Holly Days

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Holly Days
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 13, 1977
RecordedAugust 1976
StudioRude Studio, Campbeltown
Genre Rock, lo-fi
Length29:49
Label EMI
Magic Records
Producer Paul McCartney
Denny Laine chronology
Ahh...Laine
(1973)
Holly Days
(1977)
Japanese Tears
(1980)
Singles from Holly Days
  1. "It's So Easy"/"Listen to Me" b/w "I'm Looking for Someone to Love"
    Released: 1977
  2. "Moondreams" b/w "Heartbeat"
    Released: 1977
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Holly Days is the second album by guitarist Denny Laine, released in 1977. It was recorded by him with fellow Wings members Paul and Linda McCartney. The album is a tribute to singer-songwriter Buddy Holly and comprises eleven cover versions of songs originally recorded (and in some cases written or co-written) by Holly, most of them lesser-known.

Contents

Background

Paul McCartney's MPL Communications had recently bought the publishing rights to Holly's catalogue, [2] and – Laine told the press at the time – it was McCartney's father-in-law, John Eastman, who suggested that Laine record an album of tracks from this acquisition. [3] Paul McCartney laid down the basic tracks, including some overdubs, on his four-track recorder. Laine and Linda McCartney added some instrumental parts and all three joined in on the vocals; Laine sang lead and the McCartneys harmonised, [4] making this an unofficial Wings reunion of sorts. This was also the first time the core trio of Laine and the McCartney's had played by themselves on a studio album since Band on the Run . [lower-alpha 1] Due to the rudimentary recording methods used to capture the "Buddy Holly style", only tracks 2 and 3 are actually in stereo.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Heartbeat" (Bob Montgomery, Norman Petty) – 2:37
  2. "Moondreams" (Petty) – 2:41
  3. "Rave On" (Sonny West, Bill Tilghman, Petty) – 1:53
  4. "I'm Gonna Love You Too" (Joe Mauldin, Niki Sullivan, Petty) – 2:15
  5. "Fool's Paradise" (Sonny Le Claire, Horace Linsley, Petty) – 2:46
  6. "Lonesome Tears (Instrumental)" (Buddy Holly) – 3:05
Side two
  1. "It's So Easy"/"Listen to Me" (Holly, Petty/Charles Hardin, Petty) – 3:47
  2. "Look at Me" (Petty, Holly, Jerry Allison) – 3:10
  3. "Take Your Time" (Holly, Petty) – 3:38
  4. "I'm Looking for Someone to Love (Instrumental)" (Holly, Petty) – 3:57

Personnel

Production

Notes

  1. Wings were slated to tour in 1977, but due to two members having left and Linda being pregnant with her and Paul's third child, the tour with the trio lineup did not happen.

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Sanjek, t. l. R. (1988). American Popular Music and Its Business: The First Four Hundred Years, Volume III: From 1900-1984. United States: Oxford University Press. p.539
  3. Joe Earle, 'The Holiday Album', Greenville (South Carolina) News, June 19, 1977, p. 4
  4. "Holly Days (Album)".