Buddy Holly - From Original Masters
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Free Music Review: As Another Reviewer Says ... One Of The Best Single-Disc Releases
Hit: 4 Stars
This isn't nearly as good a compilation as another MCA CD on the market [the two-CD The Buddy Holly Collection] for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, there are neither liner notes nor discography, whereas the BH Collection gives you reams of information. That accounts for the 4 stars instead of 5.
Secondly [and admittedly a minor complaint] the tracks aren't numbered on the back so, if you're listening to the disc and want to jump to a certain track you have to reach for the jewel case and manually count the tracks to determine the one you want.
As for the contents, the sound - "digitally remastered from the original stereo and mono first generation masters" by Steve Hoffman of MCA is just fine - and the selections include most of his 11 charted Top 100 singles [not counting 1958's Real Wild Child, credited to "Ivan" - who was really Jerry Ivan Allison, with lead guitar by Buddy and backing vocals by The Roses].
For example, both sides of his first four hits are here: That'll Be The Day/I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love; Peggy Sue/Everday; Oh Boy/Not Fade Away, and Maybe Baby/Tell Me How. From there, however, it's a hit-and-miss affair because, while Rave On and Think It Over (his 5th and 6th hits) are included, the flipsides, Take Your Time and Fool's Paradise (which also charted at # 58 in 1958), are missing. Early In The Morning (# 32 in 1958 with The Helen Way Singers) is also omitted, along with the excellent, and VERY hard-to-find B-side, Now We're One.
Heartbeat [incredibly only a # 82 in January 1959] and its flipside, Well ... All Right, are here, but only the A-side of the song that was just charting when he died in February 1959 is included. It Doesn't Matter Anymore eventually went to # 13, but it would have been nice had they included Raining In My Heart, which also charted at # 88.
Oh well, it's not as if they advertised the CD as "The Best Of" and then left off some charted hits. It's a good collection of his music, but you'd be better served with the afore-mentioned Buddy Holly Collection since the ONLY song not in that set which is included here is Tell Me How.
Free Music Review: It's Buddy Holly
Hit: 4 Stars
Buddy had some of the best music of the 50's and its all on this disc and there are several songs that aren't so good but at least you get the great ones. Well done with great sound.Free Music Review: Golden Oldie
Hit: 4 Stars
Most all of Buddy's hits and a couple I hadn't heard before. Buddy Holly is one of the true Founders of Rock & Roll. I particularly like his rendition of True Love ways.Free Music Review: Drab presentation of his remastered classics
Hit: 3 Stars
Let me state right off the bat that the sound quality of these remastered tunes is fabulous. The music of Buddy Holly has never sounded better to me. That being said I would defintely not recommend this one to collectors. To me the packaging is downright ugly and there are absolutely no liner notes included here. Most of his biggest and best are here but this compilation does not include "Early In The Morning" and one of my favorite Buddy Holly songs "Raining In My Heart". I'm only guessing but it looks like this might have been the first collection of Buddy Holly that featured remastered tracks. There are much better and more complete options out there now. I would skip this one altogether.Free Music Review: Sounds Like The Master Tapes Are Worn Out
Hit: 2 Stars
I have original 45 rpm records of some of these songs and they sound better than this CD or any of the other compilations that I have tried. Peggy Sue is the worst - it sounds like all the high frequencies have been lost (except for the guitar break that appears to have been "souped up"). Holly's voice was a real presence on the original Peggy Sue and is almost background noise on this CD. All of these guys who are "re-mastering" need to listen to some of the original vinyl. I think some of these master tapes are worn out.