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Down the Line: Rarities Compilation album by Buddy Holly Released January 27, 2009 Recorded 1949 - January 20, 1959 Genre Rock and roll, Pop Length 2:00:55 Label UMe, Geffen, Decca Producer Norman Petty, Milton De Lugg, Andy McKaie (compilation) Buddy Holly chronology Definitive Collection
(2006)Down the Line: Rarities
(2009)Memorial Collection
(2009)Down the Line: Rarities is a 2009 compilation album of American singer–songwriter and rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly's alternate takes and demos, including the original undubbed "garage tapes" with The Crickets and the "Apartment Tapes" recorded in the months before his death. Along with Memorial Collection, this album was released a week prior to the fiftieth anniversary of Holly's death (February 3, 1959) on January 27, 2009.[1]
The compilation album chronicles Holly's journey from a 13-year old novice (the album features his very first recording, a cover of Hank Snow's "My Two-Timin' Woman") in Lubbock, Texas through his early recordings with The Crickets and unsuccessful contract with Decca Records to his recordings in New York after signing with Coral Records.
Contents
Track listing
Disc one No. Title Writer(s) Artist Length 1. "My Two-Timin' Woman" Hank Snow 2:15 2. "Footprints In the Snow" traditional Buddy & Bob 1:20 3. "Flower of My Heart" Don Guess, Bob Montgomery Buddy & Bob 2:36 4. "Door to My Heart" Montgomery Buddy & Bob 2:23 5. "Soft Place In My Heart" Montgomery Buddy & Bob 2:16 6. "Gotta Get You Near Me Blues" Montgomery Buddy & Bob 1:53 7. "I Gambled My Heart" Holly, Montgomery Buddy & Bob 2:43 8. "You and I Are Through" Holly, Montgomery Buddy & Bob 2:05 9. "Down the Line" Holly, Montgomery, Norman Petty Buddy & Bob 2:03 10. "Baby Let's Play House" Arthur Gunter 2:28 11. "Moonlight Baby (Baby, Wont You Come Out Tonight)" Holly 1:58 12. "I Guess I Was Just A Fool" Holly 2:19 13. "Don't Come Back Knockin'" Holly, Parrish 2:00 14. "Love Me" Holly, Parrish 1:53 15. "Gone" Rogers Buddy Holly & The Crickets 1:12 16. "Gone" (alternate take) Rogers Buddy Holly & The Crickets 1:16 17. "Have You Ever Been Lonely" Brown, DeRose Buddy Holly & The Crickets 0:53 18. "Have You Ever Been Lonely" (alternate take) Brown, DeRose Buddy Holly & The Crickets 1:18 19. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" Chuck Berry Buddy Holly & The Crickets 2:08 20. "Good Rockin' Tonight" Roy Brown Buddy Holly & The Crickets 1:57 21. "Rip It Up" Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco Buddy Holly & The Crickets 1:25 22. "Blue Monday" Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew Buddy Holly & The Crickets 1:57 23. "Honky Tonk" Billy Butler, Bill Doggett, Clifford Scott, Shep Shepherd Buddy Holly & The Crickets 3:26 24. "Blue Suede Shoes" Carl Perkins Buddy Holly & The Crickets 1:52 25. "Shake, Rattle and Roll" Charles E. Calhoun Buddy Holly & The Crickets 1:21 26. "Bo Diddley" Elias McDaniel Buddy Holly & The Crickets 2:20 27. "Ain't Got No Home" Henry Buddy Holly & The Crickets 2:01 28. "Holly Hop" Holly Buddy Holly & The Crickets 1:36 Total length:54:54 Disc two No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Last Night" Mauldin, Petty 1:56 2. "Not Fade Away" (partial alternate overdub) Charles Hardin, Petty 2:23 3. "Peggy Sue" (alternate take) Jerry Allison, Holly, Petty 2:32 4. "Oh, Boy!" Sonny West, Bill Tilghman, Petty 2:09 5. "That's My Desire" (two false starts and master) Kresa, Loveday 4:11 6. "Take Your Time" (false start and partially undubbed take) Holly, Petty 3:32 7. "Fool's Paradise" (alternate take) Leglaire, Linsley, Petty 2:30 8. "Fool's Paradise" (master) Leglaire, Linsley, Petty 2:32 9. "Fool's Paradise" (alternate take #2) Leglaire, Linsley, Petty 2:33 10. "Think It Over" (false start and rehearsel take - take 1) Allison, Holly, Petty 2:13 11. "Think It Over" (alternate take - take 2) Allison, Holly, Petty 1:51 12. "Think It Over" (master - take 3) Allison, Holly, Petty 1:51 13. "Love's Made A Fool of You" Holly, Montgomery 2:04 14. "That'll Be the Day" (greetings to Bob Thiele) Holly, Allison, Petty 0:35 15. "That'll Be the Day" (greetings to Murray Deutsch) Holly, Allison, Petty 0:32 16. "That's What They Say" Holly 1:52 17. "What to Do" Holly 1:54 18. "Peggy Sue Got Married" Holly 1:50 19. "That Makes It Tough" Holly 2:17 20. "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" Holly 1:52 21. "Learning the Game" Holly 1:34 22. "Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie" Sterling, Vontilzer 1:14 23. "Slippin' and Slidin'" (slow version #1) Edwin Bocage, Albert Collins, Richard Penniman, James Smith 3:11 24. "Slippin' and Slidin'" (slow version #2) Bocage, Collins, Penniman, Smith 3:35 25. "Slippin' and Slidin'" (fast version) Bocage, Collins, Penniman, Smith 1:27 26. "Buddy and Maria Elena Talking In Apartment" 3:28 27. "Dearest" (fragment) Baker, McDaniel, Polk 1:13 28. "Dearest" Baker, McDaniel, Polk 1:53 29. "Untitled Instrumental" Holly 1:20 30. "Love Is Strange" Baker, Smith 1:43 31. "Smokey Joe's Cafe" Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller 2:14 Total length:1:06:01 Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating allmusic [2]
Paste (78/100)[3] Pitchfork Media (7.0/10)[4] In an interview with the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Holly's eldest brother Larry Holley commented before hearing both this album and the Memorial Collection, "María [Elena Holly] told me I was definitely going to just break down and cry when I hear all these CDs, because they've cleaned them (the songs) all up and Buddy's music never has come across so pure before."[5]
Release details
Country Date Label Format Catalog number United States January 27, 2009 UMe, Geffen, Decca CD B0011675-02 (6 02517 79891 5) References
- ^ "Geffen, Vintage Vinyl do right by Buddy Holly". APP.com. January 15, 2009. http://blogs.app.com/rhythmroom/2009/01/15/geffen-vintage-vinyl-do-right-by-buddy-holly/. Retrieved October 5, 2009.
- ^ allmusic review
- ^ Paste review
- ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ Kerns, William (March 14, 2009). "Oh Boy! New collections released". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/031409/fea_409554404.shtml. Retrieved October 5, 2009.
External links
- Buddy Holly - Geffen - Buddy Holly's artist page at the Geffen label website
Categories:- Buddy Holly albums
- 2009 compilation albums
- Double compilation albums
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