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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 |
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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) |
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(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 |
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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 + |
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|
|
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 IvanAllison - 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.) |
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|
|
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.) |