [Take 1]
25. A Whole Lot Of Lovin' [Take 2]
26. A Whole Lot Of Lovin' [Take 3]
27. A Whole Lot Of Lovin' [Epic 9234]
28. It's A Wonderful Feeling [Epic 9234]
Jack Huddle
29. Starlight [Original Without Echo]
30. Believe Me [Original Without Echo]
31. Starlight [Petsey 1002]
32. Believe Me [Petsey 1002]

Disc Two:
1. Peggy Sue [Alternative Take]
2. Peggy Sue [Coral 61885]
3. Listen To Me [Coral 61947]
4. That'll Be The Day [Promotional Recording For Bob Thiele Of Coral Records]
5. That'll Be The Day [Promotional Recording For Murray Deutch Of Southern Music]
6. Oh, Boy! [Undubbed Original Version]
7. Oh, Boy! [Brunswick 55035]
8. That'll Be The Day [Promotional Recording For Bill Randle Of WERE Radio, Ohio]
9. I'm Gonna Love You Too [Coral 61947]
10. Send Me Some Lovin' [Original Undubbed Demo]
11. It's Too Late [Original Undubbed Demo]
12. Send Me Some Lovin' [Brunswick LP BL-54038]
13. It's Too Late [Brunswick LP BL-54038]
Jim Robinson
14. Man From Texas [Brill 2]
Gary Dale
15. Honey, Honey
16. Look To The Future
Fred Crawford
17. By The Mission Wall [Starday 314]
Carolyn Hester
18. Wreck Of The Old '97
19. Scarlet Ribbons
Charlie Phillips
20. Sugartime [Take 1]
21. Sugartime [Promo]
22. One Faded Rose [Take 1]
23. Sugartime [Coral 61908]
24. One Faded Rose [Coral 61908]
Sherry Davis
25. Humble Heart [Fashion 1001]
26. Broken Promises [Fashion 1001]
Norman Petty Trio
27. Moondreams-With The Picks [Fashion 1001]
28. Moondreams [Instrumental] [Columbia 41039]
29. Moondreams-With The Roses

Disc Three:
1. You've Got Love [Brunswick LP BL-54038]
2. Maybe Baby [Brunswick 55053]
3. An Empty Cup (And A Broken Date) [Brunswick LP BL-54038]
4. Rock Me, My Baby [Brunswick LP BL-54038]
5. That'll Be The Day [Unidentified Live Fragment]
6. That'll Be The Day [Live On The Ed Sullivan CBS TV Show]
7. Peggy Sue [Live On The Ed Sullivan CBS TV Show]
8. Interview With Ed Sullivan
9. Little Baby [Coral LP CRL-57210]
10. You're So Square (Baby I Don't Care) [Coral LP CRL-57210]
11. Look At Me [Coral LP CRL-57210]
12. Mona [Rehearsal]
13. Mona [Take 1]
14. Mona [Take 2]
15. Mona [Take 3]
16. Peggy Sue [Live On The Arthur Murray TV Show]
17. Don't Do Me This Way!-Rick Tucker [First Version]
18. Patty Baby-Rick Tucker & The Picks [Columbia 41041]
19. Don't Do Me This Way!-Rick Tucker & The Picks [Columbia 41041]
20. Promotional Spot For Bill Randle Of WERE Radio, Ohio #1
21. Promotional Spot For Bill Randle Of WERE Radio, Ohio #2
22. Promotional Spot For Don Passerby Of Cornwall Radio, Canada #1
23. Promotional Spot For Don Passerby Of Cornwall Radio, Canada #2
24. Promotional Spot For Don Passerby Of Cornwall Radio, Canada #3
25. Promotional Spot For Don Passerby Of Cornwall Radio, Canada #4
26. Interview With Red Robinson Of CKWX Radio, Canada
27. Promotional Spot For Red Robinson Of CKWX Radio, Canada
28. Interview With Freeman Hoover Of KCSR Radio, Nebraska
29. Promotional Spot For Freeman Hoover Of KCSR Radio, Nebraska
30. Interview With Dale Lowery Of KTOP Radio, Kansas

Sound clips available very soon.

-Copyright in these recordings is owned by Rollercoaster Records Ltd, UK
CD 1 tracks 16, 17, 18, 19 & 21 p 1998 Rollercoaster Records.
CD 1 track 20 - CD 2 tracks 15 & 16 p 2007 Rollercoaster Records.
-Copyright in these recordings is owned by The Estate of Violet Ann Petty
CD 1 tracks 29 & 30; CD 2 tracks 20 & 22 p 2007 Rollercoaster Records
All the above licensed by Rollercoaster Records Ltd, UK to El Toro Records.


 
ETCD 1021 VARIOUS ARTISTS - WINTER DANCE PARTY
BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS, RITCHIE VALENS AND THE BIG BOPPER
Special issue commemorating the 50th anniversary of “The Day The Music Died”

It was late January, 1959, when the tragic Winter Dance Party began; a gruelling twenty-four day tour of the mid-west by a rock 'n' roll revue which included Buddy Holly and his group, J P "Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens. Poorly funded and inefficiently organized, the tour began a disaster and steadily got worse, with a motley successionof clapped-out coaches being the only transportation provided to the artists by the booking agency. Eleven days into the tour and facing another tortuous 400 mile road trip to the next venue on a freezing bus, Holly decided to charter a plane after their unscheduled appearance at ClearLake, Iowa. He and the two other headliners took off for Fargo, NorthDakota, in the teeth of a blizzard during the early hours of 3rd February1959... it was a date that would come to be known as one of the darkest in the whole history of rock 'n' roll...

ETCD 1021 VARIOUS ARTISTS - WINTER DANCE PARTY
BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS, RITCHIE VALENS AND THE BIG BOPPER
Track listing:
Think It Over – THE CRICKETS
Fool's Paradise – THE CRICKETS
BIG BOPPER's WDP promo
Chantilly Lace – BIG BOPPER
Purple People Eater Meets Witch Doctor - BIG BOPPE
RRITCHIE VALENS' WDP promo
La Bamba – RITCHIE VALENS
Donna - RITCHIE VALENS
BUDDY HOLLY's WDP promo
Heartbeat – BUDDY HOLLY
Well...All Right – BUDDY HOLLY
Monkey Song (You Made A Monkey Out Of Me) - BIG BOPPER (as Jape Richardson with The Echoes)
A Teen-Age Moon (In A Rock & Roll World) - BIG BOPPER (as Jape Richardson with The Echoes)
Come On, Let's Go - RITCHIE VALENS
Framed - RITCHIE VALENS
Early In The Morning - BUDDY HOLLY
Now We're One - BUDDY HOLLY
Little Red Riding Hood - BIG BOPPER
Big Bopper's Wedding - BIG BOPPER
Big Baby Blues – RITCHIE VALENS (as Arvee Allens)
It's So Easy! - THE CRICKETS
Lonesome Tears - THE CRICKETS
Crazy Blues - BIG BOPPER (as Jape Richardson & The Japetts)
Beggar To A King - BIG BOPPER (as Jape Richardson & The Japetts)
Fast Freight – RITCHIE VALENS (as Arvee Allens)
Take Your Time – BUDDY HOLLY
Rave On - BUDDY HOLLY