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Release Date: 06 June 2025
Label: Number One Essentials
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436563186349
Genres: Rock 'N' Roll
Description
The complete album + 10 bonus tracks - limited edition pressing on 180g vinyl - limited edition, a Brian Morton 'Number One Essential' Recommendation.
This edition contains one of Buddy Holly's most famous and essential albums, his debut LP The "Chirping" Crickets, a masterpiece that helped define the exact nature of rock & roll.
The original dozen tracks from his debut album are the equivalent of a greatest hits collection, with signature gems like "Oh Boy!", "Not Fade Away", "Maybe Baby", and "That'll Be the Day", all of which testify to rock & roll immortality.
Holly's ringing guitar and hiccupping vocals drew from a different sensibility than Chuck Berry's blues-tinged playing, but the backbeat and optimism of the lyrics brought them together under the rock 'n' roll banner.
The album's non-hit tracks offer some lesser-known delights. This album, together with the ten bonus tracks, constitutes a true Buddy Holly greatest hits release.
Tracklisting
Nina Simone
Muddy Waters
Sam Cooke
Joao Gilberto
Billie Holiday
Martin Denny
John Lee Hooker
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington
Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly
