Buddy Holly Complete Sealed Original UK 6LP Box Set

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Buddy Holly Complete Sealed Original UK 6LP Box Set

Scarce, sealed and beautiful 1979 *original* issue of this UK 6LP box set from MCA/Coral. This was reissued a couple of years later in the states, with hype text noting the inclusion of a "souvenir booklet" underneath the "Complete Buddy Holly" found on top left corner of the box. Again, this is the first & original UK pressing, still sealed in the importer's loose shrink (Jem Records was the largest music importer in the states when this box was originally released and there are Jem stickers on the top and bottom of the box to keep the shink intact). All tracks extensively annotated; includes 60-page "souvenir scrapbook. Scans are of actual item for sale.
All Music Guide had this to say about this package...
In the wake of the number one British ranking for 20 Golden Greats in 1978 and the release of the feature film The Buddy Holly Story, MCA U.K. assembled this six-LP box set (which finally was released in the U.S. in February 1981). It traces Buddy Holly's career from his country & western duo with Bob Montgomery in 1954/1955 to his 1956 Nashville sessions for Decca Records; the Clovis, NM, recordings with the Crickets and producer Norman Petty that launched his career in 1957; the New York sessions of 1958; the final 1958 demo recordings; the various posthumously overdubbed versions of the demos; and other assorted rarities. In other words, all the material that Decca/MCA previously had spread across seven LPs -- The "Chirping" Crickets, Buddy Holly, That'll Be the Day, Reminiscing, Showcase, Holly in the Hills, and Giant -- between 1957 and 1969 (not counting the many compilations) was here, plus more. The box also contained an extensive scrapbook, lots of liner notes, and a detailed discography. It was, thus, the state of the art in box sets just prior to the CD era, and given Holly's importance in the history of rock & roll, an essential album for any serious collector. With the passing of the LP era, it is out of print, and MCA claims to be gathering more unreleased material for some comparable box set, though years go by without its appearing. Meanwhile, if you needed one record album to demonstrate what the most popular music of the second half of the 20th century sounded like, this would be it.
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