Audio CD 5 August, 2002
Label: Beat Goes On - BGOCD563

ahcode: 22-IDBIMW

‘Holly In the Hills’ was originally released on the Coral label in 1965 and ‘Giant’ in 1969 on the MCA record label.

Holly In the Hills’ was the result of the acquisition by Coral Records of undiscovered Buddy Holly recordings for release to his legion of fans everywhere. Most of the songs on this LP were recorded in 1955 and are the product of a personal and musical friendship between Buddy and his boyhood friend, Bob Montgomery.

‘Giant’ was put together after Buddy’s death, using tapes brought in by Buddy’s parents which were then transferred to a multi-track recorder. New instruments were then added by some greats from the music world: George Tomsco on guitar, Jimmy Gilmer on guitar, Doug Roberts on drums and Stan Lark on bass. [notes from BGO Records release notice]