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Buddy Holly LPs

  • The Chirping Crickets (11/57)
    (That'll Be the Day/Tell Me How/Rock Me Baby/It's Too Late/You've Got Love/Send Me Some Loving'/Last Night/Not Fade Away/Oh Boy!/An Empty Cup/Maybe Baby/I'm Looking for Someone to Love)
  • Buddy Holly (aka Listen to Me) (3/58)
    (I'm Gonna Love You Too/Peggy Sue/Look at Me/Listen to Me/Valley of Tears/Ready Teddy/Everyday/Mailman Bring Me No More Blues/Words of Love/You're So Square/Rave On/Little Baby)
  • That'll Be The Day (aka The Nashville Sessions) (4/58)
    (You Are My One Desire/Blue Days, Black Nights/Modern Don Juan//Rock Around with Ollie Vee/Ting a Ling/Girl on My Mind/That'll Be the Day/Love Me/I'm Changing All Those Chances/Don't Come Back Knockin'Midnight Shift) (This album contains the early Decca recordings)
  • The Buddy Holly Story (aka Rave On) (3/59)
    (It's Raining in My Heart/Early in the Morning/Peggy Sue/Maybe Baby/Everyday/Rave On/That'll Be the Day/Heartbeat/Think It Over/Oh Boy!/It's So Easy/It Doesn't Matter Anymore)
  • The Buddy Holly Story, Volume 2 (3/60)
    (Peggy Sue Got Married/Well All Right/What to Do/That Makes It Tough/Now We're One/Take Your Time/Crying, Waiting, Hoping/True Love Ways/Learning the Game/Little Baby/Moondreams/That's What They Say)
  • Reminiscing (aka Brown-eyed Handsome Man) (2/63)
    (Reminiscing/Slippin' and Slidin'/Bo Diddley/Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie/Baby, Won't You Come out Tonight/Brown Eyed Handsome Man/Because I Love You/It's Not My Fault/I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down/Changing All Those Changes/Rock-A-Bye-Rock) This is an album of unfinished Holly recordings overdubbed by The Fireballs.
  • Showcase  (5/64)
    (Shake Rattle & Roll/Rock Around with Ollie Vee/Honky Tonk/I Guess I Was Just a Fool/Umm Oh Yeah/You're the One/Blue Suede Shoes/Come Back Baby/Rip It Up/Love's Made a Fool of You/Gone/Girl on My Mind) This is an album of unfinished Holly recordings overdubbed by The Fireballs.
  • Holly In The Hills (aka Wishing) (1/65)
    (I Wanna Play House with You/Door to My Heart/Baby It's Love/Gambled My Heart/Memories/Wishing/Down the Line/Soft Place in My Heart/Queen of the Ballroom/Gotta Get You Near Me Blues/Flower of My Heart/You and I Are Through) This is an album of unfinished Holly recordings overdubbed by The Fireballs.
  • The Best Of Buddy Holly (2 LPs) (4/66) (US only)
    (Peggy Sue/Blue Suede Shoes/Learning the Game/Brown Eyed Handsome Man/Everyday/Maybe Baby/Early in the Morning/Ready Teddy/It's Too Late/What to Do/Rave On/True Love Ways/It Dosen't Matter Anymore/Crying, Waiting, Hoping/Moondreams/Rock Around with Ollie Vee/Raining in My Heart/Bo Diddley/That'll Be the Day/I'm Gonna Love You Too/Peggy Sue Got Married/Shake Rattle & Roll/That Makes It Tough/Wishing)
  • Buddy Holly's Greatest Hits (3/67)
    (Raining in My Heart/Peggy Sue Got Married/Peggy Sue/True Love Ways/Bo Diddley/What to Do/Learning the Game/It Doesn't Matter Anymore/That'll Be the Day/Oh Boy!/Early in the Morning/Brown Eyed Handsome Man/Everyday/Maybe Baby)
  • Giant (1/69)
    (Love Is Strange/Good Rockin' Tonight/Blue Monday/Have You Ever Been Lonely?/Slippin' & Slidin'/You're the One/Dearest/Smokey Joe's Cafe/Ain't Got No Home/Holly Hop) An album of overdubbed outtakes and home recordings.
  • Buddy Holly's Greatest Hits Volume 2 (5/70) (UK only)
    (Early in the Morning/Well All Right/Heartbeat/Peggy Sue Got Married/What to Do/You're So Square/Words of Love/Reminiscing/Brown Eyed Handsome Man/Bo Diddley/Wishing/Love's Made a Fool of You)
  • Remember (9/71) (UK only)
    (Maybe Baby/That Makes It Tough/Crying, Waiting, Hoping/Lonesome Tears/That's My Desire/Real Wild Child (Ivan)/Peggy Sue Got Married/Fools Paradise/Learning the Game/That's What They Say/Reminiscing/What to Do)
  • Good Rockin' (1971)
    (I Wanna Play House with You/You're So Square/Little Baby/Ting a Ling/Take Your Time/Down the Line/Now We're One/Words of Love/That's What They Say/You and I Are Through)
  • Buddy Holly: A Rock And Roll Collection (2 LPs) (8/72)
    (Rave On/Tell Me How/Petty Sue Got Married/Slippin' and Slidin'/Oh Boy!/Not Fade Away/Bo Diddley/What to Do/Heartbeat/Well All Right/Words of Love/Love's Made a Fool of You/Reminiscing/Lonesome Tears/Listen to Me/Maybe Baby/Down the Line/That'll Be the Day/Peggy Sue/Brown Eyed Handsome Man/You're So Square/Crying, Waiting, Hoping/Ready Teddy/It Doesn't Matter Anymore)
  • Buddy Holly/Crickets 20 Golden Greats (5/78)
    (That'll Be the Day/Peggy Sue//Words of Love/Everyday/Not Fade Away/Oh Boy!/Maybe Baby/Listen to Me/Heartbeat/Think It Over/It Doesn't Matter Anymore/It's So Easy/Rave On/Raining in My Heart/True Love Ways/Peggy Sue Got Married/Bo Diddley/Brown Eyed Handsome Man/Wishing)

 

           

Crickets LPs after Buddy

  • In Style with the Crickets (12/60)
    More Than I Can Say / Rockin' Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu / Great Balls of Fire / Ting-A-Ling / Just This Once / Deborah / Baby My Heart / When You Ask About Love / Time Will Tell / A Sweet Love / I Fought the Law / Love's Made A Fool of You
  • Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets (3/62)
    Peggy Sue / Bo Diddley / Someday / Well All Right / I Gotta Know / Looking For Love / Sweet Little Sixteen / When You're in Love / Lucille / The Girl of My Best Friend / Little Queenie / The Girl Can't Help It
  • Something Old, Something New, Something Blue, Something Else!!! (1/63)
    Willie & the Hand Jive / Don't Ever Change / Summertime Blues / Searchin' / Little Hollywood Girl / Parisian Girl / Pretty Blue Eyes / What'd I Say / Blue Blue Day / Love Is Strange / Blue Monday / He's Old Enough To Know Better
  • The Crickets (2/64)
    I Want to Hold Your Hand / California Sun / She Loves You / A Fool Never Learns / Slippin' & Slidin' / I Saw Her Standing There / Lonely Avenue / Please Please Me / Money / From Me to You / You Can't Be In-Between / Come On
  • A Collection (5/65)
    La Bamba / All Over You / Ev'rybody's Got a Little Problem / I Think I've Caught the Blues / We Gotta Get Together / Playboy / Lonely Avenue / My Little Girl / Teardrops Fall Like Rain / Right or Wrong / You Can't Be In-Between / Don't Try to Change Me / Lost & Alone / I'm Not A Bad Guy
  • Rock Reflections (3/71) (UK only)
    La Bamba / Lonely Avenue / Teardrops Fall Like Rain / Willie & the Hand Jive / Don't Ever Change / Thoughtless / Blue Blue Day / My Little Girl / Summertime Blues / Love Is Strange / Little Hollywood Girl / What'd I Say / Playboy / Searchin'
  • Rare Items (1960) (Germany only)
    Someone Someone / Why Did You Leave? / Smooth Guy (#1) / After It's Over / So You're In Love (#1) / Baby My Heart (#1) / So You're In Love (#2) / Smooth Guy (#2) / Don'cha Know / Peggy Sue Got Married
  • Rockin' Fifties Rock & Roll (1971)
  • Bubblegum, Bop, Ballads & Boogies (1973) (UK only)
  • Remnants (1974) (aka A Long Way from Lubbock)
    Find Out What's Happening / Lay Lady Lay Down / Rock & Roll Man / I'm Gonna Ruin Your Health / Rhyme & Time / Decoy Baker / Losin' Streak / Atmore / The Truth Is Still The Same / Hitchhike out to Venus / Ooh Las Vegas / Draggin' Chains
  • T-Shirt (1988)
    Your M-M-M-Memory Is T-T-Torturing Me / Rockin' Socks / The Weekend / Holly Would / T-Shirt / Forever In Mind / Cruise In It / Three Piece / Don't Tell Me That You Can't Come Out Tonight / That's All She Wrote 
  • Three Piece (1988) (UK only)
    Same as on T-Shirt plus Let's Do It Again
  • The Liberty Years (1991)

  • Double Exposure (1993 re-recordings) (UK only)
    My Little Girl / I Fought The Law / Oh Boy! / That'll Be the Day / When You Ask About Love / Tell Me How / It Doesn't Matter Anymore / Baby My Heart / Rave On / Maybe Baby / Brown Eyed Handsome Man / Teardrops Fall Like Rain / Everyday / Think It Over / More Than I Can Say / Don't Ever Change / Peggy Sue / Well All Right / True Love Ways / La Bamba / It's So Easy / Love's Made A Fool Of You

  • Crickets' Hits (1993) (UK cassette only)
    Abridged version of Double Exposure 

  • Too Much Monday Morning (1996) (UK only)
    As Good As Gone / Do You Want to Be Loved / Picture This / Goin' out Lovin' / Bettys Sue's Still Breaking Jimmy Lee's Heart / Letter Of Love / Say It Isn't So / No Kidding / (Get A Little) Closer / I Gotta Pass / Playing By The Rules / The Best in Me / I Had a Dream / Too Much Monday Morning  

 

  

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