The Jukebox Rebel

Following a string of successful releases for Brunswick and Coral, Decca seized the opportunity to package up their old (and unsuccessful) Buddy Holly recordings from sessions recorded in Nashville in 1956, including the original take of “That’ll Be The Day”, the re-recorded ’57 version of which had been a major smash for The Crickets. I’m not too convinced by these performances, they often feel a bit contrived and drippy to me, although, hey, it’s Buddy Holly, they could never be terrible.

The Jukebox Rebel
01–Aug–2008

A1	[02:23] Buddy Holly - You Are My One Desire (Don Guess) Rock n Roll Ballad
A2	[02:04] Buddy Holly - Blue Days, Black Nights (Ben Hall) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly
A3	[02:39] Buddy Holly - Modern Don Juan (Don Guess, Jack Neal) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly
A4	[02:18] Buddy Holly and The Three Tunes - Rock Around With Ollie Vee [jul ’56 version] (Sonny Curtis) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly
A5	[02:41] Buddy Holly and The Three Tunes - Ting-A-Ling (Charles Hardin Holley, Ahmet Ertegun) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly
A6	[02:18] Buddy Holly and The Three Tunes - Girl On My Mind (Jim Denny, Don Guess) Rock n Roll Ballad
B1	[02:18] Buddy Holly and The Three Tunes - That’ll Be The Day [jul ’56 version] (Charles Hardin Holley, Norman Petty, Jerry Allison) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly
B2	[02:07] Buddy Holly - Love Me (Charles Hardin Holley, Sue Parrish) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly
B3	[01:42] Buddy Holly and The Three Tunes - I’m Changing All Those Changes (Jim Denny, Charles Hardin Holley) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly
B4	[02:14] Buddy Holly - Don’t Come Back Knockin’ (Charles Hardin Holley, Sue Parrish) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly
B5	[02:10] Buddy Holly - Midnight Shift (Earl Lee, Jimmy Ainsworth) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly

ratings by TJR