Come On, Let's Go! [Box set, Original recording remastered]

Ritchie Valens | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 5, 1998)
• Original Release Date: May 26, 1998
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Box set, Original recording remastered
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Del-Fi Records
• ASIN: B00000619B
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #311,473 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. That's My Little Suzie

2. In A Turkish Town

3. Come On, Let's Go

4. Donna

5. Boney Maronie

6. Ooh! My Head

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. We Belong Together

2. Come On, Let's Go

3. In A Turkish Town

4. Dooby Dooby Wah

5. Ritchie's Blues

6. Bluebirds Over The Mountain

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Bob Keane Intro

2. Come On, Let's Go

3. Donna

4. Summertime Blues

5. From Beyond

6. La Bamba

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ritchie Is The King of the CENTURY!, July 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Come On, Let's Go! (Audio CD)

This boxed set demonstrates how great Ritchie's music and personality was.Disc 3 is a live performance by Ritchie Valens!Another cool thing to do is is listen to Come On, Let's Go and We Belong Together on Disc ONE and then listen to the same two songs on Disc TWO.It bares no resemblence!You Get a great Ritchie poster, Ritchie postcards, and a 62 page picture booklet with many rare photos.But at any rate if your a Valens fan this is a must!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything he recorded in his all-too-short life, September 21, 2002

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"crazycjh" (Cookstown, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Come On, Let's Go! (Audio CD)

Arguably the first Chicano rocker, Ritchie provided three hits - his first release "Come On, Let's Go", scrapping the Top 40, and his double-sided smash "Donna/La Bamba", released just prior to his tragic death on February 3, 1959 [along with Buddy Holly & The Big Bopper]
But, beyond the 3 hits, and the all-too-brief career, Ritchie provided inspiration to many others along the way. Despite the maudlin nature on deejay Tommy Dee's tribute song "Three Stars", there is a degree of truth in the line "Why did God call him so far away; perhaps to light a star to show the way". Ritchie's "star" shone brightly as inspiration to others. From soundalike Chris Montez to fellow Latino Trini Lopez to instrumental band El Chicano to guitar impressario Santana, Ritchie's meteoric rise gave the foundation not only to Chicano Rock, but to many others. Ritchie was amongst the first to write his own songs, do his own arrangements, and play his own guitar.
Although there is much in this box set that is minimal in terms of actual music value, there is a sense of what Ritchie might have been (or might NOT have been).
From his mawkish cover of Ersel Hickey's BLUEBIRDS OVER THE MOUNTAIN to his plaintiff take of Robert & Johnny's WE BELONG TOGETHER, Ritchie gives his own soul to the material.
Sit quietly in a dim-lit room and listen to IN A TURKISH TOWN, or clap your hands and dance around to DOOBY-DOOBY-WAH. Ritchie died in his teens, and it's been more than 40 years since he's been gone, but as the old saying goes - his music lives on in the heart of his fans (both old & new)

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MORE ABOUT VALENS THAN I THOUGHT!, March 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Come On, Let's Go! (Audio CD)

I bought a Ritchie Valens tape in 1988, and I thought all of those songs on there, were the only ones he had ever recorded. This box set sure proved me wrong! I don't understand why the motion picture(innacurate) did not include most of these songs. Sure is a shame of what happened to Ritchie in 1959, along with the other two men. Really makes you wonder what rock n'roll would have been like. Unfortunately, there music would probably not be respected as much, being that we live in such a "take everything for granted society". Jimi Hendrix once said, "People don't seem to notice rock singers, until after they are dead". That' true, I don't hear people talking much about Jon Bon Jovi, or even Van Halen. But this was a wonderful, very complete box set!