Ritchie Valens – Come On, Let's Go!

 

Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959), better known by his stage name Ritchie Valens, was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens died in a plane crash just eight months into his music career.

Valens had several hits, most notably "La Bamba", which he had adapted from a Mexican folk song. He transformed the song into one with a rock rhythm and beat, and it became a hit in 1958, making him a pioneer of the Spanish-speaking rock and roll movement. He also had an American number-two hit with "Donna".

On February 3, 1959, on what has become known as "The Day the Music Died", Valens died in a plane crash in Iowa, an accident that also claimed the lives of fellow musicians Buddy Holly and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, as well as pilot Roger Peterson. Valens was 17 years old at the time of his death. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, The Native American Music Awards Hall of Fame, The California Hall of Fame, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

This 3 Disc box set is of Ritchie Valens' work on the Del-fi label.

Disc 1 contains the LP's Ritchie Valens and Ritchie, Disc 2 contains Home Demo Recordings, Disc 3 is In Concert At Pacoima Junior High.

1-1 That's My Little Susie

1-2 In A Turkish Town

1-3 Come On, Let's Go

1-4 Donna

1-5 Boney Maronie

1-6 Ooh! My Head

1-7 La Bamba

1-8 Bluebirds Over The Mountain

1-9 Hi-Tone

1-10 Framed

1-11 We Belong Together

1-12 Dooby Dooby Wah

1-13 Stay Beside Me

1-14 Cry, Cry, Cry

1-15 Big Baby Blues

1-16 Paddi-Wack Song

1-17 My Darling Is Gone

1-18 Hurry Up

1-19 Little Girl

1-20 Now You're Gone

1-21 Fast Freight

1-22 Ritchie's Blues

1-23 Rockin' All Night

1-24 Cry, Cry, Cry (With Claves)

1-25 That's My Little Susie (Stereo)

1-26 La Bamba (Stereo)

2-1 We Belong Together (Demo)

2-2 Come On, Let's Go (Demo)

2-3 In A Turkish Town (Demo)

2-4 Dooby Dooby Wah (Demo)

2-5 Ritchie's Blues (Demo)

2-6 Bluebirds Over The Mountain (Demo)

2-7 Blues With Drums

2-8 I Got A Gal Named Sue

2-9 Donna (Take 2)

2-10 Blues Instrumental

2-11 Cry, Cry, Cry (Take 1)

2-12 Stay Beside Me (Demo)

2-13 Malaguena (With The Silhouettes)

2-14 Blues Slow

2-15 In A Turkish Town (Outtake)

2-16 Bluebirds Over The Mountain (Outtake)

2-17 Cry, Cry, Cry (Outtake)

3-1 Bob Keane Intro

3-2 Come On, Let's Go (Live)

3-3 Donna (Live)

3-4 Summertime Blues (Live)

3-5 From Beyond (Live)

3-6 La Bamba (Live)

3-7 Bob Keane Intro

3-8 Rhythm Song

3-9 Guitar Instrumental

3-10 Malaguena

3-11 Rock Little Darlin'

3-12 Let's Rock And Roll

3-13 Cry, Cry, Cry (Take 2)

3-14 Donna (Take 1)

3-15 Dooby Dooby Wah (Outtake)

3-16 That's My Little Susie (Outtake)

3-17 Ooh! My Soul (Early Test Fragment)

3-18 La Bamba (Band Track)

3-19 Donna Commercial

Ritchie Valens – Come On, Let's Go!