Down the Line: Rarities | ||||
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Compilation album by | ||||
Released | January 27, 2009 | |||
Recorded | 1949 – January 20, 1959 | |||
Genre | Rock and roll | |||
Length | 120:55 | |||
Label | UMe, Geffen, Decca | |||
Producer | Norman Petty, Milton De Lugg, Andy McKaie (compilation) | |||
Buddy Holly chronology | ||||
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Down the Line: Rarities is a 2009 compilation album of American singer–songwriter and rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly's alternate takes and demos. It includes the original undubbed "garage tapes" with The Crickets and the " Apartment Tapes", which were recorded in the months before his death. Along with Memorial Collection, this album was released a week prior to the 50th anniversary of Holly's death (February 3, 1959) on January 27, 2009. [1]
The compilation album chronicles Holly's journey from a 13-year-old novice (the album features his first recording, a cover of Hank Snow's "My Two-Timin' Woman") in Lubbock, Texas through to his early recordings with The Crickets and unsuccessful contract with Decca Records to his recordings in New York after signing with Coral Records.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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1. | "My Two-Timin' Woman" | Hank Snow | 2:15 | |
2. | "Footprints In the Snow" | traditional | Buddy & Bob | 1:20 |
3. | "Flower of My Heart" | Don Guess, Bob Montgomery | Buddy & Bob | 2:36 |
4. | "Door to My Heart" | Montgomery | Buddy & Bob | 2:23 |
5. | "Soft Place In My Heart" | Montgomery | Buddy & Bob | 2:16 |
6. | "Gotta Get You Near Me Blues" | Montgomery | Buddy & Bob | 1:53 |
7. | "I Gambled My Heart" | Holly, Montgomery | Buddy & Bob | 2:43 |
8. | "You and I Are Through" | Holly, Montgomery | Buddy & Bob | 2:05 |
9. | "Down the Line" | Holly, Montgomery, Norman Petty | Buddy & Bob | 2:03 |
10. | " Baby Let's Play House" | Arthur Gunter | 2:28 | |
11. | "Moonlight Baby (Baby, Wont You Come Out Tonight)" | Holly | 1:58 | |
12. | "I Guess I Was Just A Fool" | Holly | 2:19 | |
13. | "Don't Come Back Knockin'" | Holly, Parrish | 2:00 | |
14. | "Love Me" | Holly, Parrish | 1:53 | |
15. | "Gone" | Rogers | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 1:12 |
16. | "Gone" (alternate take) | Rogers | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 1:16 |
17. | "Have You Ever Been Lonely" | Brown, DeRose | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 0:53 |
18. | "Have You Ever Been Lonely" (alternate take) | Brown, DeRose | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 1:18 |
19. | " Brown Eyed Handsome Man" | Chuck Berry | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 2:08 |
20. | " Good Rockin' Tonight" | Roy Brown | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 1:57 |
21. | " Rip It Up" | Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 1:25 |
22. | " Blue Monday" | Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 1:57 |
23. | " Honky Tonk" | Billy Butler, Bill Doggett, Clifford Scott, Shep Shepherd | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 3:26 |
24. | " Blue Suede Shoes" | Carl Perkins | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 1:52 |
25. | " Shake, Rattle and Roll" | Charles E. Calhoun | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 1:21 |
26. | " Bo Diddley" | Ellas McDaniel | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 2:20 |
27. | " Ain't Got No Home" | Henry | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 2:01 |
28. | "Holly Hop" | Holly | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 1:36 |
Total length: | 54:54 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Last Night" | Mauldin, Petty | 1:56 |
2. | " Not Fade Away" (partial alternate overdub) | Charles Hardin, Petty | 2:23 |
3. | " Peggy Sue" (alternate take) | Jerry Allison, Holly, Petty | 2:32 |
4. | " Oh, Boy!" | Sonny West, Bill Tilghman, Petty | 2:09 |
5. | "That's My Desire" (two false starts and master) | Kresa, Loveday | 4:11 |
6. | "Take Your Time" (false start and partially undubbed take) | Holly, Petty | 3:32 |
7. | "Fool's Paradise" (alternate take) | Leglaire, Linsley, Petty | 2:30 |
8. | "Fool's Paradise" (master) | Leglaire, Linsley, Petty | 2:32 |
9. | "Fool's Paradise" (alternate take #2) | Leglaire, Linsley, Petty | 2:33 |
10. | "Think It Over" (false start and rehearsel take - take 1) | Allison, Holly, Petty | 2:13 |
11. | "Think It Over" (alternate take - take 2) | Allison, Holly, Petty | 1:51 |
12. | "Think It Over" (master - take 3) | Allison, Holly, Petty | 1:51 |
13. | "Love's Made A Fool of You" | Holly, Montgomery | 2:04 |
14. | " That'll Be the Day" (greetings to Bob Thiele) | Holly, Allison, Petty | 0:35 |
15. | "That'll Be the Day" (greetings to Murray Deutsch) | Holly, Allison, Petty | 0:32 |
16. | "That's What They Say" | Holly | 1:52 |
17. | "What to Do" | Holly | 1:54 |
18. | " Peggy Sue Got Married" | Holly | 1:50 |
19. | "That Makes It Tough" | Holly | 2:17 |
20. | " Crying, Waiting, Hoping" | Holly | 1:52 |
21. | "Learning the Game" | Holly | 1:34 |
22. | "Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie" | Sterling, Vontilzer | 1:14 |
23. | " Slippin' and Slidin'" (slow version #1) | Edwin Bocage, Al Collins, Richard Penniman, James Smith | 3:11 |
24. | "Slippin' and Slidin'" (slow version #2) | Bocage, Collins, Penniman, Smith | 3:35 |
25. | "Slippin' and Slidin'" (fast version) | Bocage, Collins, Penniman, Smith | 1:27 |
26. | "Buddy and Maria Elena Talking In Apartment" | 3:28 | |
27. | "Dearest" (fragment) | Baker, McDaniel, Polk | 1:13 |
28. | "Dearest" | Baker, McDaniel, Polk | 1:53 |
29. | "Untitled Instrumental" | Holly | 1:20 |
30. | "Love Is Strange" | Baker, Smith | 1:43 |
31. | " Smokey Joe's Cafe" | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 2:14 |
Total length: | 1:06:01 |
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Paste | (78/100) [3] |
Pitchfork | (7.0/10) [4] |
In an interview with the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Holly's eldest brother Larry Holley commented before hearing both this album and the Memorial Collection, " María [Elena Holly] told me I was definitely going to just break down and cry when I hear all these CDs, because they've cleaned them (the songs) all up and Buddy's music never has come across so pure before." [5]
Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog number |
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United States | January 27, 2009 | UMe, Geffen, Decca | CD | B0011675-02 (6 02517 79891 5) |
Down the Line: Rarities | ||||
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Compilation album by | ||||
Released | January 27, 2009 | |||
Recorded | 1949 – January 20, 1959 | |||
Genre | Rock and roll | |||
Length | 120:55 | |||
Label | UMe, Geffen, Decca | |||
Producer | Norman Petty, Milton De Lugg, Andy McKaie (compilation) | |||
Buddy Holly chronology | ||||
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Down the Line: Rarities is a 2009 compilation album of American singer–songwriter and rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly's alternate takes and demos. It includes the original undubbed "garage tapes" with The Crickets and the " Apartment Tapes", which were recorded in the months before his death. Along with Memorial Collection, this album was released a week prior to the 50th anniversary of Holly's death (February 3, 1959) on January 27, 2009. [1]
The compilation album chronicles Holly's journey from a 13-year-old novice (the album features his first recording, a cover of Hank Snow's "My Two-Timin' Woman") in Lubbock, Texas through to his early recordings with The Crickets and unsuccessful contract with Decca Records to his recordings in New York after signing with Coral Records.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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1. | "My Two-Timin' Woman" | Hank Snow | 2:15 | |
2. | "Footprints In the Snow" | traditional | Buddy & Bob | 1:20 |
3. | "Flower of My Heart" | Don Guess, Bob Montgomery | Buddy & Bob | 2:36 |
4. | "Door to My Heart" | Montgomery | Buddy & Bob | 2:23 |
5. | "Soft Place In My Heart" | Montgomery | Buddy & Bob | 2:16 |
6. | "Gotta Get You Near Me Blues" | Montgomery | Buddy & Bob | 1:53 |
7. | "I Gambled My Heart" | Holly, Montgomery | Buddy & Bob | 2:43 |
8. | "You and I Are Through" | Holly, Montgomery | Buddy & Bob | 2:05 |
9. | "Down the Line" | Holly, Montgomery, Norman Petty | Buddy & Bob | 2:03 |
10. | " Baby Let's Play House" | Arthur Gunter | 2:28 | |
11. | "Moonlight Baby (Baby, Wont You Come Out Tonight)" | Holly | 1:58 | |
12. | "I Guess I Was Just A Fool" | Holly | 2:19 | |
13. | "Don't Come Back Knockin'" | Holly, Parrish | 2:00 | |
14. | "Love Me" | Holly, Parrish | 1:53 | |
15. | "Gone" | Rogers | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 1:12 |
16. | "Gone" (alternate take) | Rogers | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 1:16 |
17. | "Have You Ever Been Lonely" | Brown, DeRose | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 0:53 |
18. | "Have You Ever Been Lonely" (alternate take) | Brown, DeRose | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 1:18 |
19. | " Brown Eyed Handsome Man" | Chuck Berry | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 2:08 |
20. | " Good Rockin' Tonight" | Roy Brown | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 1:57 |
21. | " Rip It Up" | Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 1:25 |
22. | " Blue Monday" | Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 1:57 |
23. | " Honky Tonk" | Billy Butler, Bill Doggett, Clifford Scott, Shep Shepherd | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 3:26 |
24. | " Blue Suede Shoes" | Carl Perkins | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 1:52 |
25. | " Shake, Rattle and Roll" | Charles E. Calhoun | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 1:21 |
26. | " Bo Diddley" | Ellas McDaniel | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 2:20 |
27. | " Ain't Got No Home" | Henry | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 2:01 |
28. | "Holly Hop" | Holly | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 1:36 |
Total length: | 54:54 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Last Night" | Mauldin, Petty | 1:56 |
2. | " Not Fade Away" (partial alternate overdub) | Charles Hardin, Petty | 2:23 |
3. | " Peggy Sue" (alternate take) | Jerry Allison, Holly, Petty | 2:32 |
4. | " Oh, Boy!" | Sonny West, Bill Tilghman, Petty | 2:09 |
5. | "That's My Desire" (two false starts and master) | Kresa, Loveday | 4:11 |
6. | "Take Your Time" (false start and partially undubbed take) | Holly, Petty | 3:32 |
7. | "Fool's Paradise" (alternate take) | Leglaire, Linsley, Petty | 2:30 |
8. | "Fool's Paradise" (master) | Leglaire, Linsley, Petty | 2:32 |
9. | "Fool's Paradise" (alternate take #2) | Leglaire, Linsley, Petty | 2:33 |
10. | "Think It Over" (false start and rehearsel take - take 1) | Allison, Holly, Petty | 2:13 |
11. | "Think It Over" (alternate take - take 2) | Allison, Holly, Petty | 1:51 |
12. | "Think It Over" (master - take 3) | Allison, Holly, Petty | 1:51 |
13. | "Love's Made A Fool of You" | Holly, Montgomery | 2:04 |
14. | " That'll Be the Day" (greetings to Bob Thiele) | Holly, Allison, Petty | 0:35 |
15. | "That'll Be the Day" (greetings to Murray Deutsch) | Holly, Allison, Petty | 0:32 |
16. | "That's What They Say" | Holly | 1:52 |
17. | "What to Do" | Holly | 1:54 |
18. | " Peggy Sue Got Married" | Holly | 1:50 |
19. | "That Makes It Tough" | Holly | 2:17 |
20. | " Crying, Waiting, Hoping" | Holly | 1:52 |
21. | "Learning the Game" | Holly | 1:34 |
22. | "Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie" | Sterling, Vontilzer | 1:14 |
23. | " Slippin' and Slidin'" (slow version #1) | Edwin Bocage, Al Collins, Richard Penniman, James Smith | 3:11 |
24. | "Slippin' and Slidin'" (slow version #2) | Bocage, Collins, Penniman, Smith | 3:35 |
25. | "Slippin' and Slidin'" (fast version) | Bocage, Collins, Penniman, Smith | 1:27 |
26. | "Buddy and Maria Elena Talking In Apartment" | 3:28 | |
27. | "Dearest" (fragment) | Baker, McDaniel, Polk | 1:13 |
28. | "Dearest" | Baker, McDaniel, Polk | 1:53 |
29. | "Untitled Instrumental" | Holly | 1:20 |
30. | "Love Is Strange" | Baker, Smith | 1:43 |
31. | " Smokey Joe's Cafe" | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 2:14 |
Total length: | 1:06:01 |
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Paste | (78/100) [3] |
Pitchfork | (7.0/10) [4] |
In an interview with the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Holly's eldest brother Larry Holley commented before hearing both this album and the Memorial Collection, " María [Elena Holly] told me I was definitely going to just break down and cry when I hear all these CDs, because they've cleaned them (the songs) all up and Buddy's music never has come across so pure before." [5]
Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog number |
---|---|---|---|---|
United States | January 27, 2009 | UMe, Geffen, Decca | CD | B0011675-02 (6 02517 79891 5) |