This is an exhaustively researched piece of popular music history the definitive work on Buddy Holly & The Crickets a programme that for the first time takes an in depth look at the songs and the people that helped define a generation. This numbered limited edition digipack contains both a DVD and a bonus CD. The DVD features a 90 minute documentary; 3 live performances from the Ed Sullivan Show; a Buddy Holly Jukebox with 14 animated video galleries; and more... The CD features 2
Tracklist: 1. Intro 2. Twenty Flight Rock 3. Somethin' Else 4. C'Mon Everybody 5. Teenage Heaven 6. Have I Told You Lately 7. Don't Blame It On Me 8. Summertime Blues 9. School Days 10. Be Honest With Me 11. Money Honey 12. Cotton Picker Eddie's Friends: 13. Peppermint Twist - Joey Dee And The Starliters 14. Breathless - Jerry Lee Lewis 15. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry 16. Matchbox - Carl Perkins 17. Shake Rattle And Roll - Elvis Presley 18. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino 19. Medley (Road Runner Hey Bo Diddley) - Bod Diddley 20. High Blood Pressure - Gene Vincent 21. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard 22. Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets 23. Oh Boy - Buddy Holly 24. Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison Bonus Tracks: 25. Interview with Eddie and his band 26. The Memory Lingers On (Instrumental)
Buddy Holly and the Crickets made some of the greatest rock & roll records of all time. It's a remarkable fact that such classics as 'That'll Be The Day' 'Peggy Sue' 'Oh Boy' 'Maybe Baby' 'Rave On' and 'Think It Over' were all recorded in a little less than twelve months during 1957-1958.... On January 27 1959 Buddy began a 3-week tour through the frozen midwest with newly hired Crickets Carl Bunch and Tommy Allsup. He was killed along with Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper on February 3 1959 in a plane crash near Clear Lake Iowa travelling to the twelfth date of that tour. He was just 22 years old. In his 1971 song 'American Pie' Don Mclean referred to Holly's death as 'The Day The Music Died'. Such a short life. Such a giant legacy. Leaving his own great recordings and inspiring British groups of the Sixties like the Beatles the Stones and the Hollies Buddy Holly is one of the greatest men of rock & roll.
February 3rd 1959 - a date immortalised as ""'the day music died"". Holly became a rock legend with hits including ""That'll Be The Day"" and ""Oh Boy"". He was the first to add drums and a rhythm and blues beat to the basic country style; and his band The Crickets were among the first to use the new standard rock and roll line up for two guitars bass and drums. With a host of photos rare footage performance clips and also exclusive interviews following the remarkable story of a legen
Tracklist: 1. Introduction 2. That'll Be The Day - The Crickets 3. Summertime Blues - The Crickets 4. Peggy Sue - The Crickets 5. STORY 1 6. Well All Right - Joe Ely & The Crickets 7. Not Fade Away - Joey Ely & The Crickets 8. It's So Easy To Fall In Love - John Foggerty 9. Cotton Fields - John Foggerty 10. Rave On - John Foggerty 11. STORY II 12. Changing All Those Changes - Sweethearts Of The Rodeo 13. Rock Around With Ollie Vee - Brian Setzer From Stray Cats 14. Oh Boy - Brian Setz...
This is an exhaustively researched piece of popular music history the definitive work on Buddy Holly & The Crickets a programme that for the first time takes an in depth look at the songs and the people that helped define a generation. This standard edition contains both a DVD and a bonus CD. The DVD features a 90 minute documentary; 3 live performances from the Ed Sullivan Show; a Buddy Holly Jukebox with 14 animated video galleries; and more... The CD features 20 tracks chosen by Buddy's closest friends and colleagues. DVD Tracks: 1. Buddy Holly: Definitve Documentary 2. Blue Days Black Nights 3. Modern Don Juan 4. Rock Around With Ollie Vee 5. Brown Eyed Handsome Man 6. I'm Looking For Someone 7. Tell Me How 8. Words Of Love 9. Everyday 10. An Empty Cup And A Broken Date 11. Fool's Paradise 12. Take Your Time 13. Heartbeat 14. Wishing 15. True Love Ways CD Tracks: 1. That'll Be The Day 2. Not Fade Away 3. Everyday 4. Peggy Sue 5. Listen To Me 6. Oh Boy! 7. Send Me Some Lovin' 8. It's Too Late 9. Maybe Baby 10. Rock Me My Baby 11. Rave On 12. Well...All Right 13. Think It Over 14. Lonesome Tears 15. It's So Easy 16. Early In The Morning 17. It Doesn't Matter Anymore 18. Raining In My Heart 19. Peggy Sue Got Married 20. Crying Waiting Hoping
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