Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings and More

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

• 1 My Two‐Timin’ Woman 2:15
• 2 I’ll Just Pretend 2:20
• 3 Take These Shackles From My Heart 1:50
• 4 Footprints in the Snow 1:20
• 5 Flower of My Heart 2:36
• 6 Door to My Heart 2:23
• 7 Soft Place in My Heart 2:16
• 8 Gotta Get You Near Me Blues 1:53
• 9 I Gambled My Heart 2:43
• 10 You and I Are Through 2:05
• 11 Down the Line 2:03
• 12 Baby, Let’s Play House 2:28
• 13 Down the Line 2:19
• 14 You and I Are Through 2:08
• 15 Baby, It’s Love 1:53
• 16 Memories 2:16
• 17 Queen of the Ballroom 2:25
• 18 Memories 2:19
• 19 Moonlight Baby a.k.a. Baby, Won’t You Come Out Tonight 1:53
• 20 I Guess I Was Just a Fool 2:13
• 21 Don’t Come Back Knockin’ 1:59
• 22 Love Me 1:53
• 23 Midnight Shift 2:12
• 24 Midnight Shift (false start, alternate) 2:50
• 25 Don’t Come Back Knockin’ (alternate) 2:31
• 26 Don’t Come Back Knockin’ 2:15
• 27 Blue Days, Black Nights 2:05
• 28 Love Me 2:08
• 29 Baby Won’t You Come Out Tonight 1:57
• 30 I Guess I Was Just a Fool 2:16
• 31 It’s Not My Fault 1:21
• 32 I’m Gonna Set My Foot Down 2:18
• 33 Changin’ All Those Changes 1:41
• 34 Rock‐a‐Bye Rock 2:23
• 35 Because I Love You 2:38

Disc 2

• 1 Rock Around With Ollie Vee 2:12
• 2 I’m Changin’ All Those Changes 2:14
• 3 That’ll Be the Day 2:29
• 4 Girl on My Mind 2:18
• 5 Ting‐A‐Ling 2:42
• 6 Rock Around With Ollie Vee 2:19
• 7 Modern Don Juan 2:40
• 8 You Are My One Desire (false start) 0:10
• 9 You Are My One Desire 2:23
• 10 Gone (unissued) 1:15
• 11 Gone 1:12
• 12 Gone (alternate take) 1:16
• 13 Have You Ever Been Lonely (incomplete alternate) 0:53
• 14 Have You Ever Been Lonely (alternate) 1:28
• 15 Have You Ever Been Lonely 1:21
• 16 Brown‐Eyed Handsome Man 2:08
• 17 Good Rockin’ Tonight 1:57
• 18 Rip It Up 1:25
• 19 Blue Monday 1:57
• 20 Honky Tonk 3:26
• 21 Blue Suede Shoes 1:52
• 22 Shake, Rattle and Roll (partial) 1:21
• 23 Bo Diddley 2:19
• 24 Ain’t Got No Home 2:01
• 25 Holly Hop 1:38
• 26 Brown‐Eyed Handsome Man 2:03
• 27 Bo Diddley 2:22
• 28 I’m Looking for Someone to Love 1:58
• 29 That’ll Be the Day 2:17
• 30 Last Night (undubbed) 1:56
• 31 Maybe Baby (first version) 1:59
• 32 Words of Love 1:55
• 33 Mailman Bring Me No More Blues 2:12
• 34 Not Fade Away (alternate overdub) 2:23
• 35 Not Fade Away 2:22
• 36 Everyday 2:07

Disc 3

• 1 Ready Teddy 1:31
• 2 Valley of Tears 2:08
• 3 That’ll Be the Day (greetings to Bob Thiele) 0:34
• 4 That’ll Be the Day (greetings to Murray Deutch) 0:31
• 5 That’ll Be the Day (greetings to Bill Randle) 0:34
• 6 Peggy Sue (alternate take) 2:33
• 7 Peggy Sue 2:31
• 8 Listen to Me 2:22
• 9 Oh Boy (undubbed) 2:09
• 10 I’m Gonna Love You Too 2:14
• 11 Send Me Some Lovin’ (undubbed) 2:37
• 12 It’s Too Late (undubbed) 2:24
• 13 Oh Boy 2:09
• 14 An Empty Cup (and a Broken Date) 2:13
• 15 Rock Me My Baby 1:50
• 16 You’ve Got Love 2:08
• 17 Maybe Baby 2:03
• 18 Last Night 1:55
• 19 Send Me Some Lovin’ 2:36
• 20 It’s Too Late 2:24
• 21 Tell Me How 2:00
• 22 Little Baby 1:57
• 23 (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care 1:37
• 24 Look at Me 2:07
• 25 Mona (rehearsal) 2:06
• 26 Mona (version 1) 1:14
• 27 Mona (version 2) 3:25
• 28 Mona (version 3) 2:45
• 29 Rave On 1:50
• 30 That’s My Desire (two false starts plus undubbed master) 4:11
• 31 Well… All Right 2:14
• 32 Fool’s Paradise (alternate take 1) 2:30
• 33 Fool’s Paradise (alternate take 2) 2:33
• 34 Fool’s Paradise (undubbed master) 2:30

Disc 4

• 1 Think It Over (false start & rehearsal take) 2:13
• 2 Think It Over (undubbed alternate) 1:50
• 3 Think It Over (undubbed master) 1:50
• 4 Take Your Time (false start & alternate take) 3:31
• 5 Take Your Time 1:58
• 6 Fool’s Paradise 2:30
• 7 Think It Over 1:47
• 8 Lonesome Tears 1:48
• 9 It’s So Easy 2:11
• 10 Heartbeat 2:10
• 11 Love’s Made a Fool of You (undubbed) 2:04
• 12 Early in the Morning 2:07
• 13 Now We’re One (fragment) 0:13
• 14 Now We’re One 2:04
• 15 Come Back Baby 1:49
• 16 Reminiscing (undubbed) 2:00
• 17 True Love Ways (mono mix) 2:49
• 18 True Love Ways (stereo mix) 2:51
• 19 It Doesn’t Matter Anymore (mono) 2:05
• 20 It Doesn’t Matter Anymore (stereo) 2:05
• 21 Raining in My Heart (mono) 2:48
• 22 Raining in My Heart (stereo) 2:50
• 23 Moondreams (mono) 2:40
• 24 Moondreams (stereo) 2:42
• 25 You’re the One 1:34
• 26 That’s What They Say (w/fragment) 1:52
• 27 What to Do 1:54
• 28 Peggy Sue Got Married 1:50
• 29 That Makes It Tough 2:17
• 30 Crying, Waiting, Hoping 1:52
• 31 Learning the Game 1:34
• 32 Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie 1:13

Disc 5

• 1 Slippin’ and Slidin’ (slow version #1) 3:11
• 2 Slippin’ and Slidin’ (slow version #2) 3:35
• 3 Slippin’ and Slidin’ (fast version) 1:28
• 4 Drown in My Own Tears (fragment) / Buddy & Maria Elena Talking in Apartment 3:38
• 5 Dearest (alternate take) 1:13
• 6 Dearest 1:53
• 7 Untitled Instrumental (a/k/a Buddy’s Guitar / listed as “Tremolo Instrumental”) 1:20
• 8 Love Is Strange 1:46
• 9 Smokey Joe’s Cafe 2:16
• 10 Peggy Sue Got Married (overdubbed) 2:07
• 11 Crying, Waiting, Hoping (overdubbed) 2:14
• 12 That’s What They Say (version 2, overdubbed) 2:12
• 13 What to Do (overdubbed) 1:55
• 14 Learning the Game (overdubbed) 2:11
• 15 That Makes It Tough (overdubbed) 2:27
• 16 Baby Won’t You Come Out Tonight (overdubbed) 1:54
• 17 Because I Love You (overdubbed) 2:40
• 18 Changin’ All Those Changes (overdubbed) 1:43
• 19 I’m Gonna Set My Foot Down (overdubbed) 2:18
• 20 It’s Not My Fault (overdubbed) 1:52
• 21 Rock‐A‐Bye Rock (overdubbed) 2:23
• 22 Brown‐Eyed Handsome Man (overdubbed) 2:05
• 23 Bo Diddley (overdubbed) 2:22
• 24 What to Do (overdubbed) 1:55
• 25 Peggy Sue Got Married (overdubbed) 1:51
• 26 Crying, Waiting, Hoping (overdubbed) 2:06
• 27 That Makes It Tough (overdubbed) 2:17
• 28 That’s What They Say (overdubbed) 2:17
• 29 Learning the Game (overdubbed) 2:02
• 30 Reminiscing (overdubbed) 1:55
• 31 Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie (overdubbed) 1:55
• 32 Dearest (version 2, overdubbed) 1:53
• 33 Slippin’ and Slidin’ (slow version 2, overdubbed) 3:29

Disc 6

• 1 Baby Let’s Play House (I Wanna Play House With You) (overdubbed) 2:22
• 2 Down the Line (overdubbed) 2:04
• 3 Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie (overdub version 2) 1:56
• 4 Reminiscing (overdubbed) 1:56
• 5 Flower of My Heart (overdubbed) 2:35
• 6 Door to My Heart (overdubbed) 2:23
• 7 Soft Place in My Heart (overdubbed) 2:15
• 8 I Gambled My Heart (overdubbed) 2:42
• 9 Gotta Get You Near Me Blues (overdubbed) 1:53
• 10 Gone (version 3, overdubbed) 1:11
• 11 Rip It Up (overdubbed) 1:27
• 12 Honky Tonk (overdubbed) 3:28
• 13 Blue Suede Shoes (overdubbed) 1:54
• 14 Shake Rattle and Roll (overdubbed) 1:23
• 15 You and I Are Through (overdubbed) 2:06
• 16 Baby It’s Love (overdubbed) 1:51
• 17 Memories (overdubbed) 2:15
• 18 Queen of the Ballroom (overdubbed) 2:22
• 19 Love’s Made a Fool of You (overdubbed) 2:01
• 20 Wishing (mono, overdubbed) 2:03
• 21 Wishing (stereo, overdubbed) 2:03
• 22 Maybe Baby (overdubbed) 1:57
• 23 That’s My Desire (overdubbed) 2:25
• 24 Have You Ever Been Lonely (version 1, overdubbed) 1:27
• 25 Good Rockin’ Tonight (overdubbed) 2:02
• 26 Blue Monday (overdubbed) 2:03
• 27 Ain’t Got No Home (overdubbed) 2:05
• 28 Holly Hop (overdubbed) 1:44
• 29 Slippin’ and Slidin’ (overdubbed) 2:34
• 30 You’re the One (overdubbed) 2:05
• 31 Love Is Strange (overdubbed) 3:06
• 32 (Ummm, Oh Yeah) Dearest (overdubbed) 1:54
• 33 Smokey Joe’s Café (overdubbed) 2:13

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