BUDDY HOLLY • THAT´LL BE THE DAY • RARE 1958 PROMO DG PINK LABEL LP DECCA 8707

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“DECCA”, HOLLY’S FIRST MAJOR RECORD LABEL, AFTER FAILING TO PRODUCE A HIT SINGLE FROM HOLLY’S EARLY RECORDINGS, PACKAGED THESE 1956 TUNES AFTER HE HAD AN ACHIEVED WIDESPREAD SUCCESS WITH “THAT’LL BE THE DAY”, THE 1957 VERSION BACKED BY “THE CRICKETS”, ISSUED ON THE “BRUNSWICK” SISTER LABEL –––– RECORDINGS WERE DONE IN THREE DIFFERENT SESSIONS TYPICALLY RUNNING JUST 3 HOURS LONG, IN JANUARY, JULY AND NOVEMBER 1956 AT BRADLEY FILM AND RECORDING STUDIOS, 804 16TH AVE. SOUTH, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE . . . THIS ALBUM IS THE VERY RARE PROMOTIONAL COPY ISSUED IN APRIL, 1958, WITH DEEP GROOVED PINK LABELS. THE FLAT, THICK DISC HAS GLOSS AND SHOWS SOME SCATTERED, NON FEELABLE SCUFFS AND MARKS, PLAYS FINE WITH LOW SURFACE NOISE. THE COVER IS FREE OF WRITING, HAS SLIGHT WEAR TO SPINE AND UPPER SEAM, STILL IN VERY DECENT CONDITION –––– MATRIX NUMBERS MG 6148T1 / MG 6149T2 STAMPED IN THE RUNOUT.

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