Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings and More is a box set by the American guitarist Buddy Holly, released in 2008 by Geffen Records and Hip-O Select. It consists of every studio recording Holly ever released as well as early demos, alternate recordings and other recordings from Holly's early days.
Release and reception AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine opined the box set was "also complete", noting the details are "naturally the things that make Not Fade Away so valuable to hardcore fans and scholars". He concludes by writing, "they give this box weight by providing the connective thread in his music, which in turn illustrates just how monumental his too-short career was". In a BBC Music review, critic Sean Egan commented that it was "arguably the music industry's first ever box set", but calls the set "schizophrenic" in that the set is "predictably gauche and the fidelity of that and at least two of the demos is shockingly musty". He concludes that "Belatedness aside, in their passion and comprehensiveness Hip-O Select have done Holly proud – no mean feat when we are talking about one of popular music's most innovative and inspired artists."
Track listing
Personnel According to the liner notes of the box set:
Buddy Holly – guitars, mandolin, vocals Abby Hoffer – backing vocals Abraham Richman – tenor saxophone Al Caiola – guitar Al Chernet – guitar Andrew Ackers – piano Bill Pickering – backing vocals Bo Clarke – drums Bob Lapham – backing vocals Bob Montgomery – guitar, vocals C.W. Kendall – piano Clifford Leeman – drums David Bigham – backing vocals David Schwartz – viola Don Guess – bass, steel guitar Donald Amone – guitars Doris Johnson – harp Doug Kirkham – percussion Doug Roberts – drums Elbert Raymond "Dutch" McMillin – alto saxophone Eric Budd – drums Ernest Hayes – piano Farris Coursey – drums Floyd Cramer – piano Gary Tollet – background vocals George Atwood – bass George Barnes – guitar George Tomsco – guitars Grady Martin – guitars Harold Bradley – guitar Harriet Young – backing vocals Helen Way – backing vocals Herbert Bourne – violin Howard Kay – viola Irving Spice – violin Jerry Allison – cardboard box, cymbals, drums, acoustic guitar, vocals Joe Mauldin – bass John Pickering – backing vocals Julius Held – violin Keith McCormack – rhythm guitar King Curtis – tenor saxophone Larry Welborn – bass Leo Kruczek – violin Leonard Posner – violin Lynn Bailey – bass Maeretha Stewart – backing vocals Maurice Bialkin – cello Maurice Brown – cello Merril Ostrus – backing vocals Niki Sullivan – guitars, vocals Norman Petty – organ, piano Panama Francis – drums Paul Winter – violin Phil Kraus – drums Ramona Tollet – backing vocals Ray Free – violin Ray Rush – backing vocals Robert Bollinger – backing vocals Robert Harter – backing vocals Robert Linville – backing vocals Sam "The Man" Taylor – alto saxophone Sanford Bloch – bass Slim Corben – handclaps Sonny Curtis – fiddle, guitar Stan Lark – bass Sylvan Shulman – violin The Picks – backing vocals The Ray Charles Singers – backing vocals The Roses – backing vocals Theresa Merritt – backing vocals Tommy Allsup – guitar Vi Petty – celeste, piano Waylon Jennings – handclapping William Marine – backing vocals
Charts +Weekly chart performance for Not Fade AwayChart (2008)Peakposition
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