Rare Buddy Holly Recordings

Die folgenden sehr seltenen Aufnahmen, insbesondere eine Aufnahme aus dem Jahre 1949 und die Aufnahmen mit Roy Orbison - größtenteils ohne Master-Nummer - und einige obskure Machwerke befinden sich auch in meinem Besitz:

Title Time Recorded Line Up / Description
A whole lotta lovin' 2:08 April 1957
Norman Petty's Studio, Clovis, New Mexico
Jim Robinson - Vocal; Joe Mauldin - Bass; Jerry Allison - Cardboard Box; Buddy Holly - Lead Guitar; Jack Huddle - Rhythm Guitar;
The original release on Epic (Promotion Record) 5-9234 with overdubbing vocals by The Roses.
The Roses are Ray Rush, Dave Bingham and Robert Linville
Baby it's love 1:49 Demo - mid 1955
KDAV Studio, Lubbock, Texas
Buddy Holly - Vocal / Guitar; Bob Montgomery - Vocal / Guitar; Sonny Curtis - Fiddle; Don Guess - Bass; unknown Drums
Brown eyed handsome man 2:11 Demo - 1956
Lubbock, Texas
alternate version
Don't come back knockin' 1:57 Demo - December 7, 1955 Buddy Holly - Vocal / Guitar; Sonny Curtis - Lead Guitar; Don Guess - Bass; Jerry Allison - Drums
Don't do me this way 2:16 late August 1957
Norman Petty's Studio, Clovis, New Mexico
Rick Tucker - Vocal / Rhythm Guitar; Don Guess - Bass; Bo Clark - Drums; Roy Orbison - Lead Guitar; Buddy Holly - Lead Guitar; Bill Pickering & The Picks - Background Vocals
Door to my heart 2:22 Demo - mid 1955
Nesman Studio, Wichita Falls
Buddy Holly - Vocal / Guitar; Bob Montgomery - Vocal / Guitar; Sonny Curtis - Fiddle; Don Guess - Bass; unknown Drums; unknwon Steel Guitar
Down the line 2:02 Demo - June 7, 1955
Nesman Studio, Wichita Falls
Buddy Holly - Vocal; Bob Montgomery - Vocal / Guitar; Larry Welborn - Bass;
Flower of my heart 2:32 Demo - mid 1955
Nesman Studio, Wichita Falls
Buddy Holly - Vocal / Guitar; Bob Montgomery - Vocal / Guitar; Sonny Curtis - Fiddle; Don Guess - Bass; unknown Drums; unknwon Steel Guitar
Gotta get you near me Blues 1:51 Demo - mid 1955
Nesman Studio, Wichita Falls
Buddy Holly - Vocal / Guitar; Bob Montgomery - Vocal / Guitar; Sonny Curtis - Fiddle; Don Guess - Bass; unknown Drums
I gambled my heart 2:41 Demo - mid 1955
KDAV Studio, Lubbock, Texas
Buddy Holly - Vocal / Guitar; Bob Montgomery - Vocal / Guitar; Sonny Curtis - Fiddle; Don Guess - Bass; unknown Drums
I wanna play house with you 2:18 Demo - late 1955
Jim Beck Studios, Dallas, Texas
Buddy Holly - Vocal / Guitar; Bob Montgomery - Vocal / Guitar; Sonny Curtis - Lead Guitar; Don Guess - Bass; Jerry Allison - Drums
It Doesn't Matter Anymore 2:00 October 21, 1958
Pythian Temple Recording Studios, New York City
Master-No. 105870
Stereo version with starting up counting: one, two, two
It's a wonderful feeling 2:29 April 1957
Norman Petty's Studio, Clovis, New Mexico
Jim Robinson - Vocal; Joe Mauldin - Bass; Jerry Allison - Cardboard Box; Buddy Holly - Lead Guitar; Jack Huddle - Rhythm Guitar; Overdubbing Vocals by The Roses; Vi Petty - Piano
This song was first released on Norman Petty's PETSEY label add Vi Petty piano.
The original release on Epic (Promotion Record) 5-9234 with overdubbing vocals by The Roses.
The Roses are Ray Rush, Dave Bingham and Robert Linville
Let's pretend 2:14 early 50th Recorded by Buddy Holly and Bob Montgomery during the early fifties.
Bob is singing lead, Buddy sings harmony and playing mandolin.
Love me 1:47 Demo - December 3, 1955
KDAV Studio, Lubbock, Texas
Buddy Holly - Vocal / Guitar; Sonny Curtis - Lead Guitar; Don Guess - Bass; Jerry Allison - Drums
Memories 2:13 Demo - mid 1955
KDAV Studio, Lubbock, Texas
Buddy Holly - Vocal / Guitar; Bob Montgomery - Vocal / Guitar; Sonny Curtis - Fiddle; Don Guess - Bass; unknown Drums
Patty Baby 2:12 late August 1957
Norman Petty's Studio, Clovis, New Mexico
Rick Tucker - Vocal / Rhythm Guitar; Don Guess - Bass; Bo Clark - Drums; Roy Orbison - Lead Guitar; Buddy Holly - Lead Guitar; Bill Pickering & The Picks - Background Vocals
Queen of the ballroom 2:19 Demo - mid 1955
KDAV Studio, Lubbock, Texas
Buddy Holly - Vocal / Guitar; Bob Montgomery - Vocal / Guitar; Sonny Curtis - Fiddle; Don Guess - Bass; unknown Drums
Soft place in my heart 2:13 Demo - mid 1955
Nesman Studio, Wichita Falls
Buddy Holly - Vocal / Guitar; Bob Montgomery - Vocal / Guitar; Sonny Curtis - Fiddle; Don Guess - Bass; unknown Drums; unknown Steel Guitar
Two timin' woman 1:24 1949 The earliest known recording by Buddy Holly being recorded in 1949 at the age of thirteen before his voice changed. This old Hank Snow song was recorded on a wire-recorder transferred to an acetate, then to tape.
You and I are through 2:04 Demo - mid 1955
Nesman Studio, Wichita Falls
Buddy Holly - Vocal / Guitar; Bob Montgomery - Vocal / Guitar; Sonny Curtis - Fiddle; Don Guess - Bass; unknown Drums

Obskur:

Jive Buddy Holly (Radio Mix), Zeit: 3:25
Brown Eyed Handsome Man * Rave On * Peggy Sue * Oh! Boy * That'll Be The Day

Jive Buddy Holly (Jive Mix - Long Version), Zeit: 4:46
Jive Buddy * Brown Eyed Handsome Man * Rave On * Peggy Sue * Oh! Boy * That'll Be The Day

Und hier ist etwas völlig daneben:

Peggy Sue Got Married - Buddy Holly and The Hollies
Die Aufnahme empfinde ich als geschmacklos. Buddy Holly's Originalstimme wird auf einem Schmachtfetzen mit Streichern und dem Gesang der Hollies darübergelegt, und dann - weil vermutlich Rhythmusschwierigkeiten bestanden - wieder ausgeblendet und durch den Gesang der Hollies ersetzt und fortgeführt.

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