Track Listing

1. Think It Over - The Crickets
2. Fool's Paradise - The Crickets
3. Big Bopper's Wdp Promo
4. Chantilly Lace - Big Bopper
5. Purple People Eater Meets Witch Doctor - Big Bopper
6. Ritchie Valens' Wdp Promo
7. La Bamba - Ritchie Valens
8. Donna - Ritchie Valens
9. Buddy Holly's Wdp Promo
10. Heartbeat - Buddy Holly
11. Well...All Right - Buddy Holly
12. Monkey Song (You Made A Monkey Out Of Me) - Big Bopper (As Jape Richardson With The Echoes)
13. A Teen-Age Moon (In A Rock and Roll World) - Big Bopper (As Jape Richardson With The Echoes)
14. Come On, Let's Go - Ritchie Valens
15. Framed - Ritchie Valens
16. Early In The Morning - Buddy Holly
17. Now We're One - Buddy Holly
18. Little Red Riding Hood - Big Bopper
19. Big Bopper's Wedding - Big Bopper
20. Big Baby Blues - Ritchie Valens (As Arvee Allens)
21. It's So Easy! - The Crickets
22. Lonesome Tears - The Crickets
23. Crazy Blues - Big Bopper (As Jape Richardson and The Japetts)
24. Beggar To A King - Big Bopper (As Jape Richardson and The Japetts)
25. Fast Freight - Ritchie Valens (As Arvee Allens)
26. Take Your Time - Buddy Holly
27. Rave On - Buddy Holly

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26309 in Music
• Released on: 2009-01-26
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

CD Description
This is a special issue CD commemorating the 50th anniversary of "The Day The Music Died".

It was late January, 1959, when the tragic Winter Dance Party began; a gruelling twenty-four day tour of the mid-west by a rock 'n' roll revue which included Buddy Holly and his group, J P "Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens. Poorly funded and inefficiently organized, the tour began as a disaster and steadily got worse, with a motley succession of clapped-out coaches being the only transportation provided to the artists by the booking agency. Eleven days into the tour and facing another tortuous 400 mile road trip to the next venue on a freezing bus, Holly decided to charter a plane after their unscheduled appearance at Clear Lake, Iowa. He and the two other headliners took off for Fargo, North Dakota, in the teeth of a blizzard during the early hours of 3rd February 1959... it was a date that would come to be known as one of the darkest in the whole history of rock 'n' roll.

Customer Reviews

The Day The Music Died Relived.
This CD includes a collection of the 3 rock 'n' roll stars that were killed in the plane crash just outside Clear Lake, Iowa.

Well known classics from the 3 rockers like: Chantilly Lace, La Bamba, Donna, Heartbeat, Come On Let's Go, It's So Easy & Rave On appear.

The Big Bopper's Purple People Eater meets The Witch Doctor is quite amusing and Little Red Riding Hood is a take off of the story.

Plus there are a few instrumental numbers from Ritchie when he was under the name of "Arvee Allens".

And to top it all off there are WDP promos from the 3 rockers PLUS 3 HIDDEN TRACKS THAT ARE NOT STATED ON THE TRACKLISTING OR THE BACK COVER.

There are 30 tracks in total on this CD, the ones listed on the back and the 3 hidden are news bulletins of the plane crash that took place on the 3rd Feburary 1959.

And in the inlay booklet is the article about the plane crash from the Clear Lake Mirror a few days after it took place.

I think this is ideal for a fan of this music and worth the release.

Halloooooooooooooo Baby
A good CD to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the tragic deaths of three great 60's pop stars. All the hits of these three great entertainers. A good collector item for Holly fans.

Winter Dance Party
Winter Dance Party
As a long term fan of Buddy Holly I obviously had to add this to my collection.
An interesting compilation which gave me a greater insight to The Big Bopper who has sadly been overlooked out of the 3 stars who all passed away so tragically young.
Some really great music from all 3 artists,but I have one complaint which is the appalling quality of Richie Valens La Bamba which has been really badly mixed & is unlistenable.
This is my reason for only 4 stars but otherwise a superb effort by the El Toro label who have otherwise lovingly been restoring these tracks.