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Fool's Paradise (alternate take 2)

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On Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings and More

2009 · 170 tracks

01Slippin' and Slidin' (slow version #1)3:11
01My Two Timin' Woman (home recording)2:15
01Ready Teddy1:31
01Think It Over (false start & rehearsal take, take 1)2:13
01Rock Around With Ollie Vee2:12
02Valley of Tears2:08
02Think It Over (undubbed alternate)1:50
02I'm Changin' All Those Changes2:14
02Slippin' and Slidin' (slow version #2)3:35
02I'll Just Pretend (home recording)2:21
03Think It Over (undubbed master)1:50
03That'll Be the Day2:29
03That'll Be the Day (greetings to Bob Thiele)0:34
03Slippin' and Slidin' (fast version)1:28
03Take These Shackles From My Heart (home recording)1:51
04That'll Be the Day (greetings to Murray Deutch)0:31
04Drown in My Own Tears (fragment) / Buddy & Maria Elena Talking in Apartment3:39
04Footprints in the Snow1:20
04Take Your Time (alternate)3:31
04Girl on My Mind2:18
05Dearest (alternate take)1:14
05Ting‐A‐Ling2:42
05That'll Be the Day (greetings to Bill Randle)0:34
05Take Your Time1:58
05Flower of My Heart2:36
06Rock Around With Ollie Vee (Nov.)2:19
06Dearest1:53
06Fool's Paradise2:30
06Door to My Heart2:23
06Peggy Sue (alternate take)2:33
07Soft Place in My Heart2:16
07Peggy Sue2:31
07[untitled instrumental]1:20
07Modern Don Juan2:40
07Think It Over1:47
08Listen to Me2:22
08Love Is Strange (Undubbed version)1:47
08Gotta Get You Near Me Blues1:54
08Lonesome Tears1:48
08You Are My One Desire (false start)0:10
09Smokey Joe's Café (undubbed)2:16
09Oh Boy! (undubbed)2:09
09It's So Easy2:11
09You Are My One Desire2:23
09I Gambled My Heart2:44
10Peggy Sue Got Married2:07
10Gone1:15
10You and I Are Through2:05
10I'm Gonna Love You Too2:14
10Heartbeat2:10
11Love's Made a Fool of You (undubbed)2:04
11Gone1:12
11Send Me Some Lovin' (undubbed)2:37
11Crying, Waiting, Hoping2:15
11Down the Line (version 1)2:04
12Baby, Let's Play House2:28
12It's Too Late (undubbed)2:24
12Early in the Morning2:07
12Gone (alternate take)1:16
12That's What They Say (version 2)2:13
13Have You Ever Been Lonely (incomplete alternate take)0:53
13Down the Line (version 2)2:19
13Now We're One (fragment)0:13
13What to Do1:56
13Oh, Boy!2:09
14Learning the Game2:12
14An Empty Cup (and a Broken Date)2:13
14You and I Are Through2:09
14Now We're One2:04
14Have You Ever Been Lonely (alternate take)1:28
15Come Back Baby1:49
15Rock Me My Baby1:50
15That Makes It Tough2:27
15Baby It's Love1:54
15Have You Ever Been Lonely1:21
16Memories2:16
16Baby Won't You Come Out Tonight1:55
16Reminiscing (undubbed)2:00
16Brown-Eyed Handsome Man2:08
16You've Got Love2:08
17Because I Love You2:40
17Queen of the Ballroom2:26
17Good Rockin' Tonight1:57
17Maybe Baby2:03
17True Love Ways (mono)2:49
18True Love Ways (stereo)2:51
18Last Night1:55
18Rip It Up1:25
18Memories2:20
18Changin' All Those Changes1:44
19It Doesn't Matter Anymore (mono)2:05
19Moonlight Baby (Baby, Won't You Come Out Tonight)1:53
19Send Me Some Lovin'2:36
19I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down2:18
19Blue Monday1:57
20Honky Tonk3:26
20It's Not My Fault1:52
20It Doesn't Matter Anymore (stereo)2:05
20I Guess I Was Just a Fool2:14
20It's Too Late2:24
21Rock-A-Bye Rock2:24
21Tell Me How2:00
21Raining in My Heart (mono)2:48
21Don't Come Back Knockin'2:00
21Blue Suede Shoes1:52
22Shake, Rattle and Roll1:21
22Raining in My Heart (stereo)2:50
22Little Baby1:57
22Love Me1:53
22Brown Eyed Handsome Man2:05
23Midnight Shift2:12
23Moondreams (mono)2:40
23Baby, I Don't Care1:37
23Bo Diddley2:19
23Bo Diddley2:22
24Look at Me2:07
24What to Do1:55
24Moondreams (stereo)2:42
24Ain't Got No Home2:01
24Midnight Shift (false start, alternate)2:50
25Holly Hop1:38
25Peggy Sue Got Married (version 2)1:51
25Don't Come Back Knockin' (alternate)2:32
25You're the One1:34
25Mona (rehearsal)2:06
26Brown Eyed Handsome Man (undubbed)2:03
26Mona (version 1)1:14
26Don't Come Back Knockin'2:16
26That's What They Say1:52
26Crying, Waiting, Hoping (overdubbed)2:07
27What to Do1:54
27Mona (version 2)3:25
27Blue Days, Black Nights2:06
27That Makes It Tough2:18
27Bo Diddley2:22
28Peggy Sue Got Married1:50
28Love Me2:08
28That's What They Say2:17
28I'm Looking for Someone to Love1:58
28Mona (version 3)2:45
29That'll Be the Day2:17
29That Makes It Tough2:17
29Rave On1:50
29Learning the Game2:02
29Baby Won't You Come Out Tonight1:57
30I Guess I Was Just a Fool2:17
30Reminiscing1:56
30Crying, Waiting, Hoping1:52
30Last Night (undubbed)1:56
30That's My Desire (two false starts plus undubbed master)4:11
31Maybe Baby (first version)1:59
31Well… All Right2:14
31Learning the Game1:34
31It's Not My Fault1:21
31Wait Till The Sun Shines, Nellie1:55
32I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down2:18
32Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie1:13
32Fool's Paradise (alternate take 1)2:30
32Dearest (version 2)1:53
32Words of Love1:55
33Fool's Paradise (alternate take 2)2:33
33Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues2:12
33Slippin' and Slidin' (slow version)3:30
33Changing All Those Changes1:41
34Not Fade Away (alternate overdub)2:23
34Fool's Paradise (undubbed master)2:30
34Rock‐A‐Bye Rock2:23
35Not Fade Away2:22
35Because I Love You2:38
36Everyday2:07