Buddy Holly - Blue Days Black Nights / Love Me - MINT
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Description
Buddy Holly - Blue Days Black Nights / Love Me
Label: Decca ?- 9-29854
Format: Vinyl, 7", Single, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: Apr 1956
Genre: Rock
Style: Rockabilly
Tracklist
A. Blue Days Black Nights Written by - Ben Hall
B. Love Me Written by - Buddy Holly & Sue Parrish
Even though this rare Buddy Holly record must be a reproduction, it bears the original Decca number. Both sides are in immaculate, unplayed condition and thus graded as M (see below). It has been removed from its wrapping simply for photographic purposes. Any ‘marks’ are reflections.
Released as Buddy Holly’s first single in April 1956, ‘Blue Days, Black Nights’ was not a Buddy Holly composition; however, he was the first to record this Ben Hall song, and thus would be the artist normally associated with this rockabilly classic. Hall did not release his own version of ‘Blue Days, Black Nights’ until 1960 when he and his ‘Circle 4 Ramblers’ collaborated on a country version of the song complete with steel guitar and his characteristic nasally vocals.
Blue Days, Black Nights’ was one of two singles released by Holly on Decca in 1956 that failed to chart; as a result, Decca shelved the project which also included a promising and slower version of ‘That’ll be the Day’. Once The Crickets and Buddy Holly began to have hit records on Decca’s own subsidiaries of Brunswick and Coral, Decca finally released an album of the 1956 sessions recorded at Owen Bradley’s studios in Nashville.
RECORD GRADING
Records are graded in accordance with Record Collector's Grading System as follows:
MINT (M): The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and any extra items such as the lyric sheet. booklet or poster are in perfect condition. Records marked as Sealed or Unplayed should be Mint.
EXCELLENT (EX): The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and/or creasing.
VERY GOOD (VG): The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch. Some background noise may be heard. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable.
GOOD (G): The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches. The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discolouration, etc.
+ or ++ indicates a grading in between categories.
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