WOW* RITCHIE VALENS * Authenic Original 1st Lp 1st Press * La Bamba, Donna * Ex
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A GREAT ONE FOR COLLECTORS
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RITCHIE VALENS 1959 DFLP 1201
Rare March 1959 release with mis-printed jacket (jacket lists a track - I Got A Gal Named Sue, label says and the true title is That's My Little Susie) The Label is the Blue & Black with circles (This is the ONLY Lp Del-Fi Records produced using this label and subsequent labels (saw tooth instead of circles, for example) came with later editions.
A VERY NICE COPY FOR A COLLECTOR
VINYL LOOKS VG+ / HAS A SQUIGGLEY MARK THAT COVERS TWO TRACKS BUT PLAYS EXCELLENT WITH MARKS NOT AFFECTING PLAYBACK. JACKET IS SOLID, 3 IN. SPLIT TOP SEAM, CORNERS SQUARE - ONE CORNER HAS SMALL TEAR AT SPINE(SEE PICTURE) SPINE IS OTHERWISE SOLID AND READABLE - NO NOTICEABLE SCUFFING (VG)
Ritchie Valens was only 17 when he died in 1959 in the same plane crash that claimed the lives of Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper, and he had only been working in a recording studio for about seven months when the tragedy occurred; thus, his musical legacy rests on about an album and a half of completed studio material, a poorly recorded high-school concert, and a handful of demos and rehearsal tapes. Valens' first album for Bob Keane's Del-Fi label presents essentially the only truly finished work Valens recorded. It includes Valens' big hit, "La Bamba"; its flip side, "Donna" (which was actually the A-side, but "La Bamba" has emerged over time as Valens' signature tune); a halting, beautiful version of "Bluebirds Over the Mountain"; and the oddly haunting "In a Turkish Town." It is impossible to know the kind of artist Valens would have developed into, but this set suggests that the loss to music on that fateful day in 1959 may have been even greater than many realize.
Online review, Steve Leggett, Allmusic.com
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