Buddy Holly & The Crickets - The Chirping Crickets - 1957 Vinyl LP - BL 54038

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Buddy Holly & The Crickets
The Chirping Crickets
BL 54038

Original 1957 US pressing of Buddy Holly & The Crickets' "The Chirping Crickets" LP on the Brunswick label. Original black Brunswick labels.

Grading:
Sleeve:  VG   Solid, shelf-wear, no splits, legible spine
Vinyl:  G   OK player, but has numerous light paper scuffs which cause light background crackles throughout

Notes:
 On January 26, 1956, Buddy Holly attended his first formal recording session. He attended two more sessions in Nashville, but with the producer selecting the session musicians and arrangements, Holly became increasingly frustrated by his lack of creative control. On January 22, 1957, Decca informed Holly his contract would not be renewed, but insisted he could not record the same songs for anyone else for five years.

 Holly was unhappy with the results of his time with Decca, and visited producer Norman Petty, who had produced and promoted both records. Together with Allison, bassist Joe B. Mauldin, and rhythm guitarist Niki Sullivan, he went to Petty's studio in Clovis, New Mexico. The group recorded a demo of "That'll Be the Day", a song they had previously recorded in Nashville. Now playing lead guitar, Holly achieved the sound he desired. Petty became his manager and sent the record to Brunswick Records in New York City. Holly, still under contract with Decca, could not release the record under his name, so a band name was used; Allison proposed the name "Crickets". Brunswick gave Holly a basic agreement to release "That'll Be the Day", leaving him with both artistic control and financial responsibility for future recordings. Impressed with the demo, the label's executives released it without recording a new version. "I'm Looking for Someone to Love" was the B-side; the single was credited to the Crickets. Petty and Holly later learned that Brunswick was a subsidiary of Decca, which legally cleared future recordings under the name Buddy Holly. Recordings credited to the Crickets would be released on Brunswick, while the recordings under Holly's name were released on another subsidiary label, Coral Records. Holly concurrently held a recording contract with both labels.

  When "That'll Be the Day" topped the US charts on September 23, it was decided that material for a full album was needed. Petty arranged a session in Oklahoma City, where he was performing with his own band. While the band drove to the location, the producer set up a makeshift studio. The rest of the songs needed for an album and singles were recorded; Petty later overdubbed the material back in Clovis. The resulting album, The "Chirping" Crickets, was released on November 27, 1957.

 In 2003, the album was ranked number 421 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

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