EP Collection CD

Buddy Holly and The Crickets
The Jasmine EP Collection CD

Buddy Holly belongs to that select group of artists whose importance and influence eclipse the need for statistical corroboration.
Indeed, given that no one has ever recorded an absolutely 100% perfect body of work, Holly came pretty damn close.
No matter which collection of his recordings you listen to, it always sounds great.
This collection of 36 killer cuts is a classic example; drawn from EPs issued variously in the US, the UK, West Germany and Australia between 1957 and 1962, it features a selection of hits, misses, B-sides, LP tracks, Buddy’s pre-Crickets “solo” sides, and a handful of posthumously-released versions of songs from his legendary apartment tapes.
The tracks are sequenced in the order that they were originally recorded, rather than released, as it makes more sense to hear them in this chronology.