Cat. No. RCCD 3060: BUDDY HOLLY ~ THAT MAKES IT SOUND SO MUCH BETTER. ROLLERCOASTER RCCD 3060 (IMPORT).

Cat. No. RCCD 3060: BUDDY HOLLY ~ THAT MAKES IT SOUND SO MUCH BETTER. ROLLERCOASTER RCCD 3060 (IMPORT).

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REMASTERED 2020. 2 AVAILABLE.

BUDDY HOLLY FANS WOULD BE VERY FAMILIAR WITH SIX TRACKS RECORDED BY HOLLY IN HIS APARTMENT (HISTORICALLY DUBBED “THE APARTMENT TAPES”) JUST PRIOR TO HIS DEPARTURE ON THE ILL-FATED WINTER DANCE PARTY TOUR. FOLLOWING HOLLY’S DEATH THE TAPES WERE PASSED ON TO CORAL RECORDS BY HOLLY’S FAMILY. THE AIM OF CORAL RECORDS WAS TO CASH IN ON HOLLY’S DEATH. THEY ARRANGED FOR JACK HANSEN TO OVERDUB THE TAPES USING A GROUP OF PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE “JACK HANSEN COMBO”. THE RESULT WAS OKAY AT BEST USING THE EQUIPMENT THEY HAD AT THE TIME AND THE OVERDUBBED TRACKS WERE RELEASED ON “THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY. VOL.2.” NORMAN PETTY LATER ACQUIRED THE TAPES AND ARRANGED FOR THEM TO BE OVERDUBBED USING THE FIREBALLS AGAIN WITH MIXED RESULTS. SOME FANS LIKED THE JACK HANSEN OVERDUBS AND OTHERS PREFERRED THE NORMAN PETTY OVERDUBS. OVER THE YEARS THE DIFFERENT OVERDUBS HAVE BEEN RELEASED ON NUMEROUS HOLLY ALBUMS ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL UNDUBBED TRACKS.

IN 2011 ROLLERCOASTER RECORDS IN THE UK HAD THE JACK HANSEN OVERDUBBED MASTERS REMASTERED USING MUCH MORE SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT THAN THAT AVAILABLE IN 1959 AND RELEASED THE ALBUM “THAT MAKES IT SOUND SO MUCH BETTER!” AND TRULY THEY DID SOUND SO MUCH BETTER. IN 2020 ROLLERCOASTER PASSED THE ORIGINAL JACK HANSEN REMASTERED VERSIONS ON TO COMPUTER WIZARD CHRIS HOPKINS WHO SPENT MANY HOURS WORKING THE TAPES CREATING CORRECTLY TIMED AND SUPERB QUALITY RE-MIXES TO PRODUCE THIS SUPERB SET OF HOLLY RECORDINGS WHICH INCLUDES THE NEWLY REMASTERED VERSIONS ALONG WITH NEWLY REMASTERED STEREO VERSIONS AS WELL AS REMASTERED ORIGINAL UNDUBBED VERSIONS.  OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO HOLLY FANS IS A REMASTERED VERSION OF “PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED” USING THE BACKING TRACK OF BUDDY & THE CRICKETS ORIGINAL VERSION OF “PEGGY SUE”. THE JOB CHRIS HOPKINS HAS DONE ON THE TAPES IS AMAZING. THE SOUND IS OUTSTANDING AND YOU WOULD THINK THEY WERE RECORDED IN A RECORDING STUDIO NOT ON A PORTABLE TAPE DECK. AN ABSOLUTE MUST FOR ANY BUDDY HOLLY FAN. ******

TRACK LISTING:  That’s What They Say (mono) / What To Do (mono) / Peggy Sue Got Married (mono) / That Makes It Tough (mono) / Crying Waiting Hoping (mono) / Learning The Game (mono) / Studio Talk 1 / That’s What They Say (stereo) / Crying Waiting Hoping (stereo) / Count In / Learning The Game (stereo) / Peggy Sue Got Married  (stereo) / Studio Talk 2 / What To Do (stereo) / Studio Talk 3 / That Makes It Tough (stereo) / That’s What They Say (alternate vocal) / That Makes It Tough (no backing vocals) / Peggy Sue Got Married (remix) - Buddy Holly & The Crickets / That’s What They Say (version 1 undubbed stereo) That’s What They Say (version 2 undubbed stereo) / What To Do (undubbed stereo) / Peggy Sue Got Married (undubbed stereo) / That Makes It Tough (undubbed stereo) / Crying Waiting Hopin' (undubbed stereo) / Learning The Game (undubbed stereo).

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