Down the Line: Rarities

Down the Line: Rarities is a 2009 compilation album of American singer–songwriter and rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly's alternate takes and demos. It includes the original undubbed "garage tapes" with The Crickets and the "Apartment Tapes", which were recorded in the months before his death. Along with Memorial Collection, this album was released a week prior to the 50th anniversary of Holly's death (February 3, 1959) on January 27, 2009.

Down the Line: Rarities
Compilation album by
Buddy Holly
ReleasedJanuary 27, 2009
Recorded1949 - January 20, 1959
GenreRock and roll
Length120:55
LabelUMe, Geffen, Decca
ProducerNorman Petty, Milton De Lugg, Andy McKaie (compilation)
Buddy Holly chronology
Not Fade Away
(2008)		 Down the Line: Rarities
(2009)		 Memorial Collection
(2009)

The compilation album chronicles Holly's journey from a 13-year-old novice (the album features his very first recording, a cover of Hank Snow's "My Two-Timin' Woman") in Lubbock, Texas through to his early recordings with The Crickets and unsuccessful contract with Decca Records to his recordings in New York after signing with Coral Records.

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