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# Del-Fi Records Story

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CD 1 1. La Bamba- Ritchie Valens 2. Cherrystone- The Addrisi Brothers 3. The Hippy Hippy Shake-Chan Romero 4. Miserlou-The Lively Ones 5. Your Nose Is Gonna Grow-Johnny Crawford 6. Your Mama Said No-Vickie Diaz 7. School's Out-Myron Lee 8. Lonesome Drifter-Jerico Brown 9. Fortune Teller-Bobby Curtola 10. That's My Little Suzie-Ritchie Valens 11. Splish Splash-Desda 12. Tonight-Carlos Brothers 13. Lonely Guy-The Gallahads 14. A Little More Wine, My Dear-The Hawks 15. Fast Freight-Arvee Allens 16. Patti Ann-Johnny Crawford 17. If I Had My Way-Chan Romero 18. This Other-Bonnie Owens 19. Ten Commandments Of Love- Little Caesar & The Romans 20. Hey Then, There Now-Jackie Burns 21. Cry Cry Cry-Ritchie Valens 22. Lookin' For A Job-Little Joe Mosley & The Sequins 23. All The Gang Knows-Lonnie & The Carollons 24. I Cry And Cry-Bobby Curtola 25. Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You)- Little Caesar & The Romans CD 2 1. Come On, Let's Go- Ritchie Valens 2. Gonna See My Baby- The Addrisi Brothers 3. Jungle Fever- The Shadows 4. My Little Ruby- Chan Romero 5. Cindy's Birthday- Johnny Crawford 6. My Heart's Tongue Tied- Bobby Curtola 7. Guitarget- The Lively Ones 8. For Eternity- Vickie Diaz 9. Memories Of Those Oldies But Goodies- Little Caesar & The Romans 10. If I Had my Way- Chan Romero 11. Donna- Ritchie Valens 12. I'm Without A Girlfriend- The Gallahads 13. Tell Me- Gerry Langford 14. Rumors- Johnny Crawford 15. It's Time To Go- Carlos Brothers 16. Fever- Little Caesar & The Romans 17. I Don't Care Now- Chan Romero 18. What In The World Can I Do- The Hep Cats 19. Aladdin- Bobby Curtola 20. Big Baby Blues- Arvee Allens 21. Morning Star- The Balladeers 22. Fussy- The Hawks 23. He Is- Pippy Shannon 24. Little Girl- Ricky Dean 25. We Belong Together- Ritchie Valens

Review: GOOD OVERVIEW OF THE EARLY YEARS AT DEL-FI RECORDS - This nice little 2 CD set collects quite a few good/great sides from the early years (1959-1962) from Del-Fi Records. Like other sets in this series the sound is fine, and there's skimpy liner notes, along with a few photos of some of the artists. The music ranges from 3 to 4 "stars" depending on the song/artist. I like to hear the lesser known artists on different labels even if they were never popular. Also, because I'm from that era, this collection is a strong 3 1/2 "stars". Is every track worth multiple hearings? Maybe not (depending on your likes/dislikes), but taken as a whole this is a pretty god representation of the label during these years. Fans of that musical period will recognize artists like Ritchie Valens (his hits "La Bamba", "Come on Let's Go' and others were on Del-Fi), TV star Johnny Crawford ("The Rifleman") with "Cindy's Birthday" among others, and The Lively Ones, with "Miserlou" and "Guitarget" are all here. But there's a passel of good tracks from lesser known artists like Chan Romero ("The Hippy Hippy Shake", "If I Had My Way"--which is mistakenly on both discs), or Bonnie Owens' c&w song "This Other". And listen to Vickie Diaz' boppin' "Your Mama Said No" (similar to Valens' style), or Myron Lee, with his Bo Diddley-like "Schools Out". Also worth hearing is Jericho Brown's pop-blues (?) "Lonesome Drifter", or Little Caesar & The Romans' "Ten Commandments of Love". Check out The Shadows' "Jungle Fever", or the lush sounding "I'm Without a Girlfriend" by The Gallahads. Another great tune is the slow dance/romantic slowy "Tonight", by Arvee Allen. But you get the idea. If you're of a certain age (and especially if you grew up in SoCal), this music will take you back to that whole pre-Beatles era, before music changed forever. The wide range of styles is refreshing--Del-Fi had a policy of listening to virtually anyone who walked in the door--and that "open-ear" way of doing business meant that a lot of different music was released as singles and albums. This is one of the better sets in this series, along with the 3 CD "Poison Ivy: Gems From The Atco Vaults 1959-1962", the 2 CD "Hard To Get: The Challenge Story", the 3 CD "Good For Nothin': The Vogue Story 1956-1962", the 3 CD "Up On The Roof: Gems From The Atlantic Vaults 1961-1962", and the 3 CD "Wait A Minute: Stax & Satellite Story 1959-1962". No doubt there's others in this fine series that contain more good music, but these are the sets I'm familiar with.
Review: I agree with the gist of most reviews, some hits and a lot of filler misses - Some recordings are really good in audio quality regardless of whether or not they're mono or dubbed in stereo. A few recordings sound like they were recorded from the bottom of a dry well with both the vocalist and the band echoing through a narrow tube. The sound quality on some tracks are painful to listen to, even if the melody is unfamiliar or the song is being heard for the first time, one would gather that the reason these particular songs never became a hit are clearly evident by the sheer audacity and derivative nature of some songs, the clear winners in sound quality are the 4 tracks sung by Johnny Crawford, other tracks are ok and if you don't have these tracks, then you're a bit richer music collection-wise. One song (track 25 disc 1) appears to be the original song I remember, then on disc 2, the same group gets lazy and appears to try and cash in on the popularity of the original song by putting out a slightly different title "memories of", (those oldies but goodies) which in and of itself is redundant in the sense that if one is singing about a particular genre of music, it's a poor choice of words to say "I have memories of the memories of old, (but good) music". I regret buying this, but I suppose the liner notes and a few of the rarer songs make it a worthwhile purchase, but other wise I assume the reason no MP3 samples are provided mean "buyer beware" if you're not familiar with these songs by these artists. A final note is a female sung version of "splish splash" which is unique and she sings it in a slightly similar fashion like the more famous version by Bobby Darin who sang his version as if someone were tickling him while he sung splish splash.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | B00C1Y7J3Y |
| Customer Reviews | 4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars (25) |
| Date First Available  | April 5, 2013 |
| Label  | Traditions Alive |
| Manufacturer  | Traditions Alive |
| Number of discs  | 1 |
| Product Dimensions  | 4.88 x 5.59 x 0.55 inches; 3.53 ounces |

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐ GOOD OVERVIEW OF THE EARLY YEARS AT DEL-FI RECORDS
*by S***N on July 19, 2013*

This nice little 2 CD set collects quite a few good/great sides from the early years (1959-1962) from Del-Fi Records. Like other sets in this series the sound is fine, and there's skimpy liner notes, along with a few photos of some of the artists. The music ranges from 3 to 4 "stars" depending on the song/artist. I like to hear the lesser known artists on different labels even if they were never popular. Also, because I'm from that era, this collection is a strong 3 1/2 "stars". Is every track worth multiple hearings? Maybe not (depending on your likes/dislikes), but taken as a whole this is a pretty god representation of the label during these years. Fans of that musical period will recognize artists like Ritchie Valens (his hits "La Bamba", "Come on Let's Go' and others were on Del-Fi), TV star Johnny Crawford ("The Rifleman") with "Cindy's Birthday" among others, and The Lively Ones, with "Miserlou" and "Guitarget" are all here. But there's a passel of good tracks from lesser known artists like Chan Romero ("The Hippy Hippy Shake", "If I Had My Way"--which is mistakenly on both discs), or Bonnie Owens' c&w song "This Other". And listen to Vickie Diaz' boppin' "Your Mama Said No" (similar to Valens' style), or Myron Lee, with his Bo Diddley-like "Schools Out". Also worth hearing is Jericho Brown's pop-blues (?) "Lonesome Drifter", or Little Caesar & The Romans' "Ten Commandments of Love". Check out The Shadows' "Jungle Fever", or the lush sounding "I'm Without a Girlfriend" by The Gallahads. Another great tune is the slow dance/romantic slowy "Tonight", by Arvee Allen. But you get the idea. If you're of a certain age (and especially if you grew up in SoCal), this music will take you back to that whole pre-Beatles era, before music changed forever. The wide range of styles is refreshing--Del-Fi had a policy of listening to virtually anyone who walked in the door--and that "open-ear" way of doing business meant that a lot of different music was released as singles and albums. This is one of the better sets in this series, along with the 3 CD "Poison Ivy: Gems From The Atco Vaults 1959-1962", the 2 CD "Hard To Get: The Challenge Story", the 3 CD "Good For Nothin': The Vogue Story 1956-1962", the 3 CD "Up On The Roof: Gems From The Atlantic Vaults 1961-1962", and the 3 CD "Wait A Minute: Stax & Satellite Story 1959-1962". No doubt there's others in this fine series that contain more good music, but these are the sets I'm familiar with.

### ⭐⭐⭐ I agree with the gist of most reviews, some hits and a lot of filler misses
*by T***Y on April 12, 2014*

Some recordings are really good in audio quality regardless of whether or not they're mono or dubbed in stereo. A few recordings sound like they were recorded from the bottom of a dry well with both the vocalist and the band echoing through a narrow tube. The sound quality on some tracks are painful to listen to, even if the melody is unfamiliar or the song is being heard for the first time, one would gather that the reason these particular songs never became a hit are clearly evident by the sheer audacity and derivative nature of some songs, the clear winners in sound quality are the 4 tracks sung by Johnny Crawford, other tracks are ok and if you don't have these tracks, then you're a bit richer music collection-wise. One song (track 25 disc 1) appears to be the original song I remember, then on disc 2, the same group gets lazy and appears to try and cash in on the popularity of the original song by putting out a slightly different title "memories of", (those oldies but goodies) which in and of itself is redundant in the sense that if one is singing about a particular genre of music, it's a poor choice of words to say "I have memories of the memories of old, (but good) music". I regret buying this, but I suppose the liner notes and a few of the rarer songs make it a worthwhile purchase, but other wise I assume the reason no MP3 samples are provided mean "buyer beware" if you're not familiar with these songs by these artists. A final note is a female sung version of "splish splash" which is unique and she sings it in a slightly similar fashion like the more famous version by Bobby Darin who sang his version as if someone were tickling him while he sung splish splash.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good..
*by D***H on September 21, 2016*

Good...some cuts seemed to be from an original 45rpm...but maybe that's all they had to work with. The major tunes like "Donna" sounded wonderful.

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