Buddy Holly and The Crickets | The “Chirping” Crickets [180g Coloured Vinyl Album] LP

BUDDY HOLLY: lead vocals and guitar on all tracks, plus: Side 1, tracks 1, 2, 5 & 6 / Side 2, track 4: The Crickets: Joe B. Mauldin (bass), Jerry Allison (drums), Niki Sullivan (rhythm guitar and harmony vocals), Norman Petty (electric piano on side 1, track 6), The Picks (overdubbed backing vocals on side 1, tracks 1, 5, 6 and side 2, track 4). Produced by Norman Petty. Recorded at Norman Petty Studios, Clovis, New Mexico, between April and July 1957. Side 1, tracks 3 & 4 / Side 2, tracks 3 & 6: The Crickets: Joe B. Mauldin (bass), Jerry Allison (drums), Niki Sullivan (rhythm guitar), The Picks (overdubbed backing vocals). Recorded at Tinker U.S. Airforce Base, Oklahoma City, September 29, 1957. Side 2, tracks 1 & 2: Niki Sullivan (guitar), Larry Welborn (bass), Jerry Allison (drums), June Clark, Niki Sullivan, Gary & Ramona Tollet (backing vocals on side 2, track 1). Produced by Norman Petty. Recorded at Norman Petty Studios, Clovis, New Mexico, February 25, 1957. Side 2, track 5: The Crickets: Joe B. Mauldin (bass), Jerry Allison (drums) with Niki Sullivan (rhythm guitar and harmony vocals), The Picks (overdubbed backing vocals). Produced by Norman Petty. Recorded at Norman Petty Studios, Clovis, New Mexico, March 12, 1957. Side 1, tracks 7 & 8 / Side 2, track 7: Sonny Curtis (lead guitar), Grady Martin (acoustic rhythm guitar), Don Guess (bass), Doug Kirkham (drums). Recorded at Bradley’s Barn, Nashville, January 26, 1956. Side 2, track 8: Sonny Curtis (lead guitar), Grady Martin (rhythm guitar), Don Guess (bass), Jerry Allison (drums). Recorded at Bradley’s Barn, Nashville, July 22, 1956.