Buddy Holly v. Decca

Comment by Elvis Fontenot on May 29, 2010 at 12:21pm

This is an amazing historical document. Wow.

Comment by Kyla Fairchild on May 29, 2010 at 3:45pm

Double wow! This is really something. Thanks for posting this Paul.

I guess some things never change.

Comment by Conqueroo on May 29, 2010 at 4:46pm

The artist vs. the cigar-chomping executive. A free agent when the option wasn't picked up, but can he get the unreleased masters? Definitely not. Forgetful of this undignified scenario, a street called Buddy Holly Drive runs alongside Universal City in L.A. Indeed thanks for posting this.

Comment by Scott on May 30, 2010 at 3:52pm

makes me sad to listen to...he sounds so disappointed.

Comment by Paul Whitfield on May 31, 2010 at 3:33pm

The day the music died in the can on the shelf.

Comment by sluggo on June 2, 2010 at 6:25am

money and driven talent ..like mixing oil and water...sometimes you`ll get salad dressing sometimes you`ll get a national disaster..
artists and investors..too bad it has to come down to a creative force needing a capitalists drug..

Comment by Jim on June 2, 2010 at 6:59am

Nice find...does anyone know what songs Decca was holding hostage? Did the songs ever get released by Decca or released to Mr. Holly? I would imagine that if there was anything "in the can" on Decca's shelves they would have been quick to cash in when Mr. Holly died.

Sometimes I hate lawyers and then sometimes I wish everybody had one on retainer. Seems that Mr. Holly sure needed one....what's that Hunter S Thompson quote concerning the music business?

Ah, yes..."The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side. "

Comment by charleskridge on June 2, 2010 at 2:12pm

And he is so polite, all the way through. What a class act, as if there were ever any doubt.

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