Description
Personnel: Buddy Holly (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals); Bobby Montgomery (vocals, guitar); Sonny Curtis (guitar, fiddle); George Barnes, Grady Martin, Harold Bradley, Al Caiola, Tommy Allsup, Al Chernet (guitar); Elbert R. "Dutch" McMillan (alto saxophone); Curtis Ousley, Boomie Richmond, Sam "The Man" Taylor (tenor saxophone); Floyd Cramer, Vi Petty, Ernie Hayes (piano); Norman Petty (celesta); Jerry Allison (drums, percussion, background vocals); Bob "Crow" Clarke, Panama Francis, Phil Kraus , Farris Coursey (drums); Ray Corbin, Waylon Jennings (hand claps); Douglas Kirkham (percussion); Gary Tollet, Ramona Tollet, June Clark, The Helen Way Singers, Niki Sullivan, The Roses (background vocals).
Audio Remasterer: Erick Labson.
Liner Note Author: Bud Scoppa.
Recording information: Clovis, NM (??/??/1954-01/20/1959); Holley Family Garage (??/??/1954-01/20/1959); Nashville, TN (??/??/1954-01/20/1959); New York, NY (??/??/1954-01/20/1959); Radio KLLL, Lubbock, TX (??/??/1954-01/20/1959); The Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City, OK (??/??/1954-01/20/1959); Wichita Falls, TX (??/??/1954-01/20/1959).
Unknown Contributor Roles: Ray Bush's BBC Jazz; Harriet Young; David Bingham; Bob Linville; John Pickering; Bob Lapham; Bill Pickering; Helen Way; The Fireballs; Maeretha Stewart.
This three-disc collection, released in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Buddy Holly's tragic death, maintains the perfect balance between greatest-hits anthology and collectors' set. Over the course of its 60 songs, it includes not only all of the tunes that made Holly a rock & roll legend, but plenty of lesser-known tracks and some previously unreleased material, further illuminating the all-too-brief career of the man who influenced legions of rockers for generations after his death.
- Format: CD
- Genre: Rock
- Released: 2009-02-10