Down the Line: The Rarities
As all fans of early rock know, even the late, great Mr. Holly’s table scraps are worth savoring. The Rolling Stones, Beatles and others weren’t no fools when it came to citing the Texas troubadour as a main influence, after all. For the 50th anniversary of the rock pioneer’s death at age 22 (yes, 22), Geffen Records has compiled a 59-song two-disc set of start-to-finish rarities and unreleased works. Some of the highlights that should have fans doing backflips include early tracks Holly cut with Bob Montgomery (as Buddy & Bob) as well as the undubbed final recordings Holly made at home before just before his death. The collection is said to have been compiled with the cooperation of Holly’s widow, Maria Elena, which is probably how Geffen got their hands on the cut titled “Buddy & Maria Elena Talking in an Apartment.”
Disc 1
1
My Two-Timin' Woman
2
Footprints In the Snow - Buddy & Bob
3
Flower Of My Heart* - Buddy & Bob
4
Door To My Heart* - Buddy & Bob
5
Soft Place In My Heart - Buddy & Bob
6
Gotta Get You Near Me Blues - Buddy & Bob
7
I Gambled My Heart* - Buddy & Bob
8
You And I Are Through - Buddy & Bob
9
Down The Line - Buddy & Bob
10
Baby, Let's Play House
11
Moonlight Baby a/k/a Baby, Won't You Come Out Tonight
12
I Guess I Was Just A Fool
13
Don't Come Back Knockin'
14
Love Me Buddy Holly & The Crickets
15
Gone
16
Gone (alternate take)
17
Have You Ever Been Lonely (alternate take)
18
Have You Ever Been Lonely
19
Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
20
Good Rockin' Tonight
21
Rip It Up
22
Blue Monday
23
Honky Tonk
24
Blue Suede Shoes
25
Shake Rattle And Roll (partial)
26
Bo Diddley
27
Ain't Got No Home
28
Holly Hop
Disc 2
1
Last Night (undubbed)
2
Not Fade Away (alternate overdub)
3
Peggy Sue (alternate take)
4
Oh Boy (undubbed)
5
That's My Desire (two false starts plus undubbed master)
6
Take Your Time (false start & partially undubbed take)
7
Fool's Paradise (alternate take undubbed)
8
Fool's Paradise (undubbed master)
9
Fool's Paradise (alternate #2 undubbed)
10
Think It Over (false start & rehearsal take)
11
Think It Over (undubbed alternate)
12
Think It Over (undubbed master)
13
Love's Made A Fool Of You (undubbed)
14
That'll Be The Day (greetings to Bob Thiele)
15
That'll Be The Day (greetings to Murray Deutsch)
16
That's What They Say (w/fragment)
17
What To Do
18
Peggy Sue Got Married
19
That Makes It Tough
20
Crying, Waiting, Hoping
21
Learning The Game
22
Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie
23
Slippin' And Slidin' (slow version #1)
24
Slippin' And Slidin' (slow version #2)
25
Slippin' And Slidin' (fast version)
26
Buddy & Maria Elena talking in an apartment
27
Dearest (fragment)
28
Dearest
29
Untitled Instrumental (a/k/a Buddy's Guitar/listed as a Tremolo Instrumental")
30
Love Is Strange
31
Smokey Joe's Café
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