“Not Fade Away – The Complete Studio Recordings And More” by BUDDY HOLLY - A Breakdown Of Each CD Followed By An Album Discography Referencing The Box

“Not Fade Away – The Complete Studio Recordings And More” by BUDDY HOLLY.
Released 23 November 2009 on Geffen/Hip-O Select B0012875-02 in the USA.
A Non-Numbered 6CD 203-Track Book-Shaped Box Set - Limited to 7000 Worldwide.
(Available via Hip-O Select's Mail-Order Website from 30 October 2009)

This post is a breakdown of each CD - followed afterwards by an
Album-by-Album Discography referencing the entire box:

Disc 1:
1. My Two-Timin’ Woman
2. I’ll Just Pretend
3. Take These Shackles From My Heart
4. Footprints In the Snow
5. Flower Of My Heart
6. Door To My Heart
7. Soft Place In My Heart
8. Gotta Get You Near Me Blues
9. I Gambled My Heart
10. You And I Are Through
11. Down The Line
12. Baby, Let’s Play House
13. Down The Line
14. You And I Are Through
15. Baby, It’s Love
16. Memories
17. Queen Of The Ballroom
18. Memories
19. Moonlight Baby a/k/a Baby, Won’t You Come Out Tonight
20. I Guess I Was Just A Fool
21. Don’t Come Back Knockin’
22. Love Me
23. Midnight Shift
24. Midnight Shift (false start/alternate)
25. Don’t Come Back Knockin’ (alternate)
26. Don’t Come Back Knockin’
27. Blue Days, Black Nights
28. Love Me
29. Baby Won’t You Come Out Tonight
30. I Guess I Was Just A Fool
31. It’s Not My Fault
32. I’m Gonna Set My Foot Down
33. Changin’ All Those Changes
34. Rock-A-Bye Rock
35. Because I Love You

Disc 1 features 1949-1956, 35 Tracks, 76:22 minutes:
Tracks 1, 4-12 and 19-22 are from the 2CD set “Down The Line Rarities” (January 2009)
Tracks 2, 3, 14, 16, 24 and 25 are PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED in the USA
Tracks 13, 15, 17 and 18 are PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
Tracks 23, 26, 27 and 28 are from the LP “That’ll Be The Day” (April 1958)
Tracks 29, and 31-35 are from the LP “For The First Time Anywhere” (February 1983)
Track 30 is from the LP “Showcase” (May 1964)

Disc 2:
1. Rock Around With Ollie Vee
2. I’m Changin’ All Those Changes
3. That’ll Be The Day
4. Girl On My Mind
5. Ting-A-Ling
6. Rock Around With Ollie Vee
7. Modern Don Juan
8. You Are My One Desire (false start)
9. You Are My One Desire
10. Gone (incomplete)
11. Gone
12. Gone (alternate take)
13. Have You Ever Been Lonely (incomplete alternate)
14. Have You Ever Been Lonely (alternate)
15. Have You Ever Been Lonely
16. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
17. Good Rockin’ Tonight
18. Rip It Up
19. Blue Monday
20. Honky Tonk
21. Blue Suede Shoes
22. Shake Rattle And Roll (partial)
23. Bo Diddley
24. Ain’t Got No Home
25. Holly Hop
26. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
27. Bo Diddley
28. I’m Looking For Someone To Love
29. That’ll Be The Day
30. Last Night (undubbed)
31. Maybe Baby (first version)
32. Words Of Love
33. Mailman Bring Me No More Blues
34. Not Fade Away (alternate overdub)
35. Not Fade Away
36. Everyday

Disc 2 features 1956-1957, 36 Tracks, 70:52 minutes:
Tracks 1-5, 7 and 9 are from the LP “That’ll Be The Day” (April 1958)
Track 6 is from the 6LP Box Set “The Complete Buddy Holly” (March 1979)
Tracks 8, 10 and 14 are PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED in the USA
Tracks 11-13, 16-25, 30 and 34 are from the 2CD set “Down The Line Rarities” (January 2009)
Tracks 26-27 and 31 are from the LP “For The First Time Anywhere” (February 1983)
Tracks 28, 29 and 35 are from the LP “The Chirping Crickets” (November 1957)
Tracks 32, 33 and 36 are from the LP “Buddy Holly” (February 1958)
[NOTE: Track 15 “Have You Ever Been Lonely” is miscredited in the booklet as Track 13 and has no LP reference, but recording details make it from the

Disc 3:
1. Ready Teddy
2. Valley Of Tears
3. That’ll Be The Day (greetings to Bob Thiele)
4. That’ll Be The Day (greetings to Murray Deutsch)
5. That’ll Be The Day (greetings to Bill Randle)
6. Peggy Sue (alternate take)
7. Peggy Sue
8. Listen To Me
9. Oh Boy (undubbed)
10. I’m Gonna Love You Too
11. Send Me Some Lovin’ (undubbed)
12. It’s Too Late (undubbed)
13. Oh Boy
14. An Empty Cup (And A Broken Date)
15. Rock Me My Baby
15. Rock Me My Baby
16. You’ve Got Love
17. Maybe Baby
18. Send Me Some Lovin’
19. It’s Too Late
20. Tell Me How
21. Little Baby
22. (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care
23. Look At Me
24. Mona (rehearsal)
25. Mona (version 1)
26. Mona (version 2)
27. Mona (version 3)
28. Rave On
29. That’s My Desire (two false starts plus undubbed master)
30. Well…All Right Well…All Right
31. Fool’s Paradise (alternate take 1)
32. Fool’s Paradise (alternate take 2)
33. Fool’s Paradise (undubbed master)

Disc 3 features 1957-1958, 34 Tracks, 72:45 minutes:
Tracks 1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 22-24 and 29 are from the LP “Buddy Holly” (February 1958)
Tracks 3, 4, 6, 9, 30 and 32-34 are from the 2CD set “Down The Line Rarities” (Jan2009)
Tracks 5, 11 and 12 are PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
Tracks 13-21 are from the LP “The Chirping Crickets” (November 1957)
Tracks 25-28 are PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED in the USA
Track 31 is from the LP “The Buddy Holly Story, Vol. II” (March 1960)

Disc 4:
1. Think It Over (false start & rehearsal take)
2. Think It Over (undubbed alternate)
3. Think It Over (undubbed master)
4. Take Your Time (false start & alternate take)
5. Take Your Time
6. Fool’s Paradise
7. Think It Over
8. Lonesome Tears
9. It’s So Easy
10. Heartbeat
11. Love’s Made A Fool Of You (undubbed)
12. Early In The Morning
13. Now We’re One (fragment)
14. Now We’re One
15. Come Back Baby
16. Reminiscing (undubbed)
17. True Love Ways (mono mix)
18. True Love Ways (stereo mix)
19. It Doesn’t Matter Anymore (mono)
20. It Doesn’t Matter Anymore (stereo)
21. Raining In My Heart (mono)
22. Raining In My Heart (stereo)
23. Moondreams (mono)
24. Moondreams (stereo)
25. You’re The One
26. That’s What They Say (w/fragment)
27. What To Do
28. Peggy Sue Got Married
29. That Makes It Tough
30. Crying, Waiting, Hoping
31. Learning The Game
32. Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie

Disc 4 features 1958, 32 Tracks, 67:17 minutes:
Tracks 1-4, 11, 26-27, 30 and 32 are from 2CD set “Down The Line Rarities” (Jan 2009)
Tracks 5, 14, 17 (Mono “True Love Ways”) and 23 are from the LP “The Buddy Holly Story, Vol.11” (March 1960)
Track 6 and 8 are from the LP “Holly In The Hills” (January 1965)
Track 7, 9-10, 12, 19 and 21 are from the LP “The Buddy Holly Story” (March 1959)
Track 13 is PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED in the USA
Track 15 is from the LP “Showcase” (May 1964)
Tracks 16, 18 (Stereo “True Love Ways”), 20 (Stereo “It Doesn’t Matter Anymore”), 24 (Stereo “Moondreams”) and 28-29 and 31 are from the 6LP Box Set “The Complete Buddy Holly” (March 1979)
Track 22 is from the LP “The Best Of Buddy Holly” (April 1966)
*** Track 25 is the 1958 original of “You’re The One” and is miscredited as being from the 1968 overdubbed LP “Giant” (January 1969) ***

Disc 5:
1. Slippin’ And Slidin’ (slow version #1)
2. Slippin’ And Slidin’ (slow version #2)
3. Slippin’ And Slidin’ (fast version)
4. Drown In My Own Tears
(fragment)/Buddy & Maria Elena talking in apartment
5. Dearest (alternate take)
6. Dearest
7. Untitled Instrumental
(a/k/a Buddy’s Guitar/listed as “Tremolo Instrumental”)
8. Love Is Strange
9. Smokey Joe’s Café
10. Peggy Sue Got Married
11. Crying, Waiting, Hoping
12. That’s What They Say (version 2)
13. What To Do
14. Learning The Game
15. That Makes It Tough
16. Baby Won’t You Come Out Tonight
17. Because I Love You
18. Changin’ All Those Changes
19. I’m Gonna Set My Foot Down
20. It’s Not My Fault
21. Rock-A-Bye Rock
22. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
23. Bo Diddley
24. What To Do
25. Peggy Sue Got Married
26. Crying, Waiting, Hoping
27. That Makes It Tough
28. That’s What They Say
29. Learning The Game
30. Reminiscing
31. Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie
32. Dearest (version 2)
33. Slippin’ And Slidin’ (slow version 2)

Disc 5 features 1958-1963, 33 Tracks, 72:40 minutes:
Tracks 1-9 are from the 2CD set “Down The Line Rarities” (January 2009)
Tracks 10-15 are from the LP “The Buddy Holly Story, Vol.11” (March 1960)
Tracks 16-23 and 33 are from the LP “Reminiscing” (February 1963)
Track 24 is from the LP “Holly In The Hills” (January 1965)
Track 25 is from the 2LP set “Buddy Holly – A Rock & Roll Collection” (August 1972)
Tracks 26-30 are from the 6LP Box Set “The Complete Buddy Holly” (March 1979)
Track 32 is from the LP “Showcase” (May 1964)
[NOTE: Track 31 is “Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie” and is uncredited to an LP]

Disc 6:
1. Baby Let’s Play House (I Wanna Play House With You)
2. Down The Line
3. Wait Til’ The Sun Shines Nellie (overdub version 2)
4. Reminiscing
5. Flower Of My Heart
6. Door To My Heart
7. Soft Place In My Heart
8. I Gambled My Heart
9. Gotta Get You Near Me Blues
10. Gone (version 3)
11. Rip It Up
12. Honky Tonk
13. Blue Suede Shoes
14. Shake Rattle And Roll
15. You And I Are Through
16. Baby It’s Love
17. Memories
18. Queen Of The Ballroom
19. Love’s Made A Fool Of You
20. Wishing (mono)
21. Wishing (stereo)
22. Maybe Baby
23. That’s My Desire
24. Have You Ever Been Lonely (version 1)
25. Good Rockin’ Tonight
26. Blue Monday
27. Ain’t Got No Home
28. Holly Hop
29. Slippin’ And Slidin’
30. You’re The One
31. Love Is Strange
32. (Ummm, Oh Yeah) Dearest
33. Smokey Joe’s Café

Disc 6 features 1962-1968, 33 Tracks, 69:57 minutes:
Tracks 1-2 are from the LP “Holly In The Hills” (January 1965)
Tracks 3-4 is from the LP “Reminiscing” (February 1963)
Tracks 5-9, 15 and 21 are from the LP “Holly In The Hills” (January 1965)
Tracks 10-14 and 19 are from the LP “Showcase” (May 1964)
Tracks 16-18, 20 and 22-23 are from the 6LP Box Set “The Complete Buddy Holly” (March 1979)
Tracks 24-33 are from the LP “Giant” (January 1969)

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An Album-By-Album DISCOGRAPHY referencing all 6 CDs of
"Not Fade Away The Complete Studio Recordings And More"
A 2010 Hip-O Select BUDDY HOLLY Box Set.

THIRTEEN of his album releases name-checked and pictured in the Hip-O Select booklet have been referenced using an alphabetical system – from his debut LP “The Chirping Crickets” in November 1957 (A) through to the 2CD set “Down The Line Rarities” issued in January 2009 (N). I’ve kept to this.

Also - as you can imagine - there have been countless compilations for the years inbetween - so huge amounts of track-duplication has taken place. I have not attempted to fill in the gaps (used only the Box Set references).

Last - while the Hip-O Box set doesn't provide a 'proper' Discography (as say a Bear Family Box set would) - it does at least tell us where each track is from - and I've found only 3 errors in it to date.

(A) “The Chirping Crickets”
November 1957 USA LP on Brunswick LP 54038 [Mono]

Side 1:
1. Oh, Boy! [Disc 3/Track 13]
2. Not Fade Away [Disc 2/Track 35]
3. You’ve Got Love [Disc 3/Track 16]
4. Maybe Baby [Disc 3/Track 17]
5. It’s Too Late [Disc 3/Track 20]
6. Tell Me How [Disc 3/Track 21]

Side 2:
1. That’s Be The Day [Disc 2/Track 29]
2. I’m Looking For Someone To Love [Disc 2/Track 28]
3. And Empty Cup (And A Broken Date) [Disc 3/Track 14]
4. Send Me Some Lovin’ [Disc 3/Track 19]
5. Last Night [Disc 3/Track 18]
6. Rock Me My Baby [Disc 3/Track 15]

(B) “Buddy Holly”
February 1958 USA LP on Coral CRL 57210 [Mono]

Side 1:
1. I’m Gonna Love You Too [Disc 3, Track 10]
2. Peggy Sue [Disc 3, Track 7]
3. Look At Me [Disc 3, Track 24]
4. Listen To Me [Disc 3, Track 8]
5. Valley Of Tears [Disc 3, Track 2]
6. Ready Teddy [Disc 3, Track 1]

Side 2:
1. Everyday [Disc 2, Track 36]
2. Mailman Bring Me No More Blues [Disc 2, Track 33]
3. Words Of Love [Disc 2, Track 32]
4. (You’re So Square) Baby, I Don’t Care [Disc 3, Track 23]
5. Rave On [Disc 3, Track 29]
6. Little Baby [Disc 3, Track 22]

© “That’ll Be The Day”
April 1958 USA LP on Decca DL 8707 [Mono]

Side 1:
1. You’re Are My One Desire [Disc 2/Track 9]
2. Blue Days, Black Nights [Disc 1/Track 27]
3. Modern Don Juan [Disc 2/Track 7]
4. Rock Around With Ollie Vee [Disc 2/Track 1]
5. Ting-A-Ling [Disc 2/Track 5]
6. Girl On A Mind [Disc 2/Track 4]

Side 2:
1. That’ll Be The Day [Disc 2/Track 3]
2. Love Me [Disc 1/Track 28]
3. I’m Changing All Those Changes [Disc 2/Track 2]
4. Don’t Come Back Knockin’ [Disc 1/Track 26]
5. Midnight Shift [Disc 1/Track 23]

(D) “The Buddy Holly Story”
March 1959 USA LP on Coral CRL 57279 [Mono] and Coral CRL 757279 [Stereo]

Side 1:
1. Raining In My Heart [Disc 4/Track 21 – Mono Version]
2. Early In The Morning [Disc 4/Track 12]
3. Peggy Sue
4. Maybe Baby
5. Everyday
6. Rave On

Side 2:
1. That’ll Be The Day
2. Heartbeat [Disc 4/Track 10]
3. Think It Over [Disc 4/Track 7]
4. Oh Boy!
5. It’s So Easy [Disc 4/Track 9]
6. It Doesn’t Matter Anymore [Disc 4/Track 19 – Mono Version]

(E) “The Buddy Holly Story, Vol. II”
March 1960 USA LP on Coral CRL 57326 [Mono]

Side 1:
1. Peggy Sue Got Married [Disc 5, Track 10]
2. Well…All Right [Disc 3/Track 31]
3. What To Do [Disc 5, Track 13]
4. That Makes It Tough [Disc 5, Track 15]
5. Now We’re One [Disc 4/Track 14]
6. Take Your Time [Disc 4/Track 5]

Side 2:
1. Crying, Waiting, Hoping [Disc 5, Track 11]
2. True Love Ways [Disc 4/Track 17 – Mono Version]
3. Learning The Game [Disc 5, Track 14]
4. Little Baby
5. Moondreams [Disc 4/Track 23 - Mono Version]
6. That’s What They Say [Disc 5, Track 12 – Version 2]

(F) “Reminiscing”
February 1963 USA LP on Coral CRL 57426 [Mono] and CRL 757426 [Stereo]

Side 1:
1. Reminiscing [Disc 6, Track 4]
2. Slippin’ And Slidin’ [Disc 6. Track 33 – Slow Version 2]
3. Bo Diddley [Disc 5. Track 23]
4. Wait Till The Sun Shines, Nellie [Disc 6, Track 3 – Overdub Version 2]
5. Baby, Won’t You Come Out Tonight [Disc 5. Track 16]

Side 2:
1. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man [Disc 5. Track 22]
2. Because I Love You [Disc 5. Track 17]
3. It’s Not My Fault [Disc 5. Track 20]
4. I’m Gonna Set My Foot Down [Disc 5. Track 19]
5. Changin’ All Those Changes [Disc 5. Track 18]
6. Rock-A-Bye-Rock [Disc 5. Track 21]

(G) “Showcase”
May 1964 USA LP on Coral CRL 57450 [Mono] and CRL 757450 [Stereo]

Side 1:
1. Shake, Rattle & Roll [Disc 6, Track 14]
2. Rock Around With Ollie Vee
3. Honky Tonk [Disc 6, Track 12]
4. I Guess I Was Just A Fool [Disc 1, Track 30]
5. Ummm, Oh Yeah [Disc 5, Track 32 – Version 2 - aka "Dearest"]
6. You’re The One

Side 2:
1. Blue Suede Shoes [Disc 6, Track 13]
2. Come Back Baby [Disc 4, Track 15]
3. Rip It Up [Disc 6, Track 11]
4. Love’s Made A Fool Of You [Disc 6, Track 19]
5. Gone [Disc 6, Track 10 – Version 3]
6. Girl On My Mind

(H) “Holly In The Hills”
January 1965 USA LP on Coral CRL 57463 [Mono] and CRL 757463 [Stereo]

Side 1:
1. I Wanna Play House With You [Disc 6, Track 1]
2. Door To My Heart
3. Fool’s Paradise [Disc 4, Track 6]
4. I Gambled My Heart
5. What To Do [Disc 5, Track 24]
6. Wishing

Side 2:
1. Down The Line [Disc 6, Track 2]
2. Soft Place In My Heart
3. Lonesome Tears [Disc 4, Track 8]
4. Gotta Get You Near Me Blues
5. Flower Of My Heart
6. You And I Are Through

(I) “The Best Of Buddy Holly”
April 1966 USA 24-Track 2LP set on Coral CXB-8 [Mono] and Coral 7CXSB-8 [Stereo]

Disc 4, Track 22 - “Raining In My Heart” [Stereo] (Side 3, Track 5)

(J) “Giant”
January 1969 USA LP on Coral CRL 757504 [Stereo]

Side 1:
1. Love Is Strange [Disc 6, Track 31]
2. Good Rockin’ Tonight [Disc 6, Track 25]
3. Blue Monday [Disc 6, Track 26]
4. Have You Ever Been Lonely [Disc 6, Track 24 – Version 1]
5. Slippin’ And Slidin’ [Disc 6, Track 29]

Side 2:
1. You’re The One [Disc 6, Track 30]
2. (Ummm, Oh Yeah) Dearest [Disc 6, Track 32]
3. Smokey Joe’s Café [Disc 6, Track 33]
4. Ain’t Got No Home [Disc 6, Track 27]
5. Holly Hop [Disc 6, Track 28]

(K) “Buddy Holly: A Rock & Roll Collection”
August 1972 USA 2LP set on Decca DXSE7-207 [Stereo]

Disc 5, Track 25 – “Peggy Sue Got Married” (Side 1, Track 3)

(L) “The Complete Buddy Holly”
March 1979 UK 6LP/6MC 122-Track BOX SET with light blue cover, six card inner sleeves and a 64-page booklet on MCA Coral Records CDSP 807. It was later issued February 1981 in the USA with a darker blue coloured outer box, 6 paper inner sleeves, a single page track sheet and a 64-page booklet on MCA Records MCA6-80, 00. It’s been reissued a few times since (again with different front artwork, but using essentially the same inners and booklet inside). It was NEVER issued on any official CD and from what I can glean - “Not Fade Away” represents the first time you can sequence all 120 songs (the last 2 tracks are interviews) on CD…
(I’m working on a separate listing for this Box Set to be posted later – June 2011).

Disc 2, Track 6 – “Rock Around With Ollie Vee” [1956 Original]
Disc 4, Track 16 – “Reminiscing” (1958 Undubbed Version)
Disc 4, Track 18 - “True Love Ways” (Stereo Mix)
Disc 4, Track 20 - “It Doesn’t Matter Anymore” (Stereo)
Disc 4, Track 24 - “Moondreams” (Stereo)
Disc 4, Track 28 – “Peggy Sue Got Married” [Original 1958 ‘Apartment’ Recording]
Disc 4, Track 29 – “That Makes It Tough” [Original 1958 ‘Apartment’ Recording]
Disc 4, Track 31 – “Learning The Game” [Original 1958 ‘Apartment’ Recording]
Disc 5, Track 26 – “Crying, Waiting, Hoping” [1962 Overdubbed Version]
Disc 5, Track 27 – “That Makes It Tough” [1962 Overdubbed Version]
Disc 5, Track 28 – “Peggy Sue Got Married” [1962 Overdubbed Version]
Disc 5, Track 29 – “Learning The Game” [1962 Overdubbed Version]
Disc 5, Track 30 – “Reminiscing” [1962 Overdubbed Version]
Disc 6, Track 16 – “Baby It’s Love” [1963/1964 Overdubbed Version]
Disc 6, Track 17 – “Memories” [1963/1964 Overdubbed Version]
Disc 6, Track 18 – “Queen Of The Ballroom” [1963/1964 Overdubbed Version]
Disc 6, Track 20 – “Wishing” (Mono) [1964 Overdubbed Version]
Disc 6, Track 22 – “Maybe Baby” [1966 Overdubbed Version]
Disc 6. Track 23 – “That’s My Desire” [1966 Overdubbed Version]

(M) "For The First Time Anywhere"
February 1983 USA LP on MCA Records MCA-27059

Side 1
1. Rock-A-Bye Rock [Disc 1, Track 34]
2. Maybe Baby (1st Version) [Disc 2, Track 31]
3. Because I Love You [Disc 1, Track 35]
4. I’m Gonna Set My Foot Down [Disc 1, Track 32]
5. Changing All Those Changes [Disc 1, Track 33]

Side 2
1. That’s My Desire
2. Baby Won’t You Come Out Tonight [Disc 1, Track 29]
3. It’s Not My Fault [Disc 1, Track 31]
4. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man [Disc 2, Track 26]
5. Bo Diddley [Disc 2, Track 27]

(N) “Down The Line Rarities”
January 2009 USA 59-Track 2CD set on Geffen/Decca B0011675-02
DISC 1: Tracks 1, 4-12 and 19-22 (14 Tracks)
DISC 2: Tracks 11-13, 16-25, 30 and 34 (15 Tracks)
DISC 3: Tracks 3, 4, 6, 9, 30 and 32-34 (8 Tracks)
DISC 4: Tracks 1-4, 11, 26-27, 30 and 32 (9 Tracks)
DISC 5: Tracks 1-9 (9 Tracks) [55 Tracks in Total]