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The Picks sing over Buddy - AGAIN

Jacobus T. Boot | Perth, Western Australia | 03/31/2005

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Despite there being no mention of the fact anywhere on the CD cover until you read the fineprint inside the front cover, this is definitely one of those hamfisted heavy-handed overdubs by the Picks. Buddy sounds great, the voices of the Picks spoil the CD. How many times are we going to get another disguised version of the Picks making money out of Buddy's music.Could the powers that be please remaster Buddy's music to remove imperfections in the recording, instead of adding them !All some or most of this overdubbed stuff was also released on
Forever 22 [SMDCD293]
Buddy Holly & The Picks - Greatest Hits [GP2047]
Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue (no mention of The Picks but they are there) [ETOCD029]
Buddy Holly - 57-59 The Rarities Collection (faint mention of The Picks on front) PLATCO521
The Very Best Of Buddy Holly (faint mention of The Picks but they are there) (Metro330)
Buddy Holly & The Picks - The Original Voices of The Crickets [CDNF088].
The Best of Buddy Holly - Heartbeat (faint mention of The Picks but they are there)(2PAZZ037)The only reason for not bothering to send it back is that the return freight costs more than the refund, I'll just toss it in the bin."

Buddy Holly Heartbeat 2-CD set

Manuel Quinones | San Antonio, TX | 08/19/2008

(2 out of 5 stars)

"My comments are uniformed with Mr. Boot's. There is a mixture of songs by Buddy Holly and The Crickets; Buddy Holly and The Picks, and The Picks. There are two songs by Buddy Holly and The Crickets only; the majority are with The Picks, the rest of the selections are by The Picks. In fine small white color print on the back cover that you cannot read are The Picks listed along with Buddy Holly and The Crickets. More fraud, waste, and abuse of Buddy Holly's material. SELLERS SHOULD ALWAYS LIST THE TRACKS AND ARTIST(S) ON THE CD. Do not buy unless you don't have the material with The Picks. There have been far too many releases of this over-rated material with various titles, using Buddy Holly's pictures, and name on the cover--ASK if this is The Picks material then be sorry."