Showcase (Buddy Holly album)

Showcase is a compilation album by American rock and roll singer Buddy Holly. The album was released as an LP record in both mono and stereo formats in May 1964 (see 1964 in music).

Showcase
Compilation album by Buddy Holly
Released	May 1964 (1964-05)
Recorded	1956–1959 and 1963
Studio	Norman Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico
Genre	Rock and roll rockabilly
Length	23:28
Label	Coral
Producer	Norman Petty
Buddy Holly chronology
Reminiscing (1963) Showcase (1964) Holly in the Hills (1965)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Record Mirror	[2]

Showcase was Buddy Holly's fourth posthumously released album and the third album to feature previously unreleased material. The original recordings were overdubbed by the Fireballs in 1963.

The album was released on CD for the first time in 1992 by Castle Communications in the UK.^[3]

Track listing

Side A

1. "Shake, Rattle and Roll" - 1:24
2. "Rock Around with Ollie Vee" - 2:13
3. "Honky Tonk" - 3:28
4. "I Guess I Was Just a Fool" - 2:16
5. "(Ummm, Oh Yeah) Dearest" - 1:54
6. "You're the One" - 1:32

Side B

1. "Blue Suede Shoes" - 1:55
2. "Come Back Baby" - 1:49
3. "Rip It Up" - 1:28
4. "Love's Made a Fool of You" - 2:00
5. "Gone" - 1:12
6. "Girl On My Mind" - 2:17

Charts

Album

Chart (1964)	Peak position
UK Album Charts	3[4]