Ritchie Valens - The very best of

1995

Track Listing                                                  

1. La bama                                                       12. Bluebirds over the mountain      

2. That's my little Suzie                                     13. Paddi-wack song  

3. Hurry up                                                       14. Rockin' all night         

4. Donna                                                          15. Framed                              

5. Malaguena                                                   16. Hi-tone                                             

6. Ooh my head                                                17. Big baby blues                                  

7. Bony maronie                                               18. Stay beside me                                                     

8. Little girl                                                       19. Dooby dooby wah                               

9. We belong together                                      20. Fast freight           

10. Cry cry cry                                                  21. In a Turkish town

11. Ritchie's blues                                            22. Come on, lets go

Band Members:   

Ritchie Valens - Vocals, guitar     Several other musicians - All other Instruments     Produced By : Robert Keane

Notes

This is a compilation album of Ritchie Valens.  Valens never released an album while he was alive. This is just one of several best of compilations of Ritchie's work.

Recommendations

If you are a fan of Rock n Roll, then you must have this or some other Ritchie Valens compilation in your collection.  This album has a good mix of Spanish Rock, Blues, Doo-Wop, and of course, Rock n Roll.

If you plan on purchasing The Very best of Ritchie Valens

Good luck, this is a hard one to come by.  I previously owned another Valens album before I owned this, and that was the Ritchie Valens Story.  It was a nice album, it had some demos, and some stories told by Bob Keane.  But something was missing for me.  It only had a demo version of Donna, and the track We Belong Together was not on the album, which is my favorite Valens track.  So I sold that one on E-bay, and did some major searching and came across this album, and to me there could not be a better Valens album.  You've got all the tracks from his only studio album, plus ten more on top of that.  This album is hard to come by, as is a lot of his work.  You can take a look at Cdnow.com and see what is available.

If you don't plan on purchasing The Very best of Ritchie Valens but want to hear some tracks from it

If you're only familiar with his hits, then you are really missing out on some good material.  I recommend my top 5 tracks plus a few more.  Your best bet is if you can get your hands on this album or another Valens compilation then you must pick it up.  If not, I have listed my personal top five tracks from this album which can be purchased at  Itunes or Napster.

Ritchie Valens Home Page.

My Top 5