Showcase (Buddy Holly album)

Showcase is a compilation album by American rock and roll singer Buddy Holly. The album was released as an LP record in both mono and stereo formats in May 1964 (see 1964 in music).

Showcase
Compilation album by
Buddy Holly
ReleasedMay 1964 (1964-05)
Recorded1956–1959 and 1963
StudioNorman Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico
GenreRock and roll, rockabilly
LabelCoral
ProducerNorman Petty
Buddy Holly chronology
Reminiscing
(1963)		 Showcase
(1964)		 Holly in the Hills
(1965)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Showcase was Buddy Holly's fourth posthumously released album and the third album to feature previously unreleased material. The original recordings were overdubbed by the Fireballs in 1963.

The album was released on CD for the first time in 1992 by Castle Communications in the UK.[2]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Shake, Rattle and Roll"
  2. "Rock Around with Ollie Vee"
  3. "Honky Tonk"
  4. "I Guess I Was Just a Fool"
  5. "(Ummm, Oh Yeah) Dearest"
  6. "You're the One"

Side B

  1. "Blue Suede Shoes"
  2. "Come Back Baby"
  3. "Rip It Up"
  4. "Love's Made a Fool of You"
  5. "Gone"
  6. "Girl On My Mind"

Charts

Album
Chart (1964) Peak
position
UK Album Charts 3[3]

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Buddy Holly - Showcase Retrieved April 12, 2017
  3. "Buddy Holly - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
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