This release was on the seedbox I have shut down. I have found some more material on the tracks, and info is here. Uploaded here again for your enjoyment.
Volume One
1: My Two Timin' Woman (Snow)
c.1949: Home Recording, 3315, 36th Street, Lubbock, Texas
Buddy Holly: vocal, acoustic guitar
2: I 'll Just Pretend (Martin)
3: Take These Shackles From My Heart (King-Stewart)
c. 1952: Home Recording, 3315, 36th Street, Lubbock Texas
Bob Montgomery (poss. Jack Neal): lead vocal, guitar; Buddy Holly: second vocal, mandolin
4: Footprints In The Snow (Jones)
c:1953: (Prob.) Home Recording, 3315, 36th Street, Lubbock, Texas
Bob Montgomery: lead vocal, guitar; Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar
5: Gotta Get You Near Me Blues+ (Montgomery)
6: Flower Of My Heart* (Montgomery-Guess)
7: Door To My Heart* (Montgomery)
8: I Gambled My Heart+ (Holly-Montgomery)
9: Soft Place In My Heart+ (Montgomery)
10: Gotta Get You Near Me Blues+ (Montgomery)
c. late 1954/April 1955: Nesman Recording Studio - Wichita Falls Texas
Bob Montgomery: lead vocal, acoustic guitar; Buddy Holly: duet vocal, electric lead guitar; Sonny Curtis: fiddle; Larry Welborn: bass on *; Don Guess: steel guitar on *, bass on +
6-10: plus overdubs: 6 October, 1963 - The Fireballs: (George Tomsco: guitar, Stan Lark: bass; Keith McCormack: rhythm guitar; Lyn Bailey: bass; Doug Roberts: drums)
11: You And I Are Through* (Montgomery)
12: Memories (Montgomery)
13: You And I Are Through* (Montgomery)
14: Baby It's Love (Bob Montgomery-Ella Holley)
15: Memories (Montgomery)
16: Queen Of The Ballroom (Don Guess)
August, 1955: KDAV Studio - Lubbock, Texas
Bob Montgomery: lead vocal, acoustic guitar; Buddy Holly: duet vocal, second lead guitar; Sonny Curtis: fiddle, lead guitar on *; Don Guess: bass
13-16: plus overdubs: 26 June 1964 - The Fireballs: (George Tomsco: guitar; Keith McCormack: rhythm guitar; Stan Lark or Lyn Bailey: bass; Doug Roberts or Eric Budd: drums)
17: Baby Let's Play House (Gunter)
18: Down The Line (Holly-Montgomery)
19: Baby Let's Play House (Gunter)
20: Down The Line (Holly-Montgomery)
Mid 1955: Nesman Recording Studio - Wichita Falls, Texas
Buddy Holly: lead vocal, acoustic guitar; Bob Montgomery: vocal and guitar on *; Sonny Curtis: lead guitar; Larry Welborn: bass; Jerry Allison: drums
19-20: plus overdubs: June 1964 - The Firebalk: (George Tomsco: guitar; Keith McCormack: rhythm guitar; Stan Lark: bass; Doug Roberts or Eric Budd: drums)
21: Moonlight Baby (Holly (aka Baby Won't You Come Out Tonight)
22:1 Guess I Was A Fool (Holly)
23: Don't Come Back Knockin' (Holly-Parrish)
24: Love Me (Holly-Parrish)
7 December, 1955: Nesman Recording Studio - Wichita Falls, Texas
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar; Sonny Curtis: lead guitar; Don Guess: bass; Jerry Allison: drums (These acetates were sent to Decca in response to a telegram from Eddie Crandall to Dave Stone)
25: Love Me (Holly-Parrish) (Take 10)
26: Don't Come Back Knockin' (Holly-Parrish)
27: Midnight Shift (Lee-Ainsworth)
28: Blue Days, Black Nights (Hall)
26 January, 1956: Bradley's Barn Studio - Music Row, Nashville, Tennessee (Owen Bradley: producer)
Buddy Holly: vocal; Sonny Curtis: lead guitar; Grady Martin: rhythm guitar; Don Guess: bass; Doug Kirkham: percussion
29: Baby Won't You Come Out Tonight+ (Holly)
30: I Guess I Was Just A Fool+ ~Holly)
31: It's Not My Fault (Hall-Myrick)
32: I'm Gmlna Set My Foot Down*+ (Holly)
33: Changill' All Those Changes*+ (Holly)
34: Rock-A-Bye Rock+ (Holly)
35: Bccause I Love You+ (Holly)
February-April, 1956: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street Clovis New Mexico
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar; Sonny Curtis: guitar, lead guitar on *; Don Guess: bass; Jerry Allison: drums on +
Volume Two
1: Baby Won't You Come Out Tonight (Holly)
2: Because I Love You (Holly)
3: Changin' All Those Changes (Holly)
4: I 'm Gonna Set My Foot Down (Holly)
5: It's Not My Fault (Hall-Myrick)
6: Rock-A-Bye Rock (Holly)
Feb-Apr 1956 session from disc 1 plus overdubs: 14 November 1962 - The Fireballs: (George Tomsco: guitar; Keith McCormack: guitar; Stan Lark: bass; Doug Roberts or Eric Budd: drums)
7: Rock Around With Ollie Vee (Curtis) (fragment)
8: Rock Around With Ollie Vee (Curtis) (take 8)
9: I'm Changin' All Those Changes* (Holly) (take 3 fragment)
10: I'm Changin' All Those Changes* (Holly) (take 4)
11: That'll Be The Day (Alllson-Holly-Petty) (take 19)
12: Girl On My Mind (Guess) (take 3)
13: Ting-A-Ling (Nugetre) (take 7)
22 July, 1956: Bradley's Barn Studio - Music Row, Nashville, Tennessee (Owen Bradley: producer)
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar; Sonny Curtis: guitar, lead on *; Don Guess: bass; Jerry Allison: drums
14: Rock Around With Ollie Vee (Curtis) (take 12)
15: Modern Don Juan (Guess-Neil) (take 76 [sic])
16: You're My One Desire (Guess) (false start)
17: You're My One Desire (Guess) (take 2)
15 Nov, 1956: Bradley's Barn Studio - Music Row, Nashville, Tennessee (Owen Bradley: producer)
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar; Jerry Allison: drums and vocals; (Poss.) Don Guess: bass
35-39: plus overdubs: 10/11 October, 1963 - The Fireballs: (George Tomsco: guitar; Keith McCormack: rhythm guitar; Stan Lark: bass; Doug Roberts: drums); Vi Petty: piano
40-44: plus overdubs: 22 August, 1968 - The Fireballs: (George Tomsco: guitar; Keith McCormack: rhythm guitar; Lyn Bailey or Stan Lark: bass; Doug Roberts: drums)
Space here to tell you a little about this collection. Over a year in the making, we snagged everything we could find from numerous sources, including What You Been A Missin' and The Music Never Died. One thing we didn't include was any of the "Picks" vocal overdubs from the 1980s, frankly because we think they suck. You can find them on all manner of budget CDs. But you really don't want to. Tracks making their CD debut include the 7" versions of "Wait Til The Sun Shines Nellie", "Look At Me" and "Mailman...", and the 50s and 60s stereo mixes on Disc Nine.
As well as our new, previously unavailable stereo mixes, we managed to dig out one or two exclusives: "Take These Shackles..." on disc one is not only upgraded in sound, but appears without skips for the first time! Also making their bootleg debut (we think) are the BBC "Maybe Baby" and Florida "That'll Be The Day" fragments and the first version of "That's What They Say". We're not sure whether the Hightime fragment is lip-synched or sung live to the record, but it debuts here all the same.
We did minimal work on the source material if it warranted it - mostly de-clicking and speed-correction. Also, we fixed the tape glitch on the Palladium "Oh Boy" and combined two different sources of "My Two-Timin Woman" to get the longest version in best quality. When speed-corrected the Vigotone "Last Night" and "Send Me Some Lovin'" turn out not to be alternate takes, just undubbed.
Volume Three
1: Brown-Eyed Handsome Man (Berry)
2: Bo Diddley (McDaniel)
3: Brown-Eyed Handsome Man (Berry)
4: Bo Diddley (McDaniel)
December 1956-January 1957: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar; Larry Welborn: bass; Jerry Allison: drums; unknown: guitar
3-4: plus overdubs: 22 August, 1968 - The Fireballs: (George Tomsco: guitar; Keith McCormack: rhythm guitar; Stan Lark: bass; Doug Roberts or Eric Budd: drums)
5: I'm Looking For Someone To Love (Holly-Petty)
6: That'll Be The Day (Allison-Holly-Petty)
25 February, 1957: Norman Petty Studios -1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar; Larry Welborn: bass; Jerry Allison: drums; Niki Sullivan, Gary Tollett and Ramona Tollett: backing vocals
7: Last Night (Petty-Mauldin)
8: Maybe Baby* (Holly-Petty)
9: Words Of Love (Holly)
10: Last Night+ (Petty-Mauldin)
11: Maybe Baby* (Holly-Petty)
12 March, 1957: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar, Joe B. Mauldin: bass; Jerry Allison: drums; Niki Sullivan: second vocal*
The Picks (Bill Pickering, John Pickering, Bob Latham) backing vocals on + (dubbed 12-14 Oct '57)
11: plus overdubs: 15 March, 1966 - The Fireballs: (see above - Doug Roberts: drums)
12 Words Of Love* (Holly)
13: Mailman Bring Me No More Blues+ (Roberts-Katz-Clayton)
14: Mailman Bring Me No More Blues+ ((Roberts-Katz-Clayton)
8 April, 1957 Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Buddy Holly: vocal (double-tracked on *), guitar (double-tracked on *); Jerry Allison: drums; Joe B. Mauldin: bass; Vi Petty: piano on +
14: plus echo overdub for 7": October 1961: Decca Record Co., Ltd., 254 Belsize Road, London, England
15: Not Fade Away (Hardin-Petty) (incomplete alternate)
16: Not Fade Away+ (Hardin-Petty)
17: Everyday* (Hardin-Petty)
29 May, 1957: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar; Jerry Allison: cardboard-box (knee slapping on *); (Prob.) Joe B. Mauldin: bass; Vi Petty: celeste on *; Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Niki Sullivan: overdubbed vocals on +
18: Ready Teddy* (Blackwell-Marascalco)
19: Valley Of Tears# (Domino-Bartolomew)
20: Tell Me How+ (Hardin-Allison-Petty)
May-July, 1957: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar; Niki Sullivan: guitar on * and +; Joe B. Mauldin: bass; Jerry Allison: drums; Vi Petty: piano on * and #; Norman Petty: organ on #
The Picks (Bill Pickering, John Pickering, Bob Latham) backing vocals on + (dubbed 12-14 Oct '57)
21: Peggy Sue (Holly-Allison-Petty) (alternate)
22: Peggy Sue (Holly-Allison-Petty)
23: Listen To Me* (Hardin-Petty)
24: That'll Be The Day - for Bob Thiele (Holly-Allison)
25: That'll Be The Day - for Murray Deutch (Holly-Allison)
26: That'll Be The Day - for Bill Randall (Holly-Allison)
27: Oh Boy (West-Tilghman-Petty)
28: Oh Boy+ (West-Tilghman-Petty)
30 June, 1957: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar (double-tracked v & g on *), Joe B. Mauldin: bass; Jerry Allison: drums
The Picks (Bill Pickering, John Pickering, Bob Latham) backing vocals on + (dubbed 19 August '57)
29: I'm Gonna Love You Too (Mauldin-Petty-Sullivan)
1 July, 1957: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Buddy Holly: double-tracked vocal, guitar; Joe B. Mauldin bass; Jerry Allison: drums; Cricket: chirp
30: Send Me Some Loving (Marascalco-Price)
31: It's Too Late (Willis)
32: Send Me Some Loving+ (Marascalco-Price)
33: It's Too Late+ (Willis)
20 July, 1957: Norman Petty Studios -1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar; Joe B. Mauldin: bass; Jerry Allison: drums
The Picks (Bill Pickering, John Pickering, Bob Latham) backing vocals on + (dubbed 12-14 Oct '57)
34: Am Empty Cup+ (Petty-Orbison)
35: Rock Me My Baby+ (Long-Heather)
36: You've Got Love+ (Wilson-Orbison-Petty)
37: Maybe Baby+ (Holly-petly)
28-29 September, 1957: The Officers Club Lounge - Tinker U.S. Air Force Base, Oklahoma City, OK
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar, Niki Sullivan: guitar, Joe B. Mauldin: bass, Jerry Allison: drums
The Picks (Bill Pickering, John Pickering, Bob Latham) backing vocals on + (dubbed 12-14 Oct '57)
38: That'll Be The Day (Holly-Allison-Petty) (fragment)
22 October, 1957: KPTV Hightime, Portland Oregon
Buddy Holly: mimed (double-tracked?) vocal; Joe B. Mauldin and Jerry Allison: mimed vocal
39: That'll Be The Day (Holly-Allison-Petty)
40: Peggy Sue (Holly-Allison-Petty)
41: Interview with Ed Sullivan
1 December, 1957: Ed Sullivan Show, CBS Television Studios, New York City, New York
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar; Joe B. Mauldin: bass; Jerry Allison: drums; Niki Sullivan: guitar
Volume Four
1: Little Baby (Holly-Petty-Kendall)
2: (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care (Leiber-Stoller)
3: Look At Me (Holly-Petty-Allison)
4: Look At Me (Holly-Petty-Allison)
7 December, 1957: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar; Joe B. Mauldin; bass, Jerry Allison: drums; C.W. Kendall Jr.: piano
4: plus echo overdub for 7: October 1961: Decca Record Co. Ltd. 254 Belsize Road London England
5: Mona (McDaniel) (warm up)
6: Mona (McDaniel) (take one)
7. Mona (McDaniel) (take two)
8: Mona (McDaniel) (take three)
December, 1957: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar; Jerry Allison: drums; guitar at beginning
9: Peggy Sue (Holly-Allison-Petty)
29 December, 1957: Arthur Murray Dance Party, TV Show - New York City, New York
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar; Joe B. Mauldin: bass; Jerry Allison: drums
10: Rave On (West-Tilghman-Petty) (take 3)
11: That's My Desire (Kresa-Loveday) (rehearsal)
12: That's My Desire (Kresa-l.oveday) (take I - false start)
13: That's My Desire (Kresa-Loveday) (take 2 breakdown)
14: That's My Desire (Kresa-l.oveday) (take 3)
15: That s My Desire+ (Kresa-Loveday) (take 3)
25 January, 1958: Bell Sound Studios - 237 W. 54th Street, New York City, New York
Buddy Holly: vocal; Joe B. Mauldin: bass; Jerry Allison: drums; Norman Petty: piano; Al Caiola: lead guitar; Donald Arnone: rhythm guitar; The Jivetones: (William Marine, Robert Bollinger, Robert Harter, Abby Hoffer, Merrill Ostaus): backing vocals
15: plus overdubs: 15 March 1966 - The Fireballs: (George Tomsco: guitar; Keith McCormack: rhythm guitar; Stan Lark: bass; Doug Roberts: drums)
16: Oh Boy (West-Tilghman-Petty)
26 January, 1958: Ed Sullivan Show, CBS Television Studios, New York City, New York
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar; Joe B. Mauldin: bass; Jerry Allison: drums
17: Well... All Right (Holly-Allison-Petty-Mauldin)
12 February, 1958: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar; Joe B. Mauldin: bass; Jerry Allison: cymbals
18: Take Your Time* (Holly-Petty) (take I breakdown)
19: Take Your Time* (Holly-Petty) (take 2 - breakdown)
31: Think It Over+ (Holly-Petty- Allison) (take 5)
14 February, 1958: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar; Joe B. Mauldin: bass; Jerry Allison: drums, cardboard-box on *; Norman Petty: organ on *- plus The Roses (Robert Linville, Ray Rush, David Bigham) backing vocals on +; Vi Petty: piano on + (overdubbed: 19 February, 1958)
32: That'll Be The Day* (Allison-Holly-Petty) (fragment)
33: Everyday* (Hardin-Petty) (fragment)
34: Drown In My Own Tears+ (fragment)
35: Hallelujah, I Love Her So + (Charles) (Glover) (fragment)
24 February, 1958: "Big Gold Record Stars Show" - Dade County Auditorium, Miami, Florida
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar; Joe B. Mauldin: bass on *; Jerry Allison: drums on *; Jerry Lee Lewis: piano and vocal on +
36: That'll Be The Day (Allison-Holly-Petty)
37: Peggy Sue (Holly-Allison-Petty)
38: Oh Boy (West-Tilghman-Petty)
2 March, 1958: The London Palladium - Argyle Street, London, England
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar; Joe B. Mauldin: bass; Jerry Allison: drums
39: Maybe Baby (Holly-Petty) (fragment)
14 March,1958: BBC Television studios - Lime Grove, London, England
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar; Joe B. Mauldin: bass; Jerry Allison: drums
40: Heartbeat* (Montgomery-Petty)
41: Lonesome Tears+ (Holly)
42: It's So Easy+ (Holly-Petty)
25 May, 1958: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar; Tommy Allsup: lead guitar; Joe B. Mauldin: bass on +; Jerry Allison: drums on +; George Atwood: bass on *; plus The Roses (Robert Linville, Ray Rush, David Bigham): backing vocals on + (overdubbed: 27 May, 1958)
43: Love's Made A Fool Of You (Holly-Montgomery)
44: Wishing (Holly-Montgomery)
45: Love's Made A Fool Of You+ (Holly-Montgomery)
46: Wishing ++ (Holly-Montgomery)
2 June, 1958: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Buddy Holly: double-tracked vocal, guitar; Tommy Allsup: lead guitar; George Atwood: bass; Bo Clarke: drums - 45-46: plus overdubs: January 7, 1964 - handclaps on +; 1963 guitar overdubs on ++
Volume Five
1: Early In The Morning (Darin-Harris)
2: Now We're One (Darin) (fragment)
3: Now We're One (Darin)
19 June, 1958: Coral Records Studios - The Pythian Temple, 80th Street, New York City, New York
Buddy Holly: vocal; George Barnes: lead guitar; Al Chernet: acoustic guitar; Sanford Bloch: bass; Ernest Hayes: piano; David "Panama" Francis: drums; Philip Kraus: drums; Sam Taylor: alto saxophone; Helen Way Singers: (Helen Way, Harriett Young, Maeretha Stewart, Theresa Merritt): backing vocals
4: Everyday KLLL Jingle (Holly)
5: Peggy Sue KLLL Jingle (Holly-Alllson)
1 September, 1958: Radio KLLL - Lubbock, Texas
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar
6: Come Back Baby (Petty-Nell)
7: Reminiscing (Curtis) (Buddy wrote this, but gave King Curtis the credit for flying down to the session)
8: Reminiscing + (Curtis)
10 September, 19S8: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Buddy Holly: vocal, guitar; Joe B. Mauldin: bass; Jerry Allison: drums; Curtis "King Curtis" Ousley: saxophone
8: plus overdubs: 14 November, 1962 - The Fireballs: (George Tomsco: guitar; Keith McCormack: rhythm guitar; Stan Lark: bass; Eric Budd: drums)
9: True Love Ways (Holly-Petty) (stereo)
10: It Doesn't Matter Anymore (Anka) (stereo)
11: Raining In My Heart (B & F Bryant) (stereo)
12: Moondreams (Petty) (stereo)
13: True Love Ways (Holly-Petty) (mono)
14: It Doesn't Matter Anymore (Anka) (mono)
15: Raining In My Heart (B & F Bryant) (mono)
16: Moondreams (Petty) (mono)
21 October, 1958: Coral Records Studios - Pythian Temple,80th Street, New York City, New York
Buddy Holly: vocal; Al Caiola: acoustic guitar; Sanford Bloch: bass; Ernest Hayes: piano; Doris Johnson: harp; Clifford Leeman: drums; Abraham Richman: tenor saxophone; Sylvan Shulman, Leo Kruczek, Leonard Posner, Irving Spice, Ray Free, Herbert Bourne, Julius Held, Paul Winter: violin, David Schwartz Howard Kay: viola, Maurice Brown, Maurice Bialkin: cello
9-12 Mixed for stereo 1979. Alternate stereo mixes of 9, 10 and 11 from 1959 and 1967 on disc nine.
17: That's What They Say (Holly) (version I - incomplete)
1-20 January, 1959: Apartment 4-H, The Brevoort,8th Street, New York City, New York
Buddy Holly: vocal, acoustic guitar, electric guitar on *
38: Slippin' And Slidin'* (Penniman-Bocage-Collins-Smith) (sped-up version # 1)
39: Slippin' And Slidin'* (Penniman-Bocage-Collins-Smith) (sped-up version # 3)
40: Slippin' And Slidin' (Penniman-Bocage-Collins-Smith) (sped-up version # 2)
1-20 January, 1959: Apartment 4-H, The Brevoort, 8th Street, New York City, New York
Buddy Holly: vocal, acoustic guitar, electric guitar on *
Buddy deliberately recorded these songs at a slow tempo, with the tape running at half-speed (71/2 i.p.s. versus 15 i.p.s.) so they would sound like The Chipmunks when played back!
Volume Six
1: Peggy Sue Got Married (Holly)
2: Crying, Waiting, Hoping (Holly)
overdubbed 30 June, 1959: Coral Records Studio A, New York City, New York
Andrew Ackers: piano; David 'Panama' Francis: drums; Sandford Block: bass; The Ray Charles Singers: backing vocals; C. John "Jack" Hansen: producer
3: That's What They Say (Holly) (take 2)
4: What To Do (Holly)
5: Learning The Game (Holly)
6: That Makes It Tough (Holly)
overdubbed 1 January, 1960: Coral Records Studlo A, New York City, New York
Andrew Ackers: piano; David 'Panama' Francis: drums; Sandford Block: bass; The Ray Charles Singers: backing vocals; C tohn "Jack" Hansen: producer
Mixed for stereo in 1979. Alternate stereo mixes of 4 and 5 from 1967 are on disc nine of this set.
7: What To Do (Holly)
8: Peggy Sue Got Married (Holly)
9: Crying, Waiting, Hoping (Holly)
10: That Makes It Tough (Holly)
11: That's What They Say (Holly) (version 2)
12: Learning The Game (Holly)
overdubbed June 1962-December 1963: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, NM
The Fireballs: (George Tomsco: guitar; Keith McCormack: rhythm guitar; Stan Lark: bass; Doug Roberts or Eric Budd: drums); Norman Petty: producer
13: You're The One (Holly-Jennings-Corbin)
overdubbed June 1962-December 1963: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, NM
The Fireballs: (George Tomsco: guitar; Jimmy Glimer: rhythm guitar; Stan Lark: bass; Doug Roberts: drums); Norman Petty: Onedeoline, Producer
15: Slippin' And Slidin' (Penniman-Bocage-Collins-Smith) (slow version #2)
overdubbed 1962-1963: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
The Fireballs: (George Tomsco: guitar; Keith McCormack: rhythm guitar; Stan Lark: bass; Doug Roberts or Eric Budd: drums); Norman Petty: producer
16: Wait 'Til The Sun Shines Nellie (Sterling-Von Tilzer) (single version)
17: Wait 'Til The Sun Shines Nellie (Sterling-Von Tilzer) (album version with additional overdubbing)
overdubbed 29 October 1962: Norman Petty Studios -1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
The Fireballs: (George Tomsco: guitar; Keith McCormack: rhythm guitar; Stan Lark: bass; Doug Roberts or Eric Budd: drums); poss. Vi Petty, George Tomsco, Homer Tankersley: backing vocals; Norman Petty: producer
18: Love Is Strange+ (Smith-Baker)
19: Slippin ' And Slidin ' (Penniman-Bocage-Collins-Smith) (fast version)
20: Dearest* (McDaniel-Polk-Baker) (version 2)
21: Smokey Joe's Cafe* (Leiber-Stoller)
overdubbed 1968: Norman Petty Studios -1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
The Fireballs: (George Tomsco: guitar; Keith McCormack: rhythm guitar; Stan Lark: bass; Doug Roberts: drums); Norman Petty: Onedeoline on +; poss. Vi Petty, Barbara Tomsco, George Tomsco, Homer Tankersley: backing vocals on *; Norman Petty: producer
22: Peggy Sue Got Married (Holly)
overdubbed 1995, Abbey Road Studios, London, England
The Hollies: (Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, Tony Hicks: vocals; Tony Hicks: rhythm and lead guitar; Bobby Elliott: drums; Ian Parker: keyboards; Ray Stiles: bass; Alan Coates: percusslon)
23: Got To Get You Near Me Blues (Montgomery)
24: Memories (Montgomery)
25: Baby Let's Play House (Gunter)
26: Last Night (Petty-Mauldin)
27: Oh Boy (West-Tilghman-Petty)
28: Send Me Some Loving (Marascalco-Price)
29: It's Too Late (Willis)
30: That's My Desire (Kresa-Loveday)
31: Fool's Paradise (Leglaire-Petty-Linsley)
32: Think It Over (Holly-Petty-Allison)
33: Love's Made A Fool Of You (Holly-Montgomery)
34: Wishing (Holly-Montgomery)
True stereo versions - For The First Time Anywhere!!
Created by Purple Chick synchronizing the dubbed and undubbed versions that appear earlier on this set.
(Undubbed versions are panned mostly left, the dubbed versions mostly right.)
Volume Seven
1: I Saw The Moon Cry Last Night (Neal) - Jack Neal
2: I Hear The Lord Callin' For Me (Neal) - Jack Neal
c. 10 November 1953: Radio KDAV - 6602 Quirt Avenue, Lubbock, Texas
Jack Neal: vocal, guitar; Buddy Holly: guitar
3: All From Loving You* Hall) - Ben Hall
4: Rose Of Monterey+ (Hall) - Ben Hall
c. 1955: Radio KSEL, Lubbock, Texas(*); Radio KDAV - 6602 Quirt Avenue, Lubbock, Texas(+)
Ben Hall: vocal; Buddy: guitar; Sonny Curtis: fiddle; Weldon Myrick: steel guitar; Dena Hall: bass
5: Because You Love Me (Curtis) - Sonny Curtis
6: I'll Miss My Heart (Inman) - Sonny Curtis
7: Queen Of The Ballroom (Guess) - Sonny Curtis
8: This Bottle (Curtis) - Sonny Curtis
9: Dallas Boogie (Curtis) - Sonny Curtis
10: One In A Million (Curtis) - Sonny Curtis
7 June 1955: (Prob.) Nesman Recording Studio - Wichita Falls, Texas;
Sonny Curtis: vocal; Buddy Holly: guitar; Larry Welborn: bass; Jerry Allison: drums
1l: Go Boy Go* (Wilson) - Gary Dale
12: Gone* (Rogers) - Gary Dale
13: Go Boy Go+ (Wilson) - Gary Dale
14: Gone+ (Rogers) - Gary Dale
15: The Golden Rocket+ (Snow) - Gary Dale
16: 1 Overlooked An Orchid+ (Story-Smith-Lyn) - Gary Dale
21 February, 1957: Radio KDAV - Lubbock Texas (*)
1 March, 1957: Norman Petty Studios -13i3 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico (+)
Gary Dale Tollett: vocal; Buddy Holly: guitar; 3erry Allison: drums; Ramona Tollett, June Clark, Niki Sullivan: backing vocals
17: A Whole Lot Of Lovin' (Huddle-Petty-Robinson) (take I ) - Jim Robinson
18: A Whole Lot Of Lovin' (Huddle-Petty-Robinson) (take 2) - Jim Robinson
19: A Wbole Lot Of Lovin' (Huddle-Petty-Robinson) (take 3) - Jim Robinson
20: A Whole Lot Of Lovin'+ (Huddle-Petty-Robinson) (take 3) - Jim Robinson
21: It's A Wonderful Feeling* (Huddle-Petty-Robinson) - Jim Robinson
28 April, 1957: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Jim Robinson: vocal; Buddy Holly: guitar; Jerry Allison: cardboard-box percussion, drums on *; Vi Petty: piano on *; (Poss.) Joe B. Mauldin: bass; The Bowman Brothers: backing vocals on *, plus The Roses (Robert Linville, Ray Rush, David Bigham) backing vocals on + (dubbing date unknown)
22 Starlight (Huddle-Petty-Robinson) - Jack Huddle
23: Believe Me* (Petty-Robinson) - Jack Huddle
28 April, 1957: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Jack Huddle: vocal; Buddy Holly: lead guitar; Jerry Allison: drums; (Poss.) Joe B. Mauldin: bass; The Bowman Brothers: backing vocal on *; Vi Petty: piano on *
24: By The Mission Wall (Cline) - Fred Crawford
April-June, 1957 (or 14 July, 1957): Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, NM
Fred Crawford: vocal; Buddy Holly: guitar; 3erry Allison: drums; (Poss.) Joe B. Mauldin- bass; (Poss.) Norman Petty: organ; (Poss.) The Bowman Brothers: backing vocals
25: A Man From Texas (Russell-Petty-Dougherty)- Jim Robinson
24 June, 1957: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Jim Robinson: vocal; Buddy Holly: guitar; (Poss.) George Atwood: bass; Unknown: drums; Vi Petty: piano; The Picks: backing vocals (overdubbed mid-August, 1957)
26: Broken Promises (Davis) - Sherry Davis
27: Humble Heart* (Davis) - Sherry Davis
prob. 12 July, 1957: Norman Petty Studios -1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Sherry Davis: vocal; Buddy Holly: lead guitar; Jack Vaughn: rhythm guitar; Jerry Allison: drums; Unknown: bass; The Picks: backing vocals; Gene Medley: backing vocals on *
28: Look To The Future* (Petty-Sullivan) - Gary Dale
29: Houey Honey (Tollett) - Gary Dale
14 July, 1957: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Gary Dale Tollett: vocal, guitar on *; Buddy Holly: guitar; 3erry Allison: drums; (Poss.) Joe B. Mauldin: bass; Ramona Tollett: backing vocal; The Picks: backing vocals (overdubbed mid-Aug.1957)
30: Sugartime (Phillips-Echols) (version 1) - Charlie Phillips
31: Sugartime (Phillips-Echols) (version 2) - Charlie Phillips
32: One Faded Rose* (Echols-Baggett-Phillips) (version 1) - Charlie Phillips
33: One Faded Rose* (Echols-Baggett-Phillips) (version 2) - Charlie Phillips
July 1957: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Charlie Phillips: vocal; Buddy Holly: lead guitar, harmony vocal on *; Jack Vaughn: acoustic guitar; Jerry Allison: drums; Jimmy Blakely: steel guitar; George Atwood: bass
Discs Seven and Eight compile all circulating sessions featuring Buddy as a side musician and/or producer, plus songs Buddy wrote that he never recorded, with others finishing the compositions posthumously. Others exist, and may yet escape ( "I Sent You Roses" by Jerry Engler is due to be released later in 2005).
Some tracks, which erroneously appeared on previous compilations, have been excluded:
Buddy shared a session with Billly Walker on 12 March, 1957, but does not feature on Billy's recordings.
"When Sin Stops" by The Nighthawks (Hamilton 50006), on the Vigotone set does not feature Buddy.
Similarly, "Oh Boy!" on the Vigotone Set is by Billy And The Glens (Jaro 77006), not Sonny West.
The contemptible "Ni**er Hatin' Me" was recorded in the late 60s(!) by Johnny Rebel (CJ. Trahan).
Volume Eight
1: Moondreams (Petty) (album version) - The Norman Petty Trio
2: Moondreams* (Petty) (single version) - The Norman Petty Trio
3: Moondreams+ (Petty) (alternate version) - The Norman Petty Trio
20-22 July, 1957: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Buddy Holly: acoustic guitar; Norman Petty: organ; Vi Petty: piano; Mike Mitchell: percussion; Unknown: bass; The Picks: overdubbed vocals on *; The Roses: overdubbed vocals on +
(1 and 2 are the same version, but 3 is a different recording/take entirely.)
4: Don't Do Me This Way (Tucker) - Rick Tucker
5: Patty Baby (Baker-Tucker) - Rick Tucker
25 August, 1957: Norman Petty Studios -1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Rick Tucker: vocal, poss. guitar; Buddy Holly: lead guitar or (Poss.) Roy Orbison: lead guitar; (Poss.) Bo Clarke: drums; (Poss.) Don Guess: bass; Bill Pickering and Bob Lapham: backing vocal
6: Don't Do Me This Way (Tucker) Rick Tucker
12 September, 1957: Norman Petty Studios - 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis, New Mexico
Rick Tucker: vocal; Buddy Holly: acoustic guitar or (Poss.) Rick Tucker: acoustic guitar; Vi Petty: piano; (Poss.) Bo Clarke: drums; (Poss.) Don Guess: bass; The Picks: backing vocals
7: Real Wild Child (O'Keefe-Greenan-Owens) (take 1)- Ivan
8: Real Wild Child* (O'Keefe-Greenan-Owens) (take 2) - Ivan
9: Oh, You Beautiful Doll (Brown-Ayer) (take 1) - Ivan
10: Oh, You Beautiful Doll (Brown-Ayer) (take 2) - Ivan
11: Oh, You Beautiful Doll+ (Brown-Ayer) (take 2) - Ivan
19 February, 1958: Norman Petty Studios - i313 West 7th Street, Clovis New Mexico
Jerry "Ivan" Allison: vocal, overdubbed drumsticks on +; Buddy Holly: guitar, overdubbed lead guitar, backing vocal on *, Joe B. Mauldin: bass, backing vocal on *; Bo Clarke: drums, backing vocal on *; Norman Petty: overdubbed water-filled wine glasses on +
Pat Brown: guitar, drums, vocal; Karl Ausland: guitar, vocal; Dan Melford: bass, vocal; Jeff Schmahl, guitar, keyboards, vocal; Dave Swanson: sax, vocal; Dale Menten: piano
31: Monetta (Holly-Curtis) - Sonny Curtis
September, 1990: BBC Radio Merseyside, Liverpool, England
Sonny Curtis: guitar, vocal
32: A Whole Lot Of Lovin' (Huddle-Petty-Robinson) - Jim Robinson
33: Moondreams (Petty) - The Norman Petty Trio
34: Moondreams (Petty) - The Norman Petty Trio
35: Oh, You Beautiful Doll (Brown-Ayer) - Ivan
36: When Sin Stops (Venable) (take 2) - Waylon Jennings
True stereo versions - For The First Time Anywhere!! Created by Purple Chick