It is being released in the UK in April, before the US release in
May.

Julie


-- In NotFadeAway@yahoogroups.com, Naomi Reid
wrote:
> 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@g... 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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