Record #0150: - The “Chirping” Crickets (EP) – THE CRICKETS

A1 “That’ll Be the Day”, A2 “I’m Lookin’ For Someone To Love”, B1 “Oh Boy!”, B2 “Not Fade Away”

Brunswick EB 71036 (original) USA, Nov. 1957
Words & Music by:  A1 – Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly, Norman Petty; A2 – Buddy Holly, Norman Petty; B1 – Sonny West, Bill Tilghman, Norman Petty; B2 – Norman Petty, Charles Hardin (= Buddy Holly)
Musicians:  Side A – Buddy Holly (lead guitar and vocals), Jerry Allison (drums), Larry Welborn (upright bass), Niki Sullivan (b-vocals), Ramona Tollett (b-vocals), Gary Tollett (b-vocals); Side B –  Buddy Holly (lead guitar and vocals), Jerry Allison (drums, cardboard box percussion & backing vocals on B2), Joe B. Mauldin (upright bass), Niki Sullivan (backing vocals on B2)
Recording sessions: Produced by Norman Petty at Norman Petty Studios, Clovis, NM, Side A – Feb.24-25, 1957; B1 – Jun. 29.-Jul. 1, 1957; B2 – May 27, 1957
Highest chart positions:  unknown (probably did quite well)

I took a random handful of records from the second box and chose the best one of those to be the 150^th record of the blog.

This was both Brunswick label’s and the Crickets’ first EP release. An album with the same name was released on Nov. 27, 1957.

Side A songs are from the single which I already posted here. Side B equals the group’s succeeding single release (Brunswick 55035, Oct. 27, 1957).

List price:  This is a quite rare piece. I wish I had the picture sleeve, too.