Reminiscing (Buddy Holly album)

Reminiscing
Compilation album by Buddy Holly
Released	February 1963[1]
Recorded	1956–1958 and 1962 at Norman Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico[2][3]
Genre	Rock and roll, rockabilly
Length	24:49
Label	Coral
Producer	Norman Petty
Buddy Holly chronology
The Buddy Holly Story, Vol. 2 (1960) Reminiscing (1963) Showcase (1964)
Singles from Reminiscing
"Reminiscing" Released: August 1962 "Bo Diddley" Released: March 1963 "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" Released: July 1963

Reminiscing is a compilation album by American rock and roll icon Buddy Holly. The album was released as an LP record in both mono and stereo formats in February 1963 (see 1963 in music).^[1]

Reminiscing was Buddy Holly's third posthumously released album to feature previously unreleased material. The original recordings were overdubbed by the Fireballs in 1962^[1] and many of the undubbed recordings appeared on For the First Time Anywhere in 1983.^[2][3]

Track listings

Original album

Side one

1. "Reminiscing" (King Curtis) – 1:57
2. "Slippin' and Slidin'" (Little Richard, Eddie Bo, Al Collins, James Smith) – 3:29
3. "Bo Diddley" (Ellas McDaniel) – 2:23
4. "Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie" (Harry Von Tilzer, Andrew B. Sterling) – 1:57
5. "Baby, Won't You Come Out Tonight" (Buddy Holly, Don Guess) – 1:55

Side two

1. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (Chuck Berry) – 2:07
2. "Because I Love You" (Holly) – 2:41
3. "It's Not My Fault" (Ben Hall, Weldon Myrick) – 1:52
4. "I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down" (Holly) – 2:19
5. "Changing All Those Changes" (Holly) – 1:44
6. "Rock-A-Bye Rock" (Holly) – 2:22

1999 Bonus tracks

1. "Come Back Baby" (Holly, Norman Petty) – 1:48
2. "Maybe Baby" (Holly, Petty) – 1:58
3. "Rock-A-Bye Rock" (Holly) – 2:23
4. "It's Not My Fault" (Hall, Myrick) – 1:21
5. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (Berry) – 2:03
6. "Slippin' and Slidin'" (Richard, Bo, Collins, Smith) – 3:32
7. "Bo Diddley" (McDaniel) – 2:22

Personnel

The following people contributed to Reminiscing:^[2][3]

• Buddy Holly – lead vocals, guitar
• Jerry Allison – drums
• Sonny Curtis – guitar
• Don Guess – bass
• Larry Welborn – bass
• Joe B. Mauldin – bass
• George Tomsco – overdubbed guitar
• Keith McCormack – overdubbed rhythm guitar
• Stan Lark – overdubbed bass
• Lyn Baily – overdubbed bass
• Doug Roberts – overdubbed drums
• King Curtis – tenor saxophone on "Reminiscing"
• Norman Petty – producer

Charts

Reminiscing reached #40 on the Billboard 200^[4] and reached #2 on the UK Albums Chart.^[5]

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	February 1963	Coral Records	mono LP	CRL 57426
			stereo LP	CRL 757426
United Kingdom	March 1963	Coral Records	mono LP	LVA 9212
United States	February 1989	MCA Records	Cassette	MCAC 1826
			CD	MCAD 1826
United Kingdom	November 1992	Castle Records	CD	CLACD 308
Japan	1999	MCA Records	CD	UICY-112099

References

1. Rolontz, Robert, ed. (February 16, 1963). "Album Reviews: Reminiscing by Buddy Holly". Billboard. Vol. 75 (No. 7): 25. Retrieved February 28, 2011.
2. The Buddy Holly Collection: 50 Classic Recordings (CD liner). Buddy Holly. United States: MCA Records. 1993. MCAD2-10883.
3. Memorial Collection (CD liner). Buddy Holly. United States: Decca Records/Geffen Records. 2008. B0011337-02 http://aln2.albumlinernotes.com/Memorial_Collection.html |url= missing title (help).
4. "Charts & Awards: Buddy Holly – Billboard Albums". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. Retrieved February 28, 2011.
5. "Archive Chart for 13th April 1963". UK Albums Chart. United Kingdom: The Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 28, 2011.