THE CHIRPING CRICKETS / BUDDY HOLLY orig LP (1958 Coral) LVA 9081 VINYL EXC
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Description
The Crickets: "The Chirping Crickets"
Label: Coral (UK)
Release Date: 1958
Catalogue number: LVA. 9081 Mono
Stampers: A-side MG-6036-1B B-side MG-6037-1B
Heavyweight twelve-inch black vinyl LP in front laminated sleeve. With original innersleeve.
This is the only album released by the Crickets in Buddy Holly's lifetime. Though these days the billing Buddy Holly And The Crickets is frequently used and indeed this album was re-released in 1962 with that title, this is historical revision. Buddy had a solo career on Coral whilst also being lead singer in the Crickets on Brunswick (in the UK both were on Coral).
The "Chirping" Crickets is an obvious five-star album. As well as hit singles Oh, Boy!, Maybe Baby, That'll Be The Day (the first single), and their equally memorable B-sides Not Fade Away, Tell Me How and I'm Looking For Someone To Love, there are six other exclusive tracks, all lovingly crafted at Norman Petty's studio in Clovis NM or put down in an Officer's Club at an air force base in Oklahoma City in between dates on their first tour, in order to complete the album on time, with backing vocals added back in Clovis by the Picks.
Buddy Holly's original compositions are augmented by a number of telling covers, and in fact Oh, Boy! was not an original, having previously been recorded by Sonny West. The Crickets' version of Chuck Willis's It's Too Late is surely the definitive version. Two songs were co-written by Roy Orbison, who was yet to find success as a performer, including the beautiful An Empty Cup (A Broken Date). It was to be their only album because Buddy left the group in autumn 1958 and, as we all know, 3rd February 1959 became "the day the music died", but what a classic album it is.
Condition:
Vinyl looks VERY GOOD. Purchased secondhand by seller. Though obviously played the vinyl retains much of original sheen & and is amazingly "clean" for its age. Run-ins and run-outs are noticeably blemish free. There are very light marks - especially what looks like a light needle slip across three tracks on Side One but this does not sound.The labels are clean and still "sharp" at the spindle edges, indicating careful play by the LP's original owner but there are a cluster of spindle marks on both sides.
Vinyl also sounds VERY GOOD. No skips, clean and crisp throughout both sides (played in Mono). There is light crackle at start of both sides and between tracks but this is very light indeed. Overall an extremely nice copy.
The sleeve I'm describing as in GOOD CONDITION: actually it's an amazing sleeve in terms of how clean, and solid it is. But - and this will have been obvious from the outset, the front has had considerable, even colour fade over the years. This is under the laminate which hasn't lifted at all. Please see the photos, and I'm happy to provide more. So a lovely copy but you may want to upgrade the sleeve.
Original innersleeve also in very good condition.
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