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BUDDY HOLLY WITHOUT THE CRICKETS CREDITED, ALTHOUGH THE CRICKETS DO PLAY ON THE ALBUM THE SAME-TITLED FIRST SOLO ALBUM BUDDY HOLLY THE ONLY SOLO ALBUM BUDDY HOLLY RELEASED IN HIS LIFETIME ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL 1958 CORAL RECORDS MONO LP CRL-57210
ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING
INSANELY RARE BLUE LABEL PROMO
ORIGINAL CORAL LABEL, PALE BLUE PROMOTIONAL VERSION
DEEP GROOVE PRESSING.
FLAT EDGE PRESSING.
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER AMERICAN STYLE
CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS
THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING
MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL DEAD WAX OF THE RECORD
MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL DEAD WAX ENDS WITH -T1/-T2 . ON SOME LABELS, SUFFIX 1 DENOTES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING
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When Buddy Holly the Crickets broke through nationally in 1957, they were marketed by Decca Records as two different acts whose records were released on two different Decca subsidiaries -- Brunswick for Crickets records, Coral for Holly records. But there was no real musical distinction between the two, except perhaps that the Crickets sides had more prominent backup vocals. Nevertheless, coming three months after The Chirping Crickets, this was the debut album credited to Buddy Holly. It featured Holly s Top Ten single Peggy Sue plus several songs that have turned out to be standards: I m Gonna Love You Too, Listen to Me, Everyday, Words of Love, and Rave On. The rest of the 12 tracks weren t as distinctive, though Holly s takes on such rock roll hits as Ready Teddy and You re So Square Baby I Don t Care provide an interesting contrast with the more familiar versions by Elvis Presley. This was the final new album featuring Holly to be released during his lifetime. Every subsequent album was an archival or posthumous collection.
EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY WILLIAM RUHLMAN, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/
Among the early Rock and Rockabilly albums, this one truly and literally stands out as a Giant: a Rock n Roll classic if ever we saw one.
The PROMOTIONAL, RADIO STATION-, AUDITION OR DEMONSTRATION COPIES AND RELEASES such as the one we have here were often distributed among the radio stations before the record was released to the public, sometimes as much as four months ahead. These records are generally considered to be the first among equals , which is to say the VERY FIRST generation and the VERY FIRST pressings of the particular title a PROTOTYPE and the earliest known official pressing of the record.
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CONDITION:
RECORD
IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded we grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight
a WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG VG . A few light abrasions ARE VISIBLE, but they appear fairly insignificant relative to the overall condition of the vinyl, and are only moderately visually distracting. For most part, the vinyl looks impeccable, without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.
b The record comes in the original stock inner sleeve.
c The record has a deep groove an indent in the label about 1/2-inch from the edge of the label, which on SOME labels is associated with very early or first pressings .
d This is the original flat edge pressing.
e The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording
f Blue Promo Label version of this title is much rarer that a regular, commercially released, version of this title. We estimate that stock copies of this album outnumber promo copies by a ratio of at least 100:1.
g Stereo copies of this album are NOT known to exist.
