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• Buddy Holly: The Definitive Story | DVD | (02/02/2009) from £8.29   |  Saving you £5.70 (68.76%)   |  RRP £13.99

  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.

• Rock 'n' Roll Is Born | DVD | (18/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The birth of rock & roll was no accident - but a vital moment in the music's history occurred by chance. This DVD brings to life that remarkable moment and many others told in vivid detail by people who were there when Bill Haley and His Comets' ""Rock Around The Clock"" helped to ignite a cultural revolution. The storytellers include two of the original Comets who played on the record: Marshall Lytle and in the last interview before his death Johnny Grande. Their history is illuminated by rare archive footage including 8mm film shot by Ralph Jones the Comets' drummer from 1955-1960. There are also performances of ""Crazy Man Crazy"" and ""Shake Rattle and Roll"" by the original Comets taken from the little-seen 1954 rock 'n' roll featurette 'Round-Up of Rhythm' plus ""(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock"" from The Ed Sullivan Show. Recollections by Pat Boone second only to Elvis Presley as the biggest-selling artist of the 1950s and Cleve Duncan lead vocalist of the Penguins place rock & roll in context. Alongside these and many other contributions is the first-hand recall of Peter Ford son of Hollywood legend Glenn Ford. A chance hearing of Peter's copy of ""Rock Around The Clock"" inspired movie director Richard Brooks to use the song in ""Blackboard Jungle "" which he was making with Glenn Ford at the time. The film's subsequent success brought rock & roll to the eyes and ears of the world and placed Bill Haley and the Comets at the heart of the most exciting influential music of the 20th century. The 1 hour 20 minute documentary features all of all the classic Bill Haley and His Comets original recordings re-mastered in 5.1 surround sound including ""(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock"" ""See You Later Alligator"" ""Rock The Joint"" ""Razzle Dazzle"" and ""Hook Line and Sinker"". Plus performances of ""The Great Pretender"" by The Platters and ""Tutti Frutti"" by Little Richard. Extras include bonus interview footage with Pat Boone Marshall Lytle Johnny Grande Cleve Duncan and Jamie Farr.

• Buddy Holly - Definitive | DVD | (20/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  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