Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Ritchie Valens rare studio outtake

I recently came across this rare recording of Ritchie Valens' Come On Let's Go. I guess he had to shorten some of these notes so the song could fit on a 45. Also I never knew he was part robot.

4 comments:

Matthew Frederick said...

friggin' record execs.

just sandwiches said...

the strange harmonics and timbre of his voice pre-dated timestretch artifacts by decades, and yet he is most recognized for la bamba.

Pancake Master said...

Yeah dude, you should hear some of Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper's old studio outtakes. They were, all three of 'em, getting into this kind of thing, and the record company brass couldn't bear to see music evolve so quickly--they knew the American public couldn't handle it, so they orchestrated that plane crash in Iowa in '59.

Every word of it is true! I swear to God. Read a book sometime.

e said...

eeek!