Hi,

Is this being released in the u.k at all? if its not
wud sum1 be willing to get two copies and sell one to
me please because i really want the DVD.

Naomi



--- jonerik@... wrote:
>
> February 25, 2005, 8:20 AM ET
>
> Holly Celebrated With Anniversary Set
>
> Universal Music International is prepping what it
> calls the definitive
> audio/video collection of a lost rock'n'roll icon.
> Due April 25 in the
> United Kingdom, "The Music of Buddy Holly and the
> Crickets" will boast a
> DVD collecting archive footage and new interviews
> and a bonus 20-track
> audio disc.
>
> In North America, the DVD/CD package will be
> released via Universal's
> Geffen label and will be titled "The Definitive
> Collection." At deadline
> a specific release date for the region has not been
> confirmed.
>
> The release marks the 50th anniversary of Holly's
> first appearance
> opening a set of Texas shows for Elvis Presley and
> Bill Haley & the
> Comets.
>
> The DVD will include clips of Holly and his band
> performing such
> well-known hits as "That'll Be the Day," "Peggy
> Sue," "It's So Easy,"
> "Rave On" and "Maybe Baby." Also featured will be
> 1957-58 appearances on
> "The Ed Sullivan Show."
>
> Among the interviews are conversations with Crickets
> drummer Jerry
> (J.I.) Allison, backing vocalists John Pickering and
> Ray Rush, early
> Crickets bassist Joe Mauldin, and guitarists Sonny
> Curtis and Tommy
> Allsup. It was Allsup who gave Ritchie Valens his
> seat on the plane that
> crashed in Clear Lake, Iowa, on Feb. 2, 1959,
> killing him, Valens and
> the Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson).
>
> Rare audio interviews with late producers Dick
> Jacobs and Norman Petty,
> the latter also being Holly's manager, are also
> included on the DVD.
>
> While the CD includes most well-known Holly songs,
> its track listing was
> chosen by those who played, sang and wrote on or
> inspired the original
> recordings.
>
> Last year, Geffen issued a remastered version of
> Holly's first two
> albums, 1957's "The 'Chirping' Crickets" and 1958's
> "Buddy Holly," in
> conjunction with the 50th anniversary of rock'n'roll
> that was
> spearheaded by a celebration in Memphis. Both discs
> were augmented by
> additional tracks.
>
> Here is the "The Music of Buddy Holly and the
> Crickets" bonus CD track
> list:
>
> "That'll Be the Day"
> "Not Fade Away"
> "Everyday"
> "Peggy Sue"
> "Listen to Me"
> "Oh Boy"
> "Send Me Some Lovin'"
> "It's Too Late"
> "Maybe Baby"
> "Rock Me My Baby"
> "Rave On"
> "Well...All Right"
> "Think It Over"
> "Lonesome Tears"
> "It's So Easy"
> "Early in the Morning"
> "It Doesn't Matter Anymore"
> "Raining in My Heart"
> "Peggy Sue Got Married"
> "Crying, Waiting, Hoping"
>
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