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VIGO 137

Buddy For Others

AKA "Sittin' In"

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Front Cover

Back Cover

 

SONNY CURTIS
June 7, 1955
(probably) Nesman Recording Studio
Wichita Falls, Texas
1. BECAUSE YOU LOVE ME (1:52)
(unknown)
2. I'LL MISS MY HEART (2:22)
(unknown)
Sonny Curtis - vocal and guitar
Buddy Holly – guitar
(possibly) Don Guess - bass
Jerry Allison - drums
  
GARY DALE
March 1, 1957
Norman Petty Studios
1313 West 7th Street
Clovis, New Mexico
3. GO BOY GO (2:33)
(Wilson)
4. THE GOLDEN ROCKET (2:17)
(Snow)
5. GONE (2:10)
(Rogers)
6. I OVERLOOKED AN ORCHID (2:41)
(Story/Smith/Lyn)
Gary Dale (Tollet) - vocal
Buddy Holly – guitar
Jerry Allison - drums
Ramona Tollet, June Clark, Niki Sullivan - backing vocals
  
JIM ROBINSON
March / APRIL 1957
Norman Petty Studios
1313 West 7th Street
Clovis, New Mexico
7. WHOLE LOTTA LOVIN' (take 1) (2:10)
(Huddle/Petty/Robinson)
8. WHOLE LOTTA LOVIN' (take 2) (2:08)
(Huddle/Petty/Robinson)
9. WHOLE LOTTA LOVIN' + (take 2) (2:08)
(Huddle/Petty/Robinson)
(With overdubbed backing vocals)
10. IT'S A WONDERFUL FEELING* (2:28)
(Huddle/Petty/Robinson)
Jim Robinson - vocal
Buddy Holly – guitar
Jerry Allison - cardboard box, percussion, drums*
Vi Petty - piano on*
unknown - bass
The Bowman Brothers - backing vocals on*
The Roses (Robert Linville, Ray Rush, David Bigham) - overdubbed backing vocals on +
  
JACK HUDDLE
March / April 1957
Norman Petty Studios
1313 West 7th Street
Clovis, New Mexico
11. STARLIGHT (2:08)
(Huddle/Petty/Robinson)
12. BELIEVE ME* (2:31)
(Petty/Robinson)
Jack Huddle - vocal
Buddy Holly – guitar
Jerry Allison - drums
Unknown - bass
The Bowman Brothers - backing vocals on*
  
FRED CRAWFORD
July 14, 1957
Norman Petty Studios
1313 West 7th Street
Clovis, New Mexico
13. BY THE MISSION WALL (2:33)
(Cline)
Fred Crawford - vocal
Buddy Holly – guitar
Jerry Allison - drums
(possibly) Joe B. Mauldin - bass
(possibly) The Bowman Brothers - backing vocals
  
GARY DALE
July 14, 1957
Norman Petty Studios
1313 West 7th Street
Clovis, New Mexico
14. LOOK TO THE FUTURE (1:54)
(Petty/Sullivan)
15. HONEY HONEY (2:34)
(Gary Tollet)
Gary Dale (Tollet) - vocal
Buddy Holly – guitar
Jerry Allison - drums
Ramona Tollet and The Picks - backing vocals
unknown - bass
(The unusual guitar sound on Look To The Future was achieved by plugging Holly's guitar into Petty's "Leslietone" organ amplifier.)
  
CHARLIE PHILLIPS
(probably) July 1957
Norman Petty Studios
1313 West 7th Street
Clovis, New Mexico
16. SUGARTIME (take 2) (2:16)
(Phillips/Echoles)
Charlie Phillips - vocal
Buddy Holly – lead guitar
Jack Vaughan - rhythm guitar
Jerry Allison - drums
Vi Petty - piano
Norman Petty - organ
Jimmy Blakely - steel guitar
unknown - bass
(Alternate version.)
  
THE NORMAN PETTY TRIO
July 20-22, 1957
Norman Petty Studios
1313 West 7th Street
Clovis, New Mexico
17. MOONDREAMS (0:51)
(Petty)
Norman Petty - organ
Vi Petty - piano
Buddy Holly – guitar (possibly)
The Roses or The Picks - backing vocals
(Alternate version.)
  
RICK TUCKER
Late August 1957
Norman Petty Studios
1313 West 7th Street
Clovis, New Mexico
18. DON'T DO ME THIS WAY (2:23)
(Unknown)
19. DON'T DO ME THIS WAY (2:23)
(Unknown)
(Alternate take)
20. PATTY BABY (2:12)
(Tucker/Baker)
Rick Tucker - vocal, rhythm guitar
Buddy Holly – lead guitar
Roy Orbison – lead guitar
Don Guess - bass
Bo Clark - drums
The Picks - backing vocals
  
IVAN - A.K.A. JERRY ALLISON
Probably February 19, 1958
Norman Petty Studios
1313 West 7th Street
Clovis, New Mexico
21. REAL WILD CHILD* (2:21)
(O'Keefe/Owens/Greenan)
(Alternate take)
22. REAL WILD CHILD* (2:15)
(O'Keefe/Owens/Greenan)
23. OH YOU BEAUTIFUL DOLL (take 1) (1:18)
(Brown/Ayer)
24. OH YOU BEAUTIFUL DOLL (take 2) (1:18)
(Brown/Ayer)
25. OH YOU BEAUTIFUL DOLL+ (1:17)
(Brown/Ayer)
Jerry ‘Ivan’Allison - vocal
Buddy Holly – rhythm guitar and backing vocal, overdubbed lead guitar and backing vocal on*
Joe B. Mauldin - bass
Bo Clark - drums
Norman Petty - water-filled wine glasses on +
The Roses - overdubbed backing vocals on * +
  
WAYLON JENNINGS
September 10, 1958
Norman Petty Studios
1313 West 7th Street
Clovis, New Mexico
26. JOLE BLON* (1:52)
(Choates)
27. WHEN SIN STOPS (2:13)
(Venable)
(Instrumental backing only.)
28. WHEN SIN STOPS* (2:07)
(Venable)
Waylon Jennings - vocal on *
Buddy Holly – guitar
George Atwood - bass
Bo Clark - drums
Curtis Ousley (King Curtis) - tenor saxophone
Buddy Holly – producer
(Without overdubbed backing vocals.)
  
THE NIGHTHAWKS
1958
(probably) Norman Petty Studios
1313 West 7th Street
Clovis, New Mexico
29. WHEN SIN STOPS* (2:07)
(Venable)
Eddie Reeves - vocal
Buddy Holly – guitar
unknown - bass
unknown - drums
unknown - backing vocals
  
LOU GIORDANO
September 30, 1958
Beltone Recording Studio
New York, New York
30. STAY CLOSE TO ME (false start and take 4) (1:56)
(Holly)
31. DON'T CHA KNOW* (1:48)
(P. Everly)
Lou Giordano - vocal
Buddy Holly – guitar
Phil Everly – guitar
unknown - bass
unknown - drums
Buddy Holly, Phil Everly and Joey Villa - falsetto vocals on*
Buddy Holly and Phil Everly - producers
(Maria Elena remembers Buddy recording a demo of Stay Close To Me but it has yet to be located and is probably lost forever.) 
  

BONUS TRACK

SONNY WEST
c. 1957
Unknown Location
32. OH BOY (2:04)
(West/Tilgman)
Sonny West - vocal and guitar
Unknown - all other instrumentation
(This is the version Buddy Holly based his on.)

 

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